LaLiga matchday 15: What the stats say

Valencia CF v Sevilla FC
December 22, 2020

Valencia have only lost one of their last seven LaLiga games against Sevilla (W3 D3), but that defeat came in the last meeting (0-1 in July 2020), and they lost two in a row against them in the competition between 2010-2012 (5).

Sevilla have failed to win in their last eight LaLiga games at Mestalla against Valencia (D3 L5), since a win 2-1 in February 2012, but they have drawn three of the last four (L1).

Valencia have lost their last two LaLiga games against Andalusian sides, failing to score in both - the last time they lost three in a row against them in the competition was in 2012, failing to score in all three.

Valencia have won their last four LaLiga games played on Tuesday and Sevilla are unbeaten in their last seven played on that day in the competition (W4 D3).

Valencia have only won one of their last six home LaLiga games (D3 L2), after winning their previous three at Mestalla in the competition.

Sevilla have won their last two away LaLiga games, both 1-0, and they last won three in a row in the Top-flight between August-September 2019 (their first three away games in the competition under Julen Lopetegui).

Valencia’s Carlos Soler has been involved in six of Valencia’s last seven goals at home in LaLiga (five goals, all penalty goals, and one assist). He has scored one goal more at home this season (5) than in his previous four terms (4).

Valencia’s Gonzalo Guedes has only been involved in three goals in a single LaLiga game one time and it was against Sevilla at Mestalla in October 2017 (two goals and one assist).

Excluding own goals, Sevila’s last two goals away from home in LaLiga have been scored by En-Nesyri, and both assisted by Lucas Ocampos (one goal against Athletic and another v Huesca).

Valencia’s Javier Gracia has managed six LaLiga games against Sevilla without ever winning (D1 L5) - against no side has he managed more games in the competition without a win than vs Sevilla (also Villarreal, D1 L5).

Elche CF v CA Osasuna

Elche have failed to win their last six LaLiga games against Osasuna (D4 L2) after winning four of their previous six against them in the competition (L2).

After winning their first three home LaLiga games against Osasuna between 1959 and 1963, Elche are winless in their last three at home against them in the Top-flight, failing to score in all three games (D2 L1).

Elche have only won one of their last seven home LaLiga games (D3 L3), 2-1 v Valencia in October, and have failed to score in three of them.

Osasuna have failed to win in their last five away LaLiga games (D1 L4), losing their last three – they last lost four in a row away from home in the competition in May 2017 when they were relegated.

Elche have failed to win their three LaLiga games played on Tuesday (D2 L1) and Osasuna have only lost one of their last six played on that day in the competition (W3 D2).

Elche’s four home goals in LaLiga this season have all come in the first half, two of them scored by Fidel (v Valencia and Celta de Vigo).

Elche’s Lucas Boyé has scored two goals in his last three LaLiga games, one goal more than in his previous 19 games in the Top-flight.

Oier Sanjurjo has been involved in two of Osasuna’s four goals away from home in LaLiga this season (two assists) and he has provided as many assists in six away LaLiga appearances this term (2) as in his previous 78 games away from home in the competition.

Elche’s Nino has scored in two of his three LaLiga games against Osasuna, one goal as Levante player in 2006 and another for Tenerife in 2009.

Osasuna’s Jagoba Arrasate is unbeaten in his eight managerial games in all competitions against Elche, two in LaLiga and six in Liga Smartbank (W3 D5).

SD Huesca v Levante UD

The two meetings between Huesca and Levante in LaLiga (both in 2018/19), ended in the same scoreline (2-2).

Huesca have only won one of their five home games against Levante in all competitions, one in LaLiga, three in Liga Smartbank and one in Segunda B (D2 L2) - winning 2-1 in Liga Smartbank in November 2008.

Huesca have won one and lost one of their two LaLiga games played on Tuesday and Levante have only won one of their eight matches played on that day in the Top-flight (D2 L5).

Huesca have only won one of their last 14 LaLiga games (D8 L5), 1-0 in their last game at El Alcoraz vs Alavés.

Levante have failed to win in their last five away LaLiga games (D2 L3) and they have conceded exactly one goal in five of their last six games away from home in the competition.

