Dive into the weekend’s thrilling European football action where Atletico Madrid took the top spot in Laliga, sinking Barcelona, Bayern destroyed Leipzig to extend the gap at the top, and Atalanta also maintained the top spot in Serie A.

New Delhi: Yet another week of European football goes past as we have had some of the most exciting results from Spain, Italy, Germany and France. We witnessed some top fixtures around the top five European leagues and these games certainly didn’t disappoint. From title contenders to those who are battling in the relegation zone, the mid season match day finally saw some of the European clubs playing their final league game of the year before heading into 2025.

Before we head into the next matchday, let’s have a look at how top clubs of different leagues are standing and what all exciting results were produced before Christmas as here we look at the roundup of all the top games that were played in their respective matchdays.

Laliga

🎄✨ What’s your CHRISTMAS WISH for your side? pic.twitter.com/e5HNJYdUHP
— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) December 23, 2024

The Spanish league never disappoints in producing some of the most exciting and season defining results with the top four sides all going all in for the Laliga title. However, the most interesting result of matchday 18 has to be Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona, where Diego Simeone’s men managed to edge past the home side in the very last minute of the game, winning it 2-1.
This result meant that Atletico now lead the table while Barcelona slipped to third after Real Madrid managed to beat Sevilla 4-2. Another big result for Athletic Bilbao who also won 2-1 against 10th placed Osasuna to maintain their fourth position in the table. Villareal moved to 5th place after obliterating Leganes 5-2. Girona dismantled Valladolid 3-0 to sink them to rock bottom 20th position while Valencia managed to move above them at 19th after drawing against Alaves.
The table has taken an interesting turn as Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, all competing for the title with 41, 40 and 38 points on the board respectively.

Serie A

Matchday 17… that’s a wrap! ✅ pic.twitter.com/K0YBFuqFEL
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) December 23, 2024

Aralanta managed to stay at the top of the table, just! As they were given a massive scare by Empoli when the game ended 3-2 in favour of Gian Piere Gasperini’s side. Napoli also made sure that they edge past Genoa 2-1, to make it an interesting battle at the top of the table. Third placed Inter managed to keep up the pace with Napoli as they are now breathing down Antonio Conte’s side’s neck after a 2-0 win against Como.

Fiorentina took a damaging hit against Udinese, when they lost 2-1 as Juventus managed to level their points with the Fiorentina after beating Monza 2-1, which also sealed Alessandro Nesta’s sacking by the bottom side Monza. Roma thrashed Parma 5-0 while Milan scored the only goal of the match to get all the three points against Verona.

Lazio also managed to edge past Lecce, winning the game 2-1, while relegation threatened side Venezia took a massive boost after beating Cagliari to register their third win of the season, which also meant now they have five points from their previous three games.

Bundesliga

Bundesliga table after MATCHDAY 15 pic.twitter.com/O6l4OYzNCx
— Bayern News world (@BayernNewsw) December 23, 2024

The German football fans were in for a treat in their 15th matchday of this season, as it was the table toppers Bayern Munich who welcomed RB Leipzig at Allianz Arena for a thrilling clash. A rather one sided game where Vincent Kompany’s side showed no mercy on the visitors as they completely battered Leipzig 5-1 to stay at the top of the league. Second placed Leverkusen fans also enjoyed a similar scoreline this weekend when Xabi Alonso’s side thrashed Freiburg 5-1, where Patrick Schick was the star of the shiw with four goals in that match.
Third placed Frankfurt took a damaging hit against Mainz, who are now considered to be the giant slayers, after their 2-1 win against Bayern in the 14th matchday and following it up with a 3-1 win against Frankfurt this weekend. They currently sit just out of the top four at fifth with 25 points. Dortmund also managed to win comfortably against Wolfsburg with a 3-1 scoreline to comtinue their hunt for a Champions League spot this season.
Both the bottom clubs Bochum and Holstein Kiel managed to win their fixtures while Heidenheim continued their losing streak to seven, as they were beaten by Bochum, 2-0.

Ligue 1

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With PSG coming back from behind to beat Monaco 4–2 in the final Ligue 1 match of 2024, they’re now going into the new year with a ten point lead at the top of the table! 🔝
Are Les Parisiens already too far in front? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/rhinmF8nxb
— Sofascore Football (@SofascoreINT) December 18, 2024

PSG were in action twice last week, as they won their matchday 15 fixture against fifth placed Lyon, 3-1 and then on Thursday, they beat Monaco 4-2 to extend their lead to 10 points at the top of the table. Marseille’s draw against fourth placed LOSC Lille meant that they’re now second with the same number of points as third placed Monaco.

Champions League underdogs, Brest managed to win their fixture 4-1 against Nantes to improve their situation in the league as they now sit 11th. Montpellier managed to carve out a point against sixth placed OGC Nice, who failed to take advantage and move above Lyon, while Le Havre were yet again hammered 3-0 by Strasbourg.

Upamanyu Sanyal

Upamanyu Sanyal has been a sports content writer for a while now. He is a sports enthusiast and a dedicated sports writer working under News9. He has been following football since 2009 and has written a numerous analytical as well as factual pieces on the beautiful game. He himself has played football at a very high level and he loves to write, report and debate about football stories.

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