🇪🇸 La Liga:
Atletico Madrid’s game in hand ends in defeat, snapping six-game win streak
Ante Budimir leads Osasuna’s comeback, but Girona secures 4-2 victory
Sevilla’s winless streak extends to five games with draw against Celta Vigo
Barcelona edges Real Sociedad with late Ronald Araujo header
Alaves ends seven-game winless run
Valencia claims three points with Pepelu’s penalty
Athletic Club defeats Villarreal despite late rally
Real Madrid held to goalless draw by Rayo Vallecano
10-man Getafe Getafe edges out Cadiz with Borja Mayoral’s late winner
Girona now leads the league by 2 points in the title race after 12 rounds. Real Madrid fell to second place after a goalless draw with Rayo Vallecano, while Barcelona, in third, closed the gap with points gained from a late win against Real Sociedad. Despite their defeat, Atletico Madrid’s 4th place was not threatened, as Real Sociedad also suffered a loss. Celta Vigo picking up a point was the only improvement among the teams in the relegation zone.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – LA LIGA
Girona [1st, 12/38 games, 31 pts]
Real Madrid [2nd, 12/38 games, 29 pts]
Barcelona [3rd, 12/38 games, 27 pts]
Atlético Madrid [4th, 11/38 games, 25 pts]
Athletic Club [5th, 12/38 games, 21 pts]
Real Betis [6th, 12/38 games, 20 pts]
Real Sociedad [7th, 12/38 games, 19 pts]
Valencia [8th, 12/38 games, 18 pts]
Rayo Vallecano [9th, 12/38 games, 18 pts]
Las Palmas [10th, 12/38 games, 17 pts]
Getafe [11th, 12/38 games, 15 pts]
Osasuna [12th, 12/38 games, 13 pts]
Villarreal [13th, 12/38 games, 12 pts]
Alavés [14th, 12/38 games, 12 pts]
Sevilla [15th, 11/38 games, 11 pts]
Cádiz [16th, 12/38 games, 10 pts]
Mallorca [17th, 12/38 games, 9 pts]
Celta Vigo [18th, 12/38 games, 7 pts]
Granada [19th, 12/38 games, 6 pts]
AlmerÃa [20th, 12/38 games, 3 pts]
Atletico Madrid’s game in hand was rendered useless after losing 2-1 to Las Palmas. The result ended a run of six straight league wins for Atletico Madrid.
Ante Budimir scored twice to help Osasuna come back from a one-goal deficit to take the lead by the 55th minute, but Girona scored three unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes to win the match 4-2.
Sevilla is without a win from their last five league games, with the most recent four being draws. They came from behind to earn a point in a 1-1 draw with a struggling Celta Vigo.
Real Sociedad had the upper hand for most of the game, but Barcelona managed to score a late winner through Ronald Araujo’s header from Ilkay Gundogan cross in the second minute of added time. This is Real Sociedad’s third league defeat of the season, all of which have come against the traditional/recent top-three sides – Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and now Barcelona.
Ianis Hagi’s penalty miss at the end of the first half did not prove costly, as Aleksandar Sedlar’s goal in the 70th minute secured a win for Alaves against Almeria. The 1-0 score marked Alaves’ first league victory in 7 games, while Almeria remains without a league win.
Pepelu’s goal from the penalty spot at the end of the first half proved sufficient for Valencia to claim all three points against Granada.
It appeared that Villarreal might mount a comeback in the dying minutes when they scored two goals in quick succession (in the 86th and 87th minutes), bringing them within a goal of salvaging a point at home against Athletic Club. However, in the end, Athletic Club’s three goals in the first half-hour of the game secured a 3-2 victory against Villarreal.
Real Madrid dropped points in a goalless draw at home with Rayo Vallecano, shifting from an El Clasico win away to settling for a point at home in a goalless draw against Rayo Vallecano.
Despite going down to 10 men after Djene picked up a second yellow card in the 44th minute, Getafe managed to secure three points with a ‘1-0’ victory over Cadiz, courtesy of Borja Mayoral’s goal in the 76th minute. This win opened up a 5-point gap for Getafe over Cadiz.
LA LIGA RESULTS
[ 2 ] Las Palmas || Kirian Rodriguez 51′ Benito 75′
[ 1 ] Atlético Madrid || Alvaro Morata 83′
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[ 2 ] Osasuna || Ante Budimir 25′ 55′
[ 4 ] Girona || Ivan Martin 16′ Artem Dovbyk 71′ Viktor Tsigankov 80′ Aleix Garcia 90′
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[ 2 ] Real Betis || Willian Jose 7′ Ayoze Perez 65′
[ 0 ] Mallorca
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[ 1 ] Celta Vigo || Carl Starfelt 22′
[ 1 ] Sevilla || Youssef En-Nesyri 84′
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[ 0 ] Real Sociedad
[ 1 ] Barcelona || Ronald Araujo 90+2′
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[ 1 ] Alavés || Aleksandar Sedar 79′
[ 0 ] AlmerÃa
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[ 1 ] Valencia || Pepelu 45+7′(pen)
[ 0 ] Granada
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[ 2 ] Villarreal || Gerard Moreno 86′ Alexander Sorloth 87′
[ 3 ] Athletic Club || Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta 2′ Nico Williams 22′ Inaki Williams 30′
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[ 0 ] Real Madrid
[ 0 ] Rayo Vallecano
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[ 1 ] Getafe || Borja Mayoral 76′
[ 0 ] Cádiz
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