La Liga (Week 17) : Elche hold Villarreal to 2-2
SPAIN, Jan. 3, 2015 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 17: Villarreal was held to a 2-2 draw by Elche on Saturday.
Two goals for both sides in the first half, Jonathas ('26) and Rodríguez ('35) for Elche, Vietto ('12) and Uche ('17) for Villarreal and none in the second.
Villarreal CF are down in 6th place with 31 points from 17 games, tie on points with Valencia CF, which has a game in hand.
View : Full La Liga table (as of January 3, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 42 | 39 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 34 | 38 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Valencia | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Malaga | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Eibar | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Espanyol | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Athletic Bilbao | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Getafe | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Rayo Vallecano | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Levante | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 15 |
| 16 | Almeria | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Deportivo La Coruna | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Granada | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 13 |
| 19 | Cordoba | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 11 |
| 20 | Elche | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | -19 | 11 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2014-2015
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Overview
Elche CF
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Rayo Vallecano 2-3 Elche (14 Sep.)
- Previous game:Elche 1-2 Malaga (21 Dec.)
- Next game:Athletic Bilbao - Elche (11 Jan.)
Villarreal CF
- Position: 6 -1
- Best performance of the season:Villarreal 4-0 Real Sociedad (7 Dec.)
- Previous game:Villarreal 3-0 Deportivo La Coruna (21 Dec.)
- Next game:Malaga - Villarreal (10 Jan.)
Elche
2:2
Villarreal
2:2 (2:2)
- 3 January 2015
- 20:00
- Elche
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Real Madrid | 39 |
| 2 |  Barcelona | 38 |
| 3 |  Atletico Madrid | 38 |
| 4 |  Sevilla | 33 |
| 5 |  Valencia | 31 |
Week 17 Results
| Saturday 3 January 2015 | ||||
| Atletico Madrid | 3-1 | Levante |  |
| Sevilla | 1-0 | Celta Vigo |  |
| Elche | 2-2 | Villarreal | |
 | Malaga | 22:00 | Almeria |  |
 | Deportivo La Coruna | 22:00 | Athletic Bilbao |  |
| Sunday 4 January 2015 | ||||
 | Getafe | 12:00 | Rayo Vallecano |  |
| Valencia | 17:00 | Real Madrid | |
 | Espanyol | 19:00 | Eibar |  |
 | Real Sociedad | 21:00 | Barcelona | |
| Monday 5 January 2015 | ||||
 | Cordoba | 20:45 | Granada |  |