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La Liga

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Soccer / Europe

La Liga

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Table

2026-27 LALIGA
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Espanyol	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Alavés	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Atlético Madrid	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
4	Sevilla	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Racing Santander	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
6	Villarreal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
7	Deportivo	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Elche	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Athletic Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Celta Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Osasuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Real Betis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Real Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rayo Vallecano	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
18	Málaga	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
19	Levante	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
20	Getafe	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0

Leaders

Goals
Player	G
1. Roberto Fernández, ESP	2
2. Marc Aguado, ELC	1
3. Nahuel Tenaglia, ALA	1
4. Pape Gueye, VIL	1
5. Andrés Martín, RAC	1

Assists
Player	A
1. Mariano, ALA	2
2. Lorenzo Amatucci, DEP	1
3. Georges Mikautadze, VIL	1
4. Gonzalo Villar, ELC	1
5. Javi Hernandez, ESP	1

Saves
Player	S
1. Julen Agirrezabala, RAC	5
2. Leo Román, DEP	5
3. David Soria, GET	5
4. Luiz Júnior, VIL	3
5. Mathew Ryan, LEV	3

Shots On Target
Player	ST
1. Roberto Fernández, ESP

Recent

Deportivo 1–1 ElcheFT · Mon, Aug 17
Espanyol 3–0 LevanteFT · Sun, Aug 16
Racing 2–2 VillarrealFT · Sun, Aug 16
Sevilla 2–1 RayoFT · Sat, Aug 15
Alavés 3–0 GetafeFT · Sat, Aug 15

Today

Atlético 2–0 MálagaLive85' · Wed, Aug 19

Upcoming

Alavés at Rayo
Thu, Aug 20, 3:00 PM ET · Estadio de Vallecas
Real Sociedad at Betis
Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM ET · Estadio La Cartuja
Sevilla at Athletic
Sat, Aug 22, 11:00 AM ET · San Mamés
Celta Vigo at Valencia
Sat, Aug 22, 1:30 PM ET · Mestalla Stadium
Real Madrid at Espanyol
Sat, Aug 22, 3:30 PM ET · RCDE Stadium
Villarreal at Atlético
Sun, Aug 23, 11:00 AM ET · Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Racing at Getafe
Sun, Aug 23, 1:30 PM ET · Estadio Coliseum
Barcelona at Elche
Sun, Aug 23, 3:30 PM ET · Estadio Martínez Valero

Match sheets

Deportivo 1, Elche 1

La Liga · Riazor · Att: 29038 · Ref: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

ELC   0  1  —  1
DEP   1  0  —  1

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Elche	11	6	61.2	640	12	7	2/0
Deportivo	8	3	38.8	403	17	2	2/0

Scoring

21' Goal! Deportivo de A Coruña 1, Elche 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Deportivo de A Coruña) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Amatucci.
76' Goal! Deportivo de A Coruña 1, Elche 1. Marc Aguado (Elche) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Villar with a cross following a corner.

Deportivo
#	Player	Pos	SH
13	Leo Román	G	0
22	Bright Ede	CD-L	1
4	Lucas Noubi	CD-R	0
12	Giacomo Quagliata	LB	0

La Liga · scorecard

Table

2026-27 LALIGA
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Espanyol	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Alavés	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Atlético Madrid	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
4	Sevilla	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Racing Santander	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
6	Villarreal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
7	Deportivo	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Elche	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Athletic Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Celta Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Osasuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Real Betis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Real Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rayo Vallecano	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
18	Málaga	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
19	Levante	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
20	Getafe	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0

Leaders

Goals
Player	G
1. Roberto Fernández, ESP	2
2. Marc Aguado, ELC	1
3. Nahuel Tenaglia, ALA	1
4. Pape Gueye, VIL	1
5. Andrés Martín, RAC	1

Assists
Player	A
1. Mariano, ALA	2
2. Lorenzo Amatucci, DEP	1
3. Georges Mikautadze, VIL	1
4. Gonzalo Villar, ELC	1
5. Javi Hernandez, ESP	1

Saves
Player	S
1. Julen Agirrezabala, RAC	5
2. Leo Román, DEP	5
3. David Soria, GET	5
4. Luiz Júnior, VIL	3
5. Mathew Ryan, LEV	3

Shots On Target
Player	ST
1. Roberto Fernández, ESP

Recent

Deportivo 1–1 ElcheFT · Mon, Aug 17
Espanyol 3–0 LevanteFT · Sun, Aug 16
Racing 2–2 VillarrealFT · Sun, Aug 16
Sevilla 2–1 RayoFT · Sat, Aug 15
Alavés 3–0 GetafeFT · Sat, Aug 15

