Almeria v Athletic Bilbao
Almeria have lost their last three meetings with Athletic in the top flight.However in three matches at home, they have never failed to score against the Basque outfit in the league.
Almeria are, along with Sporting, the side who have drawn the most league matches this season (11).
Caparros´ side have scored in all but three of their league games this season.
Athletic Bilbao have taken just one point from their last four league games on the road.
The Andalusian are the only side yet to score a penalty in Liga BBVA this season.
Almeria have conceded the first goal in more matches than any other side in Liga BBVA this season (19), winning just one of these.
Fernando Llorente has not gone four straight league matches without scoring this season, though he has failed to find the net in his last three.
Deportivo La Coruna v Mallorca
Deportivo are unbeaten in their last five league clashes at home to Mallorca (two wins, three draws).Depor´s last three league wins over the islanders came by the same scoreline: 1-0.
The last win for the bermellones at the Riazor was also their biggest there in Primera (3-0 in 2005).
Mallorca have scored just once in their last four league trips to Deportivo.
Depor have failed to find the net in four of their last five league matches.
Five of the 12 points Mallorca have picked up on the road this season have come in their last four matches.
Los turcos have scored the fewest first half goals in the league this season (8, 35% of their total).
Deportivo have also scored the fewest goals from open play (eight).
Depor have not lost a league game this season in which they have taken the lead (seven wins, three draws), but have also failed to win after going behind (three draws, 12 defeats).
Deportivo´s defenders have scored 30% of their team´s league goals this season, more than any other side.
Espanyol v Racing Santander
Racing have lost on only one of their last five visits to Espanyol in the top flight (three wins, one draw).Espanyol have scored just three goals in their last five league games at home to the montaneses, receiving 11 in return.
Espanyol have managed two wins and three defeats in their last five league matches at home.
The Catalonians have drawn only once in the league this season, back in November (0-0 in the reverse fixture with Racing).
In their last game, Racing ended a four-match winless run in Liga BBVA.
Racing have won only one of their last seven league matches on the road (1-0 at Getafe).
Racing hold the record for failing to score with the most penalties in the league this season (five).
Getafe v Valencia
In six matches, Getafe have only lost one game at home to Los Che in the top flight.Getafe are on a run of seven matches without a win in Liga BBVA, managing just four points in total.
Overall, Michel´s side have won only one of their last 13 league matches.
Manu has scored in the Madrid side´s last two games at home (three goals in total, on top of an own goal).
Getafe have scored the fewest headed goals this season in Liga BBVA (two).
The azulones have never gone eight games without a win in the same season in the Spanish top flight.
Getafe have conceded a goal in the last 10 minutes of each of their last three league games at home, dropping five points as a result.
Valencia have lost three of their last four league matches.
Los che have picked up the most points after conceding first in Liga BBVA this season (18).
Levante v Malaga
In three attempts, Levante have never beaten Malaga in the top flight, losing on all three occasions.All three previous top-flight clashes between these two sides have finished 1-0 to Malaga.
The Valencian side are on a run of five games without a defeat, their best-ever such run in the Spanish top flight.
With wins over Real Sociedad and Espanyol, Malaga have won back-to-back league games for the first time this season.
The boquerones have shipped the most goals in the league this season (59), 11 more than any other side.
However, Pellegrini´s men are the only side to have a kept a clean sheet in the last two matchdays in Liga BBVA.
Since Willy Caballero´s arrival in goal, Malaga have won 50% of their games, as opposed to 22% beforehand.
Only Real Sociedad (22) have dropped more points after opening the scoring in Liga BBVA this season than Málaga (19).
Osasuna v Atletico Madrid
Atlético have won just one of their last eight league matches at the Reyno de Navarra (six defeats).In the last seven league meetings between the sides, Osasuna have either scored at least three goals or not at all (four times).
Osasuna have won their last three league matches, something they had not managed all season previously.
The rojillos have taken 13 points from the last 18 available under new manager Mendilibar.
Only Barcelona and Real Madrid (16 each) have taken more in this period.
Atlético are unbeaten in their last three league matches on the road (one win, two draws).
Sergio Agüero has scored in Atlético´s last three matches in Liga BBVA.
Osasuna´s eight league goals from the last three match-days have been scored by seven different players, Sola being the only one who has scored twice.
Real Madrid v Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijón have only won two of their 39 matches at the Bernabeu in Primera, both by a score of 1-0.Real Madrid have won all 14 league matches at home this season.
The merengues have won every match in which they have opened the scoring in the league this season, while Sporting are still without a victory after conceding first.
Real Madrid have conceded the fewest headed goals in Liga BBVA this season (two).
Sporting have won just one away match in the league this season (4-0 at Mallorca).
Karim Benzema has scored in each of Real´s last four league matches.
Only two players have managed to score in five straight matches in Liga BBVA this season: Messi and Pedro.
On their last nine away matches, Sporting have either failed to score (five times), or Diego Castro has found the net (four times).
Just seven of Sporting´s league goals this season have come from strikers, fewer than any other side in the top flight.
Real Sociedad v Hercules
Hércules have never won at Anoeta in the history of the Spanish top flight, and have not picked up a point there since 1981.Real Sociedad´s biggest ever win over Hércules was a 6-0 in the 1986/87 season.
Hercules have failed to score in nine of their last 11 league matches.
Should they fail to find the net in this match, Hércules will equal Deportivo´s 1966 record of 12 consecutive league matches without scoring on the road.
Real Sociedad are one of four sides in the Spanish top flight who are yet to play out a goalless draw in the current campaign (along with Bilbao, Barcelona and Villarreal).
The Basque side have conceded the most goals from direct free kicks in the competition (four).
Hércules have only won one away match in the league this season (at Barcelona).
Sevilla v Real Zaragoza
Sevilla have beaten Zaragoza in their last three league meetings at the Sanchez Pizjuan, averaging four goals per game.The last 13 league goals by the Andalucians at home against Zaragoza have been scored by foreign players, since Antonito´s strike in December 2003.
Zaragoza are on a run of three league matches without a goal on the road, forming part of a run of four consecutive away matches without a win.
Real Zaragoza have only won one league away match this season (1-2 at Malaga).
Sevilla are unbeaten in their last five at home in Liga BBVA (three wins, two draws).
Zaragoza have drawn the most league matches after going ahead away from home in Liga BBVA this season (three).
Zaragoza´s midfielders have scored the most goals in Liga BBVA this season (18).
Just 36% of Liga BBVA games refereed by Iglesias Villanueva this season have ended in home wins, fewer than any other referee.
Villarreal v Barcelona
Villarreal are without a win in their last five league meetings with Barca.However the yellow submarine has scored in its last eight league clashes with Barcelona.
After winning 10 of their opening 11 home games in the league this season, Villarreal have won only one of the four since.
Villarreal have scored exactly once in their last four league games.
It is 10 match-days since a foreign player scored against Barcelona in the league (Duda for Malaga).
Barcelona have dropped points in two of their last four league away fixtures.
Giuseppe Rossi has scored four of Villarreal´s last five goals at home in the league.
Villarreal are unbeaten after taking the lead at El Madrigal this season (11 wins, two draws).
None of Messi, Villa or Pedro has scored in Barcelona´s last three league matches.
Prior to this run, at least one of these three players had found the net in 19 consecutive league games.
