Match Report
Espanyol went into the game 11th in the table on 46 points; Girona sat 19th on 41 — a 5-point gap. Per game in the league, Espanyol were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.45, Girona 1.03 and 1.45, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 2 Espanyol wins, 6 for Girona, 4 draws, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host.
The match was played at RCDE Stadium (capacity 40,000). The referee was I. Galech Apezteguía, with 94 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Girona led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Girona: Vladyslav Vanat (45'), Vladyslav Vanat (90')
Key stats
Possession: Espanyol 49% · Girona 51% · Total shots: 14-7 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 5-4