Madrid, Jan. 1 -- La Liga returns to action after a one-week Christmas hiatus this weekend witha full round of matches which come ahead of the Spanish Supercup between Athletic Club Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid which is played in Saudi Arabia the following week.
The round of games gets underway on Friday night when Rayo Vallecano is at home to Getafe in a Madrid derby between two sides in need of a positive result, with Rayo's last league win at the end of October, while Getafe, who will be without main striker Borja Mayoral, has slipped to 11th place after three consecutive losses.
Saturday's big game is the Barcelona derby between Espanyol and league leaders FC Barcelona, which promises to be even more feisty th...