La Liga is off to a rapid start with likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona dominating the La Liga standings already. Last year, Barcelona won the La Liga comfortably by a margin of 10 points. The Catalan club finished the season with 88 points from 38 matches. Real Madrid finished their previous campaign at 78 points from 38 matches, taking the 2nd place in the table. Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid missed the second place by a solitary point, finishing with 77 points. Here’s the latest La Liga table.
This year, Girona led the La Liga table for a while. The club from the northeastern Catalonia region were unbeaten in their first seven matches, winning six of them. However, a loss to Real Madrid in their last match saw them slip to the third spot. Real Madrid on the other hand climbed to the top spot of the La Liga table by virtue of the win over Girona. Barcelona remain sandwiched between the two, taking the second spot.
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La Liga Points table
La Liga points system
If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:
If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
- If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the head-to-head goal difference for those clubs (without away goals rule).
- If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other:
- a) head-to-head points
- b) head-to-head goal difference
- If two-legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
a) total goal difference
b) total goals scored
If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by Fair Play scales. These are:
- yellow card, 1 point
- doubled yellow card/ejection, 2 points
- direct red card, 3 points
- suspension or disqualification of coach, executive or other club personnel (outside referees’ decisions), 5 points
- misconduct of the supporters: mild 5 points, serious 6 points, very serious 7 points
- stadium closure, 10 points
- if the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed
- If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium.
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