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Match Details:

Tournament: La Liga 22/23

Venue: RCDE Stadium

Date: Sunday, 23^rd October 2022

Time: 5:30 PM IST

Preview:

Espanyol face Elche in a clash between two sides in the bottom 5 of the table. Espanyol are 16^th in the league table with 9 points and have won just 1 of their last 6 league games. Elche on the other hand are at the bottom of the table and are the only side yet to win this season. They did, however, win the last meeting between these sides which was at this venue.

Probable starting XI:

Espanyol:

Benjamin Lecomte (gk); Sergi Gomez, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Olivan; Edu Exposito, Sergi Darder, Vinicius Souza; Aleix Vidal, Martin Braithwaite, Joselu.

Elche:

Edgar Badia (gk); Helibelton Palacios, Pedro Bigas, Carlos Clerc, Enzo Roco, Raul Guti, Gerard Gumbau, Tete Morente, Omar Mascarell, Pere Milla, Lucas Boye.

Fantasy breakdown:

Espanyol:

Joselu is a great option for the attack as he is by far their leading scorer with 7 goals in the league this season while averaging 3.2 shots per game.

Sergi Darder is a good midfield pick. Darder has 1 goal and 1 assist in the league this season and averages 1.2 shots per game. He also averages 2.5 key passes per game.

For the defence, Brian Olivan is a good option. Olivan averages 1.2 interceptions per game to go with 2 tackles per game. He also has 2 assists to his name.

Elche:

Pere Milla is a good option for the attack. Milla has 2 goals in the league this season and averages 0.8 shots per game.

Gerard Gumbau is a good option for the midfield. Gumbau has 2 assists in the league this season, both of which have come in his last 2 starts and averages 0.9 tackles per game.

For the defence, Pedro Bigas is a good option. Bigas averages 1.8 interceptions per game to go with 1.6 tackles per game and generates decent returns.

Top picks:

Must-haves

• Joselu

• Sergi Darder

• Pere Milla

• Gerard Gumbau

Worth a shot:

• Brian Olivan

• Pedro Bigas

• Martin Braithwaite

• Edu Exposito

Captaincy options:

Joselu: Joselu is the easy captaincy choice. He has scored 4 goals in his last 4 league games and is a good bet to add to his tally against the bottom feeders.

Martin Braithwaite: Martin Braithwaite is another good captaincy pick. Braithwaite has 2 goals and 1 assist in the league this season with that assist coming in his last 2 games.

Fantasy team:

* All Statistics are collected from whoscored.com.

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are of the author and are not a reflection of the actual points you might earn.