LaLiga Matchweek 27: what the stats say

RC Celta de Vigo v UD Almería

Celta de Vigo have won just one of their last five matches against UD Almería in LaLiga (D2 L2), having won in each of their first two top-flight meetings.

UD Almería have only won two of their seven LaLiga matches against Celta de Vigo (D2 L3), despite scoring at least one goal in each of the seven games (13 goals). The Galician side are the team that Almería have faced the most times in the competition while scoring in 100 per cent of the matches (7/7).

Celta de Vigo have not lost any of their last nine home games against Andalusian teams in LaLiga (W4 D5), their best unbeaten run at home to such opponents in the competition since January 1983 (G25 W14 D11).

Celta de Vigo have lost their last three home games in LaLiga and have not lost four in a row at home in a single campaign in the competition since May 2017 under Eduardo Berizzo (L4).

Almería have not won any of their last 29 LaLiga matches (D11 L18), the longest run of consecutive games without a win by any team in the competition's history. They’ve drawn their last three, however, and haven’t strung together four or more without defeat in the top-flight since August 2014 (G5 W3 D2).

Iago Aspas has not scored in any of his four LaLiga meetings with Almería – one of only two teams he has failed to score against in the competition, along with his current club RC Celta de Vigo (one game).

Almería's Jonathan Viera has scored nine goals in nine games against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (four goals and five assists), more than against any other opponent in the competition.

In the last game against Atlético de Madrid, Almería's Luka Romero (19 years and 98 days) became the third youngest player to score a brace in his first LaLiga start in the 21st century, after Juanmi Jiménez with Málaga in 2010 (17y 115d) and Sergio Canales with Racing in 2009 (18y 293d).

This will be RC Celta de Vigo coach Rafael Benítez's second meeting with Almería in LaLiga, after the reverse fixture this season, which ended in a win for the Galician side (2-3). Celta have yet to achieve two wins against a single opponent this season in the competition.

Only against Levante (G6 W4 D1 L1) has Almería coach Gaizka Garitano recorded more wins than against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga (G8 W3 D1 L4 - also three wins against Eibar, Real Betis and Real Sociedad).

Sevilla FC v Real Sociedad

Sevilla have not won any of their last five games against Real Sociedad in LaLiga (D2 L3) since a 2-1 win at the Reale Arena in April 2021 - their worst winless run against the San Sebastián side in the competition since October 2003 (G10 D4 L6).

Real Sociedad have collected points in their last two visits to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in LaLiga (W1 D1), as many points as in their previous eight away games against Sevilla in the competition (W1 D1 L6).

Real Sociedad have won their last three games against Sevilla in LaLiga and can now win four in a row against them for the third time in the history of the competition, having previously done it between 1976 and 1977 (four) and between 1983 and 1985 (five).

Sevilla won their last home game in LaLiga with a clean sheet (1-0 against Atlético de Madrid) and could string together home wins without conceding for the first time this season in the competition.

Real Sociedad have lost two of their last three LaLiga matches (W1), having lost just one of their previous 11 in the competition (W4 D6).

In their last LaLiga match against Villarreal, Jon Pacheco made the most passes (107) by a Real Sociedad player in a top-flight match since Robin Le Normand against Sevilla in November 2022 (112).

Youssef En-Nesyri has scored seven goals in 12 LaLiga games against Real Sociedad – including the first of his two hat-tricks for Sevilla FC in January 2021 at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán – his most against any side in the competition.

Real Sociedad striker Umar Sadiq has scored twice in his only two meetings with Sevilla in LaLiga, the only opponent against whom he has been able to score in two separate games in the competition.

Sevilla coach Quique Sánchez Flores has won eight of his 15 LaLiga matches against Real Sociedad (D5 L2); only against Deportivo de La Coruña and Osasuna (nine) has he achieved more wins in his career in the competition.

Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil has not lost any of his last five games against Sevilla in LaLiga (W3 D2), having lost five of the previous six in the competition (D1).

Rayo Vallecano v Cádiz CF

Rayo Vallecano have lost just two of their last seven matches against Cádiz in LaLiga (W2 D3), having lost three of their first four meetings in the competition (W1).

Cádiz have kept a clean sheet in each of their last two matches against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga (W1 D1), as many times as in their previous nine top-flight meetings against them (W4 D2 L3).

Rayo Vallecano have scored five or more goals on just seven occasions in LaLiga – the first time was in January 1978 against Cádiz in Vallecas (6-1), and the last time was also against Cádiz, in October 2022 in a home match (5-1).

Rayo Vallecano have lost five of their last seven LaLiga matches (D2), one more defeat than in their previous 15 games in the competition (W3 D8 L4).

Cádiz have not won in any of their last away 18 trips in LaLiga (D7 L11), failing to score in the last four - they have not gone five or more without scoring away from home in the top-flight since October 1985 (G5 D1 L4).

