CA OSASUNA – GRANADA CF
OCTOBER 20, 2023
• Osasuna have not lost any of their last three matches against Granada in LaLiga (W2 D1), having lost each of the previous three. They have never gone four without defeat against Granada in the competition.
• After winning their first four LaLiga home games against Granada between 1957 and 2012, Osasuna have won just two of their last six top-flight games at El Sadar against Los Nazarís (D1 L3).
• Osasuna have not won any of their last five matches played on a Friday in LaLiga (D1 L4) while Granada have only lost one of their last five played on that day in the competition (W2 D2).
• Osasuna have failed to win any of their last four LaLiga home games, failing to score in three of them (D1 L3), having won five of their previous six at home in the top-flight (L1).
• Granada have not won any of their last six LaLiga matches (D3 L3) although they have drawn their last three - they last recorded four consecutive draws in the top-flight in April 2016.
• Only Mallorca (47) have made fewer high turnovers in LaLiga this season than Granada (51) although only Atlético de Madrid (3) have scored more goals from these actions than Granada (two, level with Alavés and Girona).
• Bryan Zaragoza has been involved in six goals after his first nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (five goals and one assist), the most by a Granada player after his first nine games of a top-flight campaign in the 21st century.
• Ante Budimir has scored two of Osasuna's last three LaLiga goals - the Croatian netted his first brace for the Navarran outfit at El Sadar in January 2021 against Granada.
• Granada’s Shon Weissman has scored two goals in three games against Osasuna in LaLiga, against no side has he scored more (also two in three games against Getafe).
• Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate has not lost any of his last three matches in all competitions against Granada (W2 D1) having lost six of his previous seven against them (W1).
REAL SOCIEDAD – RCD MALLORCA
OCTOBER 21, 2023
• Real Sociedad have not lost any of their last seven games against Mallorca in LaLiga, winning six of them without conceding a goal (D1), their longest unbeaten run against the Balearics in the top-flight.
• Real Sociedad have won their last nine LaLiga home games against Mallorca, keeping a clean sheet in the last six, their longest current run of home wins against the same opponent in the top-flight.
• Mallorca have failed to win on any of their last four visits to teams from the Basque Country in LaLiga (D1 L3), failing to score in all four since a 1-0 win against Alavés in August 2021.
• Real Sociedad have not lost any of their last 14 LaLiga home games (W9 D5), since a 0-1 defeat to Real Valladolid last February, their longest unbeaten run at home in the competition since August 2013 (G15 W8 D7).
• Only Villarreal (4) have made fewer direct attacks in LaLiga this season than Mallorca (6).
• Real Sociedad have made the most fast breaks in LaLiga this season (12) and no team has scored more goals thanks to these plays (three, level with Atlético de Madrid).
• Mallorca have not won any of their last four LaLiga games (D3 L1), drawing the last three - Only twice have they recorded four or more draws in a row in the top-flight in the 21st century (D5 in March 2008 and D4 in November 2021).
• Real Sociedad's Carlos Fernández has scored two goals in four games against Mallorca in LaLiga, his joint highest tally against an opponent in the competition (also two against Espanyol, Real Valladolid and Valencia), scoring in two of his last three games against the Balearics.
• Vedat Muriqi has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last five games for Mallorca in LaLiga (four goals and two assists), equalling his best goal involvement run in the competition (five games between October and November 2022 - five goals and one assist).
• Mallorca manager Javier Aguirre has lost seven of his nine visits to Real Sociedad in LaLiga (W1 D1) - only against Barcelona (G14 D3 L11) and Sevilla (G12 W3 D1 L8) has he suffered more defeats as away coach in the competition.
GETAFE CF – REAL BETIS
OCTOBER 21, 2023
• Getafe have won just one of their last five games against Real Betis in LaLiga (D1 L3), the last one against Los Verdiblancos in the competition, 1-0 last May.
• At home, Getafe have failed to win either of their last two games against Real Betis in LaLiga (D1 L1) without managing to score in them, having won all three of their previous three home games against them in the competition without conceding a goal.
• Real Betis have won two of their last three visits to teams from the Madrid region in LaLiga (L1), having failed to win in any of their previous 12 (D6 L6).
• Getafe have not lost any of their last seven home games in LaLiga (W4 D3) and could equal their second-longest unbeaten run at home with José Bordalás as manager in the competition (W4 D4 in September 2019) after 10 in February 2018 (W7 D3).
• Real Betis have not won any of their last four away games in LaLiga (D2 L2), having won three of the previous four (D1).
• Only Alavés (25) have recorded fewer sequences of 10+ passes in open play in LaLiga this season than Getafe (27).
