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Saturday in Spain: Real Madrid and Barcelona continue to chase Atletico
The Blancos will be hosted by the weak Osasuna (Saturday, 22:00, ONE), Barça by Granada.
Atletico hope not to stumble against Bilbao
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Friday, 08 January 2021, 11:34
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Will Real Madrid players continue to celebrate?
(Photo: Reuters)
The 18th round of La Liga will kick off today (Friday) with the game between Salta Vigo and Villarreal.
On Saturday Barcelona will host Granada and Real Madrid will host Osasuna.
Sevilla will host the stuttering Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid the Athletic Bilbao.
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Casimiro and Real need the points (Photo: Reuters)
Osasuna - Real Madrid (Saturday, 22:00, ONE)
Except for one stumble and a 1-1 draw against Elche on the way, the Blancos are already counting six wins on Saturday in the last rounds, which has propelled them to second place with 36 points, two less than city rivals Atletico, who also have two games missing.
Now Real is coming to a game where anything less than three points will be a big disappointment.
Weak Osasuna have not won in their last ten league games and are in 19th and penultimate place with just 14 points.
Real have beaten Osasuna in each of the last seven meetings between the two in all competitions.
Barcelona is looking for a fourth consecutive away win.
Messi and Griezmann (Photo: Reuters)
Granada - Barcelona (Saturday, 19:30, ONE)
In recent rounds Barça are not really convincing at the Camp Nou, but outside they are hot and have won their last three games, including a 2-3 draw against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.
Barcelona come to an away game on paper is not particularly simple against Granada, but the latter played 120 minutes during the week in a game in which they beat Cultural Leone 1: 2, so its players may get tired.
Granada lost in the last round 2: 0 to Eber and is in seventh place with 24 points.
In the previous match between the two in Granada, the host managed to win 0: 2 in September 2019.
Felix and Atletico want to recover from the cup loss (Photo: GettyImages)
Atletico Madrid - Athletic Bilbao (Saturday, 17:15, ONE)
The Colchoneros have won 11 of their last 12 league games, which of course brought them to first place with 38 points and two games missing.
Looking at the pace of Barcelona and Real Madrid's scoring, there is no doubt that this season is a great opportunity for Atletico to win their first championship since 2013/14.
Atletico Madrid have beaten Bilbao in their last five home games against them and now the visitors will arrive tired after losing 3: 2 to Barcelona on Wednesday.
Diego Simeone's side, on the other hand, will arrive embarrassed after being knocked out of the cup for the second time in a row by a third division team.
Suffering from instability, but still in not bad condition.
Sevilla players (Photo: GettyImages, Fran Santiago)
Sevilla - Real Sociedad (Saturday, 15:00, ONE)
The Basques started the season excellently, but suffered from a subtraction problem and have won just once in the last eight rounds.
Sevilla, on the other hand, are not so stable, but are in sixth place with 27 points in 15 games (three less than Sociedad IV).
Yago Aspas and Salta are waiting for Villarreal (Photo: GettyImages)
Salta Vigo - Villarreal (Friday, 22:00, ONE)
The host was stopped in the last round when they lost 2: 0 to Real Madrid after scoring 13 points from 15 before.
Now Salta Vigo will try to come back to win, but it will be very difficult against fifth-placed Villarreal.
Spanish League 2020/21
Group
Mash
Netz
A.
Hp
Gates
Nk
1
Athletico Madrid
15
12
2
1
6-29
38
2
Real Madrid
17
11
3
3
15-30
36
3
Barcelona
17
9
4
4
17-33
31
4
Real Sociedad
18
8
6
4
13-27
30
5
Villarreal
17
7
8
2
17-22
29
6
Seville
15
8
3
4
11-18
27
7
Granada
16
7
3
6
25-19
24
8
Celta de Vigo
17
6
5
6
24-22
23
9
Athletic Bilbao
18
6
3
9
23-21
21
10
Cadiz
17
5
5
7
21-13
20
11
Betis
17
6
2
9
31-20
20
12
Eber
17
4
7
6
16-14
19
13
Levante
16
4
6
6
23-21
18
14
Alabs
17
4
6
7
20-15
18
15
Valladolid
17
4
6
7
24-16
18
16
Hattafa
16
4
5
7
17-12
17
17
Valencia
17
3
7
7
25-23
16
18
Elche
15
3
7
5
18-13
16
19
Osasuna
16
3
5
8
25-15
14
20
Waska
17
1
9
7
26-14
12
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