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:

November 2, 2024
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
November 22, 2024
Getafe 21:00 Real Valladolid
November 23, 2024
Valencia 14:00 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Alaves
Las Palmas 18:30 Mallorca
Girona 18:30 Espanyol
Celta Vigo 21:00 Barcelona
November 24, 2024
Osasuna 14:00 Villarreal
Sevilla 16:15 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 18:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Real Sociedad
November 29, 2024
Mallorca 21:00 Valencia
November 30, 2024
Barcelona 14:00 Las Palmas
Alaves 16:15 Leganes
Espanyol 18:30 Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
December 1, 2024
Villarreal 14:00 Girona
Real Madrid 16:15 Getafe
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad 21:00 Real Betis

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 13 11 0 2 40 12 +28 33
2 Real Madrid 12 8 3 1 25 11 +14 27
3 Atlético de Madrid 13 7 5 1 19 7 +12 26
4 Villarreal 12 7 3 2 23 19 +4 24
5 Osasuna 13 6 3 4 17 20 -3 21
6 Athletic Bilbao 13 5 5 3 19 13 +6 20
7 Real Betis 13 5 5 3 14 12 +2 20
8 Real Sociedad 13 5 3 5 11 10 +1 18
9 Mallorca 13 5 3 5 10 10 +0 18
10 Girona 13 5 3 5 16 17 -1 18
11 Celta Vigo 13 5 2 6 20 22 -2 17
12 Rayo Vallecano 12 4 4 4 13 13 +0 16
13 Sevilla 13 4 3 6 12 18 -6 15
14 Leganes 13 3 5 5 13 16 -3 14
15 Alaves 13 4 1 8 14 22 -8 13
16 Las Palmas 13 3 3 7 16 22 -6 12
17 Getafe 13 1 7 5 8 11 -3 10
18 Espanyol 12 3 1 8 11 22 -11 10
19 Real Valladolid 13 2 3 8 10 25 -15 9
20 Valencia 11 1 4 6 8 17 -9 7

Spanish Primera Results

November 10, 2024
Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Barcelona
Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 0 - 1 Girona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Real Betis 2 - 2 Celta Vigo
November 9, 2024
Leganes 1 - 0 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Alaves
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Osasuna
November 8, 2024
Rayo Vallecano 1 - 3 Las Palmas
November 4, 2024
Celta Vigo 1 - 0 Getafe
November 3, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Real Betis
Sevilla 0 - 2 Real Sociedad
Barcelona 3 - 1 Espanyol
Atlético de Madrid 2 - 0 Las Palmas
November 2, 2024
Girona 4 - 3 Leganes
Osasuna 1 - 0 Real Valladolid
November 1, 2024
Alaves 1 - 0 Mallorca
October 28, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao

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