What the stats say ahead of LaLiga matchday 26

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Valencia CF v Villarreal CF
March 5, 2021

This will be the 42nd derby between Valencia and Villarreal in LaLiga -15 Valencia wins and 18 Villarreal victories (D8) – it will be the first time the two sides meet on a Friday in the competition.

Valencia have won in their last two home LaLiga games against Villarreal, after failing to win in their previous four against them in the competition (D1 L3).

Following their 2-1 win at La Cerámica in October 2020, Villarreal will look to win home and away against Valencia in a single LaLiga season for the fourth time (2007/08, 2015/2016 and 2017/18).

Valencia remain unbeaten in their last seven home Valencian derbies in LaLiga (W6 D1), since losing against Villarreal in December 2017 (0-1), winning their two such matches this season.

Valencia have won their last two games at Mestalla in LaLiga, keeping a clean sheet in both. They last won three on the bounce without conceding at home in the competition in February 2020 under Albert Celades.

Villarreal have not won in their last seven LaLiga matches (D5 2L), their longest winless run in the competition since February 2019 (10 - D6 L4).

Valencia have won 27 points from their 25 LaLiga games this season (W6 D9 L10), their lowest tally at this stage of a campaign since 1985/86 (23 pts, three points per victory), the season of their only relegation to the Second Division.

Gerard Moreno has scored 14 goals in 20 LaLiga games this season, the best tally for a Villarreal player after his first 20 appearances in a top-flight campaign.

Valencia manager Javier Gracia has managed more LaLiga games without winning against Unai Emery (D1 L6) than against any other manager in his career in the competition.

Unai Emery has not lost any of his four regional derbies as Villarreal manager in LaLiga (W2 D2) and could become in the second Villarreal manager to win his first two derbies against Valencia after Javi Calleja in 2017/18.

Real Valladolid v Getafe CF
March 6, 2021

Real Valladolid have only won one of their last six matches against Getafe in LaLiga (D4 L1), with that victory coming in this season’s reverse fixture. Real Valladolid have never won home and away against Getafe in a single top-flight season.

Getafe have won none of their nine away games against Real Valladolid in all competitions, drawing five of them (L4), including their last three games at José Zorrilla stadium.

Only against UD Las Palmas (GP14 W13 D1), have Real Valladolid played more home LaLiga games without defeat than against Getafe (GP7 W3 D4, alongside vs Hércules GP7 W7).

Real Valladolid have not won any of their last eight LaLiga games (D4 L4) – should they fail to win this game they will equal their longest winless run in the competition under Sergio González (9 between November 2019 and January 2020, D5 L4).

With their victory against Valencia at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez (3-0), Getafe ended a run of four defeats in a row in LaLiga, the worst they have suffered under José Bordalás as manager in the top-flight.

Getafe have scored just 20 goals in their 25 LaLiga games this season, their lowest tally at this stage of a top-flight campaign.

Real Valladolid have attempted an average of nine shots per game in LaLiga this season, their lowest average in a season in the top-flight since 2003-04 (shot data available since then).

Jaime Mata has scored 29 goals in 91 appearances for Getafe in LaLiga, their third joint top scorer in the top-flight (alongside Roberto Soldado) and only surpassed by Manu del Moral (37) and Ángel Rodríguez (36).

Real Valladolid manager Sergio González has drawn three of his five matches against José Bordalás in LaLiga (W1 D1). Against no other manager has he played out more draws in the top-flight (three also against Paco López, Imanol Alguacil and Óscar García).

Getafe manager José Bordalás has only lost one of his last five away games against Real Valladolid in all competitions (W1 D3), 0-1 in May 2017 in LaLiga SmartBank.

Elche CF v Sevilla FC
6 March, 2021

Elche have not won any of their last 10 matches against Sevilla in LaLiga (D4 L6), including the four under Fran Escribá (D1 L3).

Sevilla remain unbeaten in their last five away games against Elche in LaLiga (W3 D2), having lost their previous six away games against them before this.

Sevilla have won their last three matches against Elche in LaLiga, keeping a clean sheet in the last two. They’ll be looking to win four consecutive games against Elche in the top-flight for the first time.

After their 1-0 win against Eibar in their last game at Martínez Valero, Elche will look to win back-to-back home matches in LaLiga for the first time since April 2015, also under Fran Escribá.

Sevilla have won their last three away games in LaLiga, keeping a clean sheet in the last two – they could win four on the bounce on the road in the competition in the same season for the first time in their history.

Elche are the team with the fewest total shots (156) and the fewest shots on target (52) in LaLiga this season, but they have the fourth highest shot conversion rate in the competition (13.5%) after Atlético de Madrid (16.8%), Real Sociedad (15%) and Barcelona (14%).

