Espanyol vs Athletic Club

Espanyol have lost three of their last four games against Athletic in LaLiga (W1), one more defeat than in their previous 10 top-flight meetings with the Basque side (W3 D5 L2).

Athletic have collected points in five of their last six visits to Espanyol in LaLiga (W1 D4 L1), having lost nine of their previous 10 (D1).

Espanyol have not lost any of their last six home games in LaLiga (W3 D3), winning the last two, and have not gone 7+ without defeat at home since December 2021 (G7 W6 D1).

Athletic have not lost any of their last 14 LaLiga matches (W8 D6), the longest current unbeaten run of any team in the competition and their longest unbeaten run in the competition since October 1985 under Javier Clemente (G16 W11 D5).

Espanyol are the team with the lowest average possession across the big five European leagues this season (38.3%).