Seven of the last eight league meetings between the sides have ended in draws (one win for Sporting).
The maños are unbeaten in their last three trips to El Molinón in the top-flight (W1 D2).
Zaragoza are on their best run of the season in the league, taking seven points from their last three games and winning back-to-back matches for the first time.
Javier Clemente's side have managed just one win in their last 11 LigaBBVA matches, taking seven points from the last 33 available.
Zaragoza have scored the highest proportion of their goals in the last 15 minutes of games in Primera this season (44%).
Only Real Betis (9) have taken more points from goals scored in the last five minutes of league games this season than Zaragoza (seven).
Sporting have kept the fewest clean sheets in La Liga this season (three).
Real Zaragoza have conceded the most first half goals in La Liga this season (27), while Sporting have conceded the most in the second half (32).
With a league win % of 14.3%, Javier Clemente's record is poorer than his predecessor's at Sporting, Manolo Preciado (29%).
Apoño will play his 100th game in the Spanish top-flight in this match, should he score, he will equal his best-ever run of scoring in consecutive games in the competition (three in January 2009).
Málaga - Real Betis
Málaga are unbeaten in their last five league meetings with Real Betis (W2 D3).
Málaga have scored in all but one of their seven top-flight games at home to Betis.
Should they avoid defeat in this match, the boquerones will equal their second-best run of games unbeaten in La Liga (seven games), their best is nine from 2009/10.
Manuel Pellegrini's side have won their last five at home in the league, their best-ever run in the Spanish top-flight.
Real Betis are, along with Granada, the only side in Primera who are yet to draw away from home this season.
The verdiblancos' last six goals against Málaga in LigaBBVA have come in the first half.
14 of Málaga's last 15 goals have come in the second half (aside from Rondón's strike against Rayo).
Mario has received the joint-most red cards in La Liga this season (three, level with Lanzaro).
More different nationalities have found the net for Málaga this season than any other side in LigaBBVA (10).
Santi Cazorla has scored more goals from direct free kicks than any other player in Europe's top-five leagues this season (four).
Málaga have kept a clean sheet in both league games which Fernando Teixeira Vitienes has refereed this season, one of which was against Betis.
Atlético de Madrid - Getafe
Atlético have won only two of their last eight meetings with Getafe in the top-flight (D3 L3).
Four of the five draws between Atlético and Getafe in La Liga have been by the same scoreline: 1-1.
Atlético won their last derby in the top-flight (3-1 against Rayo): the last time they won two in a row was back in 77/78 and 78/79 (two wins vs Rayo).
Getafe have lost their last four league derbies on the road, shipping 12 goals and scoring just two.
Simeone's men have won only two of their last nine league games (D4 L3).
Manzanares' side are, along with Racing, the team who have drawn the most matches 0-0 this season in LigaBBVA (6).
Getafe's last six league goals have been scored by different players (including one own goal by Iñigo Martínez).
Atlético have picked up the joint-fewest points after conceding the first goal in LigaBBVA matches this season (1 from nine games).
Only Messi (2), Ronaldo (1.33) and Benzema (1.15) have averaged more goals per game at home in La Liga this season than Falcao (1.08).
Real Sociedad - Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad have only won one of their last five top-flight meetings with Rayo (D2 L2).
The txuri-urdin have won eight of their 12 matches at home to Rayo in the top-flight (D3 L1).
In 29 visits to the Basque country in Primera, Rayo have won just four times in total: two 1-0s and two 2-1s.
Real Sociedad are without a win in their last six matches at home to sides from Madrid in Primera (D2 L4), conceding 12 goals and scoring four in these games.
Montanier's men are on a run of three straight league defeats, they have not lost four in a row since April last year.
Rayo have lost their last two league games and four of the last six (W2).
None of the Madrid side's last 17 league games have finished in a draw (W7 L10).
Only Zaragoza (32) and Sporting (37) have conceded more goals on the road in La Liga than Rayo (31) this season, though only Valencia, Barcelona and Real Madrid have won more points away from home.
Villarreal - Espanyol
Villarreal are unbeaten in their last eight league meetings with Espanyol (W4 D4), without conceding a single goal in any of these matches (eight scored).
Eight consecutive clean sheets against one side is a record for any team against another in the Spanish top-flight.
Six of the last seven draws between Villarreal and Espanyol in the top flight have finished goalless.
Villarreal are without a win in their last three at El Madrigal in La Liga: they haven't gone four without a win at home since 2005/06.
Espanyol are without a win in five consecutive league matches on the road, though four of these have been draws.
The amarillos are without a win after conceding first in LigaBBVA games this season (D5 L10).
Espanyol have conceded the joint-most penalties in La Liga this season (six).
Pochettino has beaten Lotina in four of their five meetings in LigaBBVA (just one win for Lotina).
Sevilla - Mallorca
A win for Sevilla would mean they have won three consecutive league games for the first time within a single campaign since November 2009.
