Espanyol hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 19th position in the La Liga table. Visiting Osasuna holds 11th place with 19 pts.
The hosts Espanyol saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ferencvaros.
Espanyol form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. Espanyol have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at RCDE Stadium. Espanyol are slowly digging their own grave here at RCDE Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sevilla match.
Espanyol manager Pablo Machín and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Ferencvaros in the Europa League. Before that, Espanyol drew at home versus Getafe.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Espanyol have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 5 Lost 3.
Espanyol has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. Espanyol are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 7 played).
Osasuna form and stats
Osasuna have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-4-2 (7 played). Visiting Osasuna has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Osasuna failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga home match vs Athletic Club (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-0 draw at Getafe's stadium before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Osasuna playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 5 Osasuna wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Osasuna when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Osasuna have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Espanyol victories, 1 draw and 5 Osasuna wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Rubén García
4 goals
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E. Ávila
4 goals
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Roberto Torres
3 goals
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Espanyol missing players
Osasuna missing players
| Espanyol | Osasuna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 24 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 79% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 162 | 94 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 73 | 173 |
| 41 | 23 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 19 | 61 |
| 20% | 13% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 28% |
- Espanyol has the fewest points (1) at home
- Espanyol has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
- Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Espanyol have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Espanyol have yet to win a game at home.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Osasuna have scored more than double the goals of Espanyol.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Getafe | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Granada | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Levante | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Eibar | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 9 |
| 20 | Leganés | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 6 |