Madrid: Eibar stunned sixth place Sevilla 5-1 in their Spanish League match on Saturday. With the victory, they moved into the seventh spot with 32 points leap-frogging sixth place Celta Vigo, who with 31 are on eighth spot with 31 points.

Earlier on Friday, Real Sociedad turned the page on the departure earlier this week of star defender Inigo Martinez with a 5-0 rout over relegation-bound Deportivo.

Friday’s win brings Sociedad to 26 points from 22 matches, enough for the 14th spot in La Liga, while Depor, with 17 points, languish in 18th, reports Efe.

With some supporters still grumbling about the transfer of Martinez to regional rivals Athletic, Sociedad’s first victory of 2018 couldn’t have come at a better moment for the 15,626 people who came out to San Sebastian’s Anoeta stadium on a cold, rainy night.

The hosts dominated from the start, but possession didn’t lead to goals and the fans got nervous when Depor began to generate offence as the match clock approached 30 minutes.

Just then, however, Willian Jose scored to make it 1-0 for Sociedad.

Agencies