Barcelona vs Espanyol prediction and betting tips on November 3, 2024
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Barcelona and Espanyol will face off in the 12th round of the Spanish Primera on November 3, 2024. The hosts are certainly much stronger, but this is a derby, and the guests will try to trip up their neighbour.
Barcelona vs Espanyol: key statistics and trends
- Barcelona has won 5 matches in a row.
- Espanyol has lost 5 out of 6 previous games, not counting the cup tournament.
- The most common score between the clubs is a 2-0 result in favour of Barcelona (10 times).
- Barcelona has scored 24% of goals between the 16th and the 30th minutes of confrontations.
- Espanyol has scored 30% of goals between the 46th and the 60th minutes of struggles.
- Barcelona has scored at least once in 14 previous meetings.
- Espanyol has conceded in each of its 8 previous matches.
- Barcelona wins the first half in 44% of games, Espanyol does the same in 18% of struggles.
Our prediction for the match Barcelona vs Espanyol
Last season, “the Blaugrana” did not retain the trophies the club won in 2023. The lack of titles led to Laporta’s finally firing Xavi. At the same time, “the Parrots” again managed to avoid getting stuck in the Segunda. Still, it is reasonable to mention that they took only 4th place in the Segunda, but won the play-offs after that.
Generally speaking, Flick started well in Catalonia. There were some misfires (quite painful ones) – the defeats to Monaco in the Champions League and to Osasuna in the Primera. On the other hand, the team managed to win the rest of the matches, despite another epidemic of injuries. And “El Clásico” in Madrid ended with a crushing 4-0 victory. The newcomer started with a couple of defeats, but then took a draw with Atletico and beat Rayo Vallecano and Alaves. Still, then the team lost the lion’s share of matches, adding only a 2-1 success in the struggle with Mallorca. The previous round brought a 0-2 failure in the home game against Sevilla. The club overcame San Tirso (a 4-0 victory at the away arena), but who cares about the early stage of the cup?
“The Culés” are conceding 1 goal per the Primera round – ter Stegen’s injury is taking its toll. Still, Lewandowski and the company score more than 3 goals in response. Manolo Gonzalez’s wards have an expectedly negative goal ratio: 0.91/1.73.
Barcelona vs Espanyol: possible starting line-ups
Barcelona (possible line-up): Peña – Balde, Martinez, Cubarsi, Kounde – Pedri, Casado, Fati, Raphinha, Yamal – Lewandowski.
Espanyol (possible line-up): Garcia – Olivan, Cabrera, Kumbulla, El-Hilali – Carreras, Lozano, Kral, Tejero – Cheddira, Puado.
Previous head-to-head matches: Barcelona vs Espanyol
“The Blaugrana” has won only 1 of 3 previous derbies, while a couple of games brought the draws.
Free prediction for the match Barcelona vs Espanyol
Essentially, the intrigue comes down to how confidently the hosts will win. Taking into account the obvious weakness of the guests, one can bet on their success with “a -2.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.85).
