Espanyol perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Ponferradina can look both up and down from their 8th position.
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 Ponferradina.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ponferradina, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Espanyol form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Espanyol, who have the most clean sheets (7) in La Liga 2, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Espanyol has recorded two wins in a row here at RCDE Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Espanyol, as their goalkeeper Diego Lopez Rodriguez has completely shut out the opponents for 182 minutes in the La Liga 2.
The home team returns to RCDE Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Tenerife (placed 16th) on their last time out; the La Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Before that, Espanyol had a home game versus Mirandes which ended with a victory 2-0.
There will be little rest for Espanyol after this match as they are travelling to Malaga for a La Liga 2 game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Espanyol in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Espanyol have only let in 0 goals at home.
Ponferradina form and stats
Ponferradina have six points from their first three away games in the La Liga 2, meaning two victories and a loss.
Two away games in a row for Ponferradina, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Sporting Gijon in the La Liga 2. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tenerife.
Ponferradina goalkeeper José Antonio Caro had a great day against Sporting Gijon, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ponferradina are hosting Sabadell in the La Liga 2 only three days away.
Ponferradina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Ponferradina are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 3 goals |   P. Valcarce Vidal 3 goals | N. Melamed Ribaudo 1 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Ponferradina missing players
| Espanyol | Ponferradina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 42 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 18 | 47 |
| 26 | 17 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 35% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 57% | 38% |
- Espanyol has the most clean sheets (4) at home in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most clean sheets (7) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+8) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Espanyol have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 (4-1-1)
- Ponferradina has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in La Liga 2
- Ponferradina have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ponferradina 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 | Espanyol | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Sporting Gijon | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Leganes | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Malaga | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Fuenlabrada | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Cartagena | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Mallorca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Las Palmas | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lugo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Mirandes | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Girona | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Castellon | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | Albacete | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Almeria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Real Oviedo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Real Zaragoza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | UD Logroñés | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 22 | Sabadell | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |