Three La Liga matches served as an appetizer for Wednesday’s tasty Barcelona-Sevilla encounter, with the Madrid Derby on tap for Saturday at the Bernabeu.
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Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Espanyol
Aritz Aduriz may play until he’s 50. The 36-year-old Spaniard added his 11th and 12th goals of the season on Tuesday, giving him goals in three-straight matches. Bilbao goes sixth with the win thanks to Real Sociedad’s loss.
Real Betis 0-1 Villarreal
Villarreal also took advantage of Sociedad’s loss, getting a first goal of the season from Adrian to move fifth
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad
Atleti is flying ahead of the weekend’s Madrid Derby, now winners of five-straight after this goal from Filipe Luis to Fernando Torres and back to Luis.
GOAL!
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 4, 2017
Deja vu as @Torres lays up @filipeluis who finishes expertly for second game in a row. #LaLiga https://t.co/KlA9xaNFjQ
Wednesday’s games
Barcelona vs. Sevilla -- 1:30 p.m. EDT
Alaves vs. Osasuna -- 2:30 p.m. EDT
Deportivo de la Coruna vs. Granada -- 2:30 p.m. EDT
Sporting de Gijon vs. Malaga - 2:30 p.m. EDT
Leganes vs. Real Madrid -- 3:30 p.m. EDT
Standings |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Real Madrid | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 28 | 46 | 12-3-0 | 9-2-2 | 68 |
| Barcelona | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 26 | 59 | 10-3-1 | 10-3-2 | 66 |
| Atlético Madrid | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 23 | 32 | 11-2-2 | 7-5-3 | 61 |
| Sevilla | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 34 | 18 | 10-3-1 | 7-4-4 | 58 |
| Villarreal | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 8-3-4 | 6-6-3 | 51 |
| Athletic | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 11-3-2 | 4-2-8 | 50 |
| Real Sociedad | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 7-4-4 | 8-0-7 | 49 |
| Eibar | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 8-3-4 | 4-5-5 | 44 |
| Espanyol | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 7-5-3 | 4-5-6 | 43 |
| Celta Vigo | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 9-1-4 | 3-4-7 | 41 |
| Alavés | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 36 | -7 | 4-7-3 | 6-3-6 | 40 |
| Las Palmas | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 8-5-2 | 1-3-10 | 35 |
| Valencia | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 51 | -10 | 6-3-5 | 3-3-9 | 33 |
| Betis | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 5-6-5 | 3-1-10 | 31 |
| Málaga | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 47 | -14 | 6-2-6 | 0-7-8 | 27 |
| Deportivo | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 46 | -15 | 5-4-5 | 1-5-9 | 27 |
| Leganes | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 42 | -19 | 3-5-6 | 3-4-8 | 27 |
| Sporting de Gijón | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 57 | -26 | 4-2-8 | 1-5-9 | 22 |
| Granada | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 62 | -36 | 4-4-6 | 0-3-12 | 19 |
| Osasuna | 29 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 69 | -40 | 0-5-10 | 1-3-10 | 11 |