The home fans bank on a win in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Espanyol are in 11th position while the guesting Granada panic at 14th.
Espanyol and Granada should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Granada when visiting Espanyol as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Espanyol form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Espanyol at their home stadium (RCDE Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Espanyol are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Getafe. Sergi Gómez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Gómez scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Athletic Club.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Espanyol's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won five matches, drawn one and lost zero.
The Espanyol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Espanyol have conceded only 4 goals.
Granada form and stats
Granada have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
Granada play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Levante (placed 19th). The attacker Luis Javier Suárez got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Suárez scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Getafe.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Granada when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning one game.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Granada have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these sides: Espanyol won five, Granada were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 6 goals |   L. Suárez Charris 3 goals |  A. Vidal Parreu 2 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Granada missing players
| Espanyol | Granada | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 91% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 73% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 55% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 27% |
| 6.2 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 6.3 | 7.8 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 24% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 33% |
| 14.9 | 15.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16 | 15.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Granada | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Elche | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Levante | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 6 |
| 20 | Getafe | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 6 |