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

[slaman29]

Damn, what a game. I think that only Alba can score such goals. And what a connection between him and Alves, like in best Barca times. Draw probably would reflect this game best, but football isn't always fair. I already didn't beleived that my bets on Barca win and over 2.5 will pass.
@tomahawk9, I tend to agree with Trofo that City had to go through and game at Etihad wasn't 50/50. But City can blame themselves for choking in such way. And as said above, Champions league is definitely Real playground.

Definitely one of those trigger moments that brings you back to the past (my favorite moment is still Fati back on scoresheet), but also I hope it doesn't tempt Xavi to revert back or lean on them even more. I won my Barca leg, thankfully, but all other legs I picked went to the toilet pick and choose from Juventus, Chelsea, United and Sociedad so I take 100% blame for it all.

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[casperBGD]

Sevilla did not win at Villareal, but that was pretty clear from the start, and Barca will end-up second
we have one more match tonight, Madrid city derby, not sure where this can go, but odds on Real to win @4 are amazing

looking at line-ups, Real is not putting much effort into this one, but Benzema can go in at 75 minute, and change everything

[darxiaomi]

Ahhhh man i was going to cut a little the gap between me and the leaders, but Espanyol 1 Osasuna 1 destroy me.

In the last ball Avila shot and impact in the crossbar. If that b all go in i can maybe cut the gap not because i put the correct score but yes to denied the leaders sum 3 points.

But GG for me.

[Trofo]

Sevilla did not win at Villareal, but that was pretty clear from the start, and Barca will end-up second

I don't understand why Sevilla refuses to play football. I had Sevilla to score @1.5 on my ticket yesterday and they did not have a single shot on target or dangerous attack before they conceded the goal. Then after they were 1:0 down they played great last 10 minutes and created a couple of good chances and of course scored. Loosing mentality if I ever saw one. I was sure Barca will finish above them as soon as Barca found their stride even though Sevilla still had maybe 7 points lead at that point.

[buwaytress]

Sevilla? Oh yeah, those chokers.

Definitely one of those trigger moments that brings you back to the past (my favorite moment is still Fati back on scoresheet),

This guy Fati's been my talisman every time. If he plays, Barca's a good bet. He just is. Stretching all the way back to the unlikely winner that I'll always remember in 2019 to clinch me my 23rd goal for the Sportsbet contest that brought me to Qatar haha. Yeah I'm never gonna tire of this.

I just hope he banishes his injury issues the way Dembele seems to have done. 1 year injury, then 3 months? And then another 2 months? That's such a catastrophe for a young player but?

6 goals from 9 shot, from 486 minutes, all right after coming back from injury. That's not bad at all.

[tomahawk9]

my hopes for a top 5 spot in the pool are nonexistent after this round, time throw in the towel and say farewell to the pool this week 

I had Sevilla to score @1.5 on my ticket yesterday

you found some good value, eh? Sevilla might be shit, but a top 4 team to score @ those odds is a lock. Hmm, I should spend more time evaluating alternative markets 🤔

This guy Fati's been my talisman every time. If he plays, Barca's a good bet. He just is. Stretching all the way back to the unlikely winner that I'll always remember in 2019 to clinch me my 23rd goal for the Sportsbet contest that brought me to Qatar haha. Yeah I'm never gonna tire of this.

huh, i just realized Ansu Fati has been playing for Barca for almost 3 years now,, for some reason i thought he made his first team debut last season right before Messi's departure   

[Trofo]

I had Sevilla to score @1.5 on my ticket yesterday

you found some good value, eh? Sevilla might be shit, but a top 4 team to score @ those odds is a lock. Hmm, I should spend more time evaluating alternative markets 🤔

That multi insurance offered by sporsbet has made me a master of alternative markets I have to find odds over 1.5 without using asian handicaps. That includes main under/over market since it is asian but I can use team goals markets or both to score. Also I often find myself with the idea that I want to place some sort of the bet on small underdog.

