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

Match Preview

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

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Valencia CF 0 games · 0 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	RCD Mallorca	38	42
2	Girona FC	38	41
3	Real Oviedo	38	29
4	Deportivo Alavés	1	3
5	Sevilla FC	1	3
6	RC Deportivo La Coruña	0	0
7	Málaga CF	0	0
8	Real Racing Club de Santander	0	0
9	FC Barcelona	0	0
10	Real Madrid CF	0	0
11	Villarreal CF	0	0
12	Club Atlético de Madrid	0	0
13	Real Betis Balompié	0	0
14	RC Celta de Vigo	0	0
15	Valencia CF	0	0
16	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	0	0
17	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	0	0
18	Athletic Club	0	0
19	Elche CF	0	0
20	Levante UD	0	0
21	CA Osasuna	0	0
22	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	1	0
23	Getafe CF	1	0

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
#17	Position	#15
0	Points	0
0	Played	0
0 / 0 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
0	Scored	0
0	Conceded	0
+0	GD	+0
–	PPG	–
–	Win %	–

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 17th (0 pts). Valencia CF are 15th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Stage Front Stadium that hosts another battle between RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Iker Cordoba, as he is very good at scoring at Stage Front Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' Fran Perez, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' Valencia CF fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
40' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His RCD Espanyol de Barcelona side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
44' The deadlock is broken! Javi Puado gets on the scoresheet on 44 minutes.
47' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Diego Lopez makes it 1-1.
52' 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.
57' Yarek Gasiorowski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cesar Tarrega on 57 minute.
61' The RCD Espanyol de Barcelona manager makes a substitution. Antoniu Roca departs to be replaced by Carlos Romero.
63' It’s a booking for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player. Omar El Hilali gets a card.
68' Sergi Canos is replacing Fran Perez for the Valencia CF side.
72' The RCD Espanyol de Barcelona manager makes a substitution. Justin Smith departs to be replaced by Rafael Bauza.
77' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Valencia CF backline.
82' A change in the RCD Espanyol de Barcelona ranks — Brian Olivan exits the field as Aguado enters on 82.
85' Valencia CF manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Iker Cordoba is hanging Diego Lopez on the field on 85 minute.
90' Antoniu Roca is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona tonight.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Cesar Montes	2
Raul de Tomas	2
Maxi Gomez	2
Kevin Gameiro	1
Omar Alderete	1
Diego Lopez	1
Javier Guerra	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

2 / 4

0.7 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

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

0.5 Valencia CF xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 87% + Under — clean sheet likely 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona38% Draw40% Valencia CF22%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes22% 0% No78%

Avg goals/match: 1.2

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	67%	33%
± 1.5	35%	65%
± 2.5	13%	87%
± 3.5	4%	96%
± 4.5	1%	99%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

77%

Draw or Valencia CF

62%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Valencia CF

60%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona19% Draw68% Valencia CF13%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

32.9%

1 – 0

19.4%

0 – 1

13.2%

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

3.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

1 – 2

2.7%

3 – 0

1.6%

2 – 2

1.1%

3 – 1

0 – 3

0.5%

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Valencia CF covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	8%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	24%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	16%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

61% ✗

Valencia CF keeps clean sheet

50% ✗

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