La Liga (Week 35) : Barcelona defeats Espanyol 3-0
SPAIN, Apr. 29, 2017 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 35: Four wins in a row for Barcelona. After their success against Real Sociedad, Real Madrid and Osasuna, Barca continued their sensational form in the La Liga with a 3-0 victory over Espanyol this Saturday.
Luis Suárez scored dual goals
45 minutes of play and neither Barcelona nor Espanyol have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Suárez ('50, '87) and Rakitić ('76).
FC Barcelona remains in first place with 81 points from 35 games, tie on points with runner-up Real Madrid, which has a game in hand.
View : Full La Liga table (as of April 29, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 35 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 104 | 33 | 71 | 81 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 39 | 53 | 81 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 71 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 68 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 28 | 24 | 63 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 35 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 61 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 59 |
| 8 | Eibar | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 51 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | -2 | 50 |
| 10 | Alavés | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 40 | -8 | 45 |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 54 | -5 | 44 |
| 12 | Valencia | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 40 |
| 13 | Malaga | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 49 | -9 | 39 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 39 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 53 | -16 | 37 |
| 16 | Deportivo La Coruna | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 57 | -20 | 31 |
| 17 | Leganés | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 51 | -21 | 30 |
| 18 | Sporting Gijon | 35 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 70 | -32 | 24 |
| 19 | Granada | 35 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 74 | -46 | 20 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 82 | -47 | 18 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
RCD Espanyol
- Position: 9
- Best performance of the season:Espanyol 3-0 Osasuna (26 Feb.)
- Previous game:Sporting Gijon 1-1 Espanyol (25 Apr.)
- Next game:Deportivo La Coruna - Espanyol (7 May.)
FC Barcelona
- Position: 1
- Best performance of the season:Barcelona 7-1 Osasuna (26 Apr.)
- Previous game:Barcelona 7-1 Osasuna (26 Apr.)
- Next game:Barcelona - Villarreal (6 May.)
Espanyol
0:3
Barcelona
0:3 (0:0)
- 29 April 2017
- 20:45
- Barcelona
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 81 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 81 |
| 3 |  Atletico Madrid | 71 |
| 4 |  Sevilla | 68 |
| 5 |  Villarreal | 63 |
Week 35 Results
| Friday 28 April 2017 | ||||
| Villarreal | 3-1 | Sporting Gijon |  |
| Saturday 29 April 2017 | ||||
 | Real Sociedad | 2-1 | Granada |  |
| Real Madrid | 2-1 | Valencia |  |
 | Las Palmas | 0-5 | Atletico Madrid | |
| Espanyol | 0-3 | Barcelona | |
| Sunday 30 April 2017 | ||||
 | Osasuna | 12:00 | Deportivo La Coruna |  |
 | Real Betis | 16:15 | Alavés |  |
 | Eibar | 18:30 | Leganés |  |
 | Celta Vigo | 20:45 | Athletic Bilbao |  |
| Monday 1 May 2017 | ||||
 | Malaga | 21:00 | Sevilla | |