The Spanish football league, La Liga, is among the most-watched club football competitions in the world.
In the ongoing 2023-24 season, Girona are surprisingly still at the top of the table as the season nears the halfway mark. After 17 matches, Girona have 44 points with the help of 14 wins.
Real Madrid are in second place on the table with 42 points, meanwhile their city rivals Atletico are in third with 35. Defending champions FC Barcelona are in fourth place with 35 points as well.
Celta Vigo, Granada and Almeria are currently in the relegation zone with 13, 8 and 5 points, respectively.
As the race for the title heats up, here is a look at the remaining matches of La Liga for the month of December. The timings (GMT) are also included.
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
18:00 Barcelona vs Almeria
20:30 Athletic Bilbao vs Las Palmas
20:30 Villarreal Celta Vigo
Thursday, 21 December 2023
18:00 Cadiz vs Real Sociedad
18:00 Real Betis vs Girona
20:30 Alaves vs Real Madrid
20:30 Mallorca vs Osasuna
Saturday, 23 December 2023
15:15 Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla
Griezmann ties Aragones goals record
Antoine Griezmann became Atletico Madrid´s joint all-time leading scorer alongside Luis Aragones with 173 goals on Tuesday as he struck twice only for Getafe to snatch a stoppage-time equaliser in a 3-3 draw.
Atletico had to play much of the game with 10 men after Stefan Savic was sent off for two first-half bookings, but Griezmann gave the hosts the lead just before the break when he turned in Rodrigo Riquelme´s cross.
Borja Mayoral equalised early in the second half before Alvaro Morata headed Atletico back in front.
Griezmann scored a penalty to make it 3-1 and move level with Aragones, who also won La Liga as Atletico coach in 1976-77 and guided Spain to victory at Euro 2008.
But Getafe pulled a goal back through Oscar Rodriguez and Mayoral tucked away a spot-kick in the third minute of added time to deny Atletico, whose 17-match home winning run in the league came to an end.
Former Real Madrid forward Mayoral is on 12 goals for the season, just one behind leading scorer Jude Bellingham.
The point for Atletico was still enough to bump Diego Simeone´s side up to third above Barcelona, who take on winless Almeria on Wednesday.
