Espanyol vs Deportivo La Coruna preview - Colotto warns of Deportivo threat

Espanyol defender Diego Colotto is aware of the dangers of facing his former club Deportivo La Coruna this weekend.

Deportivo ended a run of four successive defeats with a shock 3-0 win over fourth-placed Valencia in their last La Liga outing a week ago.

The Galician side now travel to Cornella-El Prat on Sunday looking to build momentum.

Colotto, who spent four years with Deportivo before joining Espanyol in 2012, told reporters: "It will be very difficult. They will be motivated.

"With the victory against Valencia they have changed the dynamics. To beat such a strong opponent they had to do things very well and they will certainly intend to stay that way."

Espanyol themselves will be keen to get back to winning ways after last week's 2-0 loss to champions Atletico Madrid. That defeat left them 11th after last week's round of fixtures.

Argentinian centre-back Colotto, 33, said: "It is a very important game for us, we want the three points. We have not yet found the consistency to give us good results."

Deportivo coach Victor Fernandez hopes his team have now found a template they can build on.

He said: "There is room for improvement and the team is conscious of it, but there will hardly be any changes because the team played a great game and everyone deserves the opportunity to continue.

"We must stay close together, play well. Everyone has to defend, attack and go with the intention of winning. We will see how far it takes us."