Sevilla´s Youssef En-Nesyri has failed to score in his last three LaLiga appearances, having scored nine goals in his previous eight games in the competition.

Elche´s Edgar Badia is the goalkeeper with the joint-most saves this season in LaLiga (77, level to Valencia´s Jaume Doménech), keeping just five clean sheets in 24 appearances this campaign.

Last time out, Yassine Bounou conceded a goal for the first time in 557 minutes in LaLiga, ending the longest run without conceding by a Sevilla goalkeeper in the competition.

Against no other team has Elche manager Fran Escribá managed more games in LaLiga without winning than against Sevilla (GP9 D5 L4 - level to Real Madrid GP9 D1 L8).

Cádiz CF v SD Eibar
6 March, 2021

Cádiz have won two of their nine league matches against Eibar (D2 L5), both away from home: 1-0 in May 2004 in LaLiga SmartBank and 2-0 in October 2020 in their only LaLiga meeting.

Eibar have not lost any of their last four away matches against Cádiz in all competitions (W2 D2), winning the last two by the same scoreline (2-1 in LaLiga SmartBank).

Eibar have failed to win any of their last six LaLiga games against newly promoted opposition (D2 L4), including all five such matches this season (D2 L3).

Cádiz have only won one of their last 13 games in LaLiga (D4 L8), 3-1 vs Alavés in January 2021, and none of their last seven (D2 L5), their longest run without a win in the competition since December from 2005 (GP9 D2 L7).

Eibar remain winless in their last eight LaLiga games (D3 L5) – should they fail to win this match, it will be their longest run without a victory under José Luis Mendilibar (9).

Eibar have scored just 20 goals in their 25 LaLiga games this season, their lowest figure at this stage of a top-flight campaign. Their 28 goals conceded is also their lowest figure at this stage in the competition.

Álvaro Negredo has scored six goals for Cádiz in LaLiga 2020/21, his highest tally in a single season in the competition since 2012/13 for Sevilla. The Madrilenian has both scored and assisted in one game in LaLiga this campaign and it was against Eibar in the reverse fixture (one goal and one assist).

Bryan Gil has been involved in five of Eibar's last eight goals in LaLiga (three goals and two assists) including their last two away from home (one goal and one assist).

Cádiz manager Álvaro Cervera has won three of his five matches against Eibar in all competitions (D1 L1), including the only one in LaLiga (2-0 in the reverse fixture).

Eibar manager José Luis Mendilibar has lost his two matches against Cádiz in LaLiga, 0-1 with Athletic in October 2005 and 0-2 in the reverse fixture this season. Against no other opponent does he have a worse 100% loss rate in the competition (also 2/2 against Elche).

CA Osasuna v FC Barcelona
6 March 2021

Barcelona have just lost one of their last 10 away LaLiga games against Osasuna (W4 D5), 2-3 in February 2012, going unbeaten in their last four (W2 D2).

Osasuna have picked up points in two of their last three LaLiga games against Barcelona (W1 D1 L1), after losing nine of their previous 11 against them in the competition (W1 D1).

Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 15 games in LaLiga (W12 D3), the second best current unbeaten run of any team in the top five European Leagues (Manchester City – GP19 W17 D2).

Osasuna have won four of their last six LaLiga games (L2), one more victory than they enjoyed in their previous 19 this season (W3 D7 L9).

Since Antoine Griezmann´s goal from a corner situation in January against Granada in LaLiga, Barcelona have taken 41 corners in the competition without scoring from any of them.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored 19 goals in 23 LaLiga appearances this season and he could reach 20 goals in a 13th consecutive campaign in the competition, a record.

Pedri and Frenkie de Jong are the only Barcelona players to make 25 appearances in LaLiga so far this season and are two of only nine outfield players to do so in the competition so far this campaign.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored 23 goals in 19 LaLiga appearances against Osasuna, netting three braces in his last five games against them at El Sadar in the competition.

Osasuna´s Roberto Torres has scored four goals in his last four games against Barcelona in LaLiga, more than any other Osasuna player has managed against them in the competition.

Osasuna’s Jagoba Arrasate has just lost one of his last four LaLiga managerial games against Barcelona, going unbeaten against them at home in the top-flight (W1 D1).

SD Huesca v RC Celta de Vigo
7 March, 2021

Huesca have failed to win in their three matches against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (D1 L2) although they drew the only one played at El Alcoraz (3-3 in April 2019).

Huesca have won only three of their 13 games against Celta de Vigo in all competitions (D5 L5), all coming away from home - the last one in March 2011 in LaLiga SmartBank (2-1).

