Espanyol vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th December 2024

Espanyol and Valencia are desperate for points to improve their standings in the table, with relegation looming. The teams clash this coming Wednesday at RCDE Stadium, with much riding on the outcome in this LaLiga battle.

Espanyol are placed 17th with ten points after 12 matches. Valencia occupy a position as 20th in the league on seven points.

A match between Espanyol and Valencia has been such an equal encounter lately, that none of their last three matches produced a winner. This has the look of a match which could be decided by the odds mistake.

Espanyol go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 20. That amounts to an average of two per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Valencia are currently not the most scoring team in the LaLiga, as they only found the back of the net seven times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.7 goals a game in which they conceded 15 times, an average of 1.5 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Wednesday?

Espanyol vs Valencia Prediction

Espanyol Form

Espanyol have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 4-1 by Athletic Club, before Sevilla ran out 0-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Barcelona, who came out 3-1 winners. Espanyol claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the LaLiga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded nine goals.

Valencia Form

In their last three matches, Valencia drew 0-0 with Leganes, lost 2-3 against Las Palmas, and drew 1-1 with Getafe. Valencia are winless in their last six away games in the LaLiga, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 11 goals while scoring two themselves.

Espanyol and Valencia seem to have a strong read on the game plan of this particular opponent, as their last three encounters offered no winner. With that in mind, the draw once again makes an attractive bet.

Espanyol won zero points from their last one encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won zero, scored zero and let in one goals. Valencia earned two points from their last three games against teams placed in the bottom six of the LaLiga table. They scored three goals in those matches, but also allowed four goals against on their way to zero wins. Espanyol only drew once so far this season after 12 games played, in stead recording three wins and eight defeats in the LaLiga. Valencia enjoy a record of one win, four draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Espanyol vs Valencia Squads

Espanyol Squad

Gonzalez will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Valencia from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/12), Alvaro Tejero (1/11), Brian Olivan (0/8), Carlos Romero (1/12), Fernando Calero (0/3), Leandro Cabrera (0/8), Marash Kumbulla (1/11), Omar El Hilali (0/12), Sergi Gomez (0/9), Alex Kral (0/12), Alvaro Aguado (0/8), Edu Exposito (0/0), Jose Gragera (0/10), Pol Lozano (0/8), Rafel Bauza (0/1), Alejo Veliz (1/11), Antoniu Roca (0/4), Irvin Cardona (0/10), Javier Puado (4/10), Jofre Carreras (2/12), Naci Unuvar (0/2), Omar Sadik (0/0), Pere Milla (0/7), Salvi Sanchez (0/0), Walid Cheddira (0/10).

Valencia Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Valencia players that the manager Ruben Baraja will choose from for the upcoming game:

Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/11), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Stole Dimitrievski (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (1/9), Cristhian Mosquera (0/11), Dimitri Foulquier (0/11), Jesus Vazquez (0/8), Jose Gaya (0/2), Maximiliano Caufriez (0/2), Mouctar Diakhaby (0/0), Rodrigo Abajas (0/1), Thierry Correia (0/11), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/4), Andre Almeida (0/9), Enzo Barrenechea (1/6), Hugo Guillamon (0/7), Javier Guerra (0/10), Pepelu (1/10), Alberto Mari (0/0), Daniel Gomez (1/9), Diego Lopez (1/11), Fran Perez (0/2), German Valera (0/4), Hugo Duro (2/9), Luis Rioja (0/11), Rafa Mir (0/4), Sergi Canos (0/7), Warren Madrigal (0/0).

Espanyol vs Valencia Team News

Valencia have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Wednesday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Pepelu and Maximiliano Caufriez can't be called upon by Valencia, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Espanyol vs Valencia Lineups

Espanyol vs Valencia H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Wednesday. Espanyol enter the match against Valencia with a 2-4-4 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 20%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Valencia Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the past ten matches between home side Espanyol and Valencia. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 11/10.

Espanyol vs Valencia Betting Tips

Jofre Carreras found the target zero times in his previous six matches, whereas Pepelu just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Espanyol claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. Valencia won one of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost six of the games in this run. Espanyol should feel good about scoring this coming Wednesday, since Valencia managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Espanyol managed an average of one goal, with Valencia averaging 1.2 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Espanyol’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Valencia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.