Espanyol VS Barcelona ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Espanyol vs Barcelona
Espanyol and Barcelona play at RCDE Stadium in a match of the 22nd round of the Primera Division. In the last confrontation between these teams in this competition, on 09-09-2017, Barcelona won at home by (5-0). The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last eight matches have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1. However, in the last match in this stadium, in a match for Copa del Rey on 17-01-2018, Espanyol only managed to win, for (1-0). Óscar Melendo (88 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. It is necessary to analyze with special attention the house / off condition, as Espanyol presents different results at home and abroad.
Espanyol Team News
The home team is currently in 14th place with 24 points earned after 6 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to Sevilla by (0-3). In the last match, lost out to Leganes by (3-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 11 goals scored and 23 conceded, against 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 home defeats, with 22 goals scored and 14 conceded. For the championship, Espanyol had 17 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 11 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 8 of his last 11 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 21 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 10 times and never managed to turn the score.
Espanyol vs Barcelona Stats
Espanyol have been making a Spanish Championship well below the expected where they appear in the bottom half of the qualifying table, comes from 3 games without victories and needs to seek recovery with urgency, but it has a very powerful opponent for the front. The team is characterized by a reasonable defense that has conceded 28 goals and is the ninth least leaked, while the attack, on the other hand, is deficient, scored only 18 goals and is the fourth worst of the national, a problem that needs to be corrected for the rest of the season. Playing at home, such as this Sunday’s match, Espanyol have acted very irregularly, alternating good and bad results, acted very badly in the last game where he suffered an expressive defeat for Sevilla and it is worth mentioning that he is the third team that scored the least goals in the condition of principal with only 10 goals in 10 games. For the match against Barcelona, coach Quique Sánchez Flores has no problems in the squad considered holder and should go on the pitch with the best.
Barcelona Team News
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 57 points, after 18 wins and 3 draws. In the penultimate match, he won away to Betis by (0-5). In the last match, won at home to Alavés by (2-1). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside of its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss as a visitor; against 14 wins and 1 draw in his stadium. In the last game that disputed, for the Glass of the King, gained Valencia at home by (1-0).
For this competition, do not lose as a visitor makes 11 games. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result in the interval was 0-0 (5 out of 11 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games for this competition. There is a tendency to have goals in their away games, as 11 of the last 11 matches they played for this competition ended with over 1.5 goals. In 21 games in this competition, managed to give back the score in 3 of the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 11 matches played as a visitor to this competition: he scored 10 of his 28 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Barcelona are having an excellent performance in the Spanish Championship where they lead with a huge advantage of 11 points for second place, they are the only team unbeaten, coming from 7 consecutive victories and want to maintain the good phase to get even closer to the title. The team is characterized by a powerful attack that counts on some of the best players of the world and has scored 59 goals, being the most positive with 13 goals more than the second best attack, but the defense also has its merits, since it only suffered 10 goals and is the second less leaked.