La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[naira]

The main problem is that Barcelona are not getting good performances from Busquets. If he could have performed well then Barcelona would have kept him in the team and Barcelona management had no problem paying high wages. But now that Barcelona are not getting the expected performance from Busquets, it is likely that the Barcelona management will not be interested in paying him higher wages. Barcelona will certainly look for a replacement for Busquets in the winter transfer window. And we will not see Busquets in the Barcelona team.

Busquets is quite old, in his time he contributed greatly to Barcelona. But it is undeniable that lately, he has lost his performance. In the end, which deserves retirement, maybe Barcelona should look for a younger replacement. It's just not easy to find a replacement for the position of a Busquets who has served for 17 years. From the news I got, there are potential replacements that are quite capable, namely Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad) and Ruben Neves (Wolves).

[Minecache]

Villarreal 2-0 Osasuna, I don't know if the number of people that watched that match is lesser or even lesser than the ones that followed the Ballon d'Or ceremony
Villarreal is a good team and Osasuna could make surprises. Instable teams are the worst ones to be able to predict and this is exactly what Villarreal done today.

When I saw yesterday's match between Osasuna and Villarreal, I thought it was a skipped match that had been rescheduled, but it turned out to be a round 9 match. I was wondering why the management would schedule a match on a big event day like Ballon D'or, they wouldn't think a second time if it had been premier teams, perhaps they don't anticipate much from both teams.

Villarreal has been a sleeping giant this season, perhaps they are trying to repeat what they did last season which I don't think is a good idea, they were among the underrated teams that were giving top teams nightmares at the end of the season even though they did not finish in the top four last season, they performed well at the end.

Villarreal won because Osasuna had difficult previous games against strong teams and had to expend their energy playing a draw against Real Madrid and then losing a home game to Valencia. Villarreal have had easy games and were easily able to win yesterday. It was predictable. By the way, today will be Sevilla's game against Valencia. I wonder if Valencia will be able to move Villarreal in the standings again.

Both Osasuna and Villarreal have had poor performances in the last few matches. This match was important for both. Villarreal's players played superbly in this match. Although they were less aggressive, each of their attacks was very well organized. They had a total of 12 shots, 9 of which were on target. Osasuna has dropped points in their last four matches and has been defeated in three. Their offensive performance is very poor.
Valencia's performance is better than Sevilla's this season. But Sevilla is an experienced team. So maybe they can beat Valencia today. But my guess is that the match will be a draw. Because Sevilla always plays defensively.

[arimamib]

Real Madrid players who are now different from past Real Madrid like in 2009, why am I talking like this maybe from the maturity of the players like Toni Croos and Luka Modric, these two players are very senior and automatically mature in terms of the game, so in everything automatically never panics, it has been proven what in the match in the champions league against shakhtar to balance the position fortunately there was antonio who equalized in the last minutes

In addition, the combination of players from different generations has also given many changes to the Real Madrid squad. The presence of several senior players can motivate and encourage the spirit of young players to always give their best performance when given the trust to play by Ancelotti. Real Madrid's young players have developed very quickly thanks to the guidance of senior players, they also have very good connections on the pitch.
Madrid also don't depend too much on one individual player, they play as a team. There is no player who is too special like Ronaldo still at Real Madrid, they work together to achieve one goal.

[KTChampions]

When I saw yesterday's match between Osasuna and Villarreal, I thought it was a skipped match that had been rescheduled, but it turned out to be a round 9 match. I was wondering why the management would schedule a match on a big event day like Ballon D'or, they wouldn't think a second time if it had been premier teams, perhaps they don't anticipate much from both teams.

It seems to me that the postponement of matches is already too bad an idea, no matter what happens. The game calendar is too tight to reschedule game dates. The death of the Queen, the upcoming World Cup have already affected the schedule of games and perhaps something will happen with the next “wave” of covid. In my opinion, now we must try to ensure that all games are held according to the original schedule, otherwise we will come to such situations as postponing the Arsenal-City game due to the previously postponed Europa League game.

