Barcelona and Atletico Madrid Deliver the Goods, Deportivo La Coruna Not So Much
The Fipster model had a solid day in La Liga with two TICKs and one MISS across three completed fixtures. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's wins were well called, though the exact scores proved elusive. Deportivo La Coruna's narrow loss to Sevilla was the day's upset, while Levante vs Athletic Club awaits its turn.
Today’s La Liga action saw the model tip its hat correctly to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, both securing wins as predicted. The model nailed the outcome and over-under bets for these games, though it missed out on the exact scorelines — seven goals for Barcelona instead of four, and a clean sheet for Atletico but with a slightly different margin.
Barcelona’s 7-2 thrashing of Racing Santander was a feast of goals that went beyond the model’s expectations, yet it did call both teams to score correctly and got the over-under spot on. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid’s 4-0 win over Osasuna was a tidy prediction on outcome and total goals, even if the halftime call didn’t quite land.
Deportivo La Coruna versus Sevilla was where the model took a bit of a tumble. It expected a home win with goals at both ends but instead got a narrow away victory with no goals for Deportivo. At least it got the halftime prediction right — silver linings and all that.
Levante against Athletic Club was postponed, so no predictions there to fret about today.
Overall, two TICKs and one MISS from three scored matches is nothing to sneeze at. The model showed strength in calling outcomes and over-under markets but could sharpen its aim on exact scores and BTTS calls. We’ll take that one as a decent day’s work in La Liga.
Model record: 0 STAR · 2 TICK · 1 MISS. Day grade: A-.
