Deportivo are without a win in four consecutive derbies against Celta in La Liga (1D 3L), they last went five in a row without a victory in 1998/99.
Celta Vigo have won their last two trips to the Riazor in the Primera without conceding a single goal.
Deportivo have kept a clean sheet in each of their last seven top-flight derby wins (18 goals in total scored).
Juan Carlos Valeron has scored more goals against Celta than any other club in his La Liga career (four).
Deportivo are without a win in nine league games (D2 L7), with four of those games coming under new manager Fernando Vazquez.
Celta have only managed one clean sheet in 14 away games this season, though they did win that game (1-0 in Zaragoza).
Despite them both occupying relegation spots at the moment, Celta Vigo and Deportivo have never both been relegated in the same top-flight season.
Argentinean Augusto Fernandez has scored in three of his last four away league games for Vigo.
Celta have scored a league-low of just 10 goals away from home this term.
Depor have lost the most points from games in which they have scored the first goal this season (18).
Real Sociedad v Valladolid
Real Sociedad are without a win in four top-flight meetings with Valladolid (2D 2L), their last victory coming at the Anoeta back in 2002/03 (2-1).
The Basque side have, however, won six of their last seven home clashes with Valladolid in La Liga, though they lost the last one there (1-3 in 2002/03).
After their victory at the Anoeta last time, Valladolid have the opportunity to record successive top-flight wins there for the first time in their history in this game.
Antoine Griezmann scored twice in the 2-2 draw between the sides earlier this season; his only brace of the campaign to date.
Real Sociedad have gone nine league games without defeat (5W 4D), their best run since promotion in 2010.
Valladolid are unbeaten in three league games (1W 2D); they have not gone four without defeat all season.
Carlos Vela has participated in 40% of Real Sociedad's goals this season, the most of all players for the side from San Sebastian.
With his goal against Malaga, Manucho overtook Martins as the top scoring African player in La Liga this season (eight goals).
Only one of the last nine goals scored by Real Sociedad on home soil in La Liga has come in the first-half, a penalty by Vela against Levante.
Getafe v Athletic Bilbao
Getafe have only won one of their last six league meetings with Athletic (D4 L1), though this was the reverse fixture this season (1-2 in San Mames).
Athletic have never won at the Coliseum in eight top-flight visits, though five of those games have ended in draws.
The Blues are without a win in two home games with Athletic in the Primera; they have never gone three in a row without one.
Luis Garcia's side are unbeaten in four league games (3W 1D) and have won three in a row at the Alfonso Perez.
Athletic have won their last two league games; they have never won three in a row under Marcelo Bielsa.
With four goals and three assists, Adrian Colunga has participated at least one goal in each of his five league appearances at the Coliseum in 2013 (3W 2D).
Aritz Aduriz has gone seven league games without a goal; his worst run since his return to Bilbao.
Getafe have kept two successive league clean sheets; only once before (November 2007) have they kept three in a row in the top-flight.
Aduriz has scored nine goals on the road in La Liga this term, the most of all Spanish players and behind only Messi and Ronaldo league-wide.
Real Madrid v Mallorca
Real Madrid have won their last four successive league meetings with Mallorca; they have never won five in a row against the Islanders.
The Whites have won seven of their last eight against Mallorca on home soil (1L).
The 5-1 victory recorded by Mallorca under Manzano at the Bernabeu back in 2003 remains Mallorca's biggest ever away win in La Liga.
After taking 25 points in 2013 so far, Real Madrid would be top of La Liga had it started on New Year's Day.
After wins against Granada and Sevilla, Mallorca can record three successive league wins for the first time this season.
Gonzalo Higuain (six) and Cristiano Ronaldo (six) have scored 12 of the last 19 Real Madrid goals against Mallorca in La Liga between them.
Top scorer for Mallorca this season, Tomer Hemed, has scored five of his eight league goals away from the Iberostar this term.
Mesut Ozil netted a brace in this fixture last season; it remains his only league brace at the Bernabeu so far.
Cristiano Ronaldo has already scored three braces in 2013; the most in the top five European leagues.
Real Madrid have conceded a league-low of just 11 goals in the second-half this season.
Valencia v Real Betis
Valencia have beaten Real Betis in five of their last seven league meetings with them (2L).
The Andalusians are without a win in 18 top-flight trips to the Mestalla (3D), losing each of their last seven clashes there.
Five of the last six wins achieved by Betis against Valencia in the top-flight have come via the odd goal.
In Bilbao, Ernesto Valverde's side ended a run of six games without defeat in La Liga (3D).
Betis have only taken one point from the last 12 available on the road (3-3 in Anoeta).
Jorge Molina, Ruben Castro and Dorlan Pabon, with three goals each, have scored nine of the last 10 Real Betis goals between them.
Together with Real Madrid, Valencia have attempted the joint-second-most shots from outside the area this season (139) but have yet to score a goal from distance.
Betis, meanwhile, have only conceded one goal from outside the box this season, a league-low.
