Espanyol's recent victories would have boosted their confidence, and the return of Joselu is a huge boost for the Catalan side. Real Valladolid are in desperate need of the points as they bid to stay out of the relegation zone, but we are tipping the visitors to secure all three points in this match.
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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 Real Valladolid win with a probability of 42.74%. A draw had a probability of 28.8% and a win for Espanyol had a probability of 28.47%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Valladolid win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.56%) and 2-1 (8.17%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (13.18%), while for a Espanyol win it was 0-1 (10.64%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Real Valladolid would win this match.
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