Titres: La Liga, Barcelona, Leganés, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Lionel Messi, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
Real Madrid is now third in the competition, ten points behind the league leaders, Barcelona. Atlético trails Los Blaugranas by five points after 20 games.

*We are well underway in the second half of the 2018-19 La Liga season. After this weekend's games, Barcelona have been able to maintain their lead over Atlético, but Real Madrid has gotten a bit closer to their bitter rival, since their win against Sevilla has left Los Blancos as the owners of the third spot in the Spanish top flight.

On the other side of the standings, legendary clubs Celta Vigo, Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano seem to be involved in a battle until the very end to keep their spot in the top football league in Spain. Only three points separate these clubs, and their current form helps us hint that the fight to avoid relegation will be extended until Matchday 38.

La Liga - Standings after Matchday 20

Classmt.ÉquipeJGNPBPBCDiffTBForme
1 Real Madrid 31 24 6 1 67 20 +47 78 GGGGN
2 Barcelona 31 21 7 3 62 34 +28 70 GGGGN
3 Girona 31 20 5 6 63 39 +24 65 PGPGP
4 Atlético Madrid 31 19 4 8 59 36 +23 61 GGPPG
5 Athletic Club 31 16 9 6 51 29 +22 57 NPGGN
6 Real Sociedad 31 13 11 7 45 33 +12 50 NGGGP
7 Valencia 31 13 8 10 34 32 +2 47 GGNPG
8 Real Betis 31 11 12 8 38 37 +1 45 GPPPP
9 Villarreal 31 10 9 12 49 54 -5 39 NPGGG
10 Getafe 31 9 12 10 37 43 -6 39 NPGPN
11 Osasuna 31 11 6 14 36 44 -8 39 PGPPG
12 Las Palmas 31 10 7 14 29 35 -6 37 PPPPN
13 Sevilla 31 8 10 13 39 44 -5 34 GGPNG
14 Deportivo Alavés 31 8 8 15 26 38 -12 32 PPPGP
15 Mallorca 31 6 13 12 25 36 -11 31 PNGPG
16 Rayo Vallecano 31 6 13 12 25 38 -13 31 NNGPN
17 Celta de Vigo 31 6 10 15 33 46 -13 28 PNGPG
18 Cádiz 31 4 13 14 21 41 -20 25 PGPGN
19 Granada 31 3 8 20 32 60 -28 17 GPPPP
20 Almería 31 1 11 19 30 62 -32 14 NPGNP

Ligue des Champions (Phase de poules)
Ligue Europa (Phase de poules)
Promotion - Europa Conference League (Qualification: )
Relegation - LaLiga2

Milestones after Matchday 20

Luis Suárez has kept his goalscoring form in two different leagues. The Uruguayan ace has reached an impressive feat for the seventh season in a row, thanks to his controversial strike against Leganés.

Sergio Ramos is now the second active player with the most La Liga outings. The Spaniard has played over 400 games for Real Madrid, but his tally goes far beyond that number.

Luka Modric also broke a personal record when he sent the ball to the back of the net against Sevilla on Saturday's clash. Being such an important player for Los Blancos, it seems rather strange to see the footballer struggle to see him reach a rather "easy" accomplishment, considering his quality.

Marc-André Ter Stegen managed to earn a piece of history for himself. The goalkeeper is now the most capped international goalkeeper in Barcelona's history, surpassing Ruud Hesp's game tally. Furthermore, Ter Stegen has also entered the Spanish top flight's record books.

Pichichi race

Messi and Suárez keep extending their lead as the best strikers in the Spanish top flight. Something tells us that no one will be able to catch up with Barcelona's goalscoring duo.