Deportivo La Coruña close to La Liga promotion after eight-year effort

Deportivo La Coruña sits on 74 points in Spain’s Segunda División, needing a win in their upcoming match against Real Valladolid to secure promotion to the Primera División for the first time in eight years. The club leads the promotion race, with Almería on 71 points and Las Palmas on 69, while Racing de Santander has already clinched the league title.

The Sunday fixture at Riazor, scheduled for 18:30 on Liga Hypermotion TV, offers Deportivo a chance to seal their return to the top flight. The team has enjoyed an unbeaten run of eleven games, including three straight victories, and enters the match largely fit apart from the absence of forward David Mella. A win would confirm the club’s long‑awaited ascent back to La Liga, ending a decade‑long exile.