Deportivo Alaves vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

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Sat 22 Feb 2025 · 13:00 UTC Estadio Mendizorroza 17,068 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 86' Fernando Calero

Nahuel Tenaglia 7' Y

Y 17' Pol Lozano

Antonio Blanco 64' Y

Y 84' Omar El Hilali

Overview

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Deportivo Alaves vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio Mendizorroza.

Deportivo Alaves 38 games · 43 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 games · 46 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Juan Pulido Santana (Spain)
Assistant 1 Jose Escuela Melo (Spain)
Assistant 2 Ignacio Alonso Lopez (Spain)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	38	94
2	Real Madrid CF	38	86
3	Villarreal CF	38	72
4	Club Atletico de Madrid	38	69
5	Real Betis Balompie	38	60
6	RC Celta de Vigo	38	54
7	Getafe CF	38	51
8	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	38	50
9	Valencia CF	38	49
10	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	38	46
11	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	38	46
12	Athletic Club	38	45
13	Elche CF	38	43
14	Deportivo Alaves	38	43
15	Sevilla FC	38	43
16	CA Osasuna	38	42
17	RCD Mallorca	38	42
18	Levante UD	38	42
19	Girona FC	38	41
20	Real Oviedo	38	29

Head-to-Head

Deportivo Alaves 10 games · Avg 2.4 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-22 Deportivo Alaves 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2024-09-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 3–2 Deportivo Alaves 2022-05-11 Deportivo Alaves 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2021-09-22 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Deportivo Alaves 2020-06-13 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–0 Deportivo Alaves

Recent Form

Deportivo Alaves

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	H	0–1	L
15 Feb	CD Leganes	A	3–3	D
09 Feb	Getafe CF	H	0–1	L
02 Feb	FC Barcelona	A	0–1	L
27 Jan	RC Celta de Vigo	H	1–1	D
18 Jan	Real Betis Balompie	A	3–1	W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Deportivo Alaves	A	1–0	W
16 Feb	Athletic Club	H	1–1	D
09 Feb	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	A	1–2	L
01 Feb	Real Madrid CF	H	1–0	W
25 Jan	Sevilla FC	A	1–1	D
17 Jan	Real Valladolid CF	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Deportivo Alaves		RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#14	Position	#11
43	Points	46
38	Played	38
11 / 10 / 17	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 16
44	Scored	43
56	Conceded	55
-12	GD	-12
1.13	PPG	1.21
29%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Deportivo Alaves are 14th (43 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 11th (46 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio Mendizorroza. Deportivo Alaves are looking to make home advantage count against RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
7' Nahuel Tenaglia was booked on 7.
12' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
17' It’s gonna be a card for Pol Lozano.
22' The home supporters are growing impatient. Deportivo Alaves must find a spark to ignite this game.
27' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering RCD Espanyol de Barcelona that had 286 games and scored 326 goals.
32' The energy levels are beginning to show. Manolo González might look to freshen things up shortly.
37' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
42' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' The crowd applauds Carlos Vicente as he leaves the pitch. Pau Cabanes steps in for Deportivo Alaves.
51' Fernando Calero is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Deportivo Alaves so far.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
57' A change in the RCD Espanyol de Barcelona ranks — Pol Lozano exits the field as Pere Milla enters on 57.
62' A change in the Deportivo Alaves ranks — Toni Martinez exits the field as Asier Villalibre enters on 62.
64' Deportivo Alaves receives a card for a hard tackle on 64.
67' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Alvaro Tejero comes on to replace Jofre Carreras Pages.
72' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona have won 326 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
74' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Antoniu Roca comes on to replace Pere Milla.
79' Javi Puado has been relatively quiet despite scoring 41 goals in his last 286 appearances.
83' A tactical swap from Deportivo Alaves — Ander Guevara on, Antonio Blanco off on 83 minutes.
84' Omar El Hilali is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
86' Fernando Calero makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are in front.
90' Deportivo Alaves manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jon Guridi is hanging Moussa Diarra on the field on 90 minute.
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Deportivo Alaves Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Eduardo Coudet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Javi Puado ↓ Fernando Calero 67'
6
Leandro Cabrera
4
Marash Kumbulla
20
Alex Kral
10
Pol Lozano ↓ Pere Milla 57'
17
Jofre Carreras Pages ↓ Alvaro Tejero 67'
19
Urko Gonzalez
1
Joan Garcia
23
Omar El Hilali
22
Carlos Romero
2
Roberto Fernandez

Bench

Coach Manolo González

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul de Tomas	4
Javi Puado	3
Miguel de la Fuente	1
Leo Baptistao	1
Ruben Sobrino	1
Tomas Conechny	1
Borja Baston	1
Nahuel Tenaglia	1

Head to Head

Deportivo Alaves Form

2025-02-22 Deportivo Alaves 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-02-15 CD Leganes 3–3 Deportivo Alaves D 2025-02-09 Deportivo Alaves 0–1 Getafe CF L 2025-02-02 FC Barcelona 1–0 Deportivo Alaves L 2025-01-27 Deportivo Alaves 1–1 RC Celta de Vigo D 2025-01-18 Real Betis Balompie 1–3 Deportivo Alaves W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2025-02-22 Deportivo Alaves 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2025-02-16 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2025-02-09 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-02-01 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Real Madrid CF W 2025-01-25 Sevilla FC 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2025-01-17 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Real Valladolid CF W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.06 Deportivo Alaves xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.23 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Deportivo Alaves30% Draw30% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona40%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	20%	80%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Deportivo Alaves or Draw

60%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

70%

Deportivo Alaves or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Deportivo Alaves22% Draw51% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.1%

0 – 0

12.4%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.5%

1 – 2

7.9%

0 – 2

7.4%

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

5.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

1 – 3

3.3%

0 – 3

3 – 1

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Deportivo Alaves

Handicap	Deportivo Alaves covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	18%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	21%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Deportivo Alaves keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.