Valencia CF (11/5) - Real Betis Balompié (5/4)

May 10, 2022

• Valencia have failed to win any of their last three meetings with Real Betis in LaLiga (D1 L2), having won four of their previous six (D1 L1).
• Following their 4-1 win at Benito Villamarín in the reverse fixture, Real Betis Balompié have the chance to achieve the league double over Valencia for the fourth time in their LaLiga history (1935/36, 1959/60 and 1975/76).
• Real Betis have won points in four of their last six visits at Mestalla in LaLiga (W2 D2), having lost their previous nine away league games against Valencia, and could win consecutive away games against them for only the second time in the competition's history (1-0 in 1984 and 2-0 in 1986).
• Valencia have not won any of their last six LaLiga matches, although they have drawn four of them (L2). No side has drawn more games than Valencia in the competition in 2021/22 (also 14 Cádiz and Sevilla).
• Real Betis have not lost any of their last four LaLiga away games (W1 D3), drawing 0-0 in their last two. Never in the history of the competition have Real Betis recorded three successive 0-0 draws away from home.
• Valencia have committed the most fouls (587) and conceded the most (539) of any team in LaLiga this season. They have also received the most yellow cards (118) and the most red cards (eight).
• Valencia's Gonçalo Guedes has scored four goals in eight LaLiga games against Real Betis, more than against any other opponent in the competition. In total, the Portuguese has been involved in seven goals against Real Betis (four goals and three assists), also his best record against an opponent.
• Real Betis striker Borja Iglesias has scored four goals in eight meetings with Valencia in all competitions,including three in his last two: a brace in the 4-1 win in the reverse fixture and a goal in the Copa del Rey 2022 final at La Cartuja.
• Valencia coach José Bordalás has not won any of his last three meetings with Real Betis in all competitions (D1 L2), losing just one fewer than in his previous 13 meetings against them (W7 D3 L3).
• Manuel Pellegrini has won four of his last eight LaLiga away games against Valencia (D1 L3), including victory in his only league visit to Mestalla as Real Betis coach (2-0 in October 2020).

Granada CF (9/4) – Athletic Club (5/4)

May 10, 2022

• Granada have won their last two LaLiga home games against Athletic Club, keeping a clean sheet in both. Only once have they managed three straight home wins against the Basque side in the competition, and that was between March 1959 and October 1960.
• After the 2-2 draw at San Mamés in the reverse fixture, Granada and Athletic could draw their two matches in a LaLiga season for the second time, previously doing so in the 1943/44 campaign (2-2 in Bilbao and 0-0 in Granada).
• Granada have scored 53 goals in 51 meetings with Athletic Club in LaLiga (W13 D12 L26), more than against any other opponent in the competition. Moreover, only against Real Sociedad (16) and Elche (14) have Granada won more LaLiga games (13, the same as against four other teams).
• Granada have not lost any of their last three matches in LaLiga, taking a total of five out of a possible nine points (W1 D2), as many as in their previous 12 matches in the competition (five points of 36 - W1 D2 L9).
• Athletic Club have not lost any of their last three LaLiga matches (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet in the last two. They have not kept a clean sheet in three successive matches in the competition since September 2021 (W2 D1).
• Granada have scored seven goals from their last eight shots on target in LaLiga (six from seven against Mallorca in their last match), just one fewer than they scored from their previous 32 attempts in the competition (eight goals).
• Jorge Molina has scored six goals against Athletic Club in LaLiga, his joint-most against an opponent along with Real Madrid and Mallorca. Moreover, the Granada striker, who has scored in his last two league games against the Basques, could make it three in a row for the second time against the same opponent in the competition after doing so against Mallorca.
• Raúl García has scored six goals in 16 meetings with Granada in LaLiga, three of them with Athletic Club (eight meetings). Only against Villarreal, Celta Vigo (eight) and Getafe (seven) has he scored more goals in the competition (six also against four other teams).
• Aitor Karanka is unbeaten in his three LaLiga games (W1 D2) and could be the fourth Granada coach to gounbeaten in his first four games in the competition, after Miguel Muñoz in 1975 (W2 D2), Joaquín Caparrósin 2014 (W2 D2) and José Ramón Sandoval in 2015 (W3 D1).
• Athletic coach Marcelino García Toral has won five of his nine LaLiga meetings with Granada (D2 L2) but only one of those has come in his three visits to the Nuevo Los Cármenes (D1 L1): 3-1 with Villarreal in September 2015.

