Rayo Vallecano17
LDL
10Santander
DLW
Rayo Vallecano lost to Barça 2–5 away. Santander beat Elche 3–2. Rayo Vallecano are still waiting for a first win.
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Every fixture in the round, with where both clubs stand, what they have done so far and how they have gone at home and away. Barça go into the round on top with 9 points.
Villarreal15
DDL
9Deportivo
DDW
Villarreal lost to Alavés 0–1 away. Deportivo beat Valencia 3–1. Villarreal are still waiting for a first win.
Valencia18
DLL
1Barça
WWW
Valencia lost to Deportivo 1–3 away. Barça beat Rayo Vallecano 5–2. Barça sit 17 places above Valencia.
Alavés4
WDW
5Osasuna
DWW
Alavés beat Villarreal 1–0. Osasuna beat Getafe 1–0. Alavés have not lost yet.
Málaga20
LDL
11Levante
LDW
Málaga lost to Real Madrid 0–4 away. Levante beat Real Betis 5–2. Levante sit 9 places above Málaga.
Espanyol13
WLL
7Sevilla FC
WWL
Espanyol lost to Real Sociedad 1–2 away. Sevilla FC lost to Atleti 1–3. Espanyol at home: 1W 0D 1L.
Getafe14
LWL
16Celta
DLLD
Getafe lost to Osasuna 0–1 away. Celta drew 0–0 away at Real Sociedad. Celta are still waiting for a first win.
Elche19
DLL
12Real Sociedad
LLWD
Elche lost to Santander 2–3 away. Real Sociedad drew 0–0 at home to Celta. Elche are still waiting for a first win.
Reading the round
Spanish rounds run late into the evening and across four days, which leaves the Monday fixture playing catch-up on a table that has already moved. Clubs in a relegation fight have complained about that slot for years.
Form here counts only finished matches, so a club with a game in hand looks worse than it is. Home and away records matter more than they look in a league this early: two home wins from two says less about a club than the same two results in November will.
Betting on this round
We do not publish odds. Prices move through the week and a number printed on a page is out of date by the time anyone reads it, so what follows is the shape of the round rather than a set of figures.
The fixtures worth a second look are the ones where the table and the form disagree: a club sitting high after a soft opening, or one near the bottom that has played the two hardest away games available. Both get priced on position, and position this early is mostly a function of who they have already faced.
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