The LaLiga title race continues this weekend with a full round of fixtures in matchweek 22. Catch all the action live on SuperSport and Showmax Pro. Match highlights, goals, and interviews will be available on the SS App at fulltime.
Friday 17 February
Girona FC v UD AlmerÃa
This will be the second game between Girona and AlmerÃa in LaLiga after the reverse fixture this season in October 2022, with a win for AlmerÃa (3-2) in the 100th game for the Catalonian side in the top-flight. Girona have won three of their last five home games against AlmerÃa in all competitions (L2) after failing to win any of their previous five on the road against them (D2 L3).
Saturday 18 February
Real Sociedad v RC Celta de Vigo
Real Sociedad have won each of their last five games for Celta de Vigo in LaLiga; their longest run against them in the competition, scoring 2+ goals in four of those five wins (11 overall). Real Sociedad have won their last two home games against Celta de Vigo in LaLiga and they could win three consecutive games against them at home for the first time since November 2013 in the competition (3).
Real Betis v Real Valladolid CF
Real Betis have not lost any of their last three games against Real Valladolid in LaLiga (W1 D2), drawing the last two.
There have never been three consecutive draws in this fixture in the top-flight. Real Betis won their most recent game at home against Valladolid in LaLiga (2-0 in September 2020) after two consecutive defeats between 2018 and 2019, and they could win consecutive home games against them for the first time since May 1999 (run of four).
RCD Mallorca v Villarreal CF
Mallorca have won three of their last six games in LaLiga against Villarreal (D1 L2), including their most recent one (0-2 in November 2022), after winning just two of the previous 22 games against them in the competition (W2 D8 L12).
Mallorca have not lost any of their last five games at home in LaLiga against Villarreal (W3 D2), keeping a clean sheet in four of those five games, since a 3-2 loss in May 2009 with Gregorio Manzano and Manuel Pellegrini as coaches.
CA Osasuna v Real Madrid CF
Osasuna have not won any of their last 15 games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (D5 L10), their longest winless run against them in the competition. However, the Navarre team have drawn three of their last five games against them in the top-flight.
Real Madrid have won three of their last four games on the road against Osasuna in LaLiga (D1), after winning just one of their previous six visits to Osasuna in the competition (D3 L2).
Sunday 19 February
Elche CF v RCD Espanyol
After losing three consecutive games against Espanyol in LaLiga between 1978 and 1985, Elche have since lost only one of their last nine matches against them in the competition (W3 D5), going down 1-3 in March 2014.
Elche have lost just two of their 20 home games against Espanyol in LaLiga (W13 D5), with their last such defeat coming back in March 1985 (0-3). Elche have won more games at home against Espanyol in the top-flight than against any other opponent.
Rayo Vallecano v Sevilla FC
Rayo Vallecano have not lost any of their last two games against Sevilla in LaLiga (D1 L1), and could go three games without defeat against them for the first time in the top-flight.
Rayo Vallecano have failed to win any of their last six LaLiga home games against Sevilla (D3 L3), failing to score in three of those matches. This is their longest ongoing winless streak at home against a current LaLiga team.
Atlético Madrid v Athletic Club
Athletic Club have avoided defeat in three of their last four LaLiga matches against Atlético de Madrid (W2 D1 L1), just once fewer than they had in their previous 15 meetings against them in the competition (W1 D3 L11).
Atlético de Madrid have not lost any of their last 11 LaLiga home games against Athletic Club (W9 D2), scoring at least two goals in each of those nine victories. They could go 12 without defeat at home against the Basque side for the first time in the top-flight.
FC Barcelona v Cádiz CF
After registering six consecutive wins over Cádiz in LaLiga between 1991 and 2006, Barcelona have won just one of their last five meetings with Cádiz in the competition (D2 L2) - the most recent of which came in September 2022 (4-0).
Barcelona have lost just one of their 14 LaLiga home matches against Cádiz (W11 D2), but that defeat came on Cádiz's most recent league visit to Camp Nou (0-1 in April 2022). It was the first time Cádiz had kept a clean sheet on Azulgrana soil in a top-flight game.
Monday 20 February
Getafe CF v Valencia CF
Getafe have lost two of their last three LaLiga games against Valencia (D1), having lost just one of their previous 10 games against them in the competition (W4 D5 L1).
Getafe have won three of their last five home games against Valencia in LaLiga (D1 L1), keeping a clean sheet in the most recent three. Since returning to the top-flight in 2017/18, Getafe have kept their joint-most clean sheets in home games against Valencia (4, same as against Real Betis).