Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th August 2024

Real Valladolid start the season as favourites to land the LaLiga crown. They launch their title bid this coming Monday at home in an opening day fixture with Espanyol at Estadio Jose Zorrilla.

Since both Real Valladolid and Espanyol are looking to start their season on a good note, we are in for a tough fight over their first points of the season on Monday.

Real Valladolid are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 16 goals, or an average of 1.6 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Espanyol scored 18 goals, conceded 23 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Espanyol lost 2-1 against Real Valladolid in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 1-0 defeat, Espanyol handed out in the match before.

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Prediction

Real Valladolid Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for Real Valladolid recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 1-1 draw with Alcorcon. This was followed by a 3-2 win against Villarreal B, before they lost 2-1 against Tenerife. Real Valladolid only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent LaLiga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored nine and conceded 12 goals.

Espanyol Form

Espanyol claimed a single victory in their last three matches. They started with a 0-0 draw against Sporting Gijon. Afterwards, a 1-0 defeat against Real Oviedo followed, before beating Real Oviedo 2-0. Espanyol only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the LaLiga. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 15 goals to ten.

You don't look for Real Valladolid or Espanyol, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals on Monday.

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Squads

Real Valladolid Squad

Pezzolano will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Espanyol from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Alvaro Aceves (0/0), Andre Ferreira (0/0), David Torres (0/0), Enzo Boyomo (0/0), Eray Coemert (0/0), Javi Sanchez (0/0), Lucas Rosa (0/0), Luis Perez (0/0), Anuar (0/0), Cesar de la Hoz (0/0), Chuki (0/0), Kike Perez (0/0), Selim Amallah (0/0), Stanko Juric (0/0), Victor Meseguer (0/0), Amath Ndiaye (0/0), Babatunde Akinsola (0/0), Darwin Machis (0/0), Ivan Sanchez (0/0), Kenedy (0/0), Mamadou Sylla (0/0), Marcos de Sousa (0/0), Raul Moro (0/0), Stipe Biuk (0/0).

Espanyol Squad

Below is the full team squad of Espanyol. The manager Gonzalez will pick his starting XI against Real Valladolid from these players:

Fernando Pacheco (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/0), Alvaro Tejero (0/0), Brian Olivan (0/0), Carlos Romero (0/0), Fernando Calero (0/0), Leandro Cabrera (0/0), Omar El Hilali (0/0), Sergi Gomez (0/0), Alex Kral (0/0), Alvaro Aguado (0/0), Edu Exposito (0/0), Jose Gragera (0/0), Pol Lozano (0/0), Alejo Veliz (0/0), Irvin Cardona (0/0), Javier Puado (0/0), Jofre Carreras (0/0), Jose Carlos Lazo (0/0), Kenneth Soler (0/0), Omar Sadik (0/0), Pere Milla (0/0), Salvi Sanchez (0/0).

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Team News

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Lineups

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol H2H

Real Valladolid beat Espanyol by 2-1 in their most recent match, while Espanyol claimed a 1-0 win in the match prior to that. Real Valladolid have a 40% win rate against Espanyol, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 4-3-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Results

In the past ten matches between home side Real Valladolid and Espanyol both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 19/20.

Real Valladolid vs Espanyol Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new LaLiga campaign, and both Real Valladolid and Espanyol will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Real Valladolid won seven of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew three and lost none. Espanyol won two games, drew six and lost two in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Real Valladolid kept visitors at Estadio Jose Zorrilla from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Espanyol have been able to keep a clean sheet in seven of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet four times in the last ten encounters between Real Valladolid and Espanyol as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Real Valladolid scored an average of 1.2 goals a game, with Espanyol averaging 1.2 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Real Valladolid, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Espanyol's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.