La Liga Predictions & Betting Tips

The Squawka Bet team of experts run the rule over the 2025/2026 La Liga campaign.

The 2025-26 La Liga campaign is two months away.

Barcelona are once again the defending champions, having lifted the La Liga title for the 28th time last season.

Hansi Flick’s men finished four points clear at the top of the table, with Real Madrid the runners-up and Atlético Madrid finishing third. The question is, can Barça retain their La Liga crown, a feat they have not achieved since the 2018-19 season?

Who will win the La Liga title?

Real Madrid are once again odds-on favourites to win the La Liga title. It has been a while since Los Blancos did not start a campaign leading the odds.

The most successful team in La Liga history, Real Madrid have won the title in three of the past six seasons, but they come into this new season under new management, with former club stalwart Xabi Alonso taking over from mentor Carlo Ancelotti, who has since gone on to manage the Brazil national team.

As mentioned, Barcelona are the defending champions, with Flick returning national honours to Catalonia at the first time of asking; his task is now to successfully defend their crown, something they last did under Ernesto Valverde’s leadership.

Atlético Madrid are the third favourites to win La Liga, as one of the Big Three. Diego Simeone’s side were 12 points behind Barcelona last season but lost six of their 38 games, matching both the clubs that finished above them. But Atlético Madrid are often the third wheel in the La Liga title fight, with just two championships in the past 21 years—the rest being shared between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Latest La Liga outright odds

Find the latest La Liga title odds for the 2025/2026 season here:

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Who will finish in the La Liga top four?

Naturally, the three title contenders are all odds-on to finish in La Liga’s top four. Last season was the 12th season out of the last 13 in which that trio finished in the top three. So the question is, who will finish fourth and claim the final Champions League spot?

Athletic Bilbao were the fourth-placed team last season, their highest finish since 2013–14 when they also ended fourth under current boss Valverde. While doing so, they equalled their highest points total (70) this century, which they first achieved during the aforementioned campaign 11 years ago. The question now is whether they can maintain a top-four push. Not only do they have to repeat their feat, which was a massive surprise, but they also need to do it while juggling Champions League football. In the Premier League, we saw Aston Villa struggle to do that last season.

On similar odds to Athletic Bilbao is Villarreal, who matched Bilbao’s tally, subsequently earning them qualification for the Champions League group stage. Spain will have five teams in the 2025-26 competition. However, the Yellow Submarine has not finished in the top four since 2015/16. Real Betis, who reached the 2024-25 Conference League final, completes the close group of top-four favourites. The beaten finalists have sat in the top eight in six of their ten seasons since returning to La Liga.

Who will be relegated from La Liga?

At the other end of the table, La Liga said goodbye to Leganés, Las Palmas, and Valladolid.

The latter was among the worst teams for a long time, with only four wins. They finished on 16 points, with Las Palmas doubling their points total.

Leganés were unlucky to finish one point inside the relegation zone with Girona—who infamously claimed third spot a season prior—and Sevilla, who have been a force in La Liga before, registering 41 points.

Indeed, the gap between Getafe in 13th and Leganés in 18th was only two points.

Levante and Elche are the first two promoted teams, with Oviedo and Mirandés battling it out for the final spot.

La Liga 2025/26 key dates

Event	Date
Opening Day	17/08/2025
Winter Break begins	21/12/2025
Winter Break ends	04/01/2026
Final Day	24/05/2026

When does Squawka release their La Liga Predictions?

Our La Liga experts look to collate data, check team news to form, and make, their selections around 48 hours before kick-off. This time frame may change, however, due to circumstances such as fixture congestion.

We have you covered for every kind of bet imaginable in La Liga, from outright tips at the start of the season all the way through to the best accumulators and multiples and our match bet for each and every match come each individual match week.

What are the popular La Liga betting markets?

Looking for Squawka Bet’s very best La Liga predictions and betting tips on the fixtures taking place? We look to get our tips live before the day of the game, so you should find our best bets available on this page ahead of the day of the match. And that’s not all. This is the place to check back to for the latest La Liga betting offers, odds, information and even different tips – if you’re looking for multiples and accumulators, we have you covered alongside our match singles. Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, you could combine some of our match tips for a big odds accumulator across different markets.

Here are some of the markets we offer tips on across all competitions:

• Accumulator
• Both Teams To Score
• Over 2.5 goals
• Anytime Goalscorer

Best bookmakers for La Liga

There are so many different things to consider when choosing your favourite bookmaker to place your Spanish top tier bets with. For example – which bookmaker offers the best value, do they have an easy-to-use mobile app and indeed are there any La Liga free bets available upon sign-up?

Every bookmaker worth their salt will offer odds on every La Liga game throughout their season, so you shouldn’t have a problem in finding the right sportsbook, with the right mix of price boosts, free bets and their layout.

Even more impressive is that some bookmakers offer the chance to watch and bet on matches in-play with La Liga live streaming services. This gives punters the chance to watch the action unfold and place their bets accordingly during the game and includes matches as illustrious as El Clasico itself – Barcelona vs Real Madrid.

• Bet365
• Sky Bet
• BetMGM
• Midnite
• BetUK

What other competitions do you provide tips for?

We’re not just here to offer La Liga betting tips and our Squawka football experts scour the most popular leagues all over the world to find the best value. Our expertise covers the major European leagues as well as the English football league and domestic cup competitions, UEFA’s continental club tournaments and even international fixtures.

See our pages for tips on the biggest footballing leagues across the globe:

• Champions League
• Premier League
• FA Cup
• League Cup
• Bundesliga
• Serie A
• Championship
• League One
• League Two

La Liga Offers & Free Bets

Before you get started, are you looking for some La Liga free bets, enhanced odds and price boosts? Some bookmakers will offer massive new customer offers for big games such as El Clasico, but almost all of them will offer the opportunity to earn a sign-up bonus upon registration which tends to include free bets but can be different with each sportsbook.

Beyond the new customer offers and sign-up bonuses, you will also find price boosts for all customers if you check at the correct times ahead of kick-off. This is often the best opportunity to get the best value on your match bet.