Ronaldo (injured) and Bale (suspended) were missing from the Real Madrid line-up at Eibar on Saturday, but Benzema made up for them with two first half goals in a 1-4 victory which keeps Zidane’s team a point behind leaders Barcelona with a game in hand. Later in the evening Barça hit Celta for five to hold on to top spot, Messi getting the first and the last, and Neymar also on the scoresheet in between. The Catalans will be trying to overturn a 4-0 Champions League defeat against Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday, and either result in the Nou Camp this week (6-1 and 5-0) would be sufficient!

Third placed Sevilla lost ground on the top two though after they drew 1-1 at Alavés on Monday, Ben Yedder’s opener not enough to give them a win, and Atlético closed the gap on them to seven points after a 3-0 victory over Valencia, Griezmann helping himself to a brace, with Gameiro netting in-between. Otherwise the only one of our Pichichis to score this weekend was Raúl García, his penalty against Málaga taking the Basque side back up to seventh. (07.03.17)

Pichichi League Cup ** Europe * Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 23 5 10 38 (5)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) 20 5 2 27 (0)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 18 1 6 25 (6)
Griezmann (Atlético) 12 4 4 20 (0)
Iago Aspas (Celta) 14 2 3 19 (4)
Ben Yedder (Sevilla) 9 5 2 16 (3)
Aduríz (Athletic) 8 1 7 16 (6)
Benzema (Real Madrid) 7 1 7 15 (0)
Gameiro (Atlético) 10 2 2 14 (2)
Arda Turan (Barcelona) 3 6 4 13 (0)
Carrasco (Atlético) 8 2 2 12 (0)
Neymar (Barcelona) 8 2 2 12 (3)
Morata (Real Madrid) 8 2 2 12 (0)
Sergi Enrich (Eibar) 10 1 0 11 (0)
Willian José (Real Soc) 9 2 0 11 (2)
Juanmi (Real Sociedad) 7 4 0 11 (0)
Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) 10 0 0 10 (0)
Raúl García (Athletic) 6 3 1 10 (2)
Vietto (Sevilla) 6 3 1 10 (0)
Pedro León (Eibar) 8 1 0 9 (0)
Sandro (Málaga) 7 2 0 9 (0)
Bale (Real Madrid) 7 0 2 9 (0)
Sarabia (Sevilla) 6 2 1 9 (1)

* Includes Club World Cup
** Includes Spanish Super Cup