Battle between two very different teams here.

Castellon is fighting to avoid relegation. After being promoted this season, they have a very humble and weak project. Now they are 18th, with the same points as the relegation zone. They are in good shape right now, unbeaten in the last 4 games, the best moment of the season with this coach.

But the difference between both teams is huge. Castellon is the team who has lost more matches so far this season (16 of 30 played). Their plan for this match will be the same as always against big teams: try to be very defensive. But if they do this since the beginning against a strong side like Espanyol, match will be too long of them and will suffer a lot.

Espanyol is probably the best team in the category, or one of the best. They have one of the biggest budgets (x10 bigger than Castellon), with one of the best players in the league - Raul de Tomas. Their main target (which is almost mandatory for the project) is back to La Liga after being relegated last season.

They are 2nd on table, just 3 points below Mallorca (1st) and with just 2 points advantage with Almeria (playoff zone).

Espanyol is full of confidence as after some bad results for them this year 2021, last weekend won easily 4:0 vs Logroñes. Now they must continue winning. Coach said that will use the same players here, trying to continue the good streak.

They have the best attack of the league (40 goals scored so far), that’s why I think that with the quality they have upfront, sooner or later they will find a way to score some goal as Castellon will be very defensive. On the other side, I don't see Castellon scoring any goal here.

Espanyol has big motivation to achieve the 3 points for today also because they have a very good chance to increase their advantage with playoff zone. This weekend, Leganes and Almeria (3rd and 4th) will play between each other. Playoff is played between 3rd to 6th in table. 1st and 2nd goes directly to La Liga.

这是两支截然不同的队伍之间的战斗。

卡斯迪隆正在努力避免降级。升班马表现不佳。现在他们排在第18位，和降级区积分相同。他们现在状态很好，在过去的4场比赛中保持不败，这是本赛季在这位教练的带领下最好的时刻。

但两队之间的差异是巨大的。卡斯迪隆是本赛季迄今为止输了更多比赛的球队(30场比赛中输了16场)。他们对这场比赛的计划和以往对阵强队时一样:专注于防守。但如果他们一开始就这样对付像西班牙人这样的强队，比赛将会很漫长，他们将会遭受很多痛苦。

西班牙人可能是西乙中最好的球队，或者是最好的球队之一。他们的预算是最大的(比卡斯迪隆多10倍)之一，拥有联盟最好的球员之一——劳尔·德·托马斯。他们的主要目标(这对这个项目来说几乎是强制性的)是在上赛季降级后回到西甲。

他们在积分榜上排名第二，只比马洛卡(第一)少3分，只比阿尔梅利亚(季后赛区)多2分。

西班牙人满怀信心，在经历了2021年一些糟糕的成绩后，他们在上周末以4:0轻松击败了洛哥尼斯。现在，他们必须继续取得胜利。教练说，会采用相同的阵容，努力延续好势头。

他们的攻击力是全联盟最好的(到目前为止已经进了40个球)，这就是为什么我认为他们迟早会找到一种方法进一些球，因为卡斯泰隆非常保守。另一方面，我不认为卡斯泰隆在这里能够进球。

西班牙人有很大的动力来获得今天的3分，因为他们有一个很好的机会来扩大他们的积分优势。本周末，莱加内斯和阿尔梅里亚(第三和第四名)将对决。季后赛在第3到第6位之间进行。第一和第二直接进入西甲。