LA LIGA
Real Madrid’s shock defeat to Getafe has opened up the Spanish La Liga title race.
Atletico Madrid took fourth place from Rayo Vallecano.
Barcelona is a point from the top four.
Sevilla with a game in hand is 5 points from the top.
Real Betis hangs in third place despite defeat to Celta Vigo
Levante is 19 matches into the season without a win.
MATCH RESULTS
VALENCIA 1-2 ESPANYOL
GETAFE 1-0 REAL MADRID
ATLETICO MADRID 2-0 RAYO VALLECANO
ALAVES 1-1 REAL SOCIEDAD
REAL BETIS 0-2 CELTA VIGO
ELCHE 0-0 GRANADA
MALLORCA 0-1 BARCELONA
VILLARREAL 5-0 LEVANTE
OSASUNA 1-3 ATHLETIC CLUB
CADIZ 0-1 SEVILLA
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Real Madrid – 46 points
2. Sevilla – 41 points
3. Real Betis – 33 points
4. Atletico Madrid – 32 points
5. Barcelona – 31 points
6. Rayo Vallecano – 30 points
7. Real Sociedad – 30 points
8. Villarreal – 28 points
9. Valencia – 28 points
10. Athletic Club – 27 points
11. Espanyol – 26 points
12. Celta Vigo – 23 points
13. Granada – 23 points
14. Osasuna – 22 points
15. Mallorca – 20 points
16. Getafe – 18 points
17. Elche – 16 points
18. Alaves – 16 points
19. Cadiz – 14 points
20. Levante – 8 points
GETAFE 1-0 REAL MADRID
Real Madrid kicked off the new year with a league defeat.
Enes UnaI took advantage of a defensive error to score the only goal of the match in the 9th minute.
There was a 31 point difference between Real Madrid and Getafe.
ATLETICO MADRID 2-0 RAYO VALLECANO
Angel Correa scored both goals to get Atletico Madrid the win to move two points above Rayo Vallecano.
REAL BETIS 0-2 CELTA VIGO
Back-to-back defeat for Real Betis.
Back-to-back wins for Celta Vigo.
Celta Vigo narrowed the gap between the two teams to 10 points.
Iago Aspas scored both goals.
ALAVES 1-1 REAL SOCIEDAD
Real Sociedad went six league games without a win after a draw with Alaves.
MALLORCA 0-1 BARCELONA
Luuk DeJong’s goal in the 44th minute got a depleted Barcelona squad a win on the road against Mallorca. Barcelona is now touching distance from the top four.
VILLAREAL 5-0 LEVANTE
11 defeats and 8 draws.
Levante did not help their goal difference; and hit the halfway point
of their season without a win.
Gerard Moreno had two goals to his name to help Villarreal
win their 4th straight league game since defeat to Sevilla.
OSASUNA 1-3 ATHLETIC CLUB
Oihan Samet scored three to get Athletic Club from a goal down to a comfortable win on the road.
Athletic Club opened a 5- point gap on Osasuna to help ensure that Osasuna’s game in hand does not have the mathematical value to leap above.
CADIZ 0-1 SEVILLA
Lucas Ocampo scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute to get the three points at Cadiz.
