Sevilla FC vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sevilla FC vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan.
- Sevilla FC 38 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 games · 46 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Javier Alberola Rojas
- Assistant 1 Alfredo Rodriguez Moreno (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Jorge Bueno Mateo (Spain)
22 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Barcelona 38 94 2 Real Madrid CF 38 86 3 Villarreal CF 38 72 4 Club Atletico de Madrid 38 69 5 Real Betis Balompie 38 60 6 RC Celta de Vigo 38 54 7 Getafe CF 38 51 8 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 50 9 Valencia CF 38 49 10 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 38 46 11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46 12 Athletic Club 38 45 13 Sevilla FC 38 43 14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43 15 Elche CF 38 43 16 Levante UD 38 42 17 CA Osasuna 38 42 18 RCD Mallorca 38 42 19 Girona FC 38 41 20 Real Oviedo 38 29 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May RCD Espanyol de Barcelona H 2–1 W 04 May Real Sociedad de Fútbol H 1–0 W 26 Apr CA Osasuna A 1–2 L 23 Apr Levante UD A 0–2 L 11 Apr Club Atletico de Madrid H 2–1 W 05 Apr Real Oviedo A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Sevilla FC A 1–2 L 03 May Real Madrid CF H 0–2 L 27 Apr Levante UD H 0–0 D 23 Apr Rayo Vallecano de Madrid A 0–1 L 11 Apr FC Barcelona A 1–4 L 04 Apr Real Betis Balompie A 0–0 D Season Stats
Sevilla FC RCD Espanyol de Barcelona #13 Position #11 43 Points 46 38 Played 38 12 / 7 / 19 W / D / L 12 / 10 / 16 46 Scored 43 60 Conceded 55 -14 GD -12 1.13 PPG 1.21 32% Win % 32% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history16% Clean Sheets
Sevilla FC this season26% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this seasonSevilla FC are 13th (43 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 11th (46 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sevilla FC0-151/216-30–/131-453/346-601/261-752/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededRCD Espanyol de Barcelona0-15–/116-301/231-45–/–46-603/261-752/176+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sevilla FC and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona has kicked off!
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with RCD Espanyol de Barcelona winning 50% of all matches.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Marko Dmitrovic, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio R. Sanchez Pizjuan with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 26' Urko Gonzalez is having his name booked by the referee on 26.
- 31' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 36' Sevilla FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 41' Odisseas Vlachodimos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 46' Goal! Alexis Sanchez scores his 52 goal in 409 matches.
- 51' RamonTerrats Espacio has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 56' Goal! Tyrhys Dolan scores his 27 goal in 382 matches.
- 61' It’s a booking for Sevilla FC player. Jose Angel Carmona gets a card.
- 66' The travelling RCD Espanyol de Barcelona supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 71' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Neal Maupay made 344 appearances and scored 80 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 73' Tyrhys Dolan was booked on 73.
- 78' Sevilla FC is showing some good football. However, Sevilla FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 82' What a strike from Castrin! The score is 2-1.
- 87' It looks surprising Sevilla FC does not make any changes. Urko Gonzalez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 90' The referee shows RCD Espanyol de Barcelona player a card on 90.
- With this win, Sevilla FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Sevilla FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 17
- 6
- 1
- 11
- 18
- 21
- 2
- 4
- 12
- 7
- 32
Bench
- 3
- 10
- 13
- 24
- 20
- 5
- 19
- 9
- 14
- 16
- 8
- 36
Coach Luís GarcíaRCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 8
- 13
- 5
- 24
- 4
- 14
- 23
- 22
- 2
- 9
Bench
- 11
- 19
- 18
- 10
- 1
- 17
- 12
- 38
- 15
- 20
- 32
- 28
Coach Manolo González -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Rafael Mir 3 Jose Angel Carmona 3 Lucas Ocampos 2 Bryan Gil 2 Dodi Lukebakio 2 Wissam Ben Yedder 2 Pape Gueye 1 Suso 1 Head to Head
Sevilla FC Form
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form
2026-05-09 Sevilla FC 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2026-05-03 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–2 Real Madrid CF L 2026-04-27 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–0 Levante UD D 2026-04-23 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2026-04-11 FC Barcelona 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2026-04-04 Real Betis Balompie 0–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.66 Sevilla FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.07 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sevilla FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.73Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 30% 70% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Sevilla FC or Draw 78%Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 47%Sevilla FC or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.5%1 – 0 9.9%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.8%0 – 0 8.4%0 – 1 6%1 – 2 6%3 – 1 5.2%2 – 2 5%3 – 0 4.8%0 – 2 3.7%3 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Sevilla FC
Handicap Sevilla FC covers Push RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 23% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 14% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Sevilla FC keeps clean sheet 35% ✓RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.