La Liga Table 2016 Week 29: Updated Standings, Title Odds After Friday's Results

Malaga beat Sporting Gijon 1-0 at the Estadio La Rosaleda on Friday to climb into La Liga's top half.

Juanpi scored the only goal of the game—an exquisite strike from outside the area—to give the hosts their first win in six games, though Gijon gave a good account of themselves as they enjoyed plenty of possession and created several chances.

Here are the standings after the match:

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	28	23	3	2	78	22	+56	72
2	Atletico Madrid	28	20	4	4	42	12	+30	64
3	Real Madrid	28	18	6	4	81	27	+54	60
4	Villarreal	28	15	8	5	33	19	+14	53
5	Sevilla	28	12	9	7	39	29	+10	45
6	Athletic Club	28	13	5	10	44	36	+8	44
7	Celta Vigo	28	12	6	10	40	51	-11	42
8	Malaga	29	9	9	11	28	28	0	36
9	Eibar	28	10	6	12	40	40	0	36
10	Real Sociedad	28	9	8	11	37	39	-2	35
11	Real Betis	28	8	10	10	26	36	-10	34
12	Valencia	28	8	10	10	33	33	0	34
13	Deportivo La Coruna	28	6	15	7	37	39	-2	33
14	Espanyol	28	9	4	15	28	54	-26	31
15	Las Palmas	28	8	6	14	30	40	-10	30
16	Getafe	28	7	6	15	27	45	-18	27
17	Rayo Vallecano	28	6	8	14	38	60	-22	26
18	Granada	28	7	5	16	29	53	-24	26
19	Sporting Gijon	29	6	6	17	30	51	-21	24
20	Levante	28	5	6	17	26	52	-26	21

With the top sides still to play, here are the latest title odds for the Spanish top flight:

Team	Odds
Barcelona	1-25
Atletico Madrid	25-1
Real Madrid	66-1
Valencia	1500-1
Deportivo La Coruna	2500-1

Friday Recap

Sporting almost took the lead in the first minute when Antonio Sanabria fired on goal from a tight angle, but Guillermo Ochoa proved equal to the effort.

The hosts steadily grew into the game as Charles headed over, and Pablo Fornals dragged a long shot wide before they took the lead through Juanpi.

The Venezuelan picked up the ball on the edge of the area before cutting onto his left foot and unleashing a stunning effort into the top corner, per La Liga on Twitter:

Not only did the goal put Gijon behind, it also signalled they held an unwanted record, according to Opta Jose:

Jony came close to equalising for the visitors shortly before the break with a well-struck effort of his own, but his shot narrowly flew wide of the post.

Malaga pursued a second goal to consolidate their lead after the restart, but Roberto Rosales directed Gonzalo Castro's cross off-target and Recio was denied by Ivan Cuellar before heading wide.

Gijon created chances at the other end and forced two good saves from Ochoa, first from a Sanabria header and then Pablo Perez's close-range shot, but they were unable to find a way through.

The win takes Malaga to eighth in the table, and they can now begin to look up rather than over their shoulders, but they could have a difficult time against Real Betis in their next outing. As for Gijon, they remain in the relegation zone and look likely to stay there as they host Atletico Madrid next.