Espanyol's front two have the ability to cause their opponents problems, but given their struggles thus far, we back Gattuso's men to just get over the line on Sunday in their bid to build a winning run.
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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 Espanyol win with a probability of 36.06%. A win for Valencia had a probability of 35.12% and a draw had a probability of 28.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Espanyol win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.54%) and 2-0 (6.79%). The likeliest Valencia win was 0-1 (11.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.35%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.2% likelihood.
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