The Valencia – Real Madrid encounter in La Liga on Sunday will have an under story, with the face-off of David Villa and Raul, two of the best forwards in the league. Villa currently has 191.09 points over all in our FTBL rating and is on the edge of exit from our World Top 23.

To avoid an exit from the group of world best forwards, Villa will need to earn a respectable 23.90 rating points in the game, while Madrid Forward Raul will need 23.70 rating points. Raul, with 188.90 points over all, is out of the World Top 23 but remains in 3rd place in the list of Top 23 forwards of the Spanish league.

Villa ranks second in the Top 23 for the Spanish league behind Villa and Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan, who saw a surge of more than 25 rating points recently. He now has 197.91 points over all.