Real Madrid returned to the top of LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26 after rescuing a 2-2 draw in Elche, in a match with a vibrant and controversial ending in Alicante. The home team led twice in the second half thanks to goals from Aleix Febas and Álvaro Rodríguez in the 53rd and 84th minutes.
**Dean Huijsen**, in the 78th minute, scored the 1-1 and **Jude Bellingham**, in the 86th minute, sealed the definitive draw, in an action preceded by a foul by **Vinicius** on **Iñaki Peña** overlooked by Hernández Maeso and Melero López (VAR).
With the draw, Real Madrid maintains the lead in LaLiga with 32 points, now with only one advantage over FC Barcelona. The 'Merengue' advantage reached 5 points on matchday 11, but the draws against Rayo and Elche, along with Barça's victories against Celta and Athletic, have set the title race ablaze once again.
Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid, for their part, also won on matchday 13 and remain close to Barça and Madrid, now with 29 and 28 points, respectively. Betis remains fifth, now further away from the 'rojiblancos' with 21 points.
LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26 Standings - Matchday 13
| Pos. | Club | PJ | PTS | DG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | Real Madrid | 13 | 32 | 16 |
| 2️⃣ | FC Barcelona | 13 | 31 | 21 |
| 3️⃣ | Villarreal | 13 | 29 | 15 |
| 4️⃣ | Atlético | 13 | 28 | 14 |
| 5️⃣ | Betis | 13 | 21 | 6 |
| 6️⃣ | Espanyol | 13 | 21 | 1 |
Barça Celebrated Their Return to Spotify Camp Nou in Style
On Saturday, Barça had temporarily regained the lead thanks to a thrashing against Athletic Club (4-0). On their return to the Spotify Camp Nou, the Catalans scored at strategic moments, before and at the end of each half to reach 31 points, one less than Real Madrid.
909 days after the last match at Camp Nou, Barça resolved the game with goals from Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres (brace), and Fermín López. Lamine Yamal, for his part, provided two assists at the end of the first and second halves, both capitalized by the 'Shark'.
Barça's victory corresponded with the formality of the match. Athletic was dominated from start to finish and, in 4 minutes, was already losing with a goal from **Lewandowski** after a good finish from the '9' and an error in the Basques' exit. **Ferran**, just before halftime, took advantage of an assist from **Lamine** with the outside of his left foot to beat Unai Simón in a one-on-one.
Fermín, in the 49th minute, scored the third goal, taking advantage of another error in the visitors' exit and an excellent through ball from Eric García. Then, in the 90th minute, Lamine orchestrated a great play in midfield, leaving four rivals behind before making a pass that again left Ferran alone against Simón. VAR validated the '7's' position, who now takes sole leadership of the team with 9 goals.
This is how the rest of LaLiga matchday 13 unfolded
Matchday 13 of LaLiga began on Friday with Valencia's narrow victory at home against Levante (1-0). Celta achieved the same result on their visit to Barça's next opponent, Alavés (0-1). On Saturday, at the close of the day, Osasuna fell in Pamplona to Real Sociedad (1-3), while Villarreal defeated Mallorca (2-1).
On Sunday, before the Elche-Real Madrid match, Oviedo and Rayo played to a goalless draw. Afterwards, Betis did the same at La Cartuja against Girona (1-1) and Atlético struggled to defeat Getafe (0-1). An own goal by Domingos Duarte gave the 'colchoneros' the victory on a matchday that concludes on Monday with Espanyol 2-1 Sevilla.
All the results of the matchday
- Valencia 1-0 Levante (Friday)
- Alavés 0-1 Celta (Saturday)
- Barcelona 4-0 Athletic (Saturday)
- Osasuna 1-3 Real Sociedad (Saturday)
- Villarreal 2-1 Mallorca (Saturday)
- Oviedo 0-0 Rayo (Sunday)
- Betis 1-1 Girona (Sunday)
- Getafe 0-1 Atlético (Sunday)
- Elche 2-2 Real Madrid (Sunday)
- Espanyol 2-1 Sevilla (Monday)