La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Levante and Espanyol

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Faithful supporters at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Levante decaying in the 20th place. The visiting Espanyol will attempt to shield their higher league spot in this game.

Insights:
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (54) in La Liga
  • Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in La Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Levante form and stats

With 2 La Liga wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Levante, who have the most conceded goals (54) in La Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The followers are hoping that Levante will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Athletic Club (placed 8th). de Frutos, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.2 (out of 10). Frutos scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Levante won a home game hosting Elche (3-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Levante perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Levante as a small favourite), we find eight games. Levante has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.

Levante has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Levante have conceded 21 from these games.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-4-8 (13 played). Espanyol has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Cabrera secured the home win 2-0 against Getafe in their previous game. Cabrera, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Cabrera scored one goal and won 9 of 13 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Villarreal wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Espanyol in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Espanyol, two draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Espanyol when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Espanyol have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Espanyol - Levante 4-3. Levante-Espanyol H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Levante three wins, Espanyol four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EspanyolR. de Tomás Gómez
R. de Tomás Gómez
13 goals
LevanteJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
7 goals
LevanteR. Martí Salvador
R. Martí Salvador
4 goals

Levante missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Levante Espanyol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 8
9 6 3 Drew D 2 4 8
15 5 2 Lost L 2 8 11
29 16 4 Scored S 5 12 33
54 21 7 Conceded C 7 24 40
89% 77% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
78% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 74%
52% 46% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 52%
33% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 30%
22% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
48% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 59%
22% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 26%
41% 46% 60% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 22%
 
4.3 4.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 5
4.6 4.5 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.2 5.6
2.9 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.5
6 5 1 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
10.3 11.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.8 11.2
3.7 4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.6 4.1
29% 31% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 30%
 
12.4 11.3 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.9 13.1
5.2 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.3 4.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (54) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in La Liga
  • Levante have the the worst goal difference (-25) in La Liga

  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 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

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Table
  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 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

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