A total of 36 matches are done and Valencia are 5 points in front of Espanyol. What happens?
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in La Liga
Relegation threatens Valencia who should definitely be looking for some points here. Espanyol are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Valencia and Espanyol.
Valencia form and stats
The La Liga statistics at home this season for Valencia are 8-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Vegas led his Valencia to a defeat away at Mallorca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de Mestalla. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. Correia, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Correia hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Valencia won a home game hosting Real Madrid (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Valencia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Valencia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. From these home matches, Valencia have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Espanyol form and stats
There's been little loot from Espanyol's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the La Liga. Espanyol only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.
Espanyol delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Atletico Madrid (placed 3rd) in their previous fixture. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Espanyol's duel with Atletico Madrid. It looked bad at 0-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Souza found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Espanyol drew the match against Atletico Madrid. Manager Fernández brought on Souza to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Puado was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.32/10. Puado hit two key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Rayo Vallecano with the score of 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Espanyol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this side's 14 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Espanyol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 23 goals have been scored. Espanyol's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played before this season: Espanyol - Valencia 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Valencia wins - draws - Espanyol wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 16 goals |  M. Braithwait 10 goals |   J. Kluivert 6 goals |
Valencia missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Valencia | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 39 | 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 42 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 32 | 64 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 64% | 61% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 78% |
| 44% | 44% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 11% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 39% | 44% |
| 3% | 6% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | 17% |
| 47% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 75% |
| 19% | 33% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 11% | 17% |
| 33% | 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 6% | 11% |
| 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 12.9 | 13.9 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.3 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 29% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | 33% |
| 10.7 | 8.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 16.4 | 14.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Espanyol have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in La Liga
- Espanyol have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in La Liga
- Espanyol have the most matches over the total-line (23) in La Liga
- Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Espanyol haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | FC Barcelona | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 48 | 85 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 72 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 38 | 74 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 36 | 73 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 68 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 63 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 56 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 50 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 50 |
| 9 | Girona | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 49 |
| 10 | Sevilla | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | -5 | 49 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -6 | 47 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -6 | 46 |
| 13 | Valencia | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | -3 | 40 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -10 | 40 |
| 15 | Almeria | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 62 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -16 | 39 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -24 | 38 |
| 17 | Getafe | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 38 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 38 | -30 | 38 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 64 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 32 | -17 | 35 |
| 20 | Elche | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 38 | -38 | 21 |
