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Real Sociedad continued their bid to finish the 2016-17 La Liga season inside the top four with another win on Friday, as the Basques battled to a 2-1 triumph at Espanyol.
The in-form Catalans gave La Real quite the contest, but goals from Carlos Vela and Asier Illarramendi secured the win. Hernan Perez scored a wonderful goal for the hosts.
Here's a look at the latest standings following Friday's result:
| La Liga Standings | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 46 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 45 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 43 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 41 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 39 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 35 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 32 |
| 8 | Espanyol | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 32 |
| 9 | Eibar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 32 |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Alaves | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Malaga | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Valencia | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 40 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Deportivo La Coruna | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Leganes | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 18 |
| 18 | Sporting Gijon | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 43 | -21 | 13 |
| 19 | Granada | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 44 | -27 | 13 |
| 20 | Osasuna | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 10 |
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