🇪🇸 Spain Sports2 November 2026

Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 with two braces

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ghanaian Chronicle

Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 in La Liga, with two goals from Lamine Yamal and two from Raphinha. The result, which put the club back at the top of the Spanish league, had already been reported by our outlet on 31 October 2026.

Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 in La Liga, with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal each scoring twice, the Ghanaian Chronicle reports, citing the BBC. The Catalan club thus returned to the top of the Spanish league after losing to Real Madrid in the Clásico.

Fermín López and Anthony Gordon also scored for Barcelona. Alavés scored their only goal late in the match through Mariano Díaz. Raphinha has now scored 15 La Liga goals this season, while Lamine Yamal has ten, according to the BBC.

The victory came after Real Madrid ended Barcelona’s run of nine consecutive wins by beating them at the Camp Nou the previous weekend, according to the British media outlet.

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