About Match
2 points and 5 places separate them: Villarreal 17th with 2, Espanyol 12th with 4. In league terms the two rates read 1.5/2 for Villarreal and 1.5/1.25 for Espanyol (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.5. Three points here take Villarreal to 5 and up to 11th, overtaking Espanyol, assuming other results stand.
30 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Villarreal 14, draws 12, Espanyol 4, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. The last five meetings averaged 3.4 goals, well above the all-time 2.4.
The venue is Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, with room for 23,500 spectators.