LaLiga 2024-2025 (First Division)

[GermanyFourWorldCups]

It's over. Seven points difference at MD11.

[Bulgarian]

It's over. Seven points difference at MD11.

Yeah probably and based on what Real has shown this season its not surprising at all.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop after Jornada 11 is complete

1. Barça----------30 points; next hosts Espanyol.
2. Real Madrid-----24 points; at Valencia.
3. Villarreal-------21 points; hosts Rayo.
4. Atlético--------20 points; hosts Las Palmas.
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5. Athletic--------18 points; hosts Betis.
6. Betis-----------18 points; at Athletic.
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7, Mallorca--------18 points; at Alaves.
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18. Las Palmas----9 points; at Atlético
19. Valladolid-----8 points; at Osasuna.
20. Valencia------7 points; hosts Real Madrid.

[AlanK]

Jornada 12 starts tomorrow (1 Nov) and ends Mon. (4 Nov), which will get us through the "hard to figure the kickoff time" problem

Fri. 1 Nov

2100 Alavés 1, Mallorca 0 Can Mallorca continue their excellent results A win would lift them to third place Scoreless first half in Mendizorroza. 17,212 on hand. At 76, Guridi scores to give the home team the lead--1-0. And that is the final score.

Sat. 2 Nov.

1400 Osasuna 1, Valladolid 0 Can Osasuna qualify for European fútbol? Can Valladolid avoid the drop" At 18', VAR consultation leads to a pk being awarded to Osasuna. Budimir converts at 19--1-0. And still 1-0 at the half, which is good enough to lift Osasuna past Atlético into fourth place . . . for the moment, anyway. And Osasuna's goal holds up

1615 Girona 4, Leganés 3 . . . or #14 hosts #15. Will Girona show the form that carried them to the CL last season At 21', Miguel Gutiierrez scores for Girona, but at 24, Tapia ties for Leganés--1-1. At 31, Arnau heads in to give Girona the lead again--2-1. At 41, Juan Cruz ties it for Lega with a shot from just outside the area--2-2. And it is halftime. 10,839 in Montilivi. At about 62', Stuani comes in for Girona to take a pk; he converts the pk and it is 3-2. And now 4-2 after an own goal by Sergio Gonzalez. And now at 78 it is 4-3 as Munir scores. And there it ends

1830 Villarreal-Rayo Postponed due to flooding

2100 Valencia-Real Madrid Can Valencia get something positive out of this game Postponed due to flooding Really awful flooding--see amenina below; has more info than I do.

Sun. 3 Nov. Well, utter confusion on my part--I seem to be an hour different from what I expected. SIGH They changed the kickoff hour for this game a couple of times--I am not the only one confused by the hour change

1400 Atlético 2, Las Palmas 0 Can Atleti get back on track Even a tie today lifts Atleti back to third place. At 37, Giuliano Simeone gives Atleti the lead--1-0. And that is the score at the half good enough to lift Atleti to third place . . . for the moment anyway . . . 56,610 on hand. At 83, Sorloth makes it 2-0 for Atleti. That is the final; Atleti climbs to 3rd place for the moment. Las Palmas stays in the drop.

1615 Barça 3, Espanyol 1 Big derby, although a bit one-sided Underway momentarily. At 11, Yamal assists Dani Olmo, who scores--1-0. At 23, Raphinha makes it 2-0. At 27, Jofre of Espanyol seems to have scored . . . but VAR finds an offside on the play. At 31, Dani Olmo scores another, after a giveaway--3-0. And that is the score at the half. At 63, Puado scores for Espanyol--3-1. That is the final.

1830 Sevilla 0, Real Sociedad 2 At 34, Take Kubo gives La Real the lead--0-1. And that is the score at the half. 37,619 on hand. At 66, pk awarded to la Real; Oyarzabal converts at 68--0-2. That is the final.

