La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[terrorJR]

I can't see a guaranteed win for Real Madrid this time. Yeah, they are doing very well in general and Vallecano have a really poor form in the recent times. But Real Madrid can lose points against unexpected opponents sometimes. And we never know if this game can be one of those times. Real Madrid will need to play decently against Vallecano to win. And if they really want to achieve the title at the end of the season, they must have a consistent performance too.

On the other hand I feel that this will be something good for Madrid.
They are in good form now in terms of players and their Strikers especially Benzema is back now, although Benzema is not the only great player but he is the spearhead now and he is the focus.
I think for now even if they lost to an unexpected club but for now maybe not. Because indeed they are in good confidence after beating ALaves a few days ago

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[rahmad2nd]

Athletic Bilbao are indeed a strong team this season. They literally crushed Real Sociedad last week with a 4-0 score and boosted their morale at a high rate. There is only a five-point gap between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona in the standings now. However Barcelona are having solid matches in Camp Nou. They lost two times in eleven matches and this makes them highly the favourite here. Athletic Bilbao got too many draws in their away matches so far like 8 times in 13 matches. I'm feeling like that Barcelona will be the winner by a difference of one goal.

Barcelona will face Athletic Bilbao this week and both teams have had good performances at the moment, but I think the defeat in the Copa del Rey is still etched in the minds of Barcelona players and becomes the right revenge event besides securing the top 4th position from Atletico Madrid's pursuit . But Barcelona slightly benefited from the consistency of the game and beating Valencia 4-1 last week could be motivation to continue the victory. But Athletic Bilbao are also in top form, last week beating Real Sociedad 4-0.

[logfiles]

Barcelona will face Athletic Bilbao this week and both teams have had good performances at the moment, but I think the defeat in the Copa del Rey is still etched in the minds of Barcelona players and becomes the right revenge event besides securing the top 4th position from Atletico Madrid's pursuit . But Barcelona slightly benefited from the consistency of the game and beating Valencia 4-1 last week could be motivation to continue the victory. But Athletic Bilbao are also in top form, last week beating Real Sociedad 4-0.

It's one of the matches where I think Athletic Bilbao might edge Barcelona yet again, maybe by a 2:1 Barcelona's attack has improved a bit, but the same can not be said of their defense. I expect Bilbao to breach their defense as usual. I can not understand why they (Barcelona) did not invest in their defense in this recent transfer window

[kawetsriyanto]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of the most profitable and logical transfers for Barcelona I think. Because they have signed him on a free agent and I still can't believe how Arsenal let him go like this.

Barcelona is lucky to sign him for free. Aubameyang was a great striker in Dortmund, he just did a mistake to choose Arsenal as his next journey. If he moved to Bayern or Real Madrid or Barcelona previously, he may have a different story. His value dropped significantly in Arsenal because he has a personal problem with Arsenal management, not sure what the problem is. But for me, Arsenal management is stupid to waste the quality of a top striker like Aubameyang just because of uncertain problems. Well, Barcelona is very happy to have him on their squad now. Considering his performance in the last match, he is likely to shine again.  

[Retro Harmony]

There is a Rayo Vallecano - Real Madrid game next week and Real Madrid should win this in some way. Because there is a possibility for Sevilla to lose points again as their opponent is going to be Betis. And I don't think that Vallecano are a very serious rival for Real Madrid now. Because they have lost their impressive performance these days. They have been performing really badly for many weeks. And there will be an in-form Real Madrid waiting for them ahead. As Real Madrid have Benzema now, I think they will be victorious.

The benzema effect is truly a wonderful thing.  Benzema turns Real Madrid into a different team.  Real Madrid needs a Benzema-style football player these days.  I don't think they will have any problems or stuttering in the Rayo Vallecano match.  They have achieved an excellent form in the league and it is possible that this form will continue.

[tulusikhlas]

Yes there is no doubt that Real Betis are also not to be ruled out in discussing teams that could potentially crush their opponents. Especially the opposing team that is in the standings above them. Real Betis must be motivated to beat the team. Yes Sevilla is now their target. In terms of points, they will definitely give their maximum to get closer to Sevilla, 5 points is a pretty close distance, but surely they will continue to chase until they can overtake Sevilla.

