Our Spanish football expert Guillem Balague looks ahead to another weekend of live La Liga action on Sky Sports and answers your emails.
Getafe v Sevilla
7pm, Saturday, Sky Sports 1
Getafe are seen as a team in the image of their coach, Michael Laudrup.
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As a player, the general impression of Laudrup was that he was very good offensively, but a little bit soft.
That description has also applied to his career as a coach so far, so this is a chance for him to disprove it.
As for Sevilla, they remain a good team for the big matches but not such a good team when they require a bit of extra motivation.
There is something missing and I think Real should be asking even more of themselves, but Bernd Schuster would say: 'have a look at the stats and stop moaning'.
Guillem on Real Madrid.
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It feels like the dressing-room there is a timebomb: while everything is going well, everyone will stay in good spirits; but when they go out of the Champions League, I think players will leave and the club will be all over the place.
Sevilla, then, will have to go back to basics, which means selling their best players in the knowledge they can replace them with ones just as good. That's what they did for six or seven years until last summer.
The other thing to say is that the new coach, Manuel Jimenez, is a little bit more direct than Juande Ramos, so the players are a bit confused.
Villarreal v Valencia
9pm, Saturday, Sky Sports 1
This one is a local derby - there's always lots of passion, but I expect some good football too.
Valencia are still suffering from the experiments of their coach. Ronald Koeman put Javier Arizmedi - a striker - at right-back, left Nikola Zigic out and played Joaquin at centre-forward, and put Vicente on the bench.
Almost by accident, he put Ever Banega on the left in the second half of their match at Atletico Madrid and, although they still lost, they looked much better.
Maybe the way forward for them now is a 4-3-3 system with Banega, Ruben Baraja and one other - David Silva or somebody.
For the time being, though, the stats show Koeman has secured a third of the points Quique Sanchez Flores managed in the same period, and there is no quick solution.
Villarreal, by contrast, have had their best ever first-half of a season.
Although their fans might look at recent results and the poor form of Robert Pires and think: 'oh, we're not doing well', they should put everything in context.
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid
6pm, Sunday, Sky Sports 1
What a great match! I'm very much looking forward to this one.
Finally Atletico Madrid are back in the top four, where they belong. They are a top-four team in terms of history, in terms of fanbase and - at the moment - in the quality of their players.
Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero are one of the best attacking partnerships in the whole of Europe, Luis Perea is back to his best form at right-back, and it is a very balanced side.
Atletico have the kind of team which can expose the weaknesses of this Real Madrid side.
What weaknesses? Well, Real do not really dominate games and they've been quite lucky recently, because they concede a lot of chances.
But the stats will tell you they are on the right path - nobody in 40 years has had a better record at this stage of the season.
They are scoring more and coneding fewer than under Fabio Capello, although - funnily enough - they shoot on goal less and have more shots on goal against them than under the Italian.
There is something missing and I think Real should be asking even more of themselves, but Bernd Schuster would say: 'have a look at the stats and stop moaning'.
Barcelona v Racing Santander
8pm, Sunday, Sky Sports 1
We are, at last, seeing the Barcelona of Thierry Henry - finally the power has been switched on.
Henry and that group including Eidur Gudjohnsen, Samuel Eto'o (though he has gone to Africa now) and Bojan Krkic are the catalysts for Barcelona's season which, of course, marginalises Ronaldinho even more.
Leo Messi could be back for this game, so there is a chance Barca have already hit their worst run of the season and are a side on the up.
As for Racing Santander, keep an eye on their coach Marcelino in the future.
This is a Racing side which plays good football - direct football, mostly, but they can also keep the ball.
They have a lot of players who were not really wanted by others - I'm thinking especially of Gonzalo Colsa and Aldo Duscher - but it's working really well for them.
They enjoy playing away from home, and they're a team which could cause Barca a bit of trouble.
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Now to your email...
Hi Guillem. I'm a Manchester United fan and, reading your column, I noticed that you think Sergio Aguero is one of the best five players in Europe. I don't see how you can say this as there are a number of players in England alone who are better. Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez from my team plus Fabregas and Adebayor at Arsenal, Gerrard and Torres at Liverpool and also those playing around Europe - Messi and Kaka being the main ones. Surely that disproves your belief!! Thanks, Patrick.
GUILLEM: The reasons I say Aguero is one of the best players in Europe are these: he was voted in 2006 the best player in Argentina; he was voted the best player at the U20 World Cup in Canada, and was the best goalscorer; he is in double figures for Atletico Madrid and - with Forlan - is part of the second-best goalscoring partnership in the whole of Europe, if you include UEFA Cup goals. He plays like Romario, and the only reason he is not considered one of the best players in the world is because he doesn't play in the Champions League. That's just my opinion, Patrick. You throw out a lot of names there - tell me why you think they are better and we can have an interesting discussion!
Hola Guillem! Despite being Scottish, I've been a Barca fan for over 10 years and a member for three years. Despite the past few years being a pleasure to watch, it is now time to admit to mistakes. Frank Rijkaard's inability to drop the big names even when they aren't performing is hindering us badly, and it now seems that the unfortunate need is for Ronaldinho to go. What do you think? All the best, Greg Young, Glasgow.
GUILLEM: Well, Greg, Rijkaard has dropped Ronaldinho three times in away matches this season. One of the reasons why Ronaldinho is not playing - and I know they say it's an injury - is that Rijkaard was considering the possibilty of leaving him out away from home. Ronaldinho has then said: 'okay, it's time to rest and get better, because I'm not going to be playing'. Rijkaard dropped Deco as well, so he is changing, though he made a mistake by bringing them both back against Real Madrid before Christmas. I think he knows that, and he is now playing the ones who are most in-form, which can only be good for the side.
Hi Guillem, I've heard so much about the Mexican Carlos Vela, and how good he is for Osasuna, but unfortunately, I haven't seen him play that much. I would like to ask if you think he has the talent and physicality of becoming a star in the Premiership for Arsenal? There were moments in the match against Real Madrid in which Vela completely made a fool of Sergio Ramos, who is a top class defender for club and country, that must be a good sign for all Arsenal fans. Neil Parmar.
GUIILEM: We get a lot of emails about Carlos Vela, Neil, and we have covered this a bit before. But I'll repeat that he looks a really good player, even if he is still a bit inconsistent. He can play on either wing or as a second forward, and I am sure Arsenal will take him back. Against Real he looked fantastic, and there's a little bit of Jose Antonio Reyes about him, but he is definitely hungrier.
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