FC Barcelona (2/5) - RC Celta de Vigo (6/1)

May 10, 2022

• Barcelona have won just three of their last nine LaLiga games against Celta de Vigo (D4 L2), after winning 10 of their previous 14 against them in the competition (D1 L3).
• After the 3-3 draw at Balaídos in the reverse fixture this term, Celta de Vigo could collect points in their two games against Barcelona in a single season in LaLiga for the ninth time, previously doing so in 2017/18 (D2).
• Celta de Vigo have won two of their last seven away LaLiga games against Barcelona (D1 L4), more wins than in their previous 48 games away from home against the Blaugranas in the competition (W1 D10 L37).
• Barcelona are unbeaten in their 32 LaLiga games played on a Tuesday (W22 D10), the best unbeaten record for a team on a specific day in the competition’s history.
• Barcelona have lost two of their last three home LaLiga games (W1) – they have lost four games at home in the competition this term, last losing more in 1987/88 (7).
• Celta de Vigo have won two of their last four LaLiga games (D1 L1), one win more than in their previous eight games in the top-flight (W1 D3 L4).
• Barcelona have scored a league-high 16 headed goals this season and Celta de Vigo have scored a league-low 3 headed goals – only Internazionale (18) and Rennes (17) have scored more headed goals than Barcelona (16, alongside Friburgo) in the big 5 European League this term.
• Barcelona’s Jordi Alba has provided 10 assists in 28 appearances in LaLiga 2021/22, as many as in his previous two seasons in the competition combined (10 in 62 games). He is the defender with the most assists in LaLiga this term, at least double the number of any other defender (Elche’s Johan Mojica, 5).
• Celta de Vigo’ Iago Aspas has scored nine goals in 14 games against Barcelona in LaLiga, the same as Cristiano Ronaldo in 18 games against them in the competition and could equal Diego Forlán as the player with the most goals scored against Barcelona in the top-flight in the 21st Century (10 in 11 games).
• Celta de Vigo coach Euardo Coudet has avoided defeat in his two LaLiga games against Barcelona (W1 D1) and could become in the sixth manager to go unbeaten in his first three games against the Blaugranas in the competition, with Athletic’s Howard Kendall doing so most recently in 1988 (W3).

Deportivo Alaves (11/10) - RCD Espanyol (49/20)

May 11, 2022

• Alaves have won just two of their last 12 LaLiga games against Espanyol (D4 L6), failing to score in seven of the last 10 and collecting these two wins in their last three matches at home against them in the competition (D1).
• Espanyol have avoided defeat in their last four LaLiga games against Alaves (W3 D1), keeping a clean sheet in the last three – they could win three in a row and could keep a clean sheet in four consecutive matches against the Basque side for the first time in the competition ever.
• After winning 1-0 against Alaves at the RCD Stadium in September 2021, Espanyol could complete the league double against the Basque side for the second time in LaLiga after 2016/17 (1-0 at Mendizorrotzaand 1-0 in Barcelona).
• Alaves have won their last two home games in LaLiga, after winning just one of their previous eight at Mendizorrotza in the competition (W1 D4 L3) – they last won three on the bounce on home soil in the competition in November 2018 (3).
• Espanyol have won just one of their last 26 away games in LaLiga (D7 L18), 2-1 v Valencia in December 2021, losing their last three on the road.
• Alaves have carried out a league-low 15 build up attacks (10+ passes) this season but they have scored two goals in this manner, more than eight other sides in LaLiga in this term.
• Alaves’s Gonzalo Escalante has scored four goals in 15 appearances in LaLiga 2021/22, his joint-highest tally in a single season in the top-flight (alongside 2018/19, four in 32 games with Eibar).
• Espanyol’s Raúl de Tomás has scored in three of his four appearances in LaLiga against Alaves (three goals in total), his joint-highest tally against a specific opponent in the competition (alongside Athletic and Celta de Vigo, three).
• Alaves’ Julio Velazquez has drawn his two games as a manager against Espanyol in all competitions, both 1-1, in the Copa del Rey Last 32 in 2016 with Alcorcon - his team progressing on penalties.
• Espanyol boss Vicente Moreno has won two of his last six games against Alaves in all competitions (D1 L3), but those wins were at home: 1-0 for Mallorca in February 2020 and 1-0 for his current team in the reverse fixture this season in September 2021.