[hd49728]

Barcelona is lucky to sign him for free. Aubameyang was a great striker in Dortmund, he just did a mistake to choose Arsenal as his next journey. If he moved to Bayern or Real Madrid or Barcelona previously, he may have a different story. His value dropped significantly in Arsenal because he has a personal problem with Arsenal management, not sure what the problem is.

After many failed expensive transfers for Coutinho, Dembele, Griezman and some for defense system, finally Barcelona get a successful transfer for their attacking system, from free transfer. It is their first after many free or very cheap transfers of their star players to other clubs, Messi, Coutinho, Griezman, Suarez.

Aubameyang is no long young but with his good pace, he is still useful and he is not too vulnerable to injuries. Barcelona can expect more from him and if Aubameyang can combine well with Memphis Depay, it will be great for them. They together with Dani Alves will be leaders in a young ambitious team with Gavi, Gabi, Fati, etc.

But for me, Arsenal management is stupid to waste the quality of a top striker like Aubameyang just because of uncertain problems. Well, Barcelona is very happy to have him on their squad now. Considering his performance in the last match, he is likely to shine again. 

Arsenal made mistakes to sign a new contract with too high salary for Aubameyang. Previous seasons, they relied on him to have goals and points but after that contract, his contribution dropped a lot and he fell into conflict with coach then club. So Arsenal have to let him go. It's not a happy ending at least for Arsenal.

[muratsink]

There is a Rayo Vallecano - Real Madrid game next week and Real Madrid should win this in some way. Because there is a possibility for Sevilla to lose points again as their opponent is going to be Betis. And I don't think that Vallecano are a very serious rival for Real Madrid now. Because they have lost their impressive performance these days. They have been performing really badly for many weeks. And there will be an in-form Real Madrid waiting for them ahead. As Real Madrid have Benzema now, I think they will be victorious.

In my opinion.the 6-point advantage between Real Madrid and Sevilla has made Real Madrid very advantaged considering that this week they will only face Rayo Vallecano, while Sevilla themselves have to face an opponent that we can say is quite tough at the.moment, Real Betis, which is Real Betis. Betis itself currently sits in third place in the standings behind Sevilla with a 5-point advantage, if Real Madrid secures three points and Sevilla cannot win against Real Betis then it is certain that Sevilla can throw in the towel in the race for the BBVA title.

[watergold]

Even though Real Sociedad are ahead in the table, they are still not strong enough to at least hold Bilbao to a draw. Bilbao was able to score 4 goals against them and at the same time did not give them hope at least to score one goal. Yes they conceded 4 in just 20 minutes before the game ended, after in the first half no goals were created.

[Quintom]

As we all know since Ronaldo and Messi left the league interest of watching La Liga dropped by so many, the usual El Clasico isn't tough anymore as it used to be, it's been Madrid winning Barcelona all the time, we look up to seeing a better game in the next El Clasico as Barcelona currently has a new reinforcement in the team. But with all these, I believe Madrid will win the league this season, they've been classic.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I liked Barcelona the most this week. Because they had a perfect match against Valencia away. They defeated Valencia by 4-1 and improved their morale incredibly much for their future matches in the La Liga and the Europa League also. Aubameyang started to score which was a great thing to see for me. He scored two goals and this would help him adapt to scoring regularly a lot. He really needs to find himself again here and I believe that he will get much better in time. He is still a great striker and he can score many more goals.

Maybe you mean Aubameyang scored 3 goals, in the 23rd, 38th and 63rd minutes. Yes, this is an achievement that will be a motivation for him. Lin's attack at Barcelona has now improved by being able to score a lot of goals in one game. Now Valencia are their victims after previously Atletico Madrid who felt the same way.
Hopefully Barcelona can continue to be consistent like this.

