RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs Valencia CF, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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Valencia CF

Wed 18 Dec 2024 · 20:30 UTC Stage Front Stadium 18,122 HT 45' · FT 45'

Javi Puado 44' 1–0

1–1 47' Diego Lopez

Omar El Hilali 63' Y

Overview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes (Spain)
Assistant 1 Israel Barcena Rodriguez (Spain)
Assistant 2 Gonzalo Garcia Gonzalez (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

2024-12-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF 2023-05-28 Valencia CF 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2022-10-02 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 Valencia CF 2022-05-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF 2021-12-31 Valencia CF 1–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Recent Form

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Dec	Valencia CF	H	1–1	D
14 Dec	CA Osasuna	H	0–0	D
09 Dec	Getafe CF	A	0–1	L
30 Nov	RC Celta de Vigo	H	3–1	W
23 Nov	Girona FC	A	1–4	L
03 Nov	FC Barcelona	A	1–3	L

Valencia CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Dec	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	A	1–1	D
13 Dec	Real Valladolid CF	A	0–1	L
07 Dec	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	H	0–1	L
29 Nov	RCD Mallorca	A	1–2	L
23 Nov	Real Betis Balompié	H	4–2	W
27 Oct	Getafe CF	A	1–1	D

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' What a night it is going to be! RCD Espanyol de Barcelona welcome Valencia CF for this crunch clash at Stage Front Stadium.
5' Dani Gomez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Marash Kumbulla suffering a number of foals already.
15' 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.
20' Stole Dimitrievski is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona tonight.
25' Valencia CF started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
44' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is taking the lead after the goal scored by Javi Puado on 44.
47' Diego Lopez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
52' It is a cagey affair so far. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Valencia CF's compact 4-2-3-1.
57' Another change for Valencia CF made on 57 minute. Cesar Tarrega leaves to be changed by Yarek Gasiorowski.
61' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona make a change. Antoniu Roca trudges off to be replaced by Carlos Romero on 61 minutes.
63' The referee has no hesitation. Omar El Hilali is booked for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — card on 63.
68' Sergi Canos is replacing Fran Perez for the Valencia CF side.
72' The crowd applauds Justin Smith as he leaves the pitch. Rafael Bauza steps in for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
77' Yarek Gasiorowski, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
82' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aguado is hanging Brian Olivan on the field on 82 minute.
85' Time for substitution for Valencia CF. Diego Lopez is replaced by Iker Cordoba.
90' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
It finishes all square. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Manolo González

Valencia CF Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Dimitri Foulquier
22
Luis Rioja
13
Stole Dimitrievski
18
Pepelu ↓ Javier Guerra 68'
10
Andre Almeida
17
Dani Gomez
3
Cristhian Mosquera
15
Cesar Tarrega ↓ Yarek Gasiorowski 57'
23
Fran Perez ↓ Sergi Canos 68'
5
Enzo Barrenechea ↓ Hugo Guillamon 85'
16
Diego Lopez ↓ Iker Cordoba 85'

Bench

Coach Ruben Baraja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2024-12-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF D 2024-12-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–0 CA Osasuna D 2024-12-09 Getafe CF 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2024-11-30 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 3–1 RC Celta de Vigo W 2024-11-23 Girona FC 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2024-11-03 FC Barcelona 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L

Valencia CF Form

2024-12-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Valencia CF D 2024-12-13 Real Valladolid CF 1–0 Valencia CF L 2024-12-07 Valencia CF 0–1 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid L 2024-11-29 RCD Mallorca 2–1 Valencia CF L 2024-11-23 Valencia CF 4–2 Real Betis Balompié W 2024-10-27 Getafe CF 1–1 Valencia CF D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.71 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

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

0.76 Valencia CF xG

I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 56% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona55% Draw26% Valencia CF19%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

81%

Draw or Valencia CF

45%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Valencia CF

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona40% Draw47% Valencia CF13%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13.7%

2 – 0

12.1%

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.1%

3 – 0

6.7%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

1 – 2

2 – 2

3.5%

4 – 0

2.9%

0 – 2

2.3%

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Valencia CF covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	18%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	25%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

47% ✓

Valencia CF keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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