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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:

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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