It seems to me that Barcelona has improved a lot, but there is one thing that Xavi knows very well and he didn't want to apply it, I don't know if he didn't do it out of respect for Pep Guardiola, but the best way Barcelona plays is with tiki -taka, the passes at every moment is the best game that Barcelona could have developed, even though it is a type of game that tends to tire the players much more, it allows them to dominate the game at all times and this It confuses and causes lack of control in the other teams, nobody likes that they hide the ball.

[hahay]

Even though Real Sociedad are ahead in the table, they are still not strong enough to at least hold Bilbao to a draw. Bilbao was able to score 4 goals against them and at the same time did not give them hope at least to score one goal. Yes they conceded 4 in just 20 minutes before the game ended, after in the first half no goals were created.

I personally don't see Real Sociedad have the ability to stay in the top row, at the beginning of the season Real Sociedad can indeed give good results but they are not consistent enough especially Real Sociedad still have to play in the Europa League. As a team that is not used to it, it is of course difficult for Real Sociedad to be consistent and also, with this victory at least Bilbao still has hope to continue to push into a better position in the standings.

[mv1986]

Even though Real Sociedad are ahead in the table, they are still not strong enough to at least hold Bilbao to a draw. Bilbao was able to score 4 goals against them and at the same time did not give them hope at least to score one goal. Yes they conceded 4 in just 20 minutes before the game ended, after in the first half no goals were created.

I personally don't see Real Sociedad have the ability to stay in the top row, at the beginning of the season Real Sociedad can indeed give good results but they are not consistent enough especially Real Sociedad still have to play in the Europa League. As a team that is not used to it, it is of course difficult for Real Sociedad to be consistent and also, with this victory at least Bilbao still has hope to continue to push into a better position in the standings.

Real Sociedad has beaten Atletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey 2-0. They also made a 2-2 against RB Leipzig in the Europa League. I definitely think that they have a fair chance to compete for the international qualifier ranks. They also have one game less than the top teams. If they keep on scoring a solid number of points I think they will make it into the international qualifiers pretty certainly. Atletico isn't stable and the other teams below Real Sociedad aren't either obviously.

[doomloop]

As we all know since Ronaldo and Messi left the league interest of watching La Liga dropped by so many, the usual El Clasico isn't tough anymore as it used to be, it's been Madrid winning Barcelona all the time, we look up to seeing a better game in the next El Clasico as Barcelona currently has a new reinforcement in the team. But with all these, I believe Madrid will win the league this season, they've been classic.

Now with new generation players are coming hopefully in next El Clásico we will have some good competition between these two teams as rumours working around if Real Madrid able to bring Mbappé then surely we are going to have some more watching as recently with the entry of Auba Barcelona having very good change and peoples feeling good.

In this season Real Madrid is dominating and most chances they will clinch title without any trouble, but Barcelona re-entry is also very timely and good because now they are at fourth spot which was not reachable in early days of this season as their performance was very poor but now management done some good changes and these are giving very healthy change hopefully they will have some good result in second league of Europa League match against Napoli and Real Madrid will also give their best against PSG in Champions League second league match.

[OcTradism]

Now with new generation players are coming hopefully in next El Clásico we will have some good competition between these two teams as rumours working around if Real Madrid able to bring Mbappé then surely we are going to have some more watching as recently with the entry of Auba Barcelona having very good change and peoples feeling good.

Barcelona are moving ahead of Real Madrid to rebuild their team with many young players. In Madrid, they still rely on their old players from Modric, Kroos, Casemiro to Benzema. They have some preparations with Vinicius, Courtois, Militao but I think Barcelona have a younger squad that can help them in next 10 years. Real Madrid don't have enough young squad and when any team have to go through rebuilding process, their results won't be as good as before

In this season Real Madrid is dominating and most chances they will clinch title without any trouble, but Barcelona re-entry is also very timely and good because now they are at fourth spot which was not reachable in early days of this season as their performance was very poor but now management done some good changes and these are giving very healthy change hopefully they will have some good result in second league of Europa League match against Napoli and Real Madrid will also give their best against PSG in Champions League second league match.