• Real Betis' Willian José has scored five goals in 12 games against Getafe in LaLiga but all of them at home, - the Coliseum is one of the two stadiums he has visited most times in the competition without scoring a goal, along with Mendizorroza (6).
• Borja Mayoral has scored four goals in his last seven games for Getafe in LaLiga, as many as in his previous 21 games in the competition.
• Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has 15 LaLiga wins against Getafe (D4 L4), only against Mallorca (W16 D5 L1) has he won more games in the competition.
• Getafe manager José Bordalás has coached five home games in LaLiga against Real Betis with the result of three wins and two defeats, with the losing side failing to score in each of those five games.
SEVILLA FC – REAL MADRID
OCTOBER 21, 2023
• Sevilla have failed to win any of their last nine matches against Real Madrid in LaLiga (D1 L8), losing each of the last four, and could equal their longest losing streak to Los Blancos in the competition in the 21st century (5 between March 2010 and April 2012).
• At home, Sevilla have lost each of their last four games against Real Madrid in LaLiga, having won each of the previous four, and have never lost five straight home games to Los Madrileños in their top-flight history.
• Real Madrid have taken points in each of their last 14 visits to Andalusian sides in LaLiga (W12 D2), since a 1-2 defeat to Real Betis in March 2020, their longest-ever unbeaten away run against these sides in the competition.
• Sevilla have taken just eight points from their first eight games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W2 D2 L4), and only twice have they taken eight or fewer at this stage of a campaign in the 21st century (seven points in 2002/03, and six points in 2022/23).
• Real Madrid have completed their first nine games of a LaLiga campaign without a draw (W8 L1), the third time in the 21st century after doing so in 2005/06 (W5 L4) and 2014/15 (W7 L2).
• Only Getafe (4) have scored more headed goals away from home in LaLiga this season than Real Madrid (3) - Los Blancos have scored at least one headed goal in three of their last four away games in the competition.
• Sevilla's Iván Rakitic is one of only three players to have provided at least one assist in each of the last 14 LaLiga seasons along with Koke Resurrección and Óscar de Marcos.
• Real Madrid's Rodrygo has scored three goals in five games against Sevilla in LaLiga, his highest tally against the same top-flight opposition, including the second of his only two braces in competition, in his side's 2-1 win at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán last May.
• Jude Bellingham has eight goals in LaLiga 2023/24 for Real Madrid (eight games played), as many as in the entire previous season in the Bundesliga (eight in 31 games).
• If Real Madrid win this game, Sevilla will equal Getafe and Celta Vigo (eight) as the opponents against whom coach Carlo Ancelotti has recorded the most LaLiga wins (currently seven, as well as four other opponents).
RC CELTA DE VIGO – CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID
OCTOBER 21, 2023
• Celta Vigo have not won any of their last nine meetings against Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (D3 L6) since a 2-0 victory in September 2018, and have never gone 10 games without a win against Los Rojiblancos in the competition.
• Atletico Madrid have avoided defeat on their last four visits to Celta Vigo in LaLiga (W3 D1), winning the last three while they could win in four in a row for the first time in their history against the Galician side.
• Celta Vigo have taken just six points from their first nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W1 D3 L5), equalling their lowest tally at this stage of a top-flight campaign in the 21st century (six points in 2013/14, W1 D3 L5).
• Atlético de Madrid have accrued 19 points from their first eight games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W6 D1 L1), their second highest tally at this stage in the last 10 seasons after 2020/21 (20 points - W6 D2).
• Only Real Sociedad (17 goals, 11.6 xG, +5.4), have a higher positive differential between goals scored and Expected Goals than Atlético de Madrid (20 goals, 14.9 xG, +5.1) in LaLiga this season.
• Celta Vigo have dropped eight points via goals conceded in the second half in LaLiga this season, more than any other team.
• No player has won more points for his team with his assists in LaLiga this season than Saúl Ñíguez at Atlético de Madrid (four points with four assists), matched by Brais Méndez (four points with three assists) and Yan Couto (four points with two assists).
• Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas has not scored in any of his last 20 LaLiga games, his longest run without a goal in the competition - his last top-flight goal came on 18 March away to Espanyol.
• Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann has scored eight goals in 21 games against Celta Vigo in LaLiga but is currently on his longest scoreless streak against the Galicians in the competition (seven games).
• Getafe coach Rafa Benítez has lost just one of his last six games against Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (W3 D2), while suffering no defeats in his last three against Los Rojiblancos in the competition (W2 D1).
UD LAS PALMAS – RAYO VALLECANO
OCTOBER 22, 2023
• Las Palmas have lost each of their last three meetings with Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga without managing to score a goal, having lost just two of their previous nine encounters with the Vallecanos in the competition (W2 D5).
