Real Madrid V Espanyol Predictions & Betting Odds

Real Madrid v Espanyol Betting Tips – La Liga, 22nd September 7.45pm

Real Madrid starts the weekend just two points back of leaders Barcelona in the La Liga title race and they will be defending their unbeaten start to the new term. They get what could be a comfortable home game against Espanyol on the weekend. The visitors start the weekend in fourth place in the division and would pull level on points with Los Blancos if they could manage to find a way to win this. Read our predictions for Real Madrid v Espanyol.

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Real Madrid News and Form

Real Madrid have been fairly comfortable this season after having posted a W3 D1 record so far to start their domestic campaign off with. After winning their first three games, they had to show a bit of character last time out in fighting back from 1-0 down to draw 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao. We expect them to be a little more comfortable this go around through and in the correct score market a Real Madrid 2-0 option is at 6/1 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 20th, 2018 at 7:35 p.m.).

We have a trend to back that up with as well as Real Madrid’s last three wins over Espanyol have been by that very scoreline. Gareth Bale netted in midweek in the UEFA Champions League to continue his friend scoring form at the start of the season and that makes him a strong 13/5 first goalscorer option for the game* (Betting Odds were taken from September 20th, 2018 at 7:35 p.m.). At the Bernabeu in the league Real Madrid are two wins from two. They have scored at least 2 goals in all but one of their last 19 home games against Espanyol in all competitions.

Espanyol News and Form

Espanyol have a W2 D1 L1 record so far in the league and they are holding down fourth place going into action this weekend. So they can be pretty happy with their start and under 2.5 goals is at 15/8 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 20th, 2018 at 7:35 p.m.) and we have trends to support that. Espanyol have seen 11 of their last 13 league games go under the 2.5 goal line. Plus they have kept under the goal line in their last four games against Real Madrid in all competitions. So sticking under the goal line is a great Real Madrid v Espanyol prediction. Espanyol have collected the on point from their two games so far away from home this term.

Real Madrid v Espanyol Head to Head

Each posted a home win in last season’s meetings and both wins were with a clean sheet as well. In none of the last six league meetings have both teams scored in a fixture. Real Madrid have won five of the last six meetings all to nil and each of their last three wins over Espanyol have been by a 2-0 scoreline. The overall head to head between the two is Real Madrid 36-9 ahead with seven drawn games.

Real Madrid v Espanyol Betting Odds*

Real Madrid 2/11
Draw 6/1
Espanyol 12/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 20th, 2018 at 7:35 p.m.)
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