Espanyol are yearning to add to their points total at their own ground in this upcoming match against Cádiz.
- Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga
- Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Cádiz when visiting Espanyol as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
This has all the signs of an entertaining game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 13 points collected from 14 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-7. It's trouble wherever Espanyol are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
No payout for Espanyol in their previous match, an away game at Real Betis that ended in defeat 1-3. Darder (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.12/10. Darder hit five key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
Ahead of that match, Espanyol lost 1-2 at home to Athletic Club.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Espanyol have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Take note: 10 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Espanyol have conceded 25 from these games.
Cádiz form and stats
Cádiz have only collected 13 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 3-4-7 (14 played).
Cádiz's previous game was their home loss versus Real Madrid (0-2). It is not a good sign for Cádiz that their goalie Gil managed nine saves in the Real Madrid match, but still couldn't rescue them from a beating.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Real Betis at their stadium, the result 2-0.Cádiz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's most recent 15 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Osasuna in just four days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cádiz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Espanyol have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Cádiz.Cádiz - Espanyol 2-2 was the result in these participants' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 12 goals |  M. Braithwait 10 goals |  S. Darder Moll 5 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Cádiz missing players
| Espanyol | Cádiz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 35 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 49 | 25 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 69% |
| 62% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 41% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 76% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 34% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 34% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 45% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.5 | 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 37% | 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 13.8 | 11.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 16.7 | 15.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
- Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cádiz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in La Liga
- Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga
- Espanyol have the most matches over the total-line (18) in La Liga
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Espanyol is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 57 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 38 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Girona | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -23 | 32 |
| 15 | Cádiz | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 31 |
| 16 | Almeria | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -14 | 30 |
| 17 | Getafe | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 18 | Valencia | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 27 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 20 | Elche | 28 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -37 | 13 |