Today

Atlético 2–0 MálagaLive85' · Wed, Aug 19

Upcoming

Alavés at Rayo
Thu, Aug 20, 3:00 PM ET · Estadio de Vallecas
Real Sociedad at Betis
Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM ET · Estadio La Cartuja
Sevilla at Athletic
Sat, Aug 22, 11:00 AM ET · San Mamés
Celta Vigo at Valencia
Sat, Aug 22, 1:30 PM ET · Mestalla Stadium
Real Madrid at Espanyol
Sat, Aug 22, 3:30 PM ET · RCDE Stadium
Villarreal at Atlético
Sun, Aug 23, 11:00 AM ET · Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Racing at Getafe
Sun, Aug 23, 1:30 PM ET · Estadio Coliseum
Barcelona at Elche
Sun, Aug 23, 3:30 PM ET · Estadio Martínez Valero

Match sheets

Deportivo 1, Elche 1

La Liga · Riazor · Att: 29038 · Ref: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

ELC   0  1  —  1
DEP   1  0  —  1

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Elche	11	6	61.2	640	12	7	2/0
Deportivo	8	3	38.8	403	17	2	2/0

Scoring

21' Goal! Deportivo de A Coruña 1, Elche 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Deportivo de A Coruña) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Amatucci.
76' Goal! Deportivo de A Coruña 1, Elche 1. Marc Aguado (Elche) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Villar with a cross following a corner.

Deportivo
#	Player	Pos	SH
13	Leo Román	G	0
22	Bright Ede	CD-L	1
4	Lucas Noubi	CD-R	0
12	Giacomo Quagliata	LB	0

Elche
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
1	Matías Dituro	G	0	0	0	0
5	Federico Redondo	CD	0	0	1	0
23	Víctor Chust	CD-L	0	0	0	0
22	David Affengruber	CD-R	0	0	2	0
11	Germán Valera	LB	0	0	0	0
2	Buba Sangaré	RB	0	0	0	0
8	Marc Aguado	CM-L	1	0	1	1
16	Martim Neto	CM-R	0	0	0	0
29	Ali Houary	LM	0	0	3	1
12	Gonzalo Villar *	RM	0	1	2	2
14	Fernando Niño	F	0	0	1	1
Substitutes
20	José Antonio Morente	SUB	0	0	0	0
26	Matia Barzic	SUB	0	0	0	0
9	Ezequiel Ponce	SUB	0	0	0	0
6	Pedro Bigas	SUB	0	0	0	0
30	Álvaro Padilla Escribá	SUB	0	0	0	0
10	Facundo Buonanotte	SUB	0	0	0	0
17	Josan	SUB	0	0	0	0
36	Umaru	SUB	0	0	0	0
21	Lucas Cepeda	SUB	0	0	1	1
47	Javier Morcillo	SUB	0	0	0	0
33	Nordin Al Lal	SUB	0	0	0	0
43	Alejandro Iturbe	SUB	0	0	0	0

Espanyol 3, Levante 0

La Liga · RCDE Stadium · Att: 28050 · Ref: Carlos Muñiz Muñoz

LEV   0  0  —  0
ESP   2  1  —  3

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Levante	4	0	46.3	390	7	1	0/0
Espanyol	16	6	53.7	457	17	1	3/0

Scoring

5' Goal! Espanyol 1, Levante 0. Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
40' Goal! Espanyol 2, Levante 0. Roberto Fernández (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Javi Hernández.
80' Goal! Espanyol 3, Levante 0. Tyrhys Dolan (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafel Bauzà following a fast break.

Espanyol
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
13	Marko Dmitrovic	G	0	0	0	0
14	Unai Núñez	CD-L	0	0	0	0
5	Clemens Riedel	CD-R	0	0	0	0
29	Roger Hinojo	LB	0	0	0	0
23	Omar El Hilali	RB	0	0	0	0
28	Javi Hernandez *	AM	0	1	2	1
8	Edu Expósito	LM	0	0	3	0
4	Urko Gonzalez *	RM	0	0	0	0
9	Roberto Fernández	F	2	0	2	2
24	Tyrhys Dolan	AM-L	1	0	4	1
22	Cala *	AM-R	0	0	2	2
Substitutes
17	Jofre Carreras	SUB	0	0	1	0
10	Pol Lozano	SUB	0	0	1	0
26	Rafael Bauza	SUB	0	1	0	0
27	Adama Timera	SUB	0	0	0	0
31	Llorenç Serred	SUB	0	0	0	0
18	Marcos Fernández	SUB	0	0	1	0
3	Quilindschy Hartman	SUB	0	0	0	0
16	Vanja Drkusic	SUB	0	0	0	0
20	Gabriel Moscardo	SUB	0	0	0	0
1	Ángel Fortuño	SUB	0	0	0	0
11	Pere Milla	SUB	0	0	0	0
32	José Ángel López	SUB	0	0	0	0

