La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Velvet78]

Barcelona - Espanyol game which is next weekend can be a turning point for Barcelona. They have sacked Ronald Koeman and brought Xavi in his place. And I also think that their choice of manager is quite right. Xavi is one of the managers who know what is right and what is not good for this team. I'm hoping to see him finding the right game plan for this team. And I've no doubt that he will have a good level of discipline in the team too. I'd really like to see a reborn Barcelona as of Xavi's time. They can still make things better for themselves and save themselves from ending the season at a horrible position.

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[poldanmig]

I personally highly doubt that later Xavi will be able to bring about a complete change to the Barcelona squad, I agree that his capacity as a player so far has been quite extraordinary  in Barcelona, ​​but as a coach, to be honest, I still highly doubt it, even though he managed to bring Al Sadd to victory in the Qatar League but we know that the Qatar League and La Liga have quite a big difference.

Do you think winning in Qatar league is so easy? Leading Al Sadd to dominate Qatar league is a great achievement, bro. Not all top coaches can do it although the league isn't as famous as La Liga or Premier League. I think we must appreciate it, Xavi can show us that he has a capacity to be a great coach. Moreover, he was a great player in Barcelona, even he is a legend player. Why don't we try to trust him?

It is indeed very difficult to dominate a football league, but of course you also realize that the competitive atmosphere of the two leagues is certainly very different, now we see from both Xavi and Koeman, Koeman who is an experienced coach alone is not able to lift Barcelona performance, let alone Xavi who can It's said to be new in terms of coaching, you can see how Ole who was previously the coach of the Molde (Norway) club was able to make Molde win the Norwegian league, but what happened when he coached Manchester at this time, isn't he the former manchester United players too?
Xavi made al sadd dominate in the qatar league, I agree with you,  but can he now make barcelona bounce back?
I do not think he can...!

[blackened515]

Atletico Madrid won only one time in their last four La Liga matches. They got draws in the rest of those matches which is a big problem for them. They were really close to getting a certain victory in their last match against Valencia but they were devastated by the late goals in the stoppage time. This time they are hosting Osasuna. They must win this match to pull themselves together. Osasuna are in a worse form lately so that is a big opportunity for Atletico Madrid. I suppose they will win this match.

Osasuna performance lately have been really poor. They didn't win any of their last 4 La Liga matches. And facing Atletico Madrid in an away match next week will definitely be tough for them to win. Atletico on the other hand probably needs more points, because Real Betis are presently 2 points behind them and they have to win in order to maintain their position on the standings. However, they almost had a winning against Valencia, but Valencia scored 2 goals within the period of four minutes, which resulted to a 3-3 draw. I think will Atletico will recover in their next match.

[ILuckyGuyI]

The leader Real Sociedad's next target is going to be Valencia in a home game. Comparing the recent forms of these teams, it is clearly seen that Real Sociedad are in a much better shape than their competitor. Valencia were able to win only one time in their last five La Liga games. Actually, they didn't have a bad start to the season but their recent performance is highly inadequate. And this is another difficult game for them. I expect Real Sociedad to maintain their good form and win this game.

[Shasha80]

The leader Real Sociedad's next target is going to be Valencia in a home game. Comparing the recent forms of these teams, it is clearly seen that Real Sociedad are in a much better shape than their competitor. Valencia were able to win only one time in their last five La Liga games. Actually, they didn't have a bad start to the season but their recent performance is highly inadequate. And this is another difficult game for them. I expect Real Sociedad to maintain their good form and win this game.

Real Sociedad of course have a better performance than Valencia, so I predict Real Sociedad will beat Valencia. Moreover, Real Sociedad playing
at home is a distinct advantage, and what surprises many people is that Real Sociedad is currently at the top, although Real Madrid and Sevilla
still have one game to go. But in 13 games losing just one game is a remarkable for Real Sociedad, whereas Real Sociedad do not have many star
players. But Real Sociedad have to be careful with Valencia, because Valencia's last two games were a bit of a surprise. Valencia managed to beat
Villarreal who were slightly more favored and managed to play a draw against Atletico Madrid. This means that although Valencia have played poorly
in the last 5 matches, Valencia often makes it difficult for their stronger opponents.

[hahay]

Barcelona - Espanyol game which is next weekend can be a turning point for Barcelona. They have sacked Ronald Koeman and brought Xavi in his place. And I also think that their choice of manager is quite right. Xavi is one of the managers who know what is right and what is not good for this team. I'm hoping to see him finding the right game plan for this team. And I've no doubt that he will have a good level of discipline in the team too. I'd really like to see a reborn Barcelona as of Xavi's time. They can still make things better for themselves and save themselves from ending the season at a horrible position.

