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

[casperBGD]

BUMP!

some of you haven't submitted your picks yet and matchweek kicks off tonight with a hell of a banger!!1  Huesca - Elche     😐 

i'm coming for u, @casperBGD  👀

I have a longest strike without even result predicted correct, it is nine complete misses from last ten matches, was that just me, or results are a bit unexpected

regarding tonight, my pick is on Madrid, seems that Barca is better than at the beginning, but not too good to win in Madrid

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[LTU_btc]

I;m really hyped before tonight's El Clasico. I don't know why bookmakers are giving little advantage to Barca, I wouldn't call us as favorites. I put decent stake on Barca win, but I'm not confident that we will win tonight. And I think that loss for one of teams tonight doesn't means that they are eliminated from title race - gap still wouldn't be very big and there is plenty of games left. And offcourse, for Atletico, draw probably would be best score.

[Trofo]

anyway, El Clasico! my prediction: a comfortable 2-0 for Zizou & the bois.

You called it quite good. I really thought Barca should be a small favorite tonight and even bookies agreed with me. Real was missing a couple of players and they have CL matches to worry about but I guess that kind of problems simply don't really matter when you are playing against your biggest rivals Barca. If it was Huesca or something like that away from home I am sure Real would have looked much worse Maybe Real should play all super important games on their training stadium, after all you don't win against Liverpool and Barca in the same week very often.

I had a bet on both to score so at least that one checked out ok.

[logfiles]

Missed 3 picks yet again this weekend. That sums up my very poor performance in the pool since the beginning of this year
Now that the Bitcoin price has spike since the tournament started. It will be a juicy prize to the winner.

[slaman29]

Augh. Always turning out to be a bad weekend for me to see my team lose. Yes it was a small margin and yes Casemiro had his red card so it showed just how close it was but if you saw the first 20 minutes and up to the first goal, you kind of felt like Barca were being bosses around by a weakened side.

Really wish we could have drawn but oh well. Next time.

[slaman29]

No La Liga tonight but I'm of course watching my team take on Atletic Bilbao in Copa del Rey.

Looking to do a betbuilder, I know we are the favorites so the direct odds will not be so great. Messi to score. over 5 corners, over 2 cards for us. and Maybe do unders for Atletic.

What do you guys think?

[Trofo]

No La Liga tonight but I'm of course watching my team take on Atletic Bilbao in Copa del Rey.

Looking to do a betbuilder, I know we are the favorites so the direct odds will not be so great. Messi to score. over 5 corners, over 2 cards for us. and Maybe do unders for Atletic.

What do you guys think?

It is a final and those are always tricky. I am expecting Barca to win since Bilbao has dropped off a little with their performances but it will not be easy. Will be watching the match as well, I like it when we have those late games in Spain, just in time to put my daughter to bed and watch in piece. How I miss those Classico matches that were around 10PM, it is not the same when they are playing in the afternoon but TV coverage makes money so I understand.

[buwaytress]

No La Liga tonight but I'm of course watching my team take on Atletic Bilbao in Copa del Rey.

Looking to do a betbuilder, I know we are the favorites so the direct odds will not be so great. Messi to score. over 5 corners, over 2 cards for us. and Maybe do unders for Atletic.

What do you guys think?

It is a final and those are always tricky. I am expecting Barca to win since Bilbao has dropped off a little with their performances but it will not be easy. Will be watching the match as well, I like it when we have those late games in Spain, just in time to put my daughter to bed and watch in piece. How I miss those Classico matches that were around 10PM, it is not the same when they are playing in the afternoon but TV coverage makes money so I understand.

I suppose it's also to cater to our friends in Asia. Back when I was still single and watching games out, you have to stay way past midnight and then rush home before getting ready to work again in a couple of hours. Footbally literally ruined a lot of my work days, especially Champs League nights, since you'd stay around and watch highlights and stuff.

Waiting for a boost promo (surely there's a big one later) on this final. Maybe follow slam's Betbuilder but go a bit more enthusiastic on goals?

[slaman29]

Seems like you were right to count on more goals instead of just corners and cards! I barely made it too as was doing 20 booking points and that was exactly what the game produced.

Was such a lovely game to see, everybody was happy and scoring with joy, and we have something to soothe our pains and now we can truly focus on La Liga:)

[buwaytress]

And I would have won last nights betbuilder too if only there was one more corner haha.

That will really teach me a lesson. Past two games picked to win by two plus goals, messi to score, and to win both halves. High enough. I had to pick over 4.5 corners to my selection. High scoring games huh.

[buwaytress]

Talk about tight on the first 2 games. Elche the big winner with 3 shots the whole game, 6 cards, surprised there was even a goal. If Elche survive this season, they need to find a way to score more goals or get defensive. Second worst goal difference will kill them in tight battles.

Waited for Betis to get to 8/10 all day but finally pulled the trigger at 6.1x. I smell a giant's corpse tonight.

[Trofo]

Waited for Betis to get to 8/10 all day but finally pulled the trigger at 6.1x. I smell a giant's corpse tonight.

I was looking at this one as well. Betis is playing very good football and they could make problems for Real today. If this was played a couple of days ago when Real was still missing some important players I would pull the trigger without thinking. This way with Real almost back to full strength, and taking in account that Fekir was red carded in last match I am not so sure.

Probably gonna wait for live betting before placing any bets.

[casperBGD]

Waited for Betis to get to 8/10 all day but finally pulled the trigger at 6.1x. I smell a giant's corpse tonight.

