La Liga 2025/26 season preview & soccer betting tips

Spain’s iconic La Liga kicks off on August 17, 2025, and the new campaign looks set to deliver top-flight drama for punters and fans alike.

Super-club heavyweights Real Madrid, boosted by the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold, battle defending champions Barcelona, who boast an attack spearheaded by Robert Lewandowski and teenage phenom Lamine Yamal. Atlético Madrid still thrive as perennial spoilers, yet squad depth could again separate them from the Clasico giants.

Below the title race, the chase for European spots will feature ambitious outfits like Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Real Betis, and Real Sociedad, all refreshed after busy transfer windows. Meanwhile, newly promoted Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo must clear the historical 40-point survival benchmark in a league famed for punishing defensive lapses.

Whether you’re hunting value in outright winner odds, Golden Boot markets, or relegation tips, our La Liga 2025/26 guide breaks down every angle so you can bet with confidence all season long.

2025/26 La Liga outright odds

• Real Madrid – -125
• Barcelona – +110
• Atletico Madrid – +800
• Athletic Bilbao – +5000
• Villarreal – +5000
• Real Betis – --100
• Real Sociedad – +10000
• Celta Vigo – +25000
• Girona – +25000
• Valencia – +25000
• Sevilla – +25000
• Mallorca – +50000
• Osasuna – +50000
• Espanyol – +50000
• Getafe – +50000
• CD Alaves – +50000
• Levante – +100000
• Rayo Vallecano – +100000
• Elche – +150000
• Real Oviedo – +150000

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La Liga 2025/26 futures betting picks

Outright winner – Barcelona

Barcelona look more settled than their principal rivals, and that stability is a currency the market sometimes underrates. The champions retained every key starter from last season’s 92-point haul and focused the summer on contract renewals for Alejandro Balde, Frenkie de Jong and Pedri rather than headline purchases.

Hansi Flick can therefore open pre-season with established systems across all three lines, while academy pivot Marc Casadó graduates to first-team minutes to add bite when Gavi or Ilkay Gündoğan are rested. If Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid need a bedding-in month, Barcelona could already own the inside track — making that +110 outright price with top betting sites feel generous.

Top goalscorer – Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski finished the 2024/25 campaign in scorching form, rattling home 15 goals in his last 17 Liga appearances and reaffirming his status as Barcelona’s go-to match-winner. He remains the club’s undisputed penalty-taker — a crucial edge in a league that awarded the Catalans nine spot-kicks last season.

Although Madrid star Kylian Mbappé is an odds-on quote for the Golden Boot with the top soccer betting sites, Hansi Flick’s high-possession blueprint is engineered to channel cut-backs and through-balls into the feet of a classic No.9. With service from the likes of Pedri and Yamal, Lewandowski’s Golden Boot quote offers genuine value.

Top-four finish – Villarreal

Villarreal only missed the top four on goal difference last season, finishing some 10 points clear of sixth place. Under Marcelino, the Yellow Submarine posted a league-best 1.9 expected goals per game after New Year, thanks to a high-tempo 4-4-2 and the creative supply lines of Álex Baena (now at Atletico Madrid) and Gerard Moreno.

Even with Alexander Sørloth departing ahead of last season, Villarreal have reinvested in mobile forwards to keep the press-and-counter blueprint intact. Add in young center-half pairing of Rafa Marin and Pau Navarro, and there’s genuine upside for a club already accustomed to European football.

To be relegated – Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano’s turbo-press papers over brittle numbers. After Isi Palazón’s knee injury in late February their expected goals against ballooned to 1.78 — the worst in La Liga. Center-back Florian Lejeune is rumored to be departing, stripping out aerial security, while top scorer Sergio Camello mustered just three goals all season.

Without reinforcements the Franjirrojos look horribly imbalanced, and bookies still hang a tempting price for them to go down — longer than the promoted trio, yet juicy enough for relegation value hunters.