The final place in Spain’s top division will go to either Girona or Elche, who’ll meet over two legs between Friday and Monday.

The semi-finals of the La Liga SmartBank promotion playoffs have been completed with two relative ‘upsets,’ with fifth-placed Girona FC defeating fourth-placed Almería UD 3-1 on aggregate and with sixth-placed Elche CF eliminating third-placed Real Zaragoza 1-0. This certainly isn’t the first time the lower-ranked teams have made it to the playoff final, or even promotion: fifth-placed Real Valladolid went up in 2018, while sixth-placed RCD Mallorca secured promotion back in 2019. But who’ll secure the third and final promotion spot this time around? It’ll be decided over two legs this coming week, with the first leg taking place at Elche’s Manuel Martínez Valero stadium on Thursday and the second leg at Girona’s Montilivi ground on Monday.