Athletic Bilbao - Rayo Vallecano
Last season Athletic scored the most headed goals in LigaBBVA (17).
The Basque side have lost just one of their last seven matches on the opening day of the season.
Rayo come into this campaign on the back of 13 consecutive matches without a win in their last top-flight season.
Rayo have finished in the bottom four in six of their 12 top flight campaigns.
Athletic have won nine of their 12 matches at home to Rayo in Primera (one defeat).
Both sides have scored in the last 12 clashes between Rayo and Athletic in the top flight.
Fernando Llorente scored the most headed goals in LigaBBVA last season (nine), the most by a player in Primera since Raúl in 2000/01.
Athletic-Rayo was the second game of the season in 1996/97, with the hosts winning 3-2.
Athletic lost just one game after taking the lead at home in LigaBBVA 2010/11 (13 games, 12 wins).
Atlético Madrid - Osasuna
Osasuna have drawn their last four matches on the opening day of the season.
Atlético lost just one home game last season after taking the lead in the league.
The rojiblancos failed to win in the Vicente Calderon last season after conceding first in the league.
Atletico have kept a clean sheet on the last four occasions that their opening league game has been at home.
Osasuna are unbeaten in their last seven league matches away from home on the opening day of the season.
Since 06/07, Atletico have won 49% of their league games with Aguero starting, compared to just 32% without him.
Atletico have won their last three league meetings with the rojillos.
Osasuna won just three games on the road in LigaBBVA 2010/11, but all of them came in their last six games.
Atletico only managed one clean sheet in their last nine league games at home in 2010/11.
Barcelona - Villarreal
Barcelona are on a run of six league games without a defeat against Villarreal, and have won the last three.
Barça's win over Villarreal last season ended a run of three seasons without beating the Yellow Submarine at the Camp Nou.
In their last league meeting, Barcelona ended a run of eight games without keeping a clean sheet against Villarreal.
Villarreal have beaten Barcelona eight times in the league, compared to just two over Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola's men have won by the same scoreline on the last two opening days of the season (3-0).
Barcelona were the only side not to concede a single goal in the opening 15 minutes of league matches last season.
Lionel Messi and Giuseppe Rossi both scored 33% of their sides' league goals last season, the second-most after Cristiano Ronaldo (39%).
David Villa was caught offside more than any other LigaBBVA player last season (2.12 times per game).
Villarreal have only won two of their 12 matches on the opening day of Primera.
Since their promotion to the top flight, no side has won more often at the Camp Nou in the league than Villarreal (three).
Getafe - Levante
Getafe are starting a top-flight campaign at home for the first-time ever.
Getafe and Levante have met eight times in LigaBBVA, with three Getafe wins, three draws and two defetats.
All three of the azulones' wins against Levante have come at home.
Getafe benefitted from the second-most own goals last season in the league (three).
The Madrid side conceded the most goals from penalties in LigaBBVA last season (10).
Levante have never won on the opening day in the Spanish top flight (three defeats, three draws).
If only the second round of matches had counted in LigaBBVA last season, Levante would have finished sixth.
The granotas received the most yellow cards in LigaBBVA last season (126).
Levante won 37% of their league matches when Caicedo played last season, compared to just 18% without him.
Rafael Jordá found the net just twice in 17 league appearances last season.
Granada - Real Betis
Granada were last relegated from Primera 35 years ago on the back of five straight defeats.
In their last top flight season, Real Betis took the joint-most penalties at home (five).
Granada have won just one of their last 14 top-flight meetings with Betis, drawing six times.
However the verdiblancos have failed to score on their last four trips to their Andalucian rivals in Primera.
Granada won the last meeting between the sides in the second division 3-0 at home.
Granada are unbeaten in their last 18 games against other sides from Andalucia in Primera.
Betis are on a run of 16 games without keeping a clean sheet against other sides from Andalucia in the top flight.
Granada lost just one of their last 20 games at home in Segunda in 2010/11 (15 wins).
Mallorca - Espanyol
Pochettino's men have won just one of their last 10 league matches, drawing three.
Espanyol conceded the most goals from corners in LigaBBVA 2010/11 (11).
On the last five occasions that Espanyol have scored in the league, Osvaldo has found the net in the game.
Last season, the periquitos averaged the same number of goals per game with Osvaldo playing as without him (1.21).
