RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Athletic Club, La Liga 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2019-20

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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Athletic Club

Sat 25 Jan 2020 · 12:00 UTC RCDE Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 9' Mikel Vesga

Victor Sanchez 17' Y

Marc Roca 56' Y

Bernardo Espinosa 59' Y

Overview

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Athletic Club — La Liga at RCDE Stadium.

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
Athletic Club 11 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Juan Martinez
Referee Jose Sanchez
Referee Raul Cabanero
Referee Jose Gallego
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	12	33
2	Real Madrid CF	12	30
3	Club Atlético de Madrid	12	28
4	Real Betis Balompié	12	26
5	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	12	22
6	Sevilla FC	12	18
7	Athletic Club	11	16
8	RC Deportivo La Coruña	12	15
9	Villarreal CF	12	15
10	Real Racing Club de Santander	12	14
11	RC Celta de Vigo	12	13
12	Deportivo Alavés	12	13
13	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	11	12
14	CA Osasuna	12	12
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	12	12
16	Getafe CF	12	12
17	Levante UD	12	11
18	Elche CF	12	10
19	Valencia CF	12	9
20	Málaga CF	12	5

Head-to-Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · Avg 2.4 goals Athletic Club

Last 5 meetings

2020-01-25 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club 2019-10-30 Athletic Club 3–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2019-03-08 Athletic Club 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2018-11-05 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Athletic Club

Recent Form

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jan	Athletic Club	H	1–1	D
19 Jan	Villarreal CF	A	2–1	W
04 Jan	FC Barcelona	H	2–2	D
22 Dec	CD Leganes	A	0–2	L
15 Dec	Real Betis Balompié	H	2–2	D
12 Dec	PFC CSKA Moskva	H	0–1	L

Athletic Club

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jan	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	A	1–1	D
19 Jan	RC Celta de Vigo	H	1–1	D
03 Jan	Sevilla FC	A	1–1	D
22 Dec	Real Madrid CF	A	0–0	D
14 Dec	SD Eibar	H	0–0	D
08 Dec	Real Betis Balompié	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona		Athletic Club
#15	Position	#7
12	Points	16
12	Played	11
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 3
13	Scored	15
14	Conceded	11
-1	GD	+4
1.00	PPG	1.45
25%	Win %	36%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

45% Clean Sheets
Athletic Club this season

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts). Athletic Club are 7th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Athletic Club

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/3

61-75

3/–

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Athletic Club

Alex Berenguer	4 G	4 A
Inaki Williams	3 G	2 A
Nico Williams	2 G	1 A
Roberto Navarro	2 G
Aitor Paredes Casamichana	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is hosting Athletic Club for another epic battle.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
9' Mikel Vesga catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 9.
12' The deadlock is broken! Asier Villalibre gets on the scoresheet on 12 minutes.
17' A meaty challenge results in booking for Victor Sanchez on 17.
22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
27' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Athletic Club's shape.
32' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
37' Raul de Tomas has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering RCD Espanyol de Barcelona that had 298 games and scored 338 goals.
47' Spain international Muniain has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
52' Mikel Vesga is a natural midfielder and has been asked to do a very specific job for Athletic Club tonight.
56' It’s a booking for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player. Marc Roca gets a Yellow card.
57' Another change for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona made on 57 minute. Oscar Melendo leaves to be changed by Adri Embarba.
59' The referee calls foul for Bernardo Espinosa. He receives a Yellow card.
61' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona make a change. Victor Sanchez trudges off to be replaced by Lluis Lopez on 61 minutes.
63' Raul de Tomas makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are in front.
68' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is showing some good football. However, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
69' The Athletic Club manager makes a substitution. Inaki Williams departs to be replaced by Raul Garcia.
74' The 45-year-old Diego Lopez has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
82' The crowd applauds Muniain as he leaves the pitch. Benat steps in for Athletic Club.
83' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Wu Lei comes on to replace Jonathan Calleri.
84' Kenan Kodro is ready to make an impact after coming on for Asier Villalibre at the 84 minute mark.
89' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Athletic Club are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Naldo
8
Iturraspe
1
Andres Prieto
25
Adri Embarba ↑ 57'
22
Matias Vargas
6
Lluis Lopez ↑ 61'
7
Wu Lei ↑ 83'

Coach Abelardo

Athletic Club Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

19
Ibai
15
Inigo Lekue
7
Benat ↑ 82'
22
Raul Garcia ↑ 69'
31
Jokin Ezkieta
23
Kenan Kodro ↑ 84'
12
Larra

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Inaki Williams	5
Oihan Sancet	3
Martin Braithwaite	2
Muniain	2
Raul de Tomas	2
Tonny Vilhena	2
Borja Iglesias	1
Facundo Ferreyra	1

Head to Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2020-01-25 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2020-01-19 Villarreal CF 1–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2020-01-04 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 FC Barcelona D 2019-12-22 CD Leganes 2–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2019-12-15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 Real Betis Balompié D 2019-12-12 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–1 PFC CSKA Moskva L

Athletic Club Form

2020-01-25 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2020-01-19 Athletic Club 1–1 RC Celta de Vigo D 2020-01-03 Sevilla FC 1–1 Athletic Club D 2019-12-22 Real Madrid CF 0–0 Athletic Club D 2019-12-14 Athletic Club 0–0 SD Eibar D 2019-12-08 Real Betis Balompié 3–2 Athletic Club L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

0.97 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Athletic Club xG

I would bet for: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Athletic Club 69% + Under 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona33% Draw31% Athletic Club36%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	36%	64%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

64%

Draw or Athletic Club

67%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Athletic Club

69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona20% Draw53% Athletic Club27%

Actual: Athletic Club win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

14.2%

0 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

10.2%

0 – 2

7.7%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 1

6.2%

2 – 0

5.3%

2 – 2

3.8%

1 – 3

0 – 3

3 – 1

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Athletic Club covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	18%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	22%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

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