Europa League: Get ready for the second leg of the Espanyol - Wolverhampton Wanderers clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 27.February
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

The first leg ended Wolverhampton Wanderers-Espanyol 4-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa League 16th Finals fixture!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Espanyol and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

These teams have little in common geographically as Wolverhampton Wanderers have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Espanyol form and stats

With 1 La Liga win, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Espanyol are certainly not brimming with confidence. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in this competition.

No payout for Espanyol in their previous match, an away game at Real Valladolid that ended in defeat 1-2. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the La Liga game versus Atlético Madrid in only three days. This game is also played here at RCDE Stadium.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Espanyol here at RCDE Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Espanyol have conceded 23 from these games.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Rui Pedro dos Santos Patricio is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 276 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Raúl Jiménez and Diogo Jota (2) scored in Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Norwich City that ended 3-0. Before that, Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a home win against Espanyol with the score 4-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wolverhampton Wanderers manager N. Simões Espírito Santo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tottenham Hotspur.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Wolverhampton Wanderers in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Wolverhampton Wanderers - Espanyol 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersR. Jiménez Rodríguez
R. Jiménez Rodríguez
12 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
5 goals
EspanyolR. de Tomás Gómez
R. de Tomás Gómez
4 goals

Espanyol missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Espanyol Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 25
7 2   Won W   3 10
6 4   Drew D   5 9
12 4   Lost L   4 6
31 16   Scored S   16 39
39 14   Conceded C   17 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
80% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 56%
32% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
8% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
48% 60%   BTTS BTTS   75% 60%
24% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 32%
28% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
4.4 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.4
2.8 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
4 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
295 126   Total Shots T S   158 352
112 52   Shots on Target S O   49 118
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%

  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 25 17 4 4 62 29 13 12 1 0 44 12 12 5 3 4 18 17 33 55
2 Real Madrid 25 15 8 2 46 17 12 8 4 0 25 9 13 7 4 2 21 8 29 53
3 Atlético Madrid 25 11 10 4 28 18 13 8 4 1 18 7 12 3 6 3 10 11 10 43
4 Sevilla 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 7 2 4 18 14 9 43
5 Getafe 25 12 6 7 36 25 13 7 3 3 21 13 12 5 3 4 15 12 11 42
6 Real Sociedad 24 12 4 8 42 31 12 7 2 3 26 12 12 5 2 5 16 19 11 40
7 Villarreal 25 11 5 9 43 35 12 6 4 2 25 15 13 5 1 7 18 20 8 38
8 Valencia 25 10 8 7 35 37 13 7 6 0 21 11 12 3 2 7 14 26 -2 38
9 Granada 25 11 3 11 32 31 12 8 1 3 16 8 13 3 2 8 16 23 1 36
10 Levante 25 10 2 13 31 36 12 7 2 3 18 11 13 3 0 10 13 25 -5 32
11 Athletic Club 25 7 10 8 24 22 12 6 3 3 14 7 13 1 7 5 10 15 2 31
12 Osasuna 25 7 10 8 31 35 13 4 5 4 19 20 12 3 5 4 12 15 -4 31
13 Real Betis 25 7 9 9 35 40 13 6 3 4 25 20 12 1 6 5 10 20 -5 30
14 Deportivo Alavés 25 8 6 11 27 35 13 6 4 3 17 10 12 2 2 8 10 25 -8 30
15 Real Valladolid 25 6 11 8 22 28 12 3 7 2 13 9 13 3 4 6 9 19 -6 29
16 Celta de Vigo 25 5 9 11 22 34 13 4 5 4 10 12 12 1 4 7 12 22 -12 24
17 SD Eibar 24 6 6 12 22 37 11 5 1 5 14 16 13 1 5 7 8 21 -15 24
18 Mallorca 25 6 4 15 26 42 13 6 2 5 16 13 12 0 2 10 10 29 -16 22
19 Leganés 25 4 7 14 18 37 13 4 2 7 12 18 12 0 5 7 6 19 -19 19
20 Espanyol 25 4 7 14 22 44 12 1 4 7 11 23 13 3 3 7 11 21 -22 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 26 25 1 0 61 15 13 13 0 0 35 9 13 12 1 0 26 6 46 76
2 Manchester City 27 18 3 6 68 29 13 9 2 2 33 12 14 9 1 4 35 17 39 57
3 Leicester City 27 15 5 7 54 27 14 8 3 3 26 15 13 7 2 4 28 12 27 50
4 Chelsea 27 13 5 9 45 37 14 6 3 5 18 15 13 7 2 4 27 22 8 44
5 Manchester United 27 11 8 8 41 29 14 7 5 2 27 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 41
6 Tottenham Hotspur 27 11 7 9 44 36 13 8 2 3 25 12 14 3 5 6 19 24 8 40
7 Sheffield United 27 10 10 7 29 25 14 6 3 5 16 13 13 4 7 2 13 12 4 40
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 9 12 6 38 32 14 5 6 3 21 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 6 39
9 Arsenal 27 8 13 6 39 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 2 8 3 14 16 3 37
10 Burnley 27 11 4 12 33 39 14 7 1 6 19 18 13 4 3 6 14 21 -6 37
11 Everton 27 10 6 11 36 41 13 7 3 3 18 14 14 3 3 8 18 27 -5 36
12 Southampton 27 10 4 13 34 48 14 4 2 8 16 30 13 6 2 5 18 18 -14 34
13 Crystal Palace 27 8 9 10 24 32 14 5 4 5 11 13 13 3 5 5 13 19 -8 33
14 Newcastle United 27 8 7 12 24 41 13 5 5 3 12 12 14 3 2 9 12 29 -17 31
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 6 10 11 32 39 13 4 6 3 17 14 14 2 4 8 15 25 -7 28
16 AFC Bournemouth 27 7 5 15 26 43 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 3 1 10 11 24 -17 26
17 Aston Villa 27 7 4 16 34 52 13 5 2 6 18 24 14 2 2 10 16 28 -18 25
18 West Ham United 26 6 6 14 30 45 13 3 3 7 20 25 13 3 3 7 10 20 -15 24
19 Watford 27 5 9 13 24 43 13 3 5 5 13 17 14 2 4 8 11 26 -19 24
20 Norwich City 27 4 6 17 24 51 13 3 3 7 18 26 14 1 3 10 6 25 -27 18

