Deportivo La Coruna host Levante aiming to end winless run
Deportivo La Coruna welcome Levante to the Estadio de Riazor for a La Liga matchday 9 fixture, with the hosts desperate to halt a run that has brought no wins in their last five outings.
Deportivo's recent sequence reads LLDDL, leaving them without a victory across those five matches, two draws and three defeats offering little reassurance ahead of this meeting.
Levante arrive with the better recent record
Levante's own form has not been flawless, but their DLLDW sequence contains a win, giving them the slight edge over their hosts in terms of recent results heading into this round of fixtures.
That single victory, sandwiched between draws and defeats, is enough to put Levante marginally ahead of Deportivo in the form table coming into Riazor.
History favours the visitors
The two sides have met five times across recent seasons, and Levante have won three of those encounters, including both meetings in the 2024-25 Segunda Division campaign, 2-1 and 1-2 respectively.
Their most recent clashes in La Liga itself, back in 2017 and 2018, both ended level at 2-2, while Deportivo's last win over Levante in this fixture dates back to March 2016, a 2-1 success at home.
With neither side boasting strong current form, this matchday 9 meeting at Riazor looks finely poised, even if the recent head-to-head record leans towards the visitors.