Besides having given a step forward in the game, at least in its showiness, Espanyol walks at a giant pace in the Second Division –As it should be required–, with 20 points out of 27 possible, after their victory against Ponferradina (2-0) on matchday nine. The contrast between the absolute disaster of last season and the so far successful march in the current one holds statistics like that the perico team has surpassed in just over a month of competition everything achieved in LaLiga 2019-20.
Not in vain, and thanks to the triumph on his 120th birthday, Espanyol has already won twice as many victories at the RCDE Stadium as the two it won in the entire last season, when he was only able to prevail at Mallorca and Alavés at home. For now, he has been able to defeat Albacete (3-0), Alcorcón (1-0), Mirandés (2-0) and Ponfe. Four out of five home games. And this wednesday the parakeets also exceeded the number of victories they added during their last 11 months of competition, his 38 days, in First.
In 2019-20 there were five wins for Espanyol, who could count on the fingers of his hand in the worst season in its history –the two mentioned Mallorca and Alavés, plus Eibar, Levante and Villarreal at home–, which are less than what he accumulates now after having played only nine rounds: against Albacete, Oviedo (0-2), Sabadell (1-0), Alcorcón, Mirandés and Ponferradina. A real 'sorpasso'. What less.