Football Previews
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:
| September 1, 2018 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 17:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
| September 25, 2018 | ||
| Espanyol | 19:00 | Eibar |
| Real Sociedad | 20:00 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Atlético de Madrid | 21:00 | Huesca |
| September 26, 2018 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 19:00 | Villarreal |
| Leganés | 19:00 | Barcelona |
| Sevilla | 21:00 | Real Madrid |
| Valencia | 21:00 | Celta de Vigo |
| September 27, 2018 | ||
| Real Valladolid | 19:00 | Levante |
| Deportivo Alavés | 19:00 | Getafe |
| Girona | 21:00 | Real Betis |
| September 28, 2018 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 20:00 | Espanyol |
| September 29, 2018 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 12:00 | Valencia |
| Barcelona | 15:15 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Eibar | 17:30 | Sevilla |
| Real Madrid | 19:45 | Atlético de Madrid |
| September 30, 2018 | ||
| Huesca | 11:00 | Girona |
| Villarreal | 15:15 | Real Valladolid |
| Levante | 17:30 | Deportivo Alavés |
| Real Betis | 19:45 | Leganés |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 |
| 3 | Deportivo Alavés | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 4 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 |
| 5 | Atlético de Madrid | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 |
| 6 | Girona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Sevilla | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 | Espanyol | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 7 |
| 10 | Getafe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 7 |
| 11 | Eibar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Athletic Bilbao | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Villarreal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Valencia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Levante | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Huesca | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Leganés | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
Spanish Primera Results
| September 23, 2018 | ||
| Barcelona | 2 - 2 | Girona |
| Real Betis | 2 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Villarreal | 0 - 0 | Valencia |
| Levante | 2 - 6 | Sevilla |
| September 22, 2018 | ||
| Real Madrid | 1 - 0 | Espanyol |
| Getafe | 0 - 2 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Celta de Vigo | 3 - 3 | Real Valladolid |
| Eibar | 1 - 0 | Leganés |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1 - 5 | Deportivo Alavés |
| September 21, 2018 | ||
| Huesca | 0 - 1 | Real Sociedad |
| September 17, 2018 | ||
| Girona | 3 - 2 | Celta de Vigo |
| September 16, 2018 | ||
| Sevilla | 0 - 2 | Getafe |
| Real Valladolid | 0 - 1 | Deportivo Alavés |
| Espanyol | 1 - 0 | Levante |
| Leganés | 0 - 1 | Villarreal |
| September 15, 2018 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1 - 1 | Real Madrid |
| Valencia | 0 - 0 | Real Betis |
| Real Sociedad | 1 - 2 | Barcelona |
| Atlético de Madrid | 1 - 1 | Eibar |
| September 14, 2018 | ||
| Huesca | 0 - 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
Please Gamble Responsibly