Alaves vs Osasuna

Alavés put on a show at home, thumping Osasuna 5-2 in a game defined by one man's brilliance. Lucas Boyé scored three times, including a pair of long-range missiles that left the visiting defense with no answers, and the result vaulted the Vitoria side right into the thick of the title conversation. Boyé opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a stunning strike from distance, and Mariano made it two nine minutes later after a defensive slip from Alejandro Catena. Ante Budimir pulled one back for Osasuna early in the second half with a header, but Boyé answered almost immediately with another long-range effort. Budimir converted a penalty after a foul on Abde Rebbach to keep hope alive, only for Boyé to complete his hat-trick with a header before Pablo Ibáñez added a fifth off an assist from Ángel Pérez. The win lifts Alavés to second in La Liga, behind only Barcelona, continuing their surprise charge up the table. For Osasuna, it snaps an unbeaten start to the season and exposes just how costly individual defensive lapses can be against a team in this kind of form.