La Liga round-up: Sevilla collapse to stinging defeat as Villarreal all-but secure Champions League place

Elche condemn Real Oviedo in relegation six-pointer

Real Oviedo 1-2 Elche

Elche are now four points clear of the relegation zone, as they ended Real Oviedo’s unbeaten run at the Carlos Tartiere. Pedro Bigas scored an unbelievable long-range effort to open the scoring on six minutes, and this was added to by Gonzalo Villar soon after. Ilyas Chaira did get a goal back for the hosts, but it wasn’t enough in the end.

Stoppage time winner sees Sevilla lose at El Sadar

Osasuna 2-1 Sevilla

Osasuna came from behind to claim an impressive win over Sevilla. Neal Maupay broke the deadlock on 69 minutes, but goals from Raul Garcia and Alejandro Catena – the latter of which came in the ninth minute of stoppage time – ensured that the three points would be staying in Pamplona – and that Sevilla would remain in the drop zone for another week.

Villarreal put dent Celta Vigo’s European hopes

Villarreal 2-1 Celta Vigo

Villarreal took another step towards finishing 3rd after a routine victory over Celta Vigo at La Ceramica. Gerard Moreno opened the scoring from the penalty spot after two minutes, before Nicolas Pepe doubled the hosts’ advantage on the half hour mark. Borja Iglesias got the visitors back in the game with a spot-kick of their own, but they could not get the point they needed to leapfrog Getafe into 6th place. As for the Yellow Submarine, they are now 15 points clear of 5th-placed Real Betis, who drew against Real Madrid on Friday.