La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[BALIK]

both my bets failed against the same team.
The movements of Benzema and Vinicius are always locked so they find it difficult to develop the game and find gaps.
On the other hand, in the 2 goals scored by Elche, it was purely the fault of the Madrid players, I think, they were too focused on the attack so that when they got a counter attack they lost momentum to park players from Elche and the attacking defenders failed to return to their original place, making them conceded easily.
besides that, the missed penalty from Benzema and the brilliant performance of Edgar Badia made them fail to get full points.

The main reason for Real Madrid's defeat is that they think the Elche team is weak. So all the players on the team focused on the attack, and so Elche could easily score two goals. Both goals came from counter-attacks. Elche made 3 shots in the entire match and they were able to score two goals. Real Madrid should learn from this match. No team should be considered weak. And should be perform very carefully.

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[naira]

I also thought Real Madrid would lose. But they are very lucky, so they managed to get 1 point from this match. However, if Real Madrid had lost, the title fight would have been more competitive. Sevilla are now only 4 points behind. However, Sevilla's gameplay is not enough good to win the title. Their forward is still weak enough. I don't think they have the ability to win the title. Sevilla's points gap with Real Madrid will increase further in the upcoming matches.

I don't think that Real Madrid will lose that easily. And proved they can equalize even though created in the last minute. Even if there is still enough time, I think they will be able to come back with a win. Their mentality is too strong, not 1 or 2 times I've seen Real Madrid turn things around.

You're right they could score in the second half and that too in crucial minutes. If only the Real Madrid players realized the opportunity in the early minutes and didn't let Elche players steal with a score of 2 points. This of course has changed the flow of the game and the pressure created by Real Madrid was in the last minute. When the whistle was blown they were actually still not satisfied with the score they got. Regardless of yesterday's match, what is clear is that rather than losing 2 points it is better to draw.

[ReiMomo]

Barcelona managed to get a goal at 84th minutes. Though Alaves is at 19th place, it really made Barcelona tough to score a goal in 1st 83 minutes. Yes Barcelona is keeping up its best performances in recent matches and yes they proved to be worth staying in top 5 in the table. It was suprising to see Elche scoring 2 goals against Real Madrid and that too they were the first to shoot 2 goals and then Real Madrid managed to score 2 goals to draw the match. So those who are after 10th place in the table are coming back with their best performances. Need to closely watch it.

[OcTradism]

Barcelona managed to get a goal at 84th minutes. Though Alaves is at 19th place, it really made Barcelona tough to score a goal in 1st 83 minutes. Yes Barcelona is keeping up its best performances in recent matches and yes they proved to be worth staying in top 5 in the table. It was suprising to see Elche scoring 2 goals against Real Madrid and that too they were the first to shoot 2 goals and then Real Madrid managed to score 2 goals to draw the match. So those who are after 10th place in the table are coming back with their best performances. Need to closely watch it.

With Barcelona now, it is not matter how impressive or difficult they can win. The matter for them is achieving as many wins as possible in order to end in top 4 of La Liga and be qualified for Champions League in the next season. If they can achieve it, their finance will get a good budget next season which will prevent their financial collapse and also help their process to rebuild their team.

Xavi is doing his great job and the El Classico with Real Madrid shows that Barcelona still can play at top level in their best matches. Nevertheless, they must maintain it in more matches because net result is better than one sudden excellent match among bunches of bad matches.

[jakdanyel]

I think that the most impressive match of the weekend was Atletico Madrid - Valencia. Atletico Madrid have been having really big problems for some time. And in this match, they had difficulties too. Valencia got 2-0 ahead and I was like they were going to lose another match. But their comeback was just splendid to watch. Their first goal came in the 64th minute and gave hope for them. And they scored two goals in the stoppage time by a two-minute interval. That was really good and reminded me of the Leicester - Tottenham match in the EPL. 

[3meek]

Barcelona were losing points by conceding simple goals in the last matches, this time it was the opposite. They won the match which they didn't play very well, with the goal they found in the last moments. No doubt they needed this win. They are way behind in the standings. Although they are far from the championship, they must do their best to finish the league in second place at least. Xavi couldn't figure some things out. If he's going to rebuild the team, he should start now. We should see a better Barcelona next season. Fans can't stand two seasons in a row without any championship chance.

Although often experiencing difficulties in every game, barcelona is now starting to be stable enough to get points in the league, slowly they are starting to approach the top 4 position and this is a threat to athletico who actually ran quite fast at the beginning of the season from barcelona, ​​although not fully improved but xavi looks to have managed to overcome the pressure by improving the quality of Barcelona current game.

I don't know what Xavi has improved at Barcelona, in my opinion they have turned into a dump that can hardly beat outsiders like Alaves or Mallorca! If they qualify for the Champions League next season, it will be a miracle...But I don't think a miracle will happen, because next up are games against strong opponents like Atletico and Espanyol, as well as matches against Napoli in the Europa League!

[Minor Miner]

With Barcelona now, it is not matter how impressive or difficult they can win. The matter for them is achieving as many wins as possible in order to end in top 4 of La Liga and be qualified for Champions League in the next season. If they can achieve it, their finance will get a good budget next season which will prevent their financial collapse and also help their process to rebuild their team.

Xavi is doing his great job and the El Classico with Real Madrid shows that Barcelona still can play at top level in their best matches. Nevertheless, they must maintain it in more matches because net result is better than one sudden excellent match among bunches of bad matches.

You are right. Xavi's main goal now is to qualify for the Champions League. If they fail to do so then next season we will see a weak Barcelona team again. Xavi is now looking to form a team of young dependents. If he succeeds, Barcelona will be strong again in the next few seasons. Barcelona now rely on two young players, Torres and Fati. Moreover, the number of young players is more than the number of experienced players in midfield and forward. Xavi will now strengthen his defense and midfield. Only then can Barcelona be a stable team.

[diyetisman]

Real Betis' squad quality is very good.  I can say that this win was an expected win.  They were also very superior in terms of play against Espanyol.  As a result, they won 4-1.  It would be very ambitious to call it a championship race, but I still think they will finish the League at the top.  I think Real Betis will do better next year.

Betis are doing a great job now. They destroyed Espanyol by 4-1 too and continued on their dream season. As long as they don't lose their focus, it seems like they won't lose games too easily. They are a strongly-built team now and Pellegrini is also a great manager. It looks like they can finish this season at one of the top places. Maybe it wouldn't be higher than the third place as long as Real Madrid and Sevilla are like this. But they can finish it as the third team which would be a great achievement for them surely.

[EdenHazard]

With Barcelona now, it is not matter how impressive or difficult they can win. The matter for them is achieving as many wins as possible in order to end in top 4 of La Liga and be qualified for Champions League in the next season. If they can achieve it, their finance will get a good budget next season which will prevent their financial collapse and also help their process to rebuild their team.

Xavi is doing his great job and the El Classico with Real Madrid shows that Barcelona still can play at top level in their best matches. Nevertheless, they must maintain it in more matches because net result is better than one sudden excellent match among bunches of bad matches.

You are right. Xavi's main goal now is to qualify for the Champions League. If they fail to do so then next season we will see a weak Barcelona team again. Xavi is now looking to form a team of young dependents. If he succeeds, Barcelona will be strong again in the next few seasons. Barcelona now rely on two young players, Torres and Fati. Moreover, the number of young players is more than the number of experienced players in midfield and forward. Xavi will now strengthen his defense and midfield. Only then can Barcelona be a stable team.

A real huge risk for xavi to choose youngster over the experienced one.

big risk , big return. if he success then the youngster would get developed quickly and become a rising star overnight just like haaland at leipzig, greenwood at united and mason mount at chelsea.
but if he failed , he will get mocked even more misery than van gaal , just look at the last match they played , they are struggling to score even a single goal!

[blackened515]

Real Betis' squad quality is very good.  I can say that this win was an expected win.  They were also very superior in terms of play against Espanyol.  As a result, they won 4-1.  It would be very ambitious to call it a championship race, but I still think they will finish the League at the top.  I think Real Betis will do better next year.

Espanyol were beaten brutally last week. Although, their were probably the host, but they could not withstand Betis's squad, and lost with 3 goals difference. Betis are likely to end this season at the 3rd place, because Sevilla are keeping a nice gap from them. I will really love to see them play in the Champions League next season. Real Betis players are cooperative, which mades it difficult most of the time for them to lose a game. They are indeed doing greatly and have only lost 6 matches so far in the La Liga.

[Pulsar77]

Betis weren't a very clear favourite in that game but it didn't matter to them anyway. Bookmakers were expecting Espanyol to put up a good fight against them as it seems. But they were wrong about it. Espanyol got ahead first, yeah. But this didn't keep Betis away from a solid victory like 4-1. This was unexpected for even Betis fans I guess.    They are one of the special teams of the season and I hope that they can keep this up. It is nice to see different teams at the top also.

[hyudien]

With Barcelona now, it is not matter how impressive or difficult they can win. The matter for them is achieving as many wins as possible in order to end in top 4 of La Liga and be qualified for Champions League in the next season. If they can achieve it, their finance will get a good budget next season which will prevent their financial collapse and also help their process to rebuild their team.

Xavi is doing his great job and the El Classico with Real Madrid shows that Barcelona still can play at top level in their best matches. Nevertheless, they must maintain it in more matches because net result is better than one sudden excellent match among bunches of bad matches.

You are right. Xavi's main goal now is to qualify for the Champions League. If they fail to do so then next season we will see a weak Barcelona team again. Xavi is now looking to form a team of young dependents. If he succeeds, Barcelona will be strong again in the next few seasons. Barcelona now rely on two young players, Torres and Fati. Moreover, the number of young players is more than the number of experienced players in midfield and forward. Xavi will now strengthen his defense and midfield. Only then can Barcelona be a stable team.

Xavi hard work here is very visible and he tries his best to do the best for his team in Barcelona. Form all the players to be more active and show their seriousness in order to keep qualifying. I quite applaud Xavi doing it all with a lot of confidence and giving his hope to the young Barcelona players. Now we can only see how the results will be obtained by this el Barca. Is the target to reach the Champions League satisfactorily or vice versa. It was a tough task for Xavi to build from scratch.

[Sirait]

Barcelona were losing points by conceding simple goals in the last matches, this time it was the opposite. They won the match which they didn't play very well, with the goal they found in the last moments. No doubt they needed this win. They are way behind in the standings. Although they are far from the championship, they must do their best to finish the league in second place at least. Xavi couldn't figure some things out. If he's going to rebuild the team, he should start now. We should see a better Barcelona next season. Fans can't stand two seasons in a row without any championship chance.

The problems that Barca are experiencing imo are very complicated and Xavi is under tremendous pressure from the fans and also the management to restore Barca's glory. although currently barca is in 5th position but before the season ends I'm sure that barca can finish in the top 3 positions. A strong drive and a fresh strategy are needed by Barca's players now if they want to dominate La Liga next season.

[CLS63]

There is a nice competition between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona for the 4th position in the league standings now. And Real Sociedad are right behind them. Atletico Madrid and Barcelona both won this week. Atletico Madrid had a really hard time beating Valencia home by 3-2. Because they turned the game around incredibly from a 0-2 disadvantage. It is really difficult to do against a team like Valencia. And Valencia were really unlucky to concede two goals after the 90th minute. And Barcelona beat Alaves by 1-0 away. This was a hard-fought win but an important one.

[baeva]

Barcelona were losing points by conceding simple goals in the last matches, this time it was the opposite. They won the match which they didn't play very well, with the goal they found in the last moments. No doubt they needed this win. They are way behind in the standings. Although they are far from the championship, they must do their best to finish the league in second place at least. Xavi couldn't figure some things out. If he's going to rebuild the team, he should start now. We should see a better Barcelona next season. Fans can't stand two seasons in a row without any championship chance.

The problems that Barca are experiencing imo are very complicated and Xavi is under tremendous pressure from the fans and also the management to restore Barca's glory. although currently barca is in 5th position but before the season ends I'm sure that barca can finish in the top 3 positions. A strong drive and a fresh strategy are needed by Barca's players now if they want to dominate La Liga next season.

I think it is already clear to everyone that Barcelona will not be able to finish this season perfectly, they just do not need to lose and play better, there is no way javi can drag barça to first or second place, because it is unrealistic whatever the outcome of the matches are. Most likely the management made the calculation for the next season, because in this one it was all clear in the autumn, they only delayed the dismissal of Coeman, which worsened the situation

[ShowOff]

I think it is already clear to everyone that Barcelona will not be able to finish this season perfectly, they just do not need to lose and play better, there is no way javi can drag barça to first or second place, because it is unrealistic whatever the outcome of the matches are.

Whatever you think is impossible seems possible in football but it is true that Barcelona do not have a good chance this season to reach the top of the table due to their unstable form while other teams continue to pick up points through wins and leave Barcelona further by a margin. high points. If Barcelona win the 22nd match, then the maximum points they will get is 38 which means they have a distance of 12 points with Real Madrid.

Most likely the management made the calculation for the next season, because in this one it was all clear in the autumn, they only delayed the dismissal of Coeman, which worsened the situation

There are many unresolved problems in the Barcelona team this season where financial problems, lack of experienced players, many injured players, weak defense, missing a goalscorer have made their form very chaotic and difficult to win match. The number of goals they have achieved so far is also relatively low where they only managed to score 32 goals from 21 match. Apart from that, the weak defense has also seen them concede 23 goals so far. But Barcelona did not lose hope of ending the season in the top 4 and improving it next season.

[izsara]

Barcelona were losing points by conceding simple goals in the last matches, this time it was the opposite. They won the match which they didn't play very well, with the goal they found in the last moments. No doubt they needed this win. They are way behind in the standings. Although they are far from the championship, they must do their best to finish the league in second place at least. Xavi couldn't figure some things out. If he's going to rebuild the team, he should start now. We should see a better Barcelona next season. Fans can't stand two seasons in a row without any championship chance.

The problems that Barca are experiencing imo are very complicated and Xavi is under tremendous pressure from the fans and also the management to restore Barca's glory. although currently barca is in 5th position but before the season ends I'm sure that barca can finish in the top 3 positions. A strong drive and a fresh strategy are needed by Barca's players now if they want to dominate La Liga next season.

that's right, the expectations about xavi are so high that it makes him definitely going to be depressed about this.
Barcelona is currently in a critical condition financially but on the other hand they are still unrealistic in doing things.
some time ago they lost in the UCL and are sure to suffer a big loss, but instead they are busy buying Torres from CIty at a pretty hefty price.
For now at least until next season we won't hear of barcelona with its strength like that

[coderben]

It was a lucky week for Sevilla. They turned the game around after being 0-2 behind against Celta Vigo in their home match. It was still a 2-2 draw at the end maybe but the interesting part is not this result. The interesting part is that Real Madrid lost points too in a comfortable match. They hosted Elche and it seemed like an easy deal. But it wasn't. Just as Celta Vigo, Elche also got 2-0 ahead against Real Madrid. I was really worried that Real Madrid were even going to lose. But they ended it by 2-2 like Sevilla. As a result, the gap between them is still 4 points.    But Sevilla might not be this lucky in the coming matches.

[darewaller]

with the draw that Real Madrid got, it did open up opportunities for Sevilla to catch up with Real Madrid's points. It's still very interesting to see La Liga's rivalry this season, not just the fight for the top spot between Real Madrid and Sevilla. However, the struggle for the top 4 position is also very interesting, because Betis, Atletico and Barcelona also managed to win. So everything is still possible.

Even the greatest teams get a draw sometimes, and this is by far the best Real Madrid that we have seen right? So it is normal that sometimes there would be results like this. Considering their defense is not even that proper anymore, and they have just 2 known big names and nobody else, sometimes it gets leaky on defense. They scored 2 goals, which is more than enough most of the time, so the problem was not with the offense, it was purely defense that got scored twice from Elche and that's obvious. Plus, we could all have bad days, it's normal, there is nothing wrong with that, sometimes we just need to sit down and relax and go back as nothing happened.

[AakZaki]

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Valencia 2- 3 Atletico Madrid

but they conceded 2 goals, that in my opinion is not a good thing, that way it's a case to say that they don't have any chance of being champions

Looking sore for Valencia, 2 goals in injured time made them fail to bring three points. That's their consequence because they feel they've won in added time. But I was quite surprised by the seven minutes of extra time. It seemed too long for this match. There wasn't a lot of time wasted in the match, an extra 2-3 minutes seemed like enough for this match. Of course for atletico this is a good point to keep in the UCL zone this season.