Espanyol fights Villarreal in La Liga battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: RCDE Stadium (40423 seats)

Espanyol hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 19th position in the La Liga table. Visiting Villarreal holds 9th place with 11 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol are yet to produce one single La Liga point here at RCDE Stadium, to the disappointment of their supporters. All 4 matches have been lost. The home stadium (RCDE Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Espanyol it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Espanyol lost their last game at Mallorca (placed 18th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that match, a Europa League win away at CSKA Moskva.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Espanyol as they are travelling to their away game against Ludogorets in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.

The lack of attacking qualities in Espanyol means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Espanyol have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here at RCDE Stadium.

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Villarreal form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Villarreal in their La Liga matches away. Villarreal seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Villarreal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Osasuna in the La Liga. Before that, Villarreal secured a home win against Real Betis with the score 5-1.

Villarreal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. In the opposite end, Villarreal have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Espanyol-Villarreal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Espanyol 2 wins, Villarreal 2 wins, 6 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Gerard Moreno
6 goals / 1 assists
Santi Cazorla
4 goals / 3 assists
K. Toko Ekambi
2 goals / 2 assists

Espanyol missing players

Villarreal missing players

Espanyol Villarreal
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 4 1 Lost L 0 3 3
4 1 0 Scored S 3 6 19
14 10 2 Conceded C 0 6 13
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 75%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
62% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5.8 4.1
4.8 5 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 7.2 7.4
2.5 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Espanyol's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Villarreal's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • 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 lost all their home matches so far.
  • 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 at home.
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Villarreal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Villarreal have scored more than double the goals of Espanyol.
  • Villarreal have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Espanyol
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
22-09-19 LAL Espanyol 1 - 3 Real Sociedad
26-09-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 1 - 1 Espanyol
29-09-19 LAL Espanyol 0 - 2 Real Valladolid
03-10-19 EL CSKA Moskva 0 - 2 Espanyol
06-10-19 LAL Mallorca 2 - 0 Espanyol
20-10-19 LAL Espanyol 14:00 Villarreal
24-10-19 EL Ludogorets 16:55 Espanyol
27-10-19 LAL Levante 15:00 Espanyol
30-10-19 LAL Athletic Club 19:00 Espanyol
02-11-19 LAL Espanyol 12:00 Valencia
Villarreal
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-09-19 LAL Leganes 0 - 3 Villarreal
21-09-19 LAL Villarreal 2 - 0 Real Valladolid
24-09-19 LAL Barcelona 2 - 1 Villarreal
27-09-19 LAL Villarreal 5 - 1 Real Betis
05-10-19 LAL Osasuna 2 - 1 Villarreal
20-10-19 LAL Espanyol 14:00 Villarreal
25-10-19 LAL Villarreal 19:00 Deportivo Alavés
31-10-19 LAL Eibar 18:00 Villarreal
03-11-19 LAL Villarreal 13:00 Athletic Club
10-11-19 LAL Mallorca - Villarreal

  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 8 5 3 0 16 8 4 3 1 0 10 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 8 18
2 Barcelona 8 5 1 2 20 10 4 4 0 0 16 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 10 16
3 Atlético Madrid 8 4 3 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 15
4 Granada 8 4 2 2 15 10 3 2 0 1 3 1 5 2 2 1 12 9 5 14
5 Real Sociedad 8 4 1 3 13 9 3 2 0 1 6 2 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 13
6 Sevilla 8 4 1 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 3 0 2 6 7 -1 13
7 Athletic Club 8 3 3 2 7 4 4 3 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 12
8 Valencia 8 3 3 2 12 12 5 2 3 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 3 6 0 12
9 Villarreal 8 3 2 3 19 13 4 2 2 0 13 7 4 1 0 3 6 6 6 11
10 Levante 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 1 0 3 5 8 0 11
11 Osasuna 8 2 5 1 7 7 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 11
12 Getafe 8 2 4 2 12 12 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 10
13 Real Valladolid 8 2 4 2 7 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 10
14 SD Eibar 8 2 3 3 10 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 0 3 2 4 6 0 9
15 Celta de Vigo 8 2 3 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 3 -4 9
16 Real Betis 8 2 3 3 11 16 5 2 2 1 8 6 3 0 1 2 3 10 -5 9
17 Deportivo Alavés 8 2 2 4 5 9 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 0 1 3 2 8 -4 8
18 Mallorca 8 2 1 5 6 12 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 7
19 Espanyol 8 1 2 5 4 14 4 0 0 4 1 10 4 1 2 1 3 4 -10 5
20 Leganés 8 0 2 6 4 12 5 0 1 4 2 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 -8 2

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