La Liga (Week 5) : Valencia beats Malaga 5-0
SPAIN, Sep. 19, 2017 (AMP) — La Liga / Match day 5: After three straigth draws, Los Che returned to winning ways with a 5-0 victory over Malaga this Tuesday.
Simone Zaza scored tripple goals
Valencia dominated the first half thanks to a goal scored by forward Mina Santi in the 17th minute. Leading 1-0 at the break, Los Che further widened their lead in the second period by scoring four times (Zaza '55, '60, '63 and Rodrigo Machado '86).
Valencia CF climbed to third place with 9 points from 5 games, only one point behind Sevilla FC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full La Liga table (as of September 19, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Valencia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Levante | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Leganés | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Eibar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Getafe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Girona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Deportivo La Coruna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Alavés | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | Malaga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : La Liga 2017-2018
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Overview
Valencia CF
- Position: 3 +6
- Best performance of the season:Valencia 5-0 Malaga (19 Sep.)
- Previous game:Levante 1-1 Valencia (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Real Sociedad - Valencia (24 Sep.)
Malaga CF
- Position: 20 -1
- Previous game:Atletico Madrid 1-0 Malaga (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Malaga - Athletic Bilbao (23 Sep.)
Valencia
5:0
Malaga
5:0 (1:0)
- 19 September 2017
- 20:00
- Valencia
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 12 |
| 2 |  Sevilla | 10 |
| 3 | Valencia | 9 |
| 4 |  Real Sociedad | 9 |
| 5 |  Real Madrid | 8 |
Week 5 Results
| Tuesday 19 September 2017 | ||||
| Valencia | 5-0 | Malaga | |
| Barcelona | 22:00 | Eibar |  |
| Wednesday 20 September 2017 | ||||
 | Athletic Bilbao | 20:00 | Atletico Madrid |  |
 | Leganés | 20:00 | Girona |  |
 | Deportivo La Coruna | 21:00 | Alavés |  |
| Sevilla | 22:00 | Las Palmas |  |
| Real Madrid | 22:00 | Real Betis |  |
| Thursday 21 September 2017 | ||||
 | Villarreal | 20:00 | Espanyol |  |
 | Celta Vigo | 21:00 | Getafe |  |
 | Levante | 22:00 | Real Sociedad | |