This is match day, this is La Liga and this is Espanyol - Mallorca. Get our thorough match guide!
- Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
- Mallorca have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in La Liga
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 10 points collected from 11 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5.
Happy days for Espanyol in their previous game, a fixture away at Elche (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. At last, a league win after three games without one. Some amazing scenes last match, when Darder scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time. The goalie Pacheco was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.31 out of ten. Pacheco topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Espanyol lost 2-3 at home to Real Sociedad.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.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
Mallorca form and stats
Mallorca have only collected 11 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 3-2-6 (11 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Mallorca, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Mallorca are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the fixture against Villarreal (placed 8th). An insane game with an abundance of goals last time out for Mallorca, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as much fun? Midfielder Rodríguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Rodríguez scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sevilla wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mallorca playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Mallorca wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 10 of this team's last 11 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Mallorca have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended Mallorca - Espanyol 1-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Espanyol four wins, two draws and Mallorca four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 11 goals |   V. Muriqi 9 goals |  M. Braithwait 5 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Mallorca missing players
| Espanyol | Mallorca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 33 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 55% |
| 50% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 41% | 55% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 9% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 68% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 36% |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 55% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 12.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8 | 9.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 29% |
| 13.5 | 12 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 13.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espanyol have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
- Espanyol have the most conceded goals (19) at home in La Liga
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mallorca have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in La Liga
- Mallorca have the most matches under the total-line (18) in La Liga
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 38 | 59 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 51 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Mallorca | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Girona | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 16 | Almeria | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | Cadiz | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Getafe | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 20 | Elche | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -30 | 9 |
