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Opta Facts La Liga 2012-13 - Matchday 35

Written By maxtv on Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 16:00


Levante v Real Zaragoza
Levante have only won two of their 15 top-flight meetings with Zaragoza (D6 L7).
The sides have shared the spoils in four of their seven meetings in Valencia in La Liga, with the last three all ending 0-0.
Only against Barcelona (6%) and Real Madrid (12%) do Levante have a worse win rate in La Liga than against Zaragoza (13% - minimum five games played).
Levante have won just eight points since the start of February - a La Liga-low.
Zaragoza have won two successive league games for the first time in the year 2013.
Levante have lost their last two league games at the Ciutat de Valencia. They have not lost three in a row there since their promotion in 2010.
Zaragoza's last victory at Levante's ground in La Liga saw them escape relegation on the final day of the 2010/11 campaign (2-1 win).
Only Falcao (8) has scored more penalty goals than Apono in La Liga this season (7).
Levante have scored just two goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this season, a league-low.
Zaragoza have scored the highest percentage of set piece goals in the league this term (60%).

Athletic Bilbao v Mallorca
Athletic have won two successive league games against Mallorca, they have not won three in a row against them since 2004.
The Lions have won six of their last nine league clashes with the Islanders in the Cathedral (D1 L2).
If they win this game, Mallorca will have lost more games at the San Mames than any other away side this century (currently seven).
The Red-and-Whites are winless in five league games; they have never gone six in a row without a victory in a single season under Marcelo Bielsa.
Bottom of the table Mallorca have 29 points from 34 games; the last team to have this exact record (Rayo Vallecano in 2002/03) were relegated.
The Balearic side have conceded a goal in more games than any other team this season (31 of 34).
The last seven goals scored by Athletic Bilbao in La Liga have come courtesy of seven different players.
Of Spanish players in La Liga this season, only Iago Aspas (50%) has directly participated in a higher portion of his team's goals than Aduriz (49%).
Mallorca have lost a league-high 16 points from winning positions on the road this season.

Valladolid v Deportivo La Coruna
Valladolid have won five of their last eight home La Liga meetings with Deportivo (D2 L1).
The Galician side have lost two successive games at the Zorrilla in La Liga without scoring a single goal; Riki was the last Depor player to net there in a 2-2 draw in 2007/08.
Real Valladolid have scored more goals against Deportivo than any other side in the top-flight this century (26).
Valladolid have only won one of their last six home league games (D3 L2).
Deportivo are unbeaten in seven league games (W4 D3), their best run since 2006/07 (eight).
Miroslav Djukic's side have lost the most points having scored the first goal of all teams in La Liga this season (24).
Deportivo have drawn three successive league games; they have not drawn four in a row since November 1998.
Javi Guerra has scored six goals already in the second round of the season; he only netted one before the Christmas break.
Deportivo are the only team in La Liga this season who are yet to win a point with a goal scored in the final five minutes of a game.

Osasuna v Getafe
Osasuna have drawn five of their last six league meetings with Getafe (1L).
Indeed, the Reds have not beaten the Blues at the Reyno de Navarra since 2008; incidentally the last time they scored five goals in a single league game (5-2).
The last three clashes between these sides in La Liga in Pamplona have all ended goalless.
Osasuna are winless in five league games (D2 L3); they have never gone six in a row without a win under Jose Luis Mendilibar.
The Reds have gone four successive home league games without scoring; they have never gone five in a row in their top-flight history.
Only the already relegated Greuther Furth (nine) have scored fewer home goals than Osasuna (12) across Europe's top five leagues this season.
Since the three point for a win rule was introduced, the five teams to have logged exactly 33 points after 34 games, as Osasuna do now, have all been relegated.
Osasuna are the only team yet to claim a single point from behind on home soil this term.

Espanyol v Real Madrid
After the draw at the Bernabeu earlier in the season, Espanyol could achieve consecutive games against Real Madrid without defeat for the first time since 1998.
Real Madrid have won their last four visits to Espanyol, however, their best ever run against the Pericos.
Espanyol have not beaten Real Madrid in La Liga since October 2007, with that victory coming at the Olympic Stadium in Monjuic (2-1).
Espanyol have lost their last two league games without scoring; their worst run with Javier Aguirre at the helm.
Real Madrid have won four of their six away league games with Diego Lopez in goal, only losing the first one (1-0 at Granada with an own goal by Ronaldo).
Gonzalo Higuain has scored nine league goals against Espanyol (same as v Valencia); against no side has he netted more.
Sergio Garcia has participated in seven of Espanyol's last eight home goals (four goals, three assists).
Javier Aguirre has never won a home league game against Real Madrid in eight attempts (D2 L6).
Espanyol have only recouped three points having conceded the first goal this season, a league-low alongside Rayo and Real Betis.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, have recouped a league-high 24 points from losing positions this season.

