⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Spanish La Liga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2023/2024

[Trofo]

there's been some decent value in this round of the league cup...today, Sevilla ml @1.6 and they're playing against the 16th place of the 2nd division. Villareal with the same odds but they'll face Sporting who are 12th. Finally, Athletic Bilbao to beat a 3rd division team @1.4 sounds like a nice pick for a double, Sevilla + Bilbao perhaps

Good picks mate, congrats. After killing it yesterday I am back to loosing on cup matches. My choice today was Villarreal and you dodged it perfectly.

I am looking forward to some regular leagues action on Sunday. This time Premier League will spoil the party since they are playing cups but we have La Liga and Serie A to keep us entertained.

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[slaman29]

And in the later games, most of the favorites also got through except for Celta Vigo who again proved that for some teams, for some reason they can do well in La Liga but if you put them back into second tier league they seem to forget how to play there. As Trofo says, this is cup for you

Must say, I had great results in Spanish cup. Played a lot of games and every single one of them passed, only problem - it was for small stake since cup games usually don't work that well for me. Had Real -1.5 yesterday and was sweating a bit, I also had Betis to win @2.2 and then before the game odds on Betis shot up to @2.7. Very sorry I did not have the guts to put big bet on them. Line ups were known and I sow Betis had almost best first 11 but I thought it was a fixed game or somebody knows something I do not.

there's been some decent value in this round of the league cup...today, Sevilla ml @1.6 and they're playing against the 16th place of the 2nd division. Villareal with the same odds but they'll face Sporting who are 12th. Finally, Athletic Bilbao to beat a 3rd division team @1.4 sounds like a nice pick for a double, Sevilla + Bilbao perhaps

Didn't do any betting on any of the teams except Barca who actually ended up having to really fight it seems haha. I think overall the odds were good for all the La Liga teams, and that's probably because of Russian roulette, not knowing who would end up losing. Look at Villareal going out for example, so funny when they're getting somewhere in Champions League!

[casperBGD]

Levante just scored in a solid match against Mallorca, very offensive and good football
they are on a road to their first win this season, in which they are scoring well, but conceiving a lot

later there is Granada vs Barcelona and late Real vs Valencia, which should bring good football tonight

[slaman29]

Levante hah! Wow.

But does anybody else here think Celta Vigo is worth betting on against Sociedad? I'm considering it heavily because Sportsbet specials have Iago Aspas to score but Sociedad to win, and they are also the Super Boost selection. I would have gone for Correct Score but market's not available at the moment.

This pool is almost out of reach for me but I haven't given up lol

[buwaytress]

Levante just scored in a solid match against Mallorca, very offensive and good football
they are on a road to their first win this season, in which they are scoring well, but conceiving a lot

2-0 it ended, and surprisingly quite a few of us in the pool backed the home win, I was going for a draw till yesterday and changed my mind, pretty amazing to have to wait this long for a first win, their fans must be happy. But they will have to string a few wins to survive the drop, so not sure I'm picking them often.

But does anybody else here think Celta Vigo is worth betting on against Sociedad? I'm considering it heavily because Sportsbet specials have Iago Aspas to score but Sociedad to win, and they are also the Super Boost selection. I would have gone for Correct Score but market's not available at the moment.

I took all specials today as all were high, so yeah hoping Sociedad wins but Aspas scoring is almost a given. They're in the lead already so great I guess. I did make a weird hedge though, Celta to win at HT paired with a live game... so I'm losing that unless they got 10 mins to get 2 in. Still, this could go either way and a draw looks suspiciously possible.

[tomahawk9]

I took all specials today as all were high, so yeah hoping Sociedad wins but Aspas scoring is almost a given. They're in the lead already so great I guess. I did make a weird hedge though, Celta to win at HT paired with a live game...

ay, i wasn't the only one who thought Celta was going to give Sociedad a run for their money.  1-0 Sociedad, Celta with no shots on target in 90 min... a reality check for everyone who believed this team was ready to go back to the top side of the league table,, dreadful performance and i'm 0/2 in this round of superbru, ffs 

[rdbase]

Levante hah! Wow.

But does anybody else here think Celta Vigo is worth betting on against Sociedad? I'm considering it heavily because Sportsbet specials have Iago Aspas to score but Sociedad to win, and they are also the Super Boost selection. I would have gone for Correct Score but market's not available at the moment.

