Espanyol - Valencia in La Liga: Data, line-ups, games, tendencies and reports. Get our thorough preview!
- Espanyol have lost all their home matches so far.
- Valencia have lost all their away matches so far.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have played three La Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Three consecutive losses here at RCDE Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
In their previous game, the manager Penas led his Espanyol to a defeat away at Real Sociedad. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at RCDE Stadium. Midfielder Darder was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Darder served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sevilla that was lost 2-3.Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Espanyol having conceded 8 goals here at RCDE Stadium so far.
Valencia form and stats
No La Liga points yet away for Valencia, from their first 2 matches. Valencia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Valencia won their last game, 3-0 versus Celta de Vigo played at home. Gayà, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Gayà hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Rayo Vallecano's place.1 goal so far away for Valencia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Espanyol-Valencia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Espanyol two wins, Valencia six wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 3 goals |  E. Expósito Jaén 2 goals |  M. Braithwaite 2 goals |
Espanyol missing players
Valencia missing players
| Espanyol | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 8.3 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 15.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 15.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 12.8 | 13 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 10.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- All of Espanyol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Espanyol have lost all their home matches so far.
- Espanyol have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Espanyol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valencia have lost all their away matches so far.
- Valencia 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 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Atletico Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Girona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Getafe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Almeria | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Espanyol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -13 | 3 |
| 20 | Elche | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -14 | 1 |