Cádiz (14) and Rayo Vallecano (11, level Mallorca) are the teams that have failed to score the most times in LaLiga this season.

Last time out against Celta de Vigo (2-2), Darwin Machís scored his team’s equaliser at 99:03; Cádiz's latest LaLiga goal in the 21st century. The Venezuelan striker has never scored in back-to-back games in the competition.

After scoring in his first two LaLiga games against Cádiz, with Espanyol in 2021 and 2022, Rayo Vallecano's Raúl de Tomás has failed to score in his last two in the competition against them, both with his current club.

Cádiz's Sergi Guardiola has scored in two of his three starts against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga, one goal for Real Valladolid in May 2019 and another for his current club in February 2023.

Cádiz coach Mauricio Pellegrino has faced Rayo Vallecano twice in LaLiga, winning both times. Indeed, they’re the team he’s faced most in the competition with a 100 per cent record.

Getafe CF v Las Palmas

Getafe have won three and lost two of their five matches against UD Las Palmas in LaLiga, their most games without a draw against a single opponent in the top-flight.

UD Las Palmas have won just one of their seven away games against Getafe in all competitions (D1 L5), while that win came on their first visit: 2-1 in December 1990 in a Copa del Rey fourth round first leg.

Getafe have won both of their two home games against Las Palmas in LaLiga, keeping a clean sheet in both. Against no other side have they won their first three home games without conceding in the top-flight.

Getafe have won just two of their last nine LaLiga matches (D3 L4), having won four of their previous six in the competition (D1 L1).

UD Las Palmas have won three of their last five LaLiga matches against opponents from the Madrid region (L2), having failed to win any of their previous 17 meetings in the competition with such opponents (D4 L13).

Getafe have received the most yellow cards in Europe's top five leagues this season (90) – the club’s second-highest yellow card tally in their first 26 games of a top-flight campaign, after 95 in 2011/12.

Las Palmas are one of four opponents against whom Getafe have averaged less than 30 per cent possession in a LaLiga game this season (29.4 per cent in the reverse fixture), after Real Madrid (23.8 per cent in September), Barcelona (25.3 per cent in August) and Celta de Vigo (25.6 per cent in October).

Munir El Haddadi has scored three goals in eight LaLiga games against Getafe, each with a different team (Barcelona, Alavés and Sevilla). Only against Athletic Club has the current Las Palmas striker scored for as many as four different teams in the competition (three also against Celta Vigo).

Getafe coach José Bordalás has won two of his three games against UD Las Palmas in LaLiga, losing only in the reverse fixture this season in Gran Canaria (0-2).

UD Las Palmas coach García Pimienta could become the fourth manager to win his first two meetings without conceding a goal against José Bordalás in LaLiga after Diego Pablo Simeone in 2018, Paco López also in 2018 and Julen Lopetegui in 2019.

Valencia v Real Madrid

Following their 1-0 win in May 2023, Valencia have the chance to win back-to-back home games against Real Madrid in LaLiga for a second time in the last 40 years, previously doing so between 1990 and 1992 (both 2-1).

Real Madrid have lost in five of their nine visits to Mestalla in LaLiga in the last 10 seasons (W2 D2), making it the venue where they have suffered the most away defeats in the competition since the 2014/15 season.

After winning the reverse fixture in November at the Santiago Bernabéu (5-1), Real Madrid will be looking to complete a league double over Valencia for just a second time in the last decade, having achieved it in the 2021/22 campaign (2-1 and 4-1), when they went on to win the title.

Valencia have won just one of their last four LaLiga matches (D1 L2), having won each of their previous four in the competition and failing to score in their last two – they have not gone three in a row without scoring in the top-flight since February 2023.

Real Madrid have not lost any of their last 20 LaLiga games (W15 D5), their best unbeaten run in a single campaign in the competition since the last 23 games of 2011/12 under José Mourinho (W20 D3).

Real Madrid have conceded only 16 goals in 26 LaLiga 2023/24 games, their lowest tally of goals conceded at this stage of a campaign in the history of the competition.

Hugo Duro has scored two goals in his last three games against Real Madrid in LaLiga. Only against Atlético de Madrid (five) has the Valencia striker scored more goals than against Real Madrid (five games in total) in the competition (two goals also against Athletic and Cádiz).

Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior has scored six goals in nine meetings with Valencia in LaLiga, his favourite opponent in the competition along with Levante (six goals in seven league meetings).

Following their 1-0 win at Mestalla last season, Valencia coach Rubén Baraja could become only the third manager to win his first two home LaLiga games without conceding against Real Madrid in the 21st century, after Unai Emery and Josep Guardiola, both in 2009.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has lost two of his four games against Valencia at Mestalla in LaLiga (W2). Only against Barcelona and Atlético Madrid (three) has the Italian suffered more away defeats in the competition (two also against Real Sociedad).

