La Liga looks pretty much like a one-horse race at this stage, roughly the midpoint of the season. Real Madrid did themselves no good with a 0-0 draw at Osasuna and could find themselves 18 points adrift of their arch-rivals by the end of the weekend.
Real were without the suspended Ronaldo and were reduced to ten men after Kaka was sent off for a second bookable offence, his first booking coming just two minutes after he arrived on the pitch as a substitute.
Valencia moved up to seventh, but only a point behind fourth placed Málaga, after a 2-0 win against struggling Sevilla, Soldado bagging a pair in the second half.