About Match
4 points for Espanyol (12th), 2 for Villarreal (17th): a 2-point gap. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Espanyol run at 1.5 scored and 1.25 conceded, Villarreal at 1.5 and 2. Three points here take Espanyol to 7 and up to 6th, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 30 games: 4 Espanyol wins, 14 for Villarreal, 12 draws, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. 3.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.4.
The venue is RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat, with room for 40,000 spectators.




