The 36th matchday of LaLiga EA Sports kicks off this Tuesday, May 12, with the clash between Celta de Vigo and Levante UD at Abanca-Balaídos. Both teams still have much to decide as the season enters its final stretch.

Thanks to data from Opta, here are some key facts, statistics, and intriguing details ahead of this encounter between the Galician side and the team coached by Luís Castro, who are desperate to take at least a point.

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Javi Rodríguez, pictured in action against Atlético Madrid (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

• Celta de Vigo are unbeaten in their last five league meetings with Levante (three wins, two draws), after losing their previous three top-flight encounters.
• Levante have won two of their last four away games against Celta in LaLiga (one draw, one loss), matching their total wins from their first six visits to the Galician stadium (two wins, one draw, three losses).
• The Granotas have won four of their 10 league trips to Celta (two draws, four losses). No opponent has seen Levante grab more away victories in the top tier (also four each against Getafe and Granada).
• Celta have won their last two LaLiga matches after losing each of the previous three. They could now string together three or more consecutive league wins for only the second time this season, having done so in January 2026 (three triumphs).
• Levante have won four of their last seven league games (one draw, two defeats) – one more victory than they managed in their first 12 matches under Luís Castro (three wins, four draws, five losses).

Opta also highlights the following individual and team stats:

• Last matchday, Celta beat Atlético Madrid despite facing 20 or more shots (exactly 20). It is the fourth time since 2020/21 that they have won a league game after facing 20+ shots, and the second this season after December 2025’s win over Real Madrid (23 shots).
• Against Osasuna in the previous round, Víctor García scored his first double in the domestic competition – one more goal than he had managed in his entire top-flight career (one goal in 21 appearances, on his debut for Real Valladolid against Valencia in July 2020).
• Iago Aspas has seven goals and five assists in 14 league meetings with Levante – the only opponent against whom he has recorded at least five goals and five assists in his LaLiga career.
• José Luis Morales has scored five goals in 18 league clashes with Celta, netting four of them in seven away visits to Abanca-Balaídos with Levante. He is the Granota player with the most away goals against a single opponent in the competition in the 21st century.
• Claudio Giráldez won his only league duel against Levante to date, a 1‑2 victory in November 2025 in the first half of the season. Only against Valencia have Celta managed a league double this campaign.

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