{"id":57945,"date":"2025-10-05T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/laliga-standings-25-26-j8-barcelona-loses-the-lead_314949_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:19:29","slug":"laliga-standings-25-26-j8-barcelona-loses-the-lead_314949_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/laliga-standings-25-26-j8-barcelona-loses-the-lead_314949_102.html","title":{"rendered":"LaLiga Standings 25\/26 J8: Bar\u00e7a Lets Leadership Slip Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s defeat in Seville (4-1) allowed Real Madrid to maintain their LaLiga lead on matchday 8. The &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217; go into the break in second place, 2 points behind &#8216;los blancos&#8217;.<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> was unable to maintain its lead in <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/football-soccer\/laliga.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"LaLiga\">LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26<\/a> on matchday 8. On Sunday, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/barcelona-thrashed-in-seville-and-loses-laliga-lead_314947_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/barcelona-cae-goleado-sevilla-pierde-liderato-laliga-4-1_314947_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/barcelona-thrashed-in-seville-and-loses-laliga-lead_314947_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Barcelona Thrashed in Seville and Loses LaLiga Lead (4-1)\">the team led by Hansi Flick suffered a heavy defeat on their visit to Sevilla (4-1)<\/a>, in a match to forget for the Bar\u00e7a side at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n.<\/p>  <p>The &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217; had regained the top spot in the standings in the previous matchday, taking advantage of Real Madrid&#8217;s resounding defeat against Atl\u00e9tico (5-2) and their narrow victory against Real Sociedad (2-1). However, the &#8216;merengues&#8217; recovered this weekend by <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/real-madrid-1-0-villarreal-vinicius-and-mbappe-goalscorers_314937_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/real-madrid-1-0-villarreal-vinicius-mbappe-resuelven-otra-victoria-merengue_314937_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/real-madrid-1-0-villarreal-vinicius-and-mbappe-goalscorers_314937_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal: Vinicius and Mbapp\u00e9 secure another 'merengue' victory\">defeating Villarreal (3-1)<\/a>.<\/p>  <p>This result, along with Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s defeat in Nervi\u00f3n, puts <strong>the &#8216;Casa Blanca&#8217; back in the lead with 21 points<\/strong>, a couple more than the Catalans (19). The &#8216;Yellow Submarine&#8217;, despite the defeat at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u, remains third with 16 points.&nbsp;<\/p>  <h2>LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26 standings on matchday 8<\/h2>  <table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:100%;\"> <thead><tr> <th scope=\"col\">Pos.<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">Club<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">MP<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">PTS<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">GD<\/th> \t\t<\/tr><\/thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">1\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Real Madrid<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">21<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">10<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">2\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">FC Barcelona<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">19<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">13<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">3\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Villarreal<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">16<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">6<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">4\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Betis<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">15<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">5\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Atl\u00e9tico<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">13<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">6\ufe0f\u20e3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sevilla<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">13<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/td> \t\t<\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <ul> <li> <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga-classification.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga-clasificacion.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga-classification.