Struggling Espanyol will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Barcelona in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Espanyol and Barcelona.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 2 points collected from 9 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-7.
Espanyol's previous game was a La Liga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Barcelona (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Espanyol lost 0-2 at Leganes's place.
Espanyol have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Espanyol have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Barcelona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (47) in La Liga, on their La Liga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Barcelona, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Espanyol in the La Liga. Before that, Barcelona secured a home win against Deportivo Alavés with the score 4-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barcelona are hosting Real Madrid in the Super Cup only four days away.
Barcelona are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Espanyol, 1 draw and 8 wins for Barcelona. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 13 goals |  L. Suárez 10 goals |  A. Griezmann 7 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Espanyol | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 47 |
| 34 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 79% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 68% |
| 21% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 53% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 32% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 58% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 26% |
| 47% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 208 | 126 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 98 | 223 |
| 57 | 35 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 43 | 112 |
| 23% | 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | 42% |
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (47)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
- Barcelona has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Espanyol.
- Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Espanyol has the fewest points (2) at home
- Espanyol has the fewest scored goals (12)
- Espanyol has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- Espanyol has the most conceded goals (20) at home
- Espanyol has the most conceded goals (34)
- Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
- Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Espanyol is in the worst form (0-2-3)
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Valencia | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Getafe | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Levante | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Villarreal | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Granada | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alavés | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Eibar | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Leganes | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -22 | 10 |