RCD Espanyol v AD Alcorcón
Segunda División | RCDE Stadium
Sunday, 26 November 2023 @ 8.00pm
Mid-season relegation candidates AD Alcorcón face a challenge away against high-flying RCD Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium on Sunday.
AD Alcorcón are 21st in the Segunda División table, and have picked up three wins and five draws in their 16 games to date.
RCD Espanyol, meanwhile, are fourth in the standings with 28 points, having won eight and drawn four, and are seven points behind table-toppers Leganés.
With 27 goals in 16 games so far this season, Espanyol are the league's joint-second-highest scorers with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 17 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Alcorcón, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.0 goal per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have conceded 1.7 goals per game.
In Javi Puado, RCD Espanyol have the league's sharpest shooter so far this season. He has notched nine goals in 13 appearances.
His goal rate of one every 118 minutes is slightly quicker than that of Dyego Sousa, AD Alcorcón's top scorer with a goal every 126 minutes, and a total of four goals in 10 games.
The hosts are in mixed form in the Segunda División, with two wins and two draws from their last six games.
With a win and two draws over that period, the away team's form is worse – they have taken five points from 18, compared to Espanyol's eight.
Espanyol's last match was on November 18, a 2-0 win against Elche CF, with Martin Braithwaite getting the goals for RCD Espanyol.
Alcorcón drew 0-0 with Sporting Gijón last time out, also on November 18.