Home advantage feels safe and nice for Espanyol, but Real Betis are fully bent and capable to win. What happens today?
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Betis, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Espanyol nor Real Betis 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
With 1 La Liga win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Espanyol are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The regulars hope that Espanyol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Copa Del Rey fixture against Athletic Club.
Before that match, a La Liga win away at Getafe.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 13 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Espanyol has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Espanyol have conceded 15 from these games.
Real Betis form and stats
Playing away, Real Betis have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga this season.
Betis delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Osasuna in their previous match; a Copa Del Rey duel. Carvalho got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Carvalho scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, 2-2 at home hosting Barcelona (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Super Cup.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Real Betis as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Real Betis have not lost in the last 9 matches (5-4-0) against Espanyol.The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 10 goals |   B. Iglesias Quintas 8 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Real Betis missing players
| Espanyol | Real Betis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 26 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 75% | 81% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 41% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 11.2 | 14 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 32% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.2 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- 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.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Girona | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 13 | Almeria | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Getafe | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Sevilla | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Elche | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -24 | 5 |
