Espanyol vs Barcelona Live Stream, Predictions (May 15)

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Espanyol

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Espanyol will be wanting a better result here following a 3-2 La Liga defeat last time out to Leganés.

In that match, Espanyol managed 50% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Espanyol, the goals were scored by Marash Kumbulla (63' Own goal), Leandro Cabrera (79') and Pere Milla (98'). On the other side, Leganes got 13 shots at goal with 5 of them 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 will come into the game following on from a 4-3 La Liga win over Real Madrid in their most recent match.

In that game, Barcelona managed 62% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Barcelona, the scorers were Eric García (19'), Lamine Yamal (32') and Raphinha (34', 45'). Real Madrid got 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Kylian Mbappé (5', 14', 70') scored 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

Looking at their past head to head results going back to 08/07/2020 tells us that these encounters have not been kind to Espanyol. They have not been able to register any victories whatsoever whereas Barcelona have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 from Periquitos and 12 coming from Barça. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league fixture between the two was La Liga match day 12 on 03/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol.

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

For their opponents, Espanyol got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Javi Puado (63') was the scorer.

The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero.

🗞️ Team News: Espanyol

It’s our opinion that Periquitos will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring 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 boss Hansi Flick has to choose a team with limited availability. Jules Koundé (Hamstring injury) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

It’s our belief that Barça appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, starting 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, 19:02 14/05/2025