Almeria - Sevilla
Almeria are on a run of five straight league defeats, three of them under new manager Roberto Olabe, scoring just two goals in total.Sevilla have lost every one of the seven league away matches in which they have failed to score away from home this season.
In seven league meetings between these two sides, the team that has opened the scoring has always won (three for Almeria, four for Sevilla).
Almeria and Sevilla are the two teams who have conceded the most goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half of Liga BBVA matches this season (12).
Sevilla are one of only three teams against whom Juanma Ortiz has scored more than once in La Liga.
The hispalenses are unbeaten in the six league matches in which both Zokora and Rakitic have played this season (four wins).
Rakitic has scored in three of the last four league matches in which Sevilla have found the net.
Sevilla have scored the joint-most penalties in the league this season (10, along with Real Madrid).
However Diego Alves has saved the most penalties in Liga BBVA this season (three).
After Mateu Lahoz, the referee Rubinos Perez has shown the fewest yellow cards in the league this season (72).
Deportivo La Coruna - Atletico Madrid
Deportivo La Coruna have only lost one of their last seven league games at home, drawing twice.The colchoneros have only lost one of their last 10 league games, winning five.
Atletico have won seven of their last eight league meetings with Depor.
However, in their last 13 league visits to Riazor, the Madrid side have managed only two wins and four draws.
Depor have scored the fewest goals in Liga BBVA this season (27), including just nine in the first half.
After finding the net against Levante, Kun Aguero is now one of only two players to have scored in six straight league appearances this season (along with Pedro).
Diego Forlan was the last player to score in seven consecutive Liga BBVA games, in May 2009.
Against Hercules, Deportivo set a new team record for failing to score in separate Liga BBVA matches this season (18).
Depor have failed to score in all five league matches in which Ruben Perez has been absent this season.
Sevilla are unbeaten after opening the scoring away from home in the league this season.
Espanyol - Athletic Bilbao
Athletic have not won at Espanyol in the league since 1997/98, losing the last four.The Catalonians are on a run of five league games without a win, their poorest streak this season.
Espanyol have won only three of the eight league matches they have played at home in Liga BBVA in 2011.
The Basque side are unbeaten in their last three away matches in the league (two wins and a draw).
Four of Espanyol's last five league goals have been scored by foreigners. The previous 15 had all been netted by Spaniards.
Bilbao have won all five league matches in which Muniain has scored this season.
Athletic have scored the most headed goals in the league this season (17).
Espanyol are the only Liga BBVA side whose defenders are yet to score in the current campaign.
Athletic Bilbao have scored the most league goals from crosses this season (20).
Fernando Llorente has scored nine headed goals this season, the most by a player in a campaign since Raúl in 2000/01 (nine also).
Levante - Sporting Gijon
Three of the last four goals scored from direct free kicks in Liga BBVA have been in games involving Levante (two scored, one conceded).Prior to their last game against Atletico, Levante had not been awarded a penalty since the first game of the season.
Levante are unbeaten in their last seven at home in the league, winning six.
Defeat in their last match at Atletico put an end to Levante's longest-ever unbeaten streak in the Spanish top flight (eight games).
Sporting have lost just one of their last seven league games (0-3 at Sevilla).
Sporting are unbeaten in eight league games at El Molinón, conceding just one goal on this run.
The 1-1 draw at el Molinón in the first half of the season is the only previous encounter between the sides in the Spanish top flight.
Sporting have already taken one point more than in the whole of last season (41).
Sporting are on a run of four straight home wins for the first time in the Spanish top flight since 1995.
Manuel Preciado's men are the only side yet to win after conceding the first goal in a Liga BBVA match this season.
Sporting have won 10 of their 23 league games with top scorer Felipe Caicedo in the side, compared to just two of 10 without him.
Sporting have kept five consecutive clean sheets in the league, their best run in the top flight since 1989.
Malaga - Hercules
Hercules are the lowest-scoring side in the last 10 matchdays of Liga BBVA (six).Last time out, Tiago Gomes scored his first Liga BBVA goal. In Segunda last season he scored six.
After the 2-1 win at Racing, Malaga have already picked up more points in the second half of the campaign (19) than in the first (17).
Hercules' last 13 league away games have produced one draw, one win and 11 defeats.
Malaga are unbeaten in their last three league games (two wins, one draw).
