Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Espanyol and Barcelona, taking place on Sunday, 14 May 2023, at RCDE Stadium in Cornellà de Llobregat.
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Espanyol, Recent FormThe Espanyol players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Sevilla recently, that ended in a 3-2 defeat. In that game they had 36% possession and managed 7 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Sevilla who had 18 attempts and 6 on target.
Having lost 12 goals in their past 6 matches, boss Luis García will surely be casting a critical eye over his defensive line, even though his team managed to pick up some points along the way due to the 7 goals they scored. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but so far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 27 of their 33 games.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
Barcelona, Recent FormBarcelona will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their home outing against Osasuna. In that game they recorded 76 % of the possession, with 21 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 2 of their 7 shots on goal.
Although they have only shipped 2 goals in their past 6 matches, they have taken a relatively modest return of points from those games, primarily due to an indifferent return at the other end with 7 goals netted in those 6 matches. They've kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 matches, and playing away from home this season, they have scored in 14 of their 16 games.
They have had a good run of form recently, unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 3 wins along the way. It's been a good season so far with them having won 26 of their 33 league games.
On an individual basis, Robert Lewandowski will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 19 goals in Barcelona's 33 league games this season.
In the last match between these two, goals were scored on both sides, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
Blaugrana will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Espanyol having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 12 meetings. Goals come easy for Barça when they travel to Periquitos, having recorded 8 goals in their past 3 visits and an impressive average of 2.67 goals per match.
When playing at home in the league, Espanyol have failed to win any of their last 14 meetings with Barça, with the last 2 of those games ending in a draw.
With no real injury worries, Espanyol manager Luis García will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
There is only really one injury concern for the Barça manager Xavi Hernández ahead of this clash, with Sergi Roberto (Hamstring) missing out, which gives Hernández a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Espanyol Playing at home | Barcelona Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1.7 |
| 1.6 | Goals conceded | 0.6 |
| 55' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 31' | Time first goal conceded | 25' |
| 2.6 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0.4 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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