La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[muslol67]

Just checked my bookie and saw Barcelona to WIN @1.89!! wut? when was the last time you saw such odds for Barca?

BTTS or Atletico X2 would be my picks...This is gonna be one hell of a game. A win for Barca could mean a turning point in the season, losing prolly means saying goodbye to the title race and Setien getting sacked this very same week. Will Messi finally score his 700 goal? Messi goalscorer @2.08 odds...and Griezmann @3.70! you never know =P

1.89 is definitely a great rate for a Barça match. You should not miss this opportunity. The only problem is how Barcelona will react after the break in the leagues.

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[snipie]

Croatian online portal Index just shared unofficial news from spanish Catalan radio.
Barcelona president  Bartomeu, vice president Bordas, Grau and Abidal, all members of Barcelona management, visited Setien yesterday at his home and gave him ultimatum.
If he wants to save his job,  Barcelona must win in the next 2 matches with Atletico and Villarreal
Otherwise,  they will replace him with Pimienta who is coach in Barcelona B currently.
Source : https://www.index.hr/mobile/clanak.aspx?category=sport&id=2194173

Yea right like he could guarantee his team will win or lose. And do they need really to visit his home to tell him that? I find this news a little bit pathetic. Go ATM and show them their size... They need to reconsider their strategies in the medium and long term or else they will be playing in mid table in the next years.

[EdenHazard]

FUN FACT about the pjanic-arthur swap

Both pjanic and arthur now officially added to the list of the luckiest footballer to ever play with 2 GOAT both messi and cristiano.

Here's the full list :

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Angel di Maria , Pique, Deco, Garay, Henrik Larsson, Caceres, Andre gomes.

Wanna add some more?

I can say Di Maria is the luckiest one since he also played with Zlatan and right now playing with Neymar and Mbappe as the next generations that probably would win Ballon d'Or someday.


I thought Barca would stopped their weird behavior on transfer window after brought Boateng and Braithwaite. But well.... Not saying Pjanic is a bad player, but I'd rather spend that money to bring Eriksen that has similar playing style with Rakitic. Pjanic is good with his free kick, but who can take that while Messi is there.

Whoops yeahhh almost forgot that, zlatan.

Di maria stand on top of the luckiest player to play with those three legends.

About the arthur transfer , i see that a lot of barca fans angry on what the management have done, selling young talented players to get an experienced old player.
Where's the logic? Lol this is hilarious decision I've ever seen .

[boled]

Hala Madrid.
With Zinédine Zidane, I still believe that Real Madrid will be able to come out as champions this season and now Barcelona often have problems between players, even Messi also has problems with coaching staff, this condition is very helpful for Real Madrid to win. If Barcelona unable to improve conditions in the dressing room, then their game will be very disturbed.

[casperBGD]

Hala Madrid.
With Zinédine Zidane, I still believe that Real Madrid will be able to come out as champions this season

yeah man, if they do not win this season, it will only their fault, since they have clear situation at the moment, two points above Barca, and all matches are in "easy" category until the end of the season, expect Bilbao
but, Atletico could do them a favor tonight in Barcelona, so they do not have to worry about the title anymore

[ralle14]

Will Messi finally score his 700 goal? Messi goalscorer @2.08 odds...and Griezmann @3.70! you never know =P

I do hope Messi gets his 700th for a guaranteed win and also stake currently have a promo for this match where all 1x2 bets are settled as a win if certain players makes a goal.

The only problem is how Barcelona will react after the break in the leagues.

They looked pretty okay in their last five but the two draws were pretty costly. It's probably going to be a win for Barca or another draw.

[Ulven]

Hala Madrid.
With Zinédine Zidane, I still believe that Real Madrid will be able to come out as champions this season

yeah man, if they do not win this season, it will only their fault, since they have clear situation at the moment, two points above Barca, and all matches are in "easy" category until the end of the season, expect Bilbao
but, Atletico could do them a favor tonight in Barcelona, so they do not have to worry about the title anymore

It is true if Barcelona cannot win at the expense of Athletico tonight it will be a shock for Barcelona fans, despite the riyal leading the ladder by two points, they must stand and achieve more victories until the end of the season.

[dwminer1]

Big game tonight. Barcelona must win this match, another loss of points, at this stage of the season may mean the end of dreams about the championship. However, it will be hard to win because Barcelona is not in top form lately. The good news for them is that Koke won't play, because he pause for cards. This is a big weakness for Atletico. I have a feeling that Messi's genius will once again ensure Barcelona's victory.

