December 3, 2016
Granada 2-1 Sevilla
Andreas Pereira 27’ Wissam Ben Yedder 90’+5’(pen)
David Lomban 56’
It was an upset! Granada finally got a victory and from an unlikely opposition.
Maybe the pressure got to Sevilla as they failed to capitalize on the El Clasico with a win and allowed Granada got their first victory in the 2016/17 La Liga season.
Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid
Luis Suárez 53’ Sergio Ramos 90’
Another Sergio Ramos late heading goal saved Real Madrid from a defeat in a very important match.
Real Madrid remains the only team in the league that is undefeated and remains six points clear at the top of the league table.
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— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) December 3, 2016
It was an evenly contested fixture as expected. Barcelona is a top side and regardless of the bumps they’ve had in the season, the quality is there to defeat a Real Madrid team that look in form to be undefeated for the remainder of the season.
After a goalless first half, headers at the end of a whipping cross from a set piece was how both teams scored their goals.
Leganes 0-0 Villarreal
Leganes stopped Villarreal from putting some pressure on the current top four teams by holding them to a goalless draw.
Atletico Madrid 0-0 Espanyol
Atletico Madrid played a goalless draw against Espanyol. A draw meant Atletico Madrid had failed to take advantage of Sevilla slip to Granada and even climbed even on points in the league standings.
December 4, 2016
Real Betis 3-3 Celta Vigo
Ruben Castro 41’(pen) Iago Aspas 15’ 62’
Antonio Sanabria 53’ Facundo Sebastian Roncaglia 85’
German Pezzella 73’
It was a six-goal thriller between Real Betis and Celta Vigo. Real Betis came from a goal down to take the lead about ten minutes after the start of the second half. Celta Vigo then leveled it up about ten minutes later. About another ten minutes after Celta Vigo scored the leveler, Real Betis regained the lead, just to lose it about another ten minutes for the match to finish in a 3-3 draw.
Athletic Club 3-1 Eibar
Benat Etxebarria 42’ Sergi Enrich 70’
Inaki Williams 55’
Iker Muniain 90’+1’
Athletic Club leaped over Eibar in the league standings after defeating them to pick a home victory.
Inaki Williams 55th minute goal was the winning goal for Athletic Club, but Iker Muniain scored late to settle nerves.
Alaves 1-1 Las Palmas
Alexis 4’ Marko Livaja 57’
Las Palmas fought from an early goal down to secure a deserved away point against Alaves.
Sporting Gijon 3-1 Osasuna
Carlos Carmona 43’ 79’ Miguel Flano 86’
Douglas 56’
Carlos Carmona scored a brace for Sporting Gijon to defeat newly-promoted Osasuna and extended their lead over their relegation zone mates.
Valencia 2-2 Malaga
Rodrigo 7’ Pablo Fornals 3’ 90’+3’
Alvaro Medran 34’
Valencia has now gone six matches without a league victory.
Pablo Fornals scored both the opening and closing goal in this fixture, but his final goal was scored late to break the hearts of Valencia and deny Valencia a home victory.
December 5, 2016
Deportivo La Coruña 5-1 Real Sociedad
Sidnei 13’ Yuri Berchiche 57’
Inigo Martinez 29’(o.g)
Florin Andone 42’ 77’
Ryan Babel 64’
Not many would have expected this outcome. A clinical Deportivo La Coruna defeated Real Sociedad to get their third league victory of the season.
From where they sit on the league table, this was a major upset when we look at the final scoreline.
Even with this victory, Real Sociedad is still ten points behind Deportivo La Coruna in the league standings.
A victory for Real Sociedad would have helped Sociedad into the top four in the league standings.