CA Osasuna (6/4) - Getafe CF (43/20)

May 11, 2022

• Osasuna have failed to both win and score in their last five games against Getafe in LaLiga and could equal their longest run for both against the Madrilenian side in the competition, recorded between February 2005 and November 2007 (D2 L4).
• Getafe have kept 16 clean sheets in 25 LaLiga games against Osasuna, their highest tally against a singleopponent in the competition. They have enjoyed the highest percentage of clean sheets in LaLiga against the Navarre side (64%) among opponents they have faced at least five times.
• Osasuna are unbeaten in their last eight games at home in LaLiga against Getafe (W3 D5), keeping a clean sheet in the last seven. This is their best run without conceding a goal at home against the same opponent in the top-flight since March 2003 v Mallorca (9).
• In the 25 games in LaLiga between Osasuna (17 goals) and Getafe (27), 1.8 goals have been scored on average, the lowest rate in a fixture in the competition in the 21st Century played at least 20 times (44 goals on aggregate).
• Osasuna have lost just one of their last five games in LaLiga (W2 D2), with that defeat coming against Real Madrid on MD33, after losing four of their previous six in the competition before this run (W2).
• Getafe are unbeaten in their last three LaLiga games (W1 D2), keeping a clean sheet in all three – they last kept a clean sheet in four in a row in the competition in February 2020 (W4).
• Only Valencia (587) have conceded more fouls in LaLiga 2021/22 than Getafe (524, 15 on average) – this is the lowest total for the Madrilenian side in a single season in the top-flight since 2015/16 (15 per game).
• Getafe’s Enes Ünal has failed to score in his last three appearances in LaLiga, his longest goal-drought in the competition since October 2021 (15)
• Osasuna’s Jagoba Arrasate has won just two of his 10 games as a manager against Getafe in all competitions (D5 L3), the last one coming with Numancia in LaLiga SmartBank in January 2017 (2-0).
• Getafe coach Quique Sánchez Flores has won his last six games against Osasuna in LaLiga, his best run against the same opponent in the competition. In total, he has won eight games against the Navarre side in the top-flight, also his highest tally against a single opponent.

Sevilla FC (8/13) - RCD Mallorca (5/1)

May 11, 2022

• Sevilla have won their last three home games against Mallorca in LaLiga and could win four in a row at home against them for the first time ever in the competition.
• After the 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture this season in October 2021, Mallorca could collect points in their two games against Sevilla in a single season in the top-flight for ninth time, and the first since 2010/11 (W1 D1).
• Mallorca have won just five of their 25 away LaLiga games against Sevilla (D6 L14), with three of them coming in their last eight visits to Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán (L5), the last one in November 2010 (2-1).
• Sevilla have drawn nine of their last 15 LaLiga games (W4 L2) – they have drawn more games in 2022 than any other side in the big 5 European Leagues (9).
• Mallorca have lost their last nine away games in LaLiga and could equal their longest losing run away from home in the competition ever, which came via their first 10 matches away from home in the Top-flightbetween September 1960 and February 1961.
• Sevilla have conceded the first goal the fewest times in LaLiga this season (9) while no other side hasconceded first goal more times away from home than Mallorca (14, alongside Alaves).
• Sevilla’s Jesús Navas has scored three goals against Mallorca in LaLiga, with the last one coming in a 3-1 in April 2012. They Andalusian side’s captain has failed to score in his last 106 appearances in the competition, since a goal against Barcelona in February 2019.
• RCD Mallorca striker Ángel Rodríguez has scored three goals against Sevilla in LaLiga, all of them in 2018 and all away from home – at no other ground has he scored more than at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in the competition (alongside Mestalla, also three).
• Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui has avoided defeat in his three games as a manager in LaLiga against Mallorca (W2 D1), winning his two games in the competition against Mallorca coach Javier Aguirre, both in the 2019/20 season with the Mexican in charge of Leganes.
• Mallorca’s Javier Aguirre has lost eight and drawn one of his last nine games against Sevilla in LaLiga, winning for the last time against them in the competition in March 2008 with Atlético de Madrid at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán (2-1).