Sevilla have scored in their last 10 league meetings at home to Mallorca.
Manu del Moral has scored a brace in his last two league matches for the first time ever in Primera.
The islanders are the lowest-scoring side, along with Racing, in the last 15 minutes of league games this season (3 goals).
Mallorca are one of only two sides, along with Zaragoza, against whom Perotti has scored more than once in Liga BBVA (two goals).
José Antonio Reyes, yet to score in 13 league games for Sevilla this season, has had more shots without scoring than any other player in Primera this season.
The islanders are yet to score more than once in the first half of a La Liga game this season.
Joaquín Caparrós has conceded twice as many goals (9) at the Sánchez Pizjuán as his teams have scored there in Primera.
Manu del Moral's next goal will see him set a new personal record for most goals in a single season in La Liga (nine so far).
All but one of Mallorca's last 11 league goals have come in the second half, aside from Nunes' strike at El Molinón.
Pérez Lasa has already taken charge of a Sevilla-Mallorca match in the league, with Sevilla winning 3-1 in May 2009.
Racing - Granada
Failure to win this game will see Racing rack up 12 league games without a win (D5), their worst-ever run in the history of Primera.
Racing have only won once against Granada in the top-flight (D3 L3), this being the only time they had scored more than once against them.
The Andalucians have never won in Racing in Primera (D2 L1), scoring just one goal.
The verdinegros are on their worst run of the season at home in the league, going six games without a win.
Whenever Granada have taken as few points (31) after 29 games in Primera (assuming three pts/win), they have been relegated (60/61 and 66/67).
Stuani has scored six of Racing's 12 league goals in 2012.
Racing are the lowest scoring side in the last 15 minutes of the first half of league games this season (2).
Granada had 20 shots in their last match against Sevilla, their joint-most in a LigaBBVA game this season.
Ayza Gámez has blown up 103 times for offsides in La Liga this season, more than any other referee.
Osasuna - Real Madrid
Real Madrid have won 11 of their last 15 top-flight meetings with Osasuna (D2 L2).
Osasuna are on a run of six consecutive league games without a defeat, equalling their best run of the season (their best-ever run is 11 in 90/91).
Real Madrid are without a win in their last three league visits to Pamplona, scoring just once (D1 L2).
Osasuna are unbeaten in their last four league games at the Reyno de Navarra (W3 D1).
José Mourinho's team are the best away side in La Liga this season (W11 D2 L1), with six more points than Barcelona (29) on the road: their exact points difference in the table.
Osasuna have only had more points after 29 games than they do currently (43) in Primera on five occasions previously (assuming 3pts/win): on three of these they finished in the top five.
The only season when Real Madrid had taken 75 points from 29 games in Primera, they ended the season as Champions (60/61).
Only Real Madrid (one) and Barcelona (none) have lost fewer matches at home in La Liga this season than Osasuna (two).
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in seven of Real Madrid's last eight league games.
Muñiz Fernández was in charge of the last Osasuna-Real Madrid game in Pamplona, which ended in a 1-0 home win.
Barcelona - Athletic
Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 11 league meetings with Athletic (W8 D3).
At the Camp Nou, the blaugrana have won their last seven league meetings with the Lions.
Barça have scored in their last 28 league games against Athletic.
Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 20 league games at home to sides from the Basque Country, winning 18 and drawing just two.
Guardiola's men have won all but one of their home league games this season, averaging 4.1 goals per game and are unbeaten in 32 on their own turf (D3).
Athletic have dropped the most points in the last five minutes of league games this season (11).
Barcelona have kept the most clean sheets in the league this season (15).
Barcelona have received the fewest yellow cards at home of all sides in La Liga this season (25, including one red for two yellows).
Only Borja Valero (77) has won more fouls than Muniain in the league this season (74).
Messi has scored in six consecutive league games, beating his previous record by one game.
Messi has averaged two goals per game at home in the league this season, Málaga and Real Madrid are the only two teams who have averaged more.
Valencia - Levante
Valencia are unbeaten in their last five top-flight meetings with Levante (W3 D2).
Levante have never won at Mestalla in the league (D2 L4).
Levante have drawn their last two league games at Valencia (both 0-0).
Emery's men have lost their last two league games and have not lost three in a row since March/April 2008 (four defeats).
Valencia are without a win in three at home for the first time in the league this season (D1 L2).
JIM's side have won two of their last three on the road in the league (W2 L1).
Valencia are, along with Getafe, the side who have conceded the highest proportion of their goals in the last 15 minutes of La Liga games this season (33%).
Los Che have dropped the most points after opening the scoring in games in the league this season (23).
Levante are, along with Rayo Vallecano, the only LigaBBVA side yet to drop a point in the last 15 minutes of games this season.
Levante have seen more opposition players sent off (10) than any other side in La Liga this season.