Celta de Vigo have not lost any of their six away games against Huesca in all competitions but have drawn five of them (W1).

Under Pacheta, Huesca have picked up eight out of 21 points in LaLiga (W2 D2 L3), as many as they had collected in their last 13 games under Míchel Sánchez (W1 D5 L7).

Celta de Vigo have only picked up seven of the last 27 points available in LaLiga (W1 D4 L4), after having collected 16 of the previous 21 in the first seven games under Eduardo Coudet (W5 D1 L1).

27% of Huesca´s goals this season in LaLiga have come via headers (6/22), the highest percentage in the competition while they have also shipped the highest proportion of headed goals (36% - 13/36).

Celta de Vigo have not won any of the four LaLiga games they have played this season without Iago Aspas (D1 L3), scoring an average of 0.5 goals per game without him and 1.3 goals with the Moaña player.

Huesca´s Sandro Ramírez has been involved in three goals in his last five LaLiga matches (two goals and one assist), as many as in his previous 12 appearances in the competition (three goals).

Celta de Vigo´s Iago Aspas has scored in each of his three matches against Huesca in LaLiga (four goals in total), making him the player with the most goals against Huesca in the competition.

Huesca manager José Rojo “Pacheta” is unbeaten in his last two LaLiga matches (W1 D1) and could equal his record of consecutive matches without defeat in the competition - three in April 2009 (W1 D2) and May 2009 (W2 D1), both for Numancia.

Club Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid CF
7 March, 2021

Atlético de Madrid have failed to win any of their last nine LaLiga games against Real Madrid (D5 L4), their longest run without a victory in a derby under Diego Pablo Simeone.

Atlético de Madrid have failed to score in their last three games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (335 minutes), since Antoine Griezmann's goal in February 2019, and they could suffer the longest-ever run without scoring by a team in Madrid derby history in the competition (four games).

Real Madrid have not lost any of their three games at Wanda Metropolitano in LaLiga (W1 D2), and remain the only team to have played in the new 'rojiblanco' venue without losing in the competition.

Atlético de Madrid have lost their last two home games (0-2 vs Levante in LaLiga and 0-1 vs Chelsea at the Arena National in the Champions League) and could lose three home games in a row in all competitions for the first time under Diego Simeone.

Real Madrid have won their last three away LaLiga games and could equal their best record of consecutive away wins in the competition in Zinedine Zidane’s second spell in charge (four in July 2020).

Lucas Vázquez has started 16 games in LaLiga 2020/21 (19 games in total), his joint-best tally in a season for Real Madrid in the competition (also 16 starts out of 33 apps in 2017/18).

Atlético de Madrid´s Luis Suárez has scored nine goals in 12 games against Real Madrid in LaLiga, more than any other player in the competition since his first season in 2014/15.

Diego Pablo Simeone has won only 12.5% of his games as Atlético de Madrid manager against Zinedine Zidane in LaLiga (W1 D4 L3), his worst win percentage against a manager with at least four meetings in the competition.

Zinedine Zidane is unbeaten in his three away LaLiga games against Atlético de Madrid as a manager (W1 D2) and could become the second Real Madrid manager to avoid defeat in his first four away derbies against 'rojiblancos' in the history of the competition, after Luis Molowny in 1986 (W3 D1).

Diego Simeone could become the Atlético de Madrid coach with the most wins in all competitions after drawing level with Luis Aragonés (both 308). The Argentine has needed 512 games to reach that figure compared to 612 for Aragonés.

Real Sociedad v Levante UD
March 7, 2021

Real Sociedad have failed to win in their last four games against Levante in LaLiga (D2 L2), after winning four of the previous six against them (D1 L1).

Real Sociedad are one of four teams Levante have beaten the most in LaLiga (9) and only against Granada (42.9%) and Racing de Santander (40%) have Levante posted a higher percentage of wins than against the San Sebastian team (39.1% - minimum 10 matches).

Levante have drawn six of their 11 away games against Real Sociedad in LaLiga (W2 D6 L3), more than against any other opponent away from home in the history of the competition.

Real Sociedad have not lost in their last six games in LaLiga and have collected 12 of the last 18 points available (W3 D3), after picking up only four of the previous 18 points (W1 D1 L4).

Levante have won their last two away games in LaLiga (2-1 vs Real Madrid and 2-0 vs Atlético de Madrid). Only once before have Levante won three away games in a row in the top-flight, in October 2011 under Juan Ignacio Martínez.

Real Sociedad, via Alexander Isak (12) and Mikel Oyarzabal (10) and Levante, via José Luis Morales (10) and Roger Martí (10), are the only two teams with two players who have netted 10 goals in LaLiga this season.

