Topic: ⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Spanish La Liga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 73. (Read 32618 times)

My first half of the season as Barcelona would have been made already if we're able to win both against Inter and Real Madrid, I'm more worried about against Inter due to what's at stake, we can't just draw or lose then have all our hopes on having to beat Bayern just like it happened last season, Real Madrid seemed to be doing just fair enough, but I don't perceive them to be any better than Barcelona for this season, tbvh. I'll have my money on Barcelona to score Over 1.5 goals against them.



Too bad for me, I was one of the naive ones that went for the visitors to win. 

If we will beat Inter and at least not will lose against Real, yeah, everyone will forget Barca performance against Celta. 3 points is only positive thing from this game. They can use injuries as excuse, but even without many players Barca at simply can't let Celta to dominate whole 2nd half.
@Harkorede, I agree that's not Lewandowski fault only that he was invisible, it's rather consequence how Barca played. Like against Bayern, they made so many crosses from wings like we would have not Lewandowski but Peter Crouch in attack.

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Back to predictor, I can't beleive how much I'm struggling in La Liga pool and how good I'm doing in Serie A, what should be opposite. Fortunately Elche - Mallorca game ended 1:1 as I predicted and it let me to go by 3 places on the table.

I see lots of comments on how poor Barca was yesterday, but who cares, in few weeks time nobody would remember and points are there to stay
Celta really should have scored a couple against Barca in second half. But as somebody said it already, Barca was good in parts of the games in Champions League and got nothing for effort as well.

Can't wait for Clasico now, we should get a good one this year.

I do not think that Sevilla is worth playing in CL, Dortmund struck a late equalizer against Bayern, but they were good enough to beat Sevilla on any day
Sevilla could not worked out clean sheet against Bilbao, after taking an early lead, and that is a real disappointing performance, IMO, last year Sevilla would done it easily

nevertheless, Sevilla is still most serious candidate for top4, and any point lost is good for Valencia, if we end up fighting for 4th place

As much as I like to get points, I do agree, this time we didn't deserve to win, and I can say this because I felt we did play better in Champions League and yet didn't take any points. Now we have to win the next game before El Clasico... everything suddenly becomes must win. We did so well in the last one, but we have a lot of wins to record to improve our record in past years.


Well, I believed too and put money on it. Wasted taking a nice Valencia win in the end, took the lead but didn't win. Now they are also tempting me as their next match is in Champions League but away playing for revenge against Dortmund. Do you guys think this is it for Sampaoli?

I strong agree with your opinion about about how terrible the performance was from Barcelona, Celta Vigo really deserve at the very least a point from the game, I wouldn't blame Lewandoski from being absent from the match really, I think it's pretty much about how Xavi sets up the team to play, Lewandowski was isolated in the game because the attack really barely had him involve the playing setup, I'd give kudos to Celta defense for that, Lewandwoski is very much effecttive when he's invlove in the play, rather than just the players on the flank trying to find in with cross or cutbacks, Xavi played the game entirely on wide areas, and even one of the commentators mentioned it that Xavi was found instructing Raphinha to stick very close to the flank as many as 6 times within the space of the opening 15 minutes, meanwhile both players on the flank Ferran Torres wasn't up to par, while Raphinha seem to be somewhat off too, since he didn't get chance to play really close to Lewandowski, that's why Gavi and Pedri and Ter Stegen are my best Barcelona for the night, Gavi was literally every where on the pitch from tackles to making very decisive passes, and Pedri was an absolute class today. I'm not so worried about Lewandowski not getting the enough scoring opportunities, but I'm sure where they arrive, he'll definitely be ready for it.

What a terrible performance from Barcelona. 3 points is only positive thing from this game, but we didn't deserved it. It's unbeleavable that Celta failed to score with so many chances. Lewa was invisible like against Inter. Our recent performance in few last games is really concerning before crucial game with Inter and El Clasico next week.

Just now i noticed your post. I also believe that they're going to bounce back. I really like Sampaoli as coach.

I did, yes, because I was dumb to trust one team I do not trust. Seems like half of my bets these days are against teams I don't trust.

