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Real Sociedad climbed to sixth in La Liga after defeating Sporting Gijon 3-1 at the Anoeta Stadium on Monday night.
The victory sees La Real jump above Eibar and Athletic Bilbao in the standings as they battle for a place in Europe next term.
Sociedad controlled the match for the majority of the game, only allowing their relegation-threatened opponent a consolation goal in the final minutes.
Here is the latest table from Spain's top division:
Latest La Liga Standings | |||||||
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Points |
1 | Real Madrid | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 72 |
2 | Barcelona | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 69 |
3 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 62 |
4 | Sevilla | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 61 |
5 | Villarreal | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 54 |
6 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 52 |
7 | Eibar | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 50 |
8 | Athletic Bilbao | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
9 | Espanyol | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 46 |
10 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 41 |
11 | Alaves | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 40 |
12 | Valencia | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 39 |
13 | Las Palmas | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 38 |
14 | Malaga | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 33 |
15 | Real Betis | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 31 |
16 | Deportivo La Coruna | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -17 | 28 |
17 | Leganes | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -22 | 27 |
18 | Sporting Gijon | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -29 | 22 |
19 | Granada | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -38 | 20 |
20 | Osasuna | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | -38 | 17 |
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