A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Espanyol fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Sabadell's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in La Liga 2
- Sabadell have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Espanyol and Sabadell 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
28 points is a decent return from 12 La Liga 2 games here at RCDE Stadium for Espanyol. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
It's back home for Espanyol, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mallorca away with the result 2-1. Landry Dimata and Javi Puado found the net in that victory. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Lugo the opponent.
The victory against Mallorca came after Landry Dimata's winning goal. The Espanyol manager V. Moreno Peris was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute.
The Espanyol fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 12 league matches. Espanyol are not conceding a lot of goals here at RCDE Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sabadell form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga 2.
Sabadell's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Real Zaragoza that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Sabadell won their away game at Las Palmas. The scoreline was 1-0.
Sabadell are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Sabadell have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sabadell - Espanyol 0-1.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 14 goals |  J. Puado Díaz 6 goals |  A. Embarba Blázquez 5 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Sabadell missing players
| Espanyol | Sabadell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 37 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 72% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 64% |
| 36% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 44% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 42% | 52% |
| 52% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 10.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 37% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 37% |
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+14) at home 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.
- Sabadell have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mallorca | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Espanyol | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Almería | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Leganés | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Mirandes | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 37 |
| 9 | Girona | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Tenerife | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Lugo | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 13 | Malaga | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Fuenlabrada | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 15 | UD Logrones | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 18 | Sabadell | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Cartagena | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Albacete | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | Alcorcon | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 23 |
| 22 | Castellon | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 22 |