Football Previews
Espanyol vs Girona
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – RCDE Stadium
Date: 11th December 2017
Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
These sides are guilty of being inconsistent this season and although Espanyol will be favourites here due to home advantage, we can expect both sides to give a good account of themselves.
Girona seem to play better when they play teams that consider them underdogs and that could be the reason why they have taken four points from Barcelona and Atletico Madrid this season but lost to Alaves last time out.
For a side who has just been promoted to the La Liga, they play one of the most positive styles of football in the division.
Their wingbacks are very effective in terms of bombing forward and most of their goals this term has resulted from crosses from the wings.
However, they also seem to be generous defensively as they have kept a clean sheet in only 14% of their games this season, with 64% ending in both teams scoring.
Girona’s defence will be delighting Gerard Moreno at Espanyol after his good start to the season.
The attacker has scored 6 goals in all competition already this season and 2 in his last 3 games.
He is rarely out with injury as he has missed only one game since the start of last season which was due to suspension.
Espanyol has not hit the heights they reached last season but they have the quality to avoid relegation and Quiques Flores will be hoping his side can start winning games soon.
They have kept just one clean sheet in their last five games and Girona could take advantage of potential defensive lapse here.
This is the first top flight meeting between these two sides.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Espanyol
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Eibar |  |
3-1 |  |
Espanyol | 3 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Espanyol | |
3-2 |  |
Tenerife | 30 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| W | Espanyol | |
1-0 |  |
Getafe | 27 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Espanyol | |
0-2 |  |
Valencia | 19 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Alavés |  |
1-0 | |
Espanyol | 4 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Girona
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Girona |  |
2-3 | |
Alavés | 4 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| D | Levante |  |
1-1 | |
Girona | 28 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| D | Real Betis |  |
2-2 | |
Girona | 25 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| D | Girona | |
1-1 |  |
Real Sociedad | 17 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Levante | |
1-2 | |
Girona | 5 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
| 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 |
| May 10, 2024 | ||
| Alaves | 20:00 | Girona |
| May 11, 2024 | ||
| Mallorca | 13:00 | Las Palmas |
| Villarreal | 15:15 | Sevilla |
| Granada | 17:30 | Real Madrid |
| Athletic Bilbao | 20:00 | Osasuna |
| May 12, 2024 | ||
| Cadiz | 13:00 | Getafe |
| Atlético de Madrid | 15:15 | Celta Vigo |
| Valencia | 17:30 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Real Betis | 20:00 | Almeria |
| May 13, 2024 | ||
| Barcelona | 20:00 | Real Sociedad |
| May 14, 2024 | ||
| Osasuna | 18:30 | Mallorca |
| Real Madrid | 20:30 | Alaves |
| Girona | 21:00 | Villarreal |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 87 |
| 2 | Girona | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 74 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 73 |
| 4 | Atlético de Madrid | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 67 |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 61 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 54 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 49 |
| 8 | Valencia | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 38 | -1 | 47 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 55 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Getafe | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 43 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 49 | -12 | 39 |
| 12 | Alaves | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 38 | -7 | 38 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 46 | -4 | 38 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 43 | -13 | 37 |
| 15 | Rayo Vallecano | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 34 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 32 |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 31 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 34 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 49 | -26 | 26 |
| 19 | Granada | 33 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 61 | -25 | 21 |
| 20 | Almeria | 33 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 67 | -35 | 14 |
Spanish Primera Results
| May 4, 2024 | ||
| Mallorca | 0 - 1 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Girona | 4 - 2 | Barcelona |
| Real Madrid | 3 - 0 | Cadiz |
| Real Sociedad | 2 - 0 | Las Palmas |
| May 3, 2024 | ||
| Getafe | 0 - 2 | Athletic Bilbao |
| April 29, 2024 | ||
| Barcelona | 4 - 2 | Valencia |
| April 28, 2024 | ||
| Real Betis | 1 - 1 | Sevilla |
| Villarreal | 3 - 0 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Granada | 3 - 0 | Osasuna |
| Cadiz | 1 - 1 | Mallorca |
| April 27, 2024 | ||
| Atlético de Madrid | 3 - 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Alaves | 3 - 0 | Celta Vigo |
| Almeria | 1 - 3 | Getafe |
| Las Palmas | 0 - 2 | Girona |
| April 26, 2024 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 0 - 1 | Real Madrid |
| 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 |
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