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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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1 games · 3 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	Deportivo Alaves	2	4
2	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	1	3
3	Club Atlético de Madrid	1	3
4	Sevilla FC	1	3
5	Real Racing Club de Santander	1	1
6	Villarreal CF	1	1
7	RC Deportivo La Coruña	1	1
8	Elche CF	1	1
9	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	2	1
10	Athletic Club	0	0
11	CA Osasuna	0	0
12	FC Barcelona	0	0
13	RC Celta de Vigo	0	0
14	Real Betis Balompié	0	0
15	Real Madrid CF	0	0
16	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	0	0
17	Valencia CF	0	0
18	Málaga CF	1	0
19	Getafe CF	1	0
20	Levante UD	1	0

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 Leganés	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 Balompié	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
#1	Position	#2
4	Points	3
2	Played	1
1 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 0 / 0
4	Scored	3
1	Conceded	0
+3	GD	+3
2.00	PPG	3.00
50%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Deportivo Alaves this season

100% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

Deportivo Alaves are 1st (4 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 2nd (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Deportivo Alaves

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/1

61-75

1/–

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/–

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Deportivo Alaves and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is underway.
5' Pol Lozano has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
7' Nahuel Tenaglia picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
12' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona come into this ranked 15 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
17' The referee shows RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player a card on 17.
22' Deportivo Alaves is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
27' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
32' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
37' It is a cagey affair so far. Deportivo Alaves in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past RCD Espanyol de Barcelona's compact 4-2-3-1.
42' Deportivo Alaves have won 237 goals from 267 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' Pau Cabanes gets the nod from Deportivo Alaves. He replaces Carlos Vicente and will look to change the dynamic.
51' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Deportivo Alaves side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
56' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
57' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Pere Milla comes on to replace Pol Lozano.
62' Toni Martinez makes way for Asier Villalibre at the 62 minute mark. A tactical switch from Deportivo Alaves.
64' Poor challenge from Antonio Blanco. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
67' A tactical swap from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Alvaro Tejero on, Jofre Carreras Pages off on 67 minutes.
72' 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.
74' Antoniu Roca is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pere Milla at the 74 minute mark.
79' Deportivo Alaves started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
83' It is a substitution in Deportivo Alaves team. Antonio Blanco is replaced by Ander Guevara on 83 minute.
84' The referee calls foul for Omar El Hilali. He receives a card.
86' Fernando Calero puts RCD Espanyol de Barcelona on the lead.
90' Another change for Deportivo Alaves made on 90 minute. Moussa Diarra leaves to be changed by Jon Guridi.
The points are shared — Deportivo Alaves 0-1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Honours even.

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
Pedrosa	1
Fernando Calero	1
Jonathan Calleri	1
Laguardia	1
Bernardo Espinosa	1
Wu Lei	1

Head to Head

Deportivo Alaves Form

2025-02-22 Deportivo Alaves 0–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-02-15 CD Leganés 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 Balompié 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

0.34 Deportivo Alaves xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 77% + Under 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Deportivo Alaves14% Draw28% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona58%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes23% 0% No77%

Avg goals/match: 1.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	82%	18%
± 1.5	54%	46%
± 2.5	27%	73%
± 3.5	12%	88%
± 4.5	4%	96%

Double Chance

Deportivo Alaves or Draw

42%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

86%

Deportivo Alaves or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Deportivo Alaves5% Draw53% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona42%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

18.5%

0 – 2

17%

1 – 1

8.6%

0 – 3

8.2%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 0

4.4%

1 – 3

3.2%

0 – 4

3.1%

2 – 1

1.3%

1 – 4

1.3%

2 – 2

1.1%

Asian Handicap — Deportivo Alaves

Handicap	Deportivo Alaves covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	1%	99%
-1.5	1%	—	99%
-1	1%	6%	93%
-0.5	7%	—	93%
+0.5	35%	—	65%
+1	35%	30%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	20%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Deportivo Alaves keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

71% ✓

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