Home draw and full of cards. I keep forgetting that card bets are the way to go it seems in La Liga this time, so if I win my big Barca bet tonight, then I'm going to try multibets with that selection of cards plus goals as I can't get any picks right.

Yeah i skipped it. My bet slip was full of esports yesterday, kinda regret not taking that that double tbh, i was sure both teams would win in this matchweek but i rarely place more than x amount of tickets per day and i saw your tip way too late :/

hopefully it hits. Good luck, @slaman29 👍

As I said, nice for betting, but not sure about picks. Should have gone with casper and picked Valencia win, but I already swore not to trust them this season after letting me down constantly... the problem is always to see them win like this when you expect them to lose.

But totally agree Sevilla have amazing odds AT HOME.


I will share it here when it hits. I will either be relieved I didn't bet so much or regret I wasn't more brave lol

not betting on my Valencia, simply avoiding it, interesting to watch even without money on stake

but, it was a good game, and bring back hope that we can get into European competition next season, maybe even CL, since that fourth spot is open due to Sevilla form, and all other teams are similar strength

BTTS wins the day again, Trofo! And yeah, Harko, no idea what's happening in all these pools for me, I'm already this soon in the season resigned to the fact I will probably not place in a single one. But that's okay, it was fun all the other seasons regardless.

So after seeing posts about Valencia and Sevilla getting wins, no one took up the Valencia/Sevilla acca I suggested? I didn't, heh.

Nice hit mate! The Valencia game really was thrilling to watch and I totally understand how nervy it must have been for you expecting one goal from Osasuna and they found it on platter of gold but to couldn't take advantage, but I love how they approached the game, even after going a man down, they probably could have gotten more than just one goal if the match had continued for a little longer, given how high they were pressing Valencia.

Congrats with your bet once again!

I am really bad at our pool predictions but at least I had enough luck to cash out on a multi. Had a bit of stress when Osasuna missed penalty and already thought this ticket is a history. This is a perfect example of ticket that almost lost all its legs and came out winning in the end.
My choice in DOTA was 2:1 down and turned it around, both Šibenik and Osasuna scored a goal in the last moments of the game

I have always been practically shit at La Liga prediction pool except for this season where I tend to be getting by just fine, at least for now. But it's come at a cost for being awful in the Serie A, where I've always gotten better.

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Valencia with the lead at halftime, it's not been a game devoid of actions and chances at both ends, Osasuna have also gotten a fair chance to get on the score board.

Valencia and Sevilla acca is almost 10/1, since there are a lot of you backing them. I'd actually go for that too, if I weren't so chicken to waste my bet on Friday game.


I don't know, I thought I hit a nice formula last season, top6 in all the pools (even top2 in all for a few weeks heh), top 1% in EPL global, but this season reminds me I know nothing!

Hi @Harkorede,
As you alluded to, Steve is likely tied up at the moment with other SB ventures and will ship pending Free Bets to everyone once he has a chance.

I went with a close win for Villareal, but this feels like a 50/50 game even though Sociedad have the home advantage. This is probably the only match in La Liga that i'll add to my bet slip. BTTS or over 2.5, haven't decided yet

win @3 odds at home against a team that only won once at the Sanchez Pizjuan in the last decade? worth it

I actually think the former manager lost the dressing room. Sampaoli with all his managerial experience and technical staff could be what these players needed to improve their overall performance on the pitch and bring back that winning mentality (jinxed. now watch sevilla go 0-3 down at HT lol, ffs)

Obviously, Sevilla will finish the season higher than 16th and return to at least the top half of the standings, but I don't think that a change in head coach will help them beat Athletic right away.
Athletic lost only one game and they have only 4 goals conceded, a draw for Sevilla will be a good result. As for the Champions League, there are no chances there, but they can get into their favorite Europa League.

Yes, Sevilla me too, I think for betting (good odds!!), but not for picks lol


Damn, now I'm thinking of what picks to put in for my prediction. The form of Osasuna is so good as you said it looks like they should get the points but Valencia, you know, as everyone does, it keeps letting us down if we go for it.

But I also prefer to pick the better side (from games not points) even though that hasn't helped me much in Barca and Real keeps proving it's not what wins games necessarily, just need 10 minutes of magic.