Delightful dogfight as daring Espanyol duel with determined Real Valladolid

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

Sit down for a show! The starring characters are Espanyol and Real Valladolid, a win is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (20) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Valladolid have scored away.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!

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Espanyol form and stats

All-inclusive La Liga 2 statistics playing at home this season for Espanyol are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The supporters are hoping that Espanyol will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Villarreal II (placed 12th). Hilali (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Hilali hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting FC Cartagena.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Espanyol handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Goals are plentiful at RCDE Stadium in the league this season as Espanyol has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Real Valladolid form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, Real Valladolid have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Espanyol.

Escudero and Sylla (2) scored in Real Valladolid's previous match, the home game against Mirandes that ended 3-2. The end of the last match, against Mirandes, was very satisfying as Escudero scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Sylla got a player rating of 9.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Sylla scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Real Valladolid won their away game at Eldense. The scoreline was 1-0.

Valladolid are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Goals are few and far between in Real Valladolid's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels. It's not easy to score on Real Valladolid as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Espanyol victories, three draws and four Real Valladolid wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolM. Braithwait
M. Braithwait
5 goals
EspanyolJ. Puado Díaz
J. Puado Díaz
5 goals
EspanyolF. Calero Villa
F. Calero Villa
3 goals

Espanyol missing players

Real Valladolid missing players

Espanyol Real Valladolid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 1 4 10
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
20 11 0 Scored S 0 2 12
11 5 0 Conceded C 1 3 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 60%
50% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
30% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 30%
 
6.2 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5.6
4.5 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4
2.4 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.5 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.7 18.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.5 15.8
4.8 5.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 4.8
42% 52% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 25%
 
10.8 7.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.2 9.3
3.5 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3 3.1
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Espanyol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 at home.
  • Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Valladolid have scored away.
  • Espanyol have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Espanyol have the most scored goals (20) in La Liga 2
  • Espanyol have the the best goal difference (+9) 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.
  • Real Valladolid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Real Valladolid 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 Tenerife 10 7 0 3 12 7 6 5 0 1 8 2 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 21
2 Espanyol 10 6 2 2 20 11 4 3 1 0 11 5 6 3 1 2 9 6 9 20
3 Leganes 10 6 1 3 12 5 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 3 0 2 6 3 7 19
4 Levante 10 5 4 1 14 9 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 3 2 0 6 1 5 19
5 Real Zaragoza 10 6 1 3 11 6 6 3 1 2 6 4 4 3 0 1 5 2 5 19
6 Real Valladolid 10 6 1 3 12 8 6 4 1 1 10 5 4 2 0 2 2 3 4 19
7 Eibar 10 6 0 4 15 12 4 3 0 1 7 2 6 3 0 3 8 10 3 18
8 Sporting Gijon 10 5 2 3 12 9 4 4 0 0 9 2 6 1 2 3 3 7 3 17
9 Racing Ferrol 10 4 4 2 10 10 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 1 2 2 3 7 0 16
10 Racing Santander 10 4 3 3 13 11 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 3 8 2 15
11 Albacete 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 10 7 4 1 0 3 3 7 -1 14
12 Villarreal II 10 3 4 3 17 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 5 0 3 2 5 8 2 13
13 Burgos 10 4 1 5 13 13 5 4 1 0 8 1 5 0 0 5 5 12 0 13
14 Elche 10 3 3 4 7 12 6 3 2 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 9 -5 12
15 Eldense 10 3 2 5 11 17 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 6 10 -6 11
16 Real Oviedo 10 2 4 4 6 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 1 2 3 4 5 -1 10
17 Mirandes 10 3 1 6 14 19 5 2 0 3 10 10 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 10
18 FC Andorra 10 3 1 6 10 16 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 10
19 Amorebieta 10 2 3 5 12 13 5 2 2 1 7 3 5 0 1 4 5 10 -1 9
20 Alcorcón 10 2 3 5 10 17 5 0 1 4 2 9 5 2 2 1 8 8 -7 9
21 Huesca 10 1 4 5 6 11 5 0 2 3 3 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 -5 7
22 FC Cartagena 10 1 2 7 7 15 5 0 0 5 2 9 5 1 2 2 5 6 -8 5

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Read more about La Liga 2

The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.