Football Previews
Real Madrid vs Espanyol
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Date: 22nd September 2018
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Real Madrid will be looking to win this game and head to the top of La Liga at least for a day before Barcelona play their match on Sunday.
Real Madrid fans are happy with how their team has started this season after the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo during the summer.
They have won three of four league games and remain unbeaten after starting their Champions League campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over AS Roma.
Real Madrid have already scored 14 times this season, and three successive league wins has given Julen Lopetegui something to smile about in his new role.
Real Madrid know how to win this fixture as they have won 9 of their last 10 home games against Espanyol, and although they lost their last game against the Catalans, that was the first time they have failed to win over them in 12 games.
Espanyol come into this game in 7th position in the league table, but they haven’t won any of their away games yet.
They won just 4 away games in the league last season, and their fans must begin to feel that their poor away record could cost them their European dreams again this season.
Real Madrid have lost only one of their last 21 meetings against Espanyol in La Liga (W17 D3), with this defeat coming in the last match they played against them (1-0 in Cornellá in February 2018).
Unsurprisingly bookmakers have priced Real Madrid up as if they cannot lose so expect a dominant display.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Real Madrid
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Athletic Bilbao |  |
1-1 |  |
Real Madrid | 15 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Real Madrid | |
4-1 |  |
Leganes | 1 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Girona |  |
1-4 | |
Real Madrid | 26 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Real Madrid | |
2-0 |  |
Getafe | 19 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Real Madrid | |
2-4 |  |
Atletico Madrid | 15 Aug, 2018 | UEFA Super Cup |
Espanyol
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Espanyol |  |
1-0 |  |
Levante | 16 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Alavés |  |
2-1 | |
Espanyol | 2 Sep, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Espanyol | |
2-0 |  |
Valencia | 26 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| D | Celta Vigo |  |
1-1 | |
Espanyol | 18 Aug, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Borussia Monchengladbach |  |
1-3 | |
Espanyol | 11 Aug, 2018 | Friendly |
H2H
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espanyol | |
1-0 | |
Real Madrid | 27 Feb, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| 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 |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
| December 17, 2018 | ||
| Deportivo Alavés | 21:00 | Athletic Bilbao |
| December 21, 2018 | ||
| Girona | 19:30 | Getafe |
| Real Sociedad | 21:00 | Deportivo Alavés |
| December 22, 2018 | ||
| Real Betis | 13:00 | Eibar |
| Atlético de Madrid | 16:15 | Espanyol |
| Barcelona | 18:30 | Celta de Vigo |
| Athletic Bilbao | 20:45 | Real Valladolid |
| December 23, 2018 | ||
| Valencia | 12:00 | Huesca |
| Leganés | 16:15 | Sevilla |
| Rayo Vallecano | 18:30 | Levante |
| January 3, 2019 | ||
| Villarreal | 21:30 | Real Madrid |
| January 4, 2019 | ||
| Levante | 19:00 | Girona |
| Espanyol | 21:00 | Leganés |
| January 5, 2019 | ||
| Real Valladolid | 13:00 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Deportivo Alavés | 16:15 | Valencia |
| Huesca | 20:45 | Real Betis |
| January 6, 2019 | ||
| Eibar | 12:00 | Villarreal |
| Sevilla | 16:15 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Real Madrid | 18:30 | Real Sociedad |
| Getafe | 20:45 | Barcelona |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 34 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 31 |
| 3 | Atlético de Madrid | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 31 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 25 |
| 6 | Getafe | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 24 |
| 7 | Deportivo Alavés | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 24 |
| 8 | Levante | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Celta de Vigo | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 21 |
| 10 | Girona | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Real Valladolid | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Eibar | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Valencia | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 19 |
| 15 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Leganés | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Villarreal | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 15 |
| 18 | Athletic Bilbao | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Huesca | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 32 | -18 | 8 |
Spanish Primera Results
| December 16, 2018 | ||
| Levante | 0 - 5 | Barcelona |
| Huesca | 2 - 2 | Villarreal |
| Espanyol | 1 - 3 | Real Betis |
| Sevilla | 2 - 0 | Girona |
| December 15, 2018 | ||
| Eibar | 1 - 1 | Valencia |
| Real Madrid | 1 - 0 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Real Valladolid | 2 - 3 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Getafe | 1 - 0 | Real Sociedad |
| December 14, 2018 | ||
| Celta de Vigo | 0 - 0 | Leganés |
| December 10, 2018 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1 - 0 | Girona |
| December 9, 2018 | ||
| Real Betis | 2 - 0 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Real Sociedad | 1 - 2 | Real Valladolid |
| Huesca | 0 - 1 | Real Madrid |
| Eibar | 4 - 4 | Levante |
| December 8, 2018 | ||
| Espanyol | 0 - 4 | Barcelona |
| Villarreal | 2 - 3 | Celta de Vigo |
| Valencia | 1 - 1 | Sevilla |
| Atlético de Madrid | 3 - 0 | Deportivo Alavés |
| December 7, 2018 | ||
| Leganés | 1 - 1 | Getafe |
| December 3, 2018 | ||
| Levante | 3 - 0 | Athletic Bilbao |
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