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

Thu 15th May, 20:30 BST, RCDE Stadium, Barcelona

Thursday night at the Power8 Stadium, and it’s a La Liga clash between Espanyol and FC Barcelona. José Manuel González Álvarez and Hans-Dieter Flick will be doing all they can to guide their side to victory. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, so there's nowhere better to prepare La Liga clash.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 59% chance of Barcelona coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Espanyol 19%	8/1 29%	-
Draw 22%	19/4 15%	-
Barcelona 59%	3/10 7%	-
Barcelona 1-0 10%	17/2	-
Draw 1-1 10%	10/1 16%	-
Barcelona 2-0 10%	7/1	-
Barcelona 2-1 10%	8/1 6%	-
Barcelona 3-0 6%	8/1 10%	-
Barcelona 3-1 6%	9/1 9%	-
Draw 0-0 5%	18/1	-
Espanyol 1-0 5%	28/1 38%	-
Espanyol 2-1 5%	25/1 24%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	18/1 12%	-
Barcelona 3-2 3%	20/1	-
Barcelona 4-0 3%	12/1 24%	-
Barcelona 4-1 3%	14/1 12%	-
Espanyol 2-0 3%	50/1 24%	-
Espanyol 3-1 2%	50/1 24%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	4/9 4%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	7/4 5%	-
Home 1st Goal 41%	3/1 14%	-
Away 1st Goal 56%	2/9 5%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	18/1	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	3/4 3%	-
BTTS - No 46%	1/1 2%	-
BTTS - Home Win 10%	14/1 36%	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	11/2 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 27%	8/5 5%	-
Home/draw 41%	12/5 24%	-
Away/draw 81%	1/14 3%	-
Home/away 78%	1/7 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	9/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	11/10 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	8/11 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	5/2 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	3/10 4%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	5/1 14%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/8 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/50	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	18/1	-
Home DNB 34%	7/1 45%	-
Away DNB 74%	1/12 5%	-
Espanyol win to nil 9%	18/1 46%	-
Barcelona win to nil 32%	11/8 9%	-
Espanyol / Espanyol 5%	14/1 25%	-
Espanyol / Barcelona 5%	16/1	-
Espanyol / Draw 4%	20/1 11%	-
Draw / Espanyol 4%	18/1 27%	-
Draw / Barcelona 20%	3/1 8%	-
Draw / Draw 9%	8/1 13%	-
Barcelona / Espanyol 2%	50/1 24%	-
Barcelona / Barcelona 46%	5/6 9%	-
Barcelona / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win La Liga table

Espanyol have played 35 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 6 and won 7. Espanyol have conceded 30 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Espanyol have played 17 games at home, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Barcelona lay in 1st place on 82 points in the La Liga league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 35 games against teams below them in the table, winning 26, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored 95 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barcelona have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Barcelona have played 17 away games, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 2.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Espanyol Barcelona
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Barcelona Away	35	26	4	5	59	82	May 15	l 3-1A	-	-
2	Real Madrid	35	23	6	6	35	75	w 1-0F	l 4-1F	w 4-3A	w 0-4F
3	A.Madrid	35	20	10	5	33	70	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-2F	w 2-4A
4	A.Bilbao	35	17	13	5	25	64	d 1-1F	l 4-1A	w 2-1F	May 25
5	Villarreal	35	17	10	8	14	61	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	May 18	w 1-5F
6	Real Betis	35	16	10	9	10	58	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
7	Celta	35	14	7	14	1	49	w 3-1F	w 0-2F	w 4-3F	d 2-2F
8	R.Vallecano	35	12	11	12	-5	47	w 2-1A	w 0-4F	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
9	Mallorca	35	13	8	14	-7	47	w 2-1F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	w 1-5F
10	Valencia	35	11	12	12	-8	45	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	w 7-1F	w 1-2A
11	Osasuna	35	10	15	10	-8	45	d 0-00-0	May 18	w 3-0F	l 4-2A
12	R.Sociedad	35	12	7	16	-9	43	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	w 4-0F	l 1-0A
13	Getafe	35	10	9	16	-3	39	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
14	Espanyol Home	35	10	9	16	-9	39	-	-	w 3-1F	May 15
15	Sevilla	35	9	11	15	-10	38	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	w 5-1F	w 1-4F
16	Girona	35	10	8	17	-12	38	d 1-1F	l 4-1A	w 4-1F	w 1-4F
17	Alaves	35	8	11	16	-12	35	w 3-2F	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	w 0-3F
18	Leganes	35	7	13	15	-18	34	d 1-1F	l 3-2A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
19	Las Palmas	35	8	8	19	-17	32	May 25	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	w 0-2F
20	Valladolid	35	4	4	27	-59	16	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	w 7-0F	w 1-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Barcelona have won 5 consecutive away league games

