La Real will finish the year in third position whatever the result in San Mamés. The first results in the games that opened the last day of the year favored, in some way, the txuri urdin who have the third place safely before playing in Bilbao. Not all the figures were the best since Sevilla, defeating Villarreal, equaled Real in the table but the defeat of the yellows prevented those of Emery they will surpass them in the classification. Tuesday's big surprise came in the Camp
Nou where the first tie of the Eibar In its history in the field of Barcelona, it kept one point behind the Blaugrana, who would have climbed to third place, momentarily, if they had surpassed the gunsmiths.
Thus, at the expense of the Real play before him Athletic, Real, Seville and Villarreal they are tied 26 points behind Atlético and Real Madrid, although the Blue and Whites will have three more games than the Andalusians and one more than the Castellón at the end of 2020. Throughout the month of January some of these encounters will be recovered. It is impossible for Real to improve on third place, which it retains as a general goal average, as the two teams from Madrid have six points ahead of it.
The teams that come from behind, Granada or Celta, cannot hunt down the Real that can open a gap of 11 points on the Athletic in case of victory in San Mamés. If the points stay in Bilbao, the Biscayan team will get closer to five points, with one game less, the one they have to play against Barcelona on January 6 in the Biscayan capital.