Huesca are the fourth different team to draw eight or more games in their first 14 LaLiga matches in a single season in the 21st century, alongside Valencia (2001/02 and 2018/19), Real Zaragoza (2005/06) and Athletic Club (2018/19).

Huesca’s Rafa Mir had been involved in one goal in four LaLiga games in a row between October-November 2020 (three goals and one assist), but he has failed to do so in his last five appearances in the competition.

Levante’s Roger Martí has scored one goal in each of his two LaLiga appearances against Huesca, both in the 2018/19 season with his current club.

José Luis Morales has been involved in four of Levante’s last seven away goals in LaLiga (three goals and one assist) and he is the only Levante player to score a brace away from home in the competition this season (v Valencia in September).

Huesca’s Míchel Sánchez has won his two managerial games against Levante in all competitions, one in LaLiga and another in Liga Smartbank, both as Rayo Vallecano boss and by the same score (2-1).

Real Sociedad v Atlético de Madrid

In only two of the last 11 LaLiga meetings between Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid have both sides found the net: in the 2-1 Atlético de Madrid win at home in December 2017 and the 1-1 at Wanda Metropolitano the last July.

After four defeats in a row between 2010 and 2013 at home in LaLiga v Atlético de Madrid, Real Sociedad have won four of their last six home LaLiga games against them (L2).

None of the last 17 LaLiga meetings between Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid at Reale Arena have been drawn (11 wins for Real Sociedad, six for the Madrilenian side), since a 0-0 draw in November 1997.

Atlético de Madrid have failed to win in their last four away LaLiga games against Basque sides (D2 L2) after winning in four of the previous five (L1). They last failed to win in five consecutive away top-flight games between 1999 and 2004 (L7).

Real Sociedad are unbeaten in their last five home LaLiga games (W3 D2) and they last avoided defeat in six or more at home in a row in a single LaLiga season in December 2016 (P7 W5 D2).

Atlético de Madrid lost in their last away LaLiga game, 0-2 v Real Madrid, ending a run of 12 games unbeaten away from home in the competition (W6 D6). Since the start the 2018/19 season, they have only lost two away games in a row in LaLiga once (two, January/February 2020).

Real Sociedad have only won one of their last six LaLiga games played on Tuesday (D2 L3) and Atlético de Madrid have only lost one of their last 12 played that day in the competition (W8 D3).

Real Sociedad have won the 70% of their LaLiga games with David Silva (W7 D2 L1) but none of their five games without him in the competition this season (W0 D3 L2).

Atlético de Madrid’s Luis Suárez has been involved in 10 goals in his 10 LaLiga appearances against Real Sociedad (five goals and five assists), including four goals and two assists in his last three games played at Reale Arena in the competition.

Among the current LaLiga managers, Real Sociedad’s Imanol Alguacil is one of the only three bosses have won two or more games against Atlético de Madrid under Diego Simeone (2) in the competition, alongside Zinedine Zidane (3) and Javi Gracia (2).

Real Valladolid v FC Barcelona

Real Valladoldi have lost 12 of their last 13 LaLiga games against Barcelona, winning 1-0 win in March 2014.

At home, Real Valladolid have only won two of their last 14 LaLiga games against Barcelona (D2 L10), failing to score in the last two, and they have never failed to score in three in a row at home against them in the top-flight.

Real Valladolid have won two of their last three home LaLiga games (D1), as many wins as in their previous 11 at José Zorrilla in the competition (W2 D5 L4).

Barcelona are winless in their last four away LaLiga games (D1 L3) last going five without a win away from home in a single LaLiga season 2008 (GP6 D2 L4) under Frank Rijkaard.

After failing to score and assist in his five LaLiga appearances in October 2020, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has score five goals in his last seven games in the competition.

After score four braces in his first five LaLiga appearances against Real Valladolid, Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann has failed to score in his last three games against them in the competition.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been involved in six goals in his last three LaLiga games against Real Valladolid (three goals and three assists).

Real Valladolid’s Óscar Plano has provided one assist in each of his last two LaLiga games at José Zorrilla, as many as in his previous 41 games at home in the competition.

