Getafe end 2018 with their second best ever start LaLiga Santander Only been better in 2010

After a 1-1 draw with Girona on Friday, Getafe go into the winter break with 25 points, the second highest ever return at this stage of the season.

Jose Bordalas' men have won six, drawn seven and lost four, only one away from home at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in the opening weekend.

It is the second best return, only behind the return in 2010/11 when Jose Miguel Gonzalez, or Michel, led the team to 27 points at this stage of the campaign.

Despite being seventh going into the winter break, the second half of the season saw a major downturn with the team eventually only just avoiding relegation, finishing 16th.

Michel was also in charge when Getafe were sixth in the league with 24 points in 2009, the highest ever position at this stage of the season.

In 2014/15 and 2015/16, Getafe managed just 17 points in the second half of each season, the second time leading to relegation to Segunda Division for the first time in the club's history.

Now, Bordalas and his players know that if they can keep up their current form they will once again be in the fight for Europe.