Stalemate at the Riazor
There was a stalemate at the Riazor as Valencia held Deportivo La Coruna to a goalless draw in round 15 of La Liga.
A win for the home side would have seen them up to fourth place but they will remain in sixth place.
With Seville losing 2-1 at home to Getafe a win for Valencia would have seen them regain third place but for now they will maintain fourth position going into the Christmas break.
Its interesting to see that none of the teams in positions third to sixth managed to secure three points and that has moved Athletico Bilbao nearer to the European places after their 2-nil win over Osasuna. Athletico is in seventh position.
There wasn't much change at the bottom with Xerez not in action having already played Barcelona earlier in the month but Malaga had a good win over Mallorca.
Real Zaragoza had a nightmare at the Bernabeau losing 6-nil to Real Madrid. Madrid were already 4-nil by half time and they scored a further two goals after the break.
This was the second match this season where a team has scored six goals and the sixth match were the winning team had scored five goals or more.
After taking a look at the goal margins after the last round, this week I will take a look at the scorelines after 150 matches so far in La Liga.
Scoreline | Frequency |
---|---|
0 - 0 | 9 |
0 - 1 | 8 |
0 - 2 | 10 |
0 - 3 | 3 |
0 - 4 | 2 |
1 - 0 | 18 |
1 - 1 | 18 |
1 - 2 | 10 |
1 - 3 | 2 |
1 - 4 | 3 |
2 - 0 | 9 |
2 - 1 | 14 |
2 - 2 | 8 |
2 - 3 | 3 |
2 - 4 | 1 |
3 - 0 | 6 |
3 - 1 | 5 |
3 - 2 | 5 |
3 - 3 | 1 |
4 - 0 | 3 |
4 - 1 | 3 |
4 - 2 | 3 |
5 - 0 | 2 |
5 - 1 | 1 |
5 - 2 | 1 |
6 - 0 | 1 |
6 - 1 | 1 |
Interestingly the two most popular scorelines at the moment are 1-0 and 1-1 which have been the final score in 18 matches apiece.
14 matches have so far finished 2-1 in La Liga which is the third most popular scoreline.