Pepe Mel's side were shown two red cards at the Mestalla last season; they have not been shown more red cards in a game since they visited Montjuic in April 2007 (three).
Ernesto Valverde has never beaten Real Betis as a La Liga manager (6D 2L).
Malaga v Espanyol
Malaga have won four successive games against Espanyol at La Rosaleda (La Liga), their best ever top-flight run against them.
These sides have not drawn a league game in Malaga since 2000 (0-0), the identical result of the reverse fixture this season.
Malaga have scored an average of 2.5 goals per game over their last four home league meetings with los pericos.
Manuel Pellegrini's side have won just one of their last five home league games, though they have only lost one of them (3D).
Espanyol have lost their last two away games, their worst run under Javier Aguirre.
Malaga have netted a joint-league-low of just four home goals in 2013 so far.
Espanyol have failed to score in their last three league games, with their last goal being scored by Sergio Garcia against Real Betis back in February.
Malaga have played just 1,224 long passes this season, the lowest figure in La Liga.
Joaquin has created more chances per game on average than any other Spanish player in this competition so far this season (2.72).
Sevilla v Real Zaragoza
Sevilla have scored at least three goals in each of their last five home La Liga meetings with Zaragoza (18 in total, only three conceded).
Manolo Jimenez has lost both of his two previous trips to former club Sevilla with Zaragoza in league and cup, conceding seven goals without reply (0-3 in league, 0-4 in cup).
Zaragoza have only won one of their last 10 trips to the Andalusian capital to face Sevilla (2D 7L); 1-0 in 2005.
Zaragoza are the only team in La Liga yet to win in 2013 and have only scored one goal on the road this calendar year.
Sevilla have won five consecutive league games in Nervion; they have not won more games in a row since 2006/07 (11).
Beto has conceded at least one goal in all eight games played with Sevilla in all competitions (15 in total).
Sevilla have benefited from the most goals by players of different nationalities this season (nine).
Helder Postiga has conceded the most fouls (76) and been caught offside the most times (41) in La Liga this season.
Between them, Negredo (five goals, one assist), Medel (four goals) and Rakitic (two goals, two assists) have had a hand in each of Sevilla's last 12 home league strikes.
Sevilla and Zaragoza are two of the five teams to have conceded a joint-high seven goals from corners this term.
Osasuna v Atletico Madrid
Osasuna have lost their last two home league meetings with Atletico Madrid; they have never lost three in a row against them in La Liga.
The Red-and-Whites have won five of their last six league meetings with Osasuna (1D).
Mendilibar's side have won three of their last four home league games, though they did lose their last game at the Reyno against Athletic (0-1).
Atletico Madrid are without a win in two league games (1D 1L), their worst run of the season so far.
Between them, Kike Sola (four) and Nino (three) have scored 58% of Osasuna's league goals at the Reyno this season.
Diego Costa has only ever scored one hat-trick in La Liga and that was in Pamplona against Osasuna in a 3-2 victory in April 2011.
Osausna are the only team in La Liga to have lost every game in which they have conceded the first goal this season (10).
Atletico have won the most games by just one goal in La Liga this term (nine).
Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona have won their last four league meetings with Rayo, scoring 19 goals and keeping four clean sheets.
The side from Madrid have only won one of their 13 league visits to the Camp Nou (2D 10L), 0-2 in 2000 with both goals scored by Jon Perez Bolo.
The Catalans have won 12 of their 13 league games at the Camp Nou this season, with only Real Madrid managing a point (2-2 in October).
Rayo have gone four away league games without a win (1D 3L), three of those without scoring a single goal.
Lionel Messi has scored five goals in three games against Rayo since their promotion to La Liga.
Since 1998/99 (when Opta began collecting data), only Michu (15) has scored more goals in a single La Liga campaign for Rayo than Piti in 2012/13 (11).
Of the top 10 scorers in Europe's top five leagues this season; Lionel Messi has the best conversion rate (35%).
Between them, Piti (three) and Dominguez (two) have scored five of Rayo's last six away league goals.
Dani Alves has made more assists than any other La Liga player in 2013 (five).
Rayo have the best shot conversion rate from outside the area in the Spanish top-flight this season, scoring with 22.2% of their shots from distance.
Alexis Sanchez has scored more goals against sides from Madrid than against all other sides in the top-flight combined (eight, three against Rayo).
Granada v Levante
Granada won their only previous home meeting with Levante in La Liga last season (2-1).
Indeed, Levante have won two of the other three meetings between these sides in the Primera, meaning all three have been won by the respective home side.
Despite winning their first two games under Lucas Alcaraz, Granada have now gone four games without a win under their new boss (1D 3L).
Levante have gone six league games without a win (D3 L3) but have drawn their last two away games in a row.
Guillherme Siqueira scored his first top-flight penalty in this fixture last season and has since added seven more.
Obafemi Martins, who has left Levante to join the MLS, has won more points with his goals than any other Levante player this season (six, with seven goals).
Granada have lost more points from leading positions on home soil than any other La Liga team this season (11).
The Andalusian side have scored a joint-league-low of just three headed goals this term.
