La Liga s latest points report: Barcelona defeated the newly promoted team to stop the decline, 5 points behind Real Madrid and moved back to the top 2

In the early morning of November 3, there were four rematches in the 11th round of the 2025-26 La Liga season. After a fierce battle, Celta defeated Levante 2:1 away, Barcelona defeated Elche 3:1 at home, Espanyol lost 1:2 away to Alaves, and Real Betis beat Mallorca 3:0 at home.

Barcelona lost to Real Madrid in the last round of the first round, and Real Madrid widened the point difference to 5 points. Yesterday, Real Madrid and Villarreal won the first game. Real Madrid continued to expand its advantage, and Villarreal also squeezed Barcelona out of the top 2. Barcelona returns to Camp Nou today to face newly promoted Elche. If the defending champion wants to return to the top two, it must defeat Elche at home. After the opening, Barcelona launched a fierce offensive. In just 7 minutes, Barcelona intercepted the ball from the left side of the midfield and counterattacked. Balde intercepted the ball at the center line. Then he followed up with a meteor and ran diagonally to the left edge of the penalty area. After a slight adjustment, he sent a scalpel-style diagonal pass. Yamal followed up from the back row and got an excellent semi-single opportunity on the right side of the penalty spot. Yamal stopped suddenly and swayed back to the defensive player and then shot vigorously with his left foot. The ball went straight into the far corner of the goal. Barcelona opened the scoring at 1:0.

Only 3 minutes later, Elche made another mistake in the backcourt and gave a gift. Pedrosa slipped and fell when he returned to defend and intercepted. Fermin followed up in the back row and accepted the gift. After stealing the ball, he rushed into the penalty area and crossed the ball to make a cake in front of the goal. Torres, who followed up from the right, took a step in the small penalty area and easily pushed into the mid-air goal. Barcelona scored 2 goals in 3 minutes and got a dream start of 2:0. In the 33rd minute, Barcelona pressed forward from the left. Rashford took the ball from the front of the penalty area and stepped out of the space. He shot vigorously with his right foot. The ball missed the far post and went out of the baseline. In the 37th minute, Barcelona made a fast break on the right. Conde broke through and passed the ball. Rashford unloaded the ball from the back point, but he did not completely get out of the space, and his shot from close range was blocked from the baseline.

In the 41st minute, Elche launched a quick counterattack from the backcourt and made continuous passes. Nunez sent a subtle through ball from the left side of the center circle. Rafamir stepped in at high speed to get the ball and broke into the penalty area to get a semi-single chance. Rafamir made a slight adjustment and calmly pushed the shot into the far corner. The ball hit the inside of the left post of the goal and bounced into the net. Elche got a goal back at 1:2 before halftime. After changing sides, Barcelona re-strengthened its offensive. In the 60th minute, Barcelona made a fast break from the right. Fermin pushed the ball to a 45-degree angle and passed it to the middle. Rashford removed the ball at the top of the arc in the penalty area and then broke through Pedrosa's defense. He volleyed vigorously from a small angle in the left corner of the penalty area. The ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a BOOM sound and bounced into the net. Barcelona sealed the victory 3:1.

In terms of standings, Barcelona stopped the decline in time after defeating Elche, surpassing Villarreal by 2 points and returning to the top 2. Like the previous round, it is still 5 points behind Real Madrid. Betis defeated Mallorca, surpassing the losing Espanyol by one point, and returned to the top 5, 3 points behind Atletico Madrid in fourth place.

In terms of the scorer list, Mbappe is in full swing, topping the list with 13 goals. Alvarez ranks second behind Mbappe with 6 goals, and Ayon ranks third with 6 goals. Torres scored a goal today, catching up with Vinicius and Muric, and the three of them tied for fourth with 5 goals. Lewandowski, Anthony, Malayor, A. Silva and others just squeezed into the top ten with 4 goals.