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

[buwaytress]

Do you maybe also like Protestants vs Catholics or mediterranean against german/nordic. hahahaha im a little bit of a nerd in such things.

Well i took already my risk putting a draw on Cadiz against Betis, and dont ended up well, but well at least not so much people catch the exact result also. I hope to keep in the path of the last rounds.

We need more nerds in football! Back home we did a lot of that but in a local context (tribal teams vs mainland teams, or state-funded vs private funded, and even language-wise and ethnic wise yes) -- a lot of these are diluted these days (imports are more common, players also switch clubs more than before).

In English football even the geography hardly matters to most people these days -- Liverpool I notice the most, the songs they make about players are more continental, more "homogenous", I used to follow forums teaching some of the weird tunes only locals would know. "Derbies" are no longer regional either, just city-wise, at least at the top, and fans are all about half-scarves now...

Anyway, I was really itching for a 1-1 on Villareal, but I thought they would disappoint. Turns out I was right about their inconsistency in disappointing.

Sociedad... distracted by Paris? Typical.

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[KTChampions]

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Sociedad... distracted by Paris? Typical.

Judging by the statistics, Sociedad definitely should not have lost:

Shots - 21:9
Shots on target - 3:2
Corners - 7:4
Ball possession - 68% : 32%

But such games sometimes happen and Osasuna leaves with three points, by the way, as I understand it, they broke the 12-year streak of unsuccessful games here.
Overall, your bet was close to winning, but the question is: why bet on City and Liverpool without a handicap? The odds are too small, they had to be maximized.

[LTU_btc]

After today's game it's difficult to imagine what have to happen that Real wouldn't win La Liga this season. In one of key games of season they're destroying Girona, 4:0 already with more than 20 minutes remaining. Girona can be great in rest of games, but in both meeting with Real they had no chance completely and they return to reality now. Yeah, they still have great chances to get spot in Champions league, what would be something what nobody expected before season, but dreams about title is over. A bit sad :/

[casperBGD]

After today's game it's difficult to imagine what have to happen that Real wouldn't win La Liga this season.
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it was expected to see Real win, but didn't expect to see it this easy
does put ahead a question about La Liga overall quality, when you see that Girona was humiliated in both matches against Real, and they are on La Liga top

Valencia is facing Las Palmas tonight, hoping to see good football and a win, will be seen

[notblox1]

Sociedad... distracted by Paris? Typical.

They cant expect to win anything this season if they keep losing matches like this on home ground
I think that mean reason for this lose is because they had eight missing players for injury reasons, and coach tried to rotate squad.
Real Madrid proved today they have best chances of winning La Liga, they totally demolished Girona.

[KTChampions]

it was expected to see Real win, but didn't expect to see it this easy
does put ahead a question about La Liga overall quality, when you see that Girona was humiliated in both matches against Real, and they are on La Liga top

Valencia is facing Las Palmas tonight, hoping to see good football and a win, will be seen

It seems to me that this is simply a consequence of the fact that Real has returned to its top level. I can’t say that Real is already perfect (the Haaland/Mbappe issue is not yet closed, + injuries and confusion in defense because of this), but Vinny and Bellingham make the difference. In general, now these two players look like they are in the top 3 in the whole world. Real is very strong, so this result is natural.

[Trofo]

After today's game it's difficult to imagine what have to happen that Real wouldn't win La Liga this season. In one of key games of season they're destroying Girona, 4:0 already with more than 20 minutes remaining. Girona can be great in rest of games, but in both meeting with Real they had no chance completely and they return to reality now. Yeah, they still have great chances to get spot in Champions league, what would be something what nobody expected before season, but dreams about title is over. A bit sad :/

Never thought they have a realistic chance and they lasted longer then I thought possible. Watched against Barca and Atletico and they were really good in both, started to change my opinion a bit here. Did not watch against Real and while I expected Real to win it was more in line with 3:2 result or something similar. Definitly expected Girona to score and to keep it sort of close.

[casperBGD]

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Real is very strong, so this result is natural.

agree, Real is really looking strong now
but it does make a question on La Liga strength, since Girona played well, and were humiliated in both games against Real

Valencia lost against Las Palmas, simply can't connect some wins in a row, but Europe is still on reach, will be an interesting season finish

[buwaytress]

Man I really feel sorry for Aspas. Clearly, he's central to his team getting goals (even without scoring he assists) but they are not doing anything to give him some memorable final seasons, are they? With this loss, and Sevilla a game in hand, they flirt ever closer to relegation. Really breaks my heart to see them on the edge of mediocrity.

But such games sometimes happen and Osasuna leaves with three points, by the way, as I understand it, they broke the 12-year streak of unsuccessful games here.
Overall, your bet was close to winning, but the question is: why bet on City and Liverpool without a handicap? The odds are too small, they had to be maximized.

These things do happen. I might have caught it too, had the odds been in the huge opposite direction. As it stands, a loss.

You made a really point too, and it's generally how I think, but there were two (arbitrary) points for me here. First, that this was actually a Sociedad-Qatar bet at what I felt were really good odds. City and Liverpool were there to "pad up" the bet. Secondly, and related, the nonsense idea of getting the full 5/1 from a freebet where wager is not returned. I needed some bumps to get it over the 5/1 win (City+Liverpool took it to 6/1 to nullify the freebet-not-returned balance. Silly, but I do be silly a lot...

