Juan Mata says finishing third and gaining an automatic Champions League place is the target for Valencia.
Valencia beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon last weekend to move above regional rivals Villarreal into third place.
And Mata says the goal is to stay there.
"There are two teams above us (Barcelona and Real Madrid) and they are quite far ahead," he said.
"Our objective was to be third and we have achieved that - now we have to keep winning to stay in that position because Villarreal will make things difficult for us."