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

[casperBGD]

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I guess I dodged a bullet with Sevilla ML, as I settled for the Over 1.5 instead which was of reasonable value. Osasuna won the game, I couldn't catch up with majority of game, I could watch the last 10 minutes, but Osasuna were still in quite comfortable despite leading the game and didn't look to be under much pressure.
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still, interesting that no one had Osasuna to win in the pool, despite having 2,40 odds on Sevilla
Sevilla will be, most probably, most overrated team this season, and they will hardly end-up in top4 (really hope for Valencia to replace them, but Betis or Villareal are probably better picks)

had draw in the pool, but that was just on overrated Sevilla expectations

more matches to follow

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[darxiaomi]

Well the Sevilla team says, "so you think im tittle contender in the first part of the season?", Take this! .

Lets see the middle full of the glass, we are all in the first position 

This weekend i cant see any game so i have to play blind in the next round.

[LTU_btc]

Hello darkness my old friend... I can't believe that Barca didn't managed to score against mighty Rayo Vallecano 3 games in a row. We struggled to make something really dangerous and when we had moments, it ended with shots to 20th row of stands. Simply let Frenkie to play... 2nd half was a bit better, but still ,noy something special.
Real will start season against Almeria, I expect that that it will be easy walk in park for them.

[tomahawk9]

Barca 0 - 0 Rayo. New season, same shit

Hello darkness my old friend...

Sevilla and Valencia, rug pullers of La Liga

you know they're in big trouble when they start selling their star players to mid-table teams in the premier league (e.g. Diego Carlos to Villa and Guedes to Wolves)

[Trofo]

Hello darkness my old friend... I can't believe that Barca didn't managed to score against mighty Rayo Vallecano 3 games in a row. We struggled to make something really dangerous and when we had moments, it ended with shots to 20th row of stands. Simply let Frenkie to play... 2nd half was a bit better, but still ,noy something special.
Real will start season against Almeria, I expect that that it will be easy walk in park for them.

I watched just last 30 minutes of the game. Frenkie was unbelievably good and they are stupid if they want to get rid of him. Better loose half of the team than him. He was playing that deep playmaker perfectly. Busquets and Kessie were awful thiugh.

How did Pedri and Raphinha look? They got subbed before I tuned in and I expect great things from them this season.

[buwaytress]

I am actually just catching up with some news and reading that Barca also trying to sell Auba, what?

And I was dumb enough to think Auba+Lewi would be the surprise duo lighting up La Liga heh.

Pretty much a dumb start for everyone so far, don't worry, first week blues.

[casperBGD]

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Sevilla and Valencia, rug pullers of La Liga

you know they're in big trouble when they start selling their star players to mid-table teams in the premier league (e.g. Diego Carlos to Villa and Guedes to Wolves)

though start, but it is a win for us, mighty Girona was down from penalty spot, and three points are kept at home
nothing to celebrate, but in the end, better than Barca

at least for first round, Barca and Sevilla proved to be rug pullers this season

agree that having top La Liga teams selling their stars to mid-table Premier league teams is telling everything about both leagues

[KTChampions]

After the first half, Real Madrid loses 1-0, theoretically there is still a whole half ahead and they have time to not only recoup but also win. It's funny that at the end of the second half, Real Madrid's victory quote reached 2.1, and now, when it's already a break, it's only 2.0. What do you think is a value bet? I think so.
By the way, it seems that today Real Madrid will break the record for the number of corners.

[tomahawk9]

Real Madrid and comebacks. match made in heaven     but the Almeria GK with 13 shots saved lol Almeria is gonna be a pain in the ass this season, tough side and well disciplined

though start, but it is a win for us, mighty Girona was down from penalty spot, and three points are kept at home
nothing to celebrate, but in the end, better than Barca

one man down and they still managed to grab the 3 pts at the end. Massive win for Valencia and good debut for Gattuso, the fans couldn't ask for more after everything that's been going down with the club lately

[slaman29]

I was hoping to post today with relief or something about Real Madrid's title defence after Barca's dismal performance.

I know it's only 2 points, but you know how precious these points are so early on in the season. Especially when it's the top 2 sides in the country.

Come on Valencia, remind us!!

[buwaytress]

Real Madrid and comebacks. match made in heaven     but the Almeria GK with 13 shots saved lol Almeria is gonna be a pain in the ass this season, tough side and well disciplined

though start, but it is a win for us, mighty Girona was down from penalty spot, and three points are kept at home
nothing to celebrate, but in the end, better than Barca

one man down and they still managed to grab the 3 pts at the end. Massive win for Valencia and good debut for Gattuso, the fans couldn't ask for more after everything that's been going down with the club lately

Yeah, great start for me too on my first La Liga bet (if you don't count the Super Cup where I bet against Real Madrid)! RM over 1.4 was probably super value, but I sensed Almeria would want a quick start and try to defend it, so booked myself a nice 6/1+ win for the home team to lead at half time.

Nothing interesting for me tonight really, but Atletico to drop points maybe?

[Trofo]

Nothing interesting for me tonight really, but Atletico to drop points maybe?

