Three points separate the top three in La Liga going into Matchweek 11. Barcelona lead on 27 points after their first defeat of the season, 1-2 at home to Real Madrid last Sunday, with Atletico Madrid on 25 and Real Madrid on 24. Barcelona host Alaves on Saturday night, Atletico visit Levante that afternoon, and Real Madrid go to newly promoted Racing Santander on Sunday. At the foot of the table, Malaga are 20th on five points and still without a win. Athletic Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano have played nine games to everyone else's 10. The ten games run from Friday 30 October to Monday 2 November, and every time given here is UK time. Here is what to look for in every game in La Liga, in kick-off order.
La Liga Matchweek 11 fixtures at a glance
La Liga Matchweek 11 fixtures, in kick-off order:
- Villarreal v Espanyol
- Levante v Atletico Madrid
- Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo
- Real Betis v Malaga
- Barcelona v Alaves
- Getafe v Sevilla
- Racing Santander v Real Madrid
- Elche v Valencia
- Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad
- Deportivo La Coruna v Osasuna
Every fixture has its own page with form, head to head and lineups, and all 10 are on the La Liga Matchweek 11 fixtures page.
Villarreal v Espanyol
Villarreal against Espanyol opens the weekend on Friday at 20:00, and the history is lopsided. Villarreal have won eight of the 12 meetings on our site to Espanyol's two, with two draws, and they have not lost any of the last eight, the latest a 4-1 home win on 9 February. They are 10th on 12 points and unbeaten in two, though they have won only one of four at home. Espanyol are 18th on eight points and have gone five games without a win, losing the last two, 0-1 against Atletico and 1-2 at Racing, with four goals scored and nine conceded across those five. Roberto Fernández has six of their 12 goals, while Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye have three each for Villarreal. Our fixture page lists one injury for each side, Sergi Cardona for Villarreal and Kike García for Espanyol, and neither is described as a key player.
Levante v Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid are the form side of the weekend: six wins in a row, ten goals scored and two conceded in the last five, and one defeat all season, 0-3 at Athletic Bilbao on 5 September. That leaves them second on 25 points, with eight goals conceded and five clean sheets from 10 games. Levante are 14th on 10 points and have been better at home, with two wins, a draw and a defeat and 13 goals scored in four games. They beat Athletic 3-1 on 21 October before losing 1-2 at Real Sociedad last Sunday. Atletico lead the 10 meetings on our site with four wins to Levante's two and four draws, and the latest, on 31 January, finished 0-0. Roger Brugué has five goals for Levante and Álex Baena five for Atletico, with Jonathan David on three in four appearances. Koke is the only name on Atletico's injury list, with a muscle injury, and Levante list none.
Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo
Celta Vigo have drawn six of their 10 games, the most in La Liga, and have not lost in seven, which has them eighth on 12 points with only seven goals conceded, the fewest of any club. Their away record is unusual: four games, four draws, one goal scored and one conceded. Rayo Vallecano are 16th on nine points from nine games, so they have one in hand, and they have not kept a clean sheet this season. They lost 0-3 at home to Elche last week and are without a win in three. Sergio Camello has seven of their 12 goals. Celta won 3-0 when these sides last met, on 18 January, but across 12 meetings it is three wins each and six draws. Both sides have three players on the injury list, none described as a key player: Augusto Batalla, Luiz Felipe and Raúl de Tomás for Rayo, Borja Iglesias, Carl Starfelt and Miguel Román for Celta.
Real Betis v Malaga
Real Betis against Malaga puts the fourth club in the table against the 20th, 16 places apart, the widest gap on the weekend's card. Malaga are the only club still without a win, with five draws and five defeats from 10, seven goals scored and 19 conceded. They drew 1-1 at Alaves on 23 October. Betis come off a 2-5 home defeat to Barcelona and a 0-0 draw at Celta, so they have gone two without a win, though they have won four of five at home. Our records hold no previous meeting between the clubs. Betis list Cucho Hernández, injured with a calf problem and a starter in seven of 10 games, and Facundo Bernal, unavailable through a red card suspension, who has started eight. Junior Firpo is also injured. For Malaga, Adrián Niño Heredia leads the scoring with four goals, and three players are injured.
Barcelona v Alaves
Barcelona lost for the first time this season last Sunday, 1-2 at home to Real Madrid, yet the scoring numbers still stand out: 40 goals in 10 games, 18 of them in five at home, and Raphinha on 13 in eight appearances. They lead the table on 27 points. Alaves are seventh on 12 and arrive without a win in six, having drawn 1-1 with Malaga on 23 October and scored three goals in their last five games. They have one good memory of this fixture: a 1-0 win on 13 May, their only victory in 14 meetings on our site, to Barcelona's 11. Dani Olmo, who has started nine of 10 games, is injured with an adductor tear, and Xavi Espart, who has started eight, has an ankle injury. Andreas Christensen, Eric García and Roony Bardghji are also listed. Alaves have Facundo Garcés and Mikel Rodriguez out with cruciate ligament tears, and Lucas Boyé leads them with five goals.