I'm just going to see how Xavi changes and how it will happen, actually I don't expect anything big from Xavi any time soon because only then can disappointment be avoided. I'm just worried that when the hopes that are planted don't produce good results, it can become a boomerang for Xavi later. Xavi is a legend in world football and not just for Barcelona, if it ends up being like Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, then something like that would be a shame.

[OcTradism]

I'm just going to see how Xavi changes and how it will happen, actually I don't expect anything big from Xavi any time soon because only then can disappointment be avoided. I'm just worried that when the hopes that are planted don't produce good results, it can become a boomerang for Xavi later. Xavi is a legend in world football and not just for Barcelona, if it ends up being like Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, then something like that would be a shame.

Things can not be changed 100% after a few days. New coaches will bring more motivation, fresh training, working environment for players and can make short term positive effects. We can expect a little bit better results from Barcelona in coming weeks.

However, their honey moon with Xavi won't last long because their own problems can not be fixed too fast. I believe they will have honey moon because their quality is still good enough to bring win matches to them if they play with good mentality.

Look at Premier League, Manchester Untied, Ole came and brought short term good results but after 3 years, he fell down a lot there. I don't say Xavi will step on the same shoes of Ole, because they are different coaches and Xavi just begin his career in La Liga. Let's see this interesting debut of Xavi in Barcelona.

[boltz]

The leader Real Sociedad's next target is going to be Valencia in a home game. Comparing the recent forms of these teams, it is clearly seen that Real Sociedad are in a much better shape than their competitor. Valencia were able to win only one time in their last five La Liga games. Actually, they didn't have a bad start to the season but their recent performance is highly inadequate. And this is another difficult game for them. I expect Real Sociedad to maintain their good form and win this game.

Real Sociedad of course have a better performance than Valencia, so I predict Real Sociedad will beat Valencia. Moreover, Real Sociedad playing
at home is a distinct advantage, and what surprises many people is that Real Sociedad is currently at the top, although Real Madrid and Sevilla
still have one game to go. But in 13 games losing just one game is a remarkable for Real Sociedad, whereas Real Sociedad do not have many star
players. But Real Sociedad have to be careful with Valencia, because Valencia's last two games were a bit of a surprise. Valencia managed to beat
Villarreal who were slightly more favored and managed to play a draw against Atletico Madrid. This means that although Valencia have played poorly
in the last 5 matches, Valencia often makes it difficult for their stronger opponents.

But Valencia is having a better squad than Sociedad if we take them 1 on 1 so this game can be tricky and it can end up with Valencia as the winner. Regarding betting on this game...I say it's even a pass or you go with Valencia because I simply cannot see Sociedad being in the top for long time.

[Doell]

Barcelona - Espanyol game which is next weekend can be a turning point for Barcelona. They have sacked Ronald Koeman and brought Xavi in his place. And I also think that their choice of manager is quite right. Xavi is one of the managers who know what is right and what is not good for this team. I'm hoping to see him finding the right game plan for this team. And I've no doubt that he will have a good level of discipline in the team too. I'd really like to see a reborn Barcelona as of Xavi's time. They can still make things better for themselves and save themselves from ending the season at a horrible position.

I'm just going to see how Xavi changes and how it will happen, actually I don't expect anything big from Xavi any time soon because only then can disappointment be avoided. I'm just worried that when the hopes that are planted don't produce good results, it can become a boomerang for Xavi later. Xavi is a legend in world football and not just for Barcelona, if it ends up being like Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, then something like that would be a shame.

of course ! I also don't expect more soon ,it requires a process but opportunities will always be in the field and don't worry let him "xavi" do its job as well ,not just a few to fix but a lot ! different people its xavi and not lampard your worries make the fans lower their heads

[KTChampions]

Things can not be changed 100% after a few days. New coaches will bring more motivation, fresh training, working environment for players and can make short term positive effects. We can expect a little bit better results from Barcelona in coming weeks.

However, their honey moon with Xavi won't last long because their own problems can not be fixed too fast. I believe they will have honey moon because their quality is still good enough to bring win matches to them if they play with good mentality.

Look at Premier League, Manchester Untied, Ole came and brought short term good results but after 3 years, he fell down a lot there. I don't say Xavi will step on the same shoes of Ole, because they are different coaches and Xavi just begin his career in La Liga. Let's see this interesting debut of Xavi in Barcelona.

Obviously, Xavi cannot solve the global problems of Barcelona and, with such a squad, claim to win the championship or the Champions League, but if he at least puts the team in order and Barcelona starts to beat those whom it really should beat (for example Celta), then its lag behind the group the leaders will be reduced and there will be no danger that Barcelona will miss the next Champions League.
As for United, in my opinion this is a completely different case - having a great lineup, Ole cannot make a team look better than a strong middle peasant. This is absolutely unacceptable.

