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MADRID, Jan. 16-- The second half of the Liga Santander season gets underway this weekend with a game that is certain to be the focus of attention in the Camp Nou on Sunday night, while Real Madrid will be without several key players when they entertain Sevilla on Saturday. The 20th round of matches in Spain begins on Friday night with the 'South Madrid' derby as Leganes look to continue their improvement under Javier Aguirre at home to Getafe. It then continues on Saturday lunchtime when a solid Levante entertain an Alaves side that is a lot more reliable at home than on the road, where they miss the midfield influence of Tomas Pina. Real Madrid are next up and after last weekend's triumph in the Spanish Supercup Sevilla will give them a guard of honor onto the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium ahead of their league clash. It will be Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui's first return to the Bernabeu since he was sacked by Madrid 14 months ago and he will be optimistic that Sevilla could take something against a rival without the suspended Fede Valverde, while Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema, and Eden Hazard are all injured. Ramos' injury should see Eder Militao come into their starting 11, while Gareth Bale is available again after overcoming a chest infection. The weekend's other big game is on Sunday at the Camp Nou Stadium as Quique Setien makes his debut as Barca coach at home to Granada following Ernesto Valverde's sacking on Monday night. | 
