Barcelona vs Espanyol prediction (Over/Under)

In the 8th finals of the Spanish Copa del Rey is scheduled on Camp Nou the match between Barcelona and Espanyol. The second game between them in this phase of the competition will be next week and away team cannot afford to lose with a big difference of goals if they want to remain with chances in the second leg. Barcelona is on second place in Primera Division with 39 points after 17 rounds and has one of the best defense, with only 15 conceded so far while Espanyol is on 12th place and they scored 16 goals in 18 matches, so not many chances for guests to score in this meeting. From Barcelona will miss in this match only the midfielder Sergi Roberto while Espanyol cannot count on defenders Arbilla and Rober Correa but also on midfielders Victor Sanchez and Canas. Espanyol is not a team that not score to much but have a strong defense, in last 11 matches played in all competitions guests have only two games in which were scored 3 goals in the match, the others 9 games ended with under 2.5 goals in match. In 5 of last 6 meetings between Barcelona and Espanyol have been scored under 2.5 goals in game and i don't think tonight the hosts will score to many goals. Guests will do everything possible to keep clean sheet and i expect a match with no more than two goals scored, so i choose to bet under 2.5 goals at the end of game.