Eibar, with an eye on Europe

Team News:

-SD Eibar: Pantic, Dos Santos, David Juancá and Adrian (suspended); Arruabarrena, Gayoso and Jaime (injured).

-RCD Espanyol: Hernan Perez and Alvaro Gonzalez (suspended). Arbilla, Cañas and Victor Sanchez (injured).

Match Facts:

SD Eibar (8th, 27 points):

-The best transition into the new year. The team coached by Mendilibar ended 2015 with a win against Sporting but also started 2016 even better. A 0-4 win against Betis gave the first three points of the year to Eibar.

-Keko and Borja Bastón come on a roll to the match. They scored two of the goals against Betis and another two against Sporting in the previous matchday. Borja has already nine goals under his belt, while Keko signed his second goal with the team.

-Four wins, two defeats and three draws is the record of Eibar at Ipurua.

RCD Espanyol (12th, 21 pts):

-The Blanquiazul team got a draw in a very special game such as the Catalan Derby. In their last game, Espanyol faced FC Barcelona in a Derby that ended goalless.

-The aim of the Pericos is to focus in Liga BBVA and forget the last match of the Copa Del Rey, in which they lost 4-1 against Barcelona and will have to risk everything in the second leg of the knockout round.

-Galca´s team wants to change the dynamics on the road. Espanyol have only won twice away from home. Their record away from their ground is of seven defeats and two victories.

What's on in Eibar this weekend?

Visit the villages of the Gipuzkoan coast. These include Getaria, Orio, Zarautz, Aia and Zumaia. Enjoy the five locations and choose the one that fills you. It may be Zumaia, with its two museums and two beaches. Perhaps Getaria, birthplace of the sailor Elkano, and couturier Balenciaga, with its charming harbor and the "mouse of Getaria". Surely it is Zarautz, the great Guipuzcoa tourist town with the longest beach of the area and lots to see. Or is it Orio, with its steep streets.

Getting to Municipal Ipurua Stadium

Address: Ipurua Kalea, 2, 20600 Eibar, Gipuzkoa

Bus: Stop DB01 in Elgeta to Eibar line

Train: Ardantza Station.

Stadium location here

Time: 18:15

Stadium: Municipal Ipurua

Referee: Jaime Latre

TV: Watch the match in your country.

Hashtag: #EIBvESP

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