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Wolverhampton Wanderers:
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 Liverpool 26 25 1 0 61 15 13 13 0 0 35 9 13 12 1 0 26 6 46 76
2 Manchester City 27 18 3 6 68 29 13 9 2 2 33 12 14 9 1 4 35 17 39 57
3 Leicester City 27 15 5 7 54 27 14 8 3 3 26 15 13 7 2 4 28 12 27 50
4 Chelsea 27 13 5 9 45 37 14 6 3 5 18 15 13 7 2 4 27 22 8 44
5 Manchester United 27 11 8 8 41 29 14 7 5 2 27 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 41
6 Tottenham Hotspur 27 11 7 9 44 36 13 8 2 3 25 12 14 3 5 6 19 24 8 40
7 Sheffield United 27 10 10 7 29 25 14 6 3 5 16 13 13 4 7 2 13 12 4 40
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 9 12 6 38 32 14 5 6 3 21 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 6 39
9 Arsenal 27 8 13 6 39 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 2 8 3 14 16 3 37
10 Burnley 27 11 4 12 33 39 14 7 1 6 19 18 13 4 3 6 14 21 -6 37
11 Everton 27 10 6 11 36 41 13 7 3 3 18 14 14 3 3 8 18 27 -5 36
12 Southampton 27 10 4 13 34 48 14 4 2 8 16 30 13 6 2 5 18 18 -14 34
13 Crystal Palace 27 8 9 10 24 32 14 5 4 5 11 13 13 3 5 5 13 19 -8 33
14 Newcastle United 27 8 7 12 24 41 13 5 5 3 12 12 14 3 2 9 12 29 -17 31
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 6 10 11 32 39 13 4 6 3 17 14 14 2 4 8 15 25 -7 28
16 AFC Bournemouth 27 7 5 15 26 43 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 3 1 10 11 24 -17 26
17 Aston Villa 27 7 4 16 34 52 13 5 2 6 18 24 14 2 2 10 16 28 -18 25
18 West Ham United 26 6 6 14 30 45 13 3 3 7 20 25 13 3 3 7 10 20 -15 24
19 Watford 27 5 9 13 24 43 13 3 5 5 13 17 14 2 4 8 11 26 -19 24
20 Norwich City 27 4 6 17 24 51 13 3 3 7 18 26 14 1 3 10 6 25 -27 18

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.