La Liga Table 2017 Week 17: Updated Standings Following Friday's Results

Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna played out a 1-1 draw at the Estadi Cornella-El Prat on Friday to kick off 2017's La Liga action fresh from their winter break.

Celso Borges gave the visitors the lead after 59 minutes, but Gerard Moreno pulled the hosts level just four minutes later, while Juanfran was sent off late on. 

Here is the updated table, and read on for a closer look at Friday's action:

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	15	11	4	0	40	14	26	37
2	Barcelona	16	10	4	2	41	16	25	34
3	Sevilla	16	10	3	3	32	21	11	33
4	Villarreal	16	8	5	3	25	11	14	29
5	Real Sociedad	16	9	2	5	28	21	7	29
6	Atletico Madrid	16	8	4	4	29	14	15	28
7	Athletic Bilbao	16	8	2	6	22	19	3	26
8	Eibar	16	6	5	5	22	20	2	23
9	Espanyol	17	5	8	4	21	23	-2	23
10	Las Palmas	16	5	6	5	26	24	2	21
11	Malaga	16	5	6	5	25	26	-1	21
12	Alaves	16	5	6	5	15	17	-2	21
13	Celta Vigo	16	6	3	7	25	31	-6	21
14	Real Betis	16	5	3	8	18	29	-11	18
15	Deportivo La Coruna	17	4	5	8	23	28	-5	17
16	Leganes	16	4	4	8	13	27	-14	16
17	Valencia	15	3	3	9	21	29	-8	12
18	Sporting Gijon	16	3	3	10	17	33	-16	12
19	Granada	16	1	6	9	14	33	-19	9
20	Osasuna	16	1	4	11	13	34	-21	7

Friday Recap

The pair exchanged blows in the early stages of the match, with Pablo Piatti forcing a save from Roberto after six minutes and firing wide two minutes later, while Gerard came close with a header soon after.

Wasteful finishing characterised much of the match, with Borges, Emre Colak, Hernan Perez and Bruno Gama all failing to hit the target with their efforts prior to the break.

La Liga's official Twitter feed shared the stats at half-time:

Borges rattled the crossbar shortly after the restart with a strike from distance and finally broke the deadlock with a looping header from Colak's corner—Deportivo's first-ever goal at the Cornella-El Prat.

As AS English noted, the strike was also a landmark in another way:

Espanyol were not behind for long, however. Gerard grabbed the goal when he fired home from close range, capitalising on a mistake from Sidnei to beat the centre-back to Aaron Martin's cross.

Juanfran received his marching orders in the 90th minute for a second yellow card when he fouled Piatti, but Espanyol were unable to capitalise on their man advantage as Jose Manuel Jurado hit the bar in injury time and Gerard sent a header narrowly wide.

Per La Liga, goalscorer Borges reflected on the result:

Week 17 of La Liga will continue over the weekend. Real Madrid will resume their chase for the title on Saturday at home to Granada, while Barcelona will travel to Villarreal on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid face Eibar at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurua, Real Sociedad host Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao welcome fellow Basque side Alaves to San Mames.