It would be no surprise if this was a derby between teams from the bottom, but it is a surprise that Girona is in a great seventh place. When it comes to the guests, they are not exactly at the bottom, but they are in the penultimate place and the situation is getting worse for the team from La Coruna. Girona has won twice as many points, which is also unexpected and this team has three wins in the previous four rounds. Deportivo has been a long time without a triumph and the only consolation are two draws in the previous three rounds. In the first part of the season, Girona has celebrated at Riazor with 2-1.
Their first historic season in La Liga and immediately the battle for European positions. Definitely golden days for football in Girona, which, after joining the elite rank were immediately declared one of the greatest candidates for elimination. It has long been clear that that will not happen, but somehow it was expected that they would at least have a slight drop of shape and fall into the bottom of the table.
For now, that is not the case, but on the contrary, Girona is still playing very good and they are closer to Europa league. They have lost some of the games recently, but from Sevilla and Barcelona, while they celebrated against Villarreal as guests in the previous round, and they have been without defeat for a long time at home. The composition is known and it is led by great strikers Stuani and Port, and the changes are minimal and are mostly forced by suspension.
Probable lineups FC Girona: Bono – Ramalho, Bernardo, Juanpe – Maffeo, Pons, Granell, Mojica – Borja, Portu, Stuani
Deportivo is in big problems and their Premiership status is endangered, which is not surprising when it is known that this team has been defeated for a long time, or rather since the beginning of December when Leganes defeated them. Since then, they played 12 games in which defeats dominated, with only four draws. For now the change of coach did not prove to be a move that brought a turn and since Clarence Seedorf is on the bench, they have recorded three defeats and two draws, both at home.
They have stabilized their game in defence, however, achieving goals was still a big problem and they have scored only one in the previous six, just in the last round when they played against Eibar (1-1). They received a goal early and later they managed to equalize, and then goalkeeper Koval got the red card in the first half, so they had lesser players on the field most of the match, which is why they could be satisfied with a draw. Coach Seedorf has made number changes in relation to defeat by Getafe two rounds ago, and now Ruben returns to the goal and there will be quite a lot of changes in the starting lineup.
Probable lineups Deportivo: Ruben – Juanfran, Schar, Sidnei, Luisinho – Borges, Krohn-Dehli – L.Perez, Colak, A.Lopez – Andone
Girona is unbeatably better this season and it is evident on the table, but in this match the guests need the points more, because they are in unenviable situation and each point is important, so we expect a good match from Deportivo this time.
Pick: Asian Handicap +1
Deportivo La Coruna 1.82 - 82/`100 @1XBet