Barcelona kicked off the second half of the season with their sixth clean sheet in seven games at Sporting, taking Víctor Valdés even further clear at the top of our chart. The midweek cup ties took their toll on the weekend's games, with Codina's Getafe and Coltorti's Racing drawing 0-0, and De Gea's Atlético Madrid losing 0-2 to Munúa's Málaga. Ricardo's Osasuna bounced back from their cup defeat though with a 0-2 victory at Villarreal, a result which cost the job of local coach Ernesto Valverde. Elsewhere Espanyol's Cristian Alvarez clocked up his first clean sheet since stepping in for Kameni, who will presumably take over again once he has had time to rest after the Africa Cup of Nations. (01.02.10)