Lots of activity midweek, with Málaga qualifying for the league stage of the Champions League thanks to a 0-0 draw at Panathinaikos, and Athletic Bilbao and Levante both making it through in the Europa League, Athletic with a 3-3 draw at HJK Helsinki (San José, Toquero, Igor Martínez), and Levante with a 1-0 win over Motherwell (Gekas). Real Madrid lifted the Spanish Super Cup after a 2-1 victory over arch rivals Barcelona (Higuaín, Ronaldo / Messi), and Real's neighbours Atlético beat Chelsea 4-0 (Falcao 3, Miranda) to take the European version of the same for the second time in three years.
A low scoring weekend though, with only 17 goals in the nine games played (the fixture between Betis and Atlético being postponed to a later date). Cristiano Ronaldo and Higuaín were on target again (Ronaldo twice) in a 3-0 win over Granada, and Aduríz and Susaeta were the scorers as Athletic beat Valladolid 2-0 to clock up their first points in the league. Elsewhere strikes from Riki and Barrada gave a point each to Deportivo and Getafe, and Juanlu started off Levante's comeback in a last minute 3-2 win over Espanyol. (04.09.12)
Pichichi | League | Cup | Europe | Total (Penalties) |
Messi (Barcelona) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 (1) |
Falcao (Atlético) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 (1) |
Higuaín (Real Madrid) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 (0) |
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 (0) |
Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 (0) |
Molina (Betis) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0) |
Hemed (Mallorca) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0) |
San José (Athletic Bilbao) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 (0) |
Aduríz (Athletic Bilbao) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 (0) |
Aguilar (Deportivo) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) |
Riki (Deportivo) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) |
Barrada (Getafe) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) |
Agirretxe (Real Sociedad) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) |
Negredo (Sevilla) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) |
Soldado (Valencia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) |
Víctor Pérez (Valladolid) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) |
Pedro (Barcelona) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (0) |
El Zhar (Levante) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (0) |
Juanlu (Levante) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (0) |
Isma López (Athletic Bilbao) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (0) |