This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, boom and bust giving mid-table spots so far. Get ready for Valencia - Espanyol!
- Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in La Liga
- Espanyol have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active game!
Valencia form and stats
Overall La Liga stats playing at home this season for Valencia are 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Valencia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Levante away with the result 4-3. Soler (2) and Guedes (2) found the net in that victory. The game against Levante had lots of late drama as Valencia came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Guedes's goal in the 85th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Valencia goalkeeper Cillessen did an outstanding job against Levante with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The attacker Guedes was named "man of the match" for Valencia with a rating of 9.35/10. Guedes scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Arenteiro (after extra-time).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valencia handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and zero defeats.
The Valencia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Valencia have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol have only collected 3 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 0-3-6 (9 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Espanyol have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ponferradina game.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Espanyol, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Celta de Vigo (placed 14th). Defender Gómez was the best team player with a rating of 7.04. Gómez served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game was the away Copa Del Rey victory against Cristo Atletico 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 eight games were one victory, two draws and five defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Espanyol now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Del Rey game at Ponferradina is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Espanyol as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Espanyol have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Valencia won seven games, one match ended with a tie and Espanyol got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 8 goals |   C. Soler Barragán 7 goals |  G. Ganchinho Guedes 6 goals |
Valencia missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Valencia | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 26 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 61% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 72% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 11.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 27% |
| 11.9 | 12.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Espanyol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Espanyol have yet to win a game away.
- Valencia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Espanyol have scored away.
- Valencia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Valencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in La Liga
- Valencia have the most points from losing position (13) in La Liga
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 46 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Valencia | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Granada | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Getafe | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Elche | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 18 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 8 |
