the 2020/21 Spanish La Liga after Round 8

Real Sociedad keep top spot.
Real Madrid are keeping up with the title race.
Granada falls out of the ‘top 4’ and is replaced by Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona stuck in 12th.
Cadiz sit at the edge of the Champions League qualification spot.

Eibar 0-2 Cadiz
Goal Scorers – Cadiz – Alvaro Negredo 36′ Salvi Sanchez 39′

Real Madrid 4-1 Huesca
Goal Scorers – Real Madrid – Eden Hazard 40′ Karim Benzema 45′ 90′ Federico Valverde 54′
Goal Scorers – Huesca – David Ferreiro 74′

Athletic Club 2-1 Sevilla
Goal Scorers – Athletic Club – Iker Muniain 76′ Oihan Sancet 86′
Goal Scorers – Sevilla – Youssef En-Nesyri 9′

Osasuna 1-3 Atlético Madrid
Goal Scorers – Osasuna – Ante Budimir 80′
Goal Scorers – Atletico Madrid – Joao Felix 43′(pen) 69′ Lucas Torreira 88′

Alaves 1-1 Barcelona
Goal Scorers – Alaves – Luis Rioja 31′
Goal Scorers – Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann 63′

Real Betis 3-1 Elche
Goal Scorers – Real Betis – Antonio Sanabria 7′ Cristian Tello 29′ 56′
Goal Scorers – Elche – Josan 60′

Celta Vigo 1-4 Real Sociedad
Goal Scorers – Celta Vigo – Iago Aspas 77′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Real Sociedad – David Silva 24′ Mikel Oyarzabal 34′ Willian Jose 54′ 81′

Granada 1-1 Levante
Goal Scorers – Granada – Darwin Machis 8′
Goal Scorers – Levante – Ruben Vezo 34′

Valencia 2-2 Getafe
Goal Scorers – Valencia – Yunus Musah 22′ Carlos Soler 90+10′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Getafe – Juan Hernandez 87′ Angel Rodriguez 90+5′

Villarreal 2-0 Real Valladolid
Goal Scorers – Villarreal – Samuel Chukwueze 21′ Pau Torres 37′

Give Cadiz an away game and you can believe they will come up with a win. A 2-0 win against Eibar meant Cadiz have won all their away fixtures since promotion; and have won none at home.

Eden Hazard returns from injury to score Real Madrid’s opening goal in their 4-1 thrashing of Huesca.

Late goals in the final 15 minutes of regulation time allowed Athletic Club to come from a goal down and win at home against Sevilla. A third straight league defeat for Sevilla.

Joao Felix would have been on a hat-trick if he had converted his second penalty kick of the match into a goal. Atletico Madrid were 3-1 winners away at Osasuna. Lucas Torreira scored three minutes after coming off the bench to settle the nerves of Atletico Madrid; after Ante Budimir had halved their lead in the 80th minute.

Barcelona could only recover a point at Alaves after a defensive error from miscommunication between defence and goalkeeper caused them to go a goal down in the opening half against Alaves.

The first goal of Cristian Tello’s brace gave Real Betis the three points at home against recently-promoted Elche. It was Elche’s first defeat since the defeat in their opening match of the season.

Iago Aspas was the scorer and Celta Vigo were the losers.(common). Willian Jose scored two goals as Real Sociedad picked up three points on the road from a ‘4-1’ victory against Celta Vigo.

Despite playing with a numerical disadvantage, Granada held on to claim a point at home against Levante.

Getafe turned the game around in the final minutes against a 10-man Valencia side but a late penalty deep in extra time allowed Carlos Soler to get Valencia a point. It finished 2-2.

In the final game of the round, Villaraeal made it 5 games unbeaten after a 2-0 win against Real Valladolid.