La Liga (Week 31) : Las Palmas beats Valencia 2-1
SPAIN, Apr. 2, 2016 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 31: Two wins in a row for Las Palmas. After their 0-1 win against Real Sociedad on March 19, Los Amarillos continued their sensational form in the La Liga with a 2-1 victory over Valencia this Saturday.
Valencia had started off well by taking the lead in the 3rd minute with a goal by forward Rodrigo Moreno. Trailing 1-0 at half time, Los Amarillos nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Viera Jonathan '50 on penalty and Mustafi '64 own).
UD Las Palmas climbed to 11st place with 36 points from 31 games, tie on points with Deportivo La Coruna, which has a game in hand.
View : Full La Liga table (as of April 2, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 86 | 24 | 62 | 76 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 15 | 36 | 70 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 87 | 28 | 59 | 66 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 54 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 48 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Malaga | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Eibar | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Deportivo La Coruna | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 43 | -4 | 36 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 43 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 35 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 56 | -25 | 35 |
| 14 | Valencia | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 38 | -4 | 34 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 45 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Rayo Vallecano | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 63 | -20 | 31 |
| 17 | Granada | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 56 | -24 | 28 |
| 18 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 54 | -26 | 28 |
| 19 | Sporting Gijon | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 52 | -20 | 27 |
| 20 | Levante | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 54 | -26 | 24 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
UD Las Palmas
- Position: 11 +4
- Best performance of the season:Las Palmas 4-0 Getafe (1 Mar.)
- Previous game:Real Sociedad 0-1 Las Palmas (19 Mar.)
- Next game:Deportivo La Coruna - Las Palmas (11 Apr.)
Valencia CF
- Position: 14 -1
- Best performance of the season:Celta Vigo 1-5 Valencia (7 Nov.)
- Previous game:Valencia 0-2 Celta Vigo (20 Mar.)
- Next game:Valencia - Sevilla (10 Apr.)
- 2 April 2016
- 18:15
- Las Palmas
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 76 |
| 2 |  Atletico Madrid | 70 |
| 3 |  Real Madrid | 66 |
| 4 |  Villarreal | 54 |
| 5 |  Sevilla | 48 |
Week 31 Results
| Friday 1 April 2016 | ||||
 | Rayo Vallecano | 2-0 | Getafe |  |
| Saturday 2 April 2016 | ||||
| Atletico Madrid | 5-1 | Real Betis |  |
| Las Palmas | 2-1 | Valencia | |
| Barcelona | 20:30 | Real Madrid | |
 | Celta Vigo | 22:05 | Deportivo La Coruna |  |
| Sunday 3 April 2016 | ||||
 | Athletic Bilbao | 12:00 | Granada |  |
 | Malaga | 16:00 | Espanyol |  |
 | Eibar | 18:15 | Villarreal | |
| Sevilla | 20:30 | Real Sociedad |  |
| Monday 4 April 2016 | ||||
 | Levante | 20:30 | Sporting Gijon |  |