January 14, 2017
Leganes 0-0 Athletic Club
Leganes and Athletic Club played out a goalless draw that held Athletic Club back from making a potential leap into the top six teams in the La Liga standings.
Barcelona 5-0 Las Palmas
Luis Suarez 14’ 57’
Lionel Messi 52’
Arda Turan 59’
Alex Vidal 80’
FC Barcelona has a lot of work to do to defend their league title, and five unanswered goals was how they marched on to a victory over Las Palmas and got back to winning ways in the La Liga.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Betis
Nicolas Gaitan 8’
An early goal was enough to give Atletico Madrid all three points from their fixture with Real Betis. The victory was good enough to send Atletico Madrid into the top four in the league standings.
Deportivo La Coruna 0-0 Villarreal
Villarreal was held to a goalless draw against Deportivo La Coruna. Any point for Deportivo La Coruna would be appreciated as they try and work their way away from the drop zone on the league table.
January 15, 2017
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol
Martin Montoya 17’ David Lopez 86’
Santi Mina 73’
Valencia a four point gap from the relegation zone after defeating Espanyol. The home victory got Valencia back to winning ways after 8 league matches without a victory.
Celta Vigo 1-0 Alaves
Nemanja Radoja 89’
It took the final minute of regulation time for Celta Vigo to find a goal against a 10-man Alaves team.
Alaves played the almost the entirety of the second half with fewer men after defender Zouhair Feddal was sent off in the first minute after the restart for the accumulation of yellow cards.
Granada 1-1 Osasuna
Artem Kravets 68’ Oriol Riera 12’
Granada came from a goal down to secure a point at home against Osasuna. For two teams that have only managed a single victory after 18 matches, this was a fitting score.
Both teams remained at the bottom of the league standings. Granada enjoys a point over bottom table Osasuna.
Sporting Gijon 2-3 Eibar
Carlos Carmona 9’ Adrian Gonzalez 4’(pen)
Nacho Cases 58’ Pedro Leon 21’
Antonio Luna 23’
Sporting Gijon put up a good fight in front of their home crowd, but eventually fell to Antonio Luna’s 23rd-minute goal for Eibar.
Sporting Gijon remains in the relegation zone.
Sevilla 2-1 Real Madrid
Sergio Ramos 85’(o.g) Cristiano Ronaldo 67’(pen)
Stevan Jovetic 90’+2’
When Sergio Ramos scores late, it is to save Real Madrid. This wasn’t the story this time around.
After 16 undefeated rounds in the 2016/17 La Liga, Real Madrid was handed their first defeat at Sevilla.
The goals came late for Sevilla, but the team deserved it. Real Madrid had gone through a record 40 match unbeaten streak in Spain.
Real Madrid remains on top of the La Liga table despite the defeat, but Sevilla’s victory has temporarily cut the gap to a point.
January 16, 2017
Malaga 0-2 Real Sociedad
Inigo Martinez 50’
Juanmi 62’
Two early second half goals from Real Sociedad allowed them to leave Malaga with the maximum points from this fixture.
