Both Espanyol and Sevilla lost crushingly in the last round, and in both cases it was deserved. The face-to-face match will open the 11th round of La Liga. The teams need to get out of the bottom half of the table and rehabilitate themselves in front of the fans for the defeats in the past matches.
Espanyol need to fight for survival, they are only two points away from the relegation zone. Sevilla need to protect their reputation and prove that the team has not turned into a mid-table side from the second half of the table.
Espanyol and Sevilla have scored and conceded a goal in 6 of their 10 matches. The same can happen in this game, because the defense of both teams is very unstable, but the offense looks very powerful.