Expected line-ups

Each side's usual system and players over its recent matches, without the injured: a likely eleven, not the team news.

Villarreal4-3-3 DM Wide

Tapiador Témé Di Fazio Calvo Jimenez Martinez Antonio Jazouli Luis Bueno Meazzini Pablo Lomónaco

• Out: Kayle Leister (defensive midfielder, injured: pulled calf muscle, back about 4 January)
• Out: Sergio Galisteo (striker, injured: shin splints, back about 18 January)

C. Leonesa4-3-3 DM Wide

Andrade Carvalho Salvador Rivera Moré Ricardo Ruiz Palomares Todorov Albisu García

• Out: Juan Carlos Maestro (goalkeeper, injured: torn wrist ligaments, back about 13 January)

Form

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Athletico Madrid	18	+17	43
2	Barcelona	18	+17	40
3	Villarreal	18	+13	36
4	Real Sociedad	18	+8	30
5	Real Betis	18	+2	29
6	Girona	18	+10	28
7	Vigo	18	-1	24
8	Real Madrid FC	18	+6	23
9	Valencia	18	-5	23
10	Ponferrada	18	+1	22
11	Sevilla	18	-1	22
12	A. Bilbao	18	-2	22
13	Vallecano	18	-2	22
14	Getafe	18	-7	22
15	Levante	18	-4	21
16	Espanyol	18	-8	21
17	Oviedo	18	-4	19
18	Alavés	18	-11	19
19	Leganés	18	-6	16
20	C. Leonesa	18	-23	8

Head to head

• C. Leonesa 0-5 Villarreal Spanish First Division
• Villarreal 2-0 C. Leonesa Spanish First Division
• C. Leonesa 0-1 Villarreal Spanish Cup
• C. Leonesa 1-3 Villarreal Spanish Cup