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Espanyol vs Villarreal

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – RCDE Stadium

Date: 18th February 2018

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

These two sides are good teams at least on paper but it is safe to say they have not been achieving as much as you would expect them to this season.

Espanyol head into this game with two consecutive draws against Barcelona and Celta Vigo and they will be looking to do a little better by securing a win in this game.

They are currently 15th in the league table but they have a good points cushion ahead of the drop zone.

Espanyol have an enviable home record that has seen them win over Atletico 1-0 and avoid a home defeat to Barcelona despite paying the league leaders two times in the RCDE Stadium this season.

Villarreal on the other hand have suddenly started struggling and they head into this game off the back of three consecutive losses.

One of the reasons for their drop in form is a growing list of injuries to their star men and their fans would be hoping that they can bounce back from their Europa League loss to Lyon on Thursday here.

They have a solid record against Espanyol as they have not lost any of their last 5 games against Espanyol, and are unbeaten in their last six visits to the RCDE Stadium.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Celta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol 11 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Espanyol 1-1 Barcelona 4 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Leganes 3-2 Espanyol 28 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol 25 Jan, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey
L Espanyol 0-3 Sevilla FC 20 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

Villarreal

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Villarreal 1-2 Alavés 10 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
L Real Betis 2-1 Villarreal 3 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 4-2 Real Sociedad 27 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Villarreal 2-1 Levante 20 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Madrid 0-1 Villarreal 13 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol 21 Sep, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol 4 Mar, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal 2 Oct, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 2-2 Villarreal 23 Jan, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 3-1 Espanyol 28 Aug, 2015 Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

January 3, 2025
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Celta Vigo
January 11, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Girona
Real Valladolid 16:15 Real Betis
Espanyol 18:30 Leganes
Sevilla 21:00 Valencia
January 12, 2025
Las Palmas 14:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Osasuna
January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid
January 18, 2025
Osasuna 14:00 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Celta Vigo 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Barcelona
January 19, 2025
Real Betis 14:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 16:15 Las Palmas
Valencia 18:30 Real Sociedad
Girona 21:00 Sevilla
January 20, 2025
Villarreal 21:00 Mallorca

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 18 12 5 1 33 12 +21 41
2 Real Madrid 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40
3 Barcelona 19 12 2 5 51 22 +29 38
4 Athletic Bilbao 19 10 6 3 29 17 +12 36
5 Villarreal 18 8 6 4 34 30 +4 30
6 Mallorca 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2 30
7 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Real Betis 18 6 7 5 21 22 -1 25
10 Osasuna 18 6 7 5 23 27 -4 25
11 Celta Vigo 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24
12 Rayo Vallecano 18 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
13 Las Palmas 18 6 4 8 23 27 -4 22
14 Sevilla 18 6 4 8 20 27 -7 22
15 Leganes 18 4 6 8 17 28 -11 18
16 Alaves 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 17
17 Getafe 18 3 7 8 11 15 -4 16
18 Espanyol 18 4 3 11 16 30 -14 15
19 Valencia 17 2 6 9 16 26 -10 12
20 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12

Spanish Primera Results

December 22, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
Las Palmas 1 - 0 Espanyol
Leganes 2 - 5 Villarreal
Real Madrid 4 - 2 Sevilla
Valencia 2 - 2 Alaves
December 21, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 2 Atlético de Madrid
Osasuna 1 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo 2 - 0 Real Sociedad
Getafe 0 - 1 Mallorca
December 20, 2024
Girona 3 - 0 Real Valladolid
December 18, 2024
Espanyol 1 - 1 Valencia
Villarreal 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
December 15, 2024
Barcelona 0 - 1 Leganes
Real Sociedad 0 - 0 Las Palmas
Villarreal 1 - 2 Real Betis
Alaves 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Atlético de Madrid 1 - 0 Getafe

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