Deportivo and Athletic draw 2-2

Deportivo La Coruna and Athletic Bilbao played to a 2-2 draw that kept both teams near the bottom of the standings in the Spanish league yesterday.

Athletic, winless in five matches, was ahead twice but couldn't hold on to the victory at Riazor Stadium in La Coruna.

Markel Susaeta opened the scoring for the visitors and Adrian Lopez equalised before halftime.

Inaki Williams put Athletic in front again early in the second half and Fabian Schar evened the match again near the end.

Athletic twice hit the post, including with a close-range shot by Williams when the game was tied 2-2. Athletic is sitting 15th in the standings with 13 points from 13 matches.

It hasn't won in the league since a 1-0 result against Sevilla last month. The Bilbao club has drawn two in a row in the league.

Deportivo, coming off two

Yesterday Dep. La Coruna-Ath Bilbao .............. 2-2 Real Sociedad-Las Palmas ............... 2-2 Villarreal-Sevilla .............................. 2-3 Valencia-Barcelona ......................... 1-1

Standings

P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 13 11 2 0 34 5 35 Valencia 13 9 4 0 33 12 31 Atl. Madrid 13 7 6 0 21 6 27 Real Madrid 13 8 3 2 25 11 27 Sevilla 13 8 1 4 17 14 25 Villarreal 13 6 3 4 21 15 21 Real Sociedad 13 5 4 4 27 24 19 Betis 13 5 3 5 23 27 18 Celta Vigo 13 5 2 6 24 19 17 Girona 13 4 5 4 16 19 17 Leganes 13 5 2 6 912 17 Getafe 12 4 4 4 19 14 16 Levante 13 3 6 4 14 20 15 Eibar 13 4 2 7 13 26 14 Ath Bilbao 13 3 4 6 14 18 13 Espanyol 12 3 4 5 915 13 Dep. La Coruna13 3 3 7 17 25 12 Malaga 13 2 1 10 11 28 7 Las Palmas 13 2 1 10 10 32 7 Alaves 13 2 011 7 22 6 straight losses, is in 17th place with 12 points, just outside the relegation zone.

Real Sociedad and Las Palmas drew 2-2 while Sevilla came from behind to beat Villareal 3-2.