Barcelona vs Espanyol Preview

Barcelona vs Espanyol

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Camp Nou

Date: 8th July 2020

Kick-off time – 21:00 GMT

Barcelona will host Espanyol in this Catalan Derby in hope of keeping their La Liga title dreams alive.

Their inconsistent run for form since the restart has seen them fall further behind Real Madrid in the race for the league title.

This season has been a tale of contrasting stories for these teams who are from the same Spanish region.

While Barcelona is battling Real Madrid for the league title this season, Espanyol is near the foot of the league table and they have all but lost the battle to stay up ahead of this game.

Barcelona beat Villarreal 4-1 in their last league game to get back to winning ways after consecutive draws.

Espanyol on the other hand, head into this game in a dismal run of five consecutive losses and it seems only a miracle can stop them from being thrashed in this game.

Barcelona were held to a draw by Atletico Madrid in their last home game but otherwise, they have won eight of their last nine home games in all competitions.

Espanyol has had terrible luck on the read with no wins from their last nine away games making this a very difficult task on paper.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid
January 18, 2025
Girona 14:00 Sevilla
Leganes 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Betis 18:30 Alaves
Getafe 21:00 Barcelona
January 19, 2025
Celta Vigo 14:00 Athletic Bilbao
Real Madrid 16:15 Las Palmas
Osasuna 18:30 Rayo Vallecano
Valencia 21:00 Real Sociedad
January 20, 2025
Villarreal 21:00 Mallorca
January 24, 2025
Las Palmas 21:00 Osasuna
January 25, 2025
Mallorca 14:00 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Villarreal
Sevilla 18:30 Espanyol
Real Valladolid 21:00 Real Madrid
January 26, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 14:00 Girona
Real Sociedad 16:15 Getafe
Athletic Bilbao 18:30 Leganes
Barcelona 21:00 Valencia

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 19 13 5 1 34 12 +22 44
2 Real Madrid 19 13 4 2 43 19 +24 43
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 Girona 19 8 4 7 27 25 +2 28
8 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
9 Rayo Vallecano 19 6 7 6 22 22 +0 25
10 Real Betis 19 6 7 6 21 23 -2 25
11 Osasuna 19 6 7 6 23 28 -5 25
12 Celta Vigo 19 7 3 9 28 30 -2 24
13 Sevilla 19 6 5 8 21 28 -7 23
14 Las Palmas 19 6 4 9 24 29 -5 22
15 Getafe 19 4 7 8 13 16 -3 19
16 Leganes 19 4 7 8 18 29 -11 19
17 Alaves 19 4 5 10 21 31 -10 17
18 Espanyol 19 4 4 11 17 31 -14 16
19 Real Valladolid 19 4 3 12 13 37 -24 15
20 Valencia 19 2 7 10 18 29 -11 13

Spanish Primera Results

January 12, 2025
Atlético de Madrid 1 - 0 Osasuna
Las Palmas 1 - 2 Getafe
January 11, 2025
Sevilla 1 - 1 Valencia
Espanyol 1 - 1 Leganes
Real Valladolid 1 - 0 Real Betis
Alaves 0 - 1 Girona
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 1 Celta Vigo
January 3, 2025
Valencia 1 - 2 Real Madrid
December 22, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 2 - 5 Villarreal
Las Palmas 1 - 0 Espanyol
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

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