La Liga (Week 36) : Malaga beats Levante 3-1
SPAIN, May. 2, 2016 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 36: After losing 1-0 to Atletico Madrid on April 23, Los Boquerones returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Levante this Monday.
Cop Duje scored dual goals
Malaga forward Cop Duje opened the score in the 30th minute, before seeing Levante catch up in the 42nd minute thanks to José Luis Morales. 1-1 at half time. Los Boquerones eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Cop Duje ('89) and Castro Chori ('90).
Malaga CF climbed to 8th place with 45 points from 36 games, 7 points behind Sevilla FC.
View : Full La Liga table (as of May 2, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 104 | 29 | 75 | 85 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 16 | 44 | 85 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 105 | 32 | 73 | 84 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 64 |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 44 | 11 | 58 |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 57 |
| 7 | Sevilla | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 52 |
| 8 | Malaga | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 45 |
| 9 | Valencia | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| 10 | Las Palmas | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 43 |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | Eibar | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 56 | -10 | 42 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 50 | -19 | 41 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 67 | -31 | 40 |
| 15 | Deportivo La Coruna | 36 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 43 | 59 | -16 | 39 |
| 16 | Granada | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 65 | -23 | 36 |
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 70 | -22 | 35 |
| 18 | Sporting Gijon | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 61 | -24 | 35 |
| 19 | Getafe | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 64 | -29 | 35 |
| 20 | Levante | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 66 | -32 | 29 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
Malaga CF
- Position: 8 +2
- Best performance of the season:Malaga 3-0 Getafe (5 Feb.)
- Previous game:Atletico Madrid 1-0 Malaga (23 Apr.)
- Next game:Celta Vigo - Malaga (8 May.)
Levante UD
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Levante 3-0 Getafe (19 Feb.)
- Previous game:Levante 2-2 Athletic Bilbao (24 Apr.)
- Next game:Levante - Atletico Madrid (8 May.)
Malaga
3:1
Levante
3:1 (1:1)
- 2 May 2016
- 20:30
- Malaga
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 85 |
| 2 |  Atletico Madrid | 85 |
| 3 |  Real Madrid | 84 |
| 4 |  Villarreal | 64 |
| 5 |  Athletic Bilbao | 58 |
Week 36 Results
| Friday 29 April 2016 | ||||
 | Sporting Gijon | 2-0 | Eibar |  |
| Saturday 30 April 2016 | ||||
 | Real Sociedad | 0-1 | Real Madrid | |
| Atletico Madrid | 1-0 | Rayo Vallecano |  |
 | Real Betis | 0-2 | Barcelona | |
 | Granada | 3-2 | Las Palmas |  |
| Sunday 1 May 2016 | ||||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2-1 | Celta Vigo |  |
 | Espanyol | 1-0 | Sevilla |  |
 | Deportivo La Coruna | 0-2 | Getafe |  |
 | Valencia | 0-2 | Villarreal | |
| Monday 2 May 2016 | ||||
| Malaga | 3-1 | Levante | |