The league table in La Liga 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Espanyol leading Castellón by 23 points. Match preview to follow:
- Espanyol has the most scored goals (30) in La Liga 2
- Castellón has the fewest clean sheets (3) in La Liga 2
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Espanyol form and stats
8-1-1 is the performance here at RCDE Stadium so far in the La Liga 2, giving Espanyol a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! There’s a good atmosphere here at RCDE Stadium after three straight home wins.
Espanyol enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Burgos's place. The match ended 2-0 with Max Svensson and Wu Lei scoring. Prior to that, an away loss at Las Palmas in the La Liga 2.
The Espanyol fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Espanyol have only let in 4 goals at home.
Castellón form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Castellón, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in La Liga 2, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Ó. Cano Moreno was unhappy after their last game, a Copa Del Rey match played at their home ground Nou Estadi Castalia. Castellón suffered a 0-2 loss to Tenerife (placed 16th). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Tenerife.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Castellón as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Castellón have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 12 goals |  A. Embarba Blázquez 5 goals |  S. Darder Moll 3 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Castellón missing players
| Espanyol | Castellón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 30 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 26 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 70% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 40% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | 50% |
| 60% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.8 | 10.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 39% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 38% |
- Castellón has the fewest clean sheets (3) in La Liga 2
- Castellón has the most conceded goals (17) away in La Liga 2
- Castellón has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in La Liga 2
- Castellón have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Castellón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Castellón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Espanyol has the most clean sheets (7) at home in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most scored goals (30) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+13) at home in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+20) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Espanyol is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Espanyol | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Mallorca | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Almería | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Leganés | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Sporting Gijon | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Ponferradina | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Girona | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Mirandés | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Fuenlabrada | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Lugo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | UD Logrones | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Málaga | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | FC Cartagena | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Sabadell | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Castellón | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Alcorcón | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Real Zaragoza | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 22 | Albacete | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 15 |