[Slow death]

Big game tonight.

big game is being played between RCD Mallorca 5 - 1 RC Celta de Vigo.

50 minutes penalty against Mallorca

52 minutes Mallorca score again ( I was so happy that I even wrote that it was penalty, rectified )

60 minutes Mallorca scores the fifth goal

how many goals will have in that game today?  

Barcelona must win this match, another loss of points, at this stage of the season may mean the end of dreams about the championship.

Barcelona must lose

[LTU_btc]

Tonight is crucial game for us. Loss or draw would mean that we have no real chances to become champions. I'm worried before the game, Atletico looks good after quarantine, though they achieve difficult wins in their usual style. On the other hand, we are really good at home this season, lost just 2 points in total so far.
In other game, Mallorca is trashing Celta 5:1 at 65 minute. Did anyone expected this, especially after last Celta game with Barca?

Just checked my bookie and saw Barcelona to WIN @1.89!! wut? when was the last time you saw such odds for Barca?

Week ago when we played with Sevilla .

[Trofo]

So, it's official, Barca sold Arthur to Juventus for 72 millions, plus 10 million euros in variables...
https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/noticies/1700293/acord-amb-la-juventus-per-al-traspas-darthur?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fc%20barcelona&utm_campaign=5042a2be-40f0-47aa-a511-c8d4972b0220
I just can't understand out transfer policy. And still, more than year remains until Barca president election. I can't wait until Berttomeu will leave club

That’s a great fee for Barca, he’s crap. He’s done nothing to prove he is good enough to be a big player for Barcelona.

If you ask me, I'd say Barcelona are the heavy losers here, Arthur is just 23 years old, and Pjanic is 30 already just another addition to an ageing squad.

I agree absolutely with the bold part. I can't find a single reason why Barcelona would sign Pjanic even for free let alone for such hefty transfer fee.

I finally understand the reasons behind this transfer. I did some digging and now everything makes sense. It is as always because of money, to be more accurate to play around UEFA Financial Fair Play.

When the clubs buy the player whole transfer fee is amortized trough all the years he signed the contract. For example if you buy a player for 100M and he signs the contract for 5 years, that means that you have an expenditure of 20M in each of those 5 years. Now comes interesting part, if you sell a player whole transfer fee is counted immediately.

If you didn't notice Barcelon paid Juve 60 M Eur for Pjanic and Juve paid Barca 80M EUR for Arthur. Why didn't Juve just paid 20M and they exchanged the players? Well of course, because of the Financial Fair play. This way both clubs will finish the year in positive and avoid sanctions.

I will run the numbers for Juve here, they bought Arthur for 80M and he signed a 5 year deal. That means they have actually spent 16M this year while they sold Pjanic for 60M. That means they have actually "earned" 44M EUR in this transfer according to UEFA Financial Fair Play.

Now, I am even more sure that Pjanic will never get a real chance in Barca and we will see for Artur, but I don't blame Barca anymore. This was needed move for balancing the books.  

[casperBGD]

how many goals will have in that game today?  

Celtra scored six two rounds ago, match at home, so they will conceive at least six on the island it is as simple as it can be

Barca on the other hand will have a big match tonight, but i do think that they already lost their chances in Vigo, with a draw, and Real is in a position to decide on their own regarding the title, so i do not expect something special from Barca, just goals, over 3.5 and both-to-score

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Now, I am even more sure that Pjanic will never get a real chance in Barca and we will see for Artur, but I don't blame Barca anymore. This was needed move for balancing the books.  

did not know this, so they are basically treating players like goods, and manage their storage, almost as having some packs of cola that is close to expiry date, and put it on sale, must say that i am fascinated, did not expect that
yeah, Pjanic will seat on the bench

[Indymoney]

Tonight is crucial game for us. Loss or draw would mean that we have no real chances to become champions. I'm worried before the game, Atletico looks good after quarantine, though they achieve difficult wins in their usual style. On the other hand, we are really good at home this season, lost just 2 points in total so far.
In other game, Mallorca is trashing Celta 5:1 at 65 minute. Did anyone expected this, especially after last Celta game with Barca?

Just checked my bookie and saw Barcelona to WIN @1.89!! wut? when was the last time you saw such odds for Barca?

Week ago when we played with Sevilla .

