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

[buwaytress]

I have Real on some tickets but Celta screwed me already and I didn't even realise the game was early so I discovered by seeing my tickets settled as loss haha. Don't know but ML on Real still seems worth it if you ask me. Benzema or no, and if he's playing impossible not to see this "upset".

Strange days, but yeah, it's a strange season already even if the leader is the one we all expected anyway. Match starting now but I'm all EPL today.

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[darxiaomi]

Come on man its unbelive how bad its Atletico Madrid defending, the y need to improve really fast if they dont want to be screwed so bad for Cristiano and Manchester United in the Champions League.
Getafe made 3 goals in one half and when they have 2 goals down.

[Trofo]

Come on man its unbelive how bad its Atletico Madrid defending, the y need to improve really fast if they dont want to be screwed so bad for Cristiano and Manchester United in the Champions League.
Getafe made 3 goals in one half and when they have 2 goals down.

Don't worry, Atletico is bad in defense this season but they are at least scoring goals to offset that vulnerability. United is bad in defense but they can't even score goals This will be a sorry excuse for match between two great clubs in serious problems.

My bets today go towards Betis and Barca, very respectable odds on their wins, combined @4.

[slaman29]

Deportivo took a win, seemed quite straightforward.

Come on man its unbelive how bad its Atletico Madrid defending, the y need to improve really fast if they dont want to be screwed so bad for Cristiano and Manchester United in the Champions League.
Getafe made 3 goals in one half and when they have 2 goals down.

Don't worry, Atletico is bad in defense this season but they are at least scoring goals to offset that vulnerability. United is bad in defense but they can't even score goals This will be a sorry excuse for match between two great clubs in serious problems.

My bets today go towards Betis and Barca, very respectable odds on their wins, combined @4.

Very happy with the Atletico win myself, also have Barca in my multibet today, this derby is not a given but even in the past we have always tended to win, and now with the squad we have I am confident of scoring early. I have the same Betis and Barca, but also 3 away legs in EPL and Bundesliga

Now is everyone still ignoring Sevilla to make a strong push in the final third of season?

[casperBGD]

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My bets today go towards Betis and Barca, very respectable odds on their wins, combined @4.

agree on Betis, it was practically a gift from bookies, looking at form and Levante chances to stay in Primera
not so sure about Barca, I know that it is far from real city derby, but with Barca in shaken form, Espanyol is certainly motivated to get something from this one, will be interesting for sure, odds are good, nevertheless

[LTU_btc]

Yesterday's Atletico - Getafe game was incredible. Atletico defense recently is awful, but still, it was difficultto expect such result.
Recent Real results - few months ago I said that's not possible to play stable all season long and some bad period had to come sooner or later. But seems that Sevilla don't want to use gifts from Real .

not so sure about Barca, I know that it is far from real city derby, but with Barca in shaken form, Espanyol is certainly motivated to get something from this one, will be interesting for sure, odds are good, nevertheless

After all, it was real city derby. Mixed feelings about draw, maybe it's not worst what could happen, but I expected more.
Can someone explain me what Garcia was doing when de Tomas scored? Justterrible game for him. And it's sad to see that such experienced player still react to provocations - cheap red card. It was a bit unexpected to see Dembele on the pitch. And Luuk De Jong, it's popular to mock him, but so far he is doing exactly what we needed from him.

[slaman29]

not so sure about Barca, I know that it is far from real city derby, but with Barca in shaken form, Espanyol is certainly motivated to get something from this one, will be interesting for sure, odds are good, nevertheless

After all, it was real city derby. Mixed feelings about draw, maybe it's not worst what could happen, but I expected more.
Can someone explain me what Garcia was doing when de Tomas scored? Justterrible game for him. And it's sad to see that such experienced player still react to provocations - cheap red card. It was a bit unexpected to see Dembele on the pitch. And Luuk De Jong, it's popular to mock him, but so far he is doing exactly what we needed from him.

Honestly guys, I'm not sure what to think about this game.

You can talk about taking the lead and letting it go, and then getting behind in fact but coming back in the final minutes, but for me the most important is we got another red card. That's two games back to back and 3 games with sending off in 2022 already.

I know it's nice to see players with emotions, but this red card problem has been something since last year in fact when Messi was still around. I thought it was an anomaly but we seem to be a team that's become very easy to get cards now. We're like bottom half of discipline table now

[tomahawk9]

friendly reminder that BTTS in a Barcelona game this season is pretty much free money, just saying  

I know it's nice to see players with emotions, but this red card problem has been something since last year in fact when Messi was still around. I thought it was an anomaly but we seem to be a team that's become very easy to get cards now. We're like bottom half of discipline table now

mentality. Some players lose their heads when they're facing difficult situations during a match, sometimes it's a red card, sometimes their peformance takes a nose dive right in the middle of the game and they forget how to defend properly (see past Champions league knockout stage results). It's the manager's job to fix this asap and believe Xavi is more than capable of doing this

Anyhow, no Araujo and no Pique against Valencia next weekend, " FC Barcelona to keep a clean sheet - Yes - No ✓ " 😂

[buwaytress]

Can we hear a shout out for La Liga? I don't know what possessed me to watch this match, other than that there was nothing else on telly, but this was gripping from start to finish, the away team had to fight every inch to try and snatch points from being down 0-2. Bilbao Mallorca has one hell of a Korean in their attack, but I think they actually deserved this last-gasp win. Not pretty, but very positive play.

[slaman29]

friendly reminder that BTTS in a Barcelona game this season is pretty much free money, just saying  

I know it's nice to see players with emotions, but this red card problem has been something since last year in fact when Messi was still around. I thought it was an anomaly but we seem to be a team that's become very easy to get cards now. We're like bottom half of discipline table now

mentality. Some players lose their heads when they're facing difficult situations during a match, sometimes it's a red card, sometimes their peformance takes a nose dive right in the middle of the game and they forget how to defend properly (see past Champions league knockout stage results). It's the manager's job to fix this asap and believe Xavi is more than capable of doing this

Anyhow, no Araujo and no Pique against Valencia next weekend, " FC Barcelona to keep a clean sheet - Yes - No ✓ " 😂

Sigh yes, I hope Xavi finds a way, and I know it's soooo many things to look at and to fix. But the sending offs have to find a way to stop, just look as you say, no important players, and others could be uncertain, who knows now maybe the bet is on Barca to keep clean sheet to get great odds lol

*seriously maybe I should go to betbuilder to check out odds

[Trofo]

Can we hear a shout out for La Liga? I don't know what possessed me to watch this match, other than that there was nothing else on telly, but this was gripping from start to finish, the away team had to fight every inch to try and snatch points from being down 0-2. Bilbao Mallorca has one hell of a Korean in their attack, but I think they actually deserved this last-gasp win. Not pretty, but very positive play.

I could not believe when I saw odds over 2 for both to score in this game, seemed too good to be true so I got scared and wagered half the stake I initially planned to wager. There is goals in La Liga this season, I am thinking At. Madrid is the culprit that brought up averages from previous seasons. There is so much more goals in their games this season, almost unbelievable transformation. I am thinking Simeone is not happy, but we are

[slaman29]

Can we hear a shout out for La Liga? I don't know what possessed me to watch this match, other than that there was nothing else on telly, but this was gripping from start to finish, the away team had to fight every inch to try and snatch points from being down 0-2. Bilbao Mallorca has one hell of a Korean in their attack, but I think they actually deserved this last-gasp win. Not pretty, but very positive play.

I could not believe when I saw odds over 2 for both to score in this game, seemed too good to be true so I got scared and wagered half the stake I initially planned to wager. There is goals in La Liga this season, I am thinking At. Madrid is the culprit that brought up averages from previous seasons. There is so much more goals in their games this season, almost unbelievable transformation. I am thinking Simeone is not happy, but we are

Trofo how can you lower your stake when your favorite market becomes high value

Anyway yes, I also agree that Atletico has somehow made things very different this season, but what makes me really wonder is that, is this actually a secret play from Simeone as in, is this a very conscious transformation? I read so many interviews about him and Suarez especially after the end of last season. About their style, their mentality, etc.

We also always tell him he has to change for the future. Maybe this time he really is but pretending not to like it? Mind games.

Most interesting to see is how they take on United next week!

[Trofo]

Trofo how can you lower your stake when your favorite market becomes high value

I know it sounds counter productive and usually I do the opposite. This time the problem was difference between what I thought the odds should be and what the bookies gave out. I expected odds around 1.6 and if they gave 1.8 I would probably place higher stake bet. But they gave over 2 odds so I thought I am missing some crucial info about the game.

[buwaytress]

Yup, there we go. Atletico losing, and after all this talk about them being weirdly different, they reverted, at home, to Levante, to defensive tactics that saw them get just the one shot on goal... while forgetting to fix defence and could have been worse if Oblak didn't save so many.

Anyway, disappointment, but hope Liverpool helps me purge this.

[casperBGD]

Yup, there we go. Atletico losing, and after all this talk about them being weirdly different, they reverted, at home, to Levante, to defensive tactics that saw them get just the one shot on goal... while forgetting to fix defence and could have been worse if Oblak didn't save so many.

agree, Atletico play tonight was really something to forget
it is good that bookies gave so small odds, and I skipped them on my betting (somehow did not expected goals from Levante, and over2.5 was to risky), anyway, Atletico seemed to be good enough for top three, but there will be fight now, could Betis see CL on Barca or Atletico expense?

[LTU_btc]

agree, Atletico play tonight was really something to forget
it is good that bookies gave so small odds, and I skipped them on my betting (somehow did not expected goals from Levante, and over2.5 was to risky), anyway, Atletico seemed to be good enough for top three, but there will be fight now, could Betis see CL on Barca or Atletico expense?

Atletico looks awful now, but still, I didn't saw them losing against Levante - worst team in the league with just 1 win until now. And yeah, I went with 2.5 over - I was confident about Atleti win, but I had in mind their problems in defense, so, expected to see Levante goal.
I think that Betis capable to stay in Champions league spot. I f Atletico isn't going to improve soon, they're moving straight to Europa league spot. But I still don't write-off them yet. Just maybe 2 months agao it looked that Barca will be far from CL spot, but things changed a bit. Same can happen with Atletico.

[casperBGD]

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Just maybe 2 months agao it looked that Barca will be far from CL spot, but things changed a bit. Same can happen with Atletico.

agree, at the moment, Betis is looking better than Barca and Atletico, but it is a long season
nevertheless, would like to see them in CL (Betis)

there is a Basque derby on weekend, but also we are playing against Barca, maybe we can pull something good from the match, but CDR is probably focus at the moment for Valencia, since we are pure middle of the table

[buwaytress]

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Just maybe 2 months agao it looked that Barca will be far from CL spot, but things changed a bit. Same can happen with Atletico.

agree, at the moment, Betis is looking better than Barca and Atletico, but it is a long season
nevertheless, would like to see them in CL (Betis)

there is a Basque derby on weekend, but also we are playing against Barca, maybe we can pull something good from the match, but CDR is probably focus at the moment for Valencia, since we are pure middle of the table

And yet the bookies are consistently backing Barca and Atletico, while Sociedad is this week's underdog in their match too -- normally you see an odds swing in the EPL (to my observation) with teams like Arsenal, Leicester and Spurs regularly matched as underdogs based on form (Foxes and Spurs 13/1 to beat Liverpool and City respectively, that is absolutely unthinkable without looking at form to me). But I have yet to see teams like Barca and Atletico get odds worse than 4/1 this entire season -- which doesn't make sense if you think about form.

OTOH you can still get Celta close to 10/1 when in reality they're not that worse off in form than some of the top dogs. Past 7 games:
Atletico: 3W3L1D
Barca: 4W3D
Celta: 4W1L2D

[Trofo]

And yet the bookies are consistently backing Barca and Atletico, while Sociedad is this week's underdog in their match too -- normally you see an odds swing in the EPL (to my observation) with teams like Arsenal, Leicester and Spurs regularly matched as underdogs based on form (Foxes and Spurs 13/1 to beat Liverpool and City respectively, that is absolutely unthinkable without looking at form to me). But I have yet to see teams like Barca and Atletico get odds worse than 4/1 this entire season -- which doesn't make sense if you think about form.

Absolutely true, bookie algorithms are based on longer time frame and they are often posting odds influenced by past seasons results. I see this especially in both to score markets. You can still get much better odds on Atletico BTS then on Real BTS and I am quite sure situation is very different this season.

While we are on Barca topic, they are playing Napoli in Europa league in a couple of hours. This one could have been in CL easy. Should be a cracking match and my tip of the day for both to score. I am expecting result like 2:2 or maybe 3:2 for Barca.

[casperBGD]

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While we are on Barca topic, they are playing Napoli in Europa league in a couple of hours. This one could have been in CL easy. Should be a cracking match and my tip of the day for both to score. I am expecting result like 2:2 or maybe 3:2 for Barca.

it was both-to-score in the end, but less goals

Elche is playing Rayo tonight, interesting match, good odds on Elche, having in mind that Rayo is really bad on a side (and sliding down with form as well), and Elche having a home ground winning strike
no lose mid-week for Spanish teams in Europa league, but Real did not make it in Paris, Mbappe scored with a bell