Atletico Madrid claimed the top spot in the Primera Division with a 2-0 win at Celta Vigo Saturday - after Barcelona suffered a surprise defeat in Valladolid.
Relegation fight Valladolid caused one of the surprises of the early season kickoff of the day , inflicting a 1-0 defeat on the champions.
The clubs were separated by 16 places and 40 points heading into the game , but it was the third bottom side emerged victorious thanks to first - half strike Fausto Rossi.
Valladolid stun Barcelona
With Barca having been beaten, and Real Madrid not in action until they face Levante on Sunday Diego Simeone Atletico conducted in their Balaidos game knowing a win would put them at the top.
The first half was a dull affair but another Atletico emerged for the second period and two goals in two minutes just after the hour former Barca striker David Villa sent up Rojiblancos - Real above on disk head-to - head.
Elsewhere, rock -bottom Real Betis according to their fourth win of the season with a 2-0 win against Getafe.
Match reports
La Liga
Granada 2 Villarreal 0
Celta Vigo 0 In Madrid 2
Real Betis 2 Getafe 0
Valladolid 1 Barcelona 0
The hosts took the lead in the 16th minute thanks to Leo Ruben Castro Baptistao and made sure of the points before halftime .
The result left side based in Seville still bottom of the ranking, but after cutting the gap to safety to eight points.
In the late kickoff, fifth Villarreal went down 2-0 at Granada.
Fran Rico opened the scoring mid- point penalty in the first half , and Youssef El Arabi doubled their advantage 10 minutes later .
The result left the Yellow Submarine six points behind fourth place Athletic Bilbao, who visit Valencia on Sunday evening , while Granada has climbed to 12.
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