What the stats say ahead of LaLiga matchday 30

SD Huesca v Elche CF
April 9, 2021

Huesca are unbeaten in their last four games against Elche in all competitions (W1 D3) since a 0-3 defeat in Liga Smartbank in September 2016.

At home, Huesca have won only one of their last seven games against Elche in all competitions, with all of them coming in Liga Smartbank (D3 L3) – they won their last such clash 2-0 in October 2019, when the current Huesca manager, Pacheta, managed Elche.

Elche have won just two of their 16 LaLiga games played on Friday (D4 L10), although one of those wins came this season, in October vs Valencia (2-1).

Huesca have won their two LaLiga games played on Friday in 2021 (winning vs Real Valladolid and Levante), after winning only one of their previous six played on that weekday in the competition (D2 L3).

Huesca have won only one of their last eight home LaLiga games (D3 L4), 3-2 vs Granada in February 2021, failing to score in four of those eight matches.

After winning their first two away LaLiga games this season (vs Eibar and Alavés), Elche have failed to win any of their last 13 matches away from home in the competition (D4 L9).

Elche have attempted the fewest total shots (189) and the fewest shots on target (67) in LaLiga this season, but only Atlético de Madrid (15.3%) and Barcelona (15%) have a higher shot conversion rate than them (13.8%).

Rafa Mir has scored at least two goals in each of his two LaLiga appearances on Friday in 2021 (a hat-trick vs Real Valladolid and a brace vs Levante). If he scores in this game, he could become Huesca’s outright all-time top-scorer in LaLiga (currently Chimy Avila and Rafa Mir, 10 goals each).

Pere Milla has scored in two LaLiga games in a row (two goals on aggregate) and he could become the second Elche player to score in three in a row in the competition in the 21st Century after Jonathas in 2014 (3).

Elche’s Fran Escribá has avoided defeat in his three games as a manager against Huesca in all competitions, one in LaLiga and two in Liga Smartbank (W1 D2).

Getafe CF v Cádiz CF
April 10, 2021

Getafe have won two of their three LaLiga games against Cádiz (L1) and they also won 3-1 in their only previous meeting at home in the top-flight in May 2006.

At home, Getafe have won their four games against Cádiz in all competitions, one in LaLiga, one in Copa the Rey and two in Liga Smartbank, scoring three goals in each.

Cádiz have won only two of their 30 away LaLiga games against Madrilean sides (D3 L25) but one of those wins has arrived this season, 1-0 vs Real Madrid in October 2020.

Getafe have lost only one of their last six home LaLiga games (W2 D3), 0-1 vs Real Sociedad in February 2021 and they have kept a clean sheet in four of them.

Cádiz have failed to win any of their last 10 away LaLiga games (D4 L6), since a 2-0 win vs Eibar in October 2020 - they have scored just one goal in their last four away games.

Getafe have failed to score in 15 games in LaLiga in 2020/21 and they have only failed to score in more games in a single season in the top-flight in 2013/14 (19).

Cádiz have the lowest possession rate in the Top 5 European leagues this season (33.6%) and the lowest in a single LaLiga season since 2005/06.

Cádiz’s Álvaro Negredo has been involved in nine goals in 16 LaLiga appearances against Getafe (seven goals and two assists), including two goals and two assists in his seven games against them at the Coliseum in the competition.

Getafe’s Enes Ünal has been involved in three goals in his last four LaLiga appearances (one goal and two assists), after failing to score or assist in his previous 23 games in the competition.

After failing to win in his first five games against Cádiz in all competitions, three in Liga Smartbank and two in Segunda B (D1 L4), Getafe’s José Bordalás has won his las two games against them, one in LaLiga and another in Liga Smartbank.

Athletic Club v Deportivo Alavés
April 10, 2021

Athletic have lost four of their last eight LaLiga games against Alavés (W2 D2), including the last two, after losing only two of their first 23 against them in the competition (W18 D3).

After winning their first 10 home LaLiga games against Alavés, between 1930 and 2002, Athletic have won only two of their last five home games against them in the competition (D2 L1).

Athletic have won only one of their last nine LaLiga games against Basque sides (D4 L4) and Alavés have lost only one of their last eight (W6 D1).

Athletic are unbeaten in their last five home LaLiga games (W2 D3) but they have conceded one goal in each of them. This is their best unbeaten run at home in the competition since January 2020 (GP6 – W3 D3).

