Athletic Club vs Espanyol – Match preview, form & H2H

La Liga La Liga Round 13
Athletic Club
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Espanyol
San Mamés Barria

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In short

Athletic Club host Espanyol at San Mamés Barria, with 16 points against the visitors' 12.

What to watch

What's at stake

A win would take Espanyol to 15 points, level with the teams currently 8th to 9th.

Team comparison

Athletic Club average 1.83 goals at home, while Espanyol concede 1.17 per away match.

Player to watch

Javi Hernández has 6 assists in 12 league appearances for Espanyol, ranking 2nd in La Liga.

Trends

Espanyol have lost just 1 of the 5 league matches in which they scored the first goal.

Run of results

Athletic Club have gone 3 league matches without a defeat.

Last 5 matches

Athletic Club 2 W · 2 D · 1 L

Athletic Club have recovered from their defeat at Levante and are now 3 matches without a loss.

  1. D Osasuna – Athletic Club La Liga · 1–1
  2. W Athletic Club – Real Sociedad La Liga · 2–1
  3. W Athletic Club – Getafe La Liga · 4–0
  4. L Levante – Athletic Club La Liga · 3–1
  5. D Valencia – Athletic Club La Liga · 0–0
Espanyol 1 W · 2 D · 2 L

Espanyol have tightened up defensively, keeping opponents from scoring in their last 2 matches.

  1. D Espanyol – Deportivo A Coruña La Liga · 0–0
  2. W Villarreal – Espanyol La Liga · 0–1
  3. L Racing Santander – Espanyol La Liga · 2–1
  4. L Espanyol – Atlético Madrid La Liga · 0–1
  5. D Málaga – Espanyol La Liga · 1–1

Last 5 in numbers

In their last 5 matches, all competitions.
Statistic Athletic Club Espanyol
Goals scored 8(1.6 per match) 3(0.6 per match)
Goals conceded 5(1 per match) 4(0.8 per match)
Matches without conceding 2 of 5 2 of 5
Matches without scoring 1 of 5 2 of 5
Yellow cards 8(1.6 per match) 18(3.6 per match)
Corners 25(5 per match) 22(4.4 per match)
League position La Liga
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Athletic Club 11 4 4 3 15 11 +4 16
13 Espanyol 12 3 3 6 13 14 -1 12
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Relegation

Gap between teams: 4 points

A win would take Espanyol to 15 points, above 3 of the 12 teams currently ahead of them and level with Villarreal and Deportivo A Coruña.

Full La Liga standings

This season compared

La Liga 2026/2027

Athletic Club lead Espanyol in scoring, possession and corners, while Espanyol receive more yellow cards.

Athletic Club Espanyol
11 Matches played 12
1.4 Goals scored per match 1.1

Roberto Fernández has scored 6 of Espanyol's 13 league goals.

1.0 Goals conceded per match 1.2

Espanyol have conceded at least 2 goals in 5 of their 12 league matches.

55% Average possession 47%

Athletic Club won 3 of their 4 league victories despite having less possession.

5 of 11 Matches with 3 or more goals 6 of 12

Three of Athletic Club's last 5 matches had at least 3 goals, compared with 1 of Espanyol's last 5.

5.6 Corners per match 3.1

Espanyol concede 5.83 corners per match, while Athletic Club concede 4.73 corners per match.

1.8 Yellow cards per match 3.1

Roger Hinojo has received 5 yellow cards for Espanyol, while Beñat Gerenabarrena has 4 for Athletic Club.

5 of 11 Matches without conceding 4 of 12

Athletic Club rank 4th in La Liga for matches without conceding.

Top scorers

La Liga 2026/2027
Athletic Club
Álex Berenguer

Attacker

4 Goals
3 Assists
Minutes per goal 189'
Pass accuracy 79.9%
Matches played 12
Minutes played 755'

Also scoring

  1. Iñaki Williams Attacker · 395' per goal 2 Goals 2 Assists
  2. Nico Williams Attacker · 308' per goal 2 Goals 1 Assists
Espanyol
Roberto Fernández

Attacker

6 Goals
0 Assists
Minutes per goal 175'
Pass accuracy 65%
Matches played 12
Minutes played 1,047'

Also scoring

  1. Bryan Zaragoza Attacker · 456' per goal 1 Goals 1 Assists
  2. Marcos Fernández Attacker · 242' per goal 1 Goals 1 Assists

Minutes per goal: how many minutes, on average, the player needs to score. Lower is better.

Head to head Last 5 meetings
Athletic Club wins
Draws
Espanyol wins
2
1
2
40%
20%
40%
Total goals 15 Across 5 meetings
Avg goals 3 3 per match
Athletic Club goals 8 1.6 per match
Espanyol goals 7 1.4 per match
Both teams scored 80% 4/5 matches
Over 2.5 goals 60% 3/5 matches
Average corners per match 12.6 Across 5 meetings
Average cards per match 4.8 Yellow + red cards
Last meeting 2 - 0
Espanyol 2–0 2 0 Athletic Club
Athletic Club 1–2 1 2 Espanyol
Espanyol 1–1 1 1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club 4–1 4 1 Espanyol
Espanyol 1–2 1 2 Athletic Club

See full Athletic Club vs Espanyol history & stats

About the match

Athletic Club vs Espanyol will be played on 20 November 2026 at 20:00 UTC at San Mamés Barria in La Liga.

Ahead of kick-off, Athletic Club are 7th in the La Liga standings, while Espanyol are 13th.

Head-to-head

Athletic Club and Espanyol have met 38 times in the available head-to-head data.

Athletic Club won 11 times, while Espanyol won 16 times, with 11 meetings ending in draws.