Score Roundup 31/10/10

English Premier League :

Aston Villa 0 Birmingham City 0

Birmingham were on the wrong end of more penalty controversy as they earned a share of the spoils in the derby clash at Aston Villa.

Newcastle United 5 Sunderland 1

Captain Kevin Nolan plundered a derby hat-trick to hand manager Chris Hughton the perfect ending to an eventful week as Newcastle routed Sunderland.

Bolton Wanderers 0 Liverpool 1

Maxi Rodriguez struck a late winner at Bolton as relieved Liverpool finally climbed out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.

Scottish Premier League :

Heart of Midlothian 0 Kilmarnock 3

Kilmarnock struck twice in three second-half minutes to end their four-game losing streak in emphatic style at Hearts.

Spanish Primera League :

Deportivo La Coruna 3 Espanyol 0

Deportivo La Coruna eased the pressure on coach Miguel Angel Lotina by beating Espanyol 3-0 to secure their first Primera Division win of the season.

Malaga 1 Real Sociedad 2

Malaga were left to rue Apono's penalty miss as they remained without a point in five home matches this season after a 2-1 loss to Real Sociedad.

Racing Santander 4 Osasuna 1

Racing Santander produced their best performance of the Primera Division season to thrash Osasuna and move out of the bottom three.

Sporting Gijon 1 Villarreal 1

Giuseppe Rossi struck a last-gasp penalty to salvage a point for 10-man Villarreal in a 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijon.

Atletico Madrid 1 Almeria 1

Atletico Madrid endured a frustrating evening as they missed the chance to climb into the top five after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to lowly Almeria.

Athletic Bilbao 3 Getafe 0

Athletic Bilbao maintained their strong home form with a resounding 3-0 Primera Division victory over Getafe.

Italian Serie A :

Palermo 0 Lazio 1

Ten-man Lazio extended their lead at the top of Serie A with a smash-and-grab win over Palermo at the Stadio Renzo Barbera.

Bari 0 Udinese 2

Udinese continued their climb up the Serie A standings with victory at a Bari side who are free-falling in the opposite direction.

Brescia 0 Napoli 1

Napoli moved up to fourth place in Serie A thanks to Ezequiel Lavezzi's late winner at Brescia.

Cagliari 2 Bologna 0

Cagliari struck twice in the second half to beat Bologna and climb out of the Serie A relegation zone.

Cesena 0 Sampdoria 1

Sampdoria grabbed a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Cesena at the Stadio Dino Manuzzi to move onto the fringes of the top four in Serie A.

Parma 0 Chievo Verona 0

Parma climbed out of the Serie A relegation zone with a goalless home draw against Chievo in a game which saw both sides reduced to 10 men.

Catania 0 Fiorentina 0

Controversial striker Adrian Mutu returned to the Fiorentina line-up for the first time since completing a nine-month doping ban but could not inspire his side to victory in a frustrating encounter at Catania.

German Bundesliga :

Mainz 0 Borussia Dortmund 2

Borussia Dortmund returned to the Bundesliga summit thanks to victory over Mainz in the top-of-the-table clash at the Bruchwegstadion.

TSG Hoffenheim 4 Hannover 96 0

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a brace to help Hoffenheim to beat Hannover 4-0 to stay third in the Bundesliga.

French Ligue 1 :

Valenciennes 1 Lille 1

Two goals in 60 seconds inside the final four minutes ensured the Ligue 1 encounter between Valenciennes and Lille ended honours even.

Montpellier 1 Paris St Germain 1

Montpellier passed up the chance to climb to second in the Ligue 1 standings as they were held to a home draw by Paris St Germain