RCD Espanyol v SD Eibar
Segunda División | RCDE Stadium
Friday, 3 November 2023 @ 8.00pm
RCD Espanyol host SD Eibar in Friday's late match at the RCDE Stadium looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in the Segunda División.
RCD Espanyol, who sit fourth in the league after 13 games, fell to a 2-0 away defeat to Sporting Gijón on October 28.
They face an Eibar side who picked up a win in their last match, a 5-1 victory against Real Valladolid, and who sit second in the table.
With 24 goals in 13 games so far this season, Eibar are the league's highest scorers with 1.8 goals per game. And they are conceding at an average rate, letting in 16 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.
Espanyol are also above average scorers, with 1.7 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.2. They have conceded 1.1 goals per game.
In Ager Aketxe Barrutia, SD Eibar have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched six goals in 11 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.
RCD Espanyol's top scorers, with six goals in 11 games each, are Javi Puado and Martin Braithwaite.
The hosts are in mixed form in the Segunda División, with three wins and three losses from their last six games.
With five wins and a draw over that period, the away team's form is much better – they have taken 16 points from 18, compared to Espanyol's nine.