Villarreal will be hoping to close the gap on league leaders Real Madrid with victory over Sevilla in the first of tonight's big Liga clashes.

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Earlier, Atletico Madrid beat nine-man Almeria 6-3 to strengthen their grip on fourth place.

The home side were cruising inside six minutes after a free kick from Antonio Lopez, a penalty from Uruguay's Diego Forlan, and a red card for visiting defender Ruben Pulido. But Almeria stormed back to level by the 17th minute.

Portugal winger Simao Sabrosa restored Atletico's lead with a free kick which the keeper fumbled into his own net, but again Almeria equalised.

Unai Emery's side were reduced to nine men in the 40th minute, and Simao's breakaway goal just before the break effectively ended their brave resistance.

Argentine striker Sergio Aguero wrapped up the scoring for Atletico with two in the second half.

Javier Aguirre's Atletico are fourth with 53 points, 13 short of leaders Real Madrid who were held to a 1-1 draw away to Real Mallorca on Saturday.

Racing Santander stumbled to a 3-1 home defeat to Deportivo La Coruna and are fifth on 50 points.

At the foot of the standings, Real Zaragoza's 3-0 home defeat to Real Betis left them deep in relegation trouble in 18th with 33 points, three adrift of 17th-placed Recreativo Huelva.

Real Murcia, who beat Copa Del Rey finalists Valencia 1-0, are 19th with 29 and bottom club Levante, who lost 3-0 against Valladolid, have 19.

Reuters