Villarreal‘s struggles in the opening game of the La Liga continued on Monday as the team slumped to a 0-0 draw against Granada.

It has been seven years consecutively now that Villareal could not win the opening match for the team in the league. Villareal has also and it has not started the season with a win at home in six attempts.

A crowd of about 7,000 was at the La Cerámica Stadium as Spanish health authorities allowed capacities of up to 40% in the stadiums for the league’s restart. Some 5,000 had been allowed into Villarreal’s games at the end of last season.

The club presented the Europa League trophy to its fans before the match.

Villarreal played a man down from the 82nd minute as Argentine defender Juan Foyth was sent off with a second yellow card.

Villarreal was coming off a loss in a shootout to Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup. Unai Emery‘s team was seventh in the Spanish league last season.

Granada, which finished ninth in the league last season, earned the away draw in the debut of former Spain national team coach Roberto Moreno.

Also, Monday, Elche and Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 in a rematch of their encounter in the last round last season, when Elche won 2-0 at home to secure its stay in the first division.

Athletic had lost its last three league openers away from home.