Athletic Bilbao v AlmerÃa
- These two sides have met 10 times so far in the top-flight: Athletic lead the head-to-head by four wins to three, three draws complete the record.
- At home, the Basque side have won three of their five meetings against Almeria in the league, drawing one and losing the other.
- Athletic have won their last two league meetings with Almeria by the same scoreline: 4-1.
- JoaquÃn Caparrós' side have not drawn any of their last seven league fixtures, winning three times and losing four.
- At home, the Basque side have won three of their last four league games, losing the other.
- Almeria are without a win in their last six games in La Liga; however, they have drawn five of these matches, always by the same scoreline (1-1).
- Away from home, Almeria have won only once in their last 11 games in the top-flight, losing six times and sharing the points on four occasions.
- Almeria's 10 league matches have produced only 17 goals (an average of 1.7 goals per game).
- Athletic have also scored the most goals in the last 15 minutes of play (seven).
- Atletico Madrid have won half (30 out of 60) of their meetings against Osasuna in the top-flight (21 wins for Osasuna and nine draws complete the record).
- Prior to their win in the last meeting with Osasuna in the league (1-0 at home), Atletico had failed to win the previous four meetings against the side from Pamplona in La Liga, losing three of these.
- The Colchoneros have won three of their last four league games against Osasuna at the Vicente Calderon, losing the other.
- Atletico have won only once in the last five match-days, losing three times and sharing the points once.
- At home, Quique Sánchez Flores' side are unbeaten in their last three league games (two wins and one draw).
- Osasuna have lost only one of their last five league games (two wins and as many draws), keeping a clean sheet three times.
- Away from home, Osasuna have picked up only one point from their last 13 fixtures in La Liga, failing to score nine times.
- This will be the 23rd meeting between Barcelona and Villarreal in La Liga: the Blaugrana lead by nine wins to eight, five draws complete the record.
- The Catalonians are unbeaten in their last four league meetings against Villarreal (two wins and as many draws).
- At home however, Guardiola's side have not won any of their last three games against the Yellow Submarine (two draws and one defeat).
- Barcelona have won seven of their last eight league games, drawing the other one (1-1 at home vs Mallorca).
- After losing their opening fixture against Real Sociedad, Villarreal have notched up seven wins and two draws in the league.
- Away from home, Garrido's side are unbeaten in their last four league games (two wins and two draws).
- Villarreal have netted the most goals in the first half so far in La Liga (14).
- The Yellow Submarine have taken the most points from games in which they have gone behind in La Liga this season (eight).
- Lionel Messi has scored five goals in the last three match-days of La Liga.
- Hercules and Real Sociedad have met 28 times so far in the top-flight: the Basque side lead by 10 wins to eight, with 10 draws to complete the record.
- Hercules are unbeaten against Real Sociedad in 14 league meetings at Alicante, winning eight times and drawing six.
- Hercules have conceded only one goal in their last 10 home games against Real Sociedad in La Liga.
- Hercules are without a win in their last five league games (two draws and three defeats).
- Real Sociedad have won four of their last five league fixtures, including the last three.
- Away from home however, the Basque side have won only once in their last seven games in the top-flight, losing four times and drawing twice.
- Hercules have scored just one goal after the break this season.
- Malaga and Levante have met only twice in the Spanish top-flight: the club from Andalusia won both games 1-0.
- Malaga have picked up only one point from the last six match-days in La Liga.
- The Andalusians are without a win in their last 10 league games at home (four draws and six defeats, including the last five).
- Levante have lost their last three consecutive league games by the same scoreline (1-2).
- Away from home, Levante have won only once in their last eight league games, losing six times and sharing the points once.
- Malaga have conceded 22 goals so far, more than any other side in La Liga this season.
- Malaga have lost the most points from leading positions so far, eight.
- Stuani has been directly involved in each of Levante's last three goals in the league (and five of the last six in all competitions).
- No more than two goals have been scored in each of the last nine league meetings between Mallorca and Deportivo La Coruña.
- At Mallorca, the hosts have lost only one of the last 11 meetings, winning six and drawing four.
- The islanders have kept three clean sheets in the last four matches against Deportivo at home in La Liga.
- The Barralets have scored exactly twice in each of the last three league fixtures.
- Deportivo La Coruña have won their last two league games, after failing to win in the previous eight La Liga match-days this season.
- Before winning at Valencia against Levante in the last match-day, Deportivo had failed to win in their previous 17 league games away from home.
- Racing have won four of their last five league matches against Espanyol in La Liga, losing the other one; in each of these four wins, Los Verdiblancos scored at least three goals.
- Los Racinguistas are unbeaten in their last five home meetings against Espanyol in La Liga (three wins and two draws).
- Espanyol have not drawn any of their last 15 league games (eight wins and seven losses).
- For their part, Racing have not drawn any of their last 10 home games in La Liga (five wins and as many defeats).
- Espanyol have lost six of their last seven games on the road, failing to score in each of these defeats.
- Racing have already conceded seven goals in the first 15 minutes of play, more than any other side in the top-flight.
- Espanyol have the lowest conversion ratio of La Liga so far this season (7.44%).
- Real Zaragoza and Sevilla have met 96 times so far in La Liga: the Andalusians lead by 41 wins to 34, 21 draws complete the record.
- These two sides have not shared the points in their last six league meetings, winning three times each.
- Zaragoza have won four of their last five meetings at home to Sevilla in La Liga, losing the other.
- Real Zaragoza managed their first win in La Liga this season last Sunday against Mallorca, after four draws and five defeats.
- Sevilla have alternated an away loss with a home win in their last six league games.
- At home the Rojiblancos are unbeaten in La Liga this season (two draws before three consecutive wins).
- Real Zaragoza recorded their biggest ever win in La Liga against Sevilla (8-1 at La Romareda in October 1987).
- Sporting Gijon have picked up just one point from their last eight league meetings with Real Madrid, conceding 23 goals in the process.
- Sporting have netted only five goals in their last 12 matches in La Liga against the Merengues,
- The Rojiblancos have failed to score in their last five home encounters with Real Madrid in La Liga (two goalless draws and three defeats).
- Sporting Gijon have won only once in the last eight match-days of this campaign, losing three times and drawing four.
- Real Madrid are unbeaten in La Liga since April (0-2 home defeat in the Clasico against Barcelona); since then, the Merengues have managed 14 wins (including the last five) and three draws in 17 league fixtures.
- However, the Blancos have drawn five of their last nine games on the road in all competitions.
- Mourinho's side boast the best attack (27 goals netted) and best defence (just five goals conceded) in the Spanish top-flight.
- The Merengues have conceded only one goal in the first half of league games this season.
- These two sides have met 12 times in the Spanish top-flight: Valencia have won six times, Getafe four, while two draws complete the record.
- Valencia have won three of their last four meetings against Getafe in La Liga.
- At home, Valencia are unbeaten against Getafe in La Liga (five wins, including the last four, and one draw).
- Valencia have picked up only one point in the last four match-days of La Liga.
- At home, Los Che have won only one of their last four league games, drawing two and losing another.
- Getafe have lost three of their last four league games.
- Getafe have not drawn any of their last seven league fixtures (three wins and four defeats).
