If the strikers had a rotten weekend, that means that the goalkeepers must have had a good one. In fact discounting the four let in by poor old Juanma from Numancia, the rest of our number ones only conceded twelve goals between them, equalling the lowest figure of the season from way back at the beginning of October. No less than eleven teams kept their goals against column to zero, with three 0-0 draws, including Leo Franco's Atlético versus Kameni's Espanyol (the Camerooni keeper making his fourth penalty save in six attempts), Reina's Villarreal versus Doblas's Betis, and Moyà's Mallorca versus Cañizares's Valencia.

All of our top five keepers kept clean sheets, including Casillas at Levante and Valdés against Getafe, for whom Sánchez Broto (who runs a website selling goalkeeping equipment) lost a bet with Deco for five thousand pairs of goalkeepers' gloves. We have bent our rules a little bit to allow the ex Celtic keeper back in to the chart - what the heck - he needs all the help he can get! Elsewhere all three of the Basque sides won their games to nil, including Athletic Bilbao (Aranzubia), Osasuna (Elía) and Real Sociedad, where Riesgo went off midway through the first half with concussion and had to be replaced by Alberto. (18.04.05)