Five man battle for the Champions League places

FC Barcelona, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Betis and Real Sociedad are the five teams still in contention for the three remaining Champions League places for next season via a top four finish in La Liga. Furthermore, the battle is also on for second place in the table and qualification for the Spanish Super Cup.

The Benito Villamarín and a Champions League place

The best placed of the five teams at the moment is none other than Xavi Hernández's FC Barcelona. The blaugranes are currently in second place in the table on 66 points, two ahead of third placed Sevilla and five ahead of fourth place Atlético Madrid. A win against Real Betis on Saturday in the Benito Villamarín would seal Barça's place in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League. 

Four rounds of fixtures remaining 

Week 35 in La Liga is set to be key weekend of games. Aside from Betis v Barça, the calendar also sees Sevilla take on seventh placed Villarreal and Atlético face La Liga champions Real Madrid in the city derby. For their part, Real Sociedad face a tough trip to a Levante side involved in the battle to avoid relegation to the Segunda División. 

After the trip to Betis, Barça have two home games remaining against Celta and Villarreal as well as an away trip to Getafe. Sevilla and Real Sociedad both face games against Atlético amongst their remaining fixtures and Betis face trip to Valencia and Real Madrid. 

Run in European competition

In their four remaining league fixtures the blaugranes will be focused on qualification for European competition for the 19th season in a row, 19 season in which Barça have never finished lower than third in the league.