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Week 37 predictions: the penultimate round of games
Levante (20) – Atlético (2) Prediction: away win; Result: 2-1; AS: 0/1
Oddly enough Atleti have never managed a win at Ciutat de Valencia under Simeone (2D, 2L) and, as this will be the Frogs’ last outing at home in the top-flight for the foreseeable future, the Rojiblancos are likely to have a battle on their hands. Rubi’s
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Celta Vigo (6) – Málaga (8) Prediction: home win; Result: 1-0; AS:1/2
A point would secure a top–six finish for the hosts, and with it a Europa League spot. Nonetheless, the Galicians will be setting their sights a bit higher than that as they try to leapfrog Athletic Club to fifth place, which would allow them to bypass th
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Getafe (19)– Sporting (18) Prediction: home win; Result: 1-1; AS: 1/3
Forget the down-to- the-wire title-chase at the top of the table, this is the real match of the weekend. So high are the stakes in fact that the oxymoronic utterance ‘a packed Coliseum’ is being applied ahead of this win-at- all-costs relegation scrap. Af
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Las Palmas (10) – Athletic (5) Prediction: draw; Result: 0-0; AS: 2/4
Ernesto Valverde’s Lions make the long trip from Bilbao to the Canary Islands with the objective of locking down fifth place ahead of Sevilla’s visit to San Mamés on matchday 38. Beñat is fit to play but the visitors will have to make do without Etxeita i
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Sevilla (7) – Granada (16) Prediction: away win; Result: 1-4; AS: 3/5
My cynical tea leaves tell me that Pozzo family-owned Granada will find a way to cling onto their LaLiga status for another season. Los Cármenes hosts a Barcelona side which in all probability will be looking to put the title-chase to bed once and for all
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Barcelona (1) – Espanyol (14) Prediction: home win; Result: 5-0; AS: 4/6
Memories of Raúl Tamudo’s heroic performance at the Camp Nou back in 2007, when the Parakeets knocked Barça off the summit of the league table by holding them to a 2-2 draw, will inevitably cross the minds of Galca’s troops as they make the short journey
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Real Sociedad (11) – Rayo (17) Prediction: away win; Result: 2-1; AS: 4/7
Paco’s men have taken maximum points from their last two league visits to Anoeta and will need to do so again if they’re to ensure survival in the division remains entirely in their own hands going into the final day of the season. Standing in their favou
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Real Madrid (3) – Valencia (9) Prediction: draw; Result: 3-2; AS: 4/8
Back when these sides met for the reverse fixture at the beginning of the year, Rafa Benítez and Gary Neville were the two men pacing up and down the technical areas. Since then Paco Ayestaran and Zinedine Zidane have taken charge and managed to turn both
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Villarreal (4) – Deportivo (15) Prediction: home win; Result: 0-2; AS: 4/9
Depor could find themselves in deep doo-doo if they fail to add to their points tally at El Madrigal. However, the Galicians have not kept a single cleansheet since the turn of the New Year and have suffered a string of injuries in defensive positions, in
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Eibar (12) – Betis (13) Prediction: draw; Result: 1-1; AS: 5/10
The inhabitants of the Basque bicycle-manufacturing hamlet must be perplexed by the manner in which the wheels have come off the Gunners’ season. Eibar were flying high at the beginning of their second LaLiga campaign but 2016 has brought with it a dramat
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