Week 10- Absentees & Fixtures

Antoine Griezmann struck twice at Valldolid but could miss Sociedad's clash with Espanyol on Sunday

Ahead of the weekend's games, here's the latest on absences along with kick-off times.

Fixtures (ALL KICK OFF TIMES CET)

Saturday:
Málaga v Rayo Vallecano (16:00)
Barcelona v Celta Vigo (18:00)
Real Madrid v Zaragoza (20:00)
Valencia v Atlético Madrid (22:00)

Sunday:
Real Sociedad v Espanyol (12:00)
Deportivo v Mallorca (16:00)
Osasuna v Valladolid (17:50)
Granada v Athletic Bilbao (19:45)
Sevilla v Levante (21:30)

Monday:
Getafe v Real Betis (21:30)


And a summary on confirmed and potential absentees for this weekend’s games. It's worth noting that word has just come out that Álvaro Arbeloa is now available for selection again for Real Madrid, while Sergio Ramos and Michael Essien have both missed training.

Loan contract stipulations:
Rubén (Rayo Vallecano)

Suspended:
Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao)
Gustavo Cabral (Celta Vigo)
Juan Forlín (Espanyol)
Victor Sánchez (Espanyol)
Jordi Amat (Rayo Vallecano)
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
Álvaro Rubio (Valladolid)


Injuries ( * = doubtful)
Galarreta (Athletic Bilbao)
Iñigo Pérez (Athletic Bilbao)
Carlos Gurpegui* (Athletic Bilbao)
Borja Ekiza (Athletic Bilbao)
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Isaac Cuenca (Barcelona)
Marc Muniesa (Barcelona)
Thiago (Barcelona)
Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Fabricio (Betis)
Sergio Rodríguez (Betis)
Rubén Perez (Betis)
Natxo Insa (Celta Vigo)
Samuel (Celta Vigo)
Salomão (Deportivo)
Abel Aguilar (Deportivo)
Javi López (Espanyol)
Jaime Romero (Granada)
Fran Rico (Granada)
Hassan Yebda* (Granada)
Dariusz Dudka (Levante)
Julio Baptista (Málaga)
Jeremy Toulalan* (Málaga)
Nacho Monreal (Málaga)
José Nunes (Mallorca)
Álvaro Giménez (Mallorca)
Javi Márquez (Mallorca)
Antonio López (Mallorca)
Joao Victor (Mallorca)
Uche (Mallorca)
Marc Betrán (Osasuna)
Manuel Arena (Rayo Vallecano)
Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid)
Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
Sami Khedira (Real Madrid)
Liassine Cadamuro (Real Sociedad)
Gorka Elustondo* (Real Sociedad)
Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad)
David Zurutuza* (Real Sociedad)
Antoine Griezmann* (Real Sociedad)
Piotr Trochowski (Sevilla)
Diego Perotti (Sevilla)
Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia)
Sergio Canales (Valencia)
Pablo Piatti (Valencia)
Ivan Obradovic (Zaragoza)
Maurizio Lanzaro (Zaragoza)

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Week 8- Sunday: Getafe v Levante

Getafe v Levante (12:00 CET)

The home side go in to this buoyed by a change of fortunes off the back a win at Zaragoza preceded by a home victory over Mallorca. The latter was helped by another one this season’s daft sending offs, but they sit in ninth. They go into this with a full quota of players.

Levante will look to Obafemi Martins to end their poor away form

It’s a rare event for them to win three on the bounce but then Levante, who are level with them on 10 points, have lost all of their away games to date. That said, they come into this having beaten cross town rivals Valencia. It’s too early to say whether Obafemi Martins will be this season’s Felipe Caicedo or Arouna Koné, but he Nigerian’s got two in two starts since joining from Rubin.

Both sides have short squads and settled XIs so the usual starters will feature. In a league that’s proving tight and tough to predict, this encounter between two even matched sides may be decided by who gets the better of the officiating. But Levante’s form on the road tips it in Getafe’s favour, all else equal.

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