Possible alignment of Espanyol with the unknown number nine

There are few unknowns in Espanyol’s lineup to face Getafe at the Coliseum at 18:30. The presence in the squad list of players who come out of physical problems and the statements of Vicente Moreno in the previous game in which he commented that Yangel Herrera, Javi Puado, Keidi Bare and Miguel Llambrich are not there for too many minutes, paves the way for the starting team to maintain the streak of four straight games without losing.

With the giant Diego López in goal, the defense has no doubts. Aleix Vidal will repeat on the right side and Adrià Pedrosa will act on the left, with the partner Sergi Gómez and Leandro Cabrera in the center of defense. Solvent against the team, they suffered in the rojiblancos counterattacks, especially in the center lane and Vidal’s side, where the 1-1 Basque goal arrived.

Ahead, the first doubts arise. Untouchable Sergi Darder, Manu Morlanes and Óscar Melendo are the candidates to repeat with him, but the coach manages a system change. Moreno acknowledged that it may be one of the options to make up for the loss of Raúl de Tomás. If Espanyol passed from 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2, Melendo would fall from the team and give entry to Lorén Morón and Nany Dimata in attack, an unprecedented couple looking for an opportunity. One of the two will be the new one, and the other would enter with this system change.

Adrián Embarba and Nico Melamed position themselves to play on the flanks. Puado would have the second half to continue accumulating minutes, like Yangel Herrera, who next week against Granada, his former team, could already start as a starter.