I am on Betis tonight, they were great last season and I expect they will continue like that. Only problem odds on Sportsbet are 1.48 and I need them to climb to at least 1.5 so I can use insurance and bonus. Please go and place 100k against them 

Watched Real yesterday and it was a great game full of chances, it would be a bit more fair if it ended 6:3 but goal keepers were very good. Real is booked as both to score for me until the world cup.

[püsür]

What more can the Almeria goalkeeper do? Almeria has just renovated the stadium and it's pretty good. Stadiums are one of the factors that keep the Spanish and Italian leagues behind England. In this way, the renewals are written as a plus in terms of visual and quality.

The match was very entertaining to watch. It was very nice that Alaba used a cool free kick as soon as he entered the game, the announcers said "Let Alaba hit, if there is a goal, he has a story" and then the goal is scored.

Vini is very talented, but he has not yet become a player to lead a team like Real Madrid. It cannot be expected to happen. Even Benzema has been playing for years and has only been able to show his leadership in the last 2-3 years. Perez definitely needs a right front and backup forward. Otherwise, if this team is not injured, it will still win the league. But any injury etc. happens, I see their chances are very slim.

[LTU_btc]

I am on Betis tonight, they were great last season and I expect they will continue like that. Only problem odds on Sportsbet are 1.48 and I need them to climb to at least 1.5 so I can use insurance and bonus. Please go and place 100k against them 

I also went with Betis, but I managed to catch 1.52 odds. Seems that's going to end well, Betis is leading 2:0 after 1st half and Elche have player ejected. So, switched to watch LFC - Crystal Palace..
Today I haven't left prediction for Athletic - Mallorca game because I didn't thought that they will play so early on Monday. Anyway, not big loss for me, I wouldn't had predicted draw there and I actually got 1.5 point as default pick.

[darxiaomi]

What a shit start for me, really disapointing, a lot of draws not expected for me.

But i have one thing in my bag, the season is long and always in life i like to run from behind and climb.
Congrats to the winner of the first round, if i dont see bad scored two slam points!.

[Harkorede]

What a shit start for me, really disapointing, a lot of draws not expected for me.

But i have one thing in my bag, the season is long and always in life i like to run from behind and climb.
Congrats to the winner of the first round, if i dont see bad scored two slam points!.

I was able to win the yellow cap for this round despite not doing too well with the exact results, I was able get 14 points in total. I really could have done a lot better, but I couldn't get a single exact scores even though I didn't get points from only just 2 games from whole 10 for the week. I think the deal breaker for me was my 1-1 Draw pick between Athletic Bilbao and Mallorca.

Honestly, I initially had Athletic Bilbao to win 1-0, but I changed my pick to 1-1 with some 8 minutes left before the kickoff, after locking my pick and I discovered I was only one who went with the draw and I was somewhat stunned because, everyone else had Bilbao to win.

Bilbao were by all means the better side and they could have won the game by 2-3 goals easily but the Mallorca goalkeeper made some great save to deny Inaki Williams and co from finding the back of the net.

[casperBGD]

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Bilbao were by all means the better side and they could have won the game by 2-3 goals easily but the Mallorca goalkeeper made some great save to deny Inaki Williams and co from finding the back of the net.

congrats on this decision
I supported Bilbao, and could understand that all the others also supported Bilbao, since they were a bit of favorites in that match
but, great for you, and it brought you yellow cap to support Mallorca to get a point there

second round is nearing and it is a good moment to put picks for that one as well, Bilbao is hosting Valencia now, not sure what to put there

[Harkorede]

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Bilbao were by all means the better side and they could have won the game by 2-3 goals easily but the Mallorca goalkeeper made some great save to deny Inaki Williams and co from finding the back of the net.

congrats on this decision
I supported Bilbao, and could understand that all the others also supported Bilbao, since they were a bit of favorites in that match
but, great for you, and it brought you yellow cap to support Mallorca to get a point there

second round is nearing and it is a good moment to put picks for that one as well, Bilbao is hosting Valencia now, not sure what to put there

I've made my picks already, but to be honest I really can't tell which teams I've picked except for Barcelona and most likely Real Madrid and perhaps Atletico all to win, I'll have to review my picks, I might likely not change anything though. But If I were to another pick right now, I'll probably go a with draw, but I watched Bilbao and they looked a terrific team, but I've not seen Valencia play yet so I can't come to a really clear conclusion.

[buwaytress]

Almost back to normal service here, just need recovery but hope to watch my first few matches this weekend... seems like I missed some amazing football from Betis, amazing skill to kill the ball landing from so high with sneakers (hint: it wasn't even from a player haha).

How's everyone doing? And don't look at the pool table, still way too soon haha!

[casperBGD]

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How's everyone doing? And don't look at the pool table, still way too soon haha!

yeah, it is way too early to call anything
first round, Barca and Sevilla chocked, but Sevilla is having their chance to score tonight, Valladolid is back into La Liga, but judging on their first round score could be back to Segunda fast

paying an eye on Gonzalo Plata from Valladolid, so will try to watch it tonight, he is my prime suspect for Ecuador success on World Cup as well