Gazeta Esportiva.com
·10 de janeiro de 2026
Villarreal beat Alavés, strengthen grip on third place in La Liga

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·10 de janeiro de 2026

Villarreal defeated Alavés 3-1 this Saturday at the Estadio de la Cerámica, remaining third in the Spanish Championship standings, while Betis drew 1-1 away with the bottom team Oviedo.
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Alberto Moleiro (49′) opened the scoring for the ‘Yellow Submarine’, before Gerard Moreno (55′) and Georges Mikautadze (75′) extended the lead and Toni Martínez (85′) scored for the visitors.
With the victory, Villarreal consolidates its third position and is eight points behind the leader Barcelona, which on Sunday will play the Spanish Super Cup final against Real Madrid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Additionally, the team has one game less compared to the leaders and can further reduce the gap to Barça and Real, the runner-up with 45 points.
Meanwhile, Alavés remains in the lower part of the table, in 15th place, with 19 points.
Earlier, Betis visited Oviedo and fell behind when forward Ilyas Chaira (64′) scored for the visitors, but managed to equalize late with a goal from Giovani Lo Celso (83′).
With this result, Betis remains sixth with 29 points, four behind Espanyol (5th), who will face the second-to-last Levante on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Oviedo continues in the last position, with only 13 points accumulated in 19 matches played.
* With content from AFP
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