Football Bet of the Day: Parakeets to send Celta flying

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Tonight could be the night that Espanyol's season takes off

"Last season, Espanyol went W7-D4-L2 at home to teams that finished seventh and below"

Back Espanyol 0 & -0.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 2.206/5 v Celta Vigo

There's a Monday-night dust-up in La Liga and Tobias Gourlay fancies Espanyol to come out on top

Espanyol v Celta Vigo
Monday 20:00
(Live on Sky Sports Football)


Eupen 1 Standard Liege 1 in Belgium yesterday. Which means they've not only both let themselves down, but they've let Kev down too.

Fret not, he'll be back. For now, though, our week begins in Spain, where the final game of La Liga's latest round pitches Espanyol at home to Celta Vigo.

The hosts are winless through the season's first three rounds: an opening-day draw at Sevilla was to their credit; a 5-0 mullering in the Barcelona city derby is standard practice; the 1-0 defeat to Leganes is harder to explain, but could be an outlier. We reckon they've got a decent chance of getting off the mark tonight.

Quique Flores has an W8-D5-L7 record at the Cornella-El Prat that gets better when you filter out La Liga's finest. Last season, the Parakeets went W7-D4-L2 against teams that finished seventh and below.

Celta Vigo finished 13th last term and sit 16th today. They were W4-D4-L11 on the road in 2016/17 and lost their first away game of the new term 2-1 at Real Betis. There's a new man in charge, Juan Carlos Unzue, but without any visible signs of a bounce, we're opposing them for tonight's game.


Recommended Bet
Back Espanyol 0 & -0.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 2.206/5 v Celta Vigo

2017 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 128pts
Returned: 111.06pts
P/L: -16.94pts

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Tobias Gourlay

A Betfair regular since Euro 2008, Tobias covers every blade of grass in every league of the world to find our Football Bet of the Day.

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