2100 Athletic 1, Betis 1 #6 hosts #7. These two are still in these positions at the start of this game. Scoreless at the half; Athletic has hit a post on three occasions. Somebody needs to get one between the sticks At 52, Fornals of Betis put one between the sticks--0-1. At the moment, Betis is in fourth place But Valverde brought in his secret weapon at 65, and indeed, Berenguer scored to tie it--1-1. And that is the final score

Mon. 4 Nov. 2100 Celta 1,-Getafe 0 All kickoff time confusion should be over with Home team has 13 points to date; visitors have 10. At 7', Aspas centers for Douvikas to head in--1-0; great goal Halftime. Celta has climbed to tenth place . . .Shold this be the final score, anyway. 19,502 in Balaídos. At 62´, Aspas hits the post. At 65´, Getafe is down to 10, as Berrocal is dismissed. Celta holds on to win.

[amenina]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 04k29e15zo

La Liga champions Real Madrid's match against Valencia, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed after the devastating flash floods in Spain.

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has postponed all matches in the Valencia region, where at least 95 people have died and dozens more are missing after torrential rain.

Villarreal's La Liga meeting with Rayo Vallecano has also been called off, along with three games in the Segunda division - Castellon v RC Ferrol, CD Eldense against SD Huesca and Malaga's visit to Levante.

in Liga F, the women’s top flight, Valencia's match against Deportivo La Coruna and Real Madrid v Levante are among the postponed fixtures.

The RFEF had received requests from La Liga, Liga F and the clubs themselves to postpone all professional matches in the area after the flash floods.

Several Copa del Rey matches, including Valencia's trip to Parla Escuela, had already been rescheduled.

The RFEF said a minute's silence will be observed during the weekend's games to show Spanish football's "solidarity for those affected, especially the relatives of those who have died in the natural disaster".

[rpo.castro]

Good call, don't if you have watched the images but they are really impressive. Major storm in western europe in this century.

[AlanK]

With the games in the Valencia region missing (of course), here are the Top and the Drop after Jornada 12

1. Barça-----------33 points; next at Real Soc.
2. Real Madrid-----24 points; hosts Osasuna
3. Atlético---------23 points; at Mallorca
4. Villarreal--------21 points; hosts Alavés
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5. Osasuna--------21 points; at Real Madrid
6. Athletic---------19 points; at Valladolid
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7. Betis------------19 points; hosts Celta
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18. Las Palmas------9 points; at Rayo.
19. Valladolid-------8 points; hosts Athletic
20. Valencia--------7 points; at Espanyol

[AlanK]

. . . and here is the schedule for Jornada 13

Fri. 8 Nov. 2100 Rayo 1, Las Palmas 3 A win would lift the Canaries out of the drop Fabio Silva heads in a corner at 6 to give the Canaries an early lead--0-1. And the early goal is still the difference at the half. Las Palmas has climbed three places in the standings; can they hold on 12,978 on hand in Vallecas. At 62', Aridane of Rayo scores an own goal and it's 0-2. And now 0-3 as Fuster scores for the visitors. At 92', McKenna of Las Palmas scores an own goal--1-3 the final.

Sat.9 Nov.

1400 Real Madrid 4, Osasuna 0 At 34, Vini Jr. gives Real the lead--1-0. At 42, Bellingham lobs his shot over Herrera, and it's 2-0. Halftime in the Bernabéu. At 61, Vini Jr. scores another--3-0. At 69, Vini Jr. completes a hat trick--4-0. 72,462 reported on hand. And 4-0 is the final.

1615 Villarreal 3, Alavés 0 Comin' right up At 38, Akhomach scores to give Villarreal the lead--a grand goal . . . and it is 1-0. Villarreal now is in third place. Half time. 17,659 on hand, At 79, pk awarded to Villarreal for handball in the area. Parejo converts at 81--2-0. At 89, Comesaña ices it for the Yellow Sub--3-0. And 1-0 is the final.

1830 Espanyol-Valencia As noted below, game is to be rescheduled.

2100 Leganés 1, Sevilla 0 At game time, this game features #16 vs #13. Scoreless in Butarque at the half. 11,167 in Butarque. Navas comes in for Sevilla at about 73. PK awarded to Lega at 81 is converted by Miguel de la Fuente at 82 for Lega--1-0. Sevilla is a goal and a man down. Six minutes added time. Very disappointing game by Sevilla.

Sun. 10 Nov.

1400 Betis 2, Celta 2 Kickoff in 10 #7 hosts #10. At 13, Javi Rodríguez volleys home to give Celta the lead--0-1. At 40, Vítor Roque finishes nicely to tie--1-1. And it is tablas at the half. 54,015 on hand. At 82, Douvikas, unmarked, scores what looks like a winner for Celta--1-2. WOW At 95, Bartra scores to tie it--2-2 the final.

