September 20, 2016
Malaga 2-1 Eibar
Sandro Ramirez 45’ Nano 42’
Youssef En-Nesyri 76’
Malaga had to come from a goal down to win their first league match of the season in a home match against Eibar.
Sevilla 1-0 Real Betis
Gabriel Mercado 51’
Sevilla continued their undefeated start to the 2016/17 La Liga season. Gabriel Mercado scored to temporarily move Sevilla up to second place on the league table.
September 21, 2016
Celta Vigo 2-1 Sporting Gijon
Hugo Mallo 66’ Duje Cop 80’(pen)
Iago Aspas 87’(pen)
A late penalty allowed Celta Vigo to take all three points away from Sporting Gijon. It was nothing less than what they deserved.
Real Madrid 1-1 Villarreal
Sergio Ramos 48’ Bruno Soriano 45’+ 1 (pen)
Real Madrid slipped at home to Villarreal. Madrid had to settle for a point from a match that could have stretched the lead they had in the La Liga standings.
Sergio Ramos gave a penalty for Villarreal to get their goal at the end of the first half, but he scored in the second half to cancel out the goal.
FC Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Ivan Rakitic 41’ Angel Correa 61’
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid played out a draw. With Real Madrid failing to grab a win against Villarreal, a win in this match would have close the gap to the top of the table for these two title contenders.
Angel Correa first action in the match after replacing Kevin Gameiro was scoring an equalizer for Atletico Madrid to cancel Ivan Rakitic first half goal for Barcelona.
The score might not be worry Barcelona as much as Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets having to leave the match in the second half because of possible injuries.
Granada 1-2 Athletic Club
Mehdi Carcela Gonzalez 44’ Raul Garcia 15’
Aymeric Laporte 77’
Granada remains winless after losing at home to Athletic Club.
Real Sociedad 4-1 Las Palmas
Willian Jose 1’ 53’ Tana 56’
Carlos Vela 22’(pen)
David Zurutuza 35’
A 4-1 win over Las Palmas gave Real Sociedad their second win of the season. Las Palmas was down 3-0 by the end of the first half.
Willian Jose gave the home side the lead in the first minute of the match. Things went from bad to worse when Kevin-Prince Boateng was sent off after handling the ball to prevent a goal. The resulting penalty was converted into a goal by Carlos Vela in the 22nd minute.
September 22, 2016
Deportivo La Coruna 1-2 Leganes
Celso Borges 31’ Luciano Neves 55’
Gabriel 61’
It wa a match that could have given each side their second victory of the season. Leganes came on top and won their second match of the 2016/17 La Liga season.
Leganes had to come from a goal down to win away versus Deportivo La Coruna.
Osasuna 1-2 Espanyol
Sergio Leon 68’ Leo Baptistao 42’
Gerard Moreno 72’
Osasuna remains winless after five matches in the La Liga. A 2-1 defeat at home to Espanyol becomes their latest result.
Sergio Leon scored for Osasuna to equalize Leo Baptistao goal for Espanyol towards the end of the first half, but that lasted for about five minutes before Gerard Moreno restored the lead.
Valencia 2-1 Alaves
Victor Laguardia 29’(og) Gaizka Toquero 45’
Daniel Parejo 88’ (pen)
After losing all their matches since the start of the season, Valencia finally gets their first win of the season after five matches.
It took an own goal and questionable penalty for Valencia to find a win against newly promoted Alaves.
