Deportivo La Coruna

A scoreless draw saw Villarreal miss the chance to close the gap at the top, while Celta de Vigo prevailed in a seven-goal thriller.

Diego Simeone Antoine Griezman's dry spell in front of goal continued against Deportivo and Diego Simeone substituted him at a key stage of the game.

Sevilla Athletic Bilbao will be aiming for a sixth consecutive win in La Liga on Saturday when they visit Sevilla, who are confident of re-signing coach Unai Emery.

Neymar Barcelona and Real Madrid kept up their winning ways with big wins in the La Liga title race on Saturday.

Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid have provided a positive update on striker Fernando Torres, who will spend the night in hospital under observation.

Title hopefuls Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano were the two teams to pick up wins in La Liga on Saturday.

Atlético Madrid Diego Simeone is backing Fernando Torres to inspire an improvement in Atletico Madrid's recent form, starting with Sunday's trip to fellow high-flyers Valencia.

Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior Marcelo has put Real Madrid's La Liga failure down to their poor form earlier in the season under Rafael Benitez.

Barcelona Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut in a mouth-watering El Clasico clash with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in October.