Espanyol vs Atlético Madrid match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

Struggling Espanyol will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Atlético Madrid in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 7 points collected from 12 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-7.

Espanyol faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Valladolid (1-2). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-4).

Espanyol aren't scoring a lot here at RCDE Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. Espanyol have conceded 23 from these games.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

3-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlético Madrid in their La Liga matches away.

Koke, Ángel Correa and João Félix scored in Atlético Madrid's previous match, the home game against Villarreal that ended 3-1. Before that, Atlético Madrid secured a home win against Liverpool with the score 1-0.

The attacking power of Atlético Madrid when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atlético Madrid - Espanyol 3-1. Espanyol-Atlético Madrid H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Espanyol three wins, Atlético Madrid five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
7 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
5 goals
EspanyolR. de Tomás Gómez
R. de Tomás Gómez
4 goals

Espanyol missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Espanyol Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
4 1 0 Won W 2 3 11
7 4 2 Drew D 2 6 10
14 7 2 Lost L 1 3 4
22 11 4 Scored S 4 10 28
44 23 8 Conceded C 3 11 18
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 80%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 60%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 24%
24% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 16%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
56% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 42% 40%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 44%
36% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 36%
 
4.4 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 5.2
4.5 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 5.1
2.9 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3 2.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
284 151 39 Total Shots T S 50 131 314
86 46 11 Shots on Target S O 14 37 100
26% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 28%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Espanyol has the fewest clean sheets (3)
  • Espanyol has the fewest points (7) at home
  • Espanyol has the most conceded goals (23) at home
  • Espanyol has the most conceded goals (44)
  • Espanyol has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
  • Espanyol has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
  • Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
  • Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-22)
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Barcelona 25 17 4 4 62 29 13 12 1 0 44 12 12 5 3 4 18 17 33 55
2 Real Madrid 25 15 8 2 46 17 12 8 4 0 25 9 13 7 4 2 21 8 29 53
3 Atlético Madrid 25 11 10 4 28 18 13 8 4 1 18 7 12 3 6 3 10 11 10 43
4 Sevilla 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 7 2 4 18 14 9 43
5 Getafe 25 12 6 7 36 25 13 7 3 3 21 13 12 5 3 4 15 12 11 42
6 Real Sociedad 24 12 4 8 42 31 12 7 2 3 26 12 12 5 2 5 16 19 11 40
7 Villarreal 25 11 5 9 43 35 12 6 4 2 25 15 13 5 1 7 18 20 8 38
8 Valencia 25 10 8 7 35 37 13 7 6 0 21 11 12 3 2 7 14 26 -2 38
9 Granada 25 11 3 11 32 31 12 8 1 3 16 8 13 3 2 8 16 23 1 36
10 Levante 25 10 2 13 31 36 12 7 2 3 18 11 13 3 0 10 13 25 -5 32
11 Athletic Club 25 7 10 8 24 22 12 6 3 3 14 7 13 1 7 5 10 15 2 31
12 Osasuna 25 7 10 8 31 35 13 4 5 4 19 20 12 3 5 4 12 15 -4 31
13 Real Betis 25 7 9 9 35 40 13 6 3 4 25 20 12 1 6 5 10 20 -5 30
14 Deportivo Alavés 25 8 6 11 27 35 13 6 4 3 17 10 12 2 2 8 10 25 -8 30
15 Real Valladolid 25 6 11 8 22 28 12 3 7 2 13 9 13 3 4 6 9 19 -6 29
16 Celta de Vigo 25 5 9 11 22 34 13 4 5 4 10 12 12 1 4 7 12 22 -12 24
17 SD Eibar 24 6 6 12 22 37 11 5 1 5 14 16 13 1 5 7 8 21 -15 24
18 Mallorca 25 6 4 15 26 42 13 6 2 5 16 13 12 0 2 10 10 29 -16 22
19 Leganés 25 4 7 14 18 37 13 4 2 7 12 18 12 0 5 7 6 19 -19 19
20 Espanyol 25 4 7 14 22 44 12 1 4 7 11 23 13 3 3 7 11 21 -22 19

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.