No rest as La Liga moves into matchday 5

There is a midweek round of matches in the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga kicking off with a Madrid derby on Tuesday night when Atletico Madrid entertain Getafe.

Atletico will be clear favorites after their 2-0 victory away to Eibar leaves them with nine points from their first four matches of the season, with only a 2-1 home defeat against FC Barcelona to blot their copybook.

Getafe meanwhile have just one win from their first four matches which came against Malaga on Friday night.

Atletico will be able to field their attacking trident of Jackson Martinez, Fermando Torres and Antoine Griezmann, although coach Diego Simeone could also be tempted to rotate his squad, which could give Luciano Vietto a chance in attack.

Tuesday also sees Espanyol play at home to a Valencia side that has not hit its stride so far this season and which was only able to draw 0-0 against a 10-man Betis on Saturday night, leading to chants against coach Nuno Espiritu Santos in the Mestalla stadium.

Failure to win away to Espanyol would pile the pressure on Nuno ahead of his side' s game against Granada next Saturday, although he commented on Monday that he "assumed the responsibility, because it is part of the job."

Granada are also in action on Tuesday and they can increase the pressure on Real Sociedad coach, David Moyes, whose side has yet to win this season. Real Sociedad are without goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli, who was sent off on Saturday against Espanyol, while his substitute Oier Olazabal can' t play as he is on loan from Granada thus presenting Moyes with a major problem to resolve.

Real Madrid face a difficult trip to play away to Athletic Club Bilbao on Wednesday, while Barca travel to play Celta Vigo, who have three wins and a draw in their opening four games of the season. Endi