Fuenlabrada will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Espanyol.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fuenlabrada form and stats
Fuenlabrada have played 5 La Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Fuenlabrada have been steadily collecting points here at Estadio Fernando Torres through three straight draws.
It's back home for Fuenlabrada, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Alcorcon away with the result 3-0. Sekou Gassama (3) found the net in that victory. In the match before that, Fuenlabrada hosted Tenerife and drew the game 1-1.
What a game it was for Sekou Gassama when beating Alcorcon, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Fuenlabrada has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Fuenlabrada have only let in 2 goals at home.
Espanyol form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Espanyol, who have the most scored goals (16) in La Liga 2, playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.
Raúl de Tomás and Adrián Embarba scored in Espanyol's previous match, the home game against Lugo that ended 2-1. Prior to that result Espanyol won their away game at Malaga. The scoreline was 3-0.
The visiting Espanyol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Espanyol's manager V. Moreno Peris has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 6 goals |  A. Embarba Blázquez 5 goals |   R. Ntekja 2 goals |
Fuenlabrada missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Fuenlabrada | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | 42 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 38 | 95 |
| 40 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 42% |
- Espanyol has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most clean sheets (9) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most points (10) away in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the most scored goals (16) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+14) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol has the the best goal difference (+5) away in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fuenlabrada has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in La Liga 2
- Fuenlabrada have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fuenlabrada have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | Espanyol | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Sporting Gijon | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Mallorca | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Leganes | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Malaga | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Mirandés | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Lugo | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Ponferradina | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Almería | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | UD Logrones | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Fuenlabrada | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 14 | Girona | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Albacete | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Real Zaragoza | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Castellon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Sabadell | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 5 |