1615 Mallorca 0, Atlético 1 Coming right up Scoreless first half in Son Moix. 15,900 on hand. At 61, Julián Alvarez finishes off successfully a two on the goalie situation--0-1. At 85, Oblak saves the bacon for Atleti. And Atleti holds on to win

1830 Getafe 0, Girona 1 At 42, Yangel Herrera gives Girona the lead--0-1. Halftime. The lone goal holds up to be a winner.

1830 Valladolid 1, Athletic 1 Scoreless first half. 23,515 on hand. At 79, Moro gives the home team the lead--1-0. At 94, Gorka Guruzeta ties it for Athletic--1-1. And thus it ends.

2100 Real Sociedad 1, Barça 0 Well heck! Lamine Yamal will apparently not play in this game. Kickoff soon. At 13, Lewandowski puts in a ball that la Real fails to clear--but disallowed for offside. At 33, Becker gives La Real the lead--1-0. Halftime. 36,194 on hand. Very poor overall by Barsa. Mistake after mistake. Digo

[amenina]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dl2rzzk81o

Valencia and Levante games postponed again

Valencia's La Liga game at Espanyol on Saturday has been postponed as the city continues to deal with the aftermath of the devastating floods that hit eastern Spain last week.

Levante, who also play in Valencia, have also seen their second-tier game at Tenerife postponed on Sunday.

Flooding in the Valencia region which began last Tuesday has caused at least 218 deaths.

Valencia's Copa del Rey meeting with Parla Escuela and La Liga game against Real Madrid were both postponed last week.

A statement from Valencia read: "At this time, football is secondary and all efforts must go to aid those affected by the tragic aftermath of the DANA weather phenomenon, to whom Valencia CF would like to express their deepest condolences and support."

Levante said: "We would like to thank La Liga, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and CD Tenerife for their sensitivity and understanding, as well as the numerous displays of affection and help that we are receiving in these difficult times from all over Spain and also internationally.

"Our focus during these days will continue to be on collaborating and reinforcing the work that the emergency services and volunteers continue to carry out, as well as on supporting all those affected by this catastrophe."

Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti, Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone and Barcelona's Hansi Flick were among the managers who criticised the decision to play any La Liga matches last weekend.

[mspm89]

Another defeat at San Sebastián for Barça, and the good streak comes to an end. The loss against Osasuna was answered splendidly, will it happen again after the break?

No European football for the worst Valencia in several decades, so there are enough gaps in the Liga calendar to catch up. But they'll feel the pressure more down at the bottom because of these postponements.

[AlanK]

With Jornada 14 starting on 22 Nov, here are The Top and The Drop after Jornada 13 . . . with a game or two of the first 13 yet to be played

1. Barça-------------33 points; at Celta
2. Real Madrid-------27 points with a game in hand. In Jornada 14--At Leganés.
3. Atlético-----------26 points; hosts Alavés.
4. Villarreal----------24 points with a game in hand; At Osasuna.
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5. Osasuna----------21 points; hosts Villarreal.
6. Athletic-----------20 points; host Real Sociedad.
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7. Betis-------------20 points; At Valencia.
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17. Getafe----------10 points; hosts Valladolid.
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18. Espanyol--------10 points with a game in hand; at Girona.
19. Valladolid--------9 points; at Getafe.
20. Valencia---------7 points with two games in hand; hosts Betis.

[AlanK]

And here is Jornada 14

Fri. 22 Nov. 2100 Getafe 2, Valladolid 0 Coming up soon Winner will be above the Drop; loser will not Scoreless first half leaves, thus far, Getafe one place above the Drop, and Valladolid in the Drop. 9,911 on hand. At 70, Alvaro Rodríiguez scores for Getafe, and at 73, Nyom makes it 2-0. And 2-0 is the final.

