Real Valladolid In Spanish La Liga

Real Valladolid In Spanish La Liga

The team Real Valladolid F.C. represents the Spanish province of Valladolid in the football world. Established in 1928, this club has 92 years of history. It has achieved a single trophy, the Copa de la Liga tournament in 1984, which doesn't exist anymore. Also, they participated in two UEFA Cups (1984-85 and 1997-98) and one Recopa de UEFA (1989-90). But, what happened in this club's recent history? Let's review the Real Valladolid Performance in La Liga 2020.

Real Valladolid 2019-2020 performance

Valladolid could keep the category under Sergio González's coaching, and he returned for the 2019-2020 season. On the other hand, the team has a new directive since the beginning of the last campaign. Its new President and majority shareholder is the famous former Brazilian player Ronaldo Nazario de Lima. The team is in the 15th spot of the standing, with 29 points accumulated after 27 matches played. There are only 4 points of difference between them and the relegation zone. Valladolid has an overall record of 6-11-10 with a goal differential of -10, achieving 1.07 points per match on average.

The main features of the Real Valladolid C.F. 2019-2020 edition have been, irregularity in their results, a solid defensive, and a low goals' production. The team had a good season start. They were undefeated in 8 of its first ten games. After that, the team was thrashed 5-1 by the F.C. Barcelona last October 29, at the Camp Nou. This seemed to affect the club morale. Since then, Valladolid only got one victory during the following 10 dates. On February 1 of this year, Real Valladolid again knew the success when defeated Mallorca as a visitor by 0-1. Starting on that date, the club had a record of 2-1-4.

The excellent defense has been the main virtue of Sergio González's squad. On this side, the team counts with Mohammed Salisu, a talented 20-years old African center-back. He leads the league in clearances and is the second in shots blocked. Likewise, he stands out in interceptions, tackles, and duels won. On the other hand, this team scored only 23 goals in its 27 matches. They're the third team with fewer goals scored in La Liga. To solve this, the team board hired the brilliant French winger and attacking midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa on January 28, 2020. Valladolid planned to resume its players' training since May 11, 2020, previewing a next league restart after the Coronavirus crisis.

What does the Real Valladolid need for the rest of the 2020 season?

Keep the category. This can be a very-hard-to-achieve objective for this very irregular team. However, if we review the Valladolid's remaining matches in 2020 and go deep in its current season stats, we'll find the answer this team needs. On its 11 remaining league matches, Valladolid will play 5 of them as visitors, including tough encounters against Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, and Valencia. Yet, if we watch their next matches as locals, we'll see that the hope to remain in the Spanish first division is at home. They'll receive four teams with deplorable records playing on the road. They are Celta de Vigo, Levante, Alaves, and Real Betis. Conversely, Valladolid has a good record (6-4-2) at home against the standing's low-half teams.

La Liga will resume soon, and we hope that the new Real Valladolid's project led by Ronaldo brings cheers to their fans.