Real Madrid pulled Barcelona back to within seven points last weekend. While Barcelona and Madrid are battling for the La Liga championship, Real Betis are fighting Atletico Madrid for the final Champions League qualification place.
Girona posted a 3-1 win over Getafe earlier this season in La Liga. Three of the last six head-to-head matches between Getafe and Girona ended as draws.
Girona are 11th and having a strong first season back in La Liga. Los Rojiblancos are on a two-match winning streak with a 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao and a 6-2 victory over Almeria.
Getafe are 19th in the division and headed for relegation. Los Azulones failed to win five of their last six La Liga matches. Getafe picked up just 13 points from their 12 home matches this season.
Villarreal are unbeaten in six straight games against Almeria in all competitions. Almeria upset first-place Barcelona a week ago by a 1-0 score at home. Can Almeria defeat another top-half-of-the-table team?
Almeria are 15th in the standings. Just two of their last five games in the league ended as wins. Twenty-two of Almeria’s 25 points this season have come at home.
Villarreal are seventh in the table and coming off a 2-1 win over Getafe. The win ended a four-match losing streak in La Liga. The Yellow Submarine lost their last two away matches.
Five of the last six head-to-head matches between Mallorca and Elche finished as draws. The teams played out a 1-1 draw earlier this season, as both teams had a player sent off.
Mallorca are midtable and having a strong season in the league. The Islanders are just four points off the top six. Nine points were taken from Mallorca’s last six matches, as they scored seven goals and conceded eight.
Elche are bottom of the table and on a three-game losing streak in the league. The Green Stripe Ones took just nine points from their opening 23 matches.
Real Valladolid posted a record of 3W-1D-2L against Espanyol in the teams’ last six matches. Valladolid go into the weekend one point above the bottom three. Espanyol are now up to 12th in the league standings.
Espanyol are on a two-game winning streak in La Liga. The Parakeets are four points above the relegation zone thanks to their sudden discovery of winning form. Espanyol took 10 points from their last six games.
Valladolid took seven points from the last 18 points on offer. The Purple are on a two-game losing streak in La Liga. No team has scored fewer La Liga goals than Valladolid’s 16.