Sevilla sinks Villarreal to take over third

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12/14/2008 - Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sevilla moved into third place in the La Liga standings on Sunday as Renato's goal right before halftime helped the home side down Villarreal, 1-0 at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

The win allows Sevilla to jump over Villarreal and into a second-place tie with Valencia, which owns a slight edge in goal difference. Sevilla has now played Valencia, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Villarreal in successive weeks, and come away with seven points from the four-match stretch.

Villarreal sits in fourth place, one point back of Sevilla and Valencia.

A slow first half that produced few scoring chances came to life right before the break when Sevilla went in front through Renato.

A cross from the right wing was cleared from the box, but Sevilla nodded the ball back into the area, where Frederic Kanoute got a touch on the ball and Renato smashed it home from close range.

Villarreal barely threatened in the first half, and things got even more difficult after the break when Joseba Llorente was booked for the second time for a hard foul on Julien Escude, reducing Villarreal to 10 men.

Sevilla was able to comfortably hold on from there, and they will travel to Mallorca next weekend before the Christmas break, while Villarreal hosts Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid moved into the top five with a 2-0 win over Real Betis as Maxi Rodriguez tallied in the 20th minute and Sergio Aguero scored nine minutes from time.

Getafe is unbeaten in its last four after recording a 4-1 win over Mallorca, Almeria finished 1-1 with Racing, Malaga downed Numancia 2-0 with a pair of goals in the final four minutes, Sporting Gijon fell 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao, Adrian Colunga scored in the 84th minute to give Recreativo a 1-0 victory over last-place Osasuna while Valladolid scored a 3-0 win against Deportivo.

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