La Liga s latest points report: Valencia wins the relegation battle, Real Madrid leads Barcelona by 3 points

In the early morning of November 22, the 13th round of the 2025-26 La Liga season kicked off. Today, the first game was held. Valencia sat at the Mestalla Stadium and started a relegation battle with Levante. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Valencia beat Levante 1:0 at home.

Before today's game, Valencia ranked fourth from the bottom with 10 points, and Levante ranked second from the bottom with 9 points. Today's battle can be called a "relegation battle". Both teams are in urgent need of 3 points to climb up. Only 6 minutes into the game, Levante almost scored. Levante launched an attack with a long pass from the backcourt. Alvarez stepped in at high speed and unloaded the ball to the right side. Tollian followed up and passed back to the middle. Orio, who followed up in the back row, received the ball and broke into the penalty area to get a great opportunity, but he volleyed hard and missed the goal. Five minutes later, Valencia also created a murderous opportunity. Valencia moved a wide range from the left side of the frontcourt to the right side. Correa unloaded the ball from the edge of the penalty area and made a collision with Lopez. Then Correa received the ball and broke into the inverted triangle of the penalty area and passed back to the middle. Bertalan got an excellent opportunity at the front of the small penalty area, but he fell to the ground and swept the ball but goalkeeper Ryan struggled to save the ball.

In the 30th minute, Levante got a good free kick opportunity in front of the top of the arc in the penalty area. Alvarez took the penalty and shot hard. The arc of the ball did not come out, and the ball was blocked by the wall. The side changed sides and Valencia strengthened their attack. Only 5 minutes into the game, Valencia pressed forward from the left. Danjuma received the ball at a 45-degree angle and continued to cut diagonally into the penalty area. The inverted triangle cross was blocked. Danjuma grabbed the ball and made slight adjustments, passing or shooting towards the goal. With a BOOM sound, the ball was blocked by the crossbar.

In the 61st minute, Valencia had a corner kick opportunity on the left. A tactical combination of continuous transfers. Danjuma received the ball in front of the arc of the penalty area and passed the ball over the top. Pepelu grabbed a header from the front of the small penalty area and crossed it to the goal. Tarega competed with Ryan and hit a ball. The ball bounced to the left, and Lopez blocked the ball into the empty goal. After the VAR confirmation, the referee determined that Tarrega had committed a foul when he collided with the goalkeeper, and the goal was disallowed. In the 78th minute, Valencia pressed on the right, Correa stepped in to catch the ball and shook off the defense to pass the ball in front of the goal. Duro carried the two double-teams at the front of the small penalty area and picked the ball to the left. Gaya Ce responded and passed the ball in front of the goal. Duro grabbed the point and volleyed the golden hook with his left foot. The ball went into the net. Valencia beat Levante 1:0.

In terms of standings, in the first 12 rounds, Real Madrid has a 3-point advantage over Barcelona. In this round, Barcelona will play against their strong rival Athletic Bilbao at home, while Real Madrid will play against Elche away. Valencia won the relegation battle with a decisive victory in the final stage today. They temporarily surpassed Mallorca. Osasuna rose to 15th place. Levante, who lost, was still second from last and stuck in the relegation zone.

In terms of the scorer list, Mbappe is very powerful, averaging more than 1 goal per game, ranking first with 13 goals in 12 rounds. Lewandowski and Alvarez tied for second with 7 goals, while Ayon and Muric tied for fourth with 6 goals. Vinicius, Hernandez, Torres and others just made it into the top ten with 5 goals.