[notblox1]

Man I really feel sorry for Aspas. Clearly, he's central to his team getting goals (even without scoring he assists) but they are not doing anything to give him some memorable final seasons, are they? With this loss, and Sevilla a game in hand, they flirt ever closer to relegation. Really breaks my heart to see them on the edge of mediocrity.

Damn Atletico Madrid! 
I had very nice ticket and I was only waiting for them to win or not to lose, because I had them with Draw No Bet option., together with Stuttgart and Arsenal.
Sevilla decided to suddenly wake up from dead, and I heard they introduced several new young players from their academy, maybe that helped for now.

What do you guys think about Barcelona vs Granada?
Current result is 1:1 at the half time and they both need to win for different reasons.

[buwaytress]

Something tells me the rest of La Liga season we should bet against Barca, Girona, Sociedad all with Double Chance.

What do you guys think about Barcelona vs Granada?
Current result is 1:1 at the half time and they both need to win for different reasons.

La Liga destroyed me. Sociedad did the damage to me as I've posted earlier.

Then the nightmare results continued. First, Atletico decided to let Sevilla pound them in the first half, killing these tickets:

And then Barca did me in both ways, could have just sat down and let me win the Granada upset, but no, they couldn't even win to save my Monaco ticket...

[casperBGD]

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La Liga destroyed me. Sociedad did the damage to me as I've posted earlier.

Sevilla is winning in series, just about on same time I wrote them off
maybe it is just a coincidence

shame for your tickets, especially for Barca, can't believe they didn't win in the end against Granada
this season La Liga is burning me down, thought at one moment that I solved the puzzle, but this round proves me really wrong on that
and Valencia losing against Las Palmas just overheat that

[notblox1]

La Liga destroyed me. Sociedad did the damage to me as I've posted earlier.

You are not the only one to get burned my friend, and I dont want to show my screenshot shame  

I finally won a round in La Liga Superbru competition but I almost didnt move from my bottom position in table.
This was very strange round, Athletic Bilbao didnt won against last placed Almeria that had red card for most of the second half, and I dont want to say anything more about Barcelona  
Now I have no clue how teams from La Liga will perform in Champions League  

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to notblox1 for winning the Round 24 Yellow Cap

[slaman29]

No need to say about how worried I am about my team, like @notblox1 I'm now not even sure what to expect from Barca in Champions League, although it's too late for me to do anything as I already continued to support my own team in pools, and even already locked picks.

I hope it's a case of just sacrificing points in La Liga to get the max energy from players on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In any case, I was doing Girona bet as my last, yet Real won comfortable, so it's for me case of losing bets whether on favorite or not

[slaman29]

Damn Atleti, hope you manage to play like this for Champions League and not just lose badly to a shit team again. It's so dumb that you can see this new team scor 4 goals so easily and walk in the park, but against Sevilla 10% they can't even force one save.

Of course, I'm also prepared for Celta win later. Too many spoiled chances and false happiness for me to expect a Barca win.

[casperBGD]

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Of course, I'm also prepared for Celta win later. Too many spoiled chances and false happiness for me to expect a Barca win.

Barca did their job, and finished it off with a small margin
expected a draw TBH, but this is not my season in pools
Atletico trashed Las Palmas as there is no tomorrow

Valencia started against Sevilla, we need a win, Sevilla connected some good scores, expect unexpected tonight, who knows what will happen in the end

[notblox1]

Cmon Celta, not again! 
They repeat same mistakes and lose matches in a stupid way usually in the last moments of the match.
I had a draw prediction in Supebru and I placed additional asian handicap on them not to lose against Barcelona, but they did.
Barcelona did win but it is only a question when they will ditch Xavi and get a better coach.

[LTU_btc]

Valencia - you're kidding. How you can't win against such pathetic Sevilla. Team that made 0 shots in total for almost whole game (0 both on and off target). First and only shot that Sevilla made was close to 90th minute and Sevilla continue to amaze me how bad they can be.

Cmon Celta, not again! 
They repeat same mistakes and lose matches in a stupid way usually in the last moments of the match.
I had a draw prediction in Supebru and I placed additional asian handicap on them not to lose against Barcelona, but they did.
Barcelona did win but it is only a question when they will ditch Xavi and get a better coach.

Celta didn't deserved to lose, but it can be said about many their games this season. They're not playing bad, but lose games in stupid way. When you see fans crying after loss, you understand how difficult for them this season is.
Just want to say one thing about Lewandowski - I hate when players trying to score penalty in this way, stopping just before kicking ball. Fortunately Celta goalkeeper stepped from line to early and Lewa got second chance.

[slaman29]

Cmon Celta, not again! 
They repeat same mistakes and lose matches in a stupid way usually in the last moments of the match.
I had a draw prediction in Supebru and I placed additional asian handicap on them not to lose against Barcelona, but they did.
Barcelona did win but it is only a question when they will ditch Xavi and get a better coach.

Aspas scores, the familiar storyline of Celta.

Lewandowski scores twice, including winning goal, that's not a familiar story for us lol

I didn't bet on this game, I didn't trust us, but man if Lewandowski suddenly switches his form back on and starts winning ugly again, I'll take it, until we find out how to provide cover for our young stars. I have just no idea however how this happens without Xavi.