Valencia joined Villarreal at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday after coming from behind to crush Deportivo La Coruna, 4-2 in an entertaining game at the Mestalla.
Two goals from David Villa and one each from Juan Mata and Joaquin did the damage for Los Che after Emiliano Moretti had gifted the visitors an early lead with an own goal.
A late strike from Angel Lafita then gave the scoreline a slightly flattering look for Deportivo.
Luis Fabiano’s brilliant free-kick earned Sevilla a deserved 1-0 win from their trip to fellow high-flyers Atletico Madrid.
The Br azilian striker’s curling first-half effort proved the difference between the two sides and allowed Sevilla to climb to fourth in the table.
Alvaro Negredo scored deep into injury time to give Almeria a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Recreativo Huelva.
The striker slotted home in the fourth minute of added time after Albert Crusat’s shot rebounded off a post, handing the hosts a much-needed win.
Getafe also claimed a dramatic late 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao thanks to a stunning strike from midfielder Javier Casquero.
Casquero picked the ball up near the halfway line and pushed into Athletic’s half before lobbing Gorka Iraizoz from 30 yards with a superb left-footed chip to give Victor Munoz’s side their first win since the opening day of the season.
The midfielder was not the only hero for Getafe though, as goalkeeper Jacobo Sanz was in inspired form to shut out an Athletic team that dominated the game.
Pierre Webo’s late strike gave Mallorca an impressive 2-1 win at Racing Santander to move it up to 10th place in the Primera Liga after five games.
Ivan Marcano gave Racing the lead after 22 minutes, but Fernando Varela equalized for Mallorca on the stroke of halftime and Webo popped up with the winner four minutes from time.
Malaga finally bagged its first goals of the Primera Liga season to climb out of the bottom three with a 2-1 victory over Real Valladolid.
The home side had failed to score in 360 minutes of top-flight football since winning promotion last season, but broke their duck when Manuel Lolo put them ahead.
Adrian Lopez then doubled his side’s lead 10 minutes into the second half, although they were forced to endure a nervous end to the game when Pedro Leon pulled one back for the visitors in the 65th minute.
And Numancia and Osasuna shared the points in a lackluster goal-less draw at Los Pajaritos.
Neither side looked like scoring and Numancia finished the game with 10 men following the late dismissal of Juan Carlos Moreno.