Girona manager Muñoz looking for three points in Espanyol showdown

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Most would pick Girona in this fixture versus Espanyol, but the visitors will resist to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (13) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an animated fixture!

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Girona form and stats

Girona have played 13 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Girona shared the glory with Rayo Vallecano in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfield player Tsyhankov got a match rating of 8.54 in that game, the max score being 10. Tsyhankov scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Atletico Madrid (0-1).

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 Girona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Take note: 18 of the latest 23 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

The Girona fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Girona have conceded 18 goals.

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Espanyol form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. Three has not been a lucky number for Espanyol as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Mallorca match.

Espanyol failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Celta de Vigo (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfield player Saez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.11/10. Saez hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Espanyol manager Penas faced defeat when travelling to Real Madrid and losing 1-3.

Espanyol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 10 of this club's last 12 league games.

Espanyol have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Espanyol have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Espanyol - Girona 2-2, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Girona victories, one draw and two Espanyol wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
12 goals
EspanyolM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
8 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
6 goals

Girona missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Girona Espanyol
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
8 6 4 Won W 2 3 6
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
11 4 0 Lost L 1 5 11
40 23 12 Scored S 6 15 32
41 18 5 Conceded C 5 19 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 77% 77%
58% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 58%
35% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 42%
19% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
73% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 77% 73%
4% 8% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 15%
23% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 8% 12%
 
3.7 3.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 2.9 4.2
4.3 3.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.7 5.2
2.5 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
12.9 14.9 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.2 10.7
4.9 6 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.3
31% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 37%
 
12.2 10.8 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 15.6 13.8
4.5 4.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 5.1 4.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (13) in La Liga
  • Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 26 22 2 2 49 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 13 11 0 2 22 7 40 68
2 Real Madrid 26 17 5 4 51 21 12 8 4 0 26 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 30 56
3 Atletico Madrid 26 15 6 5 42 19 13 7 3 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 23 51
4 Real Sociedad 26 14 6 6 35 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 11 48
5 Real Betis 26 13 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 8 45
6 Villarreal 26 12 5 9 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 8 41
7 Athletic Club 26 10 6 10 36 28 13 6 2 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 36
8 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 9 8 31 30 13 5 5 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 36
9 Osasuna 26 9 7 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 13 3 6 4 10 13 -5 34
10 Celta de Vigo 26 9 7 10 32 35 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 34
11 Mallorca 26 9 5 12 22 27 13 6 3 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 32
12 Girona 26 8 7 11 40 41 13 6 3 4 23 18 13 2 4 7 17 23 -1 31
13 Getafe 26 7 8 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -7 29
14 Sevilla 26 7 7 12 29 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 2 4 7 13 26 -13 28
15 Cádiz 26 6 10 10 21 38 13 4 6 3 14 17 13 2 4 7 7 21 -17 28
16 Real Valladolid 26 8 4 14 20 38 13 6 2 5 12 13 13 2 2 9 8 25 -18 28
17 Espanyol 26 6 9 11 32 42 13 3 4 6 17 23 13 3 5 5 15 19 -10 27
18 Valencia 26 7 5 14 28 31 13 6 2 5 20 12 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 26
19 Almeria 26 7 5 14 30 45 14 7 2 5 21 18 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 26
20 Elche 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 21 13 1 3 9 8 30 -32 13

Espanyol:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 26 22 2 2 49 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 13 11 0 2 22 7 40 68
2 Real Madrid 26 17 5 4 51 21 12 8 4 0 26 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 30 56
3 Atletico Madrid 26 15 6 5 42 19 13 7 3 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 23 51
4 Real Sociedad 26 14 6 6 35 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 13 8 2 3 20 12 11 48
5 Real Betis 26 13 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 6 3 4 15 14 8 45
6 Villarreal 26 12 5 9 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 8 41
7 Athletic Club 26 10 6 10 36 28 13 6 2 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 36
8 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 9 8 31 30 13 5 5 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 13 16 1 36
9 Osasuna 26 9 7 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 13 3 6 4 10 13 -5 34
10 Celta de Vigo 26 9 7 10 32 35 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 34
11 Mallorca 26 9 5 12 22 27 13 6 3 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 32
12 Girona 26 8 7 11 40 41 13 6 3 4 23 18 13 2 4 7 17 23 -1 31
13 Getafe 26 7 8 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 2 4 6 11 18 -7 29
14 Sevilla 26 7 7 12 29 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 2 4 7 13 26 -13 28
15 Cádiz 26 6 10 10 21 38 13 4 6 3 14 17 13 2 4 7 7 21 -17 28
16 Real Valladolid 26 8 4 14 20 38 13 6 2 5 12 13 13 2 2 9 8 25 -18 28
17 Espanyol 26 6 9 11 32 42 13 3 4 6 17 23 13 3 5 5 15 19 -10 27
18 Valencia 26 7 5 14 28 31 13 6 2 5 20 12 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 26
19 Almeria 26 7 5 14 30 45 14 7 2 5 21 18 12 0 3 9 9 27 -15 26
20 Elche 26 2 7 17 19 51 13 1 4 8 11 21 13 1 3 9 8 30 -32 13

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