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La Liga Round 18 – Results and Overview

La Liga Round 18 – Results and Overview
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Barcelona opened up a two-point lead at the top of the table after hammering Alaves. Real Madrid could only manage a draw with Athletic Bilbao, while Leganes got the better of Espanyol in an important relegation six-pointer.

Results

Eibar 3-0 Granada

Real Mallorca 0-2 Sevilla

Barcelona 4-1 Deportivo Alaves

Villarreal 1-0 Getafe

Real Valladolid 1-1 Valencia

Leganes 2-0 Espanyol

Osasuna 3-4 Real Sociedad

Real Betis 1-2 Atletico Madrid

Levante 3-1 Celta Vigo

Real Madrid 0-0 Athletic Bilbao

Friday Night Football

Eibar put in an excellent performance to beat Granada on Friday night. Goals from Sergi Enrich, Kike and Takashi Inui sealed a well-deserved win for the home side, while Granada continue to slide down the table.

Saturday’s Round-up

Sevilla maintained the pressure on the top two with victory over Mallorca. Diego Carlos put the visitors ahead in the first half, before an Ever Benega penalty wrapped up the points for Sevilla.

Antoine Griezmann, Arturo Vidal, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez all scored as Barcelona thrashed Alaves. Pere Pons grabbed a goal back for Alaves in the second half, but Barcelona were better in every department.

Villarreal got the better of Getafe thanks to a Moi Gomez strike just after half-time. Mathias Olivera was sent off for Getafe on 61 minutes, while Villarreal recorded back-to-back league wins for the third time this season.

Following late drama at Estadio Jose Zorrilla, Valladolid and Valencia shared the points. Sergi Guardiola thought he’d won the game for hosts after netting a free kick on 83 minutes. However, Manu Vallejo scored in the final seconds to rescue a point for Valencia.

Super Sunday

Leganes picked up their third league win of the campaign by beating bottom club Espanyol. Goals from Martin Braithwaite and Youssef En-Nesyri handed Leganes the vital three points.

Real Sociedad come out on top in a seven-goal thriller against Osasuna. Mikel Oyarzabal, Portu and Martin Odegaard put the visitors 3-0 up inside half an hour, but goals either side of half time for Osasuna set up a tense finish. Alexander Isak extended Sociedad’s lead, before Ezequiel Avila completed the scoring. Facundo Roncaglia saw red on 70 minutes.

Angel Correa and Alvaro Morata both scored as Atletico Madrid saw off Real Betis. Marc Bartra scored a late consolation goal for the hosts, but Atletico held on to come away with the points.

Levante came from behind to heap more misery on Celta Vigo. Iago Aspas put Celta Vigo ahead on 12 minutes, but Roger Marti scored twice in ten second-half minutes to turn the game on its head. Borja Mayoral netted a third in added time to seal the win for Levante.

Despite registering 20 shots, Real Madrid were unable to find a goal against Athletic Bilbao. Zinedine Zidane’s side had to settle for a point after the game finished goalless.

La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 81 32 25 6 1 48
2
Barcelona 70 32 21 7 4 27
3
Girona 68 32 21 5 6 27
4
Atlético Madrid 61 32 19 4 9 21
5
Athletic Bilbao 58 32 16 10 6 22
6
Real Sociedad 51 32 13 12 7 12
7
Real Betis 48 32 12 12 8 2
8
Valencia 47 32 13 8 11 1
9
Villarreal 42 32 11 9 12 -4
10
Getafe 40 32 9 13 10 -6
11
Osasuna 39 32 11 6 15 -9
12
Sevilla 37 32 9 10 13 -4
13
Las Palmas 37 32 10 7 15 -9
14
Deportivo Alavés 35 32 9 8 15 -10
15
Rayo Vallecano 34 32 7 13 12 -12
16
Real Mallorca 31 32 6 13 13 -12
17
Celta Vigo 31 32 7 10 15 -10
18
Cadiz 25 32 4 13 15 -23
19
Granada CF 18 32 3 9 20 -28
20
UD Almería 14 32 1 11 20 -33

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