Valencia vs Espanyol prediction and preview

La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2026, 00:00 UTC

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Valencia vs Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2026, 00:00 UTC · Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

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Valencia vs Espanyol preview

Valencia welcome Espanyol at Estadio de Mestalla in Valencia on Sunday 20 December 2026 (00:00 UTC) in La Liga. Valencia sit 19th on 9 points after 11 matches, while Espanyol go into the round 14th, on 11 points from 11 games.

Valencia have collected 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their last 5 league games; Espanyol have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Valencia have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Espanyol average 0.8 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

Head to head, Valencia have 3 wins to Espanyol's 1 across 10 meetings, with 6 draws. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 9. The most recent meeting, on 24 Jan 2026, ended Valencia 3-2 Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Espanyol113261314-111LDLLW
19Valencia11236817-99LDDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 3, draws 6, Espanyol 1.

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Valencia expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stole Dimitrievski, Pepelu, José Gayà, César Tárrega, Guido Rodríguez, Pablo Maffeo, Luis Rioja, Javi Guerra, Arnaut Danjuma

Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ángel Fortuño, Leandro Cabrera, Omar El Hilali, Vanja Drkusic, Roger Hinojo, Edu Expósito, Javi Hernández, Bryan Zaragoza, Roberto Fernández

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