THE SPANISH LA LIGA –
IT IS A FOUR HORSE RACE WITH 5 LAPS LEFT TO GO.
LA LIGA
ELCHE 1-0 LEVANTE
Goal Scorers –
Elche – Lucas Boyé 32′
VALLADOLID 1-1 CADIZ
Goal Scorers –
Valladolid – Óscar Plano 14′
Cadiz – Juan Cala 64′
VALENCIA 1-1 ALAVES
Goal Scorers –
Valencia – Jose Gaya 89′
Alaves – John Guidetti 84′
REAL MADRID 0-0 REAL BETIS
Goal Scorers –
HUESCA 0-2 GETAFE
Goal Scorers –
Getafe – Enes Unal 20′ 52′
VILLARREAL 1-2 BARCELONA
Goal Scorers –
Villarreal – Samuel Chukweuze 26′
Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann 28′ 35′
CELTA VIGO 2-1 OSASUNA
Goal Scorers –
Celta Vigo – Iago Aspas 42′ Jeison Murillo 64′
Osasuna – Roberto Torres 77′(pen)
SEVILLA 2-1 GRANADA
Goal Scorers –
Sevilla – Ivan Rakitic 16′(pen) Lucas Ocampos 53′
Granada – Roberto Soldado 90′ (pen)
ATHLETIC CLUB 2-1 ATLETICO MADRID
Goal Scorers –
Athletic Club – Alez Berenguer 8′ inigo Martinez 86′
Atletico Madrid – Stefan Savic 77′
EIBAR 0-1 REAL SOCIEDAD
Goal Scorers –
Real Sociedad – Alexander Isak 26′
Five more rounds left of the season (for most clubs) and we know the four teams that are going to represent the league in next season’s UEFA Champions League.
It is still up in the air what order they will be sitting at the end of the season.
Atletico Madrid’s healthy lead has been reduced to a dangerous gap.
Barcelona with a game in hand will take the lead in the title race if their outstanding fixture ends in another league victory. A Barcelona win against Granada will put them a point on top of the league table.
Real Sociedad are leading the remaining 14 teams in the league.
Eibar are at the bottom of the pile.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 25 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 21 goals
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) – 20 goals
Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid) – 19 goals
In their relegation battles, Lucas Boye’s goal gave Elche a 1-0 against Levante.
Valladolid and Cadiz shared the points after a 1-1 draw.
Within 5 minutes after John Guidetti opened the scoring for the match to give Alaves the lead in the 84th-minute, his side were reduced to 10-men and conceded an equalizing goal to share the points with Valencia.
Real Madrid were held to a goalless draw at home by Real Betis.
Enes Unal scored a goal in each half for Getafe to get a win that kept Huesca in the relegation zone.
Antoine Griezmann scored a brace to get Barcelona to the lead and to a win at Villarreal.
Celta Vigo won their first in four league games after a 2-1 win against Osasuna. Celta Vigo have now accumulated 1 more point in the league than Osasuna.
Sevilla took a win against Granada to keep up with the pace of the title race.
Athletic Club were 2-1 winners at home against Atletico Madrid.
From the balance of play, Eibar deserved more from the game than a 1-0 home defeat to Real Sociedad. Alexander Isak’s goal made it a consecutive league win for Real Sociedad.
