Does any team want to secure a European place?
That question must be asked, sports betting fans, after only one of the top six triumphed in Week 22 of La Liga football games.
And what would the betting odds have been on Eibar putting five past Sevilla and Levante holding the reigning champions?
Real Sociedad 5-0 Deportivo La Coruna
It’s scorelines like this which get the losing managers the sack.
And so it proved as Deportivo coach Cristobal Parralo was fired less than 48 hours after this rout.
The relegation-threatened Galicians acted quickly, appointing Clarence Seedorf as their third manager of the campaign and seventh in four years.
Eibar 5-1 Sevilla
A quite stunning victory for Eibar in the Ipurua.
Los Armeros hit five to move within a point of their opponents, with new boy Fabian Orellana netting twice.
A miserable debut for three in the Sevilla ranks as Vincenzo Montella’s men desperately cling onto the sixth spot.
Montella later apologised to the Sevilla supporters for the performance.
Real Betis 2-1 Villarreal
A dream debut for Loren Moron.
His double briefly catapulted Betis up to ninth spot and was another blow for the Yellow Submarine’s hopes of a top-four finish.
Daniele Bonera’s dismissal just after the half-hour for a challenge on another new boy, Ruben Castro, was an act from which they failed to recover.
Alaves 2-1 Celta Vigo
A blistering start secured a fine win for Alaves and inched them further away from the drop zone.
Two goals inside the opening 18 minutes from Alfonso Pedraza and Munir El Haddadi ensured Vigo, for all their possession, were beaten.
Iago Aspas’ fine goal came too late to prompt a comeback from the Galicians.
Levante 2-2 Real Madrid
Ultimate joy for Levante, ultimate frustration for Real.
Debutant Giampaolo Pazzini earned the strugglers a fine point after Madrid had led twice.
It left boss Zinedine Zidane ‘disgusted’ and the soon to be disposed champions without a clean sheet in their last six games.
A fabulous effort from Levante.
Getafe 0-0 Leganes
Much ado about nothing in the archetypal midtable clash.
Copa del Rey semi-finalists Leganes will be marginally the happier of the two sides.
Getafe new boy Loic Remy was brought in for the closing stages but was unable to grab a winner.
RCD Espanyol 1-1 Barcelona
It just had to be Gerard Pique, didn’t it?!
He maintained runaway leaders Barcelona’s unbeaten record in a feisty Catalan derby, heading home an 82nd-minute equaliser to silence fans who had spent the afternoon booing him after his less than complimentary comments about the area.
All this after Gerard Moreno had sent the home fans into raptures
Lucas Digne was substituted for Barca with a fractured finger.
Girona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao
Yet another memorable win for Girona.
Their success story continued, courtesy of a Christian Stuani double.
Bilbao dominated possession throughout but went down to their first defeat since the turn of the year without a single shot on target.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Valencia
They may be nine points off the top but Atletico now have a firm grip on second place.
Angel Correa was the match-winner, scoring the solitary goal just before the hour mark to open up a nine-point gap over third-placed Valencia.
All this after the hosts lost Stefan Savic to a hamstring scare followed by Diego Godin being forced off and appearing to lose several teeth after a collision with Neto.
Las Palmas 1-0 Malaga
How important could this goal be?
Just as both sides seemed destined for a goalless draw, which would have left both sides adrift at the foot of the table, up stepped Alen Halilovic.
His 89th-minute finish moved Las Palmas to within a victory (and a massive goal difference swing) of safety.
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