The visiting Getafe side should be favourites in this visit to Espanyol, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Espanyol nor Getafe 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 played 14 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).Espanyol lost their last game at Barcelona after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sevilla (0-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with Espanyol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Espanyol as a small favourite), we find three games. Espanyol has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2. There will be little rest for Espanyol after this match as they are travelling to Girona for a La Liga game in only three days.
Espanyol has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Last season, Espanyol's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Espanyol managed 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 16 conceded.
Getafe form and stats
As the visiting team Getafe have produced an overall stat of 4-13-2 so far.The manager José Bordalás was unhappy after their last game, a La Liga match played at their home ground RCDE Stadium. Getafe suffered a 0-2 loss to Leganes. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Valencia.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Getafe in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Getafe, 10 draws and 3 defeats.
Getafe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Getafe in these games.
Let's have a look at how Getafe performed last season in the La Liga. They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Getafe - Espanyol 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 1 - 5 (Espanyol wins - draws - Getafe wins).Top Goalscorers
  Jaime Mata 13 goals / 6 assists |   Borja Iglesias 11 goals / 2 assists |  Jorge Molina 10 goals / 3 assists |
Espanyol missing players
Getafe missing players
| Espanyol | Getafe | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 32 | 19 | Scored | 16 | 36 |
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | 15 | 26 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 87% | 90% |
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 79% |
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 27% | 34% |
| 31% | 43% | Over 3.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 50% | Both teams to score | 67% | 48% |
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 31% |
| 28% | 14% | Failed To Score | 27% | 31% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 48 | 69 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 59 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | Getafe | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 46 |
| 5 | Deportivo Alavés | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 44 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Valencia | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 39 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 11 | Leganés | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Eibar | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 13 | Girona | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -7 | 34 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 34 |
| 15 | Levante | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 16 | Villarreal | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 29 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 19 | Rayo Vallecano | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 23 |
| 20 | Huesca | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -19 | 22 |
