Fixtures for the 2010/11 season of La Liga are now official. Real Madrid will play their league opener against Mallorca at Ono Estadi on the weekend of 28/29 August. There will be three rounds of midweek matches played on 22 September, 2 March and 11 May. The first half of the season will conclude on 16 January, while the full season comes to an end on 22 May. REAL MADRID'S 2010/11 FIXTURES: FIRST HALF SECOND HALF MATCH WEEK 1: Mallorca - REAL MADRID 29 AUGUST WEEK 20: 23 JANUARY REAL MADRID - Mallorca WEEK 2 12 SEPTEMBER: REAL MADRID - Osasuna WEEK 21 30 JANUARY: Osasuna - REAL MADRID WEEK 3 19 SEPTEMBER: Real Sociedad - REAL MADRID WEEK 22 6 FEBRUARY: REAL MADRID - Real Sociedad WEEK 4 22 SEPTEMBER: REAL MADRID - Espanyol WEEK 23 13 FEBRUARY: Espanyol - Real Madrid WEEK 5 26 SEPTEMBER: Levante - REAL MADRID WEEK 24 20 FEBRUARY : REAL MADRID - Levante WEEK 6 3 OCTOBER: REAL MADRID - Deportivo Coruña WEEK 25 27 FEBRUARY: Deportivo Coruña - REAL MADRID WEEK 7 17 OCTOBER: Malaga - REAL MADRID WEEK 26 2 MARCH: REAL MADRID - Malaga WEEK 8 24 OCTOBER:REAL MADRID - Racing Santander WEEK 27 6 MARCH: Racing Santander - REAL MADRID WEEK 9 31 OCTOBER: Hercules - REAL MADRID WEEK 28 13 MARCH: REAL MADRID - Hercules WEEK 10 7 NOVEMBER: REAL MADRID - Atletico Madrid WEEK 29 20 MARCH: Atletico Madrid - REAL MADRID WEEK 11 14 NOVEMBER: Sporting - REAL MADRID WEEK 30 3 APRIL: REAL MADRID - Sporting WEEK 12 21 NOVEMBER: REAL MADRID - Athletic Bilbao WEEK 31 10 APRI: Athletic Bilbao - REAL MADRID WEEK 13 28 NOVEMBER: Barcelona - REAL MADRID WEEK 32 17 APRIL: REAL MADRID - Barcelona WEEK 14 5 DECEMBER: REAL MADRID - Valencia WEEK 33 24 APRIL: Valencia - Real Madrid WEEK 15 12 DECEMBER: Zaragoza - REAL MADRID WEEK 34 1 MAY: REAL MADRID - Zaragoza WEEK 16 19 DECEMBER: REAL MADRID - Sevilla WEEK 35 8 MAY: Sevilla - REAL MADRID WEEK 17 2 JANUARY: Getafe - REAL MADRID WEEK 36 11 MAY: REAL MADRID - Getafe WEEK 18 9 JANUARY: REAL MADRID - Villarreal WEEK 37 15 MAY: Villareal vs REAL MADRID WEEK 19 16 JANUARY: Almeria - REAL MADRID WEEK 38 22 MAY: REAL MADRID - Almeria
Except for the Barca game we play all our tough away fixtures ( Sevilla, Atletico, Valencia & Villarreal ) in the 2nd half of the season.
Yeah, I don't like that. I want to go to one of the bigger games and they all seem to be in the first half of the season.
Our final 5 games will include the Classico, away at Valencia, away at Sevilla, Getafe and away at Villarreal. Tough fixtures tbh.
If we progress to the latter stages of the Champions League or Copa Del Rey then the list becomes more problematic. It's obviously ideal not to have crunch Champions League ties sandwiched in between difficult away trips domestically. However, if we crash out early again (touch wood) then I wouldn't be overally concerned. We beat Atleti (not suprisingly) and Villareal away last season. We absolutely battered Athletic for 90 minutes but it was just one of those games. No doubt Sevilla will play their finest game of the season against us, but other than that I wouldn't be too concerned. That is, of course, if we haven't progressed far in other competitions.
If we progress far in the CL and Kings cup. These matches will be re-scheduled which could also work in our favour.
I don't think it will change so drastically. I've heard of the occasional Friday game or perhaps an early kick-off on a Saturday evening but I don't think they'll make wholesale changes of switching fixtures or bringing them forward. That's normally reserved for involvement in the European Supercup or the Intercontinental Cup.
You see, now you've made a smart post. Well done. A dumb post would have been for you to say "who cares, but barca blah blah" or "who cares, just win all our games because you know, this is playstation and it's so easy".
I hate the fact that we always play the first Clasico at the Camp Nou. We haven't had a chance to play Barca at the Bernabeu first since 2006-07. Not too bothered about the tough fixtures at the end. The key is to take a good lead in the first half of the season unlike last two seasons where we were trailing Barcelona by Christmas. Barcelona had Espanyol, Sevilla, Madrid, Villarreal away in the final weeks last season but managed to protect their lead. Also our team would have had more time to gel by the time we play these tough teams.