Barcelona lead La Liga with 33 points after round 12. Real Madrid won 3–0 at Valencia before Barcelona came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 away. Racing beat Malaga 2–1, Betis beat Elche 2–0, Real Sociedad beat Rayo Vallecano 1–0 and Villarreal beat Getafe 2–0. Sevilla and Alavés, Espanyol and Deportivo, and Celta and Levante drew 0–0; Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao drew 1–1.
Barcelona lead Spain’s La Liga with 33 points after the 12th round ended. Real Madrid’s win had briefly brought them level with Barcelona on 30 points before Barcelona played Atlético Madrid.
Barcelona won 2–1 at Atlético, who remained third with 28 points after the defeat.
Giuliano Simeone gave Atlético the lead in the 10th minute. Fermín López equalized late in the first half and scored the winner in the 66th minute, assisted by Lamine Yamal.
Federico Valverde opened the scoring in the 28th minute and Arda Güler added another in the 36th. Kylian Mbappé scored from Güler’s pass in the 75th minute.
Valencia captain José Luis Gayà received a straight red card in the 79th minute for a foul on Mbappé that stopped a Real Madrid counterattack, leaving Valencia with 10 players.
Sevilla and Alavés opened the round with a draw. Racing and Betis won away, while Real Sociedad and Villarreal won at home.
After the draw, Sevilla remained sixth with 18 points and Alavés ninth with 13. The teams had five shots on target between them: three for Sevilla and two for Alavés.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Sevilla | 0–0 | Alavés |
| Malaga | 1–2 | Racing |
| Espanyol | ||
Barcelona leads with 30 points after beating Alaves 6–1. Atlético Madrid won 2–0 at Levante, Athletic Bilbao beat Real Sociedad 2–1, Real Madrid won 3–0 at Racing Santander and Valencia won 1–0 at Elche. The Guardian’s 2 November report listed Deportivo–Osasuna for that evening.
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Kylian Mbappé scores twice, including an 87th-minute winner that is his 100th Madrid goal, as Barcelona suffer their first league defeat.
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Julián Álvarez’s first league goal of the season gives Atlético a sixth straight win, taking the club to 25 points in second place.
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