Five of Malaga's 10 league wins this season have come in the last nine matchdays.
Hercules are unbeaten against Malaga in the Spanish top flight (six wins, five draws).
No side has lost more matches after opening the scoring at home in Liga BBVA this season than Malaga (three).
Osasuna - Valencia
Osasuna have only won one of their last nine league meetings with Valencia (three draws).Valencia have scored three goals in each of their last three league meetings with the side from Pamplona.
In 31 league meetings between the sides in Pamplona there have only been three goalless draws, all of them coming in the last nine seasons.
Osasuna are on a run of four straight league defeats, their worst run since 2008.
Osasuna have lost their last two league matches: before this they had only lost to Barcelona at home all season.
Only Real Madrid (20 in nine games) have picked up more points on the road in 2011 than Valencia (19 in eight games).
The last 10 league goals scored by Valencia have come in the second half of matches.
Osasuna are, along with Espanyol, the team that has scored the fewest goals from outside the box (two) in Liga BBVA this season.
Valencia have come from behind to claim the most points in La Liga this season (21).
Between them, Nekounam and Kike Sola have scored five of Osasuna's last six league goals at home.
Racing Santander - Mallorca
Racing have only won one of their last six league meetings with Mallorca, though this was at Mallorca earlier this season (1-0).Racing are without a win at home to Mallorca in the league since 2007/08.
The last four league meetings between the two sides have seen just three goals in total.
Racing's most common scoreline in the league this season is 1-1 (six times), while Mallorca's is 0-3 (five times).
Racing have only taken one point from the last three matchdays, and have won just three of their last 11 at home in Liga BBVA.
Despite this, under Marcelino Racing have won four of 11 league games, compared to five of 22 under their previous boss Miguel Angel Portugal.
Mallorca have lost seven of their last 10 away games in Liga BBVA (one win).
Racing have won 29% of their league games with Rosenberg in the side this season, but just 20% without him.
Mallorca, along with Almeria, have scored the third-most headed goals in Liga BBVA this season (10), after the two Basque sides.
Real Madrid - Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza have won none of the last 14 league meetings with Real Madrid. Their last win over the merengues came in November 2001.Real Madrid have won their last three league clashes with Zaragoza, scoring at least twice in each.
Zaragoza are on a run of six consecutive league matches without a win on the road (five defeats).
The manos have only scored once in their last five league away games.
Real Madrid are without a win in their last two league games at home, having won the previous 14 this season.
The merengues have not gone three home games without a win in the league since 2007.
Zaragoza have only won one away game in the league this season, fewer than any other side.
Real Madrid have won every league match in which they have taken the lead this season.
Real Zaragoza have scored 32 league goals this season, less than half of Madrid's total (79).
Jonas' goal in Real Madrid's last league game at Valencia was the first time they had conceded from outside the box this season.
Real Sociedad - Barcelona
Barcelona are unbeaten in their last four league visits to Anoeta (two wins, two draws).Real Sociedad are without a win at home to the Blaugrana in the league since December 2002.
Barcelona have kept a clean sheet in their last eight league meetings with Real Sociedad.
A clean sheet in this match would make Barcelona the first-ever side to keep nine consecutive shut-outs against the same opponent in Primera.
The Basque side have only managed one win from their nine league games, taking just four points from 27 available.
Barcelona have drawn two of their last three league away games.
Real Sociedad have lost the most Liga BBVA matches after going ahead this season (six).
Real Sociedad have conceded the most goals to direct free kicks this season (four).
Five of Barcelona's last six league goals have been scored (four) or assisted (one) by Lionel Messi.
Villarreal - Getafe
Villarreal have lost their last two league meetings with Getafe, both away from home.However the yellow submarine have managed five wins and a draw at home to the azulones in the top flight.
Getafe have won only three of their 13 top-flight clashes with Villarreal.
Villarreal have taken just 12 points from the last 36 available in Liga BBVA: only five teams have claimed fewer in this period.
Villarreal have failed to score more than once in any of their last six league matches at home.
Getafe have won just one of their last 11 league games (1-0 vs Sevilla).
The azulones are without a win in their last eight league away games.
Villarreal have managed 10 wins and three draws from the 15 league matches in which Giuseppe Rossi has found the net this season.
Manu del Moral has scored five of Getafe's last eight league goals.
