- Almería have won all three of their matches at home to Osasuna in the Spanish top flight.
- Los rojillos have bagged just one goal in total on their three league trips to the Estádio del Mediterráneo.
- Osasuna are without a win in their last seven league games.
- José Antonio Camacho´s men have the worst away record in Liga BBVA this season, picking up just two points from 10 away games.
- José Leonardo Ulloa has netted six goals in just five competitive starts at the Estadio del Mediterraneo.
- Only three teams have previously failed to win any of their opening 10 home games of a season in the Spanish top flight (as Almería could in this game).
- Krisztián Vadócz (two) is the only player to have scored more than once for Osasuna in their last 11 league matches.
- 29% of Almeria´s goals and 24% of Osasuna´s have come from corners, the 1st and 3rd highest proportions in Liga BBVA this season.
Athletic Bilbao v Hercules
- Bilbao have won five of their last six meetings with Hercules in the top flight.
- The Basque side has hit 24 goals in their last seven top flight clashes with Hércules at the San Mames.
- Athletic Bilbao have won six of their last seven league home games.
- None of the last 13 visiting sides to San Mamés in the league has managed to keep a clean sheet.
- Javier Martínez has scored in three of the Lions´ last four league games.
- Hercules have failed to score in their last six away matches in Liga BBVA.
- Nelson Valdez has scored all three of Hércules´ away goals this season.
- Athletic Bilbao have scored 14 goals from crosses this season, the most in the league.
- Markel Susaeta has had more shots without scoring than any player in the Spanish top flight this season (34).
Barcelona v Racing Santander
- Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 14 league meetings with Racing, winning 11.
- Messi has scored six goals in his last five league appearances against los montañeses.
- Racing have won just one of their last 34 league visits to Barcelona: 2-0 in February 1983.
- Miguel Ángel Portugal´s side have only scored more than once in two league matches this season.
- Racing have scored only two goals in their last seven trips to the Camp Nou in the league.
- Racing have lost just one of their last five league games.
- The Blaugrana are just one victory away from equalling their record of consecutive wins in the Spanish top flight (14).
- Pedro Rodríguez has scored in four consecutive league matches for the first time in his career (six goals total).
- Barcelona have not scored a single goal from a set piece at home in the league this season.
- Both of Racing´s goals in the league in 2011 have come from free kicks.
- Barcelona have made at least 630 passes in 15 of their 19 league matches this season, no other side has managed this even once.
Getafe v Espanyol
- El Geta are without a win in their last four matches at home to Espanyol in the league.
- Getafe are the only side against whom Osvaldo has scored more than twice in Liga BBVA (three goals in two appearances).
- Míchel´s side are without a win in their last three league games (one draw, two defeats).
- Espanyol have won their last two league matches.
- The Catalonians have 34 points after 19 league games for only the third time in the Spanish top flight.
- Luis Garcia has either scored (four) or assisted (four) eight of Espanyol´s last 14 league goals.
- Nearly half (12/25) of the goals Espanyol have shipped in the league this season have come in the final 15 minutes of games.
- Espanyol are also one of three sides in this competitions yet to concede their first goal in the opening 15 minutes of play.
- Espanyol are the only Liga BBVA side to have lost every game in which they have gone behind this season (seven times).
- Only once this season has a league match involving Espanyol seen the side scoring first failing to win (Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Espanyol).
Real Madrid v Mallorca
- Mallorca failed to score in all three trips to Madrid in the league in 2010 (twice at Getafe, once at the Bernabeú).
- Los merengues have won five of their last six league matches at home to Mallorca.
- However Barcelona are the only other side apart from Mallorca to have been unbeaten in at least half of their league trips to the Bernabeu since 2000/01 (at least seven games).
- Mallorca have conceded exactly three goals in their last three away matches in Liga BBVA.
- Real Madrid have lost just one of the last eight league matches in which they have conceded the first goal, winning five.
- José Mourinho´s men are the only side not to have dropped a single point from matches in which they have taken the lead this season.
- A win in this match would be the third time in four seasons that Real have won their opening 10 league matches at home.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has hit eight goals in the Merengues´ last four league matches at home.
- Real Madrid have conceded the fewest goals from set pieces in the league this season (just three).
