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RCD Espanyol welcome Deportivo La Coruna to the RCDE Stadium on Friday with three points and a sharp contrast in style between them. The hosts sit 14th on 11 points and arrive off a 1-0 upset of fourth-placed Villarreal, their only win in five matches. Eighth-placed Deportivo, unbeaten in two and fresh from a 2-1 home win over Osasuna, have already banked five draws this league season, more than anyone except Celta Vigo. The standout number belongs to Espanyol: 79 fouls and 18 yellow cards across their last five matches, more than double Deportivo’s 41 and 8, and that discipline gap frames everything about this fixture.
Two attackers carry the biggest threat. Bryan Zaragoza has a goal, two assists and a team-high 12 free kicks in his last five Espanyol appearances, and he is the one home player capable of settling a scrappy contest alone. Yeremay Hernández has attempted 10 shots in four matches for Deportivo and operates as the main conduit to Bil Nsongo, whose two goals and 18 attempts lead the visitors’ attack.
| 🏆 Tournament: | La Liga 2026/2027, Regular Season |
| 🏟 Venue: | RCDE Stadium, Cornella |
| 🗓️ Date: | 07.11.2026 |
| ⏰ Time: | 17:15 CEST |
RCD Espanyol vs Deportivo La Coruna prediction
Our best value call is Deportivo La Coruna Double Chance (X2). Bookmakers price Espanyol at 2.35, a 41% win probability, yet the hosts have won once in five, hold an 18% win rate across 39 matches this year and lost 3-4 at home to lower-division Sestao in the cup barely a week ago. Deportivo have lost only three of eleven league games, and their underlying numbers travel well: 86% pass accuracy, 67 shots and just eight yellow cards over the last five matches. The 3.15 on the away win looks generous, and X2 wraps the 31% away chance together with a 28% draw probability for a combined 59% per the bookmaker expectation split.
Style of play sharpens the case. Eder Sarabia’s Espanyol press and foul, with 79 fouls, 18 bookings and a 75% pass accuracy across the last five games, producing six goals from 51 shots. Antonio Hidalgo’s Deportivo keep the ball, commit 41 fouls, take eight yellows and have fired 67 shots for five goals, so both attacks misfire but only one side beats itself. Espanyol’s fouling hands the visitors territory and set-piece entries, though Deportivo have converted just one of 48 free kicks. Corners sit level at 25 apiece over five matches, roughly five per team per game, which points to a modest combined total. The card market is the clearest angle of all, because the hosts’ aggression should keep the referee busy.
| 🔥Hot Tip: | Deportivo La Coruna Double Chance (X2) |
| ⚽Total Goals: | Under 2.5 |
| 💥Both Teams To Score: | No |
| 🎯Total Corners: | Under 10.5 |
Team Analysis
Espanyol’s last five read one win, three defeats and a draw, and that win is the only source of optimism. Last time out they beat Villarreal 1-0, a result built on resistance rather than control, and it came straight after a 3-4 home cup defeat to Sestao in which the back line collapsed four times. Before that, Racing Santander won 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium, Atletico Madrid left with a 1-0 win and Malaga held them to 1-1. No Espanyol player has scored from a free kick in this sample despite 62 attempts, and Leandro Cabrera is the only defender to find the net. In our preview of Villarreal vs RCD Espanyol we called a comfortable home win for the Galicians’ opponents that day, and the 1-0 Espanyol result went against us.
Deportivo’s run shows two wins, two defeats and a draw, with the latest result the one that matters. They edged Osasuna 2-1 at Riazor last time out, with Mario Soriano’s delivery and Bil Nsongo’s movement doing the damage. That win followed a 3-0 cup dismissal of Auriense, a 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid, a 1-1 draw with Levante and a 2-3 loss to Real Sociedad in which they scored twice but conceded three. Both defeats came against top-five quality in Atletico and Sociedad, so the trip to Cornella asks whether the control game travels against mid-table opposition. In our preview of Deportivo La Coruna vs Osasuna we backed the hosts on the Draw No Bet line while expecting few goals, and the 2-1 win delivered the primary call even though the goals total went over.
