Leo Messi is almost sure of taking this season's "European Golden Boot" after scoring his 32nd league goal of the season. More importantly for Barcelona though, Messi's opener against Sevilla put his side on track for a second league title in a row. Bojan and Pedro added two more, and strikes by Kanouté and Luis Fabiano after that were not enough to turn the scoreline around. Barça stay a point ahead of Real Madrid, who rallied late on to beat Athletic Bilbao 5-1. Cristiano Ronaldo started things off from the penalty spot, and Higuaín was amongst the scorers as Madrid scored four in the last quarter of an hour.

The last Europa League spot will be between Villarreal and Getafe after both won their respective matches. Rossi opened the scoring for the former early on against local rivals Valencia before Llorente netted his tenth of the season. And Soldado scored his second in as many games after returning from injury to keep Michel's team ahead of their rivals on goal difference. Their battle will be overshadowed this weekend though by the fight to avoid relegation, with four teams level on points after Nino's injury time equaliser for Tenerife against Almería, and Xerez just three points below all of them after a 3-2 win over Zaragoza. (10.05.10)