SPANISH LA LIGA
MATCH RESULTS
Cadiz 2-0 Girona
Almeria 2-3 Real Betis
Sevilla 2-0 Mallorca
Valencia 1-2 Athletic Club
Getafe 1-1 Rayo Vallecano
Celta Vigo 0-1 Atletico Madrid
Real Valladolid 0-0 Osasuna
Villarreal 0-1 Barcelona
Espanyol 2-3 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid 4-0 Elche
Barcelona 8 points in the lead.
The top four clubs were all on the winning end of the score.
Cadiz moved out of the relegation zone with a win over Girona.
Valencia dropped into the relegation zone to replace Girona after their defeat at home to Athletic Club.
Sevilla climbed closer to the middle of the table.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1 | Barcelona ( 21 ) – 56 points
2 | Real Madrid ( 21 ) – 48 points
3 | Real Sociedad ( 21 ) – 42 points
4 | Atlético Madrid ( 21 ) – 38 points
5 | Real Betis ( 21 ) – 34 points
6 | Rayo Vallecano ( 21 ) – 33 points
7 | Athletic Club ( 21 ) – 32 points
8 | Villarreal ( 21 ) – 31 points
9 | Osasuna ( 21 ) – 30 points
10 | Mallorca ( 21 ) – 28 points
11 | Girona ( 21 ) – 24 points
12 | Sevilla ( 21 ) – 24 points
13 | Valladolid ( 21 ) – 24 points
14 | Celta Vigo ( 21 ) – 23 points
15 | Almería ( 21 ) – 22 points
16 | Cádiz ( 21 ) – 22 points
17 | Espanyol ( 21 ) – 21 points
18 | Valencia ( 21 ) – 20 points
19 | Getafe ( 21 ) – 19 points
20 | Elche ( 21 ) – 9 points
Almeria came from a goal down on two occasions but Andres Guardado’s goal in the 70th minute got Real Betis the win. A back-to-back league defeat for Almeria, as Real Betis ended a back-to-back league defeat.
Sevilla bounced back from defeat against Barcelona. Mallorca followed a win against Real Madrid with a defeat. Sevilla beat Mallorca 2-0.
Memphis Depay scored in the 88th minute to get Atletico three points at Celta Vigo’s expense. Depay’s first goal for Atletico Madrid was a game-winning goal to stretch their unbeaten run to five matches.
Atletico Madrid is unbeaten in the league since the defeat against Barcelona. (3 wins, 2 draws).
While Real Madrid is contesting for the Club World Cup, Barcelona used a win against Villarreal to widen the point margin in the La Liga title race.
It was a narrow victory for Barcelona but the three points are what counts. A goal from Pedri was enough to get Barcelona a 6th straight league wins through a ‘1-0’ away win against Villarreal.
Real Madrid celebrated their 5th Club World Cup title with a 4-0 win at home against Elche. The win is only good enough to cut Barelona’s lead down to 8 points. The game was virtually done by the half after Karim Benzema scored two goals from the penalty spot in the first half to add to Marco Asensio’s 8th-minute match opening goal.
