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Real Madrid v Espanyol : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Sep, 20:00 BST, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

the Santiago Bernabéu faithful welcome Espanyol's travelling contingent on Saturday night, as Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid take on José Manuel González Álvarez's troops in the La Liga. Recent form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed Real Madrid to win, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

Best Tip: Real Madrid to win

We are predicting Real Madrid will be victorious come the end of the 90 minutes on Saturday in the win / draw / win market. The latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) data below all point in that direction and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. There could be wild scenes among the home fans when the referee blows the final whistle at Santiago Bernabéu.

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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Real Madrid are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 82% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.18.
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Real Madrid
82%
1/6
1%
1/6
3%
Draw
12%
6/1
8%
7/1
23%
Espanyol
6%
18/1
27%
14/1
Real Madrid 2-0
12%
11/2
7%
5/1
9%
Real Madrid 3-0
12%
6/1
7%
11/2
Real Madrid 1-0
9%
17/2
5%
7/1
23%
Real Madrid 4-0
8%
17/2
5%
15/2
6%
Real Madrid 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
8/1
6%
Real Madrid 3-1
8%
10/117/2
5%
Draw 1-1
6%
12/112/1
18%
Real Madrid 4-1
5%
14/111/1
20%
Real Madrid 5-0
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
13%
Real Madrid 5-1
3%
22/118/1
10%
Draw 0-0
3%
18/116/1
31%
Draw 2-2
3%
25/1
13%
22/1
Real Madrid 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
19%
Real Madrid 6-0
2%
28/120/1
9%
Espanyol 1-0
2%
33/125/1
13%
Over 2.5 Goals
68%
2/52/5
11%
Under 2.5 Goals
32%
2/17/4
22%
Home 1st Goal
65%
1/7
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
33%
9/2
10%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1-
BTTS - Yes
45%
11/10
5%
23/20
10%
BTTS - No
55%
4/6
5%
13/20
8%
BTTS - Home Win
33%
7/4
5%
17/10
16%
BTTS - Draw
9%
15/2
6%
8/1
6%
BTTS - Away Win
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
10%
Home/draw
94%
1/50
1%
1/40
Away/draw
18%
4/1
11%
4/1
11%
Home/away
88%
1/10
1%
1/12
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
86%
1/81/8
5%
Under 1.5 Goals
14%
5/119/4
31%
Over 3.5 Goals
46%
1/11/1
17%
Under 3.5 Goals
54%
4/58/11
13%
Over 4.5 Goals
27%
12/511/5
20%
Under 4.5 Goals
72%
1/31/3
11%
Over 5.5 Goals
14%
5/1
9%
9/2
27%
Under 5.5 Goals
86%
1/8
2%
1/8
5%
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/501/200
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
18/116/1
31%
Home DNB
91%
1/251/40
1%
Away DNB
14%
12/110/1
Real Madrid win to nil
49%
5/6
4%
-
Espanyol win to nil
3%
25/1
13%
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Real Madrid / Real Madrid
52%
4/7
3%
11/20
7%
Real Madrid / Espanyol
2%
50/150/1
9%
Real Madrid / Draw
4%
22/1
10%
20/1
Draw / Real Madrid
21%
11/4
6%
3/1
7%
Draw / Espanyol
3%
28/122/1
10%
Draw / Draw
8%
10/19/1
25%
Espanyol / Real Madrid
5%
16/116/1
11%
Espanyol / Espanyol
3%
28/1
26%
18/1
Espanyol / Draw
3%
25/1
13%
22/1
10%
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Win / draw / win La Liga table
Real Madrid
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Espanyol
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Oct 27
May 11
 Barcelona55001315 
May 14
Nov 3
Feb 9
Sep 29
 A.Madrid5320711 
Mar 30
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
 Real Madrid H5320711 
Feb 2
Sep 21
Oct 5
Mar 16
 Villarreal5320311 
Sep 26
Mar 2
Sep 24
Apr 13
 Alaves6312210 
w
 
3-2F
Feb 23
Apr 20
Jan 11
 A.Bilbao6312210 
Feb 16
Oct 19
May 4
Oct 19
 Celta530239 
Dec 1
Apr 13
w
 
