Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Espanyol 11th on 49, Deportivo La Coruña 18th on 29. Espanyol had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1/2 for Deportivo La Coruña and 0.95/1.11 for Espanyol (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.35.
Deportivo La Coruña entered with three losses in a row. Espanyol arrived off three consecutive draws.
GioScore's database holds 14 meetings between the two: 3 for Deportivo La Coruña, 8 for Espanyol and 3 drawn, at 2.36 goals per meeting.
D. Fernández Borbalan officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 0.3 yellow cards each. Estadio Abanca-Riazor in La Coruña, capacity 34,600, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.