Madrid, June 16: Real will go into their final game of the season at home to Athletic Bilbao knowing that, if they win or match Sociedad's result at home to Atletico Madrid, they will be assured of taking the 29th league title in their history. The title appeared to slip from Sociedad's grasp as doubles from Ronaldo and Raul gave Real their comfortable win against city rivals Atletico on Sunday while the Basque side fell victim to two neatly taken goals from Celta midfielder Alexander Mostovoi and another from Egyptian striker Mido. With just one game left to play, Real Madrid lead the table on 75 points, Sociedad follow on 73 and Deportivo Coruna, who lost 3-2 at Athletic Bilbao, are safe in third on 69. With Barcelona claiming a 3-1 win over nine-man Valencia at the Mestalla, Celta's victory assures them of fourth place and a first ever berth in the Champions League. Celta have 61 points to fifth-placed Valencia's 57. Results of matches played in the Spanish first division on Sunday: Athletic Bilbao 3 Deportivo Coruna 2 Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 4 Celta Vigo 3 Real Sociedad 2 Espanyol 2 Villarreal 2 Malaga 3 Sevilla 2 Osasuna 4 Alaves 2 Real Betis 4 Racing Santander 2 Recreativo Huelva 1 Real Mallorca 1 Valencia 1 Barcelona 3

Played on Saturday: Valladolid 2 Rayo Vallecano 0

P W D L F A Pts 1. Real Madrid 37 21 12 4 83 41 75 2. Real Sociedad 37 21 10 6 68 45 73 3. Deportivo Coruna 37 21 6 10 65 46 69 4. Celta Vigo 37 17 10 10 45 34 61 5. Valencia 37 16 9 12 53 35 57 6. Athletic Bilbao 37 15 10 12 62 58 55 7. Barcelona 37 14 11 12 61 47 53 8. Real Betis 37 13 12 12 52 52 51 9. Sevilla 37 13 11 13 38 36 50 10. Real Mallorca 37 13 10 14 48 56 49 11. Atletico Madrid 37 12 11 14 51 53 47 12. Malaga 37 11 13 13 44 48 46 13. Valladolid 37 12 9 16 36 39 45 14. Villarreal 37 11 12 14 43 49 45 15. Racing Santander 37 13 5 19 52 61 44 16. Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 46 44 17. Espanyol 37 10 13 14 47 52 43 18. Recreativo Huelva 37 8 11 18 35 61 35 - relegated 19. Alaves 37 8 10 19 37 67 34 - relegated 20. Rayo Vallecano 37 7 10 20 31 62 31 - relegated

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