Elche CF (24/5) - Club Atlético de Madrid (13/20)

 May 11, 2022

• Elche have lost their last four games at home in LaLiga against Atlético de Madrid, failing to score in the last three, as many defeats as in their previous 18 home matches against them in the competition (W8 D6 L4).
• Atlético de Madrid have won their last nine games against Elche in LaLiga, keeping a clean sheet in six of the last seven. Only against Getafe in December 2020 (13) and Sporting de Gijón (12 in January 2010), havethey enjoyed a longer winning run.
• Elche won a game against Atlético de Madrid in all competitions for the last time in March 2002, 5-1 in LaLiga SmartBank, when their former player Nino scored a brace. Since then, Elche have failed to win in their nine games against Atlético (D1 L8).
• Elche are unbeaten in their last two home games in LaLiga (W1 D1), after losing their previous three at Martínez Valero – they have failed to score in just one of their last eight matches at home in the competition (0-1 v Valencia the last March).
• Atlético de Madrid have lost their last two games away from home in LaLiga, failing to score in both – they last lost three in a row away from home in the competition in May 2005 (3).
• Atlético de Madrid have conceded a league-low 17% of their goals in the last 15 minutes of games this season (7/41), with their last goal conceded in this period scored by Sevilla’s Ocampos in December 2021 (88ndminute).
• Excluding own goals, Elche have scored two of their last three goals in LaLiga from set-pieces (one free kick and one from a corner) after scoring each of their previous 17 goals in the competition from open play.
• Atlético de Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann has scored four goals in five games in LaLiga against Elche, but none in his two visits to Martínez Valero in the competition. The Frenchman has failed to score in his last 12 appearances in LaLiga, his longest goal drought in a single season in the competition since January 2012 (14 – his longest run without scoring in a single season in the top-flight).
• Elche’s Francisco Rodríguez has lost three of their last four games as a manager in LaLiga against Atlético de Madrid, enjoying a win with Almería in February 2014 (2-0).
• Diego Pablo Simeone will manage his 400th game in LaLiga with Atlético de Madrid (W243 D93 L63) and will become just the third manager to reach this tally with the same team in the competition after Miguel Muñoz (424 with Real Madrid) and Luis Aragonés (407 with Atlético de Madrid).

Real Sociedad (16/25) - Cádiz CF (24/5)

May 12, 2022

• Real Sociedad have won their last three games in LaLiga against Cadiz, their longest winning run against them in the competition ever.
• Cadiz have lost their last five games against Real Sociedad in all competitions, one defeat more than in their previous 15 matches against them (W2 D9 L4).
• Real Sociedad are unbeaten in their last 13 games at home against Cádiz in LaLiga (W11 D2) – only against Elche (P18 W16 D2) they have played more matches at home without a defeat in the competition ever.
• Real Sociedad have taken just two of the last 12 points available in LaLiga (P4 D2 L2) after winning 19 of the previous 27 points available in the competition (P9 W6 D1 L2).
• Cádiz have won two of their last four games in LaLiga (D1 L1), only one win fewer than in their previous 18 matches in the competition (W3 D7 L8). Indeed, after winning their last game in LaLiga, 3-0 v Elche, Cádiz could win two in a row in the top-flight for the first time since May 2021 (2).
• Real Sociedad have kept 19 clean sheets in 35 games in LaLiga this season and could equal their best tally in a single season in the top-flight, 20 clean sheets in 34 games in 1979-80.
• Real Sociedad’s Aleksander Isak has scored three goals in three games in LaLiga against Cádiz, his highest tally against the same opponent in the competition alongside Alavés (six games) and Espanyol (four games).
• Cádiz’s Álvaro Negredo has failed to score in his five LaLiga games at Reale Arena (11 shots attempted) – in no other venue he has attempt more shots without scoring in the competition (11 at Santiago Bernabéu also).
• Real Sociedad’s Imanol Alguacil has won his three games in LaLiga as a manager against Cádiz – only against Elche and Mallorca does he have a better 100% winning record in the competition (both 4/4).
• Cádiz boss Sergio González has failed to win in his five games against Real Sociedad’s Imanol Alguacil in LaLiga (D3 L2) – only against Diego Simeone (P10 D2 L8) he has managed more games without a win in the competition, while he’s also winless in five such games against Julen Lopetegui (P5 D4 L1).