• Rayo Vallecano have not lost on any of their last three visits to Las Palmas in all competitions (W1 D2) and have never gone four away games without defeat against the islanders.
• Rayo Vallecano have not lost in any of their last seven matches against newly-promoted LaLiga sides (W5 D2), winning each of the last three, and have scored just two goals in six of those seven games.
• Las Palmas have won their last two LaLiga games, 2-1 v Celta Vigo and 2-1 v Villarreal, and have not registered three consecutive wins in the top-flight since April 2016 (W3).
• Rayo Vallecano have drawn their last four LaLiga games, the last two by identical 2-2 scorelines, and have never played out five consecutive draws in their top-flight history.
• Only Real Madrid (56.5 per cent) and Barcelona (55.4 per cent) have a highest shooting accuracy in LaLiga 2023/24 than Rayo Vallecano (54.2 per cent - 96 total shots excluding blocked shots, 52 of them on target).
• Las Palmas have won four points from goals scored in the last five minutes of a LaLiga game this season, more than any other team.
• Álvaro García has scored in his last two games for Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga (two goals in total), as many goals as in his previous 24 games in the competition and he could equal his longest scoring streak in the top-flight (three games between October and November 2022).
• Marc Cardona has scored one goal in each of his last two LaLiga appearances (vs Celta Vigo and Villarreal) and could become the third Las Palmas’ player to score in three in a row in the top-flight in the 21st Century after Tana in January 2016 and Loïc Rémy in October 2017.
• Rayo Vallecano coach Francisco Rodríguez has managed four games in all competitions against Las Palmas without losing any (W2 D2), winning both away games against the Canaries.
GIRONA CF – UD ALMERÍA
OCTOBER 22, 2023
• Girona have won two of their last three games in all competitions against Almeria (L1), having won just one of their previous five against Almeria (D2 L2).
• At home, Girona have won four of their last six games in all competitions against Almeria (L2), including the only time they have met at Montilivi in LaLiga, 6-2 last February, one of only two occasions the Girona side have scored six goals in a single top-flight game (the other was in January 2018 against Las Palmas, 6-0).
• Girona have won 22 points after nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W7 D1 L1) - On 11 of the last 12 previous occasions that a team had 22 or more points at this stage of the campaign in the top-flight they finished the season in the top three, with the sole exception in this period being Sevilla in 2014/15 (5th).
• Almeria have not won any of their last 12 LaLiga games (D5 L7), which is now their all-time winless streak in the top-flight and have conceded at least three goals in six of their last 10 games in the competition.
• Only Real Madrid (9) and Barcelona (8) have taken more points from losing positions in LaLiga this season than Girona (7).
• Almería have conceded the most headed goals in LaLiga 2023/24 (6) - They have conceded a headed goal in each of their last three trips in the competition (vs Villarreal, Sevilla and Athletic Club).
• Girona have scored nine first-half goals in LaLiga this season, the most by any team along with Atlético Madrid (also nine).
• Luis Suárez has scored each of Almería's last four goals in LaLiga and the last player to score five consecutive goals for the Almeria side in the competition was Tomer Hemed in January 2015 (5).
• Cristhian Stuani has scored five goals in seven games against Almeria in LaLiga, scoring in each of his last three games against them in the top-flight (four goals in total).
• Girona manager Michel Sánchez has five wins in eight games in all competitions against Almería (G8 W5 D0 L3), his highest tally of wins against the same opponent (also five against Alcorcon, G7 W5 D0 L2).
VILLARREAL CF – DEPORTIVO ALAVÉS
OCTOBER 22, 2023
• Villarreal have lost two of their last three games against Alavés in LaLiga (W1) having won each of their previous three against them in the competition. Both teams have scored at least one goal in the last nine games between them in the top-flight.
• At home, Villarreal have won their last three games against Alavés in LaLiga, having lost the previous three, and have never won four in a row against them in the competition.
• Alavés have lost each of their last four visits to teams from the Valencia region in LaLiga, conceding at least three goals in those games, having not lost any of their previous three away games in the competition against these sides (W1 D2).
• Villarreal have won just eight points from their first nine games in LaLiga this season (W2 D2 L5), their second lowest tally at this stage of a top-flight campaign (seven points, W1 D4 L4 in 1998/99, 2002/03 and 2011/12), going on to be relegated in two of those (1998/99 and 2011/12).
• Alavés haven’t won any of their last five LaLiga matches (D2 L3) and have failed to score in three of those five games.
• Villarreal have dropped the joint most points from winning positions in Europe's top five leagues this season (11, along with Brentford).
