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Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, both first and second place holders, are holding two important tests against Las Palmas and Leganes in the 26th round of the Primera Liga, ahead of their upcoming clash at the Camp Nou next Sunday, which will serve as an "early final".
Barcelona, seven points ahead from Atletico, will seek a "knockout blow" to the Liga title by beating the Rojiblancos on the weekend, so he does not want to miss any points during his visit to Las Palmas in a match in which manager Ernesto Valverde faces a crisis involving striker Luis Suarez, who will be suspended for the match if he gets a yellow card and may be missing from this position on Sunday.
Valverde is also looking to keep La Liga on record with Barcelona, who have not lost for 32 consecutive rounds, including seven last season.
The visit comes at a time when the Canary are in a crisis of results, with only two victories under coach Baku Khimiz, plus three draws.
Las Palmas is particularly up front, after allowing Brazilian striker Jonathan Vieira to leave to the Chinese league, scoring only two goals in the last five rounds.
Atletico will host Leganes and keep them up to pressure the winner, as well as retaliate against his opponent who scored a point in the first round with a draw.
Atletico have a great time after the big victory in front of Sevilla, Sanchez Pizjuan, who scored five goals for two, scored their seventh victory in both the domestic and UEFA Cups.
After reducing the gap with Barcelona to seven points, Diego Simeone's goal was to reach the Camp Nou without wasting a point and the Leganes position at Metroolitano would be the last stop.
The Chulo was happy to get his stars back to their goalless defeat, led by Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, the owner of the hattrick.
While Espanyol and Real Madrid will open on Tuesday at Cornella Al Prat.
Royal coach Zinedine Zidane aims to take advantage of improved results in the Liga to prepare for the Champions League final at Paris Saint-Germain on March 6 with a new win in the league and a third-place win over Valencia.
In their last match against Alaves (4-0), the team regained the rhythm of their attackers after the success of Cristiano, Bale and Benzema.
Espanyol, meanwhile, hope to win a home victory that has not been achieved in seven rounds, ending a series of draws for four consecutive years.
Valencia, who are two points behind Real, will seek to maintain their winning streak to maintain their position when they take a heavy-handed visit to Athletic Bilbao, 12th in San Mames.
In other matches, Girona will receive the injured Celta Vigo on Tuesday, while Sevilla will be the guest of Malaga to recover after the big fall to the Rojiblankos.
Getafe will also host Deportivo with a goal to return to the win. Villarreal will host Ibar and Real Sociedad on Real Betis, before Alaves complete the game at Levante.