Espanyol vs Real Madrid Preview

 

Espanyol vs Real Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – RCDE Stadium

Date: 27th February 2018

Kick-off time – 19:00 GMT

Real Madrid and Espanyol seem to have a friendlier relationship than their respective relationships with Barcelona and this is understandable given the hatred they both have for the La Liga leaders.

Espanyol have not been too resilient against this Real Madrid side in recent times and Madrid have enjoyed some good results when they visit the RCD stadium.

The Catalan side are far from form favourites in this game as they head into this match off the back of four straight draws.

That run started at their derby draw with Barcelona and they have failed to win a game since early in January.

This game does not look like the one they can use to get back to form given the stature of their opponents .

Espanyol have lost their last 5 matches against Madrid without netting a single goal.

Real Madrid are back to form and getting better with every match they play.

Los Blancos have won their last five games heading into this match, and they have netted at least 3 goals in each of those matches.

A brace from Cristiano Ronaldo and a goal each from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale helped them beat Alaves last time out.

Ronaldo has scored 12 times in his last 7 outings and looks likely to get another here.

They have taken an average of 2.08 points per away game this season.

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

Espanyol

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Espanyol 1-1 Villarreal 18 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
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

Real Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Real Betis 3-5 Real Madrid 18 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Real Madrid 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain 14 Feb, 2018 Champions League
W Real Madrid 5-2 Real Sociedad 10 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Levante 2-2 Real Madrid 3 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Valencia 1-4 Real Madrid 27 Jan, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol 1 Oct, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol 18 Feb, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid 18 Sep, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Real Madrid 6-0 Espanyol 31 Jan, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 0-6 Real Madrid 12 Sep, 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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