Real Madrid vs Espanyol Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th March 2023

The La Liga tie at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu this coming Saturday sees home team Real Madrid up against Espanyol.

Real Madrid are chasing the first place in the La Liga after collecting 53 points from their initial 24 encounters. Espanyol trail them on 27 points after 24 rounds, sitting as number 12 in the table.

Top side Real Madrid will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Espanyol on Saturday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Saturday.

Real Madrid are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents four goals, or an average of 0.4 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to seven clean sheets in this run.

Espanyol scored 14 goals, conceded 14 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Real Madrid ended up winning 1-3 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Prediction

Real Madrid Form

Real Madrid have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Atletico Madrid, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Barcelona, who ran out 0-1 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 0-0 draw with Real Betis. In their last six La Liga home matches, Real Madrid have three wins, while they've drawn three and remained without defeat. They scored ten and conceded three goals.

Espanyol Form

In the last three matches, Espanyol beat Elche 0-1, won 2-1 against Mallorca, and lost 2-1 against Real Valladolid. Espanyol, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the La Liga.

Real Madrid scored 27 goals and conceded six in their last 11 games against teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. They collected 31 points and ten victories. Espanyol fought their way to one win and five points from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. Real Madrid have a record of 16 wins, five draws and three defeats in the La Liga this season. Espanyol put six wins, nine draws and nine defeats on the board in the La Liga.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Squads

Real Madrid Squad

The 63-year-old Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, will select the lineup against Espanyol from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):

Andriy Lunin (0/6), Thibaut Courtois (0/18), Alvaro Odriozola (0/1), Antonio Rüdiger (1/21), Daniel Carvajal (0/19), David Alaba (1/19), Eder Militao (3/20), Ferland Mendy (0/14), Jesus Vallejo (0/0), Nacho Fernandez (0/15), Sergio Ramos (0/0), Aurelien Tchouameni (0/19), Daniel Ceballos (0/17), Eduardo Camavinga (0/24), Federico Valverde (7/24), Luka Modric (4/22), Marco Asensio (4/18), Toni Kroos (2/19), Eden Hazard (0/3), Karim Benzema (11/15), Lucas Vazquez (2/12), Mariano Diaz (0/6), Rodrygo (4/21), Vinicius Junior (7/23).

Espanyol Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 42 year-old Espanyol manager Martinez will select his starting XI from these players:

Alvaro Fernandez (0/11), Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/4), Joan Garcia (0/0), Adria Pedrosa (0/0), Aleix Vidal (0/18), Brian Olivan (1/23), Cesar Montes (0/7), Fernando Calero (0/18), Leandro Cabrera (0/21), Omar El Hilali (0/5), Oscar Gil (0/20), Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (0/4), Ruben Sanchez (0/12), Sergi Gomez (0/18), Wassim Keddari (0/5), Daniel Villahermosa (0/0), Denis Suarez (0/5), Edu Exposito (2/20), Javier Puado (3/23), Jose Carlos Lazo (1/11), Jose Gragera (0/4), Keidi Bare (0/11), Luca Koleosho (0/0), Roger Martinez (0/0), Sergi Darder (4/24), Vinicius de Souza Costa (0/22), Daniel Gomez (0/7), Joselu (11/21), Martin Braithwaite (8/19), Nabili Touaizi (0/0), Nico Ribaudo (0/18).

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Team News

Real Madrid might be looking at five missing players for their upcoming assignment against Espanyol.

David Alaba, Aurelien Tchouameni, Alvaro Odriozola, Daniel Carvajal and Mariano Diaz are missing from the squad, Real Madrid will field against Espanyolon Saturday.

At the time of writing, Espanyol just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Saturday.

Names like Keidi Bare and Adria Pedrosa most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Real Madrid.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Lineups

Real Madrid vs Espanyol H2H

Real Madrid won the last two meetings against Espanyol, as they followed up a 4-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 3-1 score. Real Madrid generally have the upper hand against Espanyol, offering a fine 8-0-2 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/4.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Results

Both teams to score only came out three times in the previous ten games between Espanyol and Real Madrid. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 8/13 with the bookies.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Betting Tips

It is a great season for Karim Benzema, who currently has 11 league goals to his name during this season. Real Madrid will rely on his services to gun down Espanyol.

Of their 10 most recent games at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu across all tournaments, Real Madrid won six times, drew two and lost two. Espanyol won four of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing two and losing four. Real Madrid have seen five of their previous 10 matches at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu offer over 2.5 goals. In five of the last 10 league games away for Espanyol the match had over 2.5 goals.

Over 2.5 goals came up four times in the previous ten encounters between Real Madrid and Espanyol, as Real Madrid scored two goals on average per game and Espanyol averaging 0.6 goals. Both teams scored in three times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Real Madrid’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that Espanyol played across all tournaments. They scored 1.3 times on average in the process.