Since it's foundation in 1929, winning La Liga has become the most prestigious trophy in Spanish soccer. The 38-game marathon in Spain's top flight follows the same format as the rest of the major leagues across Europe.

Matchday 36 of the 2024-25 La Liga season concluded on Thursday with four more matches played across Spain’s top division. The Catalan derby was the standout fixture, but also in action were

Los Blancos have been crowned champions of Spain 36 times, with Barca winning the title on 28 occasions. The Clasico duo are by far the most successful teams in Spain's league history. Atletico Madrid are third when it comes to the most titles, but they are way down on 11.

Follow our live build-up, with full team news and analysis, before our comprehensive text and photo commentary stream.

The social media team at La Liga giants Real Madrid have on Thursday sent a message of congratulations the way of arch rivals Barcelona.This comes fresh off the latter wrestling back the title of

Real Madrid take on Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, May 14. Kickoff is set for 9:30 p.m. CET local time, making it a 3:30 p.m. ET or 12:30 p.m. PT start in the US, an 8:30 p.m. BST start in the UK and a 5:30 a.m. AEST kickoff in Australia on Thursday morning.

Barcelona are La Liga champions for the 28th time after a 2-0 victory at city rivals Espanyol took the title away from defending champions Real Madrid.

Barcelona to lead at half (-140): With the title on the line, there are plenty of incentives for Barcelona to start the game quickly, not that they know another way of operating. Expect Barcelona to come out of the gates quickly to get the celebrations started at halftime before eventually securing the La Liga title.