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Betis 1-0 Real Madrid: Mourinho's First Defeat Back

Parrott's 81st-minute scruff, a stoppage-time penalty save from Valles and 3.16 xG with nothing to show: how Real Madrid lost at La Cartuja.

6 min read

5 Sep 2026

Preview

Pellegrini v Mourinho: duel 17, sixteen years later

Betis host Real Madrid at La Cartuja on matchday 4. In the dugouts: the coach sacked in 2010 and the man hired to replace him. The numbers, the absentees and what it means for your predictions.

7 min read

4 Sep 2026

Analysis

La Liga Has Four of Football's Six Priciest Players

The window closed with €755m spent and one damning statistic: Yamal, Mbappé, Bellingham and Pedri are four of the six most valuable footballers alive. Here is what it means for the title race — and your predictions.

7 min read

3 Sep 2026

Preview

Matchday 4 preview: the numbers behind the slip

Two near coin-flips, three gaps of more than nine points between the public and the market, and four Liga F fixtures with no precedent. The numbers of matchday 4, with no forecast attached.

8 min read

2 Sep 2026

News

Gabriel Jesus to Barça: a champion for €10m

Barcelona ended deadline day paying €10m for a forward who lifted the Premier League three months ago. Inside the Plan B that followed Atlético's refusal to sell Julián Álvarez.

7 min read

2 Sep 2026

History

Aubameyang, 37, matches a Deportivo record set in 1992

Three games, three goals. Aubameyang has matched a Deportivo feat unseen since Bebeto in 1992 — and lifted the promoted side to seventh in LaLiga 2026-27.

7 min read

31 Aug 2026

Analysis

Alavés: the surprise LaLiga leader nobody predicted

Seven points from nine and top of LaLiga 2026-27 while Barcelona and Real Madrid spent over 200 million. What Quique Sánchez Flores's Alavés tells us about predicting football in August.

7 min read

30 Aug 2026

Analysis

Madrid-Arsenal, Barça-PSG: the draw's two grudge ties

Monaco's draw sends Real Madrid back to the Emirates, where they lost 3-0 in 2025, and Barcelona to the Parc des Princes, where PSG knocked them out in 2024. Five Spanish clubs, eight rounds, a final in Madrid.

7 min read

29 Aug 2026

Analysis

Atlético could play the 2027 Champions final at home

The 2026-27 Champions League final will be played on 5 June 2027 at Atlético's Metropolitano. Only four clubs have ever contested the final in their own stadium, and only two won it. Monaco's draw has set the route.

6 min read

28 Aug 2026

History

4,835 days later: Mourinho returns, Mbappé hits a hat-trick

Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-1 as José Mourinho returned to the Bernabéu dugout 4,835 days after his last match there. Kylian Mbappé scored three.

7 min read

27 Aug 2026

Analysis

LaLiga plays matchday 1 twelve days late: here's why

Between 25 and 27 August, LaLiga finally completes matchday 1: Valencia v Betis, Real Madrid v Real Sociedad and Barcelona v Athletic. The World Cup split the opening round in two, and the table still is not telling the truth.

7 min read

25 Aug 2026

News

Champions League draw: five Spanish clubs, final in Madrid

On Thursday 27 August in Monaco, the European road opens for Barcelona, Real Madrid, Villarreal, Atlético and a Betis side back after twenty-one years. And the final is in Madrid.

7 min read

24 Aug 2026

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