Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Espanyol mixed, Barcelona strongThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
The rows around these two clubs. Dots mark the clubs in between.
Espanyol take a form score of 3.5 out of 10 into this La Liga fixture, against 8.6 for Barcelona. Espanyol have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5, while Barcelona have 3 wins and 2 defeats in theirs. Across the season Espanyol average 1.1 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Barcelona 3.6 and 1.4. Espanyol have kept a clean sheet in 30% of their matches this season, Barcelona in 20%. In their last 10 meetings Espanyol have won 0, drawn 3 and lost 7. Espanyol sit 13th on 12 points, Barcelona 1st on 33.
Form, head-to-head and season statistics are free to read. The model's predictions for this fixture are in the cards above.
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