Espanyol v Deportivo La Coruña: La Liga matchday 12 preview
Espanyol, 14th in La Liga, host 8th-placed Deportivo La Coruña on matchday 12, with both sides coming off a win in their most recent match.
The occasion and the table
Espanyol host Deportivo La Coruña on matchday 12 of La Liga, with kick-off set for 7 November 2026 15:15. Both clubs have played 11 league matches, and Espanyol sit below their visitors in the table.
Espanyol are 14th with 11 points, built on 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. They have scored 13 goals and conceded 14. Deportivo La Coruña are 8th with 14 points from 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats, scoring 15 and conceding 14.
The two sides have the same number of wins and the same number of goals conceded. The gap between them comes from Deportivo La Coruña turning more matches into draws, while Espanyol have suffered more defeats.
Recent form and home/away records
Espanyol go into the match on the back of a 1-0 away win over Villarreal. Before that, they lost 3-4 away to Sestao, and before that they were beaten 1-2 away at Racing Santander. Earlier still came a 0-1 home defeat by Atlético Madrid, and the oldest of the five was a 1-1 away draw at Málaga. That gives Espanyol 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches.
Deportivo La Coruña's most recent outing was a 2-1 home win over Osasuna. Before that, they won 3-0 away against Auriense. Prior to those two wins came a 0-1 away defeat by Atlético Madrid, and before that a 1-1 home draw with Levante. The oldest match in the run was a 2-3 defeat away at Real Sociedad. Their record across the 5 matches reads 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Both teams lost 0-1 to Atlético Madrid within these runs, Espanyol at home and Deportivo La Coruña away.
Espanyol's home record in La Liga this season has been modest: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats, with 6 goals scored and 7 conceded. Deportivo La Coruña have played 5 league matches away from home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 2, with 7 goals scored and 8 conceded.
Players to watch
Roberto Fernandez Jaen is Espanyol's top scorer in La Liga this season with 6 goals, accounting for 6 of the club's 13 league goals so far.
For Deportivo La Coruña, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads the way with 5 league goals this season, out of a team total of 15.
How the two sides tend to play
The numbers point to two sides who have both found the net regularly but have also been open at the back. Their recent records are identical on several measures: in their last 5 matches, Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruña each scored in 4, kept a clean sheet in 1, and saw both teams score in 3.
Espanyol's single clean sheet in that run came in the 1-0 win at Villarreal, while their 3-4 defeat at Sestao showed they can be involved in high-scoring matches. Their league total of 13 scored and 14 conceded reflects that fine balance.
Deportivo La Coruña's clean sheet came in the 3-0 win against Auriense. In the league they have scored 15 and conceded 14, and their 5 draws suggest they are often involved in close matches.
Espanyol's home figures of 6 scored and 7 conceded, set against Deportivo La Coruña's away figures of 7 scored and 8 conceded, show neither side has been especially tight in these settings.
Estimated win chances
Estimated win chances from market data, computed by goal888 with the margin removed, are Espanyol 42%, draw 29% and Deportivo La Coruña 29%. These are estimates, not a prediction.
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