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Barca,Real,Atleti Title race in La Liga

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will
all be vying to make top spot in La Liga their
own over the course of the weekend.
All three teams go into their matches on 57
points from 23 games, with only goal difference
separating their identical records of 18 wins,
three draws and two defeats each.
Champions Barca sit top, and they face what
should be a straightforward home match
against second-bottom Rayo Vallecano on
Saturday.
The two sides have only met five times since
2003, but the Catalans have won every one of
those encounters while racking up 23 goals in
the process.
Rayo, meanwhile, have managed just one goal
in those matches - in a 3-1 defeat at Camp
Nou last season - and Barca won the reverse
fixture this term 4-0, thanks in the main to a
hat-trick from Pedro.
Gerardo Martino will be able to call upon Javier
Mascherano and Jordi Alba this weekend after
the duo were suspended for the 4-1 victory at
Sevilla last Sunday, but the Barca coach may
opt to rest several key players with next
Tuesday's UEFA Champions League last-16
first leg at Manchester City in mind.
Second-placed Real Madrid, meanwhile, make
the short trip across the capital to Getafe -
where they lost last season - on Sunday.
Carlo Ancelotti's side go into the match on the
back of a 24-match unbeaten run in all
competitions, and Barca remain the only team
they have lost to away from home this season.
By contrast, Getafe have failed to win any of
their last eight in the league and sit just four
points above the drop zone, although they will
be buoyed slightly by the absence of the
division's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, who is
banned.
Atleti welcome Real Valladolid to Vicente
Calderon on Sunday looking to put consecutive
defeats behind them.
Diego Simeone's team had gone 23 games
without defeat in all competitions until last
week, but have since lost both Copa del Rey
semi-final legs to Real Madrid, while also
falling to a shock 2-0 Liga reverse at Almeria
last Saturday.
However, form and logic suggests they will get
back on track this weekend, as Valladolid have
won just one of their last seven Liga outings
and sit in 18th place.
In the battle to finish fourth, Athletic Bilbao
entertain Espanyol on Sunday as they look to
extend their four-point lead over fifth-placed
Villarreal, who host mid-table Celta Vigo.
A win for sixth-placed Real Sociedad at Malaga
on Monday could potentially see Jagoba
Arrasate's men open up a healthy advantage on
both Sevilla and Valencia, who play each other
at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Sunday's late
kick-off.
Elsewhere, bottom-of-the-league Real Betis
travel to Granada for an Andalucian derby,
while the region's other representatives -
Almeria and Elche - face Levante and Osasuna,
respectively.




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