A crucial fixture in La Liga 2 as both squads are fighting for the top league positions. With Espanyol in 4th place and Racing Ferrol at 7th, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (14) in La Liga 2
- Racing Ferrol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Racing Ferrol, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Espanyol and Racing Ferrol should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have collected seven points from their first three La Liga 2 games here at RCDE Stadium, a promising start.
Espanyol are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Tenerife. Before that match this club had gone six consecutive league matches without a loss. Hilali was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Hilali hit one key pass and won 9 of 9 duels.
Before that, Espanyol drew at home versus Eldense.The manager Fernández will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Cartagena in only three days.
Espanyol are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at RCDE Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Espanyol defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Racing Ferrol form and stats
Playing away, Racing Ferrol have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the La Liga 2 this season.
Giménez scored in Racing's previous match, the home game against Real Zaragoza that ended 1-0. That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Vicente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Vicente served one assist, hit two key passes and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against SD Eibar wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Amorebieta in just three days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Puado Díaz 4 goals |  F. Calero Villa 3 goals |   I. Losada Aragunde 3 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Racing Ferrol missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 3.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17.6 | 21.3 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 11 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 10.9 | 8.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.8 | 10.9 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
- All of Espanyol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Espanyol have not yet lost a game at home.
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (14) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Racing Ferrol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Racing Ferrol 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 | Real Zaragoza | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Leganes | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Espanyol | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Levante | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Racing Santander | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Racing Ferrol | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Sporting Gijon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Burgos | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | FC Andorra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | SD Eibar | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Amorebieta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Villarreal II | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Albacete | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Eldense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Elche | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Huesca | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Mirandés | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Real Oviedo | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
