Spanish La Liga after Round 15 – Real Madrid gets a clear advantage.

LA LIGA
It’s the 15th round but Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Atheltic Club, Villarreal, Alaves, Granada, all have a game in hand.

There have been some positional changes but the occupants of the top four remain the same.

Real Madrid moved four points clear with a game in hand.
Reall Madrid beating Sevilla, and Real Sociedad’s defeat against Espanyol allowed Atletico Madrid to move up to second place through a win at Cadiz.
Atletico Madrid has a game in hand but on equal points with Real Sociedad.

Espanyol enters the top half of the standings after beating Real Sociedad.
Barcelona holds on to 7th with a consecutive win.

Levante stays bottom of the table without a win.
Cadiz dropped into the relegation zone to join Levante and Getafe.





MATCH RESULTS
Athletic Club 2-2 Granada
Alaves 1-2 Celta Vigo
Valencia 1-1 Rayo Vallecano
Malloeca 0-0 Getafe
Villarreal 1-3 Barcelona
Real Betis 3-1 Levante
Espanyol 1-0 Real Sociedad
Cadiz 1-4 Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid 2-1 Sevilla
Osasuna 1-1 Elche


LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Real Madrid – 33 points
2. Atletico Madrid – 29 points
3. Real Sociedad – 29 points
4. Sevilla – 28 points
5. Real Betis – 27 points
6. Rayo Vallecano – 24 points
7. Barcelona – 23 points
8. Athletic Club – 20 points
9. Espanyol – 20 points
10. Osasuna – 20 points
11. Valencia – 19 points
12. Villarreal – 16 points
13. Celta Vigo – 16 points
14. Mallorca – 16 points
15. Alaves – 14 points
16. Granada – 12 points
17. Elche – 12 points
18. Cadiz – 12 points
19. Getafe – 10 points
20. Levante – 7 points



ALAVES 1-2 CELTA VIGO
Iago A- spas scored in the 70th minute to restore Celta Vigo’s lead and gather the three points against Alaves. It was Celta Vigo’s first win in five matches to end a streak of three draws, while Alaves suffered their first defeat in six matches.

VALENCIA 1- 1 RAYO VALLECANO
Rayo Vallecano did enough for a win against Valencia but failed to convert their chances.

MALLORCA 0-0 GETAFE
Getafe followed a 4- 0 win against Cadiz with a goalless draw with a Mallorca team that is now seven straight matches without a win.

VILLARREAL 1-3 BARCELONA
The goals came late for Barcelona to restore their lead and pick up successive league wins for the first time [this season].

REAL BETIS 3-1 LEVANTE
Juan mi scored a second-half hattrick to get Real Betis from a losing position to a home win against Levante.
Levante remains without a win.

ESPANYOL 1-0 REAL SOCIEDAD
Yangel Herrera’s shot was deflected into the net to get Espanyol a win at home against Real Sociedad.

CADIZ 1-4 ATLETICO MADRID
The goals came in the second half for Atletico Madrid to win 4-1 at Cadiz.

REAL MADRID 2-1 SEVILLA
Vinicius Junior’s goal in the 87th minute allowed Real Madrid to come from a goal down to beat Sevilla.
Sevilla played well enough for a point but Vinicius Junior had other ideas.