Espanyol and Athletic Club have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. Both reside in mid-table spots in the La Liga.
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Espanyol nor Athletic Club as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have collected 10 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-1-1. Espanyol are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
An away draw last time out for Espanyol, facing Elche in a game that ended 2-2. The forward Raúl de Tomás bested all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 8.21 out of 10. Tomás scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that match, Espanyol won a home game hosting Cádiz (2-0).Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Espanyol are not conceding a lot of goals here at RCDE Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Athletic Club form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Athletic Club, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in La Liga, playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. Club has drawn their two previous away games.
Athletic Club are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the La Liga against Villarreal (placed 13th). Iker Muniain got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Muniain scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
Before that, Club secured a home win against Deportivo Alavés with the score 1-0.Goals are few and far between in Athletic Club's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Club are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Espanyol-Athletic Club H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Espanyol three wins, Athletic Club three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 5 goals |  A. Vidal Parreu 2 goals |   Í. Martínez Berridi 2 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Espanyol | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 40% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
| 5.8 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 11.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 12.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 24% |
- Athletic Club have not yet lost a game away.
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in La Liga
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (7) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Espanyol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletic Club have scored 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 | Real Sociedad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Osasuna | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Valencia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | Elche | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Granada | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Cádiz | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alavés | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Levante | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Getafe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |