La Liga 2: Two teams in fair shape get together for this fixture. Espanyol could have a slight advantage with their 1st spot in the table?
- Villarreal II have the fewest clean sheets (0) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (19) in La Liga 2
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a La Liga 2 game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at FC Cartagena. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Villarreal II form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Villarreal II have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Villarreal II drew their last game, 1-1 away at Levante (placed 6th). Lanchi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The defender Lanchi scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alcorcón that ended 2-2.Both teams score at least one goal! That has happened in 6 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
Villarreal can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Villarreal II defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Espanyol form and stats
Playing away, Espanyol have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the La Liga 2 this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Espanyol goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco Flores is eager to challenge this, with his 254 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Espanyol, whose coach Fernández could celebrate last time after the win against FC Cartagena. Braithwaite, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.34. Braithwaite scored one goal.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Racing Ferrol.Espanyol are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Forés Mendoza 5 goals |   M. Braithwait 5 goals |  J. Ontiveros Parra 4 goals |
Villarreal II missing players
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| Villarreal II | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 2.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 18.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.4 | 15.7 |
| 4.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 35% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 43% |
| 14.4 | 12.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12 | 10.1 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
- All of Villarreal II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Espanyol have created more than twice as many corners as Villarreal II.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Espanyol have the most points (10) away in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (19) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals (8) away in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the the best goal difference (+11) in La Liga 2
- Espanyol have the the best goal difference (+5) away in La Liga 2
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Villarreal II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Villarreal II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Villarreal II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal II have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Villarreal II have the fewest clean sheets (0) in La Liga 2
- Villarreal II have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in La Liga 2
- Villarreal II have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in La Liga 2
- Villarreal II have the most matches over the total-line (6) in La Liga 2
- Villarreal II have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in La Liga 2
- Villarreal II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Villarreal II 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Real Zaragoza | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Leganes | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sporting Gijon | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Levante | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | SD Eibar | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Racing Ferrol | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Albacete | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Burgos | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Racing Santander | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Villarreal II | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Mirandés | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Andorra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Amorebieta | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Elche | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Eldense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Huesca | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Alcorcón | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 4 |