Rayo Vallecano (10/3) - Villarreal CF (10/13)

May 12, 2022

• Rayo Vallecano are unbeaten in their last three home games against Villarreal in LaLiga (W2 D1), after losing in four of their previous five at home against them in the competition (D1).
• Villarreal have won the 64.7% of their 17 games against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga (W11 D3 L3), their third-highest percentage of wins against an opponent with at least 10 meetings in the competition after Sporting de Gijón (66.7% - P12 W8 D2 L2) and Levante (65.4% - P26 W17 D2 L7).
• After winning 2-0 at La Cerámica in the reverse fixture, Villarreal could do the league double over Rayo Vallecano whilst keeping a clean sheet in both for the second time in the top-flight, previously doing so in 2011-12 (both 2-0).
• Rayo Vallecano are unbeaten in their last four games in LaLiga (W2 D2) and could avoid the defeat in five in row in the competition for the second time this season after September 2021 (P5 W4 D1).
• Villarreal have lost four of their last five away games in LaLiga (W1) after winning three of their previous four away from home in the competition (L1).
• Villarreal have conceded a league-low three goals in the first 15 minutes of the games this season (alongside Real Betis).
• Rayo Vallecano’s Radamel Falcao has scored three goals in two appearances in LaLiga against Villarreal, anaverage of 1.5 goals per game. Only against Deportivo de La Coruña (2.5 on average, five goals in two games) does he have a better goals per game ratio in the competition (1.5 against Racing de Santander too, three goals in two games).
• After failing to be involved in any goal in his first 11 appearances in LaLiga for Villarreal, Giovanni Lo Celso has had a hand in one goal in each of his last two games in the competition (one goal and one assist).
• Rayo Vallecano boss Andoni Iraola has won one of his two games as a manager in all competitions against Villarreal (L1), a 4-0 victory with Mirandés in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals in February 2020.
• Villarreal’s Unai Emery has won 90% of his games as a manager in LaLiga against Rayo Vallecano (P10 W9 D1), his highest percentage against the same opponent with at least three matches in the competition, alongside v Almería (90% - P10 W9 D1).

Real Madrid CF (1/2) - Levante UD (19/4)

May 12, 2022

• Real Madrid have won the 33% of their games against Levante in LaLiga since 2017-18 (P9 W3 D3 L3), only against Villarreal (30% - P10 W3 D6 L1) do they have a lowest win percentage in the competition since then (min. four matches).
• Real Madrid have won just one of their last four home games in LaLiga against Levante (D1 L2), after winning in 10 of their previous 11 games at home against them in the competition (L1).
• After their 3-3 draw at Ciutat de Valencia against Real Madrid in August 2021, Levante could collect points in their two games in the same season against the Madrilean side for the second time in the competition ever (1-1 and 2-2 in 2017-18).
• After losing their last game in LaLiga against Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid could lose consecutivematches in the competition for the first time since May 2019.
• Levante have won three of their last six games in LaLiga (D1 L2), as many as in their previous 37 games in the competition (W3 D13 L21).
• Real Madrid have lost a league-low two points after scoring the first goal this season (alongside Real Betis) – the Whites have won 20 of the 21 games when they have conceded the first goal in the competition this term (D1).
• Real Marid’s Isco has scored five goals in 16 appearances in LaLiga against Levante, and he has provided two assists, against no other opponent in LaLiga does he have more goal involvements against (7).
• Levante’s Roberto Soldado has scored five goals against Real Madrid in LaLiga with three different sides (one for Getafe, three for Valencia and one for Villarreal) – no player has scored against Real Madrid with four different sides in the competition this century.
• This will be the third meeting among Italian managers in LaLiga ever (Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti v Levante’s Alessio Lisci) after the two wins for Valencia’s Claudio Ranieri against Atlético Madrid’s Arrigo Sacchi in 1998-99.
• After winning at Wanda Metropolitano in LaLiga in February 1-0, Alessi Lisci could become the second Levante boss to collect points in his away games against Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid in a single season in the competition, after Paco López the last season (W2).