La Liga predictions, odds and betting tips for winner, relegation and top scorer 2025/26 as Barcelona lead Real Madrid at the top

The 2025/26 La Liga season has reached the halfway point and there is a four gap at the top between the usual suspects. 

Barcelona  are the defending champions, having won their 28th title as part of a stunning domestic double in Hansi Flick's first season, and currently sit clear of arch rivals Real Madrid.

Los Blancos had appeared to turn the corner but they have instead decided to part company with Xabi Alonso and now Alvaro Arbeloa is in charge at the Bernabeu.

Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid look to be too far off already but Villarreal emerging as potential title contenders, sitting eight points off the top but with a game in hand.

AllSportsPeople  brings you a betting guide complete with all the latest odds as the season gets into full swing in Spain. 

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La Liga predictions 2025/26: Title winners

Barcelona are at the top-of-the-table with a four-point lead over Real Madrid after the Blaugrana managed to defeat their Clasico rivals in the final of the Supercopa de Espana last weekend.

Villarreal will fancy themselves to at least catch Madrid this season and perhaps even close the gap on Barca, while Atletico are more in the fight to ensure a top four spot rather than challenge for the title.

Here's the best-price current La Liga title odds from our selected partners. 

*Odds correct at time of publish.

La Liga predictions 2025/26: Winners without Barcelona and Real Madrid

Barca's title last season made it 12 in the last 21 seasons since Valencia triumphed, with Real claiming seven in that time.

Atletico's stunning successes in 2014 and 2021 broke up the duopoly, so it is hardly a surprise they are odds-on in this market, even if they are likely to take up their now-regular third place again this season. Here are the latest odds without the big two. Can Villarreal usurp Atletico?

*Odds correct at time of publish.

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La Liga predictions 2025/26: Top four contenders

It's 25 years since Real finished outside the top four and 22 years for Barcelona, while Atletico have been a constant since Diego Simeone's first full season in 2012/13. 

As a result, they are all odds-on, and it really is a battle for that fourth Champions League spot, which could become five, as it did last season, depending on European performances. 

Villarreal  are the current frontrunners having also secured a top four finish last season. Here's the latest top four finish odds.

La Liga predictions 2025/26: Relegation candidates 

It's a very tight table with only eight points separating the entire bottom half. Elche have surprised many as they push towards a top-half finish but giants Valencia are once again struggling. Here's the latest relegation odds.

La Liga predictions 2025/26: Top goalscorer contenders

Kylian Mbappe is the runaway leader having hit 18 already and is the odds-on favourite to pick up a second Pichichi title in as many years.  

Robert Lewandowski is nine goals behind having missed part of the early season with injury, while his teammate Ferran Torres is the nearest challenger.

Here's the latest top goalscorer odds.

When is the start and end date of the La Liga season 2025/26?

The 2025/26 La Liga season got underway over the space of five days from August 15-19. 

There are 38 rounds of games, either side of a two-week winter break from December 21 to January 4. 

The season is scheduled to finish on Sunday May 24, 2026. 

How to watch the La Liga 2025/26 season in the UK

The 2025/26 La Liga season will be available for UK viewers on a range of platforms, with games being shown on Premier Sports and Disney +, as well as on the Bet365 website and app. 

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