LaLiga: Valencia edge Valladolid to end eight-game winless streak; Cadiz beat 10-man Alaves

Valencia ended an eight-game winless streak and moved further from the relegation zone with a 1-0 win at Valladolid in the Spanish league on Sunday. Carlos Soler scored in the 76th minute with a shot from outside the area to give Valencia their first league victory since a 4-1 rout of Real Madrid in November. Valencia had a late goal by Manu Vallejo disallowed after video review and Valladolid nearly equalized when substitute Sergi Guardiola hit the woodwork with a header in stoppage time. The away victory moved Valencia to 13th place with 19 points from 18 matches. They were sitting just outside the relegation zone entering the weekend. Valladolid stayed in 16th place. Atlético Madrid remain atop the league after their game against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday was postponed because of heavy snow in the Spanish capital. Also Saturday, Real Madrid moved a point off the lead after a 0-0 draw at relegation-threatened Osasuna, while Barcelona jumped to third place after routing Granada 4-0 with Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann scoring a pair of goals each. Atlético have three games in hand over their closest rivals. The Real Madrid squad was stuck in northern Spain following their match against Osasuna because of the bad weather conditions in Madrid. CÁDIZ REBOUNDS Cádiz ended a five-game winless streak by defeating 10-man Alavés 3-1. The promoted club from southern Spain was coming off two consecutive draws and three losses in La Liga. Theirs last league win had been at home against Barcelona in December. Álex Fernández put the hosts ahead in the 15th minute and Joselu equalized for Alavés from the penalty spot in the 23rd before Anthony Lozano netted in the 56th and Álvaro Negredo added to the lead the 68th. Aláves, winless in their past three matches in all competitions, had defender Alberto “Tachi” Rodríguez sent off with a second yellow card in the 50th. Cádiz stayed in ninth place with the victory. Alavés were 15th. MORALES LEADS LEVANTE José Luis Morales scored a goal and set up another as Levante rallied in the second half to defeat Eibar 2-1. Veteran Japanese midfielder Takashi Inui put the visitors ahead in the 51st but Morales set up Gonzalo Melero’s equalizer in the 65th and scored the winner in the 76th. The victory moved Levante to 10th place. Eibar was 14th.