Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 and sit six points off the lead

Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 on Sunday, October 18, 2026, and finished LaLiga matchday nine with 21 points in third place. The team is one point behind Atlético de Madrid and six behind leaders Barcelona. Sevilla have 14 points and sit sixth. That is the picture presented by the competition’s official standings after the game at the Bernabéu.

The result keeps Madrid among the leading teams, but it does not lessen the immediate demands: their next two confirmed fixtures are against RB Leipzig in the Champions League and Barcelona in LaLiga. They belong to different competitions, so points earned in one do not affect the table in the other.

The standings after Real Madrid 4-1 Sevilla

Barcelona lead with 27 points and a perfect record of nine wins. Atlético de Madrid are second on 22, followed by Real Madrid on 21. Real Betis, with 19, Real Sociedad, with 16, and Sevilla, with 14, complete the top six.

Real and Sevilla have each played nine matches. The Madrid club have seven wins and two defeats, with 23 goals scored, nine conceded and a positive goal difference of 14. Sevilla have four wins, two draws and three defeats; they have scored 14, conceded 16 and hold a negative goal difference of two.

Real face two relevant gaps: six points to Barcelona and one to Atlético. At the same time, they are two points ahead of Betis. For Sevilla, the current standings show a two-point deficit to Real Sociedad and a three-point advantage over Alavés, Celta and Deportivo, all on 11.

How the 4-1 victory was built

The official LaLiga match page records Arda Güler opening the scoring in the 30th minute after an assist from Yan Diomande. Kylian Mbappé doubled the lead in the 37th, supplied by Jude Bellingham, and scored again from the penalty spot in the 63rd.

Manu Bueno pulled one back for Sevilla in the 80th minute, from a Lucas Stassin pass. Two minutes later, Diomande completed the scoring with a shot from outside the box; LaLiga’s minute-by-minute account credits Aurélien Tchouaméni with the assist. Real therefore went into halftime 2-0 ahead and added two more goals in the second half.

The report published by Real Madrid emphasizes how the victory was established in the first half, Mbappé’s two goals and Diomande’s finish. The page also says the team had won all six matches played at the Bernabéu that season through this fixture.

What the numbers say about Real’s position

The 21 points represent seven wins from nine rounds, but first place belongs to a team that has won every match. The 4-1 result consequently consolidates third place without, by itself, reducing the gap displayed in the current table: Real need six points to match Barcelona’s total, before considering tiebreakers.

Real’s goal difference of 14 is the second best among the top three. Barcelona have a difference of 30 and Atlético 11. The comparison supports two separate readings: Madrid have significant attacking output, with 23 goals, but have already dropped six points through their two defeats.

Third place cannot be viewed as isolated, either. Betis are two points behind, while Atlético are one ahead. The matchday-nine standings therefore place Real both close to second place and under direct pressure from fourth.

Sevilla’s place in the table

Sevilla remain sixth on 14 points, within the top third of the standings. Their minus-two goal difference comes from 14 scored and 16 conceded. The loss at the Bernabéu is their third defeat in nine matches.

They are two points behind fifth-placed Real Sociedad. Alavés, Celta and Deportivo follow on 11. Those figures describe the situation after the round; the supplied sources do not include the table before the match, so they do not establish how many places or relative points Sevilla lost compared with the previous matchday.

Leipzig and Barcelona are the next tests

Real Madrid’s published October schedule lists Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig for Wednesday, October 21, at 9 p.m. CEST at the Bernabéu. The fixture is in the Champions League and therefore will not alter the club’s 21 LaLiga points.

Four days later, on October 25, Real visit Barcelona at Camp Nou, also at 9 p.m. CEST. El Clásico directly affects the domestic standings: before that fixture, according to the table analyzed here, the clubs are separated by six points.

Dates and times may change. Anyone planning to follow the games should check the official schedule closer to each fixture; broadcast information published by the club applies to the market specified on its page and should not automatically be extended to other countries.

The practical reading of the coming week

The score against Sevilla provides sporting confidence, but the standings require precision. Real did not move into second: they remain third, behind Atlético. Nor did they draw level with Barcelona: the recorded gap after nine rounds is six points.

The schedule brings two different tests. Leipzig counts toward the continental campaign; Barcelona counts toward the league in which the distance to first place is at issue. When checking future results, the competition comes first: only El Clásico can directly alter the LaLiga picture described in this article.