Saturday kicks off with a derby in the Comunidad Valenciana as third placed Villarreal entertains Valencia. Villarreal may have lost in the Camp Nou last weekend, but impressed everyone with their football. Attacking duo, Rossi and Nilmar will pose the main threat to a Valencia defense without the injured Jeremy Mathieu.

Sunday sees Deportivo la Coruna aiming to continue their recovery against a Malaga that has found new life with the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini as coach.

Levante need to halt their slide down the table when Racing Santander visit the Ciudad de Valencia Stadium, while Espanyol will be optimistic of returning to the top four with a win over Hercules.

Espanyol has a 100 percent home record, while Hercules looks to be struggling after a positive start to the campaign.

Osasuna and Sporting Gijon are both in need of points from their clash in Pamplona, although Sporting will take heart from their performance against Real Madrid last week.

Sevilla look to build on last week's win in Zaragoza at home to a well-drilled Mallorca side. Alvaro Negredo has at last begun to find his scoring touch for Sevilla, who are also aiming for a top-four spot.

Meanwhile Real Sociedad have a home match against the always unpredictable Atletico Madrid, for whom Diego Forlan rediscovered his scoring touch a fortnight ago.

Finally Javier Aguirre returns to the Primera Liga when bottom of the table Zaragoza visits Getafe on Monday night. Aguirre was named as the replacement of Jose Aurelio Gay during the week and debuts away to a Getafe side that has looked increasingly fragile in recent matches.

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