Deportivo A Coruña‘s strong start to the La Liga season is at risk of souring unless they can stop the rot against a Levante side languishing around the bottom three.
Match News and Current Form
Deportivo A Coruña’s standing of eighth in the La Liga table makes for pleasant reading on their top-flight return, but their four-match winless league run (D2, L2) is threatening to undo their good early-season work. A failure to keep a clean sheet this term goes some way to explaining the struggles they’re facing at present, with that their longest wait for a La Liga clean sheet at the start of the season since opening a campaign without a shutout in 11 games in 1966/67. One win in four home games this season (D2, L1) hints that Deportivo don’t have the firepower to overcome that at home, although winning seven of their last ten Friday-held La Liga home games (D2, L1) is a strong statistic in their favour.
Nine points separate Deportivo and Levante in the table, but the visitors boast an identical return across the last four La Liga rounds. With a wider run of just one victory from their last eight top flight games (D3, L4), and a worrying recent defensive record which has seen Levante concede ten goals across their last three fixtures, there looks set to be no respite on the road for a side winless in five away games (D2, L3), failing to score in three of their last four. Even the timing of this game seems to be working against them too, as Levante have lost five of their last six La Liga away matches on a Friday.
Head-to-Head History
Deportivo are unbeaten across their last seven La Liga meetings with Levante (W3, D4), although the visitors did complete a H2H double in 2024/25 when these sides were in the second tier.
Hot Stats and Streaks
A joint-league high seven of Deportivo’s games this season saw both teams score.
Deportivo conceded the first goal in each of their last five matches.
Levante haven’t scored a second-half goal in their last five fixtures on the road.
Levante are one of three La Liga sides yet to lead a league game at half-time this season (HT: D4, L3).
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Mario Soriano has contributed to a second-half goal in Deportivo’s last two matches (G1, A1) and has seen all four of his personal career H2Hs against Levante produce over 2.5 goals. Roger Brugué (G3, A1) has already doubled his league goal involvement tally from last season, although all four came in home fixtures.
Lorenzo Amatucci is suspended for Deportivo, while Levante appear to have no new availability issues.
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Betting Analysis
Deportivo’s defensive woes speak for themselves, and their tendency to be slow out of the blocks suggests that backing Levante to score first looks like good value.
Author: Tom Penn
