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What the stats say ahead of LaLiga matchday 36

football11 May 2021 06:04
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CA Osasuna v Cádiz CF
May 11, 2021

Osasuna have drawn 44 per cent of their matches against Cádiz in LaLiga (11 of 25), their highest percentage of draws against the same opponent in the top-flight (min. 10 games).


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Osasuna have not lost any of their last 11 meetings with Cádiz in LaLiga (W6 D5), keeping a clean sheet in six of them.

At home, Osasuna have lost just one of their 20 meetings with Cádiz in all competitions (W14 D5), 0-1 at El Sadar in April 1989 in LaLiga.

Osasuna have won their last two matches at El Sadar in LaLiga and could record three wins in a row at home in the competition for the second time under Jaboba Arrasate (three in November 2019).

Cádiz have won their last two LaLiga matches (vs Granada and Huesca), the last time they had three or more wins in a row in the competition was in May 1990 under Colin Addison (four).

Cádiz have picked up 43 points in 35 LaLiga games this season (W11 D10 L14) and could equal their best total in the same season in the top-flight, achieved in 38 games in 1987/88 (46 points with three points per win).

Cádiz have scored 10 per cent of their goals thanks to their own goals from their opponents (3/31), the highest percentage of any team in LaLiga this season.

Ante Budimir is the first Osasuna player to score five headed goals in a single LaLiga season since Walter Pandiani in 2009/10 (6).

Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate has not lost any of his last five meetings with Cádiz in all competitions (W3 D2), after having lost his first two games against them, both with Numancia in the 2016-17 LaLiga SmartBank campaign.

Cádiz coach Álvaro Cervera has lost 74 per cent of his managerial games against Osasuna in all competitions (W1 D1 L6), winning only in September 2017 in the Copa del Rey for his current side (1-0).

Elche CF v Deportivo Alavés - live on SS LaLiga channel 204
May 11, 2021

This will be the second meeting between Elche and Alavés in LaLiga, with the reverse fixture this season ending in a 2-0 victory for Elche.

Elche have won four of their last six games against Alavés in all competitions (D1 L1), after having recorded only one win in their previous 10 meetings (W1 D3 L6).

Alavés have won four of their last seven league away games against Elche (D1 L2), all of them in LaLiga SmartBank. They won on their last visit to Martínez Valero (1-0 in November 2015).

Elche have lost their last two LaLiga games, failing to score in both. The last time they had three or more defeats in a row in the competition was in December 2014 (four), also with Fran Escribá as coach.

Alavés have gone 12 straight games without winning as a visitor in LaLiga (D4 L8), their worst streak without a win away from home in the same season since 1998/99 (17 – D3 L14).

Elche have lost 60 per cent of their matches with Paulo Gazzaniga in the team in LaLiga this season (W1 D1 L3), compared to just 46.7 per cent with Edgar Badia (W5 D11 L14).

Elche are the team with the lowest expected goals scored (25.9) in LaLiga this season, while Alavés are the side with the second worst differential (-7.9) between their goals scored (30) and their xG (37.9) in the competition after Eibar (-13.5 - G27 xG40.5).

Joselu Mato has scored nine goals in LaLiga this season and could become the first Alavés player to reach double figures for goals in consecutive campaigns in the top-flight (11 goals in 2019/20).

Elche coach Fran Escribá has lost three of his four meetings with Alavés in LaLiga, winning only with Villarreal in September 2017 (3-0).

Alavés coach Javier Calleja lost his only match against Fran Escribá in LaLiga, 3-2 at Balaídos against Celta de Vigo in his spell with Villarreal.

Levante UD v FC Barcelona - live on SS LaLiga channel 204
May 11, 2021

Barcelona have recorded the joint-most wins (22, level with Real Madrid) and most goals scored (86) of any side against Levante in LaLiga history.

Levante have won two of their last three meetings with Barcelona at the Ciutat de València in LaLiga (L1), one win more than they had in their previous 11 home games against them in the competition (D4 L6).

Barcelona have scored in each of their 29 LaLiga games against Levante (86 goals in total). Only against Rayo Vallecano (3.2) do Barça have a better average of goals-per-game than against Granotas (3) in the top-flight (minimum 15 games played).

Levante have lost six of their last eight LaLiga games (W1 D1), after losing just four of their previous 22 matches in the competition (W7 D11).

Barcelona have won just 10 of their last 18 possible points in LaLiga (W3 D1 L2), after having achieved 45 of the previous 51 in the competition (W14 D3 L0).

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last 10 meetings with Levante in LaLiga, scoring a total of 13 goals and recording 10 assists.

Lionel Messi has scored 28 goals and provided nine assists in 33 games for Barcelona in LaLiga this season. The Argentine has reached double figures for both goals and assists in 12 of his previous 13 league campaigns, failing only in 2016/17 (37 goals and nine assists).

Levante’s José Luis Morales has scored 12 goals in 35 LaLiga games this season, equalling his best goal-scoring record in a single season in the top-flight (12 in 2018/19).

Levante coach Paco López could become the second manager to beat Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid in the same LaLiga season in the last decade, after Quique Setién with Real Betis in 2018/19.

Ronald Koeman has not lost any of his two managerial matches against Levante in LaLiga (W1 D1), with his teams keeping a clean sheet in both, and winning the only one on Barcelona bench (1-0 in the reverse fixture).

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