Real Madrid held by Cadiz; Sevilla and Rayo win in La Liga

Real Madrid were held to a 00 draw at home by struggling Cadiz in the surprise of the weekend in La Liga In a late Sunday game Real Madrid peppered the Cadiz goal with over 30 shots during the game nine of which were on target but they were denied by a series of fine saves from Cadiz goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma and a dogged defensive displayDespite several cases of Covid19 in the squad Carlo Ancelotti fielded a stronglooking side with Marcos Asensio and Luka Modric the only regular firstteam starters who were sidelinedEden Hazard was given a rare start and produced an irregular performance while Casemiro was lucky to stay on the pitch for a dreadful challenge on Ivi which means he will miss the visit to Bilbao on December 22Sevilla moved to within six points of Real Madrid thanks to a late goal from Lucas Ocampos that gave them a 21 win at home to Atletico Madrid Xinhua reports Ivan Rakitics powerful shot gave Sevilla and early lead although Felipe equalised before halftime with a header from a cornerAtletico improved after the break but when they were looking good value for a point Ocampos won the game for Sevilla with just three minutes to goBetis remain third but slip to four points behind their neighbours after losing a thrilling game 32 away to Athletic Bilbao who ended an eightgame run without a winThe home side took a secondminute lead through Inaki Williams but Juanmi cancelled that out five minutes later and when Nabil Fekir put Betis ahead six minutes after the break with Betis controlling much of the ball it looked as if the visitors were on the way to their fifth consecutive winHowever Williams second goal of the game with a thumping leftfoot shot in the 71st minute got Athletic level and Oscar De Marcos deflected lastminute shot won them the gameIt was youth to the fore for FC Barcelona who beat Elche 32 with goals from debuting Bteamer Ferran Jutgla 17yearold Gavi and 19yearold Nico GonzalezBarca went 20 ahead through Ferran and Gavi but suffered their usual secondhalf dip and Elche drew level with two goals in two minutes from substitutes Tete Moriente and Pere Milla before Nicos clinical winnerRayo Vallecano move to fourth after an easy 20 win at home to Alaves thanks to firsthalf goals from Sergi Guardiola and CatenaRayo have taken 25 points in their Vallecas Stadium while the defeat ends a miserable week for Alaves who were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by lower league Linares on December 14Real Sociedads league campaign continues to fall apart as they suffered their fourth defeat in five matches in the Anoeta Stadium going down 31 to VillarrealThe game was level at the break after Gerard Moreno cancelled out Alexander Isaks opener for Real Sociedad however everything changed when Mikel Oyarzabal was sent off for a bad challenge on Yeremy PinoMoreno headed Villarreal ahead from a corner in the 68th minute and Samuel Chukwueze rounded off a good day for the visitors with a goal on the break in the sixth minute of injury timeDario Povedas 92ndminute header gave Getafe a dramatic 10 win at home to Osasuna in a game of few chances The win lifts Getafe out of the bottom three with Alaves dropping into the relegation zoneFinally 39yearold Jorge Molina scored a hattrick as Granada recovered from their midweek Copa del Rey defeat to fourthtier Atletico Mancha Real with a 41 win at home to MallorcaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever