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:
| 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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