La Liga
Eibar and Real Sociedad have a match in hand after the postponement of their fixture due to air pollution in the area.
There were some shuffling in position, but the teams in the top half remained in the top half of the league standings.
There is now a 10-point gap between the top two and the rest of the league, while Real Madrid’s lead is reduced to a point.
None of the bottom 4 teams suffered a defeat over the round despite staying put in their positions.
Espanyol and Celta Vigo managed a ‘2-2’ draw on the road. Leganes came out with a point from a goalless draw against Real Betis, while Mallorca beat Alaves ‘1-0’
Leading goalscorers in the league
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 14 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 13 goals
Valencia 2-2 Atlético Madrid
Goal Scorers Valencia – Gabriel Paulista 40′ Geoffrey Kondogbia 59′
Goal Scorers Atletico Madrid – Marcos Llorente 16′ Thomas 43′
Mallorca 1-0 Alaves
Goal Scorers Mallorca – Juan Hernandez 63′
Barcelona 2-1 Getafe
Goal Scorers Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann 33′ Sergi Roberto 39′
Goal Scorers Getafe – Angel Rodriguez 66′
Villarreal 2-1 Levante
Goal Scorers Villarreal – Gerard Moreno 9′ Moi Gomez 61′
Goal Scorers Levante – Borja Mayoral 56′
Granada 2-1 Real Valladolid
Goal Scorers Granada – Antonio Puertas 81′ Carlos Fernández 90+6′
Goal Scorers Real Valladolid – Sergi Guardiola 56′
Sevilla 2-2 Espanyol
Goal Scorers Sevilla – Lucas Ocampos 15′ Suso 80′
Goal Scorers Espanyol – Adrian Embarba 35′ Lei Wu 50′
Leganes 0-0 Real Betis
Eibar -postponed- Real Sociedad
Athletic Club 0-1 Osasuna
Goal Scorers Osasuna – Oier 29′
Real Madrid 2-2 Celta Vigo
Goal Scorers Real Madrid – Toni Kroos 52’ Sergio Ramos 65’(pen)
Goal Scorers Celta Vigo – Fedor Smolov 7’ Santi Mina 85’
La Liga
Geoffrey Kondogbia scored to deny Atletico Madrid a win at Valencia.
Atletico Madrid drops more points after just 1 win in all competition since losing the Spanish Super Cup final. – That is 1 win in 5 league matches.
Mallorca ended a run of four straight defeats through a ‘1-0’ win against Alaves.
Barcelona made it a battle at the end, but the team went on to beat Getafe and opened a 10-point gap on them in the league standings.
Levante returned to losing ways after ending a losing streak in the last round by beating relegation bounded Leganes. Moi Gomez restored Villarreal’s lead in the 61st-minute for his side to end the match ‘2-1’ winners against Levante.
Carlos Fernandez scored deep in additional time for Granada to complete a late comeback and win at home against Real Valladolid.
Sevilla failed to get the needed result to help them poke their way back into the top four.
A ‘2-2’ draw at home against bottom tabled Espanyol was the best Sevilla could do in this round.
Leganes and Real Betis shared the point.
It was against the odds but Osasuna avoided three straight defeats after managing to leave with three points from Bilbao. The result made it three straight league defeats for Athletic Club and their 9th winless league fixture.
Real Madrid’s lead at the top was reduced to a point when Santi Mina scored an 85th-minute equalizing goal for Celta Vigo to leave the Bernabeu with a point from a 2-2 draw.
