📏 Form Guide

Espanyol

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Espanyol will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Mallorca.

In that game, Espanyol had 32% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Espanyol was Charles Pickel (36'). Mallorca had 26 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. Torre (65') and Costa (88') scored for Mallorca.

Matches involving Espanyol have proved to be entertaining affairs of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a grand total of 24 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 9 of those being chalked up by Espanyol.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Espanyol:

• haven't lost in the league to Getafe in their previous 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Getafe

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Since being beaten in their last game against Atlético Madrid in La Liga competition, Getafe will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Getafe managed 34% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Atletico Madrid had 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Nahuel Molina (8') was the scorer for Atlético Madrid.

A sequence of accomplished showings from the Getafe defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their past 6 outings in total. Over that same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 7. Even so, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall be sustained in this next match.

Ahead of this meeting, Getafe have not won against Espanyol when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league games. A really bad run.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/01/2023 shows us that Espanyol have won 4 of these and Getafe 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

A combined sum of 8 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from Periquitos and 3 belonging to Azulones. The average goals per game has been 1.33.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 16 on 13/12/2025 when it finished Getafe 0-1 Espanyol.

On that day, Getafe managed 56% possession and 11 shots at goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Espanyol had 6 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Leandro Cabrera (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jesús Gil Manzano.

📋 Team News: Espanyol

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Espanyol gaffer Manolo González to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Javi Puado (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

It’s our opinion that Periquitos should use the 4-2-3-1 system in the match, beginning the first half with Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Pol Lozano, U. Gonzalez de, Tyrhys Dolan, Edu Exposito, Ramon Terrats and Kike Garcia.

📰 Team News: Getafe

Getafe boss José Bordalás has to currently contend with reduced team options. Borja Mayoral (Knee injury) and Abu Kamara (Foot injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that Azulones could decide to utilise a 5-3-2 system using David Soria, Sebastian Boselli, Domingos Duarte, Zaid Abner Romero, Kiko, Juan Iglesias, Luis Milla, Djene, Mauro Arambarri, Luis Vazquez and Martin Satriano.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Getafe are dangerous enough to find the net against this Espanyol team, however it may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Espanyol at the end of the match. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Renata Leite, 15:01 21/03/2026