Sat. 23 Nov

1400 Valencia 4, Betis 2 Can Valencia show signs of improvement Valencia will attempt to finish the day above last place. Betis will be aiming for fifth place today. At 8, Tárrega gives Valencia the lead--1-0. At 14, Hugo Duro scores an own goal to tie it 1-1. Halftime in Mestalla. As was to be expected, quite an emotive affair in Mestalla. 43,975 on hand. At 50, Hugo Duro gives Valencia the lead--2-1. And at 53, it is Hugo Duro again, and 3-1 is the score. And at 56', Diego López makes it 4-1 . . . is this for real At 66, Chimy Avila cuts the margin to 4-2. And the people are singin . . .

1615 Atlético 2, Alavés 1 Comin right up . . . and at 7, handball pk in favor of the visitors, converted by Guridi at 7--0-1. Alavés is playing really tough . . . Can Atleti com back in the second half 58,910 on hand. At 76, Griezmann converts a handball pk, and it is 1-1. At 86, Rodrigo de Paul assists Sorloth, who scores with a howitzer shot to give Atleti the lead 2-1.

1830 Girona 4, Espanyol 1 At 4, Bryan Gil gives Girona the lead--1-0. Miovskiat 16 and 21 and Krejci at 27' make the score 4-0. And it is still 4-0 at the half. Girona, at the moment, is in fifth place in LaLiga. Puado scores the Honor Goal for Espanyol at 55.

1830 Las Palmas 2, Mallorca 3 Full time. A true Islands Special Scoreless first half. At 46, Dani Rodríguez scores to give Mallorca the lead--0-1. 22,940 on hand. At 56, Navarro makes it 0-2 for the visitors. At 79, Essugo cuts the margin to 1-2--game on At 81, handball pk awarded to the Canaries, converted by Fábio Silva at 82, and it is even at 2-2. At about 92, indirect free kick given to Mallorca due to as obscene gesture. A bit hard to follow all this . . . Mojica scores and Mallorca wins it. I've followed LaLiga since 1965--this was a new one on me.

2100 Celta 2, Barça 2. . . and what that is new and unusual will we see here At 14, Raphinha gives Barça the lead--0-1. At the half it is 0-1 and tempers are flaring a bit. 24,573 on hand. At 61, Lewandowski makes it 0-2 with a superb goal. At 82, Casadó sees a red card and Barça is down a man. Barça gives up goals to Celta at 84 and 86, and it is now 2-2. Alfon and Alvarez were the scorers. And 2-2 is the final

Sun. 24 Nov.

1400 Osasuna 2, Villarreal 2 Look for a great game here Is this game of the day, or is that the Basque Derby At 8', Budimir heads in, and Osasuna leads--1-0. At 20, Budimir converts a VAR pk--2-0. Halftime. Osasuna looks awfully tough. Can Villarreal get back into this game 19,795 on hand. At 67, it is Game On, as Alex Baena puts Villarreal on the board--2-1. At 91, penalty in favor of Villarreal, converted by Gerard Moreno at 93, and the game ends in a 2-2 tie. Villarreal stays in the top four . . . for the present, anyway.

1615 Sevilla 1, Rayo 0 as #13 hosts #12. At 28, Sow scores for Sevilla--1-0. At 45 + 1, Unai López of Rayo sees a red card. Halftime. 35,125 on hand. Sevilla wins it.

1830 Leganés 0, Real Madrid 0-3 Scoreless until 43' when Mbappé smashes in--0-1 at the half. 12,338 in Butarque. At 66, Valvarde makes it 0-2 with a free kick. At 85, Bellingham heads in a rebound--0-3. That is the final score.

2100 Athletic 1, Real Sociedad 0 The Basque derby par excellance Athletic would move into 5th place with a win. At 26, Sancet heads in from very close--1-0 Halftime. 50,719 on hand. Full time

[AlanK]

With jornada 14 complete, here are the Top and the Drop

1. Barça-----------34 points; next hosts Las Palmas.
2. Real Madrid-----30 points; hosts Getafe; one game pending.
3. Atlético---------29 points; at Valladolid.
4. Villarreal--------25 points; hosts Girona; one game pending.
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5. Athletic---------23 points; at Rayo.
6. Osasuna--------22 points; at Sevilla.
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7. Girona----------21 points; at Villarreal.
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18, Valencia-------10 points; at Mallorca; two games pending.
19. Espanyol-------10 points; hosts Celta; one game pending.
20. Valladolid-------9 points; hosts Atlético.