Real Zaragoza v Deportivo La Coruna
- Real Zaragoza are unbeaten in their last five top-flight matches at home to Depor, though four have been draws.
- Deportivo have won just one of their last 11 top-flight meetings with Real Zaragoza.
- The last four top-flight clashes between the sides have seen just two goals in total, both scored by Real Zaragoza.
- Real Zaragoza are two points better off (16), than they were after 19 games last season (14).
- Two of Los maños´ three league wins this season have come in their last three matches.
- Deportivo have failed to find the net in four of their last five league away matches.
- This is only the second time in the last 13 seasons that Depor have had fewer than 22 points after 19 matches.
- Miguel Ángel Lotina´s men have netted just four goals from open play in the league this season, fewer than any other side.
- Real Zaragoza have scored the highest proportion of their goals from outside the box in Liga BBVA this season (24%).
Sevilla v Levante
- Sevilla have won all five of their matches at home to Levante in the Spanish top flight.
- Los nervionistas have averaged 3.14 goals per game in their last seven league meetings with Levante, winning each time.
- Sevilla have lost four of their last five league matches at home, scoring exactly once in each.
- Levante are without a win in their last five league matches, and have lost the last four in a row.
- Los Granotes have picked up only one point from the last 21 available on the road in Liga BBVA.
- This is Sevilla´s worst performance (26 points, -5 goal difference) after 19 league games since 2003/04.
- Quique Flores´ men have conceded eight goals in the 15 minutes after the break in Liga BBVA this season, the most.
- Levante have averaged just 42% possession in the league this season, the lowest proportion in the top flight.
Sporting Gijon v Atletico Madrid
- Atlético de Madrid have won 13 of their last 14 league clashes with Sporting de Gijón, drawing the other.
- Los colchoneros have scored 19 goals in their last six league meetings with Sporting.
- Diego Forlán has scored in all four of his league appearances against Sporting Gijon, netting six goals in total.
- Sporting´s win over Hércules in their last match ended a run of 11 league games without a victory.
- Atlético have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five league games.
- Quique Flores´ men have conceded at least twice in six of their last seven away matches in Primera.
- Atlético de Madrid have not won an away match in the league in which Sergio Agüero wasn´t playing since April 2006 (1-0 at Alavés).
- Since the start of 07/08, Atlético have won 55% of their league games when both Forlán and Aguero have started, compared to just 28% when at least one has been missing.
- Atlético have seven points more at this stage of the season than they did after 19 games of the last campaign (23).
Valencia v Malaga
- Málaga have only won once away to Valencia in the Spanish top flight in 29 meetings, 2-0 in January 1955.
- Since then they have lost 17 and drawn eight of their visits to the Mestalla.
- Valencia have won their last four league matches, all thanks to goals scored in the final 15 minutes of games.
- Los Che have not won five consecutive league matches since April 2009.
- Málaga have lost six of their last seven league matches on the road.
- Manuel Pellegrini´s side are yet to score a goal from open play in the league in 2011 (one penalty, one from a corner, one direct and one indirect free kick).
- On average, each of Valencia´s league goals this season have come after a sequence of 3.1 passes, only Barcelona´s (4.3) have come after a longer sequence.
- Valencia have netted eight league goals from corners this season, more than any other Liga BBVA side.
- The last three top-flight clashes between the sides have produced just four goals in total.
- Real Sociedad have won just three of their last 23 top-flight matches in the Comunitat Valencia, though all three were against Villarreal.
- Los Txuri-Urdin have only lost two of their eight matches at Villarreal in Primera.
- Villarreal have picked up the most points at home in the league this season (28).
- The Yellow Submarine´s last nine league goals at home have all been scored by a different player.
- 11 of Real Sociedad´s last 18 league goals have been scored or assisted by Xabi Prieto.
- Only Lionel Messi (13) has assisted more goals in Liga BBVA this season than Prieto (eight).
- Victory in their last match ended a run of four straight league defeats for Real Sociedad.
- Four of Villarreal´s last six league goals at El Madrigal have been headers (three assisted by Valero).
- Villarreal´s Giuseppe Rossi (nine goals, five assists), and Real Sociedad´s Xabi Prieto (six goals, eight assists) have been involved in the most Liga BBVA goals this season for players outside Real Madrid and Barcelona.