• Alavés have the lowest shot conversion rate in LaLiga this season (5.65 per cent) . Two of their last three goals in the competition have been own goals scored by opposition players (Héctor Bellerín of Real Betis and Cenk Özkacar of Valencia).
• Gerard Moreno, one of only two Villarreal players to score more than one goal in LaLiga this season (3) along with Alexander Sorloth (4), has scored six goals in 10 games against Alavés in the top-flight, scoring in each of his last three at La Cerámica against the Vitorianos in the competition (four goals in total).
• Kike García, the only Alavés player to have scored more than one goal in LaLiga in 2023/24 (2), has scored four goals in 14 games against Villarreal in the competition; only against Athletic (five goals in 15 games) has he scored more in the top-flight.
• Alavés manager Luis García Plaza has registered three wins in four away games against Villarreal in LaLiga (L1) - his most away wins against an opponent in LaLiga.
FC BARCELONA – ATHLETIC CLUB
OCTOBER 22, 2023
• Barcelona have not lost any of their last seven games against Athletic in LaLiga (W6 D1), winning all three under Xavi Hernández without conceding a goal.
• At home, Barcelona have taken 55 of the last 57 possible points against Athletic in LaLiga (W18 D1), having taken just two of the previous nine at home to Los Rojiblancos in the competition (D2 L1).
• Athletic are the only opponent against whom Barcelona have scored more than 350 goals in LaLiga history (351). They have only failed to score in three of their last 51 top-flight matches against the Bilbao side.
• Barcelona have not lost any of their nine matches in LaLiga in 2023/24 (W6 D3) but have drawn two of their last three (W1) after winning each of the previous five.
• Athletic have won 17 points in their first nine games in LaLiga 2023/24 (W5 D2 L2), equalling their highest tally at this stage of a top-flight season this century (17 points, W5 D2 L2 in 2022/23).
• Athletic have made the most high turnovers of any side in LaLiga this season and could become the first to reach 100 in the current league campaign (96).
• Barcelona have scored the most goals in the last quarter of an hour of a game this season (9) and have won the most points from those goals (8) of any team in Europe's top five leagues.
• Only Jude Bellingham and Antoine Griezmann (both 4) have scored more winning goals in LaLiga this season than Athletic's Gorka Guruzeta (3).
• Since Jules Koundé's debut for Barcelona in LaLiga in August 2022, the Blaugrana have won 77.8 per cent of their LaLiga matches with the Frenchman (who misses this fixture through injury) as starter (G36 W28 D4 L4) compared to just 55.6 per cent without him in the starting XI (G9 W5 D2 L2).
• Athletic manager Ernesto Valverde has won just 10 per cent of his LaLiga games against Barcelona (G20 W2 D7 L11), his lowest per centage against an opponent he has faced on at least three occasions in the competition.
VALENCIA CF – CÁDIZ CF
OCTOBER 23, 2023
• Valencia have failed to win any of their last six games against Cádiz in LaLiga (D3 L3), failing to score in three of them, having won each of their previous five against them in the competition, keeping four clean sheets.
• After five consecutive wins at Mestalla in LaLiga against Cádiz between 1989 and 2006, Valencia have failed to win any of their last three home games against Cádiz in the top-flight (D2 L1), failing to score in the last two.
• Valencia have won just one of their last 13 matches on Mondays in LaLiga, winning 4-3 against Levante in December 2021, although eight of those ended in draws (L4), while Cádiz have lost just one of their last five Monday games (W2 D2).
• Valencia have not won any of their last four LaLiga games (D2 L2) and haven’t gone five games without a win since Rubén Baraja took charge.
• Cádiz are winless in their last five LaLiga matches (D2 L3), losing their last two - they haven’t lost three in a row since losing the first five of the 2022/23 season.
• Valencia have conceded the fewest shots of any team in LaLiga this season (84), their lowest number of shots conceded at this stage of the campaign in the top-flight since at least 2005/06.
• Cádiz have scored their last four LaLiga goals from open play, having scored their first four in the competition this campaign from set-pieces (two from free-kicks, one from a corner and one from a penalty).
• Cádiz's Álvaro Negredo has scored 11 goals in 16 games against Valencia in LaLiga, his highest tally against an opponent in the competition.
• Javi Guerra has been involved in three of Valencia's last four LaLiga goals (two goals and an assist) - he has now scored three goals in nine league games this campaign having scored just once in his 10 LaLiga appearances last season.
• Cádiz manager Sergio González has won his last two games against Valencia in LaLiga, having won just one of his previous 10 against the Valencians in the competition (W1 D3 L6).