Getafe v Valencia
Getafe have only won one of their last six clashes with Valencia in La Liga (L5), though that was the last time they played in the Coliseum (3-1 last season).
In their last three league victories over Los Che, Getafe have netted exactly three goals.
Luis Garcia's side have only won one of their last seven league games (D2 L4) but have only lost one of their last 12 at home (W7 D4).
Valencia will arrive at the Coliseum on the back of their biggest away win under Valverde (4-0 in Vallecas).
Against no other side have Getafe won more home games in their La Liga history than they have against Valencia (five).
Roberto Soldado has scored a joint-high five away goals against Getafe, his former club, in the top-flight history of the Madrid side (level with Messi).
Valencia have won a league-high 12 points with goals in the final five minutes this season.
Los Che have also scored a league-high 16 headed goals this term.
Getafe have earned a league-high 14 points from losing positions at home in La Liga this term.
Granada v Osasuna
After their 2-1 win in the Reyno, Granada have the opportunity to win consecutive top-flight games against Osasuna for the first time in their history.
Osasuna's only win in Granada in La Liga came in their first ever visit there (1-2 in 1958).
Granada are unbeaten in four league games (W2 D2); they last went five in a row unbeaten in La Liga back in Decemeber 2011.
Osasuna have only won one of their last six league games (D2 L3), though that win did come in their last game (1-0 v Getafe).
Four of the last six Osasuna goals have been headers, with the last two both being scored by Raul Arribas.
Granada have scored exactly one goal in each of their last seven home league games.
Osasuna have won just one penalty all season - a league-low.
Mendilibar's side have the worst shot conversion rate in La Liga this season (8.2%) while Alcaraz's side have the second-worst (9.3%).
Youssef El-Arabi has scored six goals this season, the same as Granada top scorers Siqueira and Ighalo managed last term.
Osasuna and Granada both have 36 points this season, just one short of the total relegated Sporting managed in the whole of 2011/12 (37).
Sevilla v Real Sociedad
Sevilla have lost two successive league games against Real Sociedad, both at the Anoeta and having conceded exactly two goals each time.
Sevilla have won five and lost none of their last six La Liga games against the Basque side on home soil, however.
The last time Real Sociedad won in the Pizjuan in the league was back in 2002/03 (0-1), the year they finished second in the table.
Sevilla have won eight of their last nine home league games, only losing against third placed Atletico Madrid.
The Basque side have failed to win their last two league games (D1 L1); they have not gone three games without a victory since November.
After 12 competitive games without a clean sheet for Sevilla, Beto has managed a shutout in each of his last two appearances.
Montanier's side have conceded exactly twice in five of their last seven league games.
Alvaro Negredo needs just one goal to register his best ever La Liga haul (currently on 20 for this term).
Imanol Agirretxe has scored five of Real Sociedad's last nine league goals.
Thanks to his assist against Espanyol, Ivan Rakitic has now assisted more goals for Negredo at Sevilla than any other player.
Levante v Rayo Vallecano
Levante have lost two of their three previous top-flight meetings with Rayo Vallecano (W1).
The Madrid-based side won 5-3 in the Ciutat last season; they are still the only team to have scored 5+ goals in an away game against JIM's Levante side.
Levante have only won one of their last 14 league games (D6 L7), though that was in the Ciutat de Valencia against Sevilla (1-0 in March).
Rayo have gone five league games without a win (D2 L3), their worst run of the campaign.
Levante have failed to score in three successive home league games; they have never gone four in a row without netting in the Primera.
Piti has participated in six of Rayo's last eight league goals (five goals, one assist).
JIM's side have scored just two goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this season, a league-low.
Rayo, on the other hand, have scored a league-high 30% of their goals in the final 15 minutes of games.
JIM's side have the lowest average possession in La Liga this season (36%), while Paco Jemez's side have the second-highest figure (58%).
Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol
Deportivo won 3-0 in their last home league meeting with Espanyol with goals from Adrian, Albert Lopo and current Espanyol defender Diego Colotto.
Los Pericos have won five of their last six top-flight meetings with Depor (1L), but four of those victories were in Barcelona.
Espanyol have only scored in one of their last five visits to the Riazor in La Liga, but that was in their last victory there (2-3 in 2009/10).