2-0F
Mar 2
 Real Betis522118 
May 4
Sep 29
May 14
d
 
1-1F
 Mallorca622208 
Oct 5
Mar 16
Mar 9
Dec 15
 R.Vallecano521217 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Feb 23
Dec 8
 Girona521207 
Mar 9
Nov 24
Sep 21
Feb 2
 Espanyol Away521207 
-
-
Nov 10
Feb 16
 Osasuna5212-47 
Dec 15
May 18
Dec 22
May 18
 Sevilla6123-35 
Oct 27
Jan 26
Mar 30
Nov 24
 Leganes6123-45 
Jan 11
May 11
May 25
w
 
0-2F
 R.Sociedad6114-44 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 9
w
 
3-0F
Jan 26
 Valladolid5113-114 
Jan 19
l
 
1-0A
Dec 1
Apr 23
 Getafe5032-23 
Apr 20
Dec 8
Jan 19
d
 
1-1A
 Las Palmas5023-42 
May 25
Dec 22
Apr 6
Nov 3
 Valencia5014-71 
Nov 10
Apr 23
Win / draw / win form
37
Real Madrid have not lost in 37 consecutive league games
5
Real Madrid have kept a clean sheet for 5 consecutive home league games
3
Espanyol have failed to score in 3 consecutive away league games
Real Madrid 3RD
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
37
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
8
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
6 / 20
Clean sheets
14 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
17
D
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Real Madrid2 - 0Real Betis
Real Madrid3 - 0Valladolid
Real Madrid0 - 0Real Betis
Real Madrid5 - 0Alaves
Real Madrid3 - 0Cadiz
Real Madrid3 - 2Barcelona
Real Madrid2 - 0A.Bilbao
Real Madrid4 - 0Celta
Real Madrid1 - 0Sevilla
Real Madrid4 - 0Girona
Real Madrid1 - 1A.Madrid
Real Madrid3 - 2Almeria
Real Madrid1 - 0Mallorca
Real Madrid4 - 1Villarreal
Real Madrid2 - 0Granada
Real Madrid5 - 1Valencia
Real Madrid0 - 0R.Vallecano
Real Madrid4 - 0Osasuna
Real Madrid2 - 0Las Palmas
Real Madrid2 - 1R.Sociedad
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
7 / 20
Clean sheets
13 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
Draw
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReal Madrid2 - 0R.Sociedad
HReal Madrid2 - 0Real Betis
AReal Madrid1 - 1Las Palmas
HReal Madrid3 - 0Valladolid
AReal Madrid1 - 1Mallorca
HReal Madrid0 - 0Real Betis
AReal Madrid4 - 4Villarreal
HReal Madrid5 - 0Alaves
AReal Madrid4 - 0Granada
HReal Madrid3 - 0Cadiz
AReal Madrid1 - 0R.Sociedad
HReal Madrid3 - 2Barcelona
AReal Madrid1 - 0Mallorca
HReal Madrid2 - 0A.Bilbao
AReal Madrid4 - 2Osasuna
HReal Madrid4 - 0Celta
AReal Madrid2 - 2Valencia
HReal Madrid1 - 0Sevilla
AReal Madrid1 - 1R.Vallecano
HReal Madrid4 - 0Girona
Espanyol 12TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
3
Draw
10
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
A.Madrid0 - 0Espanyol
Valladolid1 - 0Espanyol
Real Oviedo1 - 0Espanyol
S.Gijon0 - 1Espanyol
Amorebieta0 - 0Espanyol
Valladolid0 - 0Espanyol
Elche2 - 2Espanyol
Leganes0 - 0Espanyol
Burgos0 - 0Espanyol
Zaragoza0 - 1Espanyol
Alcorcon1 - 1Espanyol
Eibar2 - 3Espanyol
R.Santander2 - 0Espanyol
Eldense3 - 2Espanyol
Racing Ferrol0 - 0Espanyol
FC Andorra1 - 1Espanyol
Real Oviedo2 - 0Espanyol
Huesca1 - 1Espanyol
S.Gijon2 - 0Espanyol
Villarreal II3 - 1Espanyol
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HEspanyol3 - 2Alaves
HEspanyol2 - 1R.Vallecano
AEspanyol0 - 0A.Madrid
HEspanyol0 - 1R.Sociedad
AEspanyol0 - 1Valladolid
HEspanyol2 - 0Real Oviedo
AEspanyol0 - 1Real Oviedo
HEspanyol0 - 0S.Gijon
AEspanyol1 - 0S.Gijon
HEspanyol3 - 0Cartagena
AEspanyol0 - 0Amorebieta
HEspanyol2 - 1Real Oviedo
AEspanyol0 - 0Valladolid
HEspanyol0 - 0S.Gijon
AEspanyol2 - 2Elche
HEspanyol1 - 1FC Andorra
AEspanyol0 - 0Leganes
HEspanyol2 - 1Albacete
AEspanyol0 - 0Burgos
HEspanyol1 - 1Tenerife
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Real Madrid have beaten Espanyol in 8 consecutive home league meetings
8
Real Madrid have not lost to Espanyol in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Real Madrid since 2015
Real Madrid
Espanyol
Goals: Scored
23
1
Games: Scored
8 / 8
1 / 8
Clean sheets
7 / 8
0 / 8
RMD
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Real Madrid
Real Madrid3 - 1
Real Madrid4 - 0
Real Madrid2 - 0
Real Madrid1 - 0
Real Madrid2 - 0
Real Madrid2 - 0
Real Madrid6 - 0
Real Madrid3 - 0
League games at Espanyol since 2015
Espanyol
Real Madrid
Goals: Scored
7
21
Games: Scored
5 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
3 / 8
RMD
6
ESP
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
1 - 3Real Madrid
Espanyol2 - 1
0 - 1Real Madrid
2 - 4Real Madrid
Espanyol1 - 0
0 - 2Real Madrid
0 - 6Real Madrid
1 - 4Real Madrid
Goal Statistics

Real Madrid's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 4 consecutive La Liga games. A PG of 2.9 suggests that run should continue on Saturday night.

Real Madrid 3rd Espanyol 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.9
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
16%
2
23%
3
22%
4
16%
5+
22%
There is a 84% probability that Real Madrid will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
52%
1
34%
2
11%
3
4+
There is a 52% probability that Espanyol will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+17
Real Madrid have scored 17% more goals at home than predicted
-36
Espanyol have scored 36% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.6
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
0.4
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season
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Real Madrid
PG (predicted goals)
Espanyol
2.9
0.7
Attack rating
48%
better
RMD
ESP
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Games scored5
2
Failed to score0
3
Scored first4
1
Goals scored9
5
Avg. goals scored1.8
1
Avg. shots per game12
8
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for2.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+48%
Defence rating
50%
better
RMD
ESP
view stats
Games conceded2
4
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first1
3
Goals conceded2
5
Avg. goals conceded0.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded18
11
Conversion rate against6%
9%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.7
KickOff rating
+50%

Real Madrid v Espanyol La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Real Madrid La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5312
T CourtoisK MbappéÉder MilitãoÉder Militão
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Courtois GLK5
-
A Rüdiger DEF5
-
D Carvajal DEF5
1
-
Éder Militão DEF51
2
-
B Díaz MID511
-
F Valverde MID511
-
L Modric MID5
1
-
V Junior FWD521
1
-
Rodrygo FWD511
-
K Mbappé FWD53
-
F Mendy DEF4
1
1
A Tchouameni MID4
-
A Güler MID4
1
-
Endrick FWD41
-
F García DEF3
-
L Vázquez DEF3
-
D Ceballos MID2
-
J Bellingham MID1
-
Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5323
J GarcíaJ PuadoÁlvaro TejeroM Kumbulla
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J García GLK5
-
C Romero DEF51
-
Álvaro Tejero DEF52
-
O Hilali DEF5
2
-
A Kral MID5
-
Álvaro Aguado MID5
1
-
J Gragera MID5
-
A Véliz FWD51
2
-
J Puado FWD53
1
-
J Carreras FWD51
-
M Kumbulla DEF4
3
-
S Gómez DEF4
-
B Oliván DEF4
-
I Cardona FWD4
1
-
L Cabrera DEF3
-
W Cheddira FWD31
-
F Calero DEF2
-
P Lozano MID2
-
P Milla FWD2
-