Spain's BBVA Primera Liga clubs continue a hectic period of football with a round of midweek matches.

Spain's matchday four kicks off on Tuesday with three games: Athletic Club Bilbao, buoyed by a fightback from 2-0 down to draw away to Sporting Gijon on Saturday night, entertain Mallorca.

Athletic fans will be looking for Fernando Llorente to keep up his run of scoring in his last four appearances.

Tuesday also sees a return to the derby match between Osasuna and Real Sociedad. Both sides lost at the weekend, but Real Sociedad can take comfort in a good performance that saw them unlucky to lose 2-1 against Real Madrid.

Real Madrid meanwhile entertains Espanyol. Espanyol traditionally fails to perform in the Santiago Bernabeu, where Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will hope his side can continue the improvement it has shown over the past week.

It will be interesting how the coach is received by the fans in the Bernabeu after expressing his desire to become temporary coach of Portugal at the weekend.

Wednesday sees four matches: FC Barcelona begins life without the injured Leo Messi with a game at home to Sporting Gijon.

Barca coach Pep Guardiola could hand another start to Javier Mascherano, while Bojan has a chance of replacing Messi in attack.

Zaragoza looks for its win of the season against Hercules, failure to defeat the recently promoted side could make Jose Aurelio Gay the first managerial casualty of the season. Hercules meanwhile travel without the injured Nelson Valdez.

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