LaLiga Matchday 38:Preview: Villarreal & Girona stars fight for Pichichi; Atletico Madrid ace Morata targets Zarra

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LaLiga Matchday 38:Preview: Villarreal & Girona stars fight for Pichichi; Atletico Madrid ace Morata targets Zarra
LaLiga Matchday 38:Preview: Villarreal & Girona stars fight for Pichichi; Atletico Madrid ace Morata targets Zarra
LaLiga Matchday 38:Preview: Villarreal & Girona stars fight for Pichichi; Atletico Madrid ace Morata targets ZarraFlashscore
The top scorer award, called the Pichichi Trophy, will most certainly be on Artem Dovbyk's mind when he and his Girona FC teammates take to the field in the first game of Matchday 38, when Granada CF visit Catalonia on Friday. The Ukrainian striker is now two goals behind Villarreal CF's Alexander Srloth, following the Norwegian's four-goal display against Real Madrid last weekend, but Dovbyk has scored a hat-trick at the Estadi Montilivi already this season and will give his all to conjure up another.

The top scorer award, called the Pichichi Trophy, will most certainly be on Artem Dovbyk's mind when he and his Girona FC teammates take to the field in the first game of Matchday 38, when Granada CF visit Catalonia on Friday. The Ukrainian striker is now two goals behind Villarreal CF's Alexander Srloth, following the Norwegian's four-goal display against Real Madrid last weekend, but Dovbyk has scored a hat-trick at the Estadi Montilivi already this season and will give his all to conjure up another.

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However many goals Dovbyk manages on Friday, Srloth will have the chance to respond in the first of Saturday's games, when Villarreal CF make the trip to Pamplona to play CA Osasuna. The Norwegian will hope to silence a lively home crowd, when the CA Osasuna fans bid farewell to Jagoba Arrasate, following six seasons as coach.

Two more individual awards will be in play when sixth-placed Real Sociedad take on fourth-placed Atltico de Madrid at the Reale Arena on Saturday afternoon. Home goalkeeper lex Remiro still has a chance of winning the Zamora Trophy for the best-performing goalkeeper, while Los Colchoneros striker lvaro Morata needs one more goal to stand alone at the top of the rankings for the Zarra Trophy, the prize for the top-scoring Spaniard. It'll be fascinating to see them go up against each other in this duel.

There are two simultaneous games at 18:30 CEST on Saturday, one of which is also key to the Zamora Trophy standings. Unai Simn of Athletic Club will hope to pick up a clean sheet away at Rayo Vallecano, as he dreams of winning this award for the first time. Meanwhile, in the other game at that kick-off time, UD Almera and Cdiz CF will look to savour their last experience of LALIGA EA SPORTS for a while, as the two Andalusian clubs face off ahead of their already-confirmed relegations to LALIGA HYPERMOTION.

Real Madrid may have wrapped up the title weeks ago, but they too have an objective in mind when they host Real Betis on Saturday night. Carlo Ancelotti's side have the chance to go unbeaten at their home stadium across the entire 2023/24 season, as they haven't lost a single match at the Bernabu in any competition this term. The last time they achieved this was 1996/97, so this would be a historic achievement if they can avoid defeat against Los Verdiblancos.

Sunday is the final day of the entire season and Getafe CF vs RCD Mallorca is the first game up. Both sides can play with some freedom, knowing that they'll be back in the top tier for the 2024/25 campaign.

RC Celta can also enjoy a calmer final day at Balados than in some previous years, when they take on Valencia CF in one of Sunday's two 16:15 CEST kick-offs. The other game happening at that same time is UD Las Palmas vs Deportivo Alavs, a duel between two teams who came up last season and who have both managed to avoid relegation.

At 21:00 CEST on Sunday, Sevilla FC and FC Barcelona meet at the Estadio Ramn Snchez-Pizjun in the final game of the 2023/24 LALIGA EA SPORTS season, and this is another important duel when it comes to deciding where the Zamora Trophy will go. If Athletic Club's Unai Simn concedes at least one goal in his game, then FC Barcelona's Marc-Andr ter Stegen would be able to win and retain this prize with a clean sheet. In other words, that individual award could come down to the very last seconds of the last game of the season.