Two of Barcelona’s last four goals away from home in LaLiga have been own goals; they have benefited from two own goals away in the competition this season, the joint-most alongside Real Madrid.

Real Valladolid’s Sergio González has managed six LaLiga games against Barcelona with the 100% of defeats, more than against any other opponent in the top-flight.

Villarreal CF v Athletic Club

Villarreal have only won one of their last six LaLiga games against Athletic (D3 L2) and that win was away from home, 3-0 in September 2018.

At home, Villarreal have failed to win in their last three LaLiga games against Athletic (D2 L1), their longest run without a win at home against them in the top-flight.

Villarreal have only lost one of their last eight LaLiga games played on Tuesday (W6 D1), 1-2 vs Barcelona at Camp Nou in September 2019.

Athletic have avoided defeat in their last four away LaLiga games against sides from Comunidad Valenciana (W2 D2), scoring two goals in each of their last three, their best run against them away from home in the competition since 2014 (GP5 W1 D4).

Villarreal are unbeaten in their last eight home LaLiga games (W5 D3), including the seven played in this season (W4 D3), and they last avoided defeat in their first eight at home in a LaLiga season in 2010/11 (GP11 W10 D1).

Athletic won their last LaLiga game, 2-0 vs Huesca, last winning back-to-back games in July 2020 (2).

Athletic have won two penalties in their last three LaLiga games (vs Valencia and Huesca) as many as in their previous 18 games in the competition.

Gerard Moreno has scored 18 goals in LaLiga in the 2020 year and only one Villarreal’s player has scored more in the competition in a calendar year: Diego Forlán in 2005 (22).

Athletic’s Asier Villalibre has started five away LaLiga games and has scored in three of them, including one goal in each of his last two.

Villarreal’s Unai Emery has lost three of his last five managerial LaLiga games against Athletic (W2), after losing only one of his previous 12 against them in the competition (W7 D4 L1).

Getafe CF v RC Celta de Vigo
December 23, 2020

Getafe are unbeaten in their last six LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (W3 D3), their best such run against them in the competition.

At home, Getafe have only lost one of their last nine LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (W6 D2), 0-1 in February 2016 thanks to a goal from Celta de Vigo’s Manuel Agudo “Nolito”.

Getafe have only lost one of their last nine LaLiga games played on Wednesday (W4 D4), and Celta de Vigo have only won one of their last eight played on that day in the competition (D5 L2).

Getafe are winless in their last four home LaLiga games, losing three of them (D1) – they last endured a longer such run at the Coliseum in the competition in September 2017 (GP10 D4 L6).

Celta de Vigo won their last away LaLiga game (2-0 vs Athletic), after failing to win in their previous nine (D5 L4) – they last won two in a row away from home in the competition in January 2018 (3).

Getafe’s Jaime Mata has been involved in four goals in his three LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (three goals and one assist).

Celta de Vigo’s Manuel Agudo “Nolito” had a hand in five goals in his first six LaLiga games against Getafe (three goals and two assists) but he has failed to register any goal involvements in his last four against them in the competition.

Excluding penalty goals, “Cucho” Hernández has assisted three of Getafe’s last four goals at Coliseum in LaLiga, two of them ending in Ángel Rodríguez goals.

Since the start the 2019/20 season, Iago Aspas has been involved in 63.6% of Celta de Vigo’s goals away from home in LaLiga (14/22), 10 goals and four assists.

Getafe’s José Bordalás has only lost three of his 12 managerial games in all competitions against Celta de Vigo (W5 D4), six in LaLiga and six in Liga Smartbank, but his three defeats were in the second tier as Elche manager.

Real Madrid CF v Granada CF

Real Madrid have won their last 10 LaLiga games against Granada, scoring 3.4 goals per game on average. It’s their longest winning run against a single opponent, among the LaLiga 2020/21 teams.

Real Madrid have won 88% of their home LaLiga games against Granada (P24 W21 D2 L1), their highest winning percentage at home against a single opponent in the competition (min. 20 games played at home).

Real Madrid have lost two of their last five home LaLiga games against Andalusian sides (W2 D1), as many defeats as in their previous 48 games at home against them in the competition (W43 D3 L2).