Deportivo are unbeaten in five league games (W2 D3), they last went six or more in a row in the top-flight without defeat back in 2007/08 (nine).
Espanyol have won three of their last four away league games (1L), all by the same 2-0 scoreline.
Fernando Vazquez has won more games in La Liga this season (four) than the two other managers to take charge of Depor combined (three).
Bruno Gama has participated in four of Deportivo's last five league goals (two goals, two assists).
Espanyol have lost a league-high seven points with goals conceded in the final five minutes this season, though Deportivo are the only team yet to win a point in this period.
The Galician side have conceded a league-high 35 goals before half-time this season.
Zaragoza v Athletic Bilbao
Zaragoza have won two consecutive league games against Athletic Bilbao; they have never won three in a row against them.
Los Manos have won five of their last six games against Athletic in La Romareda in the league, losing the other.
Manolo Jimenez's side are unbeaten in three league games (W2 D1), their joint-best run of the campaign.
Athletic have drawn their last two away games; they last drew three in a row in the league back in 2005.
Manolo Jimenez has only lost one of his eight previous clashes with Athletic as a top-flight manager (W6 D1).
The only hat-trick Aritz Aduriz has ever scored in La Liga came at La Romareda during his first spell at the Lions (in a 3-4 defeat in 2007).
No side has conceded more goals from the penalty spot than Athletic this season (seven).
Zaragoza have scored a league-high 60% of their goals before the half-time break this season.
Marcelo Bielsa's side have conceded the most set piece goals this season (30), while Manolo Jimenez's side have scored the highest percentage from dead balls (60%).
Barcelona v Real Valladolid
Barcelona have won six and lost none of their last eight home league meetings with Real Valladolid (2D).
Valladolid have not won a point at the Nou Camp since 2003 (0-0).
Tito Vilanova's side need to win their remaining three games to equal the La Liga points record set by Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid last season (100).
Valladolid have scored in each of their last nine league games, though the last time they failed to net was in Barcelona (0-0 v Espanyol in March).
Lionel Messi has scored in each of his last three league meetings with Valladolid (four goals).
Javi Guerra scored his first La Liga goal against Barcelona in the reverse fixture, the only one of his eight league goals this season that came before the winter break.
Excluding the own goal by Gabi, Alexis Sanchez has participated in 10 of Barcelona's 16 league goals since April (five goals, five assists).
Antonio Rukavina, the outfield player to have played the most minutes in La Liga this season (3,135), will miss this game.
Cesc Fabregas has now scored more goals (10) and made more assists (11) than he made in La Liga last term (nine goals, eight assists).
Valladolid have lost a league-high 24 points having scored the first goal this season.
Of regular Spanish players in La Liga this season, only Roberto Soldado (one every 127 minutes) has a better mins/goal ratio than David Villa (131).
Valladolid keeper Jaime has saved all 22 shots from outside the area that he has faced this season (100% success rate).
Mallorca v Real Betis
After enduring their longest ever winless run against Betis in La Liga (five games), Mallorca have won their last two against them in the top-flight.
Betis have drawn four of their last six visits to the island in La Liga (L2) but have not won there since 2002 (1-3).
Gaby Amato, former player of both of these sides, scored his final ever La Liga goal in that Real Betis victory.
Mallorca are currently bottom of the table on 29 points. The last time they finished a La Liga campaign at the foot of the table, they won 37 points (91/92, assuming three points for a win).
Betis have already beaten Celta (1-0) and Deportivo (3-2) on the road this season - the other two teams currently in the drop zone alongside Mallorca.
Giovani dos Santos has scored two direct free kicks this season, the same number as Betis man Benat: only Ronaldo and Messi have scored more this season.
With his goal against Celta Vigo, Ruben Castro took his league tally to 17 for the season - his best ever return in La Liga.
Mallorca have conceded a league-high 11 goals from outside the area this season; Betis, a league-low of just two.
Since his La Liga debut, Dorlan Pabon has scored more away goals than any other player for Betis in the top-flight (four).
The last time Gregorio Manzano faced Betis as a La Liga manager, it proved to be his last game in charge of Atletico Madrid (0-2 in December 2011).