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"LaLiga - Standings\">Check the complete standings table at FCBN<\/a>.<\/li> <\/ul> <h2>Tough defeat for Bar\u00e7a in Seville: goodbye to the undefeated streak and no leadership<\/h2>  <div class=\"media media-image\" data-ck-asset-wrapper=\"\"> <div class=\"media-item\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barcelona thrashed in Seville and loses the LaLiga lead (4-1)\" data-id=\"1525419\" data-resize=\"9\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/fcbn-bd23a4336d8dc5bd1ba19a5b422ea298.webp\" title=\"Barcelona thrashed in Seville and loses the LaLiga lead (4-1)\" width=\"1000\"><div class=\"media-title\">Barcelona thrashed in Seville and loses the LaLiga lead (4-1)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>  <p>For Bar\u00e7a, the visit to the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n was a real nightmare. The &#8220;cul\u00e9s&#8221; hadn&#8217;t lost at the Sevillian stadium since 2015, but on Sunday they didn&#8217;t complete a good first half in a match that featured a very poor performance by referee Alejandro Mu\u00f1iz Ruiz.<\/p>  <p>The Galician referee tipped the balance in favor of the Andalusians by whistling <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/controversial-penalty-by-ronald-araujo-in-sevilla-barcelona-match_314944_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/suma-sigue-polemico-penalti-ronald-araujo-sevilla-barcelona_314944_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/controversial-penalty-by-ronald-araujo-in-sevilla-barcelona-match_314944_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Suma y sigue: Pol\u00e9mico penalti de Ronald Araujo en el Sevilla-Bar\u00e7a\">a very dubious penalty by Ronald Araujo on Isaac Romero<\/a> in the 11th minute. Ex-Bar\u00e7a player <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/reunion-with-alexis-sanchez-at-sevilla-fc-barcelona_314931_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/alexis-sanchez-sevilla-fc-barcelona-2025_314931_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/reunion-with-alexis-sanchez-at-sevilla-fc-barcelona_314931_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sevilla-Barcelona: reencuentro con Alexis S\u00e1nchez en el Pizju\u00e1n\">Alexis S\u00e1nchez<\/a> was in charge of kicking, sealing the 1-0 in the 13th minute. Then, in the 36th minute, Romero himself made it 2-0 for the locals, in another action preceded by <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/controversial-foul-on-kounde-in-the-2-0-of-sevilla-barcelona_314945_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/falta-kounde-segundo-gol-sevilla-barca_314945_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/controversial-foul-on-kounde-in-the-2-0-of-sevilla-barcelona_314945_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sevilla-Barcelona: Falta clara a Kound\u00e9 previo al 2-0\">a foul by Suazo on Kound\u00e9<\/a> that was not sanctioned.<\/p>  <p>Bar\u00e7a, against the ropes, scored in the 45+7&#8242; with <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/1st-goal-in-laliga-rashford-revitalized-barcelona-against-sevilla_314946_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/primer-gol-laliga-rashford-desconto-barcelona-sevilla_314946_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/1st-goal-in-laliga-rashford-revitalized-barcelona-against-sevilla_314946_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\u00a1Primer gol de Rashford en LaLiga! N\u00famerazos del 14 del Bar\u00e7a\">a great goal by Marcus Rashford<\/a> and, in the 75th minute, had an unbeatable opportunity to equalize the score. Januzaj ran over Balde inside the area, but <strong>Robert Lewandowski missed the penalty<\/strong>, with a right-footed shot that went wide of the post.<\/p>  <p><strong>Roony Bardghji<\/strong> also had two clear chances in the final stretch, both neutralized by Vlachodimos after the Swede&#8217;s finishes were too straightforward. In the 90th minute, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Carmona<\/strong> sealed the match with a lethal counterattack from Sevilla. To make matters worse, <strong>Akor Adams<\/strong> made it four in the 90+6th minute, with Barcelona completely broken in defense.<\/p>  <h2>Real Madrid did their homework against Villarreal with an arbitration &#8216;push&#8217;<\/h2>  <div class=\"media media-image\" data-ck-asset-wrapper=\"\"> <div class=\"media-item\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vinicius Jr. celebrating one of his goals against Villarreal (3-1)\" data-id=\"1525208\" data-resize=\"9\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/fcbn-5bcc08b995e62d9306409a3a99aa2847.webp\" title=\"Vinicius Jr. celebrating one of his goals against Villarreal (3-1)\" width=\"1000\"><div class=\"media-title\">Vinicius Jr. celebrating one of his goals against Villarreal (3-1)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>  <p>Real Madrid returned to winning ways in the tournament on Saturday with a home victory against Villarreal (3-1), thanks to goals from <strong>Vinicius Jr.