[mamesso]

Obviously, Xavi cannot solve the global problems of Barcelona and, with such a squad, claim to win the championship or the Champions League, but if he at least puts the team in order and Barcelona starts to beat those whom it really should beat (for example Celta), then its lag behind the group the leaders will be reduced and there will be no danger that Barcelona will miss the next Champions League..

Xavi will have less than €10 million to spend strengthening Barcelona squad in January. Xavi priority was to add another attacker, xavi will look for players who can play wide. Barcelona can sign players at a low cost or on loan with the possibility of making them permanent.
The sporting director is looking for a player of good quality who is not playing regularly for his club and may be willing to go to Camp Nou. Names like Cavani, Timo Werner and Sterling are on their list.

[onecall123]

Things can not be changed 100% after a few days. New coaches will bring more motivation, fresh training, working environment for players and can make short term positive effects. We can expect a little bit better results from Barcelona in coming weeks.

However, their honey moon with Xavi won't last long because their own problems can not be fixed too fast. I believe they will have honey moon because their quality is still good enough to bring win matches to them if they play with good mentality.

Look at Premier League, Manchester Untied, Ole came and brought short term good results but after 3 years, he fell down a lot there. I don't say Xavi will step on the same shoes of Ole, because they are different coaches and Xavi just begin his career in La Liga. Let's see this interesting debut of Xavi in Barcelona.

Obviously, Xavi cannot solve the global problems of Barcelona and, with such a squad, claim to win the championship or the Champions League, but if he at least puts the team in order and Barcelona starts to beat those whom it really should beat (for example Celta), then its lag behind the group the leaders will be reduced and there will be no danger that Barcelona will miss the next Champions League.
As for United, in my opinion this is a completely different case - having a great lineup, Ole cannot make a team look better than a strong middle peasant. This is absolutely unacceptable.

The situation will not change over night, it will take time before we can give any verdict. After taking over as the manager of Barcelona, Xavi began taking action, notably approving Dani Alves' return to Barcelona next week after Xavi approved it. Nevertheless, I think Xavi should consider new players. Barca collapsed, but with time and ambition, good management can rebuild a new team. I hope that under him Barca becomes the most decorated football team once more.

[OcTradism]

Obviously, Xavi cannot solve the global problems of Barcelona and, with such a squad, claim to win the championship or the Champions League, but if he at least puts the team in order and Barcelona starts to beat those whom it really should beat (for example Celta), then its lag behind the group the leaders will be reduced and there will be no danger that Barcelona will miss the next Champions League.

The main tasks of Xavi is bring the positive air back to the club, then confidence and better results. Not title in near future and it is acceptable if Xavi can help Barcelona to maintain their good position on top and income. That's it for current period.

If Xavi succeeds with these tasks, Barcelona can think of title next 3 seasons when their finance improves more.

As for United, in my opinion this is a completely different case - having a great lineup, Ole cannot make a team look better than a strong middle peasant. This is absolutely unacceptable.

It's secret why Manchester United have been too patiently with Ole. I can not get it.

[Woodie]

I also admit that Xavi does not have enough experience to coach a big team like Barcelona. But Koeman was much more experienced. He has led the team to further decline. Xavi at least don't take Barcelona further down. He may not be experienced enough, but I believe he can blend in with the players very quickly. Able to develop young players more experienced. A coach like Xavi was needed to boost the morale of the young players.

Experience is important but the way you treat players is another thing that could make Xavi more successful than Koeman.
Koeman pushed some players out of Barca, made others feel neglected and with Messi leaving and injuries it became a sad story for the team. Now Xavi can bring back the necessary confidence for the team and with the actual talented players, they should start winning more frequently.. Hopefully..

I think the issue of experience plays a big role in terms of carrying your job as a professional but clubs like Barcelona actually need more than this. Koeman might be the guy with the experience & the professional but he lacks the connection with the club to inspire players to give more than 100%. With whats happening at Barca they team needed someone that has lived the barca way and it so happens Xavi is the man of the moment, its now up to the players to yield results for the team .

[rozak]

The situation will not change over night, it will take time before we can give any verdict. After taking over as the manager of Barcelona, Xavi began taking action, notably approving Dani Alves' return to Barcelona next week after Xavi approved it. Nevertheless, I think Xavi should consider new players. Barca collapsed, but with time and ambition, good management can rebuild a new team. I hope that under him Barca becomes the most decorated football team once more.

Dani Alves has been playing for Barca for quite a while, but with this new team, of course, it will take some adaptation to put their game together. with a new manager, with new tactics and ways of playing.
because there is news that Barca is also experiencing an injury crisis in the team. and it will be a challenge for Xavi to manage players who are ready to play.
all the fans are waiting for the rise of Barca. Interesting game and win for every match. the devastation in this season must be addressed immediately.

[masulum]

Experience is important but the way you treat players is another thing that could make Xavi more successful than Koeman.
Koeman pushed some players out of Barca, made others feel neglected and with Messi leaving and injuries it became a sad story for the team. Now Xavi can bring back the necessary confidence for the team and with the actual talented players, they should start winning more frequently.. Hopefully..

Experience important is true, but sometimes It's not about have experience or not, as long as the coach has a good strategy and fits the team's playing style, I don't think this will be a problem. When Zidane coached Madrid for the first time, who would have thought that Zidane could make a big difference for Madrid at that time, even though Zidane doesn't have experience as a coach.

Likewise Xavi, Xavi has been coached by great coaches like Rijkaard and Guardiola, from the experience he has gained, he can apply it to Barcelona. And I agree if this season, maybe Barcelona's target is to at least finish to play in the UCL. Team development will begin to be carried out by Xavi in the winter transfer market, and next season should be able to start back on track where it should be.

[CryptoBuds]

Experience is important but the way you treat players is another thing that could make Xavi more successful than Koeman.
Koeman pushed some players out of Barca, made others feel neglected and with Messi leaving and injuries it became a sad story for the team. Now Xavi can bring back the necessary confidence for the team and with the actual talented players, they should start winning more frequently.. Hopefully..

Yes, the way the previous coaches conducted with the player and especially the senior players were disappointing in my opinion. And with Xavi being a former Barca player, I think he will be able to handle the situation much better and have a better connection with his players. And the players will also respect Xavi as he is one of the legends of this very club. The player's morale should be better than before.

[$crypto$]

Experience is important but the way you treat players is another thing that could make Xavi more successful than Koeman.
Koeman pushed some players out of Barca, made others feel neglected and with Messi leaving and injuries it became a sad story for the team. Now Xavi can bring back the necessary confidence for the team and with the actual talented players, they should start winning more frequently.. Hopefully..

Yes, the way the previous coaches conducted with the player and especially the senior players were disappointing in my opinion. And with Xavi being a former Barca player, I think he will be able to handle the situation much better and have a better connection with his players. And the players will also respect Xavi as he is one of the legends of this very club. The player's morale should be better than before.

Dembele was fined by Xavi for being 3 minutes late, this is a very important time for Xavi so anyone who is late will be fined including other staff, Xavi does put forward very strict rules of course this must be followed by other players, and if this continues reset I think Xavi will make Another decision.

Xavi has a very high social level meaning they know this legend applies when he is still playing at Barcelona.

Source: https://www.90min.com/posts/ousmane-dembele-fined-xavi-barcelona-training-late

[BALIK]

Real Sociedad of course have a better performance than Valencia, so I predict Real Sociedad will beat Valencia. Moreover, Real Sociedad playing
at home is a distinct advantage, and what surprises many people is that Real Sociedad is currently at the top, although Real Madrid and Sevilla
still have one game to go. But in 13 games losing just one game is a remarkable for Real Sociedad, whereas Real Sociedad do not have many star
players. But Real Sociedad have to be careful with Valencia, because Valencia's last two games were a bit of a surprise. Valencia managed to beat
Villarreal who were slightly more favored and managed to play a draw against Atletico Madrid. This means that although Valencia have played poorly
in the last 5 matches, Valencia often makes it difficult for their stronger opponents.

But Valencia is having a better squad than Sociedad if we take them 1 on 1 so this game can be tricky and it can end up with Valencia as the winner. Regarding betting on this game...I say it's even a pass or you go with Valencia because I simply cannot see Sociedad being in the top for long time.

This is absolutely amazing from Real Sociedad as they are in first place in La Liga. They have 28 points right now and one point clear of the second-placed real Madrid. Valencia is currently in tenth place with 17 points. Judging by the form that Real Sociedad is in right now I think they will beat Valencia without any problem. But they should not get too much ahead of their head. They should simply make a game plan and execute it perfectly.

[bekti3]

Atletico Madrid won only one time in their last four La Liga matches. They got draws in the rest of those matches which is a big problem for them. They were really close to getting a certain victory in their last match against Valencia but they were devastated by the late goals in the stoppage time. This time they are hosting Osasuna. They must win this match to pull themselves together. Osasuna are in a worse form lately so that is a big opportunity for Atletico Madrid. I suppose they will win this match.

Osasuna performance lately have been really poor. They didn't win any of their last 4 La Liga matches. And facing Atletico Madrid in an away match next week will definitely be tough for them to win. Atletico on the other hand probably needs more points, because Real Betis are presently 2 points behind them and they have to win in order to maintain their position on the standings. However, they almost had a winning against Valencia, but Valencia scored 2 goals within the period of four minutes, which resulted to a 3-3 draw. I think will Atletico will recover in their next match.

one could even say they were without a chance at the moment.
I think the match will only run for Athletico in this match because their current performance is very different.
On the other hand, Athletico is not as good as last season in terms of matches but to face Osasuna I'm pretty sure they will win this match at least by 2 goals difference.