📏 Form Guide

Girona FC

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Girona FC are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 La Liga triumph versus Getafe.

In that match, Girona FC had 53% possession and 3 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Girona FC was Yangel Herrera (42'). Getafe got 8 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

A recurring trait of recent Girona FC games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their prior sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have lost. That pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Coming into this clash, Girona FC have not lost a league tie with Espanyol in their last 4 games.

Espanyol

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Barcelona in La Liga action, Espanyol will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Espanyol had 23% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Espanyol was Javi Puado (63'). For their opponents, Barcelona got 13 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Dani Olmo (12', 31') and Raphinha (23') scored for Barcelona.

The stats don’t lie, and Espanyol have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. In defence, Espanyol have been far from perfect.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Espanyol:

• have not won against Girona FC when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 11 matches in the league. What a terrible run of away results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 25/11/2018 shows us that Girona FC have won 4 of these and Espanyol 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 of them for Blanquivermells and 7 created by Periquitos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league encounter featuring the two was La Liga match day 27 on 01/04/2023 when it ended Girona FC 2-1 Espanyol.

In that match, Girona FC managed 62% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Arnau Martínez (53') and Cristhian Stuani (88').

Espanyol had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Martin Braithwaite (74') was the scorer.

The referee was Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias.

📋 Team News: Girona FC

In our view, Blanquivermells look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martinez, David Lopez, Ladislav Krejci, Daley Blind, Donny van de Beek, Oriol Romeu, Bryan Gil, Yaser Asprilla, Miguel Gutierrez and Bojan Miovski.

📰 Team News: Espanyol

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s only a single fitness worry for the Espanyol manager Manolo González to be concerned with. Marash Kumbulla (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

From our viewpoint, Periquitos will likely elect for a 4-4-2 system, going with Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Sergi Gomez, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Alvaro Tejero, Alex Kral, Rafel Bauza, Jofre Carreras, Alejo Veliz and Javier Puado.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Espanyol will manage to find the back of the net against this Girona FC outfit, although it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Girona FC after the 90. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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Renata Leite, 17:01 23/11/2024