Levante
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
13	Mathew Ryan	G	0	0	0	0
2	Aïssa Mandi	CD-L	0	0	1	0
4	Adrián de la Fuente	CD-R	0	0	1	0
23	Manu Sánchez	LB	0	0	0	0
29	Nacho Pérez	RB	0	0	0	0
10	Carlos Álvarez	AM	0	0	0	0
20	Orio Rey	LM	0	0	0	0
8	Jon Ander Olasagasti	RM	0	0	0	0
9	Iván Romero	F	0	0	1	0
27	Paco Cortés	AM-L	0	0	0	0
17	Víctor García	AM-R	0	0	0	0
Substitutes
33	Marc Santos Gavilán	SUB	0	0	0	0
22	Jeremy Toljan	SUB	0

Racing Santander 2, Villarreal 2

La Liga · El Sardineros · Att: 22413 · Ref: Miguel Sesma Espinosa

VIL   2  0  —  2
RAC   2  0  —  2

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Villarreal	12	7	58.6	540	14	10	4/0
Racing	17	3	41.4	382	14	6	2/0

Scoring

21' Goal! Racing de Santander 1, Villarreal 0. Andrés Martín (Racing de Santander) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
34' Goal! Racing de Santander 2, Villarreal 0. Sergio Martínez (Racing de Santander) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
45' Goal! Racing de Santander 2, Villarreal 1. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
45'+1' Goal! Racing de Santander 2, Villarreal 2. Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Georges Mikautadze.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.

Racing Santander
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
13	Julen Agirrezabala	G	0	0	0	0
5	Pablo Ramon *	CD-L	0	0	0	0
22	Pedro Felipe	CD-R	0	0	0	0
17	Jorge Salinas	LB	0	0	0	0
2	Alvaro Mantilla	RB	0	0	2	0
20	Sergio Canales	AM	0	0	3	1
36	Sergio Martínez	LM	1	0	1	1
8	Gustavo Puerta *	RM	0	0	2	0
12	Asier Villalibre	F	0	0	1	0
10	Iñigo Vicente	AM-L	0	0	0	0
11	Andrés Martín	AM-R	1	0	6	1
Substitutes
29	Andrés Vallecillo	SUB	0	0	0	0
1	Simon Eriksson	SUB	0	0	0	0
21	Yassir Zabiri	SUB	0	0	0	0
14	Maguette Gueye	SUB	0	0	1	0
30	Carlos Sánchez	SUB	0	0	0	0
9	Juan Carlos Arana	SUB	0	0	0	0
34	Diego Diaz	SUB	0	0	0	0
6	Íñigo Sainz	SUB	0	0	0	0
38	Hugo Martín	SUB	0	0	0	0
4	Manu	SUB	0	0	1	0
33	Jorge Castellanos Del Olmo	SUB	0	0	0	0
16	Facundo González	SUB	0	0	0	0

Villarreal
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
1	Luiz Júnior	G	0	0	0	0
12	Renato Veiga	CD-L	0	0	0	0
8	Juan Foyth *	CD-R	0	0	0	0
20	Carlos Romero *	LB	0	0	1	0
15	Santiago Mouriño *	RB	0	0	1	1
18	Pape Gueye *	CM-L	1	0	1	1
14	Santi Comesaña	CM-R	0	0	0	0
10	Alberto Moleiro	LM	0	1	0	0
19	Nicolas Pépé	RM	1	0	2	2
9	Georges Mikautadze	CF-L	0	1	4	2
22	Ayoze Pérez	CF-R	0	0	2	1
Substitutes
7	Gerard Moreno	SUB	0	0	0	0
30	Cheikh Ahmad Tidiane Thiam	SUB

Sevilla 2, Rayo Vallecano 1

La Liga · Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium · Att: 36777 · Ref: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

RAY   1  0  —  1
SEV   0  2  —  2

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Rayo	6	3	51	336	18	2	4/0
Sevilla	13	4	49	318	18	1	4/1

Scoring

4' Goal! Sevilla 0, Rayo Vallecano 1. Álvaro García (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
52' Goal! Sevilla 1, Rayo Vallecano 1. Jon Guridi (Sevilla) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
88' Kike Salas (Sevilla) is shown the red card.
90'+7' Goal! Sevilla 2, Rayo Vallecano 1. Peque Fernández (Sevilla) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

