Half of La Liga teams are in relegation fight with two rounds left
With the La Liga title clinched by Barcelona and Champions League berths decided, the remaining drama is in a multi-team fight to avoid relegation. Last-placed Real Oviedo is already doomed. With just six points left in play, only five points separate Rayo Vallecano in 10th place from Mallorca and Levante in 18th and 19th and in the relegation zone.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With the La Liga title clinched by Barcelona and Champions League berths decided , the remaining drama is in a multi-team fight to avoid relegation. Last-placed Real Oviedo is already doomed. But, incredibly, no other team in the entire bottom half of the 20-team league is mathematically saved from relegation with two rounds left.
Two other teams will also go down. With just six points left in play, only five points separate Rayo Vallecano in 10th place from Mallorca and Levante in 18th and 19th and in the relegation zone. All the games of Round 37 will be played simultaneously on Sunday.
Key matches The biggest survival contest of the day will be Mallorca’s visit to Levante. A victory will likely lift the winner out of the drop zone, while a defeat will keep the loser in danger before next weekend’s final round. Elche is level on points with Mallorca and Levante and it hosts an already saved Getafe.
Alaves, in 16th and just one point above the drop, visits the relegated Oviedo, while Girona, also one point above the drop, is at Atletico Madrid. Osasuna and Espanyol, in 13th and 14th, clash in Pamplona with both just three points above the relegation zone. Sevilla, up in 12th but still only four points from the drop, hosts Real Madrid.