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FC Barcelona v Espanyol : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 11th Apr, 17:30 BST, Camp Nou, Barcelona

José Manuel González Álvarez pays counterpart Hans-Dieter Flick a visit on Saturday evening in the La Liga, as their Espanyol and FC Barcelona sides face each other at the Camp Nou. Statistics drive the algorithmic predictions below for all the markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


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Best Tip: Barcelona to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's Barcelona. Their latest form statistics show they're capable in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they can get the job done against Espanyol too. The odds point towards Hans-Dieter Flick's side claiming victory in the win / draw / win market, and that's definitely our prediction for Saturday evening too.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Barcelona are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 74% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.20.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Barcelona
74%
1/5
2%
-
Draw
15%
21/4
4%
-
Espanyol
11%
11/1-
Barcelona 2-0
10%
8/1
6%
-
Barcelona 2-1
9%
9/1-
Barcelona 3-0
9%
8/1
6%
-
Barcelona 3-1
8%
9/1-
Barcelona 1-0
7%
12/1-
Draw 1-1
7%
12/1
13%
-
Barcelona 4-0
6%
10/1-
Barcelona 4-1
5%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
10%
-
Barcelona 3-2
4%
20/1-
Espanyol 2-1
3%
28/1
15%
-
Barcelona 5-0
3%
18/1
12%
-
Barcelona 5-1
3%
20/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
28/1-
Espanyol 1-0
3%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
70%
3/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
30%
5/2-
Home 1st Goal
60%
2/7-
Away 1st Goal
39%
5/2-
No 1st Goal
1%
28/1-
BTTS - Yes
57%
7/10
3%
-
BTTS - No
43%
21/20
3%
-
BTTS - Home Win
38%
13/10-
BTTS - Draw
13%
6/1
7%
-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
16/1
11%
-
Home/draw
89%
1/20-
Away/draw
26%
10/3
4%
-
Home/away
85%
1/8
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/12-
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
7/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
48%
4/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
52%
1/1-
Over 4.5 Goals
29%
7/4-
Under 4.5 Goals
71%
4/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
16%
7/2-
Under 5.5 Goals
84%
1/5-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/150-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
22/1
21%
-
Home DNB
85%
1/16
1%
-
Away DNB
22%
9/1
9%
-
Barcelona win to nil
36%
5/4
2%
-
Espanyol win to nil
4%
22/1
12%
-
Barcelona / Barcelona
51%
8/13
3%
-
Barcelona / Espanyol
2%
40/1
20%
-
Barcelona / Draw
4%
20/1-
Draw / Barcelona
19%
10/3
8%
-
Draw / Espanyol
4%
22/1
12%
-
Draw / Draw
7%
11/1-
Espanyol / Barcelona
6%
14/1-
Espanyol / Espanyol
4%
20/1
9%
-
Espanyol / Draw
4%
22/1-
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Barcelona have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the La Liga league table. Barcelona have a great home record this season winning all their home games and keeping 8 clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below in the table, having won 24, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Barcelona have outscored their opponents by 78 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Barcelona have played 15 games at home winning 15, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 47 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Espanyol are in 11th position in the La Liga on 37 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Espanyol have conceded 24 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Barcelona
Espanyol
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona2924145073 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Apr 11
2
Real Madrid2922343769 
May 10
l
 
2-1A
May 3
l
 
2-0A
3
Villarreal2918472058 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
4
A.Madrid2917662157 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 4
w
 
2-1A
l
 
4-2F
5
Real Betis2911117744 
May 17
w
 
3-5A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 4
6
Celta2910118641 
Apr 22
w
 
2-4F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
7
R.Sociedad2910811-138 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
May 24
d
 
2-2F
8
Getafe2911513-638 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 26
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
9
A.Bilbao2911513-938 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
May 13
w
 
1-2A
10
Osasuna2910712-137 
w
 
2-0F
May 3
w
 
1-0F
May 17
11
Espanyol2910712-837 
Apr 11
w
 
0-2F
-
-
12
Valencia299812-1035 
w
 
6-0F
May 24
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2A
13
Girona2981011-1334 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
14
R.Vallecano2971111-732 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 22
15
Alaves298714-1131 
w
 
3-1A
May 13
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
16
Sevilla298714-1231 
w
 
