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I didn't expected such big dominance from Real Madrid today. They've been unstable this season so far, but now they have good period - wins in La Liga against direct competitors Sevilla and Atletico and crucial win in Champions league. Meanwhilwe Atletico suffered first defeat this season and probably it was their worst game so far. But they are still leading league.

They have been unstable with mediocre and bottom clubs but when it comes to bigger opponents and when the match is a must win. They have so far performed well. I had a feeling they would beat Atlético Madrid regardless of how they played the match.

Another not so easy upcoming match is going to be against Athletic Bilbao. I still think they will deliver

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[LTU_btc]

I was already preparing to write another rant about Barca, but Messi saved from another embarrasement. But this win left my mixed feelings. We are struggling to score against mighty Levante - about what we can talk. On the other hand, today there was one big difference from previous terrible games of Barca. We totally dominated game, had plenty of good chances to score.
Next game will be big challenge - we will face Real Sociedad in mid-week round.

[Harkorede]

I was already preparing to write another rant about Barca, but Messi saved from another embarrasement. But this win left my mixed feelings. We are struggling to score against mighty Levante - about what we can talk. On the other hand, today there was one big difference from previous terrible games of Barca. We totally dominated game, had plenty of good chances to score.
Next game will be big challenge - we will face Real Sociedad in mid-week round.

There was a big change in the game when Koeman switched to 4-3-3 and just one holding midfielder in De Jong, that opened space a bit more for Barcelona and Messi himself, even though if leaves the team more open to counterattack, I'd rather see the team play more comfortably in attack, and I'm beginning to feel more comfortable with the young lads Pedri-Trincao-Dest and co.. The game was a much better display from Barcelona, especially after the break, but the scoreline didn't justify that.

[slaman29]

I didn't expected such big dominance from Real Madrid today. They've been unstable this season so far, but now they have good period - wins in La Liga against direct competitors Sevilla and Atletico and crucial win in Champions league. Meanwhilwe Atletico suffered first defeat this season and probably it was their worst game so far. But they are still leading league.

That perfect run had to end somewhere, though I really thought they would make the most out of the opportunity to make a statement in La Liga. Still, they're in pole position and have plenty more games to go. Plus Real and Barca have more than enough on their hands to keep them busy. Open season still valid!

[rodrigobitcoin]

I didn't expected such big dominance from Real Madrid today. They've been unstable this season so far, but now they have good period - wins in La Liga against direct competitors Sevilla and Atletico and crucial win in Champions league. Meanwhilwe Atletico suffered first defeat this season and probably it was their worst game so far. But they are still leading league.

Against Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid played surprisingly well. By looking at the shots they tried to take, you can see their desire to climb up the standings again. I hope they can get back into the top spot even though I know it is a hard wish to fulfill.

[webtricks]

At this rate, I don't know what to do. Spend time to make picks, no points. Pick everything randomly, no points. Wish I could see majority picks for Superbru but you can only use up free picks to do that.

You need to be more indulged in the league. For example, I don't watch Serie A much and have no idea how teams like Genoa or Benevento play so apart from 3-4 games, it would have been wild guesses for me if I joined Serie A pool. Hence, I restrained from that pool.

But La Liga for me is different, I regularly watch games for almost all La Liga teams so I can feel the soul and body of these games. Hence, I can more accurately predict La liga results than any other league. This week I spent considerable time making my picks and successfully predicted first win of the season for Huesca FC. I also predicted close-win for Sevilla and domination from Real Madrid which both turned out to be accurate as well. However, I was wrong on Barcelona (I thought they would score more) and Real Betis (whom I thought would win). But even after dominating the game, it ended in the first draw of the season for Betis.

Anyhow, on the contrary, I casually made my picks last week. I won't say those were random picks but instead of studying matches, I simply chose scorelines based on my past assessment of teams within seconds. As a result, I got well-deserved 'wooden spoon'.

So, my suggestion for you is to consider factors like head to head performances, formation home team using, how away team play in away games, is it enough to counter the home team's strategy, is any team missing major players, etc. This will hardly take 5-10 minutes but ensure more effective outcomes. Factors like current standings, performance in the league so far, etc. don't matter much. We saw this week how Eibar dominated Real Sociedad in away game.

[Trofo]

You need to be more indulged in the league. For example, I don't watch Serie A much and have no idea how teams like Genoa or Benevento play so apart from 3-4 games, it would have been wild guesses for me if I joined Serie A pool. Hence, I restrained from that pool.