Barcelona have not lost in 9 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Espanyol	1 - 2	Real Betis
Espanyol	1 - 0	Getafe
Espanyol	1 - 1	A.Madrid
Espanyol	1 - 1	Girona
Espanyol	1 - 1	A.Bilbao
Espanyol	1 - 0	Real Madrid
Espanyol	2 - 1	Valladolid
Espanyol	1 - 1	Leganes
Espanyol	1 - 1	Valencia
Espanyol	0 - 0	Osasuna
Espanyol	3 - 1	Celta
Espanyol	0 - 2	Sevilla
Espanyol	2 - 1	Mallorca
Espanyol	1 - 2	Villarreal
Espanyol	3 - 2	Alaves
Espanyol	2 - 1	R.Vallecano
Espanyol	0 - 1	R.Sociedad
Espanyol	2 - 0	Real Oviedo
Espanyol	0 - 0	S.Gijon
Espanyol	3 - 0	Cartagena

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Espanyol	2 - 3	Leganes
H	Espanyol	1 - 2	Real Betis
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	Villarreal
A	Espanyol	1 - 1	Valencia
H	Espanyol	1 - 0	Getafe
A	Espanyol	2 - 0	Celta
A	Espanyol	4 - 0	R.Vallecano
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	A.Madrid
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	Mallorca
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Girona
A	Espanyol	1 - 0	Alaves
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	A.Bilbao
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	R.Sociedad
H	Espanyol	1 - 0	Real Madrid
A	Espanyol	1 - 1	Sevilla
H	Espanyol	2 - 1	Valladolid
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Leganes
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	Las Palmas
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Valencia
H	Espanyol	0 - 0	Osasuna

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Valladolid	1 - 2	Barcelona
Leganes	0 - 1	Barcelona
A.Madrid	2 - 4	Barcelona
Las Palmas	0 - 2	Barcelona
Sevilla	1 - 4	Barcelona
Getafe	1 - 1	Barcelona
Real Betis	2 - 2	Barcelona
Mallorca	1 - 5	Barcelona
Celta	2 - 2	Barcelona
R.Sociedad	1 - 0	Barcelona
Real Madrid	0 - 4	Barcelona
Alaves	0 - 3	Barcelona
Osasuna	4 - 2	Barcelona
Villarreal	1 - 5	Barcelona
Girona	1 - 4	Barcelona
R.Vallecano	1 - 2	Barcelona
Valencia	1 - 2	Barcelona
Sevilla	1 - 2	Barcelona
Almeria	0 - 2	Barcelona
Girona	4 - 2	Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barcelona	4 - 3	Real Madrid
A	Barcelona	2 - 1	Valladolid
H	Barcelona	1 - 0	Mallorca
H	Barcelona	4 - 3	Celta
A	Barcelona	1 - 0	Leganes
H	Barcelona	1 - 1	Real Betis
H	Barcelona	4 - 1	Girona
H	Barcelona	3 - 0	Osasuna
A	Barcelona	4 - 2	A.Madrid
H	Barcelona	4 - 0	R.Sociedad
A	Barcelona	2 - 0	Las Palmas
H	Barcelona	1 - 0	R.Vallecano
A	Barcelona	4 - 1	Sevilla
H	Barcelona	1 - 0	Alaves
H	Barcelona	7 - 1	Valencia
A	Barcelona	1 - 1	Getafe
H	Barcelona	1 - 2	A.Madrid
H	Barcelona	0 - 1	Leganes
A	Barcelona	2 - 2	Real Betis
A	Barcelona	5 - 1	Mallorca