[Alanaz]

Fatigue may be possible because indeed they have always faced tough matches in the last few games but of course this is not an acceptable excuse especially for the fans.
The defeat in El Clasico actually made this a painful defeat because this was a prestige battle and they lost now.
Right now Xavi has to forget this and come up with a good plan to get out of his current situation which is a mission impossible but still doable in the Champions League.

i could have said that fatigue has nothing to do with it and Real Madrid are just better, but we have seen them win only 1-0 in La Liga and lose to Inter which is a good team but their performance been bad this season, it shows that there could be something wrong like fatigue and exhaustion, that's why it is really important to have a good squad all the way to the players in the bench.

Doing 2 tough matches against Inter with the condition of players who are not full obviously makes them a little tired especially if you see their short rest after playing with all their might against Inter at Camp Nou is clearly a little difficult.
On the other hand, Madrid's performance was very good in this match so they couldn't do much when facing Madrid at the Bernebeu.

[Pesona1]

He is now 34 years old and indeed it is almost over for Busquets especially he is also a bit of a problem with the higher-ups at Barcelona because he is like an agreement with Pique because he does not want to cut his salary again after several seasons of his salary being cut.
Right now he is still needed, especially as he becomes a captain who is clearly still influential but when you look at the current conditions it seems that his future at Barcelona will also not be guaranteed, especially now that his contract expires in the summer.

At the age of 34 years of course Barcelona can no longer fully expect Busquets, maybe his creativity has not diminished at all but it cannot be denied that his stamina has decreased greatly at this time, I think De Jong will be the right replacement if Busquets go later, but still Barcelona should start targeting several other midfielders from now on to fill the midfield position later, btw it is reported that Busquets has confirmed his intention to play in MLS when his contract ends and I think maybe he will still be eligible to play in a league that is not competitive like MLS if he leaves barcelona later.

[wiss19]

In addition, the combination of players from different generations has also given many changes to the Real Madrid squad. The presence of several senior players can motivate and encourage the spirit of young players to always give their best performance when given the trust to play by Ancelotti. Real Madrid's young players have developed very quickly thanks to the guidance of senior players, they also have very good connections on the pitch.
Madrid also don't depend too much on one individual player, they play as a team. There is no player who is too special like Ronaldo still at Real Madrid, they work together to achieve one goal.

Under the leadership of Carlos Ancelotti and with the help of senior players right now Real Madrid is having their prime time because they are doing amazing job for last few months and already achieve a double with now they are again favourite for having another good end of this season we can check all changes which are happening around there in last few years Luka Modrić and Croos are surely long time services here giving good lessons to new players those already adopted and giving amazing results which are surely best from them as a great team.

We have to praise as they have never been one or two players team mostly they have done good job as unit which is their biggest weapon and they doing good even opponent Barcelona invested big amount and have too many quality players but fail to have performed like unit which must for having positive results in big matches.

[savetheFORUM]

After beat Bilbao last weekend Atletico Madrid is really in the good shape because finally they were successfully taking over 3rd position from Bilbao and today against Rayo obviously they will used this match to get 3 points and they have ability to do that because on the paper Atletico very much better than Rayo and so far after defeated by Madrid on last month Atletico was never lose again at La Liga even they can able to get 3 wins from 3 matches so this proven they had successfully improved their performance and for today match Atletico win seems good choice and the odds for them is @1.59

No doubt now Atlético Madrid is doing amazing job but still they need to go with this level for more time because right now things are not easy for them right now Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao both are doing good job and want to keep in chase for their European hopes which need hard work and high quality so here we will watch good and entertaining soccer from these clubs Sevilla which was also good in last few seasons now improving their performance which is bringing back them at better spot.
 
Now after few minutes we have three games which are going to decide who is going to stay at middle of the table because all teams are on improving strategy and giving their best for me today we will have Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla as winner of their respective matches.

[hahay]

It seems that since Real Madrid was coached by Ancelotti, I think Real Madrid don't prioritize ball possession and they only prioritize the final result. No matter how high they play defensively to get a quick counter-attack, then they will. They also did this strategy in the Champions League last season to the final match, which in fact Real Madrid lost in statistics but they got a win at the end of the match. Until now they still apply that style of play, and it still works very well.