Getafe have only won one of their last six clashes with Valencia in La Liga (L5), though that was the last time they played in the Coliseum (3-1 last season).
In their last three league victories over Los Che, Getafe have netted exactly three goals.
Luis Garcia's side have only won one of their last seven league games (D2 L4) but have only lost one of their last 12 at home (W7 D4).
Valencia will arrive at the Coliseum on the back of their biggest away win under Valverde (4-0 in Vallecas).
Against no other side have Getafe won more home games in their La Liga history than they have against Valencia (five).
Roberto Soldado has scored a joint-high five away goals against Getafe, his former club, in the top-flight history of the Madrid side (level with Messi).
Valencia have won a league-high 12 points with goals in the final five minutes this season.
Los Che have also scored a league-high 16 headed goals this term.
Getafe have earned a league-high 14 points from losing positions at home in La Liga this term.
Granada v Osasuna
After their 2-1 win in the Reyno, Granada have the opportunity to win consecutive top-flight games against Osasuna for the first time in their history.
Osasuna's only win in Granada in La Liga came in their first ever visit there (1-2 in 1958).
Granada are unbeaten in four league games (W2 D2); they last went five in a row unbeaten in La Liga back in Decemeber 2011.
Osasuna have only won one of their last six league games (D2 L3), though that win did come in their last game (1-0 v Getafe).
Four of the last six Osasuna goals have been headers, with the last two both being scored by Raul Arribas.
Granada have scored exactly one goal in each of their last seven home league games.
Osasuna have won just one penalty all season - a league-low.
Mendilibar's side have the worst shot conversion rate in La Liga this season (8.2%) while Alcaraz's side have the second-worst (9.3%).
Youssef El-Arabi has scored six goals this season, the same as Granada top scorers Siqueira and Ighalo managed last term.
Osasuna and Granada both have 36 points this season, just one short of the total relegated Sporting managed in the whole of 2011/12 (37).
Sevilla v Real Sociedad
Sevilla have lost two successive league games against Real Sociedad, both at the Anoeta and having conceded exactly two goals each time.
Sevilla have won five and lost none of their last six La Liga games against the Basque side on home soil, however.
The last time Real Sociedad won in the Pizjuan in the league was back in 2002/03 (0-1), the year they finished second in the table.
Sevilla have won eight of their last nine home league games, only losing against third placed Atletico Madrid.
The Basque side have failed to win their last two league games (D1 L1); they have not gone three games without a victory since November.
After 12 competitive games without a clean sheet for Sevilla, Beto has managed a shutout in each of his last two appearances.
Montanier's side have conceded exactly twice in five of their last seven league games.
Alvaro Negredo needs just one goal to register his best ever La Liga haul (currently on 20 for this term).
Imanol Agirretxe has scored five of Real Sociedad's last nine league goals.
Thanks to his assist against Espanyol, Ivan Rakitic has now assisted more goals for Negredo at Sevilla than any other player.
Levante v Rayo Vallecano
Levante have lost two of their three previous top-flight meetings with Rayo Vallecano (W1).
The Madrid-based side won 5-3 in the Ciutat last season; they are still the only team to have scored 5+ goals in an away game against JIM's Levante side.
Levante have only won one of their last 14 league games (D6 L7), though that was in the Ciutat de Valencia against Sevilla (1-0 in March).
Rayo have gone five league games without a win (D2 L3), their worst run of the campaign.
Levante have failed to score in three successive home league games; they have never gone four in a row without netting in the Primera.
Piti has participated in six of Rayo's last eight league goals (five goals, one assist).
JIM's side have scored just two goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this season, a league-low.
Rayo, on the other hand, have scored a league-high 30% of their goals in the final 15 minutes of games.
JIM's side have the lowest average possession in La Liga this season (36%), while Paco Jemez's side have the second-highest figure (58%).
Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol
Deportivo won 3-0 in their last home league meeting with Espanyol with goals from Adrian, Albert Lopo and current Espanyol defender Diego Colotto.
Los Pericos have won five of their last six top-flight meetings with Depor (1L), but four of those victories were in Barcelona.
Espanyol have only scored in one of their last five visits to the Riazor in La Liga, but that was in their last victory there (2-3 in 2009/10).
