After the opening 20 matches of the La Liga season, it’s remains a tight race at the top of the standings.
It is neck-and-neck at the top of the standings between Barcelona and Real Madrid but both clubs picked up a win over the round to widen the gap between themselves and the chasing pack.
Barcelona and Real Madrid were the only winning side in the top 6 that kicked off the round. (Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, and Valencia were on the losing end of the final score.
Real Madrid 2-1 Sevilla
Eibar 2-0 Atletico Madrid
Mallorca 4-1 Valencia : Mallorca used this to get out of the relegation zone.
Real Betis 3-1 Real Sociedad
Getafe took advantage of these results and moved from 7th to 5th through their victory in the opening match of the round and defeats from the teams above.
Lionel Messi leads the scoring list in the league with 14 goals to his name.
Lionel Messi – 14 goals
Karim Beznema – 12 goals
Leganes 0-3 Getafe
Goal Scorers Getafe – Leandro Cabrera 12′ Allan Nyom 21′ Jamie Mata 33′
Levante 0-1 Alaves
Goal Scorers Alaves -Aleix Vidal 65′
Real Madrid 2-1 Sevilla
Goal Scorers Real Madrid – Casemiro 57′ 69′
Goal Scorers Sevilla – Luuk de Jong 64′
Osasuna 0-0 Real Valladolid
Eibar 2-0 Atletico Madrid
Goal Scorers Eibar – Esteban Burrgos 10′ Edu Exposito 90′
Mallorca 4-1 Valencia
Goal Scorers Mallorca – Antonio Raillo 7′ Ante Budimir 22′ 41′ daniel Rodriguez 79′
Goal Scorers Valencia – Ferran Torres 82′
Real Betis 3-0 Real Sociedad
Goal Scorers Real Betis – Borja Iglesias 27′ Joaquin 44′ Sergio Canales 90+5′
Villarreal 1-2 Espanyol
Goal Scorers Villarreal – Santi Cazorla 62′(pen)
Goal Scorers Espanyol – David López 5′ Raúl de Tomás 47′
Athletic Club 1-1 Celta Vigo
Goal Scorers Athletic Club – Raul Garcia 76′(pen)
Goal Scorers Celta Vigo – Rafinha 56′
Barcelona 1-0 Granada
Goal Scorers Barcelona – Lionel Messi 76′
Three unanswered first-half goals lead Getafe to an away win against Leganes.
Aleix Vidal 65th-minute goal allowed Alaves to cut the gap In half between them and Levante with a ‘1-0’ victory.
It was Casemiro’s day to supply the goals for Real Madrid. His brace gave Real Madrid a win at home against Sevilla.
A ‘2-0’ defeat to Eibar dragged Atletico Madrid further away from the traditional top two in the league.
Marllorca beat Valencia to end a run of 6 winless league matches.
Real Sociedad’s place in the top 5 was dentend by Real Betis ‘3-0’ win against them.
A ‘2-1’ defeat at home to Espanyol returned Villarreal to a defeat in the league after a 4-match streak of picking up points.
Lionel Messi scored the first (and only goal) under Quique Setien’s managerial era. Barcelona goes on to beat A Granada side that had troubled them in the first-half of the season.
