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 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
Valencia CF 12 games · 9 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	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 2.7 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
12	Points	9
12	Played	12
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 7
13	Scored	8
14	Conceded	20
-1	GD	-12
1.00	PPG	0.75
25%	Win %	17%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

33% Clean Sheets
Valencia CF this season

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts). Valencia CF are 19th (9 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

Valencia CF

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/4

31-45

1/2

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/3

76+

1/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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

Valencia CF

Umar Sadiq

2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Valencia CF kicks off things out of here…
5' A quiet spell here at Stage Front Stadium. Valencia CF seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' The 32-year-old Brian Olivan has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and Valencia CF are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona have won 338 goals from 298 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' 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.
35' Fran Perez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 434 appearances.
40' The energy levels are beginning to show. Manolo González might look to freshen things up shortly.
44' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is taking the lead after the goal scored by Javi Puado on 44.
47' Brilliant from the ! Diego Lopez makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 47.
52' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
57' The Valencia CF bench stirs into life. Cesar Tarrega is withdrawn and Yarek Gasiorowski gets his opportunity.
61' A tactical swap from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Carlos Romero on, Antoniu Roca off on 61 minutes.
63' It’s gonna be a card for Omar El Hilali.
68' The crowd applauds Fran Perez as he leaves the pitch. Sergi Canos steps in for Valencia CF.
72' Rafael Bauza is replacing Justin Smith for the RCD Espanyol de Barcelona side.
77' It looks surprising RCD Espanyol de Barcelona does not make any changes. Cristhian Mosquera has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
82' The whistle greets Brian Olivan as he departs to be replaced by Aguado.
85' Iker Cordoba is replacing Diego Lopez for the Valencia CF side.
90' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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
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

1 / 4

1.42 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

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

0.76 Valencia CF xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona50% Draw29% Valencia CF21%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	64%	36%
± 2.5	37%	63%
± 3.5	18%	82%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

79%

Draw or Valencia CF

50%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Valencia CF

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona34% Draw51% Valencia CF15%

Actual: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

15%

0 – 0

13.6%

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

11%

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 1

7.4%

3 – 0

5.1%

1 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

4.1%

2 – 2

3.3%

0 – 2

3.1%

4 – 0

1.8%

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	Valencia CF covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	16%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	25%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	13%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

47% ✓

Valencia CF keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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