La Liga (Week 26) : Bilbao defeats Malaga 1-0
SPAIN, Mar. 5, 2017 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 26: After losing 1-0 to Sevilla on March 2, Los Leones returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Malaga this Sunday.
45 minutes of play and neither Athletic Bilbao nor Malaga have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Athletic Bilbao midfielder Raúl García on penalty in the 72nd minute.
Athletic Bilbao climbed to 7th place with 41 points from 26 games, 4 points behind Villarreal CF.
View : Full La Liga table (as of March 5, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 21 | 55 | 60 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 26 | 41 | 59 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 20 | 55 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 22 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Eibar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 39 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | -5 | 35 |
| 11 | Alavés | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 33 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 41 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Valencia | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 27 |
| 15 | Malaga | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 43 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Leganés | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 40 | -19 | 24 |
| 17 | Deportivo La Coruna | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 40 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Granada | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 54 | -30 | 19 |
| 19 | Sporting Gijon | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 17 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 64 | -37 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
Athletic Bilbao
- Position: 7 +1
- Best performance of the season:Athletic Bilbao 3-1 Granada (26 Feb.)
- Previous game:Sevilla 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (2 Mar.)
- Next game:Real Sociedad - Athletic Bilbao (12 Mar.)
Malaga CF
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:Malaga 4-0 Leganés (23 Oct.)
- Previous game:Malaga 1-2 Real Betis (28 Feb.)
- Next game:Malaga - Alavés (11 Mar.)
Athletic Bilbao
1:0
Malaga
1:0 (0:0)
- 5 March 2017
- 20:45
- Bilbao
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 60 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 59 |
| 3 |  Sevilla | 55 |
| 4 |  Atletico Madrid | 49 |
| 5 |  Real Sociedad | 48 |
Week 26 Results
| Friday 3 March 2017 | ||||
 | Real Betis | 2-3 | Real Sociedad | |
| Saturday 4 March 2017 | ||||
 | Leganés | 1-0 | Granada |  |
 | Eibar | 1-4 | Real Madrid | |
 | Villarreal | 2-0 | Espanyol |  |
| Barcelona | 5-0 | Celta Vigo |  |
| Sunday 5 March 2017 | ||||
 | Sporting Gijon | 0-1 | Deportivo La Coruna |  |
| Atletico Madrid | 3-0 | Valencia |  |
 | Las Palmas | 5-2 | Osasuna |  |
| Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Malaga | |
| Monday 6 March 2017 | ||||
 | Alavés | 20:45 | Sevilla | |