La Liga Results 2016: Scores, Odds, Updated Table After Wednesday Week 34 Games

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona both won their Week 34 La Liga matches on Wednesday, keeping the Spanish title race as close as ever with four matches left to play.

The Rojiblanco beat Athletic Bilbao by a single goal, while Barcelona demolished Deportivo La Coruna, 8-0, their first win in their last five domestic outings.   

Real Madrid beat Villarreal, 3-0, and chase the duo by a single point in the standings. Here’s a look at the latest title odds, courtesy of Oddschecker:

Team	Odds
Barcelona	1-3
Atletico Madrid	11-2
Real Madrid	11-2

Wednesday’s La Liga results:

Deportivo La Coruna	0-8	Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao	0-1	Atletico Madrid
Sporting Gijon	2-1	Sevilla
Malaga	1-1	Rayo Vallecano
Valencia	4-0	Eibar
Real Madrid	3-0	Villarreal

The latest La Liga standings:

POS	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	34	25	4	5	96	29	+67	79
2	Atletico Madrid	34	25	4	5	58	16	+42	79
3	Real Madrid	34	24	6	4	101	30	+71	78
4	Villarreal	34	17	9	8	42	31	+11	60
5	Athletic Club	34	16	6	12	51	41	+10	54
6	Celta Vigo	34	15	9	10	47	54	-7	54
7	Sevilla	34	13	10	11	47	42	+5	49
8	Valencia	34	11	10	13	42	40	+2	43
9	Malaga	34	10	12	12	31	31	0	42
10	Eibar	34	11	8	15	45	53	-8	41
11	Real Sociedad	33	11	8	14	41	44	-3	41
12	Real Betis	34	10	11	13	31	46	-15	41
13	Las Palmas	34	11	7	16	38	46	-8	40
14	Deportivo La Coruna	34	7	17	10	42	56	-14	38
15	Espanyol	34	10	7	17	35	63	-28	37
16	Rayo Vallecano	34	8	11	15	46	66	-20	35
17	Sporting Gijon	34	8	8	18	35	55	-20	32
18	Granada	33	7	9	17	33	60	-27	30
19	Levante	33	7	7	19	30	56	-26	28
20	Getafe	33	7	7	19	29	61	-32	28

Recap

Fernando Torres continued his strong form by scoring the only goal at the San Mames, handing Atletico three vital points in the title race.

According to Uber Football Facts, the former Liverpool star set a new personal mark with his strike on Wednesday:

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Torres scores in 5 consecutive games in all competitions for the very first time in his career.

El Niño is BACK! pic.twitter.com/r7zsn0gzGK

— Uber Football Facts (@UberFootbalI) April 20, 2016"

Manager Diego Simeone’s troops knew they were in for a challenge against the Basques, who have been playing solid, rugged football the last few weeks and took Sevilla all the way to a penalty shootout in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.

Their bid to win this match got even worse when star defender Diego Godin went down with an injury, putting his availability for the upcoming UEFA Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on April 27 in serious doubt, per ESPN FC’s Dermot Corrigan:

The Atletico defence held up its end of the bargain without the Uruguay international, however, and while the attack looked far from its best at the San Mames, it did just enough to grab the win against Athletic.

That means Atletico are still level with Barcelona on points, although the Catalans hold the head-to-head advantage. The oddsmakers still like Barcelona’s chances of defending the title, something adventurous punters should take advantage of.

The Blaugrana looked spectacular on Wednesday, crushing Deportivo, 8-0, thanks to four goals and three assists from Luis Suarez. La Liga’s official YouTube account put together a highlights package of his performance:

Barcelona had lost their three previous La Liga outings, so getting back on track was vital in Week 34. The schedule looks reasonably straightforward for the Blaugrana, with matches against Sporting Gijon, Real Betis, Espanyol and Granada, although the local derby against Espanyol could prove tricky.

Per Corrigan, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique praised his team after the win:

Atletico still have to play Malaga, Rayo Vallecano, Levante and Celta Vigo as well as Bundesliga giants Bayern in the Champions League.

Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez and Luka Modric all scored for Real in the win over Villarreal, keeping Los Blancos on course in the title race as well. Real finish the season with matches against Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad, Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna.

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