The 17th round of the Spanish league will continue tomorrow (Sunday) with four games, with the focus, the big derby of Madrid during which the leader Real will host the champions Atletico. Barcelona hope to put aside the Champions League relegation in an away game against Osasuna. Betis is waiting for Real Sociedad for a top game. In another game, Villarreal will host Rayo Vallecano.
Real Madrid – Atletico Madrid (22:00)
The big derby of the Spanish capital will be held for the first time this season, with the champion coming in a particularly good mood after managing to grab a place in the last 16 of the Champions League with an away win over Porto during the week, but may have to do without Luis Suarez, who was injured in the same game.
Ten points separate the Blancos at the top from the Colchoneros, who know that a loss at the Bernabeu will take them up to 13 points away from the city rival. The host on the other hand, hopes to maintain a clean sheet from losses in the derbies, when the last time Atletico came out with the victory in the derby in the league was in 2015.
Osasuna – Barcelona (17:15)
After the defeat in Munich and the humiliating relegation from the Champions League, Barça returns to the league, which is also in an unsatisfactory position there. Xavi’s team has not won in its last two games, when in the last round it lost at the Camp Nou to Betis and moved even further away from the top. Now, Barcelona want to stop the snowball with a win over the Basques, who are four places in the table below the Catalans, but are only two points behind them. Due to the strikers’ distress created as a result of the injuries of Anso Patti and Memphis Depay, Xavi has placed Luc de Jong at the front alongside Abda, but the main news in the Barcelona squad is that Samuel Omititi will open and play for the first time this season.
Betis – Real Sociedad (19:30)
The host lost a streak of five wins in all competitions with a 3-2 loss to Celtic in the final round of the Europa League home stage, but the Andalusians will still come to the meeting with the Basques when they are in a good period, but a loss could drop them from third to sixth place. Sociedad wants to stop a streak of two league losses and overtake the host in the table.
Another game:
Villarreal – Rayo Vallecano (15:00)
The 17th round of the Spanish league will close on Monday with the game between Cadiz and Granada.