Last season Mallorca scored the joint-fewest goals in the first 15 minutes of both halves in LigaBBVA matches (four each).
Espanyol also scored just four goals in the first 15 minutes of LigaBBVA matches in 2010/11.
The Catalonian side also conceded the most goals between the 16th and 30th minutes.
Webó, who left for Eskisehirspol in the summer, was the only Mallorca player to score more than five goals in LigaBBVA 2010/11 (11).
Espanyol have visited Mallorca 23 times in Primera, but have managed just three wins and five draws.
Real Zaragoza - Real Madrid
Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid have only once before met on the opening day of the season, drawing 1-1 in 1940.
Real Madrid have not lost at La Romareda in the league since 01/02 (1-2).
Since then they have notched up four draws and three wins there.
Real Zaragoza won their last league match against Real Madrid, becoming one of only three teams to win at the Bernabéu in Liga BBVA in 2010/11.
This match also ended a run of 14 league matches without a win for the maños against Real Madrid.
Real Madrid have only failed to score on one of their last 29 trips to Real Zaragoza in the league.
The merengues have lost none of the last 60 league games in which they have taken the lead, the last time they dropped points was against Osasuna on the last day of the 2008/09 campaign.
Just three sides (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia) conceded fewer goals on the road in the league last season than Real Zaragoza.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 39% of his side's goals in LigaBBVA last season, a higher proportion than any other player.
Real Madrid scored an average of 4.8 goals per game in their last six league matches of 2010/11.
The merengues have won none of the last two league matches on the opening day of the season when they have been away.
Sevilla FC - Málaga
Alvaro Negredo hit the woodwork more than any player in LigaBBVA last season (eight times).
In two seasons in Ligue 1, Spahic did not concede a single penalty.
Sevilla have won six of their last eight league matches on the opening day of the season.
The last four wins by the nervionenses at home to Málaga have been by a two-goal margin.
Manuel Pellegrini has won just three of his 13 games against Sevilla as a manager in Primera (four draws).
Malaga won 45% of their league matches when Julio Baptista played last season, compared to 30% without him.
Malaga dropped more points from winning positions than any side in LigaBBVA last season (24).
Enzo Maresca's goal after 22 seconds vs Atlético Madrid last season was the fastest goal by a substitute in Liga BBVA last season.
Malaga have only once before won away from home on the opening day of La Liga in 16 attempts.
Sevilla have only won one of their last nine league games at home to Malaga.
The nervionenses have failed to score in seven of these nine matches.
Sporting - Real Sociedad
Sporting are on a run of 10 games without a win over Real Sociedad in the league (six defeats and four draws).
The last four meetings between the sides ended in defeat for the Asturians.
Real Sociedad are unbeaten at El Molinon in Primera since 93/94 (three wins and two draws).
The donostierras have won on 11 occasions at Gijon in Primera (as with Sevilla and Bilbao), their best record on the road.
Sporting's last four league campaigns in Primera have seen them defeated in their opening game.
The txuri-urdin have won just one of their 33 matches away from home on the opening day of the season in the top flight (1994 in Compostela).
No side lost more matches after taking the lead in LigaBBVA 2010/11 than Real Sociedad (six).
Last season the donostierras became the first side not to receive a red card in a top-flight campaign since Sevilla in 1989/90.
Real's goalkeeper Claudio Bravo conceded more goals per game than any other netminder in LigaBBVA 2010/11 (1.74).
Sporting were unbeaten in their last 10 league games at home last season, winning seven and conceding only four goals.
Valencia - Racing de Santander
Valencia have won their opening game in each of the last three seasons.
It is 60 years since Valencia finished in the top three in Primera for three consecutive seasons.
Los che won six games from losing positions in LigaBBVA 2010/11, two more than any other side.
Emery's men scored 12 goals from corners in the league in 2010/11, no other side scored more than seven in this way.
The racinguistas have not won on the opening day of the season in the top flight since 2003.
In seven games since then on day one they have scored just two goals.
Racing conceded the most goals in the opening 15 minutes of league matches in 2010/11 (11), but the joint-fewest in the last 15 (five).
Racing's last six league visits to Mestalla have produced just one win for the side playing at home.
Valencia did not lose a single league match at home after scoring first last season.
Racing lost just one game after scoring first in LigaBBVA 2010/11.