<\/strong> (brace) and <strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>, as well as favors from the main referee <strong>Guillermo Cuadra Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>. The Balearic referee did his thing, with a penalty for &#8216;Los Blancos&#8217; and a red card for their opponent.<\/p>  <p>The match ended goalless in the first half, but began to tilt to the &#8216;merengue&#8217; side in the 49th minute. A shot by Vini, breaking down the left, deflected off Comesa\u00f1a to surprise <strong>Arnau Tenas<\/strong>. Then, in the 70th minute, the Brazilian extended the lead by scoring a penalty that he himself had provoked.<\/p>  <p>Villarreal pulled one back in the 73rd minute with a great goal from <strong>Georges Mikautadze<\/strong>, but the sending off of <strong>Santiago Mouri\u00f1o<\/strong> in the 77th minute left the &#8216;Yellow Submarine&#8217; very exposed at the back. The defender was already on a yellow card and Cuadra Fern\u00e1ndez ended up showing him the second yellow for a slight foul. In the 80th minute, Mbapp\u00e9 sealed the match after a good one-two with <strong>Brahim D\u00edaz<\/strong>.<\/p>  <h2>More matches from matchday 8 of LaLiga<\/h2>  <p>Thus, Real Madrid has 21 points, a couple more than FC Barcelona, after eight full rounds. <strong>Athletic<\/strong>, meanwhile, also climbed positions thanks to its victory against <strong>Mallorca<\/strong> (2-1).<\/p>  <p>On Saturday, <strong>Levante<\/strong> (0-2 in Oviedo) and <strong>Girona<\/strong> (2-1 against Valencia) also won. <strong>For M\u00edchel&#8217;s team, it was the first victory of the season<\/strong>, a result that allows them to leave the bottom of the table.<\/p>  <p>On Sunday, in addition to <strong>Sevilla-Bar\u00e7a<\/strong>, Alav\u00e9s-Elche was also played early, resulting in a 3-1 victory for Vitoria. Later on, <strong>Espanyol-Betis<\/strong> was played, a dramatic match that ended with a 2-1 comeback for the Betis and a missed penalty in stoppage time.<\/p>  <p>In San Sebasti\u00e1n, <strong>Real Sociedad-Rayo<\/strong> earned the Madrid side three points, while the San Sebasti\u00e1n side dropped to 19th in the standings. <strong>Celta-Atl\u00e9tico (1-1)<\/strong>&nbsp;closes Matchday 8. LaLiga will resume the weekend of October 17-19, following the international break.<\/p>  <h2>All the results from matchday 8 of LaLiga<\/h2>  <ol> <li>Osasuna 2-1 Getafe<\/li> \t<li>Real Oviedo 0-2 Levante<\/li> \t<li>Girona 2-1 Valencia<\/li> \t<li>Athletic 2-1 Mallorca<\/li> \t<li>Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal<\/li> \t<li>Alav\u00e9s 3-1 Elche<\/li> \t<li><strong>Sevilla 4-1 FC Barcelona<\/strong><\/li> \t<li>Espanyol 1-2 Betis<\/li> \t<li>Real Sociedad 0-1 Rayo<\/li> \t<li>Celta 1-1 Atl\u00e9tico<\/li> <\/ol> <p><u><strong>Recommended links:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>  <ul> <li><a data-external=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/estadisticas-fc-barcelona-2025-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"FC Barcelona Statistics in the 2025\/26 season\">FC Barcelona Statistics in the 2025\/26 season<\/a><\/li> \t<li><a data-external=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/estadisticas-fc-barcelona-laliga-2025-26.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"FC Barcelona Statistics in LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26\">FC Barcelona Statistics in LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26<\/a><\/li> \t<li><strong><a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona-squad.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/jugadores-fcbarcelona.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona-squad.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"FC Barcelona Squad 2025-26\">FC Barcelona Squad &#8211; 2025\/26 Season<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s defeat in Seville (4-1) allowed Real Madrid to maintain their LaLiga lead on matchday 8. The &#8216;cul\u00e9s&#8217; go into the break in second place, 2 points behind &#8216;los blancos&#8217;. FC Barcelona was unable to maintain its lead in LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26 on matchday 8. On Sunday, the team led by Hansi Flick suffered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":57948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[448,114],"tags":[260,157],"class_list":["post-57945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga-2","category-laliga","tag-classification","tag-statistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LaLiga Standings 25\/26 J8: Bar\u00e7a loses the lead<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bar\u00e7a&#039;s defeat in Seville (4-1) allowed Real Madrid to maintain their LaLiga lead on matchday 8. 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