LaLiga returns with Sevilla FC hosting Alavés

LaLiga is back. The competition resumes on Friday 6 November with Sevilla FC against Alavés at 2026-11-06T20:00:00Z, the opening fixture of matchday 12. Before the break, the league's last game finished 2-1 for Deportivo over Osasuna on Monday 2 November.

Sevilla FC sit sixth on 17 points with a goal difference of -2. That is a strange line to read: a positive points haul with a negative differential, and it tells you the wins have been narrow while the defeats have not. A home game against Alavés is the kind of fixture that either steadies a season or exposes it.

At the top, the gap is small. Barça lead on 30 points with a goal difference of +34, Atleti follow on 28 at +14, and Real Madrid are third on 27 with +18. Three teams, five points between first and third. Anyone who watched the first eleven rounds knows how quickly that order can turn.

The scoring chart has its own shape. Raphinha of Barça leads with 15, Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid has 12, and Lamine Yamal of Barça sits on 10. Farther down, Ante Budimir of Osasuna and Yassir Zabiri of Santander are level on 8, which says as much about their teams' reliance on one player as it does about the players themselves.

So what should you watch on Friday 6 November? Not the table. Watch whether Sevilla FC can turn territorial possession into goals, because -2 suggests they have not been doing it. Alavés arrive with nothing to protect and everything to gain.

Elsewhere, Real Betis hold fourth on 23 points at +3 and Real Sociedad are fifth on 19, level on goal difference at +0. The middle of this division is compressed. One result moves four clubs.