Real Madrid vs Espanyol, La Liga 2025-26 – H2H Record, what to expect?

Real Madrid will be confronted on Saturday with Espanyol in a La Liga 2025-26 match in the Santiago Bernabeu.

Few observers imagined that the first place in La Liga would be for the taking when Espanyol visits Real Madrid on Saturday.

But the unbeaten Espanyol is in third place and only two points behind leader Madrid, who has all won four of his La Liga matches.

Barcelona is in second place, bound on points with Espanyol, before he organizes the fifth placed Getafe on his 6000-seat places Estadi Johan Cruyff on Sunday.

The modest ‘parakeets’ of Espanyol can dream to end the round at the top of the rankings.

A victory in Madrid, combined with Getafe who took at least one point in Barcelona, ​​would go to first place after five rounds.

Espanyol only avoided relegation on the last day of last season and sold Ster -goalkeeper Joan García to Rival Barcelona this summer.

But the club was bought this summer by a group that owns the English club Burnley and has American shareholders, and it also made various movements on the transfer market. The English winger Tyrhys Dolan has impressed and Marko Dmitrovic filled in García in goal.

Pere Milla has also emerged as a scoring midfielder with three goals.

Espanyol defeated Madrid 1-0 last season and can hope to get inspiration from that stunner.

Madrid will want to take advantage of Kylian Mbappé and his fine scoring form. The striker of France scored this campaign six goals in five games, including a double in a 2-1 win over Marseille in their Champions League opener this week.

Madrid Watchers will start Xabi Alonso with starting 11 to see if he chooses Rodrygo again above star Vinícius Júnior, which he used as a replacement against Marseille.

Without the right, Madrid will be Alexander-Arnold, of whom is expected to be sidelined for a few weeks due to a hamstring injury against Marseille.

-DoDe of AP

Real Madrid vs Espanyol Head to Head Record

What is the general record of head-to-head between Real Madrid and Espanyol?

Played: 199

Real Madrid: 117

Signs: 36

Espanyol: 46

What is the head-to-head record between Real Madrid and Espanyol in La Liga?

Played: 178

Real Madrid: 108

Signs: 33

Espanyol: 37

Who is the top scorer of all time in the Real Madrid vs Espanyol competition?

Raul Is the leading goal scorer of all time in this fixture, who scored 17 times against Espanyol during his time in Bernabeu.

Real Madrid vs Espanyol – predicted Xis

Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Sencio, Races; Valverde, Tchouameni; Mastantuonus, Guler, Viniicus; Mbappe

Espanyol: Dmitrovic; El Hilali, Calero, Cabrera, Romero; Dolan, Lozano, Gonzalez de Zarate, Puado; K Garcia, Fernandez