[AlanK]

Jornada 15 looks like this

Fri. 29 Nov. 2100 Mallorca 2, Valencia 1 With a win, Valencia would, at least for the moment, climb out of the Drop. At 32, Rioja converts a handball pk to give Valencia the lead o-i. At 45 + 3, Larin ties it for Mallorca--1-1 at halftime in Son Moix. 17,717 on hand. At 81, Darder centers for Abdón Prats to head home--2-1. And the Mallorca goal proves to be a winner

Sat, 30 Nov.

1400 Barça 1, Las Palmas 2 Kickoff comin Scoreless first half; Canaries playing tough. Can Barça put it together Lamine Yamal comes in at start of second half. 43,921 on hand. At 49, Sandro Martínez gives Las Palmas the lead--0-1. At 61, Raphinha ties it for Barça--1-1. Whatta game At 67, Silva scores to put the visitors back ahead--1-2 Las Palmas holds on to win . . . upset of the season

1615 Alavés 1, Leganés 1 coming right up . . . and scoreless at the half in Mendizorroza. 16,881 on hand. At 68, Oscar heads in to give Lega the lead--0-1. At 88, Vicente ties for Alavés--1-1. And that is the final.

1830 Espanyol 3, Celta 1 Under way. At 40, Cardona dribbles all the way down the field and lets go a wonderful shot that makes it 1-0 for the home team. Thus it remains at the half. 23,792 on hand. At 53, Cabrera lets go a cannon shot off a rebound--2-0. At 82, penalty in favor of Celta, converted by Aspas at 83, so it is game on at 2-1. At 87, Cheddira scores on the break for Espanyol, and it is 3-1. And Espanyol breaks a bad streak with an important win.

2100 Valladolid 0, Atlético 5 At 26, Lenglet scores from in close--0-1. At 36, Julian Alvarez makes it 0-2. And at 37, Rodrigo de Paul makes it 0-3. At 45 + 3, J M Giménez has a goal disallowed. At the half, 0-3. At 52, Griezmann makes it 0-4 with a great spin move. At 92, Sorloth makes it 0-5. Game over.

Sun. 1 Dec.

1400 Villarreal 2, Girona 2 Could be best game of the day . . . At 23, Barry puts in a rebound off the post--1-0. Pretty decent first half, with both teams looking good. Will there be more scoring in the second half At 46, Alex Baena scores for Villarreal with a cannon shot--2-0. 17,732 on hand. Stuani in for Girona at about 58 for a bit of fire power . . . At 66, Van de Beek scores to put Girona back in the hunt . . . 2-1 now. Gerard Moreno in and Barry out . . . At 90, Stuani seems to have tied it, but the VAR was lurking . . . At 97, Krejci ties it for the visitors, and 2-2 is the final

1615 Real Madrid 2, Getafe 0 at 27, penalty kick awarded to El Real; Bellingham converts at 30--1-0. At 38, MBAPPE makes it 2-0. Halftime. 74,341 on hand. Second half ends scoreless, so 2-0 is the final. El Real closes to within a point of the top.

1830 Rayo 1, Athletic 2 Hope Rayo can make a good account of themselves. At 14, Nteka intercepts an errant pass and scores--1-0. Halftime. I do not dare hope that Rayo can go on to win, but hey--I can dream At 65, Sancet ties it for Athletic--1-1 At 78, Sancet scores his second of the game, and Athletic leads 1-2. Rayo came close, but no joy Athletic climbs to sixth place . . . at the moment My mistake--Athletic is now 4th

2100 Real Sociedad 2, Betis 0 At 14, own goal by Llorente of Betis; 1-0 for la Real Sociedad. At 30, pk awarded to Real Soc. Converted by Oyarzabal at 31--2-0 for la Real, and it is halftime. 28,119 on hand. And the second half ends scoreless--2-0 the final.

Mon. 2 Dec. 2100 Sevilla 1, Osasuna 1 Scoreless first half. 31,536 on hand. At 69, Budimir heads Osasuna into the lead--0-1. But about 3 minutes later, Lukévakio ties it--1-1. That is the final

[GermanyFourWorldCups]

It's over. Seven points difference at MD11.

After getting 1 point of the last 9, Hansi Flick's team give life to a death Madrid.
Liga is fully alive again.