Will Levante stay in top?

Posted 2011/10/26 in Other

The small Valencia club Levante is still undefeated in La Liga and they are before todays game in top of La Liga for the first time in club history.

Levante was promoted to La Liga two years ago and ended last season on 14th place only two points above relegation. Meanwhile second placed Real Madrid has an annual budget of 500 million euros Levante make it with 20 million euros a year.

Defeated Real Madrid
When they met in september no money in the world could help Real Madrid when Levante took a stunning 1-0-win at home. It didn’t end there for Levante and they have kept winning and are still undefeated in the league.

First time in history
No one could imagine Levante in top of La Liga after eight rounds but after the impressive 3-0 win away against Villarreal they have six wins and two draws.

Oldest team in the league
Remarkable is also the age of their players, when they won against Villarreal on Sunday eight players in the starting eleven was over 30-years-old. Their defense have been solid with only three goals conceded so far and at home they got 7-1 in their three straight wins.

Real Sociedad visits Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
Todays opponent Real Sociedad started the season great but after one point in the last four games they’ve dropped down to 14th place. Sociedad is not known for their strength away after loosing 15 out of 19 games away last season.

Agirretxe best scorer
They started this season with a win against Sportin Gijon away but that victory has been followed by three straight losses. Imanol Agirretxe is the best scorer in Real Sociedad so far with his four goals.

Will Levante stay in top after this round?
You can find the odds here!

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