Alavés have failed to win in their last nine away LaLiga games (D2 L7), losing their last four - they last went 10 away games without a win in the competition in a single season in June 1999 (GP17 – D3 L14).

Alavés have scored a league-low 19 goals in the second half this season and they have lost a league-high 17 points via goals conceded in that period.

Alavés’ Lucas Pérez has been involved in six goals in his last seven LaLiga appearances against Athletic (two goals and four assists), and he has provided four assists against in the competition, more than against any other opponent.

Athletic’s Álex Berenguer has been involved in four goals in his last six LaLiga appearances at San Mamés (three goals and one assist), twice as many as he registered in his previous seven games at home with Athletic in the competition (two goals).

Athletic’s Marcelino García Toral has won three of his four LaLiga games as a manager against Alavés (L1), all of them as Valencia boss.

Alavés’ Javi Calleja has avoided defeat in his three LaLiga games as a manager against the Athletic boss Marcelino García Toral (W2 D1), with his teams keeping a clean sheet in all three games.

SD Eibar v Levante UD
April 10, 2021

Six of the 11 LaLiga meetings between Eibar and Levante have finished level, with two wins for Eibar and three for the Granotas.

At home, Eibar are unbeaten in their five LaLiga games against Levante (W2 D3) and they have scored at least two goals in each of those games – against no opponent have Eibar played more home LaLiga games without a defeat than against Levante (alongside Granada, W4 D1, and Real Betis, W3 D2).

Levante have lost their last four away LaLiga games against Basque sides, failing to score in the last three; they have never gone five straight games without a win away from home against such teams in the competition.

Eibar have won only one of their 14 home games in LaLiga this season (D6 L7) - 2-0 vs Granada in January 2021 - their lowest tally at this stage of the season in the top-flight.

Levante have lost their last two LaLiga games, failing to score in both. Only once previously they have lost three in a row this season in the competition - in October 2020 (3).

Eibar have collected only 23 points after their first 29 LaLiga games this season. Only once previously has a team with 23 points or fewer at this stage of the season avoided relegation (since counting three points per win in 1995/1996) - Granada, 23 points in 2014/15.

Levante have kept a league-low three clean sheets this season (alongside Real Valladolid) – it’s their lowest tally of clean sheets at this stage of the season in LaLiga since 2007/08 (3).

Eibar’s Sergi Enrich has been involved in four goals in his last four appearances against Levante in LaLiga (two goals and two assists), and has scored or assisted in the last two at Ipurua against the Granotas (one goal and two assists).

Levante’s José Luis Morales has been involved in 11 goals in 11 LaLiga appearances against Eibar (six goals and five assists), more than against any other opponent in the competition.

Eibar’s José Luis Mendilibar has avoided defeat in his seven home LaLiga games as a manager against Levante (W5 D2) – only against Deportivo de La Coruña has he managed more home games in the competition without a defeat (P8 – W4 D4).

Real Madrid CF v FC Barcelona
April 10, 2021

Real Madrid have won their last two games against Barcelona in all competitions, last winning three in row against them in 1978 (all three in LaLiga).

After winning 3-1 in the reverse fixture this season, Real Madrid are looking to complete a league double over Barcelona for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

Barcelona have won five of their last seven away games against Real Madrid in all competitions (L2), though they lost last time out, 0-2 in LaLiga in March 2020 – they lost two in a row for the last time away from home in 2008, under Frank Rijkaard.

Real Madrid have only lost one of their last 19 LaLiga games (W14 D4), 1-2 vs Levante in January 2021, after losing three of their previous six in the competition (W2 D1).

Barcelona have won their last nine away LaLiga games and could win 10 in a row away from home in a single season for the third time in their history – 10 in January 2011 under Pep Guardiola and 10 in January 2013 under Tito Vilanova and Jordi Roura.

Only Bayern Munich (15), Inter Milan (14) and Montpellier (14) have scored more headed goals than Real Madrid (13) in the top five European leagues this season.

Karim Benzema has scored at least one goal in each of his last six LaLiga games (eight goals in total) and could become the fourth Real Madrid player to score in seven or more in a row in the competition in the 21st century after Ruud van Nistelrooy (2007), Cristiano Ronaldo (four times) and Gareth Bale (2018).

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is the top scorer in El Clásico in all competitions (26) and in LaLiga (18, but he has failed to score in his last six games against Real Madrid, equalling his longest run without scoring against them in all competitions – six between April 2014 and December 2016.

