📏 Form Guide

Valencia

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Valencia head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 La Liga drawn result vs Rayo Vallecano.

In that match, Valencia had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Valencia, goals were scored by César Tárrega (45' Own goal) and Umar Sadiq (75'). Rayo Vallecano got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Valencia haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 10 during that period while also conceding a total of 6.

Leading up to this clash, Valencia:

• have not lost a league tie with Espanyol in their last 4 matches.
• have not beaten Espanyol in their previous 5 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Espanyol

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Espanyol go into this game following on from a 1-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Getafe in their previous fixture.

In that game, Espanyol managed 63% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Espanyol was Marash Kumbulla (39'). Getafe had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

In their last half-dozen clashes, Espanyol have amassed the sum of 10 goals. Espanyol have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they have had 4 goals go into their own net. In any event, time will tell whether that trend might continue on in this upcoming game.

Their previous form shows that Espanyol:

• have not lost to Valencia when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 16/07/2020, there has been little between the sides with Valencia winning 1 of those games, Espanyol 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.

In all, 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Los Che and 8 netted by Periquitos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league contest featuring the two was La Liga match day 13 on 18/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Espanyol 1-1 Valencia.

In that match, Espanyol had 46% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Javi Puado (44').

At the other end, Valencia had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Diego López (47') was the scorer.

The referee was Pablo González Fuertes.

🗞️ Team News: Valencia

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Valencia gaffer Carlos Corberán to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Thierry Correia (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.

It’s our opinion that Los Che may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Giorgi Mamardashvili, Dimitri Foulquier, Cesar Tarrega, Cristhian Mosquera, Jose Gaya, Pepelu, Javier Guerra, Luis Rioja, Andre Almeida, Diego Lopez and Hugo Duro.

📰 Team News: Espanyol

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Espanyol gaffer Manolo González to be concerned with. José Gragera (Toe injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Periquitos will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Marash Kumbulla, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Pol Lozano, Urko Gonzalez, Antoniu Roca, Edu Exposito, Javier Puado and Roberto Fernandez.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Valencia have it within them to score a couple of goals when they meet Espanyol, who may well struggle scoring.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Valencia at the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 16:01 22/04/2025