I was looking at this one as well. Betis is playing very good football and they could make problems for Real today. If this was played a couple of days ago when Real was still missing some important players I would pull the trigger without thinking. This way with Real almost back to full strength, and taking in account that Fekir was red carded in last match I am not so sure.

Probably gonna wait for live betting before placing any bets.

if had to call for a giant corpse, would call it tomorrow for yellow submarine, Betis is not my bet
it is not just teams that will be available today, it is statistic as well, Betis did not lost match in Madrid since 2017, and there is not much teams (if any) that can put that on the table as well, so it is their time to lost it

for tomorrow, Villareal does seem as up and down with form, but they could pull it, although @5 does not seem enough to put a bet on it

[LTU_btc]

if had to call for a giant corpse, would call it tomorrow for yellow submarine, Betis is not my bet
it is not just teams that will be available today, it is statistic as well, Betis did not lost match in Madrid since 2017, and there is not much teams (if any) that can put that on the table as well, so it is their time to lost it

for tomorrow, Villareal does seem as up and down with form, but they could pull it, although @5 does not seem enough to put a bet on it

I intentionally put draw prediction on this game, though it was difficult to expect goaless draw. Betis are playing good football lately, but few recent their games ended with a draw. It sounds a bit strange, but now Real didn't managed to score against Betis at home 4 games in a row!
My weekend would be perfect if we will win Villarreal tomorrow and Atletico will drop points against Athletic (what is likely IMO).

[Harkorede]

if had to call for a giant corpse, would call it tomorrow for yellow submarine, Betis is not my bet
it is not just teams that will be available today, it is statistic as well, Betis did not lost match in Madrid since 2017, and there is not much teams (if any) that can put that on the table as well, so it is their time to lost it

for tomorrow, Villareal does seem as up and down with form, but they could pull it, although @5 does not seem enough to put a bet on it

I intentionally put draw prediction on this game, though it was difficult to expect goaless draw. Betis are playing good football lately, but few recent their games ended with a draw. It sounds a bit strange, but now Real didn't managed to score against Betis at home 4 games in a row!
My weekend would be perfect if we will win Villarreal tomorrow and Atletico will drop points against Athletic (what is likely IMO).

The draw for Real Madrid was actually a win for Barcelona, All through the week I've been thinking Barcelona's fixture for tomorrow be against Atletico btw, wow! I guess I just can't to get that fixture off Barcelona's to do list.

Fun Fact is that Athletic Bilbao have also played draw all through their last five fixtures, so we anticipation of what happened at Betis tonight to repeat itself tomorrow.

[buwaytress]

^^ Trofo and casper Seems you were both right somewhat about Betis, I was hoping some strange things would happen but as it turned out, a scoreless draw settled those two. So yeah, lost my bet even with Real drawing.

@casper, giant corpse yellow sub? But they're clearly the underdogs in that match, I'd never see them winning this one, not with Barca on such red hot form (when you see Messi and Griezmann smiling like they've been in past couple of matches, you gotta fear them ha). I'm going big on them a single HT win at 22/10. As you say, 5/1 is NOT enough value to bet against them.

[casperBGD]

^^ Trofo and casper Seems you were both right somewhat about Betis, I was hoping some strange things would happen but as it turned out, a scoreless draw settled those two. So yeah, lost my bet even with Real drawing.

@casper, giant corpse yellow sub? But they're clearly the underdogs in that match, I'd never see them winning this one, not with Barca on such red hot form (when you see Messi and Griezmann smiling like they've been in past couple of matches, you gotta fear them ha). I'm going big on them a single HT win at 22/10. As you say, 5/1 is NOT enough value to bet against them.

in the end, Barca proved their worth, and got a double present from Madrid, where both teams lost points
is this a sneaking in for Sevilla into title race, I would love to see them with a trophy at the end, but clearly doubt that they are capable to get it, maybe they even think that they cannot as well

[Trofo]

in the end, Barca proved their worth, and got a double present from Madrid, where both teams lost points
is this a sneaking in for Sevilla into title race, I would love to see them with a trophy at the end, but clearly doubt that they are capable to get it, maybe they even think that they cannot as well

Now Barca has everything on their own hands. They are still one point from the top but they have played 1 game less than all other teams in the run for title. In other words if Barca wins all the games till the end, they are champions.

The games look very winable on paper. There is only Atletico at Nou Camp which stands out as difficult fixture. Real has Sevilla, Bilbao and Villareal. In addition to that Real also has Champions League to add extra fatigue. Atletico has Real Sociedad and Barca. I am thinking even draw in Barca - Atletico game should be enough for Barca to clinch it.

[slaman29]

Wow totally unexpected,,, late season falling apart for Atletico, last night should have been a winnable game or at least one they should have drawn.

Trofo's right I think they only need a draw with Atletico at that stage to win the title, but I really don't wanna jinx my own team so I'll just keep silent for the next few rounds. Amazing season.

[casperBGD]

Now Barca has everything on their own hands. They are still one point from the top but they have played 1 game less than all other teams in the run for title. In other words if Barca wins all the games till the end, they are champions.

agree that Barca has best chances to win it in the end, and their form is probably the best at the moment
from my side, I will just seat and watch, since all teams in competition are equal to me, would like to see Sevilla up, but just from underdog stand, nothing more or less

my team will stay in the league in the end, and miss Europe next season, so waiting for next season


fun fact: in the pool, Valencia is my bogey team (just one in the La liga pool), in Premier league have three, and Everton (my team) is within the list as worst (with Liverpool as well there), only Cagliari (my team) in Serie A pool is not in that list (just Sassoulo), so there is certainly a fan bias there, do other have fan bias as well?