Rayo Vallecano - RCD Mallorca
Rayo and Mallorca have met 10 times in the top flight with the side from the capital winning just once (2-1 in 1999/00).
The Baleares have only failed to score once against Rayo in Primera, in their first meeting in 1989/90.
Last season Mallorca scored the fewest goals in the opening 15 minutes of both halves (four in each).
Rayo head into the new season after 13 matches without a win in their last campaign in the top flight.
The Madrid side started their last two La Liga campaigns at home without winning either (one draw and a defeat).
Mallorca have played their opening La Liga game away from home on 13 occasions but have won just two.
Last season the islanders lost 12 of their 19 league games on the road (four draws and three wins).
Rayo have never won at home on the opening day in the top flight (three defeats, one draw).
Rayo have finished in the bottom four in seven of their 12 campaigns in Primera.
Webó, who headed to Eskiesehirspol over the summer, was the only Mallorca player to score more than five goals in La Liga in 2010/11 (11).
Real Madrid CF - Athletic Club
Athletic have lost on 11 of their last 12 visits to the Bernabéu in the league, notching up a 2-0 win in 2004/05.
Last season, Athletic scored the most headed goals in LigaBBVA (17), while Real Madrid conceded the fewest in this way (three).
Mourinho's side were the only one last season to win every match in which they opened the scoring in Primera (29).
Athletic have opened the season with a game against Madrid on four previous occasions, winning one, losing one and drawing the other two. Their only win came in their only home match.
Real Madrid and Athletic have not met on the opening day of La Liga since 1963.
In the last seven seasons, the Basque side have only lost their opening game once.
Real Madrid have lost just one of their last 28 games at home on the first matchday of the season: 0-3 vs Barça in 1984.
The Basque side only kept two clean sheets on the road in La Liga in 2010/11, on the opening matchday and the 21st.
Real Madrid have won just 49% of their meetings with Athletic in the top flight, their second-lowest proportion after Barcelona (42%).
Fernando Llorente has only scored more goals against Valencia (seven) than Real Madrid (four) in LigaBBVA.
Five Bilbao players have been sent off in their last six league meetings with the Merengues.
Real Betis - Sevilla FC
Alvaro Negredo hit the woodwork more often than any other side in Primera last season (eight times).
Sevilla's new signing Spahic did not give away a single penalty in two seasons in Ligue 1.
Betis have won just three of their 19 derbies in the Spanish top flight, losing seven and drawing nine.
In fact, Betis have only managed to score in one of their last five meetings with Sevilla in the top flight.
The last 11 goals scored by Sevilla against their local rivals in Primera have come from foreigners.
Pepe Mel has met Sevilla twice as a manager in the top flight, drawing one and losing the other.
In their last top-flight campaign Betis conceded the joint-most penalties at home (five).
Velasco Carballo, who has never taken charge of a Seville derby, blew for the fewest fouls in LigaBBVA 2010/11.
There have been three red cards in total in the last three Seville derbies.
Since 06/07, Velasco Carballo has taken charge of six top-flight games involving Betis, awarding eight penalties and dishing out eight red cards.
Betis have won both of the Seville derbies to be played on the opening day of the season (1963 and 1987).
Sevilla have won six of their last eight games on the opening day of the season.
Espanyol - Granada
Granada have only beaten Espanyol once in 16 meetings away from home in the Spanish top flight, racking up three draws besides.
This will be the rojiblancos' first trip to the Cornella in the top flight.
Granada were relegated from the top flight 35 years ago after a run of five straight defeats.
Sevilla (on the last day of last season) are the only Andalucian side (of seven) to have played at Espanyol's new stadium and won there in the league.
Pochettino's men won just one of their last 10 games in LigaBBVA last season.
Espanyol conceded the most goals from corners in Primera last season (11).
In the periquitos last 10 league matches, either Osvaldo has scored or his team have failed to find the net.
However Espanyol averaged the same number of goals per game (1.21) regardless of whether or not Osvaldo played in the league last season.
Carlos Martins has won both of his La Liga matches against Espanyol by a score of 2-1.
Osasuna - Valencia
Osasuna have drawn their last four matches on the opening day of the season.
Valencia have won their opening game in each of the last three campaigns.
It is 60 years since Valencia finished in the top three in the Spanish league for three straight campaigns.
Osasuna were one of just five teams unbeaten against Valencia in Primera last season.
Valencia have won only one of their last seven visits to the Reyna de Navarra in La Liga.
Valencia are the only side against whom Miguel Flaño has scored more than once in LigaBBVA (two).
If only home games had counted last season, Osasuna would have finished fifth.
The Rojillos have won their last three league games at home, including a 1-0 win over Valencia.
