Espanyol occupies the relegation zone for LaLiga Santander visitors. Only Levante and Getafe, the two worst teams after 16 games, are on par with those of Vicente Moreno, who continue without winning away and have only added three out of 24 points (12.5%). The last slip occurred against Rayo Vallecano, in a bizarre match played under the wind and local pressure, which took all three points with its drive and positional dominance, but without finishing on goal.
The trajectory of Espanyol is worrying, although sometimes “the line between winning, drawing or losing is very fine,” as Vicente Moreno commented, who keeps the team in the quiet zone of the classification thanks to the performance at the RCDE Stadium (Espanyol is the fifth best set tied with third). At this point, we would have to go back to the 1988-89 season, which ended in relegation after the damn UEFA Leverkusen final, to find a worse Espanyol away.
At that time, the Blue and Whites lost six games and drew two, which led to the well of the table. In the 2002-03 campaign, with Juande Ramos, Ramon Moya and Javier Clemente on the bench, the figures out also passed like the current season: seven defeats and one victory. That Espanyol was saved thanks to the Basque coach, curiously a communicating vessel with the 88-89 campaign in which he was responsible for the team.
Cabrera’s goal.
Miguel Morenatti
Cabrera’s goal that prevents pulling back in the newspaper library
Espanyol’s home games have a common denominator, they follow a pattern. Espanyol draws or loses by a goal, never strays from the scoreboard. Only the visit to Sánchez Pizjuán (2-0) changed the script, although the Blue and Whites were close to getting 1-1-1 before the sentence.
Points out after eight games
| Season | Points |
| 2021-22 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | 8 |
| 2018-19 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | 12 |
| 2015-16 | 6 |
| 2014-15 | 5 |
| 2013-14 | 8 |
| 2012-13 | 6 |
| 2011-12 | 7 |
| 2010-11 | 7 |
| 2009-10 | 6 |
| 2008-09 | 6 |
| 2007-08 | 13 |
| 2006-07 | 10 |
| 2005-06 | 9 |
| 2004-05 | 13 |
| 2003-04 | 4 |
| 2002-03 | 3 |
| 2001-02 | 5 |
| 2000-01 | 8 |
| 1999-00 | 7 |
| 1998-99 | 7 |
| 1997-98 | 10 |
| 1996-97 | 4 |
| 1995-96 | 16 |
| 1994-95 | 9 |
| 1992-93 | 8 |
| 1991-92 | 4 |
| 1990-91 | 6 |
| 1988-89 | 2 |
| * The victories are counted with three points |
The matches at Camp Nou (1-0), Mallorca (1-0), Rayo Vallecano (1-0) and Elche (2-2) followed a similar path. An opponent who is ahead on the scoreboard, who first dominates Espanyol until they get ahead, and later a reactionary Blue and White rival, who goes for the tie taking more risks with players like Manu Morlanes, Nico Melamed and any of the forwards who are not RdT. But that momentum and song to the heroic, only function against Betis, where a point was rescued in 94 that prevented the statistics from not going back more than 33 years ago.