Most recent Head-to-Head Matches
Our data holds no played meetings between these clubs in the current sample, and the row dated this week is the upcoming fixture itself. The sides therefore arrive without a recent head-to-head baseline, which puts extra weight on current form and underlying numbers.
🚨Check out our dedicated RCD Espanyol vs Deportivo La Coruna stats page for more info.
Pre-game odds and win probability: RCD Espanyol the favourite
- Moneyline RCD Espanyol 2.35 | Deportivo La Coruna 3.15
- Draw 3.30
The 2.35 on Espanyol mirrors the 41% bookmaker expectation, and the 3.30 draw reflects a fixture both sides can settle for. We see the mispricing on the away side: Deportivo’s 3.15 implies roughly 32%, yet their ball retention, shot volume and discipline all outscore the hosts over the last five matches. Over/Under and BTTS prices are unavailable for this fixture, so our goals lean comes from the scoring rates themselves, 1.2 per game for Espanyol and 1.0 for Deportivo across the same sample, both of which sit comfortably under the 2.5 line.
Possible Starting Lineups
RCD Espanyol possible starting eleven
- GK: Ángel Fortuño
- DF: Omar El Hilali, Vanja Drkusic, Leandro Cabrera, Roger Hinojo
- MF: Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa, Pol Lozano, Eduardo Expósito, Bryan Zaragoza
- FW: Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández Jaén
Sarabia has leaned on a tight core all season. Fortuño starts in goal with 360 minutes and 23 saves to Marko Dmitrović’s 120 and five. Cabrera and Drkusic pair in central defense, with El Hilali and Hinojo flanking them, and El Hilali’s eight fouls embody the side’s aggressive edge. Coarasa, Lozano, Expósito and Zaragoza form the midfield four, and Zaragoza’s goal, two assists and 12 free kicks make him the one to watch. Roberto Fernández leads the forwards with 419 minutes and nine shots, while Dolan keeps his place after 160; Javi Puado’s 35 minutes across five rounds suggest the captain is still building fitness, with Marcos Fernández, a scorer in this run, the next option off the bench. Formation: 4-4-2.
Deportivo La Coruna possible starting eleven
- GK: Leonardo Román Riquelme
- DF: Adria Altimira, José María Giménez, Miguel Loureiro, Giacomo Quagliata
- MF: Mario Soriano, Diego Villares, David Mella, Yeremay Hernández, Luismi Cruz
- FW: Bil Nsongo
Hidalgo’s shape picks itself. Román Riquelme has taken every available minute in goal while Álvaro Fernández Llorente waits for a debut. Altimira, Giménez, Loureiro and Quagliata form the back four, and Giménez’s 194 completed passes show how much of the build-up runs through him. Soriano and Villares screen in the double pivot, with Soriano adding two goals including the only direct free-kick strike either side has managed in this sample. Mella, Yeremay and Cruz support Nsongo, whose two goals and 18 shots lead the attack, and Yeremay’s 10 attempts make him the visitors’ most dangerous runner. Lorenzo Amatucci’s red card in this run removes a midfield rotation option, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remains a bench weapon after a single 21-minute cameo. Formation: 4-2-3-1.
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RCD Espanyol. Source: Official Website
TipsGG Match Prediction
We predict Deportivo to leave Cornella unbeaten, perhaps with all three points, and a 0-1 away win is our scoreline call with the draw as the fallback. To be honest, the X2 at a combined 59% bookmaker probability is the strongest value on the board, and under 2.5 goals with BTTS No fits two misfiring attacks that have produced 11 goals from 118 shots across the sample. Zaragoza’s set-play delivery against a disciplined Deportivo block is Espanyol’s clearest route to a goal, while Yeremay driving at a home side averaging nearly 16 fouls per game is the visitors’ route into the final third. Expect few goals, few corners and a card count driven by the hosts.
