Sporting, Mallorca and Ponferradina look to carry on strong

SD Ponferradina – FC Barcelona B. (16:00, Estadio Municipal El Toralín)
SD Ponferradina face FC Barcelona B as they look to continue in the Liga BBVA playoff places. The home side are fifth with 22 points, while the Catalans have 16. Ponferradina boss Manolo Díaz is without Samuel Camille. Eusebio Sacristán, meanwhile, has lost the injured trio of Wilfrid Kaptoum, Lucas Gafarot and Elohor Godswill. 

R. Racing C. – CE Sabadell (16:00, Estadio El Sardinero)
A battle between two sides at the bottom of the table. R. Racing C., with 13 points, welcome CE Sabadell, who have one more point, to their stadium. The home side's coach, Paco Herrera has Francis Pérez back from injury, while David Concha has returned from U-19 duty. Sabadell boss Miquel Olmo has highlighted what the tie means: "It's important that the players treat it as a game that can transcend things".

R. Sporting – UE Llagostera (18:00, Estadio El Molinón)
The only remaining undefeated sided, R. Sporting, will fight it out against UE Llagostera, who are looking to escape the drop zone. Sporting boss Abelardo Fernández has talked about the importance of the game: "We know it’s an important matchday for us. If we win we will be in a good position in the table, and if things go well we can open up a six or seven point gap on seventh place".

Ponferradina, Sporting and Mallorca are all looking for wins to stay at the business end of the table.

CD Numancia – R. Zaragoza (18:15, Nuevo Estadio de Los Pajaritos)
CD Numancia, who are four undefeated, will be looking to continue their run against R. Zaragoza and win their first game at home. The Aragon side's Leandro Cabrera spoke ahead of their visit: "We are three without a win and therefore we need to get the victory. The intensity and compromise of the side are very good".

CD Tenerife – RCD Mallorca (20:00, Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López)
After five wins and a draw in the last six games, RCD Mallorca visit CD Tenerife as they look to continue their run and carry on climbing up the table. The Balearic side's boss Valeri Kaprim spoke of his team’s improvement: "The side are use to the league. The problem wasn’t the adapting to Liga Adelante, but to ourselves and the change of coach. The side has had to adapt game to game".