Espanyol hope to get a lot of fans in for this game despite that the season has been demanding up to now with 13 points and a 16th spot in the La Liga table. Visiting Girona are in 12th place with 17 pts.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Girona have the most points from losing position (8) in La Liga
Little time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Copa Del Rey fixture only four days earlier. This match was also played here at RCDE Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Girona have had more rest.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's results here at RCDE Stadium in the La Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Espanyol's previous fixture was a Copa Del Rey game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-1 versus Celta de Vigo. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Midfielder Melamed was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.24 (out of ten) in that game. Melamed scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Barcelona that finished 1-1.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 4 games. Espanyol has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Espanyol defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Girona form and stats
Girona have only collected 5 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Girona played 2-2 against Rayo Vallecano in their previous match. As mentioned above, Girona drew the match against Rayo Vallecano. Manager Sánchez brought on Sáiz to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Romeu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Romeu hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 63 total).
A loss, in the Copa Del Rey away at Cacereno, before that. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Girona playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Girona wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Both teams to score? This team's fresh statistics suggest that, having completed 11 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Girona find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Girona rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous six meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Espanyol, zero draws and four wins for Girona. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 8 goals |   C. Stuani 4 goals |  V. Castellanos Giménez 4 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Girona missing players
| Espanyol | Girona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 40% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 67% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 29% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 4.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 14.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 11.7 | 14.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 35% | 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 29% |
| 13.5 | 12.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.1 | 11.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Girona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Girona have the most points from losing position (8) in La Liga
- Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 38 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Valencia | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Girona | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Almeria | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Getafe | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Elche | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 4 |
