Real Valladolid v Athletic Bilbao
Real Valladolid have won four of their last six league meetings with Athletic Bilbao on home soil (1D 1L), scoring exactly twice in each victory.Indeed, only one of Bilbao's last six league victories over Valladolid has come at the Jose Zorilla (2-1 in October 2007).
During his time at Bilbao, against no team has Aduriz scored more league goals than he has against Valladolid (three).
Valladolid have won their last two league games; they have not won three or more in a row since a run of four in December 2008.
Athletic have the opportunity to stay unbeaten in consecutive away games for the first time this season.
No defender has scored more league goals than Mikel San Jose (five) in La Liga this term.
Djukic's side have not won any of the six games played without Patrick Ebert this season (D2 L4).
Bilbao have conceded a league-high seven penalties already this season.
Real Valladolid have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of games than any other team in La Liga this season (nine).
Osasuna v Celta Vigo
Osasuna have only won three of their last 16 league meetings with Celta (D3 L10), though two of those victories have come in Pamplona.Celta have won five of their last seven trips to Osasuna in La Liga (2L), keeping a clean sheet in each victory.
Celta have drawn their last two league games, with both finishing in exactly the same scoreline as all five of their league draws this term (1-1).
Between them, Kike Sola (four) and Nino (two) have scored six of Osasuna's last eight league goals.
Iago Aspas, top Celta scorer with eight goals this season, netted his first goal in the Primera against Osasuna in the reverse fixture.
The Reds have conceded nine goals in the final 15 minutes of games already this season; only Deportivo and Getafe (10 each) have conceded more.
Iago Aspas has had more shots on target than any other Spanish player in La Liga this season (29).
Osasuna have lost a joint-high eight points from winning positions on home soil this season (level with Real Betis).
Getafe v Deportivo
Getafe are unbeaten in four league meetings with Deportivo (2W 2D), their best ever run without defeat against them in La Liga.The Galicians have only lost two of their previous seven trips to the Coliseum, however, (2D 3W), though their last defeat there was their heaviest ever against Getafe in the top-flight (4-1).
Adrian Colunga scored his first and so far only league brace for Getafe in the last meeting between these two sides in Madrid.
Riki has netted four times against his ex-club in La Liga, his best record against any team during his spell with Depor.
Getafe are without a win in seven league games, their longest run without the three points under Luis Garcia.
The Galician side have conceded more goals on the road than any other La Liga team this season (29) and are yet to keep a clean sheet in an away game this term.
The Blues have not won a game without Abdel Barrada this season (D2 L3). The Moroccan is currently on international duty at the AFCON.
Between them, Riki (four) and Pizzi (two) have scored six of Deportivo's last seven league goals; the Portuguese has made two assists in this period as well.
No player has made more assists from set pieces than Pedro Leon this term (four).
Espanyol v Levante
Espanyol have lost their last four league games against Levante in La Liga; their worst ever run against las Granotas in the top-flight.Levante have only ever won once out of 15 top-flight trips to Catalonia, though this came last season at Espanyol (1-2).
Los Pericos have won their last three home league games, their best run of home wins since 2010/11 (eight).
JIM's side have lost their last three away league games without scoring a single goal (seven conceded).
Of all players to have scored a direct free kick this season, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have attempted more shots from dead balls than Barkero (one goal from 12).
Levante have scored fewer away goals than any other team in La Liga this term (six).
Espanyol have netted a league-high seven goals from corner situations this season.
Levante have won more points following goals in the final five minutes than any other team this season (nine) while Espanyol have lost the most (five).
Granada v Real Madrid
Granada have lost their last six league games against Real Madrid, conceding 17 goals in total and netting just four.The last three victories earned by the Whites in Granada have all come by the same scoreline; 2-1.
Only Barcelona (10) have won in Granada as an away side more often than Real (eight) in Spanish top-flight history.
Real Madrid have won more points than any other La Liga side in 2013 so far (10).
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the same number of hat-tricks as Lionel Messi in his La Liga career (16), but has done it in just four seasons.
Madrid won in Granada last season thanks to the only own goal scored by Granada on home soil since their promotion (David Cortes).
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored on all three of his league appearances against Granada (four goals in total).
Granada have netted fewer home league goals than any other team this term (nine).
Since the start of last season, Only Leo Messi (61.4) and Cristiano Ronaldo (75.6) have better minutes/goal ratios than Higuain (86.9) in La Liga.
Real Madrid have lost three of the four away league games in which they have conceded the first goal this season (1W).
