Primera Liga round-up

Villa: At the double for Valencia

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Almeria 0 Sevilla 1
Athletic Bilbao 0 Barcelona 1
Malaga 2 Getafe 1
Racing Santander 0 Deportivo La Coruna 0
Real Betis 3 Mallorca 0
Sporting Gijon 2 Osasuna 1
Valencia 4 Numancia 0
Valladolid 1 Recreativo Huelva 1

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  • Osasuna
  • Racing Santander
  • Real Betis
  • Real Mallorca
  • Sevilla
  • Sporting Gijon
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Valencia marched to the summit of the Primera Division table as they crushed sorry Numancia on Sunday.

Unai Emery's Valencia triumphed 4-0 over Numancia to capitalise on Villarreal's goalless draw with Espanyol 24 hours earlier.

Two goals from David Villa sandwiched strikes from Juan Mata and Vicente Rodríguez as Numancia slipped to the bottom of the division.

Barcelona saw off Athletic Bilbao 1-0 to make it five consecutive league victories.

Samuel Eto'o grabbed the encounter's decisive goal on 63 minutes, smashing home with aplomb after he was assisted by Thierry Henry's silky run and through ball.

Sevilla kept their unbeaten start to the season intact and climbed into second as they defeated Almeria at Mediterraneo Stadium.

Adriano was the hero for the visitors when his thumping drive founds its way past goalkeeper Diego in the 52nd minute.

Real Betis secured their first three points of the season as they overcame Real Mallorca 3-0 at Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera.

Tamia opened the scoring after just two minutes before goals from Mariano Pavone and Achille Emana secured the success.

Malaga rose up the rankings to seventh after they ran out 2-1 winners over Getafe.

Roberto Soldado handed Getafe the advantage but Malaga turned the game on its headed via goals from Nabil Baha and Duda.

Sporting Gijon made it back-to-back victories as they recorded a 2-1 win over Osasuna.

Gonzalez Carmelo got Manuel Preciado Rebolledo's charges up and running and, while Osasuna hit back through Santiago Ezquerro, Mate Billic's conversion from the penalty spot proved decisive.

Real Valladolid avoided a third straight loss as they dug deep for a late draw against Recreativo Huelva.

Marco Ruben broke the deadlock but Manuel Victor restored parity in the 90th minute to ensure the sides went away with a point apiece.

Elsewhere, Racing Santander, who had Peter Luccin dismissed in the latter stages, recorded a 0-0 stalemate against Deportivo La Coruna.