Battling Espanyol will be hoping to pull off a surprise win when they greet hard-driving Real Sociedad in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home supporters will have not-so-high confidence.
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's struggle is real here at RCDE Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 La Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.
The spoils were shared in Espanyol's previous game, also at home. Visiting Osasuna (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Darder (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.11/10. Darder hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Almería.Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each side.
Espanyol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Espanyol defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Real Sociedad's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Real Sociedad collect 22 points from their 10 away matches in the La Liga. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Real Sociedad are looking to quickly end their 234 minutes long goal drought in the La Liga.
Sociedad have lots to to set right after their shock defeat (0-1) to Real Valladolid in their previous game, played at home. Before that defeat this team had won at least a draw from seven league rounds in a row. Kubo got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Kubo hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Real Madrid.Lacking goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
Real Sociedad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Real Sociedad as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other earlier this season: Real Sociedad - Espanyol 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Espanyol three wins, one draw and Real Sociedad six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 11 goals |   A. Sørloth 8 goals |  B. Méndez Portela 7 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Espanyol | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 30 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 65% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 35% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 70% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 45% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 40% |
| 15% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 35% | 32% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 25% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 10.9 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Sociedad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 53 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Girona | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | Almería | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | Sevilla | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 17 | Valencia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 19 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Elche | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
