In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, the 17th round of La Liga ended with 4 competitions. In this round, Real Madrid hosted Atletico Madrid at home, with Real Betis playing Real Sociedad at home, Barcelona away to Osasuna and Villarreal facing Vallecano at home.
Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 2-0. In the 16th minute of the first half, Vinicius picked out an assist and Benzema volleyed sideways in the middle of the game to give Real Madrid a 1-0 lead. In the 57th minute, Vinicius again provided an assist, and Asensio swept the ball into the box to make it 2-0.
Barcelona drew 2-2 with Osasuna. In the 11th minute Garvey assisted Nico's goal to give Barcelona a 1-0 lead. In the 13th minute, David 0 Garcia's header was successful and Osasuna tied 1-1. In the 48th minute Abd scored his first barca goal to help the team go over 2-1 again. In the 86th minute, Avila fired heavily from outside the box and Osasuna tied again 2-2.
In the other two matches, Villarreal beat Vallecano 2-0 at home, with Mandy and Moreno scoring two goals in the first half. Real Betis beat Real Sociedad 4-0 at home, With Alex Moreno scoring twice, Fekir and Juanmi scoring goals.
Real Madrid won the derby for seven consecutive league games, and in the table they won 42 points with 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, leading the way with an eight-point advantage. Real Betis has 33 points after this round of victories, ranking third in the league. Atletico Madrid still have 29 points after losing, which is more than 13 points behind Real Madrid at the top of the table. Barcelona are unbeaten in two rounds, and after this round they have accumulated 24 points to rank 8th in the league, which is already 18 points behind Real Madrid.