Deportivo are unbeaten in five league games (W2 D3), they last went six or more in a row in the top-flight without defeat back in 2007/08 (nine).
Espanyol have won three of their last four away league games (1L), all by the same 2-0 scoreline.
Fernando Vazquez has won more games in La Liga this season (four) than the two other managers to take charge of Depor combined (three).
Bruno Gama has participated in four of Deportivo's last five league goals (two goals, two assists).
Espanyol have lost a league-high seven points with goals conceded in the final five minutes this season, though Deportivo are the only team yet to win a point in this period.
The Galician side have conceded a league-high 35 goals before half-time this season.
Zaragoza v Athletic Bilbao
Zaragoza have won two consecutive league games against Athletic Bilbao; they have never won three in a row against them.
Los Manos have won five of their last six games against Athletic in La Romareda in the league, losing the other.
Manolo Jimenez's side are unbeaten in three league games (W2 D1), their joint-best run of the campaign.
Athletic have drawn their last two away games; they last drew three in a row in the league back in 2005.
Manolo Jimenez has only lost one of his eight previous clashes with Athletic as a top-flight manager (W6 D1).
The only hat-trick Aritz Aduriz has ever scored in La Liga came at La Romareda during his first spell at the Lions (in a 3-4 defeat in 2007).
No side has conceded more goals from the penalty spot than Athletic this season (seven).
Zaragoza have scored a league-high 60% of their goals before the half-time break this season.
Marcelo Bielsa's side have conceded the most set piece goals this season (30), while Manolo Jimenez's side have scored the highest percentage from dead balls (60%).
Barcelona v Real Valladolid
Barcelona have won six and lost none of their last eight home league meetings with Real Valladolid (2D).
Valladolid have not won a point at the Nou Camp since 2003 (0-0).
Tito Vilanova's side need to win their remaining three games to equal the La Liga points record set by Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid last season (100).
Valladolid have scored in each of their last nine league games, though the last time they failed to net was in Barcelona (0-0 v Espanyol in March).
Lionel Messi has scored in each of his last three league meetings with Valladolid (four goals).
Javi Guerra scored his first La Liga goal against Barcelona in the reverse fixture, the only one of his eight league goals this season that came before the winter break.
Excluding the own goal by Gabi, Alexis Sanchez has participated in 10 of Barcelona's 16 league goals since April (five goals, five assists).
Antonio Rukavina, the outfield player to have played the most minutes in La Liga this season (3,135), will miss this game.
Cesc Fabregas has now scored more goals (10) and made more assists (11) than he made in La Liga last term (nine goals, eight assists).
Valladolid have lost a league-high 24 points having scored the first goal this season.
Of regular Spanish players in La Liga this season, only Roberto Soldado (one every 127 minutes) has a better mins/goal ratio than David Villa (131).
Valladolid keeper Jaime has saved all 22 shots from outside the area that he has faced this season (100% success rate).
Mallorca v Real Betis
After enduring their longest ever winless run against Betis in La Liga (five games), Mallorca have won their last two against them in the top-flight.
Betis have drawn four of their last six visits to the island in La Liga (L2) but have not won there since 2002 (1-3).
Gaby Amato, former player of both of these sides, scored his final ever La Liga goal in that Real Betis victory.
Mallorca are currently bottom of the table on 29 points. The last time they finished a La Liga campaign at the foot of the table, they won 37 points (91/92, assuming three points for a win).
Betis have already beaten Celta (1-0) and Deportivo (3-2) on the road this season - the other two teams currently in the drop zone alongside Mallorca.
Giovani dos Santos has scored two direct free kicks this season, the same number as Betis man Benat: only Ronaldo and Messi have scored more this season.
With his goal against Celta Vigo, Ruben Castro took his league tally to 17 for the season - his best ever return in La Liga.
Mallorca have conceded a league-high 11 goals from outside the area this season; Betis, a league-low of just two.
Since his La Liga debut, Dorlan Pabon has scored more away goals than any other player for Betis in the top-flight (four).
The last time Gregorio Manzano faced Betis as a La Liga manager, it proved to be his last game in charge of Atletico Madrid (0-2 in December 2011).