Ancelotti is a coach who gives freedom to his players. He is creative too and he enlightens career of Andrea Pirlo in AC Milan. Without Ancelotti, it's hard to imagine how Pirlo's career would be because he failed previously in Inter Milan.

This style of Ancelotti makes people think he is not a top-notch coach but in fact he is. He gets good support from his players and has very good relationship with his players. He allows them to play and adjust themselves in each match. He does not bind with any single idea or tactic, that is Ancelotti. And it's clearly as you discussed, ball possession is not the one that obsesses Ancelotti a lot. He cares more about results just like a traditional Italian coach.

But if that's Ancelotti's style of coaching then it looks like it will only work well with top players and teams, as Ancelotti had previously failed to produce good results at Everton. Because if Ancelotti's way of coaching remained the same as when he coached Everton, then Everton should have gotten a significant performance boost but that didn't happen to Everton. But apart from that, Real Madrid's gameplay even though they look like they only maximize the chance of a counter-attack, but Real Madrid doesn't look as if they are only focused on defending and they are indeed strong in midfield.

After beat Bilbao last weekend Atletico Madrid is really in the good shape because finally they were successfully taking over 3rd position from Bilbao and today against Rayo obviously they will used this match to get 3 points and they have ability to do that because on the paper Atletico very much better than Rayo and so far after defeated by Madrid on last month Atletico was never lose again at La Liga even they can able to get 3 wins from 3 matches so this proven they had successfully improved their performance and for today match Atletico win seems good choice and the odds for them is @1.59

But so far this season Atletico have been better when play away, even Atletico from five away matches are still unbeaten. It's different when Atletico play at home, from the four home matches Atletico have so far only won two and lost two. This record is a consideration for me which of course has to be wary of but indeed, Rayo Vallecano is not very good when playing away which is certainly a good opportunity for Atletico to increase their win ratio for home matches.

[TopT3ns]

It seems to me that the postponement of matches is already too bad an idea, no matter what happens. The game calendar is too tight to reschedule game dates. The death of the Queen, the upcoming World Cup have already affected the schedule of games and perhaps something will happen with the next “wave” of covid. In my opinion, now we must try to ensure that all games are held according to the original schedule, otherwise we will come to such situations as postponing the Arsenal-City game due to the previously postponed Europa League game.

The next wave of Covid will not be a problem for organizing matches because perhaps reducing spectators or competing without spectators will be an option to deal with matches that must continue as you said with a very short schedule it is impossible for this league organizer to postpone the game for the umpteenth time, If it is postponed as scheduled then this will be a blessing for Manchester City because they have enough time to rest and carry out the recovery process for injured players.

[Dewi Aries]

Real Madrid's players play so well, their coach always puts them under a lot of pressure, I think that's why Real Madrid plays very well in every match. But we have to admit that Real Madrid has many good players. But Real Madrid  He is far behind.

Real madrid are very good interms of getting experience players. They always go for the best young players in the transfer window, one that will be doing the dirty job in the team like doing the tackling and intercepting the ball when the opponents looks like gaining it. The los blancos coach, Carlo Ancelotti is really the perfect replacement of Zinedine Zidane. They're the most successful team in football with many UEFEA trophies to their collection and still eager for more.

Real Madrid use everything they have experience, compactness and more so no wonder if they can beat barcelona
What makes me wonder is is Barcelona that bad? so they can't show their best game what we have seen is not what we expected
Now Barcelona are 3 points behind and Real Madrid's chances for the title are open.

[alpamar99]

The main problem is that Barcelona are not getting good performances from Busquets. If he could have performed well then Barcelona would have kept him in the team and Barcelona management had no problem paying high wages. But now that Barcelona are not getting the expected performance from Busquets, it is likely that the Barcelona management will not be interested in paying him higher wages. Barcelona will certainly look for a replacement for Busquets in the winter transfer window. And we will not see Busquets in the Barcelona team.

Busquets is past his prime so it is very difficult for him to return to that given age has limited him.
As for the contract, it's a bit more difficult because with his current form he's already said he doesn't want to take another cut in his salary, which means it's almost the same time as Pique is waiting for his contract to expire and being left alone even though he is one of the players of the golden generation Barcelona.