Real Madrid have avoided defeat in their last five LaLiga games played on Wednesday’s (W4 D1), after losing their previous three. Granada have only won two of their last 11 games played on this day in the competition (D4 L5).

After winning their final three away LaLiga games last season, Granada have only won two of their last six away games in the competition (D1 L3).

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema has scored 12 goals in 14 LaLiga appearances against Granada - only vs Athletic Club has he scored more in the competition (13 goals). He has scored or assisted in each of his last seven at home against them in the top-flight (eight goals and two assists).

After scoring in his first five LaLiga games against Real Madrid (four goals on aggregate), Granada’s Jorge Molina has only scored in one of his last eight games against them in the competition.

Real Madrid’s Casemiro has scored in each of his last two home LaLiga games - he has never scored in three in a row at home in the competition.

Luis Suárez has scored one goal in each of his last two away LaLiga appearances and he could become the first Granada player to score in three in a row away from home in the competition since Youssef El-Arabi in 2015 (3).

Only against Deportivo de La Coruña (6/6) has Zinedine Zidane managed more games with a 100% win rate than against Granada (5/5).

Deportivo Alavés v SD Eibar

Alavés have won their last two LaLiga games against Eibar, their best winning run against them in the top-flight.

At home, Alavés have only won only one of their last four LaLiga games against Eibar, though it came last time out in February 2020 (W1 D2 L1).

Alavés are unbeaten in their last six LaLiga games against Basque sides (W5 D1), keeping a clean sheet in the last three - their best run in such games in the top-flight.

Alavés have lost their last six LaLiga games played on a Wednesday, while Eibar have only lost one of their last five played on this day in the competition (W3 D1).

Alavés have only won one of their last 11 home LaLiga games (D5 L5), 1-0 vs Athletic in October, and they have drawn the last three; they have never drawn four in a row at home in the top-flight.

Eibar are unbeaten in their last five away LaLiga games (W3 D2) - this season they have won three matches away from home in the competition, as many as in the whole of last season.

Alavés’s Lucas Pérez has been involved in five goals in his five home LaLiga games against Eibar (four goals and one assist).

Each of Eibar’s last five goals against Alavés in LaLiga have been scored in the 69th minute or later.

Eibar’s José Luis Mendilibar has only lost one of his six away managerial games against Alavés in all competitions - two in Liga Smartbank and four in LaLiga (W3 D2).

After losing his first two LaLiga games against Eibar, both as Girona boss, Alavés’ Pablo Machín has avoided defeat in his last two managerial games in the competition against them (W1 D1).

Real Betis v Cádiz CF

Real Betis have only won two of their last seven LaLiga games against Cádiz (D3 L2), after winning eight of their previous 11 (D3).

Real Betis have played nine home LaLiga games against Cádiz, avoiding defeat in all of them (W7 D2), while scoring at least one goal in each of those games.

Cádiz have only lost three of their last 13 LaLiga games against Andalusian sides (W3 D7), after losing their previous five such matches in the top-flight.

Real Betis have only won three of their last eight LaLiga games played on a Wednesday (D1 L4), while Cádiz have failed to win any of their last five games played on this day in the competition (D3 L2).

Real Betis have only won one of their last five home LaLiga games (D1 L3), failing to win either of the last two (D1 L1). They were last winless in three at home in the competition in March 2019 under Quique Setién.

Cádiz have failed to win in their last three away LaLiga games, scoring only one goal while conceding nine themselves (D1 L2). They had won their previous four away games in the competition, keeping a clean sheet in all them.

Excluding own goals, three of Cádiz’s last six goals away from home have been headers - one scored by Jorge Pombo, another by Álvaro Negredo and another by Álvaro Giménez.

Cádiz’s Álvaro Negredo has scored in three of his four away LaLiga games against Real Betis – over this run he’s played one game for Almería, two for Sevilla and one for Valencia.

Cristian Tello has been involved in three of Real Betis’ last four goals at home in LaLiga (two goals and one assist.

Real Betis boss Manuel Pellegrini has managed two LaLiga games against Cádiz and both finished with the same scoreline, 1-1, both in 2005/06 season as Villarreal manager.