Villarreal v Granada

After losing two of their first four matches against Granada in LaLiga (W2), Villarreal have not lost any of their last 13 matches against them in the competition (W8 D5), their longest unbeaten run against a single opponent in the top-flight.

At home, Villarreal have played eight matches against Granada without defeat (W5 D3), as many as against Almería (W6 D2), and only against Real Zaragoza (G11 W6 D5) have they played more home games in the top-flight without a single defeat.

Granada have lost on their last two visits to teams from the Valencia region in LaLiga, having lost in only one of their previous eight (W2 D5), and have not lost in three in a row away to these sides in the competition since September 2015 (L4).

Villarreal have not lost any of their last six LaLiga games (W2 D4), having lost four of their previous five (W1), and have not gone seven without defeat in the competition since October 2021 under Unai Emery (G7 W2 D5).

Granada have not won any of their last six LaLiga matches (D3 L3), drawing each of their last three, and have not drawn four in a row in the competition since April 2016 (D4).

Villarreal's Santi Comesaña scored a brace in his last LaLiga match against Real Sociedad, scoring as many goals as in his previous 41 games in the competition.

Alex Baena has made the most assists of any player in LaLiga 2023/24 (8), the second highest tally by a Villarreal player after his first 23 games of a top-flight campaign following Denis Cheryshev's nine in 2014/15 (also eight Roberto Soldado in 2015/16).

Villarreal's Gerard Moreno has scored eight goals in 10 games against Granada in LaLiga, his highest tally against a single opponent in the competition, including his only top-flight hat-trick in April 2021.

Excluding own goals, Myrto Uzuni has been involved in five of Granada's last 10 LaLiga goals (four goals and one assist), also scoring three of the Granada’s last six home goals in the competition.

Villarreal coach Marcelino García Toral has lost just one of his last seven matches against Granada in LaLiga (W4 D2) and that defeat was away, 0-1 in May 2022, losing none of his last five at home against Granada in the competition (W4 D1).

Atlético Madrid v Real Betis

Atlético de Madrid have not lost any of their last nine games against Real Betis in LaLiga (W7 D2), since a 0-1 defeat in February 2019, and have kept clean sheets in each of the last two (W1 D1).

At home, Atlético de Madrid have not lost any of their last 10 games against Real Betis in LaLiga (W9 D1), keeping clean sheets in each of their last seven, their longest run without conceding against Los Verdiblancos at home in the competition.

Real Betis have won two of their last four visits to teams from the Madrid region in LaLiga (D1 L1), twice as many wins as in their previous 19 away games against these teams in the top-flight (W1 D8 L10).

Atlético de Madrid have won just one of their last four LaLiga matches (D2 L1), having won each of their previous three, although they have won their last four at home in the competition, keeping a clean sheet in three of them.

Real Betis have won their last two LaLiga trips, keeping a clean sheet in both, and have not won three away games in a row without conceding a goal in the competition since October 1996 (W3).

Atlético de Madrid attempted 18 shots in their last LaLiga game against Almería, their joint-highest tally in a single match they’ve failed to win in the competition this season (also 18 against Girona in January).

Atlético de Madrid's Antoine Griezmann has been involved in eight goals in his last nine games against Real Betis in LaLiga (five goals and three assists), although he has failed to score or assist in the four games he has played in the competition against Los Verdiblancos at the Civitas Metropolitano.

After being involved in four goals in his first six games against Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (three goals and an assist), Real Betis' Willian José has failed to score or assist in the next nine games against the red-and-whites in the top-flight.

Having lost just three of his first seven visits to Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga (W3 D1), Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has lost in each of his last five away games against them in the competition, precisely since Diego Simeone's arrival on the red-and-white bench.

Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Simeone has now managed 11 LaLiga matches against Manuel Pellegrini without losing any (W7 D4), his highest tally against a single manager without suffering a defeat in the competition (also 11 v Jagoba Arrasate, W11, and v José Bordalás, W8 D3).

Mallorca v Girona

Mallorca have not won any of their three LaLiga games against Girona (D1 L2), losing each of the last two - both away from home.

At home, Mallorca have only lost one of their seven matches against Girona in all competitions in the 21st century (W4 D2), 0-1 in Segunda División in May 2015.

Mallorca have lost two of their last three home games in LaLiga (W1), double the amount of defeats they suffered in their previous 17 at home in the top-flight (W6 D10 L1).

Girona have lost their last two away games in LaLiga, having not lost any of their previous 11 away games in the competition (W8 D3). They haven’t lost three in a row on the road since October 2022 (L3).

Girona have scored the most goals in LaLiga 2023/24 (57) – no team outside of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid have managed to score as many goals after their first 26 games of a campaign in the competition as this since Real Zaragoza in 1961/62 (65).

