Barcelona moved back to the top of the table on Tuesday while Sevilla's recent return to form continued.
Barcelona made light work of their trip to Racing Santander, easing to a 4-1 victory on the road.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic put Pep Guardiola's men on their way after 20 minutes, before Lionel Messi doubled their advantage four minutes later.
Gerard Pique added a third after 27 minutes and Messi grabbed his second of the night just after the hour mark to complete a comfortable night's work for the Catalan giants.
Oscar Serrano did pull one back for the hosts after 73 minutes but it was far too little, far too late.
Racing remain locked in mid-table after suffering their second defeat in four outings.
Sevilla's recent return to form continued on Tuesday as they climbed into third spot in the table.
The men from Andalusia secured a third straight win as they saw off Real Mallorca 2-0 on home soil.
Sebastien Squillaci opened the scoring after 17 minutes, heading home after Mallorca failed to clear their lines from a corner.
Diego Perotti then wrapped up the points on 26 minutes when he met a Jesus Navas cross to nod past Dudu Aouate.
Mallorca had been unbeaten heading into the game, but slip out of the top four as a result of their midweek setback.
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