Espanyol vs Real Madrid Predictions

Real Madrid will be in the hunt for three more points. Carlo Ancelotti’s men should be the better side against Espanyol in their upcoming league fixture.

Match info: La Liga

Venue: RCDE Stadium, Catalonia

Date: Saturday, 1^st February 2025

Time: 9 pm Nigerian time

Seeking a 16th La Liga victory of the 2024-25 campaign, reigning champions Real Madrid will head to struggling Espanyol on Saturday night, with both teams in need of the points for very different reasons.

Real Madrid are top of the La Liga table, four points ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid on the same number of matches (21), while Espanyol are 18th in the division, one point from the safety of 17th position.

Head-to-head:

• Espanyol have won 5 of the last 41 meetings between the two teams.
• Real Madrid recorded 33 victories.
• The remaining 3 clashes ended in draws.
• Real Madrid have scored in 33 of their last 34 league games against Espanyol.
• Los Blancos have secured 49 points in 21 games played in La Liga 2024-25 edition.
• Espanyol have only lost only one of their last six league matches.
• 6 of their last 8 encounters produced at least 4 goals.
• Their last 4 meetings produced 4+ goals.
• Real Madrid have won 3 of their last 5 visits to the RCDE Stadium.

Form:

• Espanyol in the League: D-L-D-W-D
• Espanyol in all competitions: D-L-D-W-D
• Real Madrid in the League: D-W-W-W-W
• Real Madrid in all competitions: W-W-W-W-W

Team News:

• The hosts Espanyol will be ready with all of their players as they are fit and fine.
• Real Madrid will be missing out on the services of Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, and Eduardo Camavinga for their next La Liga fixture.

Player(s) to watch:

• Javi Puado will play an important role in Espanyol’s attack. Javi Puado has been able to score seven goals in 19 league games. He can attack from the sides and also can lead his team by scoring some goals. This La Liga match however will be a hard one for Javi Puado and his team.
• Kylian Mbappe is getting back to his form. Kylian Mbappe has scored 15 goals in 19 league matches for the Madrid giants. In the last league match for Los Blancos, Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for the 15-time Champions League winners. He will lead the attack from the front with Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo on the sides.