Espanyol vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th May 2023

Barcelona look destined for a win in their match this coming Sunday against Espanyol. Bookmakers have them down as fairly big favourites, with the visitors going through a bit of a slump in the La Liga lately.

Sitting top of the table, Barcelona claimed 82 points after 33 rounds, while Espanyol have amassed 31 points. This ranks the latter as number 19 in the La Liga before the next round.

Although Espanyol are behind Barcelona in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the La Liga would be huge for the hosts.

Espanyol go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 22. That amounts to an average of 2.2 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Barcelona managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded three goals in total, and while claiming eight clean sheets, they conceded 0.3 goals an average per game.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Espanyol and Barcelona and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 10/3.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Prediction

Espanyol Form

Showing inconsistent form, Espanyol lost two of their past three matches, going down 4-2 against Villarreal, before beating Getafe 1-0. The joy was short-lived, as Sevilla proved too strong in a 3-2 defeat. In their last six La Liga home matches, Espanyol have two wins, while they've drawn one and lost three. They scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Rayo Vallecano, they were left empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Real Betis in a 4-0 win. They followed that up with a 1-0 win against Osasuna in their most recent outing. Barcelona managed a decent return of three wins in their last six La Liga away matches, in which they scored seven while also conceding three times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Barcelona are expected to win this coming Sunday, and we can't argue with that, but at the same time don't believe in a high-scoring win against Espanyol.

Barcelona took eight wins and 26 points in the previous ten encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the La Liga, as they scored 21 goals while also allowing one against. Espanyol claimed seven wins, ten draws as well as 16 defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona have 26 wins, four draws and three defeats in the La Liga.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Squads

Espanyol Squad

Garcia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Barcelona from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Alvaro Fernandez (0/11), Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/13), Joan Garcia (0/0), Adria Pedrosa (0/4), Aleix Vidal (0/23), Brian Olivan (1/25), Cesar Montes (1/15), Fernando Calero (0/22), Joan Puig (0/0), Leandro Cabrera (0/28), Omar El Hilali (0/5), Oscar Gil (0/28), Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (0/7), Ruben Sanchez (0/18), Sergi Gomez (0/26), Wassim Keddari (0/6), Daniel Villahermosa (0/0), Denis Suarez (0/13), Edu Exposito (2/24), Javier Puado (5/32), Jose Carlos Lazo (1/11), Jose Gragera (1/9), Keidi Bare (0/16), Luca Koleosho (0/0), Roger Martinez (0/0), Sergi Darder (5/33), Vinicius de Souza Costa (0/30), Daniel Gomez (0/0), Joselu (14/30), Martin Braithwaite (9/27), Nabili Touaizi (0/0), Nico Ribaudo (0/27).

Barcelona Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Barcelona head coach Hernandez will select from for his starting XI:

Arnau Tenas (0/0), Inaki Pena (0/0), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/33), Alex Balde (0/29), Andreas Christensen (1/18), Eric Garcia (1/20), Jordi Alba (2/21), Jules Kounde (0/25), Marcos Alonso (1/19), Ronald Araujo (0/21), Sergi Roberto (4/20), Ferran Torres (4/29), Franck Kessie (1/24), Frenkie de Jong (2/28), Gavi (1/32), Marc Casado (0/0), Pablo Torre (0/5), Pedri (6/25), Sergio Busquets (0/27), Angel Alarcon (0/4), Ansu Fati (4/31), Ousmane Dembele (5/20), Raphinha (7/31), Robert Lewandowski (19/29).

Espanyol vs Barcelona Team News

Espanyol seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday.

Keidi Bare and Adria Pedrosa are missing from the squad, Espanyol will field against Barcelonathis coming Sunday.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Lineups

Espanyol vs Barcelona H2H

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Espanyol and Barcelona and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 10/3. Espanyol enter the match against Barcelona with a 0-4-6 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 0%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Results

Both teams to score only came out four times in the previous ten games between Barcelona and Espanyol. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 4/5 with the bookies.

Espanyol vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Joselu, who is performing well for Espanyol. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent La Liga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Barcelona.The visitors will be looking to Robert Lewandowski to find the net once again, after managing two La Liga goals for Barcelona in recent matches.

Espanyol scored the first opening goal of the match a modest three times in their 10 previous matches at RCDE Stadium. Barcelona scored the opener in seven of their 10 most recent outings away.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Espanyol managed an average of 0.6 goals, with Barcelona averaging 2.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Espanyol’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Barcelona, who managed to score 1.4 times in those matches.