Football Weekend Recap

 La Liga

26 goals were scored in the Spanish top flight this past weekend as we are approaching the business end of the season, with only ten games remaining. Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and, Real Madrid all won their games this past weekend, as the title race drags on. Barcelona got the biggest win of the three, beating Real Sociedad 6-1 at the Anoeta with Lionel Messi and American right-back Sergino Dest both scoring braces in a big win for the Blaugrana. Atletico Madrid kept their four-point lead at the summit of the league table, beating Alaves 1-0 at home. Luis Suarez scored the only goal of the game, which was his 500th career goal, a milestone for the Uruguayan. Real Madrid went away to Celta Vigo and, got a 3-1 win thanks to Karim Benzema, who scored two goals. As well as Marco Asensio, who continued off his cameo performance in the Champions League from mid-week. In the relegation dogfight, everybody failed to win their games to get some breathing space. Cadiz lost 2-1 away at Villarreal, leaving them six points above the drop zone. Getafe and Elche played out a 1-1 draw which was better for Getafe as they sit above Elche, who are very close to the relegation places. Eibar played out a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao as the Basque club has won only four times this season. Nabil Fekir and Juanmi scored in Real Betis' 2-1 win over Levante, going level on points with Real Sociedad. However, they are ten points behind Sevilla, who played out a 1-1 draw with Real Valladolid. Valencia beat Granada 2-1 at the Mestalla while Huesca failed to beat Osasuna as the game ended goalless, keeping Huesca at the foot of the league table.

Bundesliga

30 goals were scored in the Bundesliga this past weekend with five teams being able to keep clean sheets. The biggest result of the weekend would have to be Hertha's 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. Despite Leverkusen's abundance of possession and having about the same number of shots as Hertha, Hertha was more efficient with their chances, earning them a big win for their survival chances this season. FC Koln managed to get a point against Borussia Dortmund in a 2-2 draw, with Eerling Haaland, who scored twice for Dortmund, quickly tossing his shirt and walked off the pitch following the final whistle. Robert Glatzel and Dominik Kohr scored for Mainz as they won 2-1 against Hoffenheim, putting them above the drop zone by just a point. Gladbach managed to get their first win since January, beating Schalke 3-0 at the Veltins-Arena. This ended a barren spell of seven games without a win. RB Leipzig scrapped a 1-0 win over Arminia Biefeld before Bayern's game against Stuttgart. Bayern beat Stuttgart 4-0 with Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat-trick. That was a big response from Bayern following an early red card from Alphonso Davies. Andre Silva scored a brace following Frankfurt's 5-2 win over Union Berlin, taking his goal tally to 21. Freiburg beat Augsbrug while Wolfsburg beat Werder Bremen 2-1.

Serie A

23 goals were scored in Serie A this past weekend from nine games played. Inter Milan was not in action this past weekend but were winners without kicking a ball as their rivals failed to build ground on them. One of those teams was Juventus, as they lost 1-0 at home. Adolfo Gaich scored the only goal in the 69th minute to pull off a shock win, inflicting Juve's fourth defeat of the season. Ten points behind Inter Milan. Fiorentina and AC Milan played out a five-goal thriller with the Rossoneri coming out on top with the 3-2 win. Goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Brahim Diaz and Hakan Calhanoglu kept Milan just six points behind Inter. Atalanta remains fourth but is now level on points with Juventus, following their 2-0 win over Verona. A brace from Dries Mertens gave Napoli a 2-0 win over Champions League hopefuls Roma, which puts Napoli above Roma with a game in hand. Lazio kept their slim chances of getting Champions League football alive with a narrow 1-0 win over Udinese. Torino edge closer to the relegation zone after losing 1-0 to Sampdoria but have a game in hand over Cagliari, who lost 2-1 to Spezia. This puts Cagliari 18th in the league table with 22 points. One point behind Torino. Bologna beat bottom of the table side Crotone 3-2 while Parma lost 2-1 to Genoa.