La Liga preview: Can Levante edge out victory against Cádiz?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Levante hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 40 points and a 14th position in the La Liga table. Visiting Cádiz holds 12th place with 43 pts.

Insights:
  • Levante is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Cádiz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Levante and Cádiz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Levante can neither be promoted or relegated from La Liga. Cádiz is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Levante form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Levante have managed 5 wins, 8 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

Levante are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Getafe. Midfield player Gonzalo Melero got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, the max score being 10. Melero scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 65 total).

In the match before that, Levante hosted Barcelona and drew the game 3-3.

The Levante fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 18 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded.

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Cádiz form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Cádiz might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Elche proved too strong as Cádiz slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Ramón de Carranza. José Mari got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Mari scored one goal.

Prior to that match, the Cádiz manager Á. Cervera Díaz faced defeat when travelling to Osasuna and losing 2-3.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cádiz playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cádiz as they have only managed to score 17 times from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cádiz have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Cádiz - Levante 2-2, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Levante victories, five draws and zero Cádiz wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LevanteJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
13 goals
LevanteR. Martí Salvador
R. Martí Salvador
11 goals
CádizÁ. Negredo Sánchez
Á. Negredo Sánchez
7 goals

Levante missing players

Cádiz missing players

Levante Cádiz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
9 5 1 Won W 3 6 11
13 8 3 Drew D 3 5 10
15 5 2 Lost L 0 7 16
44 25 6 Scored S 8 17 34
55 28 10 Conceded C 3 26 56
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
78% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 70%
41% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
24% 28% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 27%
11% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
59% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 46%
11% 11% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 27%
30% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
9.8 11.3 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.3 7.5
3.6 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.4 2.4
33% 32% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 39%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Cádiz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Levante have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Levante have the most matches under the total-line (23) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most points from losing position (20) in La Liga
  • Levante haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Levante is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 37 25 8 4 65 24 19 15 3 1 41 11 18 10 5 3 24 13 41 83
2 Real Madrid 37 24 9 4 65 27 18 12 3 3 31 12 19 12 6 1 34 15 38 81
3 Barcelona 37 23 7 7 84 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 18 12 2 4 40 18 46 76
4 Sevilla 37 23 5 9 52 33 18 13 1 4 26 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 19 74
5 Real Sociedad 37 16 11 10 58 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 18 7 5 6 24 17 20 59
6 Real Betis 37 16 10 11 47 48 19 10 5 4 27 21 18 6 5 7 20 27 -1 58
7 Villarreal 37 15 13 9 59 42 19 8 6 5 29 23 18 7 7 4 30 19 17 58
8 Celta de Vigo 37 14 11 12 53 54 18 9 3 6 28 27 19 5 8 6 25 27 -1 53
9 Athletic Club 37 11 13 13 46 40 19 8 6 5 29 19 18 3 7 8 17 21 6 46
10 Granada 37 13 6 18 47 65 18 9 3 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 45
11 Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 47 18 7 5 6 21 22 19 4 6 9 16 25 -10 44
12 Cádiz 37 11 10 16 34 56 19 5 5 9 17 30 18 6 5 7 17 26 -22 43
13 Valencia 37 10 12 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 18 2 5 11 16 30 -3 42
14 Levante 37 9 13 15 44 55 18 5 8 5 25 28 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 40
15 Deportivo Alaves 37 9 11 17 36 56 19 6 6 7 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 38
16 Getafe 37 9 10 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 18 3 4 11 13 30 -15 37
17 Huesca 37 7 12 18 34 53 18 5 6 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 33
18 Elche 37 7 12 18 32 55 18 4 8 6 16 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -23 33
19 Real Valladolid 37 5 16 16 33 55 18 3 7 8 18 28 19 2 9 8 15 27 -22 31
20 Eibar 37 6 12 19 29 51 18 2 7 9 12 20 19 4 5 10 17 31 -22 30

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.