LA LIGA
LEVANTE 0-2 HUESCA
Goal Scorers –
Huesca – Rafa Mir 15′
GRANADA 0-3 VILLARREAL
Goal Scorers –
Villarreal – Gerard Moreno 9′(pen) 18′ 60′(pen)
REAL MADRID 2-0 EIBAR
Goal Scorers –
Real Madrid – Marco Asensio 41′ Karim Benzema 73′
OSASUNA 0-0 GETAFE
Goal Scorers –
ALAVES 1-3 CELTA VIGO
Goal Scorers –
Alaves – Florian Lejeune 86′
Celta Vigo -Nolito 8′ Iago Aspas 14′ Santi Mina 20′
ELCHE 1-1 REAL BETIS
Goal Scorers –
Elche – Pere Milla 36′
Real Betsi – Borja Iglesias 14′
CADIZ 2-1 VALENCIA
Goal Scorers –
Cadiz – Juan Cala 14′ Marcos Mauro 88′
Valencia – Kevin Gameiro 19′
SEVILLA 1-0 ATLETICO MADRID
Goal Scorers –
Sevilla – Marcos Acuna 70′
BARCELONA 1-0 REAL VALLADOLID
Goal Scorers –
Barcelona – Ousmane Dembele 90′
With 9 rounds left in the season, the top three teams are separated by three points.
Atletico Madrid picked up no points, while both Barcelona and Real Madrid secured the maximum points from their games.
The other three teams in the top 4 moved closer to Atletico Madrid.
Alaves dropped to the bottom of the league standings after Huesca moved up from the bottom of the standings with a win against Levante in the opening match of the round.
Both teams remain in the relegation zone with Eibar.
Real Sociedad and Athletic Club were involved in the Copa del Rey final so they both have a game in hand to play (against each other). A repeated outcome will allow Sociedad to open a 13 point gap in the standings.
Gerrard Moreno scored three for Villarreal’s win to move up the ranks in the scoring list.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 23 goals
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) – 19 goals
Luis Suárez (Atlético Madrid) – 19 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 18 goals
Gerard Moreno scored all three goals for Villarreal to take all three points from Granda. Villarreal opened a 10-point lead on Granada after a 3-0 win.
Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema were the scorers in Real Madrid’s 2-0 win against Eibar.
Celta Vigo were up 3-0 by the 20th minute mark; and went on to win 3-1 against bottom-tabled Alaves. Iago Aspas scored a goal between two assists.
Real Betis couldn’t get closer to the ‘top 4’. They dropped points in a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Elche.
A ‘2-1’ win for Cadiz against Valencia. A late goal in the 88th minute took Cadiz a point away from Valencia.
Lucas Ocampos had his penalty saved by Jan Oblak in the opening 10 minutes to deny Sevilla an early lead. Marcos Acuna scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute to get Sevilla the win to close in on the ‘top 3’, while intensifying the pressure on Atletico Madrid.
It was more of a contest than we expected at the Camp Nou but Barcelona won it at the death against Valladolid. Ousmane Demeble struck in the winning goal in the 90th minute to secure the 3 points for Barcelona to move a point behind the league leaders.