It is different for me. I just pick all the results by pure gut feeling and I spend maybe 1 minute per pool. All that research is reserved for the games I actually bet on. Pools are actually a good way for me to judge if my analysis is on point. This one is a bit small for best results but our Premier League pool with 50ish participants is just about right.

For instance both to score on tonight game (celta - cadiz) is paying very good odds @2.12 and I was thinking whether to take it or not. Than I saw that most of you guys expect goals in this match and it was enough to clinch it for me.

[casperBGD]

For instance both to score on tonight game (celta - cadiz) is paying very good odds @2.12 and I was thinking whether to take it or not. Than I saw that most of you guys expect goals in this match and it was enough to clinch it for me.

there were goals last night, but only on one side, Celta scored almost all that they tried in first half, and that was enough for Cadiz to lose this match, must say that I did not expected that, especially after Cadiz score over Barcelona

I spend few minutes per pool, since it is not easy to predict right score (personally, think that it is pure luck to predict the right score) and I am following most leagues, so have basic feeling who will win the match

for pools, consistency matters most, you need to score points every week, and with few lucky right score guesses, you can take good points

actually, La Liga is the post pool for me, and it is all black/white for me, here am on the top, and in Calcio/Premier league on the bottom , but with short analysis, it is mostly due to number of exact scores, so pure luck in all three

[LTU_btc]

there were goals last night, but only on one side, Celta scored almost all that they tried in first half, and that was enough for Cadiz to lose this match, must say that I did not expected that, especially after Cadiz score over Barcelona

I spend few minutes per pool, since it is not easy to predict right score (personally, think that it is pure luck to predict the right score) and I am following most leagues, so have basic feeling who will win the match

for pools, consistency matters most, you need to score points every week, and with few lucky right score guesses, you can take good points

actually, La Liga is the post pool for me, and it is all black/white for me, here am on the top, and in Calcio/Premier league on the bottom , but with short analysis, it is mostly due to number of exact scores, so pure luck in all three

I'm not surprised about Celta win, but offcourse, 4:0 score is someyhing unexpected. Celta changed manager recently and achieved 3 win in a row after it.
My main problem this season in all pools - I'm struggling a lot to predict exact scores and it cost a lot points for me. When I get 1 or 2 exact scores per round, it's already not bad result for me .

[Trofo]

Real won 3:1 and got me full 3 points today and nice amount on the ticket but it could have ended very differently. Bilbao got a red card in the early stages and Real dominated the match as expected but they weren't able to score a third goal to clinch it. Then in 92nd minute Bilbao had a great chance to equalize and I have no idea how Courtois managed to save that and from that save Real counter attack was lunched and they finally scored 3rd goal.

[slaman29]

At this rate, I don't know what to do. Spend time to make picks, no points. Pick everything randomly, no points. Wish I could see majority picks for Superbru but you can only use up free picks to do that.

You need to be more indulged in the league. For example, I don't watch Serie A much and have no idea how teams like Genoa or Benevento play so apart from 3-4 games, it would have been wild guesses for me if I joined Serie A pool. Hence, I restrained from that pool.

But La Liga for me is different, I regularly watch games for almost all La Liga teams so I can feel the soul and body of these games. Hence, I can more accurately predict La liga results than any other league. This week I spent considerable time making my picks and successfully predicted first win of the season for Huesca FC. I also predicted close-win for Sevilla and domination from Real Madrid which both turned out to be accurate as well. However, I was wrong on Barcelona (I thought they would score more) and Real Betis (whom I thought would win). But even after dominating the game, it ended in the first draw of the season for Betis.

Anyhow, on the contrary, I casually made my picks last week. I won't say those were random picks but instead of studying matches, I simply chose scorelines based on my past assessment of teams within seconds. As a result, I got well-deserved 'wooden spoon'.

So, my suggestion for you is to consider factors like head to head performances, formation home team using, how away team play in away games, is it enough to counter the home team's strategy, is any team missing major players, etc. This will hardly take 5-10 minutes but ensure more effective outcomes. Factors like current standings, performance in the league so far, etc. don't matter much. We saw this week how Eibar dominated Real Sociedad in away game.

Of course. That's the only way to be "good" at any league, and that's a problem for most of us in Asia to be honest, it's impossible to watch all the games if we have a real life, but to be fair, I am pretty confident I know enough about my own team (Barca), and have been doing well up until this season on betting on them.

