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La Liga returns: How did the form table look before play was suspended?

Ahead of the resumption of the 2019-20 La Liga season, Sports Mole looks at how the form table looked before play was suspended and who could benefit from the break.

Thursday night heralds the return of La Liga after an absence of more than three months as Sevilla host local rivals Real Betis in the first match back.

Every club will have played their first matches since the coronavirus lockdown was enforced by the end of Sunday night - the first round of a hectic schedule which will see 110 games in just 39 days.

While every team would have preferred the season to go as planned, the three-month break has also benefited some more than others - be that on the injury front or via the form guide.

Those who were on winning streaks have seen their momentum halted and will now be hoping to pick up where they left off, while clubs on losing runs have the chance to get out of the rut and start afresh for the upcoming mini-season.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look at how the form table stood at the time La Liga was suspended.



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Barcelona lead the way in the form table, as they do in the real table, taking advantage of Real Madrid's slump pre-lockdown with the exception of a Clasico victory for Los Blancos.

Barca picked up nine points from the last 12 on offer before play was halted compared to only four in the same timeframe for Madrid - a points swing which has seen the defending champions leapfrog their perennial rivals at the summit.

When it comes to the last five games played before lockdown, no team amassed more points than Real Sociedad, whose form lifted them into the top four ahead of Getafe and Atletico Madrid.

Granada were also on a charge up the table and have all but escaped the threat of relegation, with one eye now on a possible European push if they can pick up where they left off.

Eibar could perhaps benefit more than anyone else when it comes to turning their form around; they have just four points from their last six La Liga games - a run of form which came at the most inopportune of times considering Celta Vigo, Mallorca and Leganes, the three teams directly below them in the standings, had begun to improve.

Espanyol will also need an improvement upon the resumption of play as they sit six points adrift of safety and are in danger of dropping out of the top flight for the first time since 1992-93.

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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CReal Madrid38298187266195
2Barcelona38267579443585
3GironaGirona38256785463981
4Atletico MadridAtletico382441070432776
5Athletic Bilbao381911861372468
6Real Sociedad3816121051391260
7Real BetisBetis38141594845357
8Villarreal381411136565053
9Valencia381310154045-549
10AlavesAlaves381210163646-1046
11Osasuna38129174556-1145
12Getafe381013154254-1243
13Celta Vigo381011174657-1141
14Sevilla381011174854-641
15Mallorca38816143344-1140
16Las PalmasLas Palmas381010183347-1440
17Rayo Vallecano38814162948-1938
RCadizCadiz38615172655-2933
RAlmeria38312234375-3221
RGranada3849253879-4121


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