Matchday 21 of La Liga: schedules, results and match summary | Soccer | Sports

LaLiga EA Sports continues with Matchday 21 of the championship, after a week in which the Spanish Super Cup was in dispute in Saudi Arabia and four Spanish teams were unable to see activity in the league competition. Real Madrid, who will be the leader if they win their pending match, return to LaLiga activity facing bottom team Almería at the Santiago Bernabéu. For its part, Girona receives Sevilla in Montilivi, after the Catalans dropped points the previous day. Barça visits Betis and Atlético de Madrid visits Granada.

Below are all the matches of Matchday 21 of LaLiga EA Sports:

Alavés – Cádiz (Friday, January 19 at 9:00 p.m./GolPlay, DAZN)

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The day opens with Alavés facing Cádiz in a direct duel for permanence. Between both teams, there is a five-point difference, a distance that the Cádiz team will seek to shorten if they intend to get out of the relegation zone. Those led by Sergio González have been in the last three places in the table for a couple of weeks and they do not want that to become a habit until the end of the season. Alavés maintains the calm that comes with the middle of the table, but cannot slow down if it wants to have a calm end to the season.

Rayo Vallecano – Las Palmas (Saturday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m./DAZN)

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Rayo Vallecano meets UD Las Palmas this week, after the Madrid team did not have any activity the previous day because its rival, Atleti, was competing in the Super Cup. The Canaries will seek to take advantage of their opponent’s lack of rhythm and continue consolidating themselves as one of the revelation teams this season. García Pimienta’s team comes from beating Villarreal in Gran Canaria and longs for one more victory, which will put them fully in the fight for European places.

Villarreal – Mallorca (Saturday, January 2 at 4:15 p.m./Movistar)

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Villarreal will look to get out of the bad moment they are going through when they host Mallorca this Saturday. Marcelino’s team has barely managed to get three points in the last five league games, a poor harvest that has them fifteenth in the standings. For its part, Mallorca, which also lives at the bottom of the table, has just qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, something that Javier Aguirre’s men will try to convert into a morale boost for LaLiga.

Valencia – Athletic Bilbao (Saturday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m./DAZN)

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Valencia receives Athletic Bilbao at Mestalla. Rubén Baraja’s team is aware that there is a lot of season ahead and knows that they can still dream of European places. For this, direct duels, like the one this Saturday, are crucial. Athletic Bilbao arrives at a sweet moment of the season. Those led by Ernesto Valverde have accumulated six consecutive victories in all competitions, including the Copa del Rey match against Alavés, when Los Leones got their ticket to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Celta de Vigo – Real Sociedad (Saturday, January 20 at 9:00 p.m./Movistar)

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It hasn’t been long since Celta left the relegation zone and Rafa Benítez’s men intend to stay away from it until the end of the season. Real Sociedad, for its part, has its mind set on competing for European places. The Txuri Urdin have just suffered a hard blow when they lost to Athletic in the Basque derby and will have to wash their wounds to continue aiming for the top. Imanol Alguacil’s team is on a streak of four games without winning in LaLiga and that is beginning to fall behind Real in the standings.

Osasuna – Getafe (Sunday, January 21 at 2:00 p.m./Movistar)

Osasuna hosts Getafe in a direct duel in the middle of the standings. Both teams are in the doldrums after being eliminated in the Copa del Rey and will seek to get back on the path to victory this Sunday. Osasuna saw its cup aspirations perish against Real Sociedad in El Sadar and Getafe was defeated by Sevilla at the Coliseum.

Real Madrid – Almería (Sunday, January 21 at 4:15 p.m./DAZN)

Real Madrid faces Almería in what will be a crossroads at both ends of the standings. While the whites are fighting at the top for the league title, the Andalusians still don’t know what it means to win this season. A factor that could work in favor of Almería is the physical wear and tear of the merengue team, which comes after an intense week of top-level matches, with an extra time included against Atleti in the semifinals of the Super Cup.

Betis – Barcelona (Sunday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m./Movistar)

Betis does the honors to a FC Barcelona that is going through a difficult time of the season. Xavi’s team has just been beaten in the Super Cup final, but even before that, the Blaugrana had already revealed their weaknesses in previous games. On the other side will be a Betic team that is not going through a good moment in terms of play either. Those led by Manuel Pellegrini arrive after beating Granada at home, but before that, the Verdiblancos had gone six games without winning in all competitions.

Girona – Seville (Sunday, January 21 at 9:00 p.m./DAZN)

The previous day, Girona tied against Almería and had one of their worst games this season. Michel’s men will try to get back on track this Sunday when they host Sevilla, a team that is going through low times in LaLiga, but is coming off a smile in the Copa del Rey against Getafe. The Seville team, who are seventeenth in the standings, just one point above Cádiz, will look for a victory that will take them a little further away from the relegation spots.

Granada – Atlético de Madrid (Monday, January 22 at 9:00 p.m./Movistar)

Granada receives Atlético de Madrid in Los Cármenes. The colchoneros have just lost their last league game against Girona, a defeat that made them fall to fifth position, outside the Champions zone. That is why Atleti will look for a victory that can put them back in the fight for the top four places. On the other hand, Granada will try to surprise and get three points that will help them in the fight for permanence.

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2024-01-19 06:00:00
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