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LaLiga Friday night action: what the stats say

football26 August 2022 14:46
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Girona FC v RC Celta de Vigo

- Girona have only won two of their last six games in all competitions against Celta de Vigo (D1 L3), but both wins came in LaLiga, in February and September 2018.

- Girona has played more LaLiga home games against Celta de Vigo while winning 100% of them than against any other side (2).

- Girona are winless in their last four home games in LaLiga on a Friday (D2 L2), while Celta Vigo are unbeaten in their last four away games on that day in the competition (W1 D3).

- Girona have won two of their last three LaLiga home games (L1), including their last in the competition (3-1 vs Getafe) - only once in their history have they won two consecutive games at Montilivi in the top-flight, in March 2018 (6).

- Celta Vigo have won just one of their last 10 LaLiga away trips (D3 L6), 2-0 against Athletic in April, having won in six of their previous 11 (D3 L2).

- Only Real Betis (20%) have a better shot conversion rate in LaLiga this season than Girona (17.6%) - the Catalan side have converted three of their 17 total shots in the league campaign (seven of them on target).

- Celta Vigo have made the most build-up attacks (attacks with more than 10 passes) in LaLiga this season (9) but have only managed to convert one of them into a goal.

- Iago Aspas has been involved in nine goals in his last nine games for Celta Vigo in LaLiga (seven goals and two assists), scoring in both of his appearances this campaign - the first time he has scored in his first two seasonal games in LaLiga.

- Cristhian Stuani has scored in five of his last seven LaLiga games for Girona at Montilivi, although his side have lost four of those five games, with the exception of last game to Getafe (3-1).

- Girona coach Míchel Sánchez has faced Celta twice in LaLiga with different teams, picking up one win (4-2 with Rayo Vallecano in January 2019) and one defeat (1-2 with Huesca in December 2020).

Real Betis v CA Osasuna

- Real Betis are unbeaten in their last eight matches against Osasuna in LaLiga (W7 D1), winning the last five - only three times have they recorded six straight wins against the same opponent in their top-flight history: against Espanyol in 1983, Real Valladolid in 1999 and Real Zaragoza in 2013.

- Real Betis have won six of their last seven LaLiga home games against Osasuna (L1) - only against Las Palmas (77.3% - G22 W17 D3 L2), do they have a higher percentage of home wins in the top-flight than against Osasuna (66.7% - G30 W20 D6 L4), among opponents they have faced at home on at least 15 occasions in the competition.

- Osasuna have won on two of their last four visits to Andalusian sides in LaLiga (L2), having won on just one of their previous 11 away against them in the competition (D2 L8).

- Real Betis are unbeaten in their last eight LaLiga matches played on a Friday (W3 D5), while Osasuna have won just two of their last 11 on that day in the competition (D6 L3).

- Real Betis are unbeaten in their last five LaLiga matches (W4 D1), winning both in this’s season campaign - they have not won their first three games of a top-flight season since 2011/12 when they won the first four.

- Osasuna have won their two opening games in LaLiga 2022/23 - they have never won their first three games in a campaign in their top-flight history.

- Two of the three teams to have won the most penalties in LaLiga this season meet in this fixture: Osasuna (3) and Real Betis (2, level with Real Madrid) - the Navarrese side have won as many penalties in two games in LaLiga 2022/23 as they had in their previous 23 games in the competition.

- Real Betis’ Juanmi has been involved in eight goals in nine games against Osasuna in LaLiga (six goals and two assists) - only against Levante has he been involved in more in the competition (nine, eight goals and one assist) - he scored two goals and assisted another two in their last game against the Navarran side in LaLiga, in April.

- Chimy Avila has scored in both of his two games for Osasuna in LaLiga this season (two goals in total) - only once has he scored in three or more successive top-flight games (four games in November-December 2019).

- Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini is unbeaten in his last eight meetings with Osasuna in LaLiga (W5 D3), winning the last five, since a 0-1 loss to Málaga in March 2011.

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