Espanyol won Villarreal and entrenched on the fifth line in the standings after the 8th round. Examples.

Espanyol - Villarreal 3: 1.

Goals: Perez, 7, Darder, 79, Piatti, 90 + 2 - Ecambi, 45 Espanyol: Lopez - David Lopez, Hermoso, Lopez, Vila - Granero (Melendo, 65), Mark Roca, Darder, Perez (Piatti, 72) - Garcia, Iglesias (Baptistao, 78).

Villarreal: Asenho - Costa, Ruiz (86), Alvaro Gonzalez, Funes Mori - Layun Fornals, Trigeros, Migelon (Raba, 80) - Toko-Ekambi (Bakka, 67), Moreno.

Alerts: David Lopez, Darder - Migelon, Hermoso, Funes Mori.