Real Madrid wins the Madrid Derby and moves 6 points away from the top of the league table after benefiting from Barcelona’s failure to win at Bilbao.
February 8, 2019
Real Valladolid 0-0 Villarreal
February 9, 2019
Getafe 3–1 Celta Vigo
Getafe – Jamie Mata 39’(pen) 81’ Jorge Molina 62’
Celta Vigo – Nestor Araujo 2’
Atletico Madrid 1–3 Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid – Antoine Griezmann 25’
Real Madrid – Casemiro 16’ Sergio Ramos 42’(pen) Gareth Bale 74’
Espanyol 2–1 Rayo Vallecano
Espanyol – Borja Iglesias 72’(pen) Sergi Darder 90+5’
Rayo Vallecano – Abdoulaye Ba 33’
Girona 0-2 Huesca
Huesca – Ezequiel Avila 35’ 40’
February 10, 2019
Leganes 3–0 Real Betis
Leganes – Youssef En-Nesyri 22’ 36’ 66’
Valencia 0–0 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 2–2 Eibar
Sevilla – Wissam ben Yedder 88’ Pable Sarabia 90+2’
Eibar – Fabian Orellana 22’ Charles 63’
Athletic Club 0–0 Barcelona
February 11, 2019
Alaves 2–0 Levante
Victor Laguardia 23’ Jony 90+3’
Despite being first to get on the scoreboard, Celta Vigo returned to their losing ways after suffering a ‘3-1’ defeat to Getafe.
Real Madrid closes in on the top of the La Liga standings after coming out on top in the Madrid Derby. A ‘3-1’ away victory extended Real Madrid’s winning run in the league to 5th.
Sergi Darder completed the comeback for Espanyol with his late winning goal to give his side a 2-1 win against Rayo Vallecano.
Girona remains since the start of the year after getting beaten ‘2-0’ at home by bottom table Huesca. Girona’s last victory was on December 10, 2018, in a Copa del Rey match. November 25, 2019, was their last league victory.
Youssef En-Nesyri scored a hat-trick as his Leganes side beat Real Betis.
A goalless draw between Valencia and Real Sociedad keeps the two side tied in points at 31.
A 10-man Sevilla side avoided defeat at home getting two late second-half goals to come from 2 goals down and get a point against Eibar.
Barcelona avoided defeat at Bilbao but failed to get the win the would have allowed them to keep their 8-points lead. Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s goalkeeper heroics saved Barcelona at the San Meme.
Alaves ended a run of 4 winless matches that included 3 straight defeats with a victory against Levante.