5-2F
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
17
Elche2961112-829 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
18
Mallorca297715-1328 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1F
19
Levante296815-1426 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3A
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
20
Real Oviedo294916-2821 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
15
Barcelona have won 15 consecutive home league games
15
Barcelona have not lost in 15 consecutive home league games
Barcelona 1ST
20 league games
Home
15
Overall
Goals: Scored
59
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
18
D
1
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barcelona1 - 0R.Vallecano
Barcelona5 - 2Sevilla
Barcelona4 - 1Villarreal
Barcelona3 - 0Levante
Barcelona3 - 0Mallorca
Barcelona3 - 0Real Oviedo
Barcelona2 - 0Osasuna
Barcelona3 - 1A.Madrid
Barcelona3 - 1Alaves
Barcelona4 - 0A.Bilbao
Barcelona3 - 1Elche
Barcelona2 - 1Girona
Barcelona2 - 1R.Sociedad
Barcelona3 - 0Getafe
Barcelona6 - 0Valencia
Barcelona2 - 3Villarreal
Barcelona4 - 3Real Madrid
Barcelona1 - 0Mallorca
Barcelona4 - 3Celta
Barcelona1 - 1Real Betis
Goals: Scored
54
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
17
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarcelona1 - 0R.Vallecano
HBarcelona5 - 2Sevilla
ABarcelona1 - 0A.Bilbao
HBarcelona4 - 1Villarreal
HBarcelona3 - 0Levante
ABarcelona1 - 2Girona
HBarcelona3 - 0Mallorca
ABarcelona3 - 1Elche
HBarcelona3 - 0Real Oviedo
ABarcelona1 - 2R.Sociedad
ABarcelona2 - 0Espanyol
ABarcelona2 - 0Villarreal
HBarcelona2 - 0Osasuna
ABarcelona5 - 3Real Betis
HBarcelona3 - 1A.Madrid
HBarcelona3 - 1Alaves
HBarcelona4 - 0A.Bilbao
ABarcelona4 - 2Celta
HBarcelona3 - 1Elche
ABarcelona1 - 2Real Madrid
Espanyol 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mallorca2 - 1Espanyol
Elche2 - 2Espanyol
A.Madrid4 - 2Espanyol
Villarreal4 - 1Espanyol
Valencia3 - 2Espanyol
Levante1 - 1Espanyol
A.Bilbao1 - 2Espanyol
Getafe0 - 1Espanyol
Celta0 - 1Espanyol
Alaves2 - 1Espanyol
Real Oviedo0 - 2Espanyol
Girona0 - 0Espanyol
Real Madrid2 - 0Espanyol
R.Sociedad2 - 2Espanyol
Osasuna2 - 0Espanyol
Leganes3 - 2Espanyol
Villarreal1 - 0Espanyol
Valencia1 - 1Espanyol
Celta0 - 2Espanyol
R.Vallecano0 - 4Espanyol
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HEspanyol1 - 2Getafe
AEspanyol1 - 2Mallorca
HEspanyol1 - 1Real Oviedo
AEspanyol2 - 2Elche
AEspanyol2 - 4A.Madrid
HEspanyol2 - 2Celta
AEspanyol1 - 4Villarreal
HEspanyol1 - 2Alaves
AEspanyol2 - 3Valencia
HEspanyol0 - 2Girona
AEspanyol1 - 1Levante
HEspanyol0 - 2Barcelona
AEspanyol2 - 1A.Bilbao
AEspanyol1 - 0Getafe
HEspanyol1 - 0R.Vallecano
AEspanyol1 - 0Celta
HEspanyol2 - 1Sevilla
HEspanyol0 - 2Villarreal
AEspanyol1 - 2Alaves
HEspanyol1 - 0Elche
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Barcelona have beaten Espanyol in 4 consecutive league meetings
19
Barcelona have not lost to Espanyol in 19 consecutive league meetings
League games at Barcelona since 2014
Barcelona
Espanyol
Goals: Scored
27
4
Games: Scored
9 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
0 / 9
BCN
8
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barcelona
Barcelona3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Barcelona1 - 0
Barcelona1 - 0
Barcelona2 - 0
Barcelona5 - 0
Barcelona4 - 1
Barcelona5 - 0
Barcelona5 - 1
League games at Espanyol since 2015
Espanyol
Barcelona
Goals: Scored
7
22
Games: Scored
4 / 10
9 / 10
Clean sheets
1 / 10
6 / 10
BCN
6
D
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
0 - 2Barcelona
0 - 2Barcelona
2 - 4Barcelona
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 4Barcelona
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Barcelona
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Barcelona
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.7 is fairly strong for FC Barcelona in their clash with Espanyol, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 78 consecutive La Liga outings.

Barcelona 1st Espanyol 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.7
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
19%
2
25%
3
22%
4
15%
5+
20%
There is a 81% probability that Barcelona will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Espanyol scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+21
Barcelona have scored 21% more goals at home than predicted
+22
Espanyol have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
3.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2025/2026 season
Barcelona
PG (predicted goals)
Espanyol
2.7
0.9
Attack rating
42%
better
BCN
ESP
view stats
Games scored29
24
Failed to score0
5
Scored first20
15
Goals scored78
36
Avg. goals scored2.7
1.2
Avg. shots per game14
10
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for19
13
Avg. XG for2.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+42%
Defence rating
26%
better
BCN
ESP
view stats
Games conceded17
22
Clean sheets12
7
Conceded first9
13
Goals conceded28
44
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+26%

Barcelona v Espanyol La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Barcelona La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251495
E GarcíaL YamalL YamalG. Martín Langreo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E García DEF2712
3
-
F Torres FWD26121
2
-
J Koundé DEF2513
4
-
L Yamal FWD25149
1
-
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF241
3
-
G. Martín Langreo DEF24
5
-
D Olmo MID2476
-
M Rashford FWD2447
2
-
R Lewandowski  FWD24111
2
-
J García GLK23
1
-
F. López Marín MID2358
2
-
A Balde DEF212
2
-
Pedri MID2127
1
1
Raphinha FWD20113
4
-
F Jong MID1914
4
1
M Torras MID191
-
R Araújo DEF183
2
-
M. Bernal Casas MID1621
4
-
R Bardghji FWD1611
-
A Christensen DEF12
1
-
W Szczęsny GLK6
-
Gavi MID31
-
Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29667
M DmitrovićR FernándezE ExpósitoP Lozano
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Dmitrović GLK29
-
R Fernández FWD2962
3
-
L Cabrera DEF283
2
-
T Dolan FWD2814
5
1
K García FWD2861
3
-
O Hilali DEF272
5
-
C Romero DEF2752
3
-
U González MID271
4
-
E Expósito MID2716
6
-
P Lozano MID2611
7
-
P Milla FWD266
5
1
F Calero DEF21
3
-
R Terrats MID2111
-
J Carreras FWD211
1
-
C Pickel MID171
2
2
C Riedel DEF161
4
-
R Sánchez DEF141
2
-
M Rubio DEF111
-
J Salinas DEF10
2
-
J Puado FWD102
2
-
A. Roca Vives FWD8
1
-
L Koleosho FWD3
-