Can Messi keep Barcelona on top while Real Madrid keeps getting sharper. 9 more rounds to go of the La Liga.

Real Madrid keeps up the pace with Barcelona and keeps the gap between the two teams at 2 points.
The gap between the top two and the rest of the league widened by two points.

Atletico Madrid moved into the top four and 3 points away from Sevilla.
Real Sociedad dropped from 4th to 6th.

Villarreal used a ‘1-0’ win against Mallorca to move a point above a Valencia side that found a defeat against Real Madrid.

Alaves moved up to 12th place after beat Real Sociedad. The move pushed down Levante and Real Betis in the standings, while causing Real Sociedad to lost their 5th-place position to Alaves.

Espanyol, Celta Vigo, Eibar, and Valladolid secured a point each while remaining in the bottom 6.
Leganes replaces Espanyol at the bottom of the league table.

Nine more matches left to go. 27 points available to each team.
There is enough left in the league for every club and/or player to make the necessary changes to secure their ideal targeted goals.

In the goalscoring list, Lionel Messi added a goal to his tally, while Karim Benzema added two.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 21 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 16 goals
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) – 11 goals
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) – 11 goals
Lucas Pérez (Alavés) – 11 goals
Roger (Levante) – 11 goals
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) – 11 goals
Ángel (Getafe) – 10 goals
Raúl García (Athletic Club) – 10 goals

Levante 1-1 Sevilla
Goal Scorers Levante -Diego Carlos 87′
Goal Scorers Sevilla – Luuk de Jong 46′

Real Betis 2-2 Granada
Goal Scorers Real Betis – Sergio Canales 85′(pen) Cristian Tello 88′
Goal Scorers Granada – Carlos Fernandez 29′ Roberto Soldado 90+1′

Getafe 0-0 Espanyol

Villarreal 1-0 Mallorca
Goal Scorers Villarreal – Carlos Bacca 16′

Barcelona 2-0 Leganes
Goal Scorers Barcelona – Ansu Fati 42′ Lionel Messi 69′(pen)

Eibar 2-2 Athletic Club
Goal Scorers Eibar Kiki 19′ Fabian Orellana 78′(pen)
Goal Scorers Athletic Club – Raul Garcia 8′ Asier Villalibre 81′

Real Valladolid 0-0 Celta Vigo

Osasuna 0-5 Atletico Madrid
Goal Scorers Atlético Madrid -Joao Feliz 27′ 56′ Marco Llorente 79′ Alvaro Morata 82′ Yannick Carrasco 88′

Alavés 2-0 Real Sociedad
Goal Scorers Alaves – Borja Sainz 56′ Martin Aguirregabiria 90+6′

Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
Goal Scorers Real Madrid – Karim Benzema 61′ 86′ Marco Asensio 74′