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barcelona have not lost to Espanyol in 17 consecutive league meetings

Espanyol

Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

4 / 8

BCN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
	2 - 4	Barcelona
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 4	Barcelona
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 3	Barcelona
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Barcelona

Barcelona

Espanyol

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 9

4 / 9

Clean sheets

5 / 9

0 / 9

BCN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barcelona
Barcelona	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Barcelona	1 - 0
Barcelona	1 - 0
Barcelona	2 - 0
Barcelona	5 - 0
Barcelona	4 - 1
Barcelona	5 - 0
Barcelona	5 - 1

Goal Statistics

FC Barcelona have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 19 consecutive La Liga games. Their PG of 1.9 against Espanyol on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Espanyol 14th	Barcelona 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.0 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Espanyol scoring 1 goal or less	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Barcelona will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Espanyol’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+28 Barcelona have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	2.6 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season

ESP

BCN

39%

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Games scored	26		33
Failed to score	9		2
Scored first	18		26
Goals scored	38		95
Avg. goals scored	1.1		2.7
Avg. shots per game	7		13
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	16		20
Avg. XG for	0.9		2.2
KickOff rating		+39%

ESP

BCN

15%

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Games conceded	28		24
Clean sheets	7		11
Conceded first	15		9
Goals conceded	47		36
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1
KickOff rating		+15%

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Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	4	12
J García	J Puado	Álvaro Tejero	P Lozano

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J García GLK	35			2 -
A Kral MID	35		1	1 -
J Carreras FWD	34	3	3	5 -
M Kumbulla DEF	33	3		7 -
O Hilali DEF	33		2	9 -
J Puado FWD	32	11	3	6 -
C Romero DEF	31	2	1	7 -
L Cabrera DEF	31	4	2	4 -
Álvaro Tejero DEF	27	1	4	2 -
P Lozano MID	27		1	12 -
A Véliz FWD	25	1		3 -
A. Roca Vives FWD	24		1	3 -
W Cheddira FWD	21	1	1	2 -
F Calero DEF	18	1		-
B Oliván DEF	17		1	2 -
P Milla FWD	17	2		3 -
E Expósito MID	16		2	2 -
R Fernández FWD	16	6		1 -
Álvaro Aguado MID	15		1	3 -
U González MID	14		2	1 -
S Gómez DEF	11			1 -
J Gragera MID	10			-
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	5			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	21	4	15
J Puado	J Puado	Álvaro Tejero	Álvaro Tejero

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Puado FWD	11	21	3	9
R Fernández FWD	6	8		2
L Cabrera DEF	4	6	2	4
J Carreras FWD	3	11	3	7
M Kumbulla DEF	3	5		1
C Romero DEF	2	5	1	9
P Milla FWD	2	4		1
Álvaro Tejero DEF	1	4	4	15
A Véliz FWD	1	6		1
W Cheddira FWD	1	4	1	5
F Calero DEF	1	1		1
J García GLK		1
J Gragera MID				1
S Gómez DEF		1
U González MID		1	2	1
Álvaro Aguado MID			1	2
A. Roca Vives FWD		4	1	2
E Expósito MID		4	2	6
B Oliván DEF		1	1	13
A Kral MID		2	1	6
P Lozano MID		2	1	11
O Hilali DEF			2	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1327	106	180
L Cabrera	O Hilali	O Hilali

