La Liga matchday 6: Levante beat ten-man Athletic to complete the round, Barcelona's 7–2 and Raphinha's hat-trick

Matchday 6 is complete seven weeks after it began. On Wednesday night Levante beat Athletic Club 3–1 in the match postponed in September, Roger Brugué scoring twice in two minutes and Aymeric Laporte sent off. The other nine were played in September: Barcelona beat Racing Santander 7–2 with a hat-trick from Raphinha, Atlético Madrid put four past Osasuna, and Real Madrid won 3–2 at Elche with Carlos Espí's goal on 90. The ten matches brought 32 goals and four red cards; five were home wins, four away wins and one a draw.

Wednesday night

Levante 3–1 Athletic Club was 2–0 after 22 minutes. Brugué scored on 20 from Daniel Requena's pass and again on 22. Álex Berenguer pulled one back for Athletic with a penalty on 67, confirmed by VAR, and Laporte was sent off on 73; EFE reports a straight red for bringing down Requena as he ran clear on goal. Karl Etta Eyong, on as a substitute, made it 3–1 on 90+8. Athletic had 62 per cent of the ball and 21 shots but four on target; Levante put seven of twelve on target. EFE notes it is Levante's first win since 29 August, and that the original fixture, on 16 September, was called off after a downpour minutes before kick-off.

The September matches

Real Sociedad 0–0 Celta Vigo was played early, on 3 September. Real Sociedad had 16 shots, five on target, and eleven corners; Celta Vigo had two shots on target.

Rayo Vallecano 2–1 Espanyol: García scored for Rayo Vallecano on 3, and set up Pedrosa on 26. Roberto Fernández pulled one back for Espanyol on 54 from Hernández's pass, and Omar El Hilali was sent off for a handball on 90+8. Espanyol had 19 shots to Rayo's 16 and five on target to their two.

Alavés 0–1 Valencia was decided on 78 by Luis Rioja, from Javi Guerra's pass; VAR had cancelled an Arnaut Danjuma goal for Valencia on 18. Alavés had 15 shots and three on target.

Elche 2–3 Real Madrid turned late. Elche's goalkeeper Matías Dituro was credited with an own goal on 25, and Kylian Mbappé made it 2–0 on 33 from Yan Diomande's pass. Osorio, from Lucas Cepeda, and Niño, from Josan, levelled on 71 and 83, and Espí won it on 90 from Mbappé. Madrid had 20 shots, four of them on target, to Elche's eleven.

Atlético Madrid 4–0 Osasuna: Jonathan David scored on 24 and set up Lee Kang-in on 54, Robin Le Normand made it three on 63 and Álex Baena four on 82 from Johnny Cardoso's pass. Atlético had 27 shots, eleven on target; Osasuna had three, one on target.

Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 Sevilla: Sierra scored for Sevilla on 52, and Angeliño was sent off on 59 after VAR upgraded his card. Sevilla put six of eleven shots on target; Deportivo La Coruña had four shots.

Barcelona 7–2 Racing Santander had nine goals and a missed penalty. João Cancelo scored on 8 from Lamine Yamal's pass and Raphinha from the spot on 25. Gueye replied for Racing on 30 from Villalibre, who then put the ball into his own net on 36. Raphinha scored again on 42 from Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal's penalty on 45 was missed, and Zabiri made it 4–2 on 65. Raphinha completed his hat-trick with a second penalty on 67, Gabriel Jesus scored on 79 from Lamine Yamal, and Lamine Yamal himself on 89 from Karim Adeyemi. Barcelona had 30 shots and 18 corners.

Real Betis 1–0 Getafe: Abdessamad Ezzalzouli scored on 45 from Troy Parrott's pass, confirmed by VAR, and Mario Martín was sent off on 87 for a second yellow card. Real Betis had 75 per cent of the ball and 22 shots, eight on target; Getafe had two on target.

Málaga 1–3 Villarreal: Dotor put Málaga ahead on 12 from Cruz's pass. Alberto Moleiro equalised for Villarreal on 40 from Ilias Akhomach, Pape Gueye scored on 45 from Ayoze Pérez, and Gueye added a penalty on 86. Villarreal had 16 shots, seven on target, to Málaga's five.

The table

With matchday 6 complete, every club has played nine matches except Athletic Club and Rayo Vallecano, whose matchday 8 meeting was abandoned. Barcelona have won all nine and lead on 27 points, five ahead of Atlético Madrid; Real Madrid are third on 21 and Real Betis fourth on 19. Levante's win takes them to 10 points and eleventh; Athletic stay on nine. Málaga, with four points, are bottom and still without a win, behind Valencia on six and Elche on seven.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona	9	9	0	0	+30	27
2	Atlético Madrid	9	7	1	1	+11	22
3	Real Madrid	9	7	0	2	+14	21
4	Real Betis	9	6	1	2	+2	19
5	Real Sociedad	9	5	1	3	0	16
6	Sevilla	9	4	2	3	−2	14
7	Alavés	9	3	2	4	+3	11
8	Celta Vigo	9	2	5	2	+3	11
9	Deportivo La Coruña	9	2	5	2	+1	11
10	Osasuna	9	3	2	4	−8	11
11	Levante	9	2	4	3	−2	10
12	Villarreal	9	2	3	4	0	9
13	Athletic Club	8	2	3	3	−1	9
14	Rayo Vallecano	8	2	3	3	−5	9
15	Getafe	9	2	3	4	−6	9
16	Espanyol	9	2	2	5	−1	8
17	Racing Santander	9	2	2	5	−12	8
18	Elche	9	1	4	4	−6	7
19	Valencia	9	1	3	5	−9	6
20	Málaga	9	0	4	5	−12	4

Numbers to know

• 32 goals in ten matches, nine of them at Camp Nou.
• Raphinha scored three, two of them penalties; he now leads the league's scorers with twelve, three more than Mbappé.
• Five penalties awarded and four scored; Lamine Yamal's was the one missed.
• Four red cards: El Hilali, Angeliño, Mario Martín and Laporte.
• Two own goals, by Dituro at Elche and Villalibre at Camp Nou.

Next up

Matchday 10 starts on Friday 23 October with Alavés v Málaga at 19:00 UTC. On Saturday Valencia host Villarreal at 16:30 UTC and Atlético Madrid play Deportivo La Coruña at 19:00 UTC; on Sunday Real Sociedad v Levante is at 17:30 UTC, and Barcelona v Real Madrid at 20:00 UTC. The round ends on Monday 26 October with Sevilla v Osasuna at 20:00 UTC. Every match is on the La Liga page.

Sources for the context: EFE via Unitel.