La Liga (Week 25) : Barcelona beats Gijon 6-1
SPAIN, Mar. 1, 2017 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 25: Five wins in a row for Barcelona. After their success against Athletic Bilbao, Alavés, Leganés and Atletico Madrid, Barca continued their sensational form in the La Liga with a 6-1 victory over Sporting Gijon this Wednesday.
Barcelona dominated the first half thanks to goals from Messi ('9), Rodriguez Juan ('11 own) and Suárez ('27). Leading 3-1 at the break, Barca further widened their lead in the second period by scoring three times (Alcacer Paco '49, Neymar '66 and Rakitić '87).
FC Barcelona climbed to first place with 57 points from 25 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up Real Madrid, which has two games in hand.
View : Full La Liga table (as of March 1, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 21 | 50 | 57 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 22 | 38 | 55 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 52 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 45 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | Eibar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Alavés | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 33 |
| 12 | Valencia | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 27 |
| 15 | Malaga | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | -10 | 26 |
| 16 | Leganés | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 40 | -20 | 21 |
| 17 | Deportivo La Coruna | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | -13 | 19 |
| 18 | Sporting Gijon | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 54 | -27 | 17 |
| 19 | Granada | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 52 | -30 | 16 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 25 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 59 | -34 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
FC Barcelona
- Position: 1 +1
- Best performance of the season:Alavés 0-6 Barcelona (11 Feb.)
- Previous game:Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona (26 Feb.)
- Next game:Barcelona - Celta Vigo (4 Mar.)
Real Sporting de Gijon
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Gijon 3-1 Osasuna (4 Dec.)
- Previous game:Sporting Gijon 1-1 Celta Vigo (26 Feb.)
- Next game:Sporting Gijon - Deportivo La Coruna (5 Mar.)
- 1 March 2017
- 19:30
- Barcelona
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 57 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 55 |
| 3 |  Sevilla | 52 |
| 4 |  Atletico Madrid | 45 |
| 5 |  Real Sociedad | 45 |
Week 25 Results
| Tuesday 28 February 2017 | ||||
| Real Sociedad | 2-2 | Eibar |  |
 | Valencia | 1-0 | Leganés |  |
 | Malaga | 1-2 | Real Betis |  |
| Wednesday 1 March 2017 | ||||
| Barcelona | 6-1 | Sporting Gijon | |
 | Osasuna | 1-4 | Villarreal |  |
 | Celta Vigo | 21:30 | Espanyol |  |
| Real Madrid | 21:30 | Las Palmas |  |
 | Granada | 21:30 | Alavés |  |
| Thursday 2 March 2017 | ||||
 | Deportivo La Coruna | 20:45 | Atletico Madrid | |
| Sevilla | 21:30 | Athletic Bilbao |  |