Iago Aspas had a double challenge to fulfill in the match against Elche and he could not achieve it. The Celta striker was looking to score his first goal in 2021 and, moreover, against the only rival in the First Division that resisted him, the Elche team. The Moañés, in his 234 games played in LaLiga Santander, had faced 29 different teams and only against Elche had he not seen the door. The jinx is still there.
Of the 112 goals scored by Iago Aspas in the First Division, none was against Elche, although it is true that the Alicante team had only been measured once in the highest category, in the first leg played at Martínez Valero this season. In this match, which led to the dismissal of Óscar García as Celta coach, the people from Vigo drew 1-1 and the goal was signed by Santi Mina, yes, after assistance from Aspas.
The forward had faced Elche on six other occasions in the Second Division between 2009 and 2021, remaining blank in those six duels, in which Celta won three games, drew one and lost two.
Aspas has a ‘cute’ goal, since the last time he scored was on December 23, 2020, when he scored a penalty at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum in Getafe. With that target, by the way, he broke his spell against the azulón team, which he had faced in 11 games without scoring a goal.
Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Granada are the teams that have received the most goals from Iago Aspas. The San Sebastian, with 10 conceded, are the rival who has scored the most; Sevilla have received nine and Granada, eight.