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Espanyol vs Valencia

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – RCDE Stadium

Date: 19th November 2017

Kick-off time – 15:15 GMT

Espanyol willbe looking to halt Valencia’s ascension up the league table.

They are defensively a good side even though their attacking play is not as commendable.

They currently average 0.82 goals per game which is the league’s worst for a team above the bottom four but they have collected ten points from their last four home games, albeit those were not against any of the top six teams.

With Pablo Piatti in their attack, their lack of goals is mainly due to their opponents not allowing them get as much space as they want.

Espanyol have lost 4 of their last 5 meetings with Valencia.

Valencia have started this season in such good form that it is difficult not to take notice of them.

After a miserable few years that saw them almost get relegated a couple of times, Marcelino has brought back life to the former European champions and this game could be another routine win for them.

They are currently on a run of 8 straight wins and are considered one of the favourites to win the title at this stage, with Real Madrid and Atletico struggling for form.

Valencia has scored 2.73 goals per game this season which is the same figure as Barcelona and shows how rampant they have been.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Alavés 1-0 Espanyol Nov 4, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Espanyol 1-0 Real Betis Oct 30, 2017 Spanish Primera División
D Tenerife 0-0 Espanyol Oct 26, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
D Real Sociedad 1-1 Espanyol Oct 23, 2017 Spanish Primera División
D Espanyol 0-0 Levante Oct 13, 2017 Spanish Primera División

Valencia

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Valencia 3-0 Leganes Nov 4, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Alavés 1-2 Valencia Oct 28, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Real Zaragoza 0-2 Valencia Oct 24, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
W Valencia 4-0 Sevilla FC Oct 21, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Real Betis 3-6 Valencia Oct 15, 2017 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Espanyol 0-1 Valencia May 13, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol Jan 15, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol Feb 13, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 1-0 Valencia Sep 22, 2015 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 1-2 Valencia Feb 8, 2015 Spanish Primera División


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

May 10, 2024
Alaves 20:00 Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca 13:00 Las Palmas
Villarreal 15:15 Sevilla
Granada 17:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 15:15 Celta Vigo
Valencia 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Real Sociedad
May 14, 2024
Osasuna 18:30 Mallorca
Real Madrid 20:30 Alaves
Girona 21:00 Villarreal
May 15, 2024
Sevilla 18:30 Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Granada
Celta Vigo 21:00 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas 18:30 Real Betis
Almeria 20:30 Barcelona
Real Sociedad 21:00 Valencia

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 34 27 6 1 74 22 +52 87
2 Girona 34 23 5 6 73 42 +31 74
3 Barcelona 34 22 7 5 70 43 +27 73
4 Atlético de Madrid 34 21 4 9 63 39 +24 67
5 Athletic Bilbao 34 17 10 7 55 33 +22 61
6 Real Sociedad 34 14 12 8 48 35 +13 54
7 Real Betis 34 13 13 8 43 39 +4 52
8 Valencia 34 13 8 13 37 39 -2 47
9 Villarreal 34 12 9 13 56 58 -2 45
10 Getafe 34 10 13 11 41 47 -6 43
11 Alaves 34 11 8 15 32 38 -6 41
12 Sevilla 34 10 11 13 45 46 -1 41
13 Osasuna 34 11 6 17 37 51 -14 39
14 Las Palmas 34 10 7 17 30 43 -13 37
15 Celta Vigo 34 8 10 16 40 52 -12 34
16 Rayo Vallecano 34 7 13 14 27 43 -16 34
17 Mallorca 34 6 14 14 27 40 -13 32
18 Cadiz 34 4 14 16 23 49 -26 26
19 Granada 34 4 9 21 36 64 -28 21
20 Almeria 34 2 11 21 33 67 -34 17

Spanish Primera Results

May 5, 2024
Sevilla 3 - 0 Granada
Rayo Vallecano 0 - 1 Almeria
Valencia 0 - 1 Alaves
Celta Vigo 3 - 2 Villarreal
Osasuna 0 - 2 Real Betis
May 4, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Girona 4 - 2 Barcelona
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Cadiz
Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Las Palmas
May 3, 2024
Getafe 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 4 - 2 Valencia
April 28, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
Granada 3 - 0 Osasuna
Cadiz 1 - 1 Mallorca
April 27, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 3 - 0 Celta Vigo
Almeria 1 - 3 Getafe
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Girona
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Real Madrid

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