Espanyol vs Barcelona Live Stream, Predictions (May 15)

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Espanyol

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Espanyol will be hoping for a better result after the 3-2 La Liga loss in their previous game against Leganés.

In that game, Espanyol had 50% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Espanyol, goals were scored by Marash Kumbulla (63' Own goal), Leandro Cabrera (79') and Pere Milla (98'). On the other side, Leganes had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Seydouba Cissé (33') and Yan Diomande (41') scored for Leganés.

In their last 6 fixtures, Manolo González's Espanyol have netted a total of 7 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

Heading into this contest, Espanyol have not beaten Barcelona in their previous 27 matches in the league. That has got to hurt.

Barcelona

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Barcelona go into this match following a 4-3 La Liga win with the eclipse of Real Madrid in their last fixture.

In that match, Barcelona had 62% possession and 23 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Eric García (19'), Lamine Yamal (32') and Raphinha (34', 45'). At the other end, Real Madrid got 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Kylian Mbappé (5', 14', 70') was the scorer for Real Madrid.

Barcelona have had no problems opening up opposition defences of late, having scored 16 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Barcelona can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same outings.

Their past results show that Barcelona:

• remain unbeaten by Espanyol in away games against them for the last 15 league matches. An incredible run.
• are undefeated in their previous 9 away league matches. Impressive, to say the least.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 08/07/2020 reveals that these encounters have been pretty painful for Espanyol. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever while Barcelona have been too good for them, getting wins in 67 per cent of those matches played.

18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from Periquitos and 12 created by Barça. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league contest between the two was La Liga match day 12 on 03/11/2024 when it ended Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol.

In that match, Barcelona managed 77% possession and 13 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Dani Olmo (12', 31') and Raphinha (23').

Espanyol had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Javi Puado (63') scored.

The match was refereed by José Luis Munuera Montero.

ℹ️ Team News: Espanyol

It’s our opinion that Periquitos should employ a 4-2-3-1 system for the game with Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Edu Exposito, Urko Gonzalez, Jofre Carreras, Alex Kral, Javier Puado and Roberto Fernandez.

🗞️ Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has a number of players out of action. Jules Koundé (Hamstring injury) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Barça could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Wojciech Szczesny, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha and Ferran Torres.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Espanyol have the ability to score against this Barcelona side, however a single goal may not quite prevent defeat.

We’re therefore expecting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Barcelona at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds on the 90 minute result market, victory for Espanyol is available for 8, a bet on the draw is 5.5 & selecting a win for Barcelona will get you 1.33. These are the top prices offered at the moment.

Renata Leite, 16:04 14/05/2025