LaLiga Week 3 predictions
English AS squints through the hazy mists of its crystal ball to glean whatever divine insight we can on this weekend's fixtures in Spain. This is what was revealed...
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FUTBOL 16/17
Real Sociedad – Espanyol (Friday 20.45) Prediction: home win Espanyol have already shipped eight goals this season, the worst record in the division, but Quique Sánchez Flores’ side have also scored six, bettered only by top two Las Palmas and Barcelona
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FUTBOL 16/17
Celta – Atlético (Saturday 13:00) Prediction: away win Atlético have not got off the greatest of starts, dropping four points against newly promoted Alavés and Leganés in their opening two fixtures – despite dominating both of those games. But with 36 ga
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FUTBOL 16/17
Real Madrid – Osasuna (Saturday 16:00) Prediction: home win Osasuna are a tough prospect for any side travelling to Pamplona but last time out in Primera in 2013-14 the Navarrese side mustered just four away wins, at Málaga, Betis, Valladolid and Almería
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FUTBOL 15/16
Sevilla – Las Palmas (Saturday 18:15) Prediction: home win Las Palmas go into the third round of action sitting on top of the Primera pile. Observers of both La Liga and the Premier League may be tempted to point out Leicester’s incredible triumph in Eng
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FUTBOL 16/17
Málaga – Villarreal (Saturday 18:15) Prediction: home win Villarreal will struggle for goals in the absence of injured forwards Roberto Soldado and Cédric Bakambu, and it will be interesting to see how the team responds after failing to qualify for the C
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FUTBOL 16/17
Barcelona – Alavés (Saturday 20.30) Prediction: home win Alavés have surprised everyone by making an unbeaten start to the season but the newly promoted side will be up against it in Camp Nou. Fans of the Quinigol will be familiar with an M-0… Luis Enriq
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FUTBOL 16/17
Sporting – Leganés (Sunday 12:00) Prediction: draw This could be the game of the weekend: Sporting showed against Athletic that they have started this season in the same vein they played 2015-16, with an all-or-nothing approach to games at home. Athletic
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FUTBOL 16/17
Valencia – Betis (Sunday 16:00) Prediction: home win Valencia are bottom of the league after two games and have lost Shkodran Mustafi permanently to Arsenal and Aymen Abdennour temporarily to a twanged hamstring, as well as André Gomes and Paco Alcácer t
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FUTBOL 15/16
Granada – Eibar (Sunday 18:15) Prediction: away win It looks like another season of struggle awaits the Granada faithful. Two games in and the Nazaríes are in 17th, and they’d probably have taken that before the season started. Paco Jémez has brought hi
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Futbol 16/17
Deportivo – Athletic (Sunday 20.30) Prediction: draw This time last season Athletic were still basking in the glory of a first trophy in three decades and the extraordinary 4-0 thrashing of Barcelona at San Mamés that secured it. The Lions’ gruelling Eur
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