After 11 rounds of the 2016/17 La Liga season, Real Madrid has made fewer mistakes and are therefore on top of the La Liga table at the moment. Real Madrid remains undefeated and has dropped points in only three matches.
If there is the intention of keeping their league title. Barcelona would need to cut down on their errors and make sure they don’t drop any more points while Real Madrid remains clinical.
Barcelona has had some surprising defeats in their first eleven league matches. The first of the two defeats was a ‘2-1’ home defeat to newly promoted Alaves. The second defeat was away at Celta Vigo, a match that saw them go down two goals by the end of the first half. Barcelona eventually got back into the match, but there was not enough time for the team to get a goal that could have saved them a point. Match finished a 4-3 defeat to Barcelona.
Inside the Six
With the exception of the order, there are no real surprises in the “Top 6” in the league standings. The most in-form teams are Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both teams have won their last four league matches.
Villarreal replaces Atletico Madrid in the expected order at the top of the league standings.
Round 8 fixture between Atletico Madrid and Granada. – Atletico Madrid came from a goal down to defeat Granada by a ‘7-1’ score line.
In the Eighteen
Granada remains the only team without a win after eleven rounds of the 2016/17 La Liga season. It is no surprise that the sit at the bottom of the league table. Osasuna has managed to get a win and Sporting Gijon has managed to get two. The two teams complete the teams that are occupying the relegation zone at this stage of the season.
How are the newly promoted teams doing?
Osasuna is the only newly-promoted side that is in the relegation at the moment, while Leganes is lingering around the relegation zone. Alaves is performing the best out of all the newly promoted sides.
Who might be in for a thrilling season?
Valencia started their season losing all of their first four matches. They bounced back with consecutive wins, but have since then remained inconsistent. The good news is that Valencia is out of the relegation zone, and they possess the talent to push upwards on the league table. But we can never be sure about the story Valencia would give us at the end of the season.
Real Madrid celebating a goal against Real Betis in a ‘6-1’ away win for the league leaders.
League Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 27 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 21 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 17 |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Málaga | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Eibar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Alavés | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 13 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 12 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 11 |
| 15 | Valencia | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 10 |
| 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 10 |
| 17 | Leganés | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 10 |
| 18 | Sporting Gijón | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 9 |
| 19 | Osasuna | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 7 |
| 20 | Granada | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 4 |
Round 6 of the 2016/17 La Liga saw FC Barcelona dismantle Sporting Gijon in a ‘5-0’ away win.
Most points
- Real Madrid – 27 points
Least points
- Granada – 4 points
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez – Joint top goal scorers in the league.
Top goal scorer (Individual)
- Lionel Messi(Barcelona)/Luis Suarez(Barcelona) – 8 goals each
- Antoine Griezmann(Atletico Madrid)/ Willian José(Real Sociedad)/ Iago Aspas(Celta Vigo) – 6 goals.
- Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid)/ Nicola Sansone(Villarreal)/ Aritz Aduriz(Athletic Bilbao)/ Yannick Carrasco(Atletico Madrid)/ Rafinha(Barcelona)/ Gareth Bale(Real Madrid)/ Sandro Ramírez (Málaga)/ Kevin Gameiro(Atletico Madrid) – 5 goals each
Top goal scorer (Team)
- Barcelona 32 goals
- Real Madrid 31 goals
- Atletico Madrid – 25 goals
- Las Palmas – 21 goals
- Sevilla/Villarreal – 19 goals each
Most goals conceded
- Granada – 25 goals
- Sporting Gijon/Leganes/Real Betis – 22 goals each
- Osasuna/Celta Vigo/Valencia – 21 goals each
- Las Palmas – 18 goals
Least goals conceded
- Villarreal – 7 goals
- Atletico Madrid – 8 goals
- Real Madrid – 10 goals
- Real Sociedad – 12 goals
- Barcelona/Athletic Bilbao – 13 goals each
Best defence
- Real Madrid – 0 defeats
- Villarreal – 1 defeat
- Barcelona/ Atletico Madrid/Sevilla – 2 defeats each
- Las Palmas/Espanyol – 3 defeats each
Worst Defence
- Granada/Leganes/Valencia – 7 defeats each
- Osasuna/Sporting Gijon/Real Betis – 6 defeats each
- Deportivo La Coruña -5 defeats
Hat-trick
- Luis Suarez(Barcelona) against Real Betis
- Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid) against Alaves
- Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) against Granada
