RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Valencia CF, La Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2021-22

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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Full Time

Valencia CF

Sat 14 May 2022 · 16:30 UTC RCDE Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Fran Merida 3' Y

Raul de Tomas 45' Y

Sergi Darder 70' Y

Y 90' Omar Alderete

Didac 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Valencia CF — La Liga at RCDE Stadium.

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 7 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Valencia CF 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ignacio Iglesias
Referee Jose Gonzalez
Referee Iker De Francisco
Referee Marcos Cerdan Aguilar
Referee Alejandro Muniz
Referee Daniel Pastoriza
Referee Ignacio Alonso (Spain)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	7	21
2	Club Atlético de Madrid	7	16
3	Real Betis Balompié	7	16
4	Real Madrid CF	7	15
5	Sevilla FC	7	13
6	Deportivo Alavés	7	11
7	RC Deportivo La Coruña	7	10
8	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	7	10
9	CA Osasuna	7	8
10	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	7	8
11	Villarreal CF	7	8
12	Athletic Club	6	8
13	Getafe CF	7	8
14	RC Celta de Vigo	7	7
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	7	7
16	Real Racing Club de Santander	7	7
17	Levante UD	6	5
18	Elche CF	7	5
19	Valencia CF	7	4
20	Málaga CF	7	3

Head-to-Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals Valencia CF

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF 2021-12-31 Valencia CF 1–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-07-16 Valencia CF 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2019-11-02 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–2 Valencia CF 2019-02-17 Valencia CF 0–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Valencia CF	H	1–1	D
11 May	Deportivo Alavés	A	1–2	L
08 May	CA Osasuna	H	1–1	D
30 Apr	Real Madrid CF	A	0–4	L
21 Apr	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	H	0–1	L
17 Apr	Club Atlético de Madrid	A	1–2	L

Valencia CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	A	1–1	D
10 May	Real Betis Balompié	H	0–3	L
07 May	Athletic Club	A	0–0	D
30 Apr	Levante UD	H	1–1	D
19 Apr	Villarreal CF	A	0–2	L
16 Apr	CA Osasuna	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona		Valencia CF
#15	Position	#19
7	Points	4
7	Played	7
2 / 1 / 4	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 5
10	Scored	4
10	Conceded	13
+0	GD	-9
1.00	PPG	0.57
29%	Win %	14%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

29% Clean Sheets
Valencia CF this season

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (7 pts). Valencia CF are 19th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/1

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Valencia CF

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/3

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/1

76+

1/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona to score. At the same time, Valencia CF does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
3' The referee has no hesitation. Fran Merida is booked for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Yellow card on 3.
8' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
18' Both keepers have barely been tested. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
23' Carlos Soler is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona so far.
28' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
33' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona have won 331 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' The Uruguay Maxi Gomez breaks the deadlock on 37 minutes. 0-1!
42' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pepe Bordalás will be considering his options from the bench.
43' Javi Puado has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 43 minutes.
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Raul de Tomas.
47' The deadlock is broken! Raul de Tomas gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
52' It’s high time Pepe Bordalás made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
57' It looks like no one’s ball. Valencia CF is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
58' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Nico Ribaudo comes on to replace Oscar Melendo.
63' Yunus Musah, a USA midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
67' Fresh legs for Valencia CF! Yunus Musah comes on to replace Eray Comert.
68' Adri Embarba gets the nod from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. He replaces Javi Puado and will look to change the dynamic.
69' The RCD Espanyol de Barcelona manager makes a substitution. Fran Merida departs to be replaced by Daniel Villahermosa.
70' The referee has no hesitation. Sergi Darder is booked for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Yellow card on 70.
74' Time for substitution for Valencia CF. Carlos Soler is replaced by Bryan Gil.
79' 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.
84' Valencia CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
87' Time for substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. David Lopez is replaced by Jofre Carreras Pages.
89' It is a substitution in Valencia CF team. Maxi Gomez is replaced by Mario Dominguez on 89 minute.
90' Valencia CF player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

19
Tonny Vilhena ↓ Didac 87'
24
Sergi Gomez
13
Diego Lopez
15
David Lopez ↓ Jofre Carreras Pages 87'
14
Oscar Melendo ↓ Nico Ribaudo 58'
10
Sergi Darder
9
Javi Puado ↓ Adri Embarba 68'
4
Leandro Cabrera
8
Fran Merida ↓ Daniel Villahermosa 69'
11
Raul de Tomas
39
Ruben Sanchez

Bench

17
Didac ↑ 87'
16
Loren
1
Oier
2
Miguelon
23
Adri Embarba ↑ 68'
5
Fernando Calero
18
Landry Dimata
21
Nico Ribaudo ↑ 58'
40
Daniel Villahermosa ↑ 69'
29
Jofre Carreras Pages ↑ 87'
34
Joan Garcia
7
Lei Wu

Coach Vicente Moreno

Valencia CF Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pepe Bordalás

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Javi Puado	5
Raul de Tomas	2
Maxi Gomez	2
Cesar Montes	2
Diego Lopez	1
Javier Guerra	1
Borja Iglesias	1
Gabriel Paulista	1

Head to Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2022-05-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF D 2022-05-11 Deportivo Alavés 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2022-05-08 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 CA Osasuna D 2022-04-30 Real Madrid CF 4–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2022-04-21 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–1 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid L 2022-04-17 Club Atlético de Madrid 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L

Valencia CF Form

2022-05-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF D 2022-05-10 Valencia CF 0–3 Real Betis Balompié L 2022-05-07 Athletic Club 0–0 Valencia CF D 2022-04-30 Valencia CF 1–1 Levante UD D 2022-04-19 Villarreal CF 2–0 Valencia CF L 2022-04-16 Valencia CF 1–2 CA Osasuna L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.43 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

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

0.69 Valencia CF xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona50% Draw29% Valencia CF21%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes39% 0% No61%

Avg goals/match: 2.12

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	35%	65%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

80%

Draw or Valencia CF

50%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Valencia CF

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona36% Draw52% Valencia CF12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

16.1%

0 – 0

14.2%

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

11.9%

2 – 1

8.3%

0 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

1 – 2

3.9%

2 – 2

2.9%

0 – 2

2.7%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Valencia CF covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	17%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	26%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

51% ✗

Valencia CF keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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