La Liga Results 2017: Scores and Updated Table After Saturday's Week 18 Matches

Barcelona closed the gap at the top of La Liga to two points on Saturday as they thrashed Las Palmas 5-0 at the Camp Nou.

Atletico Madrid won their third game in succession as they beat Real Betis 1-0, while Leganes and Athletic Bilbao produced a goalless stalemate.

Deportivo La Coruna and Villarreal played out the same scoreline.

Here is confirmation of the results and the updated table:

Barcelona	5-0	Las Palmas
Leganes	0-0	Athletic Bilbao
Atletico Madrid	1-0	Real Betis
Deportivo La Coruna	0-0	Villarreal

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	16	12	4	0	45	14	+31	40
2	Barcelona	18	11	5	2	47	17	+30	38
3	Sevilla	17	11	3	3	36	21	+15	36
4	Atletico Madrid	18	10	4	4	32	14	+18	34
5	Villarreal	18	8	7	3	26	12	+14	31
6	Real Sociedad	17	9	2	6	28	25	+3	29
7	Athletic Club	18	8	4	6	22	19	+3	28
8	Celta Vigo	17	7	3	7	28	32	-4	24
9	Las Palmas	18	6	6	6	27	29	-2	24
10	Eibar	17	6	5	6	22	22	0	23
11	Espanyol	17	5	8	4	21	23	-2	23
12	Alaves	17	5	7	5	15	17	-2	22
13	Real Betis	18	6	3	9	20	30	-10	21
14	Malaga	17	5	6	6	26	29	-3	21
15	Deportivo La Coruna	18	4	6	8	23	28	-5	18
16	Leganes	18	4	5	9	13	29	-16	17
17	Valencia	16	3	4	9	24	32	-8	13
18	Sporting Gijon	17	3	3	11	17	34	-17	12
19	Granada	17	1	6	10	14	38	-24	9
20	Osasuna	17	1	5	11	16	37	-21	8

Saturday Recap

Luis Suarez opened the scoring for Barca after 14 minutes when he turned in Andre Gomes' cross.

Messi added a second with a tapped-in rebound before Suarez picked out the bottom corner with a neat finish.

Squawka Football hailed the Uruguayan's sensational goalscoring record:

Arda Turan added a fourth with a rebound from Suarez after Javi Varas denied the striker his hat-trick, and Aleix Vidal swept home a fifth in the 80th minute.

As football journalist Rafael Hernandez noted, Vidal's goal capped an excellent performance:

The Spaniard was praised by Barca boss Luis Enrique, per Barcelona's official Twitter feed: "Aleix Vidal has been excellent, marvellous and he has shown he is ready to compete."

Nicolas Gaitan put Atletico in front after just eight minutes against Betis as he finished off a quick counter-attack, poking home Sime Vrsaljko's cross.

WhoScored.com revealed:

Los Rojiblancos struggled to convince going forward for the remainder of the game, with Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Carrasco failing to convert their chances. But a strong performance from Miguel Angel Moya ensured they took all three points.

In a tight contest between Leganes and Athletic, there was nothing to separate the two sides, with the latter's Raul Garcia seeing a goal disallowed for a foul on David Timor.

Villarreal had Sergio Asenjo and the woodwork to thank for their point at Deportivo—the goalkeeper made two excellent stops to deny Florin Andone and Joselu, while Andone also hit the frame of the goal.

Barca have narrowed the gap to Real Madrid, but Los Blancos still have two games in hand.

Real travel to Sevilla on Sunday, who are themselves two points behind the Blaugrana. A Madrid win would keep Barcelona in second place but restore their lead at the top to five points.