Villarreal welcome Espanyol at Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal on Friday, Oct 30 at 9:00 PM in a LaLiga fixture that's tighter on paper than the positions suggest — just 1 point split them in the table.

Villarreal come into this fixture in mixed form (2W 0D 3L). Espanyol travel out of form (1W 2L recently), which may hand the initiative to the hosts.

History strongly favours Villarreal here — they've won 8 of 10 previous meetings against Espanyol, with 1 draws. Their last encounter ended in Villarreal won 4–1. These two tend to produce goals — averaging 3.4 per game in recent meetings.

Verdict: This looks an evenly matched contest. Home advantage gives Villarreal a slight edge, but Espanyol are capable of causing problems. A draw would be a fair result.