Spanish La Liga
2019/20 Spanish La Liga – Round 9 – Real Madrid loses top spot to Barcelona.
SPANISH LA LIGA
Barcelona replaces Real Madrid at the top of the league table after 9 rounds of the 209/20 season.
Newly-promoted Granada has no fear of heights. They remain up in the league standings and only bettered by the big two of Spanish football.
Atletico Madrid fell out of the ‘top four’ after failing to secure a win at home.
Leganes winless run is extended after suffering defeat against Getafe.
Loren Moron sits solely as the league top scorer with 7 goals.
Granada 1-0 Osasuna
Goal Scorers Granada – Domingos Duarte 38′
Eibar 0-3 Barcelona
Goal Scorers Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann 13′ Lionel Messi 58′ Luis Suarez 66′
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Valencia
Goal Scorers Atletico Madrid – Diego Costa 36′(pen)
Goal Scorers Valencia – Daniel Parejo 82′
Getafe 2-0 Leganes
Goal Scorers Getafe – Angel Rodriguez 64′ 84′
Mallorca 1-0 Real Madrid
Goal Scorers Mallorca – Junior Lago 7′
Alaves 2-0 Celta Vigo
Goal Scorers Alaves – Lisandro Magallan 50′ Lucas Perez 82′
Real Sociedad 3-1 Real Betis
Goal Scorers Real Sociedad – Javi García 22′(og) Willian Jose 36′ Cristian Portu 58′
Goal Scorers Real Betis Loren Moron 12′
Espanyol 0-1 Villarreal
Goal Scorers Villarreal – Karl Toko Ekambi 17′
Athletic Club 1-1 Real Valladolid
Goal Scorers Athletic Club – Inaki Williams 33′
Goal Scorers Real Valladolid – Iñigo Martínez 71′(og)
Sevilla 1-0 Levante
Goal Scorers Sevilla – Luuk de Jong 86′
Newly-promoted Granada picked up their 5th win of their opening 9 matches to finish the round in 3rd-place.
Barcelona’s attacking trio got a goal each as they handed Eibar a ‘3-0’ defeat. Barcelona moved to the top of the pile in the league standings with the result after Real Madrid failed to get anything out of their match against Mallorca. It was Barcelona’s fourth straight win since their defeat to Granada.
Dani Parejo’s freekick earned a draw for Valencia at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid dropped points at home to Valencia in a ‘1-1’ draw. It was a consecutive league draws for Atletico Madrid.
Angel Rodriguez provided the goals in the second-half for Getafe to keep Leganes winless in the league.
Real Madrid loses the top spot in the league after falling ‘1-0’ to newly-promoted Mallorca. Junior Lago’s 7th-minute goal was enough for the home side to shock Real Madrid.
Alaves leap over Celta Vito in the standings after a ‘2-0’ win.
Real Betis falls in the relegation zone after going three straight matches without a win despite being first to get on the scoreboard against Real Sociedad. The ‘3-1’ home win ended Real Sociedad’s losing streak in the leak at 2 matches.
It was a win on the road this time around for Villarreal after their defeat to Osasuna in the previous round. Karl Toko Ekambi scored the only goal of the match for Villarreal to take all three points from relegation-zoned Espanyol.
A defensive error in the penalty box ended up stripping Athletic Club of 2 points from their match against Real Valladolid.
Luuk de Jong’s first La Liga goal handed Sevilla a home win against Levante.