We said: Espanyol 1-2 Barcelona
Matches between these two sides are always important affairs, and it is set to be another fascinating battle this weekend. Espanyol will fancy their chances of causing problems, particularly with De Tomas returning to the side, but we are expecting Barcelona to navigate their way to another three points in La Liga.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 55.22%. A draw had a probability of 22.4% and a win for Espanyol had a probability of 22.36%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.35%) and 0-2 (8.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.46%), while for a Espanyol win it was 2-1 (5.86%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.