Sevilla
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
1	Odisseas Vlachodimos	G	0	0	0	0
4	Enrique Salas †	CD-L	0	0	1	0
12	Arouna Sangante	CD-R	0	0	0	0
17	Gabriel Suazo *	LB	0	0	0	0
2	Juan Iglesias	RB	0	0	0	0
18	Jon Guridi *	AM	1	0	2	2
27	Nico Guillén	LM	0	0	1	0
6	Lucien Agoumé *	RM	0	0	0	0
16	Isaac Romero *	F	0	0	2	0
19	Oso	AM-L	0	0	2	0
30	Miguel Sierra	AM-R	0	0	1	0
Substitutes
37	Ibrahima Sow	SUB	0	0	0	0
21	Chidera Ejuke	SUB	0	0	0	0
34	Iker Ortín	SUB	0	0	0	0
10	Peque	SUB	1	0	2	2
39	Edu Altozano	SUB	0	0	0	0
3	Julio Díaz	SUB	0	0	0	0
5	Andrés Castrín	SUB	0	0	0	0
22	José Ángel Carmona	SUB	0	0	0	0
28	Manu Bueno	SUB	0	0	0	0
11	Rubén Vargas	SUB	0	0	1	0
9	Robbie Ure	SUB	0	0	1	0
13	Fran González	SUB	0	0	0	0

Rayo Vallecano
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
13	Augusto Batalla	G	0	0	0	0
6	Pathé Ciss	CD-L	0	0	0	0
24	Florian Lejeune	CD-R	0	0	2	1
20	Iván Balliu	LB	0	0	0	0
2	Andrei Ratiu	RB	0	0	1	0
7	Isi Palazón	AM	0	0	0	0
23	Óscar Valentín	LM	0	0	0	0
8	Unai López *	RM	0	0	0	0
11	Randy Nteka	F	0	0	1	0
18	Álvaro García *	AM-L	1	0	1	1
19	Jorge de Frutos	AM-R	0	0	0	0
Substitutes
1	Daniel Cárdenas	SUB	0	0	0	0
31	Marco Román	SUB	0

Alavés 3, Getafe 0

La Liga · Mendizorrotza · Att: 13923 · Ref: Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid

GET   0  0  —  0
ALA   0  3  —  3

	Shots	On goal	Poss	Passes	Fouls	Corners	Y/R
Getafe	6	2	48.2	339	13	3	3/1
Alavés	18	8	51.8	353	16	5	4/0

Scoring

42' Kiko Femenía (Getafe) is shown the red card.
73' Goal! Alaves 1, Getafe 0. Nahuel Tenaglia (Alaves) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mariano Díaz with a cross.
90'+1' Goal! Alaves 2, Getafe 0. Mariano Díaz (Alaves) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a fast break.
90'+4' Goal! Alaves 3, Getafe 0. Mikel Rodríguez (Alaves) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mariano Díaz.

Alavés
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
1	Antonio Sivera	G	0	0	0	0
16	Ville Koski	CD	0	0	0	0
17	Jonny	CD-L	0	0	0	0
14	Nahuel Tenaglia	CD-R	1	0	3	1
4	Denis Suárez *	CM-L	0	0	1	1
19	Pablo Ibáñez	CM-R	0	0	0	0
8	Antonio Blanco *	AM	0	0	3	0
21	Abde Rebbach *	LM	0	0	1	1
7	Ángel Pérez	RM	0	0	1	1
20	Aitor Mañas	CF-L	0	0	0	0
11	Toni Martínez	CF-R	0	0	3	0
Substitutes
31	Grégoire Swiderski	SUB	0	0	0	0
10	Carles Aleñá	SUB	0	0	1	1
9	Mariano	SUB	1	2	3	2
18	Mikel Rodriguez	SUB	1	0	2	1
13	Adrián Rodríguez	SUB	0	0	0	0
23	Carlos Protesoni	SUB	0	0	0	0
12	Hugo Novoa	SUB	0	0	0	0
24	Moussa Diarra	SUB	0	0	0	0
27	Xanet Oláiz	SUB	0	0	0	0
3	Youssef Lekhedim	SUB	0	0	0	0
22	Miguel Rodríguez	SUB	0	0	0	0
6	Ander Guevara	SUB	0	0	0	0

Getafe
#	Player	Pos	G	A	SH	SOG
13	David Soria	G	0	0	0	0
5	Abdel Abqar	CD	0	0	0	0
24	Zaid Romero	CD-L	0	0	0	0
2	Djené *	CD-R	0	0	0	0
6	Mario Martín *	CM-L	0	0	0	0
11	Ramón Terrats	CM-R	0	0	2	1
23	Orel Mangala	AM	0	0	1	0
3	Davinchi *	LM	0	0	0	0
17	Kiko Femenía †	RM	0	0	0	0
10	Martín Satriano	CF-L	0	0	1	1
21	Andrés García	CF-R	0	0	0	0
Substitutes
26	Jean Ives Valou	SUB	0	0	0	0
28	Alberto Risco	SUB	0	0