Getafe v Sevilla
Getafe have scored five goals in 10 games, the fewest in La Liga, and failed to score in five of them, yet they have not lost at home: two wins and three draws, with three goals conceded. Their trouble is on the road, where they have lost all five games without scoring and conceded 12, including a 0-4 defeat at Athletic Bilbao last Sunday. Sevilla are sixth on 17 points after a 2-0 win over Osasuna on 26 October, and their away record reads two wins, two draws and a defeat. Sevilla have won 10 of the 16 meetings on our site to Getafe's five, with one draw, and both teams scored in only two of them, including the latest, a 1-0 win for Sevilla on 22 February. Isaac Romero has three goals for Sevilla, who list Miguel Ángel Sierra Ortega, a starter in eight of 10 games, as injured with an acromioclavicular joint dislocation, and Marcão. Martín Satriano has two for Getafe, whose injured are Christantus Uche and Juanmi.
Racing Santander v Real Madrid
Real Madrid have won their last three, the latest the 2-1 Clasico win away at Barcelona last Sunday, and sit third on 24 points, with Kylian Mbappé on 11 goals in 10 games. They meet Racing Santander, 13th on 11 points, who have conceded 26 goals, the most in La Liga, without a clean sheet, yet are unbeaten at home with three wins and two draws. Away from home Racing have lost all five games and conceded 18. They beat Espanyol 2-1 last Saturday. Our records hold no earlier meeting between the clubs. Yassir Zabiri leads Racing with eight goals in seven appearances. Madrid list Vinicius Junior as unavailable through a suspension imposed by the sports court, and he has started eight of 10 games, plus Thibaut Courtois, injured with flu. Ferland Mendy, Raúl Asencio and Rodrygo are also on the list.
Elche v Valencia
One club is in form and the other is looking for a second win. Elche beat Rayo Vallecano 3-0 last Saturday and are unbeaten in four, with three clean sheets in their last five, though they have not won at home this season, losing three of four there and conceding 11 goals. Valencia are 19th on six points with one win from 10, a 1-0 at Alaves on 15 September, and lost 1-2 at home to Villarreal last Saturday. Valencia have won four of the eight meetings on our site to Elche's two, with two draws, but Elche won the latest, 1-0 on 11 April. Fer Niño has six goals for Elche, while the three names on Valencia's scoring list have one each. Our fixture page lists Marc Aguado and Yago Santiago as injured for Elche, and Diego López, Sergi Canós and Umar Sadiq for Valencia, with no key player missing from either side.
Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad
Two clubs in contrasting form meet on Sunday night. Real Sociedad are fifth on 19 points and have won their last four, the latest a 2-1 against Levante last Sunday, with 13 goals scored and 10 conceded in their last five and one clean sheet in 10 games. Athletic Bilbao are ninth on 12 points from nine games, one fewer than most, after a 4-0 win over Getafe last Sunday that followed a 1-3 defeat at Levante. They have kept five clean sheets in those nine. In 16 meetings on our site Sociedad have won seven, Athletic five and four were drawn. Sociedad are unbeaten in the last three, the latest a 1-1 on 1 February. Álex Berenguer has three goals for Athletic and Luka Sucic three for Sociedad. Each side has two players injured: Gorka Guruzeta and Unai Egiluz for Athletic, Luken Beitia and Álvaro Odriozola for Sociedad.
Deportivo La Coruna v Osasuna
Two clubs on 11 points, as is Racing in 13th, close the weekend on Monday night. Deportivo La Coruna are 11th, ahead of Osasuna on goal difference, 0 to minus 10. Deportivo have drawn five of 10 games, are without a win in six, have scored four and conceded seven in the last five, and have not kept a clean sheet all season. Their top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with five goals and two assists, is injured with a meniscus injury, and Marc Casadó and Bright Ede are also listed. Osasuna lost 0-2 at Sevilla on 26 October and have won one of five away games, conceding 17 goals in them. Their 20 conceded overall is level with Rayo Vallecano for second most, after Racing's 26. Ante Budimir has seven goals in eight appearances. Our records hold no earlier meeting between these two, and Jorge Herrando is Osasuna's only injury.
La Liga table going into Matchweek 11, and what comes next
Barcelona lead the La Liga table on 27 points from 10 games, Atletico are second on 25 and Real Madrid third on 24, and all three are in action inside a day and a half: Levante v Atletico Madrid on Saturday afternoon, Barcelona v Alaves that night and Racing Santander v Real Madrid on Sunday. Real Betis are fourth on 20 and Real Sociedad fifth on 19. At the bottom, Malaga have five points, Valencia six and Espanyol eight. Athletic Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano have a game in hand on the rest. Across the league there have been 298 goals in 99 games, 3.01 a game. Every fixture has its own page with form, head to head and lineups, and all ten are on our La Liga fixtures page. We will have a full round-up once Monday night's game has been played.
