About Match
Atlético de Madrid (6th, 7 pts) visit Espanyol (12th, 4 pts) with 3 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Espanyol 1.5 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Atlético de Madrid 1.75 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.5. Espanyol would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 6th, overtaking Atlético de Madrid (other results held equal).
Over the last five, Espanyol have taken 4 of 15 points to Atlético de Madrid's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 32 games: 8 Espanyol wins, 15 for Atlético de Madrid, 9 draws, at 2.47 goals per meeting. The recent trend is more open — 3.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.47 all-time.
RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat stages the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000.




