A midweek round of league games this week, with goals pretty much spread out between the teams. Leaders Real Madrid dropped points for the first time after a 1-1 draw against Villarreal, Sergio Ramos giving away a penalty which Bruno converted, and then got the equalizer himself. They stay top though as Barcelona and Atlético Madrid also drew 1-1, Rakitic heading the opener but Correa levelling it after the break. Sevilla took advantage to move up to second, Mercado the scorer in a 1-0 win over city rivals Betis, but Las Palmas drop out of the Champions League spots after losing 4-1 at Real Sociedad, Willian José netting twice for the Basque side, the second from the penalty spot, and Tana getting a late consolation for the Canary Islanders. None of the leading contenders found the net though (Messi picking up an injury which will keep him out for three weeks), and Gerard Moreno joins the group on four league goals after scoring the winner for Espanyol at Osasuna. Elsewhere Duje Cop scored his third of the season (and his second penalty), and Raúl García, Carcela and Gabriel all clocked up their second. (23.09.16)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 4 1 3 8 (1)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) 4 1 2 7 (0)
Griezmann (Atlético) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Rubén Castro (Betis) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Moreno (Espanyol) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Pedro León (Eibar) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Willian José (Real Soc) 3 0 0 3 (1)
Vietto (Sevilla) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Cop (Sporting Gijón) 3 0 0 3 (2)
Sansone (Villarreal) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Ramos (Real Madrid) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Turan (Barcelona) 1 2 0 3 (0)
Aduríz (Athletic) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Raúl García (Athletic) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Correa (Atlético) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Gameiro (Atlético) 2 0 0 2 (1)
Fernando Torres (Atlético) 2 0 0 2 (1)
Rakitic (Barcelona) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Alegría (Betis) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Piatti (Espanyol) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Carcela (Granada) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Boateng (Las Palmas) 2 0 0 2 (0)
El Zhar (Las Palmas) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Livaja (Las Palmas) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Momo (Las Palmas) 2 0 0 2 (1)
Tana (Las Palmas) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Gabriel (Leganés) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Bale (Real Madrid) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Sarabia (Sevilla) 2 0 0 2 (1)
Santi Mina (Valencia) 2 0 0 2 (0)
Neymar (Barcelona) 1 0 1 2 (0)
Asensio (Real Madrid) 1 0 1 2 (0)
Morata (Real Madrid) 1 0 1 2 (0)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 1 0 1 2 (0)
Franco Vázquez (Sevilla) 1 0 1 2 (0)
Alexandre Pato (Villarreal) 0 0 2 2 (0)