LA LIGA
Real Sociedad kept top spot in the league with a game in hand.
Real Madrid wins El Clasico to bounce back from recent poort results.
A consecutive defeat for Barcelona in the league. Barcelona are residing in the bottom half of the table.
Granada moved up to third; replacing Getafe in the top four.
Levante moved up from the bottom of the standings with a point gained at home against Celta Vigo.
Real Valladolid (with a game in hand) replaces Levante at the bottom of the standings after losing to Alaves.
It remains a wide open race in Spain.
Atletico Madrid unbeaten
Elche 2-1 Valencia
Goal Scorers – Elche – Josan 19′ Fidel Chaves 37′
Goal Scorers – Valencia -Toni Lato 74′
Osasuna 1-0 Athletic Club
Goal Scorers – Osasuna – Ruben Garcia 81′(pen)
Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid
Goal Scorers – Barcelona – Ansu Fati 8′
Goal Scorers – Real Madrid – Federico Valverde 5′ Segio Ramos63′(pen) Luka Modric 90′
Sevilla 0-1 Eibar
Goal Scorers – Eibar – Kike 41′
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Real Betis
Goal Scorers – Atlético Madrid – Marcos Llorente 46′ Luis Suárez 90+1′
Real Valladolid 0-2 Alaves
Goal Scorers – Alaves – Tomas Pina 55′ Borja Sainz 85′
Cadiz 0-0 Villarreal
Getafe 0-1 Granada
Goal Scorers – Granada – Angel Montoro 45+3′
Real Sociedad 4-1 Huesca
Goal Scorers – Real Sociedad – Mikel Oyarzabal 35′(pen) 54′ Cristian Portu 68′ Alexander Isak 75′
Goal Scorers – Huesca – Rafa Mir 46′
Levante 1-1 Celta Vigo
Goal Scorers – Levante – Roger 48′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Celta Vigo – Sergio Carreira 53′
Newly-promoted Elche are unbeaten since tehri opening day defeat against Real Sociedad. Elche were 2-1 winners at home against Valencia after two stunning strikes placed them in a comfortable position before the end of the first half. Valencia’s losing streak goes up to 3 league matches.
Ruben Garcia’s penalty decided the game for Osasuna against Athletic Club.
Real Madrid won El Clasico in Camp Nou. It finished 3-1 between the two La Liga giants. No goals from Messi or Benzema. A consecutive league defeat for Barcelona.
Eibar held on to a 1-0 lead in the 41st-minute to win away in Seville. The result marked a consecutive league defeat for Sevilla and a three straight league matches without win (4 in all competitions).
Atletico Madrid found a goal in the early and late parts of the closing half to beat Real Betis.
Alaves scored two second-half goals against a numerically disadvantaged Real Valladolid to bounce back from their defeat in the last round (against Elche).
Cadiz remained without a home victory after keeping Villarreal out. Ended as a goalless draw between the two.
Getafe went from beating Barcelona to losing at home against Granada. Angel Montoro converted from the spot in the dying minutes of the first half to get
Granada three points at Getafe.
Mikel Oyarzabal scored two goals as Real Sociedad hammered Huesca 4-1 to move to the top of the league table. Huesca remains without a win.