Malaga v Real Zaragoza
Malaga have only lost one of their last five clashes with Zaragoza in the league (3W 1D), though this defeat did come at La Rosaleda (1-2 in 2010/11).Real Zaragoza's last two victories in Malaga in the top-flight have both come via the odd goal (1-0 in 2006 and 2-1 in 2011).
The South Coast side have failed to win either of their last two home games; they last went three without victory on home soil back in January of last year.
If Zaragoza fail to win this game, they will equal their worst run of games without a victory under Manolo Jimenez (five).
Jimenez is yet to win a league game against Malaga despite facing them five times before (2D 3L).
Zaragoza striker Helder Postiga has committed more fouls than any other player in the top-flight this season.
Malaga are yet to concede a goal in the final 15 minutes of the first-half this season; this is the only 15 minute period than any team is yet to concede in in this La Liga campaign.
Since the start of last season, no Malaga player has directly contributed to more goals than Isco (10 goals, five assists).
Sevilla v Rayo Vallecano
Sevilla have only lost one of their 12 previous top-flight meetings with Rayo on home soil (W9 D2), scoring in all games at an average of 2.5 goals per game.With a win in this game, Sevilla will record three successive home wins for the first time this season.
The side from Madrid have won five of their last six league games, but the one defeat in this run did come in Andalusia (2-0 in Granada).
Rayo have not drawn any of their last 22 away league games, while their only draw in this entire season came against Sevilla in the reverse fixture.
The return leg between these sides is the only game so far this season to see two penalties not scored, with Negredo and Rakitic both missing for Sevilla.
Baba Diawara scored his first and so far only league brace against Rayo last season, while all three of his league goals have come against sides from Madrid.
Sevilla are one of three teams whose subs have not scored a home La Liga goal this term.
Rayo have not won any of their five games without Piti since their promotion (1D 4L).
37% of goals scored by Rayo this season have come in the final 15 minutes, a league-high proportion.
Valencia v Barcelona
Valencia are winless in 11 league games against Barcelona (D3 L8), their longest ever run without a victory against the Catalans.Barcelona have only won two of their last seven league games at the Mestalla (D3 L2), though their last defeat there came back in February 2007 (1-2).
Lionel Messi has participated in 11 of Barcelona's last 14 league goals against Valencia (eight goals, three assists).
Valencia have won five and lost three of their last eight league games, but all three defeats in this run have come on home soil.
Barcelona have not lost successive away league games since their last league defeat at the Bernabeu (May 2008).
Only Roma and Manchester United (13) have scored more headed goals than Valencia (10) in Europe's top five leagues this season.
Barcelona are the only team in La Liga who are yet to concede a headed goal this season.
Valencia have conceded a higher percentage of first-half goals than any other team in the top-flight this season (59%).
After his goals against Osasuna, Lionel Messi has set a new record for netting in 11 successive La Liga games.
Roberto Soldado has only scored one goal in 10 appearances against Barca in the league, and that was a penalty during his spell at Getafe.
Atletico Madrid v Real Betis
Atletico have only lost two of their last 10 league games against Real Betis (5W 3D), though both of those defeats came at the Calderon.The Rojiblancos have won one of their last six home meetings with Betis in La Liga, however, drawing two and losing three.
Since 2005, at no away ground have Real Betis picked up more victories than at the home of Atletico Madrid (three), where they were also crowned Copa Del Rey champions in 2004/05.
Despite only netting two goals this season, Diego Costa has made more assists than any other Atleti player this season (five).
Alex Pozuelo participated in three of the four goals scored by Betis against Atleti last season (two goals, one assist).
Atletico have won their last 12 home league games; they have never before won 13 in a row in La Liga.
Only PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu (nine) has kept more clean sheets on home soil across Europe's top five leagues this season than Thibaut Courtois (seven).
Only Real Madrid (31) have attempted more shots following fast breaks than Real Betis (26) in La Liga this season.
Real Sociedad v Mallorca
The last six league meetings between Real Sociedad and Mallorca have all ended in home wins.The side from North Spain have won their last five against Mallorca at the Anoeta, they have never won six in a row on home soil against the Islanders.
Victor Casadesus has participated in three of his team's last four goals against his former side (two goals and one assist).
Real Sociedad have only lost one of their last 11 league games (5W 5D) and that came in the Bernabeu against Real Madrid (3-4).
Three of Mallorca's four previous top-flight wins in San Sebastian have ended 1-0.
Mallorca have only won one of their last 16 league games (D3 L12), though that was away from the island at Real Betis (1-2).
Only Barcelona (206) have committed fewer fouls than Real Sociedad (247) in La Liga this season.
Mallorca have conceded a league-high 23 second-half goals in this La Liga campaign.
