La Real suffers from certain illnesses that are reducing it and one of the most pressing and limiting is the ‘Silvadependence’. It is a phenomenon that has not lost any of its validity throughout the course. The success of Real's results depends almost directly on the presence or not of a David Silva who will also be out against Celta. It is what the statistics determine in all their harshness.
At the moment, the Gran Canaria has participated in 23 of the 43 official matches played by the Real. It is already significant that the txuri urdin squad has won 14 of those 23 games (61%) in which the Arguineguín team has intervened, with five draws and only four defeats. Among the latter is that of Granada, in which he only played 28 minutes. But there is another chilling reality. La Real have only won two of the 20 games in which they have not been Silva: the New Year's Eve derby against Athletic and against a Segunda B like Córdoba in the Copa del Rey.