Even odds are very high for Barcelona but I am feeling they will win today and punish Atletico with some goals result could be 3 - 1 or 2 - 0.

[wozzek23]

Old players in barcelona doesn't always mean they do not have any other option at all, however they have some financial fair play issues, which means evne if they have money they can't really buy too many players that are young and talented because they do not have the equality ready. However, should they try out players from youth team? Of course they should, it is a must for a team like Barcelona who has one of the best youth setups in the entire world.

They already have one amazing player with Fati and I am sure when all the old guys leave they will find players from both other teams and will be able to get some from youth and build another team. What people forget that when you are as rich as Barcelona, building a potentially championship team is not really that difficult, when those superstars leave there will be ton of salary gone and financially they will be capable of using that salary money to buy some players.

[Harkorede]

Tonight is crucial game for us. Loss or draw would mean that we have no real chances to become champions. I'm worried before the game, Atletico looks good after quarantine, though they achieve difficult wins in their usual style. On the other hand, we are really good at home this season, lost just 2 points in total so far.
In other game, Mallorca is trashing Celta 5:1 at 65 minute. Did anyone expected this, especially after last Celta game with Barca?

Just checked my bookie and saw Barcelona to WIN @1.89!! wut? when was the last time you saw such odds for Barca?

Week ago when we played with Sevilla .

I feel tempted with the Odds, really! but I'd rather just watch the match with no financial emotions attached, had the team been playing more convincingly, It would have bee a different case for me.

I finally understand the reasons behind this transfer. I did some digging and now everything makes sense. It is as always because of money, to be more accurate to play around UEFA Financial Fair Play.

When the clubs buy the player whole transfer fee is amortized trough all the years he signed the contract. For example if you buy a player for 100M and he signs the contract for 5 years, that means that you have an expenditure of 20M in each of those 5 years. Now comes interesting part, if you sell a player whole transfer fee is counted immediately.

If you didn't notice Barcelon paid Juve 60 M Eur for Pjanic and Juve paid Barca 80M EUR for Arthur. Why didn't Juve just paid 20M and they exchanged the players? Well of course, because of the Financial Fair play. This way both clubs will finish the year in positive and avoid sanctions.

I will run the numbers for Juve here, they bought Arthur for 80M and he signed a 5 year deal. That means they have actually spent 16M this year while they sold Pjanic for 60M. That means they have actually "earned" 44M EUR in this transfer according to UEFA Financial Fair Play.

Now, I am even more sure that Pjanic will never get a real chance in Barca and we will see for Artur, but I don't blame Barca anymore. This was needed move for balancing the books. 

Yeah, I understood the deal was more about the Financial Fair Play rules, but I still would blame the inefficient Barcelona board for this. Arthur seem like the prefect scapegoat, Barca paid €31 million for him, so Pjanic plus ~ half of that fee seem a great deal in contrast to what could have happened if the club get sanctioned by Uefa, at least the Bartomeu-led board does think so.

[snipie]

how many goals will have in that game today?  

Celtra scored six two rounds ago, match at home, so they will conceive at least six on the island it is as simple as it can be
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lol'd at this simple explanation  
I am shocked for real for such results, didn't thought they will lose in the first place but the worst scenario won't be with 5 goals either!!
Now for the other games Sevilla is leading with 2 goals 47' which is expected. For Barca and ATM 0-0 7'

Ps: my 2k post  

Edit: this is treason  Barca 1-0 11' by Mr Costa

[casperBGD]

Edit: this is treason  Barca 1-0 11' by Mr Costa

two penalty kicks in three minutes for Atletico, do not remember seeing something similar lately, did not scored first one (Costa missed penalty after own goal, what can get worse tonight?), but second one yes, so result is 1:1

[Bitcoin_Arena]

two penalty kicks in three minutes for Atletico, do not remember seeing something similar lately, did not scored first one (Costa missed penalty after own goal, what can get worse tonight?), but second one yes, so result is 1:1

It could have worse for Costa tonight If it wasn't for that second chance of Penalty that was then scored by Saul Niguez 
Barcelona will have to really dig so deep to win this Match.

[LTU_btc]

Penalty? WTF? How it's possible to give such penalty? Where is VAR? It's just ridiculous!

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Penalty? WTF? How it's possible to give such penalty? Where is VAR? It's just ridiculous!

Hahaha there was a slight touch on Carraso's foot that led him to trip. I am enjoying the match thou. A loss or Draw for Barcelona will be good for Real Madrid