Real Madrid vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Prediction: a Real Madrid win

The prediction

Real Madrid favoured at 73% — model xG 2.2 vs 0.7.

Every market we call on this match

• Real Madrid or drawDouble chance tips today85%1.18
• Real Madrid (draw no bet)Draw no bet tips today85%1.18
• Real Madrid to winMatch result tips today73%1.37
• Correct score 2-0Correct score tips today12.8%7.81

Odds shown are implied by the model's own probability, not quoted from a bookmaker. Markets missing from this list are ones the numbers did not clear the bar on.

The reasoning

On the match result the model has Real Madrid at 73 percent, with the draw at 18 percent. That is a clear lean rather than a coin toss. The model expects roughly 2.2 goals from Real Madrid and 0.7 from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, a combined 2.9, which is around the average for a competitive fixture. Three markets clear our bar on this fixture: Real Madrid or draw at 85 percent, Real Madrid (draw no bet) at 85 percent and Real Madrid to win at 73 percent. The most likely exact scoreline is 2-0, though at 12.8 percent that is a long shot by the nature of the correct score market. It does not publish a pick on over 2.5 goals and both teams to score here, which means the numbers did not clear the bar rather than that we forgot to look. A market with no pick is the model saying it sees no edge.

Generated from the same form, expected goals and head-to-head data that produced the picks above. How the model works.

Full-time result probabilities

Expected goals

Real Madrid2.16

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona0.74

Expected goals estimate how many each side should score given the chances the model projects they will create and concede.