Villa: Double for Valencia
Valencia and Hamburg remain top in Spain and Germany, but there are new leaders in Italy, Holland and France.
Los Che hammered Numancia with David Villa helping himself to a brace, and with Villarreal slipping they are now two points clear of their nearest rivals.
Hamburg could only draw with Schalke, but they remain on top although surprise package Hoffenheim are now just a point adrift of them after they thumped Hannover.
Champions Inter Milan are on top of the pile in Serie A after they hammered Roma and Udinese drew, whilst Marseille leapt into the lead in France after Lyon were held at home.
NAC Breda are the new leaders in Holland after they beat PSV Eindhoven, and that allowed them to move above Groningen - who lost to Ajax.
Primera Liga
Valencia remain top of the table after they romped to a 4-0 win over Numancia on Sunday. The top-two was unchanged after Sevilla also wrapped up victory over Almeria.
Villarreal lost touch with Valencia as they were held to a goalless draw with Espanyol.
Barcelona are fourth after victory over Athletic Bilbao, whilst Real Madrid produced a dramatic climax to win the Madrid derby against Atletico 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.
Serie A
Champions Inter Milan moved top of the table after easily dispatching Roma 4-0 in the Eternal City.
Udinese dropped to second after being held to a 2-2 draw at Lecce, whilst Catania find themselves in third after victory over Palermo.
Previous leaders Lazio missed the chance to be level with Inter at the top as they lost at Bologna. Napoli had been top for 24 hours after they defeated Juventus on Saturday.
Bundesliga
Hamburg remain top of the Bundesliga despite being held to a 1-1 draw with Schalke.
Hoffenheim’s brillant start to life in the top-flight continued as they won 5-2 at Hannover.
Champions Bayern Munich remain in mid-table despite beating Karlsruhe.
Eredivisie
Groningen lost top spot in Holland as Ajax found some form to claim a 1-0 win.
NAC Breda took their place at the summit as they claimed a very good 2-1 win over champions PSV Eindhoven.
Feyenoord’s poor season continues as they lost for the fourth time this term as they went down to Willem II.
Ligue 1
Marseille moved top of Ligue 1 after claiming a 3-1 win at Valenciennes.
L’OM took advantage of Lyon’s 2-2 draw at home to Lille. Indeed the champions are down to third as Le Mans leap into second after their 2-0 win over Nancy.
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