[W Jr.]

Is Sergio Busquets an experienced midfielder, most definitely! but is Busquets obsolete and no longer essential, literally the freaking truth! He shouldn't be out there starting every game, he should be dropped, I'd rather have a Gavi, Pedri, Kessie or De Jong, both De Jong and Kessie can play as a CDM, or even Gavi who has been very energetic and got great passing accuracy and covers most distance on the pitch than most of other Barcelona players in most of the recent games.

Sergio Busquets.? His time with Barcelona is over. He is not reliable anymore, his age which has passed the golden age as a football player has made him experience many declines in his appearance.
Xavi still has many more energetic and reliable players in the midfield. I don't think he will stay at Barcelona much longer, the conditions that Sergio Busquets are in are the same as Gerard Pique.

He is now 34 years old and indeed it is almost over for Busquets especially he is also a bit of a problem with the higher-ups at Barcelona because he is like an agreement with Pique because he does not want to cut his salary again after several seasons of his salary being cut.
Right now he is still needed, especially as he becomes a captain who is clearly still influential but when you look at the current conditions it seems that his future at Barcelona will also not be guaranteed, especially now that his contract expires in the summer.

I don't know how effective 34 years will be for his efficiency in Barcelona. What Busquets has done for Barça so far definitely deserves praise.  But now he's getting old too. Maybe he should reduce his salary to continue his future in Barcelona. If he's not going to do that and he wants to play football, he'll probably go to MLS. Busquets and Barcelona now come to mind together. We'll have to wait and see what happens in the summer.

[snipie]

Real Madrid use everything they have experience, compactness and more so no wonder if they can beat barcelona
What makes me wonder is is Barcelona that bad? so they can't show their best game what we have seen is not what we expected
Now Barcelona are 3 points behind and Real Madrid's chances for the title are open.

Barcelona has potential but lacks the determination and precision. They depends a lot on names and the performance of these players rather than the impact of each single player at the opposite of Real Madrid in which the absence of Benzema for example doesn't affect much the team, there is others that fill his place. Vinicius isn't well, no problem Rodrygo is here and so on..
When you look to the stats, Barcelona received rarely goals. If we didn't take on consideration Real Madrid game, then they just received 1 goal and scored 20 in 8 games which isn't bad at all!

[Porfirii]

Second half of the match between Athletic Club and Getafe C.F., and we have a draw so far. Athletic Club is superior, but after last Saturday's defeat versus Atlético de Madrid and concede the third position in the Liga, the morale may be low, so this could be a dangerous game for them.

[bekti3]

Second half of the match between Athletic Club and Getafe C.F., and we have a draw so far. Athletic Club is superior, but after last Saturday's defeat versus Atlético de Madrid and concede the third position in the Liga, the morale may be low, so this could be a dangerous game for them.

Now the score has changed to 1-2 in favor of Bilbao thanks to a goal from Raul Garcia in the 62nd minute (3 minutes ago).
Bilbao are currently back 1 goal ahead but this is still not safe because indeed when Getafe fall behind, their counter-attacks are always as dangerous as in the first half. On the other hand, the match was quite balanced because Getafe could provide many opportunities from quick counter-attacks by taking advantage of some mistakes from Bilbao.

[Adbitco]

ATM 1 v 0 RAY. I already knew the match gonna be a tough game between both team clearly seeing the first goal under first half by A. Morata. Is there any certainty that they could win the match tonight or possible to be draw.
I love betting on live matches instead, although I understand that there odds decreases as the matches are on running while some of them are locked.
I would love placing a silly bet on 2nd half, planning to play it to be draw since we still have 2nd half to end.

[DanWalker]

ATM 1 v 0 RAY. I already knew the match gonna be a tough game between both team clearly seeing the first goal under first half by A. Morata. Is there any certainty that they could win the match tonight or possible to be draw.
I love betting on live matches instead, although I understand that there odds decreases as the matches are on running while some of them are locked.
I would love placing a silly bet on 2nd half, planning to play it to be draw since we still have 2nd half to end.

The Atletico Madrid Vs Rayo Vallecano match is going on right