Another adrenaline-fuelled match as Espanyol host Atlético Madrid

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 24.May
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40500 seats)

The campaign has been back-breaking for Espanyol up to now, while Atlético Madrid have enjoyed success. Will the highest placed get another win at RCDE Stadium?

Insights:
  • Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

For Atlético Madrid most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It's no vacation for neither Espanyol nor Atlético Madrid 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.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 17 points collected from 17 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-8.

Espanyol enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rayo Vallecano's place. The match ended 2-1 with Melamed and Darder scoring. Melamed (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Melamed scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against FC Barcelona that was lost 2-4.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 13 most recent league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There will be little rest for Espanyol after this match as they are travelling to Valencia for a La Liga game in only four days.

Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Atlético Madrid have produced an overall stat of 10-3-4 so far.

Atlético Madrid had fun at their own home (RCDE Stadium) last time out, beating Osasuna 3-0. Correa, Carrasco and Ñíguez scored. Ñíguez got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Ñíguez scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Elche before that.

A new game in only four days for Atlético Madrid, the La Liga home match versus Real Sociedad. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 24 goals in 17 league games away. It's not easy to score on Atlético Madrid as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Madrid have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing Espanyol.

Atlético Madrid - Espanyol 1-1 was the output when these two participants formerly met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolJ. Sanmartín Mato
J. Sanmartín Mato
15 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
13 goals
Atlético MadridA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
13 goals

Espanyol missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Espanyol Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
8 4 1 Won W 3 10 22
10 5 0 Drew D 1 3 6
17 8 4 Lost L 2 4 7
44 21 6 Scored S 12 24 63
61 29 11 Conceded C 7 13 27
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 53% 69%
63% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 43%
43% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 17%
14% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 14%
74% 65% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 49%
17% 24% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 41% 37%
11% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 14%
 
4.4 5.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5
5.2 3.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.4
2.6 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
10 6 2 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
10.9 12.6 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.9 14.6
3.7 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5 5.7
34% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 32%
 
14.2 11.8 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.5 11
5 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4 3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Espanyol have the most conceded goals (29) at home in La Liga
  • Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) 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 35 27 4 4 65 15 18 14 3 1 34 4 17 13 1 3 31 11 50 85
2 Atlético Madrid 35 22 6 7 63 27 18 12 3 3 39 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 36 72
3 Real Madrid 35 22 5 8 70 33 17 12 4 1 41 14 18 10 1 7 29 19 37 71
4 Real Sociedad 35 19 8 8 47 32 17 9 5 3 23 15 18 10 3 5 24 17 15 65
5 Villarreal 35 18 6 11 54 36 17 11 2 4 32 16 18 7 4 7 22 20 18 60
6 Real Betis 35 16 8 11 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 16 18 7 4 7 18 22 5 56
7 Athletic Club 35 14 8 13 46 39 18 8 3 7 22 14 17 6 5 6 24 25 7 50
8 Girona 35 13 9 13 55 50 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 3 6 8 21 26 5 48
9 Sevilla 35 13 9 13 44 49 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 48
10 Osasuna 35 13 8 14 32 39 17 9 1 7 20 20 18 4 7 7 12 19 -7 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 35 12 10 13 42 47 18 8 5 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 16 26 -5 46
12 Mallorca 35 12 8 15 33 40 17 8 5 4 18 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -7 44
13 Valencia 35 11 7 17 39 41 18 8 4 6 25 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -2 40
14 Almería 35 11 6 18 46 61 18 10 2 6 29 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -15 39
15 Celta de Vigo 35 10 9 16 40 50 17 6 5 6 23 19 18 4 4 10 17 31 -10 39
16 Cádiz 35 9 11 15 28 50 18 6 6 6 18 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -22 38
17 Real Valladolid 35 10 5 20 30 62 17 7 3 7 18 24 18 3 2 13 12 38 -32 35
18 Getafe 35 8 11 16 31 44 18 6 6 6 19 19 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 35
19 Espanyol 35 8 10 17 44 61 17 4 5 8 21 29 18 4 5 9 23 32 -17 34
20 Elche 35 4 8 23 27 65 17 3 4 10 16 27 18 1 4 13 11 38 -38 20

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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 35 27 4 4 65 15 18 14 3 1 34 4 17 13 1 3 31 11 50 85
2 Atlético Madrid 35 22 6 7 63 27 18 12 3 3 39 14 17 10 3 4 24 13 36 72
3 Real Madrid 35 22 5 8 70 33 17 12 4 1 41 14 18 10 1 7 29 19 37 71
4 Real Sociedad 35 19 8 8 47 32 17 9 5 3 23 15 18 10 3 5 24 17 15 65
5 Villarreal 35 18 6 11 54 36 17 11 2 4 32 16 18 7 4 7 22 20 18 60
6 Real Betis 35 16 8 11 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 16 18 7 4 7 18 22 5 56
7 Athletic Club 35 14 8 13 46 39 18 8 3 7 22 14 17 6 5 6 24 25 7 50
8 Girona 35 13 9 13 55 50 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 3 6 8 21 26 5 48
9 Sevilla 35 13 9 13 44 49 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 21 26 -5 48
10 Osasuna 35 13 8 14 32 39 17 9 1 7 20 20 18 4 7 7 12 19 -7 47
11 Rayo Vallecano 35 12 10 13 42 47 18 8 5 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 16 26 -5 46
12 Mallorca 35 12 8 15 33 40 17 8 5 4 18 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -7 44
13 Valencia 35 11 7 17 39 41 18 8 4 6 25 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -2 40
14 Almería 35 11 6 18 46 61 18 10 2 6 29 22 17 1 4 12 17 39 -15 39
15 Celta de Vigo 35 10 9 16 40 50 17 6 5 6 23 19 18 4 4 10 17 31 -10 39
16 Cádiz 35 9 11 15 28 50 18 6 6 6 18 23 17 3 5 9 10 27 -22 38
17 Real Valladolid 35 10 5 20 30 62 17 7 3 7 18 24 18 3 2 13 12 38 -32 35
18 Getafe 35 8 11 16 31 44 18 6 6 6 19 19 17 2 5 10 12 25 -13 35
19 Espanyol 35 8 10 17 44 61 17 4 5 8 21 29 18 4 5 9 23 32 -17 34
20 Elche 35 4 8 23 27 65 17 3 4 10 16 27 18 1 4 13 11 38 -38 20

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