Roger Martí is the first Levante player to score at least 10 goals in three LaLiga seasons in a row in the 21st century (13 in 2018/19, 11 in 2019/20 and 10 in 2020/21).

Daniel Cárdenas has saved 92.8% of the shots on target that he has faced in LaLiga in his two games this season for Levante (one goal conceded) compared to a 65.9% figure posted by Aitor Fernández (31 goals conceded in 22 games) .

Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil has played more games without winning against Paco López than against any other manager in his career in LaLiga (GP4 - D2 L2).

Paco López has lost only one of his five matches as Levante boss against Real Sociedad in LaLiga (W2 D2), the only one not facing Imanol Alguacil as opposition manager (1-3 in November 2018 against Asier Garitano).

Athletic Club v Granada CF
7 March, 2021

Athletic have lost their last two games against Granada in LaLiga, both away from home and both without scoring - they have never suffered three consecutive defeats against them in the top-flight.

Athletic have lost only three of their 24 home matches in LaLiga against Granada (W19 D2), the only three in which they failed to score against them. The last of these defeats came in September 2014 (0-1) with Joaquín Caparrós as Granada manager.

Granada have lost eight of their last 10 away games against Basque teams in LaLiga (W2), conceding at least two goals in each of those defeats (23 goals conceded in total) and scoring only three goals.

Athletic have avoided defeat in their last four LaLiga matches, although they have drawn three of them (W1). Athletic have scored at least one goal in their last eight games in the competition, their best scoring run since April 2017 (10).

Granada are without a win in their last six away LaLiga games (D2 L4), conceding at least two goals in each of them; the last time they conceded two or more goals in seven or more away games in a row in the competition was in 2015 (11).

Athletic have scored 15 goals in seven LaLiga games under Marcelino García Toral (2.14 goals per game) and have posted a 19% shot conversion rate. They scored 19 goals in 17 games under Gaizka Garitano (1.13 per game) with a 10.2% shot conversion rate.

Granada have lost only 10 of their first 25 games in LaLiga 2020/21, their lowest tally of defeats at this stage of a top-flight season in the 21st century.

Granada´s Roberto Soldado has scored nine goals against Athletic in LaLiga, more than against any other opponent in the competition, although he has only scored in one of his seven away games against them in the competition, via a hat-trick for Valencia at Antiguo San Mamés in March 2012.

Álex Berenguer is Athletic's top-scorer in LaLiga 2020/21 (six goals) and has already equalled his best tally in a season in the top-flight - six for Torino in Serie A in 2019/20.

After losing two of his first three LaLiga games as manager against Granada (W1), Athletic boss Marcelino García Toral has avoided defeat in his last four games against the Nazarís in the competition, winning the last three (D1).

Real Betis Balompié v Deportivo Alavés
8 March, 2021

After three defeats in a row between 2006 and 2017, Real Betis have lost only one of their last seven games against Alavés in LaLiga (W3 D3), courtesy of a 1-2 loss in July 2020 in the last meeting between the sides at Benito Villamarín.

Real Betis have failed to win in their last two home LaLiga games against Alavés (D1 L1), the first time they have gone consecutive games without a win against them at home in the top-flight.

Alavés have only won one of their last 15 LaLiga matches against Andalusian opponents (D5 L9), losing the last four. That win came against Real Betis, away from home (2-1 in July 2020).

Real Betis have picked up 20 points in LaLiga in nine games since the start of 2021 (W6 D2 L1), one more than in their previous 16 games in the competition this season (W6 D1 L9).

Alavés have collected the fewest points in 2021 in LaLiga (four, W1 D1 L7). The Vitoria team have won only 14.3% of their league matches under Abelardo (1/7) compared to 22.2% under Pablo Machín (4/18).

Loren Morón has scored three goals against Alavés in LaLiga, his joint-best tally against an opponent in the competition (also three against Barcelona and Girona). The Real Betis player has failed to score in his last 14 LaLiga games, his worst run without a goal in the top-flight.

Five of Alavés’ last six goals away from home in LaLiga have been scored by Lucas Pérez (three) and Joselu (two), with the other netted by Luis Rioja. Three of the last five goals for Alaves away from home have come via penalties.

Real Betis have scored 11 goals in LaLiga this season via substitutes, more than any other team, including their last two - Borja Iglesias against Getafe and Juanmi against Cádiz.

Real Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini has avoided defeat in his three LaLiga games against Alavés as manager (W2 D1), two for Villarreal and one with his current team.

Alavés manager Abelardo Fernández has managed six LaLiga games against Real Betis without winning (D3 L3); only against Barcelona has he overseen more in the competition without a victory (GP8 - D1 L7).