Rayo Vallecano v Valencia
After their victory in the Mestalla this season, Rayo have the opportunity to win successive top-flight games against Valencia for the first time in their history.
Los Che have won their last two trips to Vallecas in La Liga, they have never won three in a row there.
Rayo are winless in three successive home league games (D1 L2), they have not gone four in a row without a win since their return to the Primera in 2011.
After winning their first four away games under Ernesto Valverde, Valencia have gone five without a win on the road (D3 L2).
Paco Jemez's side have won just two of their eight league games without Leo Baptistao in the starting eleven this season (D1 L5).
With his goal last week, Roberto Soldado reached 19 league goals for the season - his best ever return in a La Liga campaign.
Rayo have scored a league-high 30% of their goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season.
Valencia have scored a league-high 16 headed goals this season, while Rayo have netted a joint-low of just five this way.
Real Betis have won four of their last five home meetings with Celta Vigo in La Liga (1L).
The Green-and-Whites have the opportunity to do the double over a team for the first time this season in this game, having won at the Balaidos in the reverse fixture.
Abel Resino has won both of his two previous visits to Real Betis as a La Liga manager, with his side scoring twice on each occasion (2-0 with Atleti, 2-1 with Granada).
Pepe Mel's side are without a win in three league games in Villamarin but are unbeaten in eight (W3 D5) at home.
Colombian Dorlan Pabon has scored more goals this season than any other winter signing in La Liga (six).
Celta Vigo have lost a league-high 13 games by the odd goal this season.
Betis are the only team who are yet to lose a point following a goal conceded in the final five minutes in this campaign.
The Galician side have only scored two or more goals in one away game all season, and they lost that game 2-3 at Rayo Vallecano.

Atletico Madrid v Barcelona
Atletico Madrid have lost five successive league games against Barcelona; they worst ever run against them.
Barcelona won 6-0 in the Calderon in 2007, the biggest ever home defeat suffered by Atletico in their La Liga history.
In no away ground over the last 10 seasons have Barcelona lost more games than at the Calderon (four).
Atletico need to win both of their last two home league games this season to equal their top-flight record for most home wins in a single campaign (16 in 1991/92).
Barcelona will be crowned champions of La Liga if they win this game, whatever Real Madrid do against Espanyol in this gameweek.
With a goal in this game, Falcao would join Gonzalo Castro as the only two players to have scored in two league games v Barcelona this season.
Atletico Madrid have been on the end of more La Liga goals from Leo Messi than any other team in the competition (17).
Diego Simeone's side have scored the second highest portion of set piece goals this season (50%); Tito Vilanova's side have scored the lowest portion (14%).
Barcelona are the top scorers in Europe's top five leagues this season (105) while Atletico have the joint-fourth best defensive record (28 goals conceded).
Falcao has scored 44% of Atletico's league goals this season, a joint-high with Messi.
Alexis Sanchez has participated in nine of Barcelona's 15 league goals since April (four goals, five assists).

Malaga v Sevilla
Malaga have only won one of their last five home league meetings with Sevilla (1D 3L), though this was the last one they played (2-1 in 2012).
Manuel Pellegrini's side have already won both of their previous two home derbies this season by a 4-0 scoreline (v Betis and Granada).
Since Sevilla's last away win (v Depor in September), every other team in the top five European leagues has won at least one away game.
Unai Emery's side have not kept a single clean sheet in 14 away league games since that win in A Coruna.
Malaga have conceded just five goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season, a league-low shared with Real Madrid.
Malaga are the only team in La Liga yet to lose a game having scored the first goal this season.
If Alvaro Negredo scores in this match, he will equal his record for successive games scored in this season (three).
Sevilla have scored a league-low of just 13% of their goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season.
Only Mesut Ozil (85) has created more chances than Ivan Rakitic (83) in La Liga this season, while Joaquin (79) has been the most creative Spaniard.

Real Sociedad v Granada
Real Sociedad have won 12 of their 15 home meetings with Granada in La Primera (D2 L1).
The Red-and-Whites have only scored in one of their last five trips to San Sebastian in La Liga, but that did earn them their only ever win there (2-0 in 1973/74).
Sociedad have won three straight league games at the Anoeta; they have not won four in a row there in a single season since March 2012.
Granada have won two successive league games; they have not won three in a row since promotion to the top-flight.
Imanol Agirretxe has participated in six of the last nine goals logged by Real Sociedad in the league (four goals, two assists).
Excluding penalties, Odion Ighalo is Granada's top scorer since they won promotion to La Liga in 2011 (11 goals).
Real have won 39% of their top-flight games under Philippe Montanier, a very similar record to that of his compatriot Raynald Denoueix (43%).
Granada have won nine games already this season, exactly the same number relegated Villarreal managed in the whole of last term.
Only Barcelona (27%) and Real Madrid (17.4%) have better shot conversion rates than Real Sociedad (16.9%) this season.
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