Real Madrid and Barcelona share first place as great candidates, with an advantage over the third, which is Atlético Madrid, the team led by Diego Simeone

This weekend La Liga 2022/23 starts in Spain , the last one that will bear the Santander name because from the next one EA Sports will prevail after signing a million-dollar contract , with two clear candidates for the title in the previous one: the powerful Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish giants, who strengthened themselves with the aim of retaining the Champions League one (Real) and definitively forgetting Lionel Messi and being competitive again in Europe the other (Barsa), are the top favorites in the main bookmakers in the world.

Both the Merengue and the blaugrana pay their coronation a maximum of 2.25 for each peso, dollar or euro invested. Third, far away, is Atlético Madrid with 7.50. El Colchonero, whose coach is the Argentine Diego Simeone, is the only club that in the last decade has snatched two tournaments from the big teams (2013/14 and 2020/21).

The rest of the sets are very far in the consideration of bettors. Villarreal is fourth with 41.0 and Real Sociedad fifth with 67.0. The others are above the 150.0 rate.

    Real Madrid / Barcelona - 2.25
    Atletico Madrid - 7.50
    Seville - 26.0
    Villarreal - 41.0
    Royal Society - 67.0
    Real Betis - 151.0
    Athletic Bilbao - 201.0
    Almería / Celta de Vigo / Valencia / Valladolid - 501.0
    Spanish / Getafe - 751.0
    Girona - 1001.0

Last season Karim Benzema swept the top scorer table with 27 goals, nine more than Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo), and was decisive for Real Madrid to win the title. Without Messi in Barcelona, ​​the Frenchman did not have a striker of his caliber as a competitor in the tournament and he will have one in the next tournament because the culé team hired the Pole Roberto Lewandowski.

For bookmakers, both are favorites to get that individual award with a maximum odds of 3.0. Far behind, in third place, is the Brazilian Vinicius Junior with 15.0.

    Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) / Roberto Lewandowski (Barcelona) - 3.0
    Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) - 15.0
    Raphina (Barcelona) - 17.0
    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) - 21.0
    Raul De Tomas (Spanish) - 26.0
    Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad) / Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) - 34.0

This is how La Liga is played.

The 20 teams will face each other on two wheels , so the fixture consists of 38 days. The first 14 will be before the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The champion, his escort, third and fourth will qualify for the 2023/24 Champions League ; the fifth and sixth to the Europa League; and the seventh to the Conference League.
The last three, from 18th to 20th place, will be relegated to the second division.

The history of the Spanish tournament.

The most champion in Spain, where 91 tournaments have already been played, is Real Madrid with 35 and nine Olympic laps ahead of Barcelona. Between them they add 61 of the total championships. They are followed by Atlético Madrid (11), Athletic Bilbao (8), Valencia (6) and Real Sociedad (2). Real Betis, La Coruña and Sevilla, with one each, complete the list of eight clubs that have won at least one title.

    Real Madrid - 35
    Barcelona - 26
    Atletico Madrid - 11
    Athletic Bilbao - 8
    Valencia - 6
    Real society - 2
    Real Betis / La Coruña / Seville - 1

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