Spanish La Liga

The midpoint of the Spanish La Liga season:

By Odd Yellah

Posted on January 4, 2024

We are halfway through the season, and Girona is giving Real Madrid a good run in the title race.
Real Sociedad vs. Alaves was the only fixture that did not produce a winner in this round.

SCOREBOAD

GETAFE (0) – (2) RAYO VALLECANO
REAL SOCIEDAD (1) – (1) ALAVÉS
VALENCIA (3) – (1) VILLARREAL
GRANADA (2) – (0) CÁDIZ
CELTA VIGO (2) – (1) REAL BETIS
REAL MADRID (1) – (0) MALLORCA
GIRONA (4) – (3) ATLÉTICO MADRID
OSASUNA (1) – (0) ALMERÍA
SEVILLA (0) – (2) ATHLETIC CLUB
LAS PALMAS (1) – (2) BARCELONA

Real Madrid and Girona maintained their respective league positions in the title race after securing wins to stay even on points. Barcelona moved up a position to third with a victory against Las Palmas in the final match of the round. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid dropped two positions to 5th following a defeat to Girona, enabling Athletic Club to enter the top four with their win over Sevilla.

REAL MADRID
48 : accumulated points
2.53 : ppg
9 : dropped points
0.79 : win rate
0.16 : draw rate
0.05 : losing rate
2.11 : scoring rate
0.58 : goal concession rate

LEAGUE POINTS

Real Madrid (48), Girona (48), Barcelona (41), Athletic Club (38)
Atlético Madrid (38), Real Sociedad (32), Real Betis (28), Getafe (26)
Valencia (26), Las Palmas (25), Rayo Vallecano (23), Osasuna (22)
Villarreal (19), Mallorca (18), Alavés (17), Sevilla (16)
Celta Vigo (16), Cádiz (15), Granada (11), Almería (5)

LAS PALMAS
25 : accumulated points
1.32 : ppg
32 : dropped points
0.37 : win rate
0.21 : draw rate
0.42 : losing rate
0.84 : scoring rate
0.89 : goal concession rate

Getafe was reduced to 10 men when Juanmi Latasa picked up a second yellow card in the 40th minute. They then went down a goal about six minutes later, entering halftime a goal down and a man down against Rayo Vallecano. It only took two minutes into the second half for them to concede another goal, and eight minutes later, they were down to nine men as Mason Greenwood also received a red card. The ‘2-0’ score marked Rayo Vallecano’s first league win in nine attempts and the first league defeat for Getafe in their last four matches.

Real Sociedad avoided a home defeat against Alaves thanks to an equalizer in the sixth minute of stoppage time. The result was Real Sociedad’s third consecutive league draw, while Alaves ended a run of three consecutive league defeats with the draw.

Villarreal improved on their performance in the second half, but Valencia had done the bulk of the damage in the opening half with their two-goal lead. Valencia won 3-1 against Villarreal, with two goals coming from Pepelu’s penalties.
Granada emerged victorious in the relegation zone battle against Cadiz. Granada found a goal in each half to beat Cadiz ‘2-0’.
Substitute Williot Swederberg scored the game-winning goal in the sixth minute of added time in the second half, giving Celta Vigo a 2-1 victory over Real Betis. Real Betis now has a five-game winless streak, with two losses.

Antonio Rudiger’s header from a corner kick was the only goal of the game, allowing Real Madrid to secure maximum points with a narrow ‘1-0’ win over Mallorca.
Despite Alvaro Morata’s hat trick, Atletico Madrid could not avoid a loss to Girona, who are having a remarkable season. Girona took an early lead in the second minute and went on to secure a 4-3 victory over Atletico Madrid, keeping them level on points with the league leaders.

A ‘1-0’ defeat to Osasuna meant Almeria has reached the halfway point of the season without recording a league win. They’ve lost 14 of the 19 games played.
A win in Seville against Sevilla meant Athletic Club has gone 9 league games without defeat since losing to Barcelona, winning 6. For Sevilla, their struggling season continues. Their only win from their last five league games is now sandwiched by two defeats.

Barcelona managed to leave Las Palmas with a win, thanks to a late goal from Ilkay Gundogan through a penalty kick in the third minute of the final added time.

ALMERÍA
5 : accumulated points
0.26 : ppg
52 : dropped points
0 : win rate
0.26 : draw rate
0.74 : losing rate
1 : scoring rate
2.26 : goal concession rate

Cadiz fell into the relegation zone as Celta Vigo moved up a position with their win against Real Betis. Granada picked up three points to aid their relegation battle, while Almeria remained rooted to the bottom of the table after losing another game.

GETAFE (0) – (2) RAYO VALLECANO
rayo vallecano : sergio camello 45+!’ 47′
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REAL SOCIEDAD (1) – (1) ALAVÉS
real sociedad : martin zubimendi 90+6′
alavés : luis rioja 76′(pen)
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VALENCIA (3) – (1) VILLARREAL
valencia : roman yaremchuck 4′ pepelu 27′(pen) 57′(pen)
villarreal : gerard moeno 73′
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GRANADA (2) – (0) CÁDIZ
granada : myrto uzuni 22′ bryan zaragoza 70′
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CELTA VIGO (2) – (1) REAL BETIS
celta vigo : iago aspas 16′(pen) williot swedberg 90+6′
real betis : aito ruibal 6′
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REAL MADRID (1) – (0) MALLORCA
real madrid : antonio rudiger 78′
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GIRONA (4) – (3) ATLÉTICO MADRID
girona : valery fernandez 2′ savio 26′ daley blind 39′ ivan martin 90+2′
atlético madrid : alvaro morata 14′ 44′ 54′
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OSASUNA (1) – (0) ALMERÍA
osasuna : ante budimir 27′
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SEVILLA (0) – (2) ATHLETIC CLUB
athletic club : mikel vesga 30′ aito paredes 76′
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LAS PALMAS (1) – (2) BARCELONA
las palmas : munir el haddadi 12′ ilkay gundogan 90+3′(pen)
barcelona : ferran torres 56′
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