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MADRID - With Real Madrid still playing at the Club World Cup in Morocco, Barcelona will have a chance to close the gap on the Spanish leaders on Saturday.Madrid was due to play Sevilla, but the match will be played at a later date because the Champions League winners have reached the Club World Cup final.Barcelona is still at home, and will have a chance to at least temporarily cut its four-point deficit when it hosts Cordoba.Here are some things to know about this weekends matches:___GOAL DISPARITYBarcelona has built its attack around Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, but Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has singlehandedly outscored the trio 25-24 so far this season.Barcelona coach Luis Enrique needs to find a way to get more goals, and he could try out some ideas on Saturday against Cordoba.___ATHLETIC ATLETICOAtletico Madrid travels north to Athletic Bilbao with the defending champions looking to rebound after snapping its 27-match home unbeaten streak last week.Atletico has five wins from its last 10 visits to Bilbao.___MUNIRS PATIENCEWith Luis Suarez back and Neymar fit again, 19-year-old Barcelona striker Munir El Haddadi needs to be patient.El Haddadi scored a goal in his debut with the first team and caught the eye of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque, who selected him for his first senior international outing against Macedonia in a European qualifier.While Suarez was out, completing a ban imposed during the World Cup, Enrique played El Haddadi in four consecutive matches — three in the Spanish league and one in the Champions League.Barcelona has since increased his buyout clause to 35 million euros ($43 million), but with Suarezs return, he has only played in three out of 12 matches.___RISING VILLARREALVillarreal coach Marcelino Garcia Toral has his eye on overtaking Valencia and challenging Sevilla for fourth-place as his team hosts Deportivo La Coruna.After securing three points at Atletico, Garcia Toral is looking to keep the momentum going. 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Bailey was the seventh overall pick in the June 2004 amateur draft. He developed into a dependable starter in the past two years, and pitched a pair of no-hitters along the way, too. The hard-throwing Texan went a career-best 13-10 with a 3.68 ERA in 2012, completing his breakthrough season by throwing a no-hitter in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28, a 1-0 victory. He threw the 16th no-hitter in franchise history last June 2, a 3-0 win over San Francisco at Great American Ball Park. Bailey became the third pitcher in Reds history to throw a pair of no-hitters, joining Johnny Vander Meer and Jim Maloney.dddddddddddd Overall, Bailey went 11-12 with a 3.49 ERA with two complete games last season. Bailey hasnt bought a plane ticket to Florida for his arbitration hearing and hasnt bought a suit for it. He expects to have a deal in place before then. "Hopefully we can get the small stuff worked out in the next few days," Bailey said. "If not, Im going to have to go buy a suit." 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