Match Report
Deportivo Alavés (14th, 43 pts) visited Espanyol (11th, 46 pts) with 3 points between them. Deportivo Alavés ranked 10th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Espanyol 1.13 scored and 1.45 conceded per game, Deportivo Alavés 1.16 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.35.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 9 for Espanyol, 4 for Deportivo Alavés and 2 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals. 2.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 1.8.
RCDE Stadium, capacity 40,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Espanyol: Roberto Fernández (15') · Deportivo Alavés: Antonio Blanco (27'), Lucas Boyé (71')
Key stats
Possession: Espanyol 50% · Deportivo Alavés 50% · Total shots: 10-11 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 4-2