The Spanish La Liga after 16 rounds – Real Madrid moved further in the lead after winning the Madrid derby.

LA LIGA

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

LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Real Madrid – 42 points
2. Sevilla – 34 points
3. Real Betis – 33 points
4. Atletico Madrid – 29 points
5. Real Sociedad – 29 points
6. Rayo Vallecano – 27 points
7. Valencia – 25 points
8. Barcelona – 24 points
9. Espanyol – 23 points
10. Osasuna – 22 points
11. Athletic Bilbao – 21 points
12. Mallorca – 20 points
13. Villarreal – 19 points
14. Celta Vigo – 17 points
15. Granada – 16 points
16. Elche – 15 points
17. Alaves – 15 points
18. Cadiz – 13 points
19. Getafe – 12 points
20. Levante – 8 points

ESPANYOL 4- 3 LEVANTE
Levante remained without a win after getting the smaller portion of the seven goals scored.
Levante came from an early goal down to take a 2-1 lead to the break.
In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Levante lost their lead, won it back, and lost it again. Javier Rado scored the winning goal for Espanyol in the 76th minute. Levante was reduced to 10 men in the 78th minute.

ALAVES 1-1 GETAFE
Joselu scored in the 86th minute to recover a point for Alaves to keep a three-point gap on Getafe.

VALENCIA 2-1 ELCHE
Cristiano Piccini entered the game through an early substitution and scored a late-winning goal in the 86th minute to restore Valencia’s lead after Lucas Boye gave Elche an equalizer in the 75th minute.

ATHLETIC CLUB 0-1 SEVILLA
Thomas Delaney’s goal got Sevilla the three points at San Memes.
On the balance of play, Athletic Club should have walked away from this tie with a win by a multiple-goal margin.

VILLARREAL 2- 0 RAYO VALLECANO
Two goals in the first half allowed Villarreal to win their first in four league games while handing Rayo Vallecano their first defeat in four matches.

OSASUNA 2- 2 BARCELONA
With the balance of play, it was a deserved point for Osasuna.
Barcelona threw away the lead on two occasions to drop points against Osasuna.
This was the best Barcelona can do against Osasuna after defeat in the last round at home against Real Betis, and a midweek elimination from the UEFA Champions League by Bayern Munich.

Real Betis 4-0 REAL SOCIEDAD
Alex Moreno scored the winning, assisted the insurance goal, and scored the final goal of the match for Real Betis to hand Real Sociedad their third defeat in a row while picking up their fourth straight win in the league.

REAL MADRID 2- 0 ATLETICO MADRID
While their competition was falling apart in other matches,
Real Madrid got a derby win against the defending champion..
Vinicius Junior assisted both of Real Madrid’s goals to see his team clinch another Madrid derby and move 12 points clear at the top of the standings.

Cadiz 1-1 Granada
Jorge Molina’s goal in the 88k minute got Granada to avoid defeat and pick up a point.