SPANISH LA LIGA
MATCH RESULTS – SPANISH LA LIGA
Sevilla [ 2-2 ] Celta Vigo Osasuna [ 2-1 ] Elche Espanyol [ 1-2 ] Athletic Club Real Sociedad [ 2-0 ] Getafe Real Madrid [ 2-3 ] Villarreal Valladolid [ 3-3 ] Mallorca Real Betis [ 0-2 ] Cádiz Almería [ 2-1 ] Valencia Rayo Vallecano [ 1-2 ] Atlético Madrid Barcelona [ 0-0 ] Girona
Barcelona dropped two points at home to Girona but it did little damage to their lead as Real Madrid had dropped 3 points at home against Villarreal.
Barcelona’s lead in the title race is now at 13 points.
Atletico Madrid is now two points from second place, while Real Sociedad became the 4th team in the league to hit 50+ points this season.
Villareal moved up a position to 5th with their win against Real Madrid.
Real Betis dropped a position to 6th after a defeat at home to Cadiz.
Cadiz moved two positions up to 14th.
Elche is at the bottom of the table unmoved after another defeat.
Osasuna used a win over Elche to move up a position to 9th, dropping Rayo Vallecano down a spot to 10 after their defeat to Atletico Madrid.
There are 10 more rounds left of the season and we are in a position to confidently call the title race.
The relegation avoidance battles and the qualification for continental cup competitions remain open.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – SPANISH LA LIGA
1 | Barcelona ( 28 ) – 72 points
2 | Real Madrid ( 28 ) – 59 points
3 | Atlético Madrid ( 28 ) – 57 points
4 | Real Sociedad ( 28 ) – 51 points
5 | Villarreal ( 28 ) – 47 points
6 | Real Betis ( 28 ) – 45 points
7 | Athletic Club ( 28 ) – 40 points
8 | Osasuna ( 28 ) – 38 points
9 | Rayo Vallecano ( 28 ) – 37 points
10 | Celta Vigo ( 28 ) – 36 points
11 | Girona ( 28 ) – 35 points
12 | Mallorca ( 28 ) – 34 points
13 | Sevilla ( 28 ) – 32 points
14 | Cádiz ( 28 ) – 31 points
15 | Getafe ( 28 ) – 30 points
16 | Almería ( 28 ) – 30 points
17 | Valladolid ( 28 ) – 29 points
18 | Valencia ( 28 ) – 27 points
19 | Espanyol ( 28 ) – 27 points
20 | Elche ( 28 ) – 13 points
April 7.
Sevilla [ 2-2 ] Celta Vigo
Sevilla – Youssef En-Nesyri 43′ Marcos Acuna 81′
Celta Vigo – Miguel Rodriguez 89′ Goncalo Paciencia 90+3′
April 8.
Osasuna [ 2-1 ] Elche
Osasuna – Abde Ezzalzouli 71′ 84′
Elche – Tete Morente 44′
Espanyol [ 1-2 ] Athletic Club
Espanyol – Sergi Darder 90′
Athletic Club – Inaki Williams 22′ Nico Williams 75′
Real Sociedad [ 2-0 ] Getafe
Real Sociedad – Mikel Oyarzabal 45+2′ Takefusa Kubo 60′
Real Madrid [ 2-3 ] Villarreal
Real Madrid – Pau Torres 16′(og) Vinicius Junior 48′
Villarreal – Samuel Chukwueze 39′ 80′ Jose Luis Morales 70′
April 9.
Valladolid [ 3-3 ] Mallorca
Valladolid – Kike Perez 33′ Selim Amallah 68′ Monchu 86′
Mallorca – Verdat Muriqi 53′ 90+4′ Manu Morlanes 58′
Real Betis [ 0-2 ] Cádiz
Cádiz – Ruben Alcaraz 53′ Christopher Ramos 59′
Almería [ 2-1 ] Valencia
Almería – Gonzalo Melero 49′ Srdjan Babic 58′
Valencia – Samuel Castillejo 61′
Rayo Vallecano [ 1-2 ] Atlético Madrid
Rayo Vallecano – Francisco Garcia 85′
Atlético Madrid – Nahuel Molina 22′ Mario Hermoso 24′
Sevilla blew a 2-goal lead in the dying minutes of the game to settle for a point at home against Celta Vigo. Despite playing with a numerical disadvantage from the 19th minute, Sevilla found themselves 2-0 up in the 81st minute when Marcos Acuna added to Youssef En-Nesyri’s 43rd-minute game-opening goal. It looked like consecutive wins for Sevilla until Miguel Rodriguez halved the lead in the 89th minute after coming to the game about 12 minutes prior, and Goncalo Paciencia scored the equalizing goal in the 3rd minute of added time.
Second-half substitutes Goncalo Paciencia and Miguel Rodriguez scored a late goal to get Celta Vigo a point in Seville. Celta Vigo is unbeaten in their last 7 matches after two successive 2-2 draws.
Abde Essalzouli scored both goals to get Osasuna from a losing position to a 2-1 win at home over Elche. That is three defeats in a row Elche, as Osasuna followed up their Copa del Rey success with their first league win in five matches.
The William brothers (Inaki and Nico) were on the score sheet for Athletic Club to pick up three points in a 2-1 win over Espanyol.
The points were shared in a 6-goal thriller between Valladolid and Mallorca.
Atletico Madrid go 12 league games unbeaten (9 wins) and extended their winning streak to 5 matches with a 2-1 away win against Rayo Vallecano.
Real Madrid dropped more points after a 3-2 home defeat against Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze contributed two goals in Villarreal’s win.
After knocking out Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semifinal (4-0) at Camp Nou, Real Madrid hosted Villarreal for the points to try and keep tabs on Barcelona in the league title race. It was already highly improbable that Real Madrid could stop Barcelona from winning the league title with the number of games left of the season. Real Madrid increased that improbability after a 3-2 defeat.
