Spanish Primera Division 2006 - 2007

[JaredL]

Doubt this will be as popular as the Premiership thread, but what the hell.

First week is over now that Sevilla and Barcelona have gotten their matches in after the Super Cup. Sevilla looked dominant (actually they sounded dominant, their match wasn't televised anywhere due to a TV rights dispute) but were playing the newly promoted Levante. Sevilla are currently top, we'll see how long that lasts. I'm pleased in any case because the early matches are very important and are higher variance with teams not quite finding form.

Barcelona won away at Celta 3-2. Based on what I've read it wasn't particularly impressive, they scored the go ahead goal in the 87th minute. Real Madrid didn't look good but were playing probably the fifth best team in Spain so it's not so bad. It will probably take them some time to get to top form after such a tumultuous summer.

Here's how I'm going to predict the top 6 will be:

Champion's League:
1. Barcelona
2. Real Madrid
3. Valencia
4. Sevilla

UEFA
5. Villarreal
6. Atletico de madrid

Real Madrid improved in the offseason as did Atletico. Barcelona and Valencia improved as well, though not as much.

Sevilla remain a top team and simply improved by keeping the team together (losing only Saviola who may come back) as they are young and now more experienced having won the UEFA Cup and Super Cup. I could see Sevilla finishing as high as 2nd. The problem for Sevilla has been consistency. We've played very well against top teams but not good enough against teams in the lower half, all too often giving away two or even three points to teams that are on the verge of relegation - iirc Sevilla lost last year to Numancia who finished in last place. That can't happen if you want to finish in the top 3 or 4.