- Athletic Bilbao won the reverse fixture at La Romareda in December; before that, the Basque side had picked up only two points from their previous four games against Real Zaragoza.
- Athletic are unbeaten at home against Real Zaragoza in their last six league meetings - four wins to the hosts, before being held to a draw in the last two.
- Real Zaragoza have managed to score only one goal in their last five visits to the San Mames in La Liga.
- JoaquÃn Caparrós' side are unbeaten at home in their last eight league games (seven wins and a draw): their longest unbeaten streak in La Liga since 2004/05.
- Real Zaragoza have not scored a single goal in their last three games on the road, from which they have picked up only one point.
- Athletic have scored the most headed goals in La Liga this season (14).
