Before the Round – Trends on Spain La Liga (26/04)

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La Liga will present matchday No 31 in midweek, as league leader Barcelona aim to take one step closer to the La Liga title.

Atletico Madrid are looking for a rebound against Mallorca to stay in the top four. At the bottom of the table, Almeria and Getafe will clash in a six-point relegation match.

Atletico Madrid – Mallorca

Atletico Madrid are fresh off a 1-0 loss to Barcelona at Camp Nou. Diego Simeone needs the team to rebound against 10th-place Mallorca to remain in the top four. Mallorca are on a three-match La Liga winning streak against Atletico. The reverse fixture saw the Islanders win 1-0 at home.

Mallorca are on a two-match winning streak. They have established themselves as a solid mid-table La Liga team this season. The Islanders do not score many goals. Only 29 have been scored by Mallorca in 30 matches.

Atletico’s loss to Barcelona ended a five-match winning streak in La Liga. Los Rojiblancos were held scoreless in their last two matches versus Mallorca. They lost both games by 1-0 scores. Atletico are La Liga’s second-best defensive team with only 29 goals allowed.

• Atlético Madrid haven't lost any of their last 7 home matches in La Liga.
• Real Mallorca have achieved just 1 wins in their 10 most recent away games in all competitions.
• Atlético Madrid have won their last 5 home league games.
• There have been under 2.5 goals in 4 of Real Mallorca's last 6 games in La Liga.
• Prediction: Atletico Madrid

Getafe – Almeria

Getafe and Almeria traded wins in recent meetings. Los Azulones took three wins and Almeria had two in the teams’ last five encounters. All five of those matches saw the winning team keep a clean sheet. Almeria won 1-0 in the teams’ reverse fixture.

Almeria are 17th in the standings ahead of Wednesday's trip to Getafe. They are outside the relegation zone thanks to goal difference. Los Rojiblancos are on a two-match losing streak, with both games ending with over 2.5 goals.

Getafe are 16th and one point ahead of Almeria in the table. They are winless in four straight La Liga matches, with only two points collected from the 12 available. Getafe scored just 28 goals in 30 matches, the third-fewest in the league.

• In their 6 most recent matches of all competitions, Getafe CF have achieved just 1 wins.
• UD Almería's last 6 games (all competitions) have seen both teams score.
• Getafe CF score an average of 0.93 goals in their matches in La Liga.
• In their last 22 away games in all competitions, UD Almería have a poor record of just 3 wins.
• Prediction: Draw

Celta Vigo – Elche

Celta Vigo are on a two-match winning streak against Elche in La Liga. Both games finished as wins to nil for the Sky Blues. Elche will be relegated at the end of the season, as they have just 13 points from 30 matches. Celta are 13th in the standings and six points off the bottom three.

Recent Celta Vigo matches against Elche were low scoring. The Sky Blues saw under 2.5 goals in nine of their last 10 fixtures in all competitions versus Elche. Celta Vigo are on a two-game losing streak in the league ahead of Wednesday’s home match.

Elche are on a five-match losing streak in La Liga. They took just one point from the last six matches. Elche have a 1W-3D-11L road record with nine goals for and 34 against.

• Celta de Vigo are on a losing streak of 3 straight all competitions matches.
• Elche CF have suffered 3 straight defeats in their most recent away clashes in La Liga.
• Celta de Vigo's last 3 clashes with Elche CF in La Liga have seen under 2.5 goals scored.
• Elche CF have scored an average of 0.60 goals in their away games in La Liga.
• Prediction: Celta Vigo

Rayo Vallecano – Barcelona

Rayo Vallecano's dreams of Champions League qualification are over. The Red Sashes are 14 points off the top four. Barcelona, on the other hand, are cruising to the La Liga title, and they are 11 points ahead of second-place Real Madrid.

Rayo are unbeaten in three straight matches versus Barcelona in La Liga. The Red Sashes went to Camp Nou and left with a nil-nil draw last August. Rayo kept a clean sheet in each of their last three games versus Barcelona.

Barcelona are unbeaten in six straight La Liga matches. They lost just two of their opening 30 league fixtures. No team has conceded fewer goals than Barcelona’s nine allowed. Both Barcelona defeats in La Liga came on the road.

• Rayo Vallecano have won just 1 of their last 10 league games.
• A period of 7 straight games without a defeat marks the La Liga campaign of FC Barcelona.
• Rayo Vallecano haven't lost a match in 5 of their last 6 home matches in La Liga.
• In their 42 most recent away matches of all competitions, FC Barcelona have been undefeated 37 times.
• Prediction: Barcelona