Barça slipped into the third spot after a 0-0 draw at the Nou Camp on Saturday when they played hosts to Sevilla. While Barcelona dominated possession, Sevilla’s keeper made some good saves and the Catalans were unable to do any better than take a single point.

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Levante	8	6	2	0	10	3	20
2	Real Madrid	8	6	1	1	28	6	19
3	Barcelona	8	5	3	0	26	4	18
4	Sevilla	8	4	4	0	8	4	16
5	Valencia	8	4	3	1	11	8	15
6	Málaga	8	4	1	3	10	11	13
7	Betis	8	4	0	4	10	13	12
8	Espanyol	8	4	0	4	7	11	12
9	Atlético Madrid	8	2	4	2	9	7	10
10	Osasuna	8	2	4	2	9	15	10
11	Athletic Bilbao	8	2	3	3	11	11	9
12	Mallorca	8	2	3	3	7	9	9
13	Rayo Vallecano	8	2	3	3	8	11	9
14	Zaragoza	8	2	3	3	9	16	9
15	Real Sociedad	8	2	2	4	7	10	8
16	Villarreal	8	1	4	3	7	14	7
17	Getafe	8	1	3	4	6	10	6
18	Granada	8	1	2	5	2	10	5
19	Sporting Gijón	8	1	1	6	5	12	4
20	Racing Santander	8	0	4	4	4	13	4

Real Madrid beat Malaga convincingly 3-0, while Levante continued their winning streak to take the #1 position – the first time they have ever been there in their 103 year history. According to San Antonio Express-News:

The modest club, which has the smallest budget in Spain’s first division, extended its record start to move one point ahead of Real Madrid and two points ahead of defending champion Barcelona.

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The undefeated Levante, which two seasons ago played in the second division, had little trouble adding the lackluster Villarreal to its list of victims that includes Madrid and big-spending Malaga.

Read “Levante top in Spain after beating Villarreal 3-0″ at San Antonio Express-News

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