Mallorca have scored the highest per centage of their goals in LaLiga 2023/24 inside the first 15 minutes of the match (26 per cent - 6/23) and have conceded the lowest per centage in the first 15 minutes of the second half (6 per cent - 2/34).

Each of the last two goals Mallorca have conceded in LaLiga this season have been headers (Mikel Merino with Real Sociedad and Carlos Benavídez with Alavés), having conceded just two of their previous 16 goals in the competition in this way.

Mallorca's Abdón Prats scored his only LaLiga brace against Girona in the reverse fixture this season – despite only playing 12 minutes.

Sávio and Yan Couto have each provided seven assists in LaLiga this season, equalling the highest tally by a Girona player in a top-flight campaign (seven by Alejandro Granell in 2017/18).

Girona coach Míchel Sánchez has lost only one of his four matches in all competitions against Mallorca (W2 D1), but that was the most recent one, 2-3 in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals last January.

Athletic Club v Barcelona

Athletic have failed to win any of their last eight matches against Barcelona in LaLiga (D1 L7), losing the last four without managing to score, since their 1-0 win in August 2019.

After four consecutives away wins against Athletic in LaLiga between 2015 and 2017, Barcelona have only managed to win in two of their last five visits to the red-and-white side in the competition (D2 L1).

Barcelona have not lost in their last 14 visits to teams from the Basque Country in LaLiga (W11 D3) since their 0-1 defeat v Athletic in August 2019, winning in all six since Xavi Hernandez's arrival.

Athletic have not lost any of their last 12 home games in LaLiga (W10 D2), winning each of their last seven. They haven’t won eight or more in a row at home in the top-flight since September 1983 (W8).

Barcelona have not lost any of their last 12 away games in LaLiga (W7 D5), winning each of the last four. They last won five or more in a row on the road in the competition in February 2023 (W6).

Barcelona have scored at least one goal in each of their last 25 LaLiga matches (56 goals scored) since their 0-0 draw with Getafe in their first league match of the season, their longest scoring streak in the competition since May 2021 (26 matches, 65 goals) under Ronald Koeman.

Gorka Guruzeta has scored 10 goals in 25 appearances in LaLiga 2023/24, four more than he managed in his last league campaign (six in 30 games), becoming the first Athletic player to reach this figure after his first 25 games of a season in the competition since Aritz Aduriz in 2016/17 (12).

Barcelona's João Félix has been involved in 13 goals this season in all competitions (8 goals and 5 assists in 30 games), one more than in the whole of last season (12 - 9G 3A in 40 games). Only in 2020/21 and 2021/22 (15 - 10G 5A in each) has he been involved in more goals in his career in the top five European leagues across all competitions.

Álex Berenguer has scored six goals in 23 appearances for Athletic in LaLiga, his second highest tally in a single campaign in the competition since 2020/21 (eight goals in 35 games).

Only Getafe (G5 W4 D1) has Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández faced more times in LaLiga without his team conceding a goal than against Athletic (G4 W4).

Osasuna v Deportivo Alavés

Osasuna have not lost any of their last eight matches against Alavés in LaLiga (W7 D1), keeping a clean sheet in each of the last four, having kept a clean sheet in just three of their previous 13 against them in the top-flight (W7 D2 L4).

At home, Osasuna have not lost any of their last LaLiga three games against Alavés (W2 D1), their longest unbeaten run against them in the competition.

Osasuna have not won and have failed to score at all in their last three matches played on a Monday in LaLiga (D2 L1) while Alavés have lost five of their last six played on that day in the competition (W1).

Osasuna have won four of their last five home games in LaLiga (L1), picking up as many wins as they managed in their previous 12 home games in the competition (W4 D3 L5).

Alavés have not won any of their last four LaLiga matches (D3 L1), drawing their last three. Alavés have never drawn four games in a row in the competition.

Osasuna have conceded 11 headed goals in LaLiga 2023/24, more than any other team, while Alaves’ last three goals in the competition have all been headers.

Osasuna's Ante Budimir has scored in each of his last two games against Alavés in LaLiga (two goals in total). He has never scored in three consecutive matches against a single opponent in the top-flight.

Luis Rioja has been involved in four goals in his last eight games for Alavés in LaLiga (three goals and one assist), as many goal involvements as he managed in the rest of his 18 league games this season (one goal and three assists).

Jagoba Arrasate has not lost any of his seven meetings as Osasuna coach against Alavés in LaLiga (W6 D1) – only against Cádiz (G8 W7 D1) has he managed more games without suffering defeat in the competition in charge of the Reds.

Having not lost any of his first five LaLiga games against Osasuna (W1 D4), Alavés coach Luis García Plaza has lost four of his last five against the Navarran side in the competition (W1), losing all of his last three.