LaLiga season preview: Barcelona ready to retain title
Barcelona won LaLiga last season, finishing four points clear of Real Madrid
Levante, Elche and Real Oviedo promoted to Spanish top-flight last season
Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal qualified for Champions League
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The LaLiga role of honour for the last seven years reads Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Barca's success in the 2018/19 was the last time the Spanish top-flight title was retained, but the Catalans can repeat the feat by following up on last season's success.
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Barca dominate El Clasico
Hansi Flick's men finished four points clear of Real at the top of the La Liga table last season and Barca dominated their great rivals.
All of last season's four El Clasicos went the way of Barca and Flick's men won those matches by scorelines of 4-3, 3-2, 5-2 and 4-0.
Barcelona won 28 of their 38 league matches last season and they could have made more progress in Europe too.
The Catalans should really have beaten Inter Milan in the semi-finals of last season's Champions League, but Flick's side were drawn into a ding-dong battle and, although the scoreline does not suggest it was the case, Barca were clearly the better team over the two legs of the last-four tie.
At 11/10 with LiveScore Bet Barcelona can be backed to retain their LaLiga title and they certainly start the campaign as the team most likely to be crowned champions.
Big two both make changes
The summer has seen Barca bring in a new first-choice goalkeeper in Joan Garcia and attacking options are boosted with the arrival of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.
The financial issues continue for Flick's side, but they should be able to return home to the Camp Nou in September and that could prove a major boost to their title retention hopes.
Real, meanwhile, start their first full campaign under the leadership of Xabi Alonso, but Los Blancos folded tamely when losing 4-0 to PSG at the Club World Cup in the summer.
Competing in the American tournament cannot be viewed as a positive and there have to be concerns over a defence which conceded 38 goals in 38 LaLiga matches and 20 in 14 Champions League games last term.
Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Trent Alexander-Arnold have arrived to bolster Alonso's defence, but the altter is not the most reliable defensive option and Huijsen and Carreras are promising, but young and inexperienced performers.
Relegation awaits Elche
Elche secured promotion from the Segunda Division last term, but it could be a short stay in the top-flight for Los Franjiverdes, who are Evens with LiveScore Bet to be relegated.
Eder Sarabia has developed a clear style and possession-based approach at the Estadio Martínez Valero, but his squad looks short of quality.
Elche lost two of last season’s key performers Nicolas Mercau and Nicolas Castro in the summer and that duo are yet to be replaced.
Relegation rivals Real Oviedo have been busy in the transfer market, while Levante appear to have a stronger roster than Elche.
