Espanyol vs Barcelona Preview

 Espanyol vs Barcelona

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – RCDE Stadium

Date: 29th April 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Live in-play betting – 

Espanyol host a very high flying Barcelona side in the Catalan derby with plans to blow the La Liga title race even more wide open than it already is.

Espanyol have had a good season except for their recent results.

They are currently 9th in La Liga standings after collecting 50 points from 34 games.

They trail 8th placed Eibar by goal difference but have played a game more.

Their recent stats shows that they have won only 1 of their last 3 games, and are currently without a win in 2 attempts.

Overall, they have won 3 of their last 6 games.

Their home form has been good except for their last match where they lost 0-1 to Atletico Madrid.

Prior to that loss, they won 4 straight home games.

Top of the table Barcelona will consider this game the most important Catalan derby in recent times.

They will have to win all their remaining games if they hope to win the league.

They are currently on a good run of form after winning their last 3 league games, including victory away in the El Classico.

They have lost 2 of their last 5 away games, and they have scored at least 3 goals in each of their last 3 league matches.

Winning at Madrid has definitely given them a major boost.

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

 
Espanyol last 5 matches (most recent first):
25/04/17 (a)Sporting Gijón 1-1 D
22/04/17 (h)Atlético Madrid 0-1 L
16/04/17 (a)Leganés 0-1 W
08/04/17 (h)Alavés 1-0 W
04/04/17 (a)Athletic Bilbao 2-0 L
 
Barcelona last 5 matches (most recent first):
26/04/17 (h)Osasuna 7-1 W
23/04/17 (a)Real Madrid 2-3 W
19/04/17 (h)Juventus 0-0 D
15/04/17 (h)Real Sociedad 3-2 W
11/04/17 (a)Juventus 3-0 L

Last time they met: Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 20:00 Real Madrid
April 27, 2024
Las Palmas 13:00 Girona
Almeria 15:15 Getafe
Alaves 17:30 Celta Vigo
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 28, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Mallorca
Granada 15:15 Osasuna
Villarreal 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Sevilla
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Valencia
May 3, 2024
Getafe 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad 13:00 Las Palmas
Real Madrid 15:15 Cadiz
Girona 17:30 Barcelona
Mallorca 20:00 Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna 13:00 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 15:15 Villarreal
Valencia 17:30 Alaves
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Almeria
Sevilla 20:00 Granada

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 32 25 6 1 70 22 +48 81
2 Barcelona 32 21 7 4 64 37 +27 70
3 Girona 32 21 5 6 67 40 +27 68
4 Atlético de Madrid 32 19 4 9 59 38 +21 61
5 Athletic Bilbao 32 16 10 6 52 30 +22 58
6 Real Sociedad 32 13 12 7 46 34 +12 51
7 Real Betis 32 12 12 8 40 38 +2 48
8 Valencia 32 13 8 11 35 34 +1 47
9 Villarreal 32 11 9 12 51 55 -4 42
10 Getafe 32 9 13 10 38 44 -6 40
11 Osasuna 32 11 6 15 37 46 -9 39
12 Sevilla 32 9 10 13 41 45 -4 37
13 Las Palmas 32 10 7 15 30 39 -9 37
14 Alaves 32 9 8 15 28 38 -10 35
15 Rayo Vallecano 32 7 13 12 27 39 -12 34
16 Mallorca 32 6 13 13 26 38 -12 31
17 Celta Vigo 32 7 10 15 37 47 -10 31
18 Cadiz 32 4 13 15 22 45 -23 25
19 Granada 32 3 9 20 33 61 -28 18
20 Almeria 32 1 11 20 31 64 -33 14

Spanish Primera Results

April 22, 2024
Sevilla 2 - 1 Mallorca
April 21, 2024
Real Madrid 3 - 2 Barcelona
Alaves 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Almeria 1 - 2 Villarreal
Getafe 1 - 1 Real Sociedad
April 20, 2024
Girona 4 - 1 Cadiz
Valencia 1 - 2 Real Betis
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 1 Osasuna
Celta Vigo 4 - 1 Las Palmas
April 19, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Granada
April 15, 2024
Osasuna 0 - 1 Valencia
April 14, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 2 Almeria
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Villarreal
Granada 2 - 0 Alaves
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Sevilla
April 13, 2024
Cadiz 0 - 1 Barcelona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano 0 - 0 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Girona
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 1 Celta Vigo

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