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Cabrera DEF	1327	37	119
M Kumbulla DEF	1308	49	147
O Hilali DEF	1130	106	180
J García GLK	976	1	27
A Kral MID	780	52	140
P Lozano MID	736	51	77
C Romero DEF	670	60	104
J Puado FWD	590	20	74
Álvaro Tejero DEF	440	11	43
J Carreras FWD	432	23	118
S Gómez DEF	347	8	19
U González MID	345	40	71
B Oliván DEF	329	13	23
E Expósito MID	313	20	59
F Calero DEF	228	12	25
Álvaro Aguado MID	223	4	18
J Gragera MID	217	23	42
R Fernández FWD	210	4	65
A. Roca Vives FWD	183	20	75
A Véliz FWD	174	1	81
P Milla FWD	108	4	23
W Cheddira FWD	98	5	50
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	56	5	9

Barcelona La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	25	13	5
Pedri	R Lewandowski	L Yamal	I Martínez

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Pedri MID	34	4	5	3 -
Raphinha FWD	33	18	11	3 -
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF	32		3	3 -
J Koundé DEF	32	2	3	4 -
L Yamal FWD	32	7	13	3 -
R Lewandowski FWD	31	25	2	1 -
A Balde DEF	29		4	2 -
I Martínez DEF	27		4	5 -
F Torres FWD	27	10	6	1 1
E García DEF	26	2	2	3 -
G. Martín Langreo DEF	25	1	3	2 -
F. Lopez Marin MID	25	4	4	4 1
M Torras MID	23	1	3	3 1
F Jong MID	23	2	2	3 -
Gavi MID	23	1	1	4 -
D Olmo MID	22	9	3	-
P Victor FWD	19	2	1	2 -
I Peña GLK	15			1 -
H. García DEF	15			2 -
W Szczęsny GLK	14			-
R Araújo DEF	10	1	1	3 -
P Torre MID	10	3	1	-
M Stegen GLK	7			-
A Fati FWD	6			1 -
A Christensen DEF	3			2 -
M. Bernal Casas MID	3			2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
25	45	13	35
R Lewandowski	R Lewandowski	L Yamal	Raphinha

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Lewandowski FWD	25	45	2	14
Raphinha FWD	18	42	11	35
F Torres FWD	10	22	6	10
D Olmo MID	9	16	3	12
L Yamal FWD	7	40	13	29
Pedri MID	4	11	5	26
F. Lopez Marin MID	4	13	4	7
P Torre MID	3	4	1	4
P Victor FWD	2	8	1	4
F Jong MID	2	3	2	8
J Koundé DEF	2	6	3	19
E García DEF	2	7	2	1
G. Martín Langreo DEF	1	2	3	6
M Torras MID	1	1	3	6
Gavi MID	1	1	1	4
R Araújo DEF	1	2	1	1
I Martínez DEF		2	4	10
A Balde DEF		3	4	11
H. García DEF		1		3
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF			3	7
A Fati FWD		5		1
M. Bernal Casas MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2459	63	231
P. Cubarsí Paredes	J Koundé	L Yamal

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF	2459	29	100
Pedri MID	2364	57	149
I Martínez DEF	2356	24	106
J Koundé DEF	1803	63	133
M Torras MID	1350	45	92
L Yamal FWD	1226	39	231
Raphinha FWD	1135	35	130
A Balde DEF	1117	19	110
E García DEF	1067	32	67
F Jong MID	970	21	50
Gavi MID	614	20	68
G. Martín Langreo DEF	589	20	47
R Araújo DEF	580	12	45
D Olmo MID	545	14	67
I Peña GLK	517		1
F. Lopez Marin MID	515	19	65
R Lewandowski FWD	482	9	94
H. García DEF	403	13	19
W Szczęsny GLK	367	1	3
F Torres FWD	338	9	42
P Torre MID	207	5	15
M Stegen GLK	191		3
M. Bernal Casas MID	161	8	15
A Fati FWD	122	4	13
P Victor FWD	115	2	15
A Christensen DEF	113	3	9

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

Espanyol have played 35 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Barcelona lay in 1st place on 82 points in the La Liga league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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