Rest of the teams though, I have to admit I'm just swinging for the bat most days. Thanks for the tip though!

[casperBGD]

Of course. That's the only way to be "good" at any league, and that's a problem for most of us in Asia to be honest, it's impossible to watch all the games if we have a real life, but to be fair, I am pretty confident I know enough about my own team (Barca), and have been doing well up until this season on betting on them.

two goals in Barca - Sociedad match, Sociedad scored first, but Barca is back in a jiffy, Alba scored for 1:1 at the moment
will be very interesting to see where Sociedad is this season, if they keep their point (or even three) on Camp Nou, it could be that they are heading to CL next season, keep it up

[Harkorede]

Of course. That's the only way to be "good" at any league, and that's a problem for most of us in Asia to be honest, it's impossible to watch all the games if we have a real life, but to be fair, I am pretty confident I know enough about my own team (Barca), and have been doing well up until this season on betting on them.

two goals in Barca - Sociedad match, Sociedad scored first, but Barca is back in a jiffy, Alba scored for 1:1 at the moment
will be very interesting to see where Sociedad is this season, if they keep their point (or even three) on Camp Nou, it could be that they are heading to CL next season, keep it up

I love the quick response and equaliser from Jordi Alba, it could have been worse Barcelona are to go behind at the Half Time, now I hope they can create better chances to get more goals, we've got to keep win these next few games.

[buwaytress]

Put Barca in a couple of my parlays tonight but Leicester going down already kills one of them. Leeds coming from behind keeps me alive for one but need Liverpool to win and a couple more goals in the Leipzig/Hoffenheim to nail my other.

Barca looking good guys? Watching a high tempo Liverpool match so far not getting too much joy from Spurs, who's classic 1 break 1 goal strat is working grrr.

[LTU_btc]

Finally good game from Barcelona against strong team (offcourse if we ignore what was going on on last 20 minutes). Again, Barca wasted too many good chances to score in the 1st half and it let to nervous end of game. 2:1 score was very tricky and giving posession to Sociedad was like playing with fire.
Very important win. Now we 6 points behind Atletico, but they have one game in advance.
And finally exact score prediction for me - not that frequent thing this season .

[casperBGD]

And finally exact score prediction for me - not that frequent thing this season .

yeah, exact prediction for me as well, must say that I predicted this score, without expectation for it to score, since Sociedad was good this season, and I expected from them to get at least point last night, but Barca proved that there are only three strong teams in La Liga, and Sevilla as "wanna be", all the others are just "one night wonders"

does anyone know is there a bet for Barca to be third at the end of the season, seems so obvious at the moment?

[slaman29]

two goals in Barca - Sociedad match, Sociedad scored first, but Barca is back in a jiffy, Alba scored for 1:1 at the moment
will be very interesting to see where Sociedad is this season, if they keep their point (or even three) on Camp Nou, it could be that they are heading to CL next season, keep it up

I'm pretty sure we'll see them in UCL next season. They have 2 routes now actually, top 4 finish in La Liga which isn't at all impossible if they maintain their form and the regulars like Barca keep tripping up. The second route is if they go on and win Europa League, which is also possible if they get past United first;)

[slaman29]

Big day today everybody! Can't wait to see my Barca climb up another spot, really hoping Atletico drop more points with their games in hand but it's all down to Koeman and his gang to spice it up a little and play with freedom!

Eyes are on PSG for sure too so we need to build momentum!

[Trofo]

Big day today everybody! Can't wait to see my Barca climb up another spot, really hoping Atletico drop more points with their games in hand but it's all down to Koeman and his gang to spice it up a little and play with freedom!

Eyes are on PSG for sure too so we need to build momentum!

It is still 2 months before that all important game vs. PSG and winter break + winter transfer window. Who knows how will Barca look then? PSG could even make a move to sign Messi during that transfer window, he is in the last year of contract after all and Barca is very short on money.

I am expecting good performance from Barca today, they are usually good on home pitch and Valencia is not what it was last season.

[buwaytress]

Barca can't win after all. Avoided betting on them, good thing the odds put me off (1.3 or so) otherwise I'd be screwed. Sociedad have 10 mins to score and win though, or my other parlay dies anyway. Just can't get a good streak in Spain for me.

Valencia again the foiler of teams. Can't win, but won't let others win!