Espanyol vs Almería Preview & Prediction 04 Jun 2023

Crucial battle in the lower part of the La Liga, with both Espanyol and Almería suffering more angst than glee. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 19th and the visitors in 16th position.

Insights:

Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in La Liga
Almería have the fewest points (7) away in La Liga

Espanyol have had a bad season and will be relegated from La Liga. Almería are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol's results here at RCDE Stadium in the La Liga have been very modest with 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. When Espanyol hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Celta de Vigo, Real Valladolid, Getafe, Cádiz, Elche and Espanyol), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

The home team returns to RCDE Stadium after drawing with Valencia (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Fernández made a successful contribution in the game against Valencia, bringing on Braithwaite who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Cabrera, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Cabrera served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atlético Madrid that ended 3-3.

Some goal stats: A review of the 15 latest league games highlights that 13 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 32 goals have been conceded.

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Almería form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Almería so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-13 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Almería are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Almería have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 212 minutes ago. Lázaro was the goal scorer.

Almería played 0-0 against Real Valladolid in their previous match. Attacker Lázaro got a player rating of 8.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Lázaro hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Real Sociedad's place.

Observe that 9 of this club's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of Almería when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 18 league matches away. The Almería manager Sicilia has some worries about the defense as 40 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Almería - Espanyol 3-1 was the score in these contenders' last head to head fixture, played this season. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Espanyol won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Almería got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

J. Sanmartín Mato

16 goals

M. Braithwait

11 goals

S. Darder Moll

6 goals

Espanyol missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Espanyol				Almería
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
8	4	2	Won	W	1	1	11
12	6	2	Drew	D	3	4	7
17	8	1	Lost	L	1	13	19
49	24	5	Scored	S	6	17	46
66	32	5	Conceded	C	6	40	62
97%	94%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	100%	97%
78%	72%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	83%	81%
65%	61%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	61%	59%
46%	50%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	39%	32%
16%	22%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	11%	11%
76%	67%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	67%	65%
16%	22%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	0%	11%
11%	17%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	33%	27%

4.6	6.1	5.4	Corners for (avg)	C F	4.4	3.3	3.8
5.2	3.6	3	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.8	6.1	5.9
2.6	2.5	2.6	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	3.4	2.4	2.5
10	6	0	Red cards	R C	1	2	4

11.4	13.5	14.2	Shots (avg)	S (	12	10.3	11.4
4	4.6	4.6	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	5.8	3.9	4.2
33%	29%	22%	Goal Efficiency	G E	21%	24%	30%

14.4	12.1	9.8	Shots against (avg)	S A	15.2	16.5	14.8
5.1	4.4	2.8	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	4.8	6.3	5.6

Espanyol			First Half	Almería
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
4	2	1	Won	W	2	3	11
16	7	3	Drew	D	3	8	15
17	9	1	Lost	L	0	7	11
14	6	2	Scored	S	5	9	25
33	18	3	Conceded	C	3	18	25
73%	78%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	72%	73%
38%	39%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	39%	35%
14%	11%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	22%	19%
3%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	17%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	22%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	28%	22%
35%	33%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	44%	57%
65%	67%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	56%	49%

Espanyol			Second Half	Almería
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
14	7	1	Won	W	0	0	5
14	8	4	Drew	D	3	9	18
9	3	0	Lost	L	2	9	14
35	18	3	Scored	S	1	8	21
33	14	2	Conceded	C	3	22	37
89%	83%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	72%	73%
54%	50%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	56%	57%
27%	28%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	22%	19%
11%	17%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	17%	8%
3%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
49%	44%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	33%	32%
35%	39%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	28%	35%
27%	33%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	67%	59%

Key stats in La Liga this season:

Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Almería have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in La Liga
Almería have the fewest points (7) away in La Liga
Almería have the most conceded goals (40) away in La Liga
Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Espanyol have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in La Liga
Espanyol have the most conceded goals (32) at home in La Liga
Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in La Liga
Espanyol have the most matches over the total-line (24) in La Liga
Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	FC Barcelona	37	28	4	5	69	18	19	15	3	1	37	4	18	13	1	4	32	14	51	88
2	Real Madrid	37	24	5	8	74	35	18	13	4	1	43	15	19	11	1	7	31	20	39	77
3	Atlético Madrid	37	23	7	7	68	31	19	13	3	3	41	15	18	10	4	4	27	16	37	76
4	Real Sociedad	37	20	8	9	49	34	18	10	5	3	24	15	19	10	3	6	25	19	15	68
5	Villarreal	37	19	6	12	57	38	18	12	2	4	34	16	19	7	4	8	23	22	19	63
6	Real Betis	37	17	8	12	45	40	18	9	4	5	25	17	19	8	4	7	20	23	5	59
7	Osasuna	37	14	8	15	35	41	18	10	1	7	22	20	19	4	7	8	13	21	-6	50
8	Athletic Club	37	14	8	15	46	42	19	8	3	8	22	15	18	6	5	7	24	27	4	50
9	Girona	37	13	10	14	57	53	19	10	3	6	35	26	18	3	7	8	22	27	4	49
10	Rayo Vallecano	37	13	10	14	45	50	19	9	5	5	28	22	18	4	5	9	17	28	-5	49
11	Sevilla	37	13	10	14	46	52	19	7	5	7	24	25	18	6	5	7	22	27	-6	49
12	Mallorca	37	13	8	16	34	43	18	9	5	4	19	12	19	4	3	12	15	31	-9	47
13	Valencia	37	11	8	18	41	44	19	8	5	6	27	19	18	3	3	12	14	25	-3	41
14	Cádiz	37	10	11	16	29	52	19	7	6	6	19	23	18	3	5	10	10	29	-23	41
15	Getafe	37	10	11	16	34	45	19	7	6	6	21	20	18	3	5	10	13	25	-11	41
16	Almería	37	11	7	19	46	62	19	10	3	6	29	22	18	1	4	13	17	40	-16	40
17	Celta de Vigo	37	10	10	17	41	52	18	6	6	6	24	20	19	4	4	11	17	32	-11	40
18	Real Valladolid	37	11	6	20	33	63	18	8	3	7	21	25	19	3	3	13	12	38	-30	39
19	Espanyol	37	8	12	17	49	66	18	4	6	8	24	32	19	4	6	9	25	34	-17	36
20	Elche	37	5	9	23	29	66	18	3	5	10	17	28	19	2	4	13	12	38	-37	24

Espanyol:

RCD Espanyol

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	FC Barcelona	37	28	4	5	69	18	19	15	3	1	37	4	18	13	1	4	32	14	51	88
2	Real Madrid	37	24	5	8	74	35	18	13	4	1	43	15	19	11	1	7	31	20	39	77
3	Atlético Madrid	37	23	7	7	68	31	19	13	3	3	41	15	18	10	4	4	27	16	37	76
4	Real Sociedad	37	20	8	9	49	34	18	10	5	3	24	15	19	10	3	6	25	19	15	68
5	Villarreal	37	19	6	12	57	38	18	12	2	4	34	16	19	7	4	8	23	22	19	63
6	Real Betis	37	17	8	12	45	40	18	9	4	5	25	17	19	8	4	7	20	23	5	59
7	Osasuna	37	14	8	15	35	41	18	10	1	7	22	20	19	4	7	8	13	21	-6	50
8	Athletic Club	37	14	8	15	46	42	19	8	3	8	22	15	18	6	5	7	24	27	4	50
9	Girona	37	13	10	14	57	53	19	10	3	6	35	26	18	3	7	8	22	27	4	49
10	Rayo Vallecano	37	13	10	14	45	50	19	9	5	5	28	22	18	4	5	9	17	28	-5	49
11	Sevilla	37	13	10	14	46	52	19	7	5	7	24	25	18	6	5	7	22	27	-6	49
12	Mallorca	37	13	8	16	34	43	18	9	5	4	19	12	19	4	3	12	15	31	-9	47
13	Valencia	37	11	8	18	41	44	19	8	5	6	27	19	18	3	3	12	14	25	-3	41
14	Cádiz	37	10	11	16	29	52	19	7	6	6	19	23	18	3	5	10	10	29	-23	41
15	Getafe	37	10	11	16	34	45	19	7	6	6	21	20	18	3	5	10	13	25	-11	41
16	Almería	37	11	7	19	46	62	19	10	3	6	29	22	18	1	4	13	17	40	-16	40
17	Celta de Vigo	37	10	10	17	41	52	18	6	6	6	24	20	19	4	4	11	17	32	-11	40
18	Real Valladolid	37	11	6	20	33	63	18	8	3	7	21	25	19	3	3	13	12	38	-30	39
19	Espanyol	37	8	12	17	49	66	18	4	6	8	24	32	19	4	6	9	25	34	-17	36
20	Elche	37	5	9	23	29	66	18	3	5	10	17	28	19	2	4	13	12	38	-37	24