Los Che managed to win six matches after going behind in La Liga last season, two more than any other side.
Unai Emery's men scored 12 goals from corners in 2010/11, no other side scored more than seven in this way.
Real Sociedad - Atlético de Madrid
Atlético have won just one of their last eight matches away from home on the opening day of the season.
Real Sociedad have only lost one of their last 15 matches at home on matchday one, including a 1-0 win against Villarreal in 2010.
Atlético won 4-2 in Anoeta last season, ending a run of 13 games without a win there in the top flight.
There has been at least one goal in the last 15 minutes of each of the last six league clashes between these sides (10 in total).
Since 06/07, Atlético have won 49% of their league games with Agüero starting, compared to just 32% without him.
No side lost more matches that they were leading in LigaBBVA 2010/11 than Real Sociedad (11).
Real Sociedad were unbeaten in their last four league games at home in 2010/11.
Atlético lost just one of their last eight away games in the league last season.
Villarreal - Sporting
Villarreal have never lost to Sporting in El Madrigal in the top flight (two wins and a draw).
The yellow submarine's only defeat against Sporting in the league was also the only time they failed to score (0-1 at El Molinón in 09-10).
Sporting have won on just one of their last 16 visits to the Comunitat Valenciana in the top flight (vs Valencia in 2008).
Sporting have only failed to score against Villarreal twice in La Liga, losing both games 0-1.
Four of Villarreal's six goals against Sporting in Primera have been scored by Giuseppe Rossi.
Villarreal have never won their first game of the season in Primera at home (one draw and one defeat).
Since returning to the top flight in 08-09, Sporting have lost all their games on the opening day, conceding nine goals and scoring only one.
Sporting have lost their top goalscorer from last season, Diego Castro (nine goals).
Diego Castro also scored both of Sporting's league goals against Villarreal last season.
Sporting scored the fewest goals from set pieces in 2010/11 (six, excluding penalties).
Malaga - Barcelona
Malaga have lost 10 of their last 11 meetings with Barcelona in La Liga.
Malaga's last league win against Barcelona (5-1 in 03-04) also constitutes the Blaugrana's biggest reversal in the league since 1995 (0-5 vs Racing).
Barcelona have won their last three matches at La Rosaleda, bagging nine goals in the process.
Barca have conceded just four goals in their last 11 league meetings with Malaga.
The boquerones won 45% of their league games last season with Julio Baptista playing, vs just 30% without him.
Pep Guardiola's men were the only side not to concede a single goal in the opening 15 minutes of league matches in 2010/11.
Malaga lost the most points in matches when they were leading in the league last season (24).
Enzo Maresca's goal vs Atlético Madrid last season was the fastest strike by a substitute in LigaBBVA 2010/11 (22 seconds after coming on).
Only Messi (0.94) and Ronaldo (1.18) scored more goals per game in LigaBBVA 2010/11 than Julio Baptista (0.82).
Barcelona have only ever lost once at home on the opening day of the season (0-1 vs Espanyol in 1939).
Malaga have only ever won once on the road on the opening day of the season in the top flight (3-2 vs Recreativo Huelva in 2002).
Levante UD - Real Zaragoza
Levante have won just one of their 12 meetings with Real Zaragoza in the top flight (2-1 in March 2008).
These two sides have only met on the last matchday of last season, with the manos winning 2-1 at the Ciutat de Valencia.
All three of Zaragoza's goals against Levante in 2010/11 came from Gabi.
Each side received exactly four yellow cards in the two meetings between the sides last season.
Levante have never won on the opening day in the Spanish top flight.
Zaragoza have not won on the road on matchday one in LigaBBVA since 1980 (six defeats and three draws since then).
If only games in the second half of the season in LigaBBVA 2010/11 had counted, Levante would have been sixth.
Just three sides (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia) conceded fewer goals on the road last season in LigaBBVA than Real Zaragoza (26).
Since 07/08, Real Zaragoza have won just two of their 16 league games without Gabi.
Real Racing Club - Getafe CF
The last three league meetings between Racing and Getafe have seen just two goals in total.
Getafe are unbeaten in three league visits to Racing, winning the last two.
The racinguistas are without a win on the opening day of the season since 2003.
They have scored just two goals in seven games on matchday one since then.
Getafe have never played at home on matchday one in the Spanish top flight.
However they have still managed four wins from seven games on opening day, including a victory at Racing in 2009.
There have been six red cards in the last seven league meetings between the sides.
Racing's last six goals at home in the league have been scored by Swedish players.
Racing conceded the most goals in the opening 15 minutes of LigaBBVA matches in 2010/11, but the fewest in the last 15 minutes (five).
The azulones are on a run of 11 league matches without a win on the road.