Karim Benzema has failed to score in his last nine appearances against Barcelona in all competitions, his longest run without scoring against a single opponent as a Real Madrid player.

If Barcelona lose this game, Ronald Koeman will become the first Blaugrana manager to lose his first two LaLiga games against Real Madrid since Joaquim Rifé in 1980 (two).

Villarreal CF v Osasuna
April 11, 2021

Villarreal have won six of their last seven matches against Osasuna in LaLiga (L1) after winning only one of their previous 10 against the Navarrese in the competition (D5 L4).

Villarreal are unbeaten across their last five home games against Osasuna in LaLiga (W4 D1), winning the last three – they have never won four in a row at home against them in the top-flight.

Villarreal have won their last three LaLiga games, after losing three of their previous four (D1). They haven’t won four consecutive games in the competition since January 2016 (6) with Marcelino García Toral as coach.

Osasuna have drawn their last three LaLiga matches 0-0 (vs Real Valladolid, Huesca and Getafe) – they have never drawn four consecutive games 0-0 in the top-flight.

Osasuna have conceded fewer headed goals than any other side in LaLiga this season (two, alongside FC Barcelona).

With his goals (19) and assists (5), Gerard Moreno has earned 19 of Villarreal’s 46 points in LaLiga this season, with joint-most of any player in the division alongside Lionel Messi.

Gerard Moreno has scored 19 goals in 24 games in LaLiga this season. Only one previous Villarreal player has achieved that figure in a single season in the competition: Diego Forlán, 25 goals in 38 games in 2004/05.

Osasuna’s Roberto Torres has been involved in four goals in his last five games against Villarreal in LaLiga, scoring three goals and providing an assist.

Villarreal’s Paco Alcácer has scored three goals in his last two games against Osasuna in LaLiga: a brace with Barcelona in April 2017 and one goal with his current team in February 2020.

Villarreal coach Unai Emery has managed six home games in LaLiga against Osasuna without losing (W5 D1), with his team scoring at least one goal in each of them and keeping a clean sheet in four of these six meetings.

Valencia CF v Real Sociedad
April 11, 2021

After four consecutive defeats between 2016 and 2017, Valencia have lost only one of their last seven LaLiga games against Real Sociedad (W4 D2).

Real Sociedad only lost two of their last nine away games against Valencia in LaLiga (W5 D2), after losing eight of the previous 11 (D3).

Valencia have won their last four games at Mestalla in LaLiga - the last time they won five home games in a row in the top-flight was in April 2018.

After nine straight away games without losing in LaLiga (W5 D4) between July and December 2020, Real Sociedad have lost four of their last eight away games in the competition (W2 D2).

Valencia are, alongside Levante, one of two sides yet to score a goal in LaLiga this season after forcing a high turnover.

Only Manchester City (29) have faced fewer shots on goal away from home in the top five European leagues this season than Real Sociedad (32, tied with RB Leipzig).

Valencia’s Gonçalo Guedes has been involved in four goals in his last seven LaLiga games (one goal and three assists), as many as he recorded in his previous 27 games in the competition (three goals and one assist).

Valencia’s Maxi Gómez has scored six goals against Real Sociedad in LaLiga, his joint-best return against any side in the competition (also six against Barcelona). He has scored at least one goal in each of his five games against Sociedad.

Real Sociedad’s Mikel Oyarzabal has scored five goals in LaLiga against Valencia, more than against any other side, also providing two assists against Che in the competition.

After losing his first meeting against Real Sociedad in LaLiga in 2013 as Osasuna’s coach, Valencia’s Javier Gracia hasn’t lost any of his following six games against them in the competition (W3 D3).

Real Valladolid v Granada CF
April 11, 2021

Real Valladolid have won only one of their last six LaLiga games against Granada (D2 L3), while this win came away from home in this season’s reverse fixture (3-1).

At home, Real Valladolid have lost only one of their six LaLiga games against Granada (W3 D2) - 0-1 in May 2014 under Juan Ignacio Martínez.

Real Valladolid have won only one of their last seven home LaLiga games (D2 L4), while they have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 14 outings at José Zorrilla – their longest ever run of conceding in top-flight home games.

Granada have lost five of their last seven LaLiga games (W2), one defeat more than they had in their previous 12 games in the competition (W4 D4 L4).

Real Valladolid have dropped 10 points in LaLiga this season with goals conceded in the last 10 minutes of the games, more than any other side.

