Getafe will have to take advantage of their good wardrobe after the winter market to make up for the significant casualties that they will have on Saturday during their visit to Cornellá. The clash against Alavés left victims in the form of a sanction. Jorge Cuenca was expelled and both Damián Suárez and Carles Aleñá saw the fifth cardboard of the cycle. All three are absent for the next match, although the club has appealed the red card that the Madrid central defender saw, but as it is an interpretive issue there is not much confidence that said appeal will prosper.
With these absences, it is Quique who has to manage the options he has to supply them. After two days of rest, the azulones return to training on Tuesday with four days to prepare for the visit to Espanyol and for Quique to try the alternatives he has. Cabaco, who could not be against Alavés, is the favorite to enter the center of defense for Cuenca. Gaston and Okay the other options. The absence of Aleñá to have a clear substitute in Óscar Rodríguez and Damián Suárez in Juan Iglesias, who played good minutes in the last game.
Getafe faces its fourteenth game away from the Coliseum in search of the first victory to be able to breaking the only negative record of a stabilized and constantly growing team since Quique’s arrival. The azulones are optimistic, but cautious and want to score points as soon as possible so as not to be involved in the last positions in the final stretch of the championship.