Zamoras

A bit of an incident packed weekend for keepers, with Valencia's Renan limping off with an injury before half time against Athletic Bilbao, and Deportivo's Aranzubia being shown a red card late on against Barcelona. Guaita came on to make his first division debut for the Ches, but midfielder Juan Rodríguez had take over in the Nou Camp as the Galicians had already made their three changes. His first job was to pick Eto'o's penalty out of the back of the net!

A first division debut as well for Sevilla's Javi Varas, who came in against Numancia as Palop had been red-carded in the midweek cup tie, and Jacobo continued in the Getafe goal as Abbondanzieri was also serving out a one match ban. Meanwhile Athletic's third choice keeper Lafuente has moved to Sporting as cover for the injured Cuéllar (even though the coach is keeping faith with Sergio Sánchez for now) and Tottenham's César (ex Real Madrid and Zaragoza) is favourite to step in for Renan.

So how has all that affected our table? Javi Varas was one of six men to keep clean sheets this weekend, but Víctor Valdés is was out ahead after the 5-0 win over Depor. Goitia (Málaga), Toño (Racing), Riesgo (Recreativo) and Diego López (Villarreal) were the others who managed to maintain their goals against columns to zero. (19.01.09)

Zamoras Games played Goals against Difference
Valdés (Barcelona) 19 13 -6
Palop (Sevilla) 18 16 -2
Toño (Racing) 18 22 +4
Asenjo (Valladolid) 13 17 +4
Diego López (Villarreal) 19 25 +6
Casto (Betis) 17 23 +6
Aranzubia (Deportivo) 19 26 +7
Renan (Valencia) 18 25 +7
Casillas (Real Madrid) 19 27 +8
Leo Franco (Atlético) 13 21 +8
Diego Alves (Almería) 19 28 +9
Riesgo (Recreativo) 19 28 +9
Iraizoz (Athletic) 19 29 +10