This pool is almost out of reach for me but I haven't given up lol

Levante being at the bottom of the table actually won. I am second last in the pool but I aint giving up so you shouldn't either.
Barcelona should win this next match against Granada as they are 13th.
Also with the signing of Ferran Torres this should strengthen their line up front.

[Harkorede]

Barcelona should win this next match against Granada as they are 13th.
Also with the signing of Ferran Torres this should strengthen their line up front.

It's halftime, and there is not so much to talk about from my own perspective, just yet another mediocre performance so far.

Ferran Torres should be an improvement to squad, and I'd love to see the partnership with Ansu Fati, hopefully the later would be able stay fit.

I'd still expect a narrow win from Barcelona here regardless.

[casperBGD]

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I'd still expect a narrow win from Barcelona here regardless.

draw in the end, I do not bet on Barca matches this season, due to uncertainty, but it is interesting that we had almost 100% consensus on Barca win in the pool, even dough Granada is in nice series, with two home wins
just one bet on Granada in the pool, and no bets on draw

one more, Real vs Valencia tonight, should be home win with goals, but I hope for a draw

[Harkorede]

~snip

I'd still expect a narrow win from Barcelona here regardless.

draw in the end, I do not bet on Barca matches this season, due to uncertainty, but it is interesting that we had almost 100% consensus on Barca win in the pool, even dough Granada is in nice series, with two home wins
just one bet on Granada in the pool, and no bets on draw

Yeah, same old performance, just a different day. Barcelona looked to heading for the win and were convincingly in control of the game, before Gavi who had just returned from suspension was handed his matching orders, that's an aspect of his game that needs to be worked on before becoming the next Granit Xhaka, despite his raw talent.

one more, Real vs Valencia tonight, should be home win with goals, but I hope for a draw

Real Madrid are in the lead at halftime, it's all Real Madrid in the first 45 minutes to be honest, there will have to be a different approach for Valencia to stand a chance of getting back into this game.

[logfiles]

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I'd still expect a narrow win from Barcelona here regardless.

draw in the end, I do not bet on Barca matches this season, due to uncertainty, but it is interesting that we had almost 100% consensus on Barca win in the pool, even dough Granada is in nice series, with two home wins
just one bet on Granada in the pool, and no bets on draw

I think it's even much wiser to bet against Barcelona these days, especially away from home 

It's funny that last week I picked a draw and Barça won. This week, I picked a Barça win, and then they drew. My bad luck continues.

[buwaytress]

Damn Benzema, I was just this close to getting an exact score and he had to ruin our fun. Not only that, his goal put the Soccer Blackjack into BUST at 22, so it's double whammy for me, how annoying!

casper's still ahead with 3 points for the leaderboard but my heart goes out to PL Guru who actually went for a Granada win. Barca's just so fond of getting themselves in trouble, aren't they?

[LTU_btc]

Barca draw with Granada, I think such result isn't very surprising, but still most people in the pool, even not Barca fans can't resist from backing them. That Gavi red card can't be justified, such foul wasn't needed there at all. And 10 minutes remaining, Barca with 10 men on pitch - not great perspective. Granada pushed hard, scored and achieved deserved draw.

2-0 it ended, and surprisingly quite a few of us in the pool backed the home win, I was going for a draw till yesterday and changed my mind, pretty amazing to have to wait this long for a first win, their fans must be happy. But they will have to string a few wins to survive the drop, so not sure I'm picking them often.

Levante were terrible in this season so far, but they can't lose all games forever. Few weeks back they lost to Valencia, but in that game they show that they're capable to play. But considering everything, I decided that draw would be safer choice in this game.

[buwaytress]

Barca draw with Granada, I think such result isn't very surprising, but still most people in the pool, even not Barca fans can't resist from backing them. That Gavi red card can't be justified, such foul wasn't needed there at all. And 10 minutes remaining, Barca with 10 men on pitch - not great perspective. Granada pushed hard, scored and achieved deserved draw.

Really hard not to back Barca really, Granada were my fav dark horse 2 seasons ago but their inconsistency is as predictable as Barca's current form... but yeah I'm just surprised we don't have even Real fans backing Barca to drop points? As I said, PL Guru's pick shows you also sometimes it's really not worth backing a big upset.

This young side needs to learn how to mature a lot, though.

Levante were terrible in this season so far, but they can't lose all games forever. Few weeks back they lost to Valencia, but in that game they show that they're capable to play. But considering everything, I decided that draw would be safer choice in this game.

I actually can't remember if it was in this thread or another, and with whom, but I was suggesting to do a martingale on teams like Levante, putting money on them to eventually break their shitty streak. But the odds on this game was pretty bad too... it's funny but you don't see them get as good value as say, Norwich in the EPL.

[slaman29]

Levante being at the bottom of the table actually won. I am second last in the pool but I aint giving up so you shouldn't either.
Barcelona should win this next match against Granada as they are 13th.
Also with the signing of Ferran Torres this should strengthen their line up front.

Yeah thanks man, I know it looks bad for us but it's a smaller pool if we were in a bigger pool like EPL we wouldn't be doing too badly. Yes I know I'm saying that to console myself but also because it's partially true. The points gap here from bottom to top is not as big as in the bigger pools.

Barca didn't win, as you know. That's what happens when you forget how to defend a lead with a full team... like buway said, they need to learn to mature, Xavi said also. Inexperience. Oh well

[tomahawk9]

Barca didn't win, as you know. That's what happens when you forget how to defend a lead with a full team... like buway said, they need to learn to mature, Xavi said also. Inexperience. Oh well

look on the bright side, Dani alves played really well despite being a 38yo who just came back from the brazilian league    though i'm not sure if he's good enough to start against the likes of Real Madrid, Napoli or Bilbao, their toughest rivals in the next 30 days. Btw, another player injured in the Barca camp: eric garcia, 5 weeks out. As the saying goes: "when it rains it pours"

[casperBGD]

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look on the bright side, Dani alves played really well despite being a 38yo who just came back from the brazilian league    though i'm not sure if he's good enough to start against the likes of Real Madrid, Napoli or Bilbao, their toughest rivals in the next 30 days. Btw, another player injured in the Barca camp: eric garcia, 5 weeks out. As the saying goes: "when it rains it pours"

no matter Barca results at the moment, they are lucky to play in La Liga, and will probably finish fourth, since there is no rival that could win in series, obviously
nevertheless, it will be interesting to watch, and will not be 20+ points difference between top4 and the rest

less goals today, Osasuna is up two goals and winning, while Alaves and Bilbao are goalless in last minute

[slaman29]

Inexperience. Oh well

look on the bright side, Dani alves played really well despite being a 38yo who just came back from the brazilian league    though i'm not sure if he's good enough to start against the likes of Real Madrid, Napoli or Bilbao, their toughest rivals in the next 30 days. Btw, another player injured in the Barca camp: eric garcia, 5 weeks out. As the saying goes: "when it rains it pours"

Please don't help to push me into deeper boundaries of imagination and self denial about my club lol

But of course, you're right. And I think nobody doubted he would play well, definitely he will be one of the key anchors to stabilize this seesaw team. Now you have said this of course I must imagine how awesome it would be if we beat all those three clubs you mentioned. Then we will be flying to 4th spot confirmation lol

[buwaytress]

Regret changing my draw prediction to a slim win for Bilbao, they did as a lot of people expected (odds were also the lowest on nil-nil outcome), so casper you've gone and extended your lead now with that close 1-1 prediction. Also, serves me right to go for a big Atletico win. Who else is disappointed "only" 2 yellows in that game?

rdbase has been really getting up some sole wins with exact btw. I see you, man

[casperBGD]

Regret changing my draw prediction to a slim win for Bilbao, they did as a lot of people expected (odds were also the lowest on nil-nil outcome), so casper you've gone and extended your lead now with that close 1-1 prediction. Also, serves me right to go for a big Atletico win. Who else is disappointed "only" 2 yellows in that game?

rdbase has been really getting up some sole wins with exact btw. I see you, man

had a similar miss on Betis game, flipped several times between 1:1 and 2:1, and changed to 2:1 for Rayo in last minute, shit (they are still best home team in the league)
You are very serious this season, topping all pools

Elche caught me by surprise last night, two fast goals in the beginning, and Espanyol could not beat that