Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) celebrates with Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic and Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta after scoring a goal during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs UD Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on October 1, 2017. Barcelona’s La Liga match against Las Palmas was played behind closed doors after the Spanish league refused to postpone the match. At least 91 people have been injured in clashes between police and activists in Catalonia over an independence referendum for the region deemed illegal by the Spanish government. / AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN
Spanish La Liga table after Saturday’s early matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Barcelona 10 9 1 0 28 3 28
Valencia 11 8 3 0 30 11 27
Atletico Madrid 11 6 5 0 16 6 23
Real Madrid 10 6 2 2 19 9 20
Sevilla 10 6 1 3 11 9 19
Villarreal 10 5 2 3 16 11 17
Real Betis 11 5 2 4 21 20 17
Leganes 11 5 2 4 9 8 17
Real Sociedad 10 4 2 4 21 20 14
Getafe 11 3 4 4 15 13 13
Espanyol 10 3 4 3 9 12 13
Levante 10 2 6 2 11 13 12
Girona 10 3 3 4 11 15 12
Celta Vigo 10 3 2 5 19 16 11
Athletic Bilbao 10 3 2 5 10 12 11
Deportivo La Coruna 11 3 2 6 13 20 11
Eibar 10 2 2 6 5 22 8
Las Palmas 10 2 0 8 8 25 6
Malaga 10 1 1 8 6 21 4
Alaves 10 1 0 9 4 16 3
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