Espanyol vs Valencia prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-09-22 17:00.
[p]Espanyol will look to bounce back from their first league defeat of the season as they host an improving Valencia side on Tuesday night.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Espanyol’s strong start to the campaign hit its first roadblock on Saturday when they were beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid at the Bernabéu. Manolo González’s side had accumulated ten points in their four games before that (W3, D1), making this their best five-game start to a top-flight campaign since 2013/14 in spite of that defeat. The Parakeets will be confident of getting back to winning ways here considering that they’ve emerged victorious from their last four home matches, albeit the three wins therein to arrive this term all came by a one-goal margin.[/p]
[p]Valencia will be confident regardless as they arrive in Catalonia after an eye-catching 2-0 win over Athletic Club at the weekend. Los Che are striving for consistency as they look to climb the table, with all five of their league games this season producing a different result than the previous. Form on the road is particularly troublesome for Carlos Corberán’s men, who’ve seen seven of the eight goals they’ve conceded in La Liga this season come in away matches, all but one of which came in a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Barcelona on their last trip. That forms part of a run that’s seen Valencia go 16 league games without an away clean sheet that stretches back to October.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]The last five matches between these two teams have ended in draws. Espanyol have conceded in all of the last eight H2Hs (W1, D5, L2), and are winless in four meetings on their own turf (D3, L1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Espanyol’s league fixtures this season are averaging exactly three goals per game.[/p]
[p]The home side has scored at least twice in six of Espanyol’s last seven La Liga outings.[/p]
[p]No side in La Liga has scored fewer goals before half-time than Valencia’s one this season.[/p]
[p]Just one of Valencia’s five La Liga matches in 2025/26 has seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Espanyol goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović has already made 22 saves in La Liga this season, and will be confident of more having kept a joint-career high five clean sheets in nine H2Hs (W4, D2, L3). Valencia’s poor defending on the road has placed César Tárrega in the line of fire, forcing him into a club-high 18 combined tackles and interceptions in La Liga this term.[/p]
[p]Espanyol will be without Pere Milla, who is suspended, while Valencia do not appear to have any fresh injury concerns.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The form book suggests Espanyol to win is a worthwhile punt.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]