Espanyol will be looking to build on their bright start to the season when they welcome Athletic Bilbao in this game, while their visitors will be looking to finally get their season started with a good result in this game.

The visitors started their season with a win over Leganes, but that has looked like it happened last season as they have not won any league game since that time.

There are just four teams in the Spanish topflight who are yet to post two wins in the league this season, and Athletic Bilbao are one of them, with 70 percent of their games ending in draws.

Espanyol have turned their home into a slaughter ground for visiting teams this season, and they will be looking to build on that with another win in this game.

The Catalans have almost everything going for them at the moment with a solid defence, good midfield and an attack that can get them the three points.

Borja Iglesias seems to have taken over from Gerard Moreno this season in terms of scoring goals as he has already netted 5 times in La Liga this season.

Espanyol have conceded just a single goal in all of their home games this season, and they are also the only team in the league to have won all of their home games so far.

Bookmakers have priced Espanyol up as steady favourites to come out on top while punters are treating Bilbao as a team who have to win sooner rather than later as their odds don’t reflect their struggling form.

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

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Real Valladolid		1-1		Espanyol	26 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Huesca		0-2		Espanyol	21 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Espanyol		3-1		Villarreal	7 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Rayo Vallecano		2-2		Espanyol	28 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Espanyol		1-0		Eibar	25 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Athletic Bilbao

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Athletic Bilbao		0-0		Valencia	27 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Rayo Vallecano		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	24 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Eibar		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	21 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Athletic Bilbao		1-3		Real Sociedad	5 Oct, 2018	Spanish Primera División
D	Barcelona		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	29 Sep, 2018	Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Athletic Bilbao		0-1		Espanyol	20 May, 2018	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	14 Jan, 2018	Spanish Primera División
Athletic Bilbao		2-0		Espanyol	4 Apr, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		0-0		Athletic Bilbao	6 Nov, 2016	Spanish Primera División
Espanyol		2-1		Athletic Bilbao	20 Mar, 2016	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results