Deportivo La Coruña vs Levante: La Liga preview
Reviewed by Elison · Fri 16 Oct 2026La Liga
Deportivo La Coruña
Levante
Friday 16 October 2026 · 21:00
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Friday night's La Liga fixture brings together two sides who have each managed only one win in their last five outings, setting the scene for a contest that neither can afford to lose.
Form guide
Deportivo La Coruña arrive at this match on a difficult recent run. Their most recent outing, on 11 October, brought a 3-2 defeat away to Real Sociedad. Before that, they drew 1-1 at home to Real Betis on 20 September, and four days earlier they had lost 1-0 at home to Sevilla — failing to score in that one. A draw at Getafe had preceded that Sevilla defeat, and their sole win in the run came away at Villarreal on 5 September, where they won 3-2. Across all five of those games, they have taken one win, two draws and two losses, scoring seven and conceding eight. They have kept no clean sheets in that spell. At home across the last five, they have drawn once and lost once in two games, scoring just once and conceding twice.
Levante's recent form is similarly patchy. Their most recent game, on 12 October, ended in a 3-3 draw at home to Sevilla. Twenty-two days earlier they had lost 3-1 away at Villarreal, and before that they suffered a 4-2 home defeat to Barcelona. The sequence began with a 5-2 home win over Real Betis on 29 August, and they then drew 0-0 away at Málaga eight days later. In their last five, Levante have won once, drawn twice and lost twice, scoring eleven and conceding twelve. Their three home games in that span have produced one win, one draw and one defeat, with ten goals scored and nine conceded — though none of those three home games ended with a clean sheet. In their two away games across the last five, they have taken one draw and suffered one defeat, keeping one clean sheet but failing to score in one of those outings.
Head to head
The two clubs have met five times in competitive football in recent seasons, and Levante have the better of the record with two wins to Deportivo La Coruña’s one, with two draws. Both teams scored in all five of those meetings, and a total of seventeen goals were shared across them. The most recent encounter, played at Deportivo La Coruña’s ground on 25 January 2025, ended 2-1 to Levante. Before that, on 24 October 2024, Levante hosted Deportivo La Coruña and again won 2-1, that time at Levante’s ground. Going further back, the sides drew 2-2 at Deportivo La Coruña’s ground in January 2018, and 2-2 at Levante’s ground in August 2017. The only win for the home side in recent memory came on 19 March 2016, when Deportivo La Coruña beat Levante 2-1 at their own ground. Looking only at the last three meetings, Levante have won twice and drawn once, with both teams scoring in each of those three games and ten goals shared in total.
Team news
Deportivo La Coruña have a number of players unavailable on Friday. Amatucci is ruled out after receiving a red card, while Aubameyang misses out with a knee injury. Casadó is also ruled out with a collarbone injury, and Eddahchouri is sidelined with a wrist injury.
Levante are without Etta Eyong, who misses out with a muscle injury. Primo is ruled out with a shoulder injury, and Sotelo misses the game with a knee injury.
What to watch
With neither side having kept a clean sheet in their recent home games, goals look a likely feature of Friday night. Both teams scored in four of each side’s last five games overall, and the head-to-head record reinforces that pattern — both teams have scored in every one of the last five meetings between these clubs. Deportivo La Coruña will need to improve on a home record that has brought them just one goal in two games, while Levante travel with only one win in their last five and a defensive record on the road that amounts to one goal scored and three conceded across their two away games in that spell. The absentees on both sides add further uncertainty, with each club missing several players through injury or suspension.
This is a game between two sides in similar patches of form, and the head-to-head history suggests goals are more likely than a tight, cagey affair. Whether either side can find enough quality to take all three points remains the central question when the whistle blows on Friday evening.