Real Valladolid have scored the joint-highest percentage of headed goals in LaLiga this season (27% - 7/26, alongside Cádiz), with five of those being scored at José Zorrilla.

Granada have conceded a league-high 49 goals this season, with their average of 1.7 goals conceded per game being their highest in a single LaLiga term since 2016/17 (2.2).

Real Valladolid have not won any of their last five LaLiga games when Óscar Plano hasn’t featured, losing four of them (D1).

Jorge Molina has been involved in three goals in his last four away LaLiga games (one goal and two assists), after recording only one goal involvement (one goal) in his previous 10 away games for Granada in the competition.

Real Valladolid’s Sergio González has lost only one of his six LaLiga games as a manager against Granada (W3 D2), 1-2 with his current team in February 2020.

Real Betis v Atlético Madrid
11 April 2021

Real Betis have lost 12 of their last 15 games against Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (W1 D2), including the last three, while failing to score in 10 of these 15 games.

Atlético de Madrid have lost only one of their last 11 away games against Real Betis in LaLiga (W8 D2) – 0-1 in February 2019, following a penalty from Sergio Canales.

Atlético de Madrid lost their previous away game against an Andalusian team in LaLiga, 0-1 against Sevilla last time out. They have only lost two in a row away from home against Andalusian opponents only once previously under Diego Simeone (vs Málaga and Sevilla between 2015 and 2016).

Real Betis have won five of their last six home games in LaLiga (L1), including the last three in a row. The last time they won four consecutively at home in the competition was in April 2018 (4).

After earning 24 points out of 24 in LaLiga between December 2020 and January 2021 (W8), Atlético de Madrid have only taken 16 of the last 30 available (W4 D4 L2).

15 of Real Betis’ 39 goals in LaLiga this season have been scored by substitute players, at least five more than any other team.

Real Betis have earned 14 points with goals scored in the last fifteen minutes of games in LaLiga this season, more than any other side.

Borja Iglesias has scored six goals in his last seven games for Real Betis in LaLiga (three of them via penalties), after scoring only one goal in his previous 29 games in the competition.

Luis Suárez (19) and Marcos Llorente (9), who will both be absent in this game, have scored 55% Atlético de Madrid’s goals in LaLiga this season (28 out of 51).

Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has managed five LaLiga games against Diego Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid, without winning any of them (D2 L3) – the only manager he has faced more often in the competition without a victory is Pep Guardiola (8 games - D1 L7).

Celta de Vigo v Sevilla FC
11 April 2021

Celta de Vigo have lost only one of their last four games against Sevilla in LaLiga (W2 D1), the last meeting in the reverse fixture of this season (4-2), after having lost four of the previous five (W1).

Sevilla have won only one of their last eight away games against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (D2 L5), losing the last three - only once in their history they have lost four or more away in a row against them in the competition (eight between 1949 and 1956).

Celta de Vigo have won only one of their last seven matches played on a Monday in LaLiga (D3 L3), 4-0 against Cádiz on December, while Sevilla have lost only one of their last six played on this day (W2 D3) - 4-2 against Málaga in May 2017.

Celta de Vigo won their last LaLiga match, 1-3 against Alavés, and could win consecutive games for the second time this season, after a run of four between November and December 2020. They haven’t won any of their last three home matches in the competition, however (D2 L1).

Sevilla are winless in their last two away games in LaLiga (D1 L1), after they had won three in a row beforehand. Only once previously this season have they played three consecutive matches without winning away from home in the competition (D1 L2 in October 2020).

If he plays this match and Sevilla pick up a win, Jesús Navas will achieve his 200th victory in LaLiga. The Andalusian player is also just one assist short of recording 100 in games across the top five European leagues (99, 77 in LaLiga and 22 in Premier League).

Celta de Vigo are the team who have scored the highest percentage of their goals in the first half of the games in LaLiga this season (63% - 24/38).

Celta de Vigo’s Nolito has scored six goals in LaLiga 2020/21, the highest number for him in a single campaign in the competition since 2015/16 (12).

Celta de Vigo’s Iago Aspas is the first player to reach double figures for both goals (10) and assists (10) in LaLiga this season, while it’s the first season in which he has achieved this in his top-flight career.

Sevilla’s Munir El-Haddadi has been involved in four goals in his last five games against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (three goals and one assist), although none of those have come in his last three visits to Balaídos in the competition.