La Liga: 10 Major Matches You Can’t Afford To Miss On DStv This Weekend

SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to Round 18 action from the 2020-21 La Liga season, with 10 matches scheduled for 8-11 January 2021.

In the La Liga, the top pick of matches for this round sees Atletico Madrid host Athletic Bilbao at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano.

The teams played to a 1-1 draw at San Mames Barria when they last met (in June 2020, soon after the league’s restart), with goals from Iker Muniain and Diego Costa. A similarly tight and tense affair is expected this time around, with Atletico looking to keep up their title challenge, while Athletic are looking to rise up the log and shake off the inconsistency which has plagued them thus far.

Muniain, the club captain of the Basque side, has called on his team to lift themselves for the second half of the season and ensure they finish as high up the log as possible: “We have had difficulties this season, it is true, but we cannot let that distract us from our goal. There is a lot of games still to be played and targets for us to chase, so we must redouble our efforts and look to claim as many points as possible.”

Atletico coach Diego Simeone, meanwhile, has hailed the influence of Frenchman Thomas Lemar, who has begun to justify his huge price tag after joining the Rojiblancos from Monaco in 2018.

“It makes me very happy,” Simeone explained. “He [Lemar] has been working for a long time to show what a footballer he is and what he has inside. He did not have the regularity to have continuity in the team. There are many games and the better the group is in general, the better we can compete.”

This round of La Liga action also sees Barcelona face a testing trip to Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes to face Granada, while Osasuna will hope to upset champions Real Madrid at Estadio El Sadar – though Los Rojilos have not beaten the capital heavyweights in a top-flight match since way back in 2011.

There will also be a potential thriller between Sevilla and Real Sociedad at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, while Samuel Chukwueze will look to bring his skills, pace and vision for Villarreal when they head to Celta Vigo.

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La Liga fixtures and broadcast details, 8-11 January 2021

Final dates and kick-off times TBC by La Liga

Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

Celta Vigo v Villarreal

Cadiz v Deportivo Alaves