Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Valencia welcomes Espanyol

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Thu 16.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

With their 26 point advantage in the league table, Valencia fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Espanyol.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

For Espanyol it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Valencia form and stats

Valencia have performed here at Estadio de Mestalla this season with 10 wins from 18 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 7 games and lost 1.

Valencia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Leganés. Before that, Valencia had a home game versus Real Valladolid which ended with a victory 2-1.

Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Dani Parejo for missing a penalty kick versus Leganés in the 60th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Valencia as they are travelling to their away game against Sevilla in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.

The Valencia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 18 league matches. From these home matches, Valencia have conceded only 16 goals.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol have only collected 13 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 3-4-11 (18 played). Espanyol are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 4 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Getafe game.) Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Espanyol's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Espanyol aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 350 league minutes without a goal. D. Lopez was the last player to find the net.

Espanyol might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. SD Eibar proved too strong as Espanyol slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at RCDE Stadium. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Barcelona's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Espanyol are hosting Celta de Vigo in the La Liga only three days away.

The attacking power of Espanyol when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 18 league matches away. As opposed to that, Espanyol have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Espanyol - Valencia 1-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Valencia won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Espanyol has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaM. Gómez González
M. Gómez González
9 goals
ValenciaD. Parejo Muñoz
D. Parejo Muñoz
8 goals
ValenciaK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
5 goals

Valencia missing players

Espanyol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Espanyol
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
13 10 5 Won W 1 3 5
11 7 1 Drew D 0 4 9
12 1 0 Lost L 5 11 22
45 28 9 Scored S 3 12 27
52 16 3 Conceded C 9 26 57
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 72%
44% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 42%
19% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 19%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
58% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 47%
19% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 14%
22% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 44%
 
4.4 4.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.2 4.2
4.7 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.8 4.5
2.2 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 2.8
7 1 0 Red cards R C 1 7 9
 
326 185 63 Total Shots T S 69 169 386
114 69 22 Shots on Target S O 20 51 121
39% 41% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 24% 22%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Espanyol has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Espanyol has the most conceded goals in the second half (36)
  • Espanyol has the most dropped points from leading position (25)
  • Espanyol has the the worst goal difference (-30)
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Espanyol is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Valencia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Espanyol have scored away.
  • 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 36 25 8 3 66 22 18 14 4 0 38 10 18 11 4 3 28 12 44 83
2 Barcelona 36 24 7 5 80 36 18 16 2 0 51 14 18 8 5 5 29 22 44 79
3 Atlético Madrid 36 17 15 4 48 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 18 5 10 3 21 16 22 66
4 Sevilla 36 18 12 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 9 5 4 28 20 19 66
5 Villarreal 36 17 6 13 58 47 18 8 5 5 33 25 18 9 1 8 25 22 11 57
6 Getafe 36 14 12 10 43 34 18 8 6 4 25 18 18 6 6 6 18 16 9 54
7 Real Sociedad 36 16 6 14 55 47 18 9 3 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 54
8 Athletic Club 36 13 12 11 41 32 18 9 4 5 21 12 18 4 8 6 20 20 9 51
9 Valencia 36 13 11 12 45 52 18 10 7 1 28 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -7 50
10 Granada 36 14 8 14 46 44 18 9 3 6 22 16 18 5 5 8 24 28 2 50
11 Osasuna 36 12 12 12 42 51 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 5 6 7 18 24 -9 48
12 Levante 36 12 7 17 43 51 18 8 5 5 26 19 18 4 2 12 17 32 -8 43
13 Real Betis 36 10 11 15 47 56 18 9 4 5 33 25 18 1 7 10 14 31 -9 41
14 Real Valladolid 36 8 15 13 29 40 18 4 10 4 16 15 18 4 5 9 13 25 -11 39
15 SD Eibar 36 10 9 17 36 51 18 7 3 8 22 24 18 3 6 9 14 27 -15 39
16 Celta de Vigo 36 7 15 14 35 46 18 5 8 5 20 17 18 2 7 9 15 29 -11 36
17 Deportivo Alavés 36 9 9 18 32 53 18 7 6 5 20 14 18 2 3 13 12 39 -21 36
18 Leganés 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 18 2 7 9 11 25 -23 32
19 Mallorca 36 9 5 22 37 61 18 8 3 7 24 20 18 1 2 15 13 41 -24 32
20 Espanyol 36 5 9 22 27 57 18 2 5 11 15 31 18 3 4 11 12 26 -30 24

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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 36 25 8 3 66 22 18 14 4 0 38 10 18 11 4 3 28 12 44 83
2 Barcelona 36 24 7 5 80 36 18 16 2 0 51 14 18 8 5 5 29 22 44 79
3 Atlético Madrid 36 17 15 4 48 26 18 12 5 1 27 10 18 5 10 3 21 16 22 66
4 Sevilla 36 18 12 6 53 34 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 9 5 4 28 20 19 66
5 Villarreal 36 17 6 13 58 47 18 8 5 5 33 25 18 9 1 8 25 22 11 57
6 Getafe 36 14 12 10 43 34 18 8 6 4 25 18 18 6 6 6 18 16 9 54
7 Real Sociedad 36 16 6 14 55 47 18 9 3 6 33 20 18 7 3 8 22 27 8 54
8 Athletic Club 36 13 12 11 41 32 18 9 4 5 21 12 18 4 8 6 20 20 9 51
9 Valencia 36 13 11 12 45 52 18 10 7 1 28 16 18 3 4 11 17 36 -7 50
10 Granada 36 14 8 14 46 44 18 9 3 6 22 16 18 5 5 8 24 28 2 50
11 Osasuna 36 12 12 12 42 51 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 5 6 7 18 24 -9 48
12 Levante 36 12 7 17 43 51 18 8 5 5 26 19 18 4 2 12 17 32 -8 43
13 Real Betis 36 10 11 15 47 56 18 9 4 5 33 25 18 1 7 10 14 31 -9 41
14 Real Valladolid 36 8 15 13 29 40 18 4 10 4 16 15 18 4 5 9 13 25 -11 39
15 SD Eibar 36 10 9 17 36 51 18 7 3 8 22 24 18 3 6 9 14 27 -15 39
16 Celta de Vigo 36 7 15 14 35 46 18 5 8 5 20 17 18 2 7 9 15 29 -11 36
17 Deportivo Alavés 36 9 9 18 32 53 18 7 6 5 20 14 18 2 3 13 12 39 -21 36
18 Leganés 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 5 4 9 15 24 18 2 7 9 11 25 -23 32
19 Mallorca 36 9 5 22 37 61 18 8 3 7 24 20 18 1 2 15 13 41 -24 32
20 Espanyol 36 5 9 22 27 57 18 2 5 11 15 31 18 3 4 11 12 26 -30 24

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