This season can be a very last one their old players can shine and contribute good performance and bring good results for the club. With old players, their performance changes very quickly between each 2 consecutive seasons. We can see how Messi, Ronaldo and Ramos have very fast decreasing performance. Ronaldo and Messi don't have much and serious injuries like Ramos but their performance still is in downside.

[uchegod-21]

Even though Real Sociedad are ahead in the table, they are still not strong enough to at least hold Bilbao to a draw. Bilbao was able to score 4 goals against them and at the same time did not give them hope at least to score one goal. Yes they conceded 4 in just 20 minutes before the game ended, after in the first half no goals were created.

I personally don't see Real Sociedad have the ability to stay in the top row, at the beginning of the season Real Sociedad can indeed give good results but they are not consistent enough especially Real Sociedad still have to play in the Europa League. As a team that is not used to it, it is of course difficult for Real Sociedad to be consistent and also, with this victory at least Bilbao still has hope to continue to push into a better position in the standings.

This is a very critical time for Real sociedad to make some critical decisions. They team is not very consistent. They need to weigh their strength in the current europa league and see if they can chase it. If not they should put more attention to the league.
According to the present form, I am sure Bilbao is going to overtake them because they are more inform and consistent. Sociedad is just one point ahead Bilbao and Bilbao has higher goal. Though Sociedad has a catch up match.

[BALIK]

Even though Real Sociedad are ahead in the table, they are still not strong enough to at least hold Bilbao to a draw. Bilbao was able to score 4 goals against them and at the same time did not give them hope at least to score one goal. Yes they conceded 4 in just 20 minutes before the game ended, after in the first half no goals were created.

I personally don't see Real Sociedad have the ability to stay in the top row, at the beginning of the season Real Sociedad can indeed give good results but they are not consistent enough especially Real Sociedad still have to play in the Europa League. As a team that is not used to it, it is of course difficult for Real Sociedad to be consistent and also, with this victory at least Bilbao still has hope to continue to push into a better position in the standings.

Real Sociedad has beaten Atletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey 2-0. They also made a 2-2 against RB Leipzig in the Europa League. I definitely think that they have a fair chance to compete for the international qualifier ranks. They also have one game less than the top teams. If they keep on scoring a solid number of points I think they will make it into the international qualifiers pretty certainly. Atletico isn't stable and the other teams below Real Sociedad aren't either obviously.

Real Sociedad are a good team, and they could have been at the top of the table if they had been regulars. They are not regular and often surprise us by losing points against a relatively weak team. If they can perform well against weaker teams and are able to score full points, they still have a chance to be in the top four of the table. For this, they must be stable.

[Minor Miner]

This is a very critical time for Real sociedad to make some critical decisions. They team is not very consistent. They need to weigh their strength in the current europa league and see if they can chase it. If not they should put more attention to the league.
According to the present form, I am sure Bilbao is going to overtake them because they are more inform and consistent. Sociedad is just one point ahead Bilbao and Bilbao has higher goal. Though Sociedad has a catch up match.

Real Sociedad has to make an important decision now. They will target any one league. Maybe they will try to qualify for the Champions League by playing well in La Liga, or they will focus on Europa League now. If they try to do well in the Europa League, I think they will be able to reach the semi-finals or the final. They have some good players with whom they can often play well against big teams. But if Real Sociedad want to play well in both La Liga and Europa League, they will not be able to do either. Their performance will become more unstable.

[jakdanyel]

As for the Vallecano v Real Madrid match this week, I think that Real Madrid are definitely very close to winning this match. Some members on the forum indicated that Real Madrid stumbled against some easier opponents in the past and that's a really good point. But truthfully, I still don't expect a similar thing to happen here. Real Madrid are having a great season and this is their biggest chance to win the championship. They should lower their mistakes to minimum to do this. And they can start with defeating Vallecano here.

[D-law]

It's a fifty fifty chance once more, I'll always say this when I know the favorite can win easily.
You see at the home, Rayo Vallecano has a very good form, I have followed them closely ever since the season kicked off.
But, Madrid wants all three points, they have to fight to get it.
I can't predict a winner here.