Sevilla was 3.7 or something like that yesterday and I expected them to win since Villareal had though game during the week, but also wanted to add a bit more security since it is an x5 multibet in the end. That left me basically with Sevilla x2 or Sevilla to score and I judged the second one as safer option. You can hope for that one until last minute no matter what the result is and tired Villareal should have problems as the game comes to its end.

[slaman29]

Sevilla? Oh yeah, those chokers.

Definitely one of those trigger moments that brings you back to the past (my favorite moment is still Fati back on scoresheet),

This guy Fati's been my talisman every time. If he plays, Barca's a good bet. He just is. Stretching all the way back to the unlikely winner that I'll always remember in 2019 to clinch me my 23rd goal for the Sportsbet contest that brought me to Qatar haha. Yeah I'm never gonna tire of this.

I just hope he banishes his injury issues the way Dembele seems to have done. 1 year injury, then 3 months? And then another 2 months? That's such a catastrophe for a young player but?

6 goals from 9 shot, from 486 minutes, all right after coming back from injury. That's not bad at all.

I definitely see him as a mainstay and was worried for a long time he won't get an extension because of injuries but now we have him for 5 years and can see Xavi found a way to bring Dembele into a long streak of playing. I kept getting a lot of people saying against me when I supported Dembele but see now maybe his future is at Barca after all Xavi is so good to bring all our young players strong together so I have a lot more hope now than before.

Gavi, Dembele, Fati, Pedri, Araujo. WOW

[buwaytress]

That multi insurance offered by sporsbet has made me a master of alternative markets I have to find odds over 1.5 without using asian handicaps. That includes main under/over market since it is asian but I can use team goals markets or both to score. Also I often find myself with the idea that I want to place some sort of the bet on small underdog.

Sevilla was 3.7 or something like that yesterday and I expected them to win since Villareal had though game during the week, but also wanted to add a bit more security since it is an x5 multibet in the end. That left me basically with Sevilla x2 or Sevilla to score and I judged the second one as safer option. You can hope for that one until last minute no matter what the result is and tired Villareal should have problems as the game comes to its end.

I'm absolutely guilty of hunting around when I need that one final leg to complete my 5-leg acca for that free insurance heh so yeah totally get what you mean. 1x2 in first half is probably one of my favourites when it comes to 1st-half scoring teams like Liverpool (easily 1.15 can get to 1.5 if you take that market), but sometimes you get the same cracker 1.5s for over 0.5 goals in first half.

Not that I've really been hitting them, always seem to screw up with one of the favs.

Today's special has under 2.5s so if I know specials well, they're expecting over.

[Trofo]

New challenge is up, use them while we still have them Leagues are coming to a close and I feel a bit bad that we did not dish out the rewards few weeks earlier. As it stands it does not look as good as it could have.

Since all La Liga games are at the same time, there was only one choice. Atletico Madrid vs. chokers Sevilla. Have a feeling this will be a bad game to watch 

[casperBGD]

result will put your opinion in one direction, but Valencia was not that bad tonight, 0:3 against Betis is probably a signal that season is over
Granada is up against Bilbao, close to avoid relegation, Maximiano is good, clean sheet would mean a lot in this round on Sorare, since I lack other players

one more tonight, Barcelona against Celta, should be goals?

[LTU_btc]

That moment when Araujo head collided with Gavi and later fall unconscious was scary. Yoiu understand that it's serious thing after you see how players of both teams reacted to it. Whole stadium become silent. But it's good to read from latest reports that he is conscious now:
https://theathletic.com/news/ronald-araujo-conscious-in-hospital/Haku9aR4GlqO/?source=rss
Now Barca almost secured 2nd place. In general, it doesn't matters much, but it will let Barca to participate in Supercopa next season.

[slaman29]

New challenge is up, use them while we still have them Leagues are coming to a close and I feel a bit bad that we did not dish out the rewards few weeks earlier. As it stands it does not look as good as it could have.

Since all La Liga games are at the same time, there was only one choice. Atletico Madrid vs. chokers Sevilla. Have a feeling this will be a bad game to watch 

Thanks for this Trofo bud! I seem to be doing well in winning freebets, not so well in making them winning bets lol

And I guess you're talking about BTC price? Yes, not that I am in any winning position here... but I just saw, for a strange world, that after last night I am #1 on EPL pool.

I think it's the first time on 1st on any pool of all these seasons, and totally random picks for most of the games since I know less than half of the English teams.

I went for Sevilla win because chokers only win to annoy others.

[buwaytress]

Glad Barca took their wins. 2 goals from Auba proves he's in rediscovery, sure hope Araujo gets well, he'll have to sit out the rest of the season in this case (that's also a rule in La Liga with head injuries and concussions right?). Been lucky my life in football never to get that kind of injury. There was once I probably almost lost consciousness after heads came together, and some nausea for the whole day but that's probably one of the scariest ways to get hurt playing footie.

And yeah, damned shame about BTC price

[casperBGD]

chokers are chokers
Mallorca is fighting to avoid relegation, but that is hardly an excuse for Sevilla to play 0:0
and with this point, Mallorca is still first favorite to end up on relegation spot

Cadiz is playing Sociedad tomorrow, two points up already, and Granada is four points above, after two wins in a row

[darxiaomi]

What an incredible thing, Sevilla is always the same, drawing three games in a row if I didn't see wrong.
What intrigues me the most after hearing that De Jong is leaving Barcelona is knowing how Barcelona is going to put together their team for next season. You have to see how much money they have.

[Trofo]

chokers are chokers
Mallorca is fighting to avoid relegation, but that is hardly an excuse for Sevilla to play 0:0
and with this point, Mallorca is still first favorite to end up on relegation spot

I really thought that Sevilla would win this one despite all the mediocre performances recently. I mean you are playing at home against one of the worst clubs in league and you don't even score a goal. This is a perfect game to try and play your best and fill the opposition as much as possible. I get it you can't really attack away against Real or Barca, but at home against bottom half of the table you should always be able to dominate.

[buwaytress]

chokers are chokers
Mallorca is fighting to avoid relegation, but that is hardly an excuse for Sevilla to play 0:0
and with this point, Mallorca is still first favorite to end up on relegation spot

Cadiz is playing Sociedad tomorrow, two points up already, and Granada is four points above, after two wins in a row

Yeah, if I were going to bet it's on Cadiz, but right now everything tied in FA Cup, some accas, some MLs, but definitely helped that I picked Barca instead of Sevilla, even if the odds were much better on the latter. Some lessons you learn late, but that's okay too ha! And if I lose that, then I don't have anything to do until end of the month. Just freebets, that's how bad it is it's been for me this season all around. BTC markets down just salt in my wounds =\

[slaman29]

chokers are chokers
Mallorca is fighting to avoid relegation, but that is hardly an excuse for Sevilla to play 0:0
and with this point, Mallorca is still first favorite to end up on relegation spot

I really thought that Sevilla would win this one despite all the mediocre performances recently. I mean you are playing at home against one of the worst clubs in league and you don't even score a goal. This is a perfect game to try and play your best and fill the opposition as much as possible. I get it you can't really attack away against Real or Barca, but at home against bottom half of the table you should always be able to dominate.

And hopefully we all learn our lessons for next season, or will teams change? I think as long as the core players remain AND the manager is the same, there's no reason to expect different things. Which is why I'm still not upgrading my 2nd placed target for Barca. We need to fix at least half of our debt and fix club and stadium situation before I even think of winning anything.

Real Madrid 1st is also what I think is wise, because no way Atletico challenge with their current squad misfiring all over the place and refusing to go into the 21st century.

[casperBGD]

Valencia and Espanyol playing today, do anyone know the reason, since all other matches are in the same time

Mallorca has last straw against Rayo, Cadiz is playing Real and Granada has away match against Betis, so they could see themselves out from relegation trio after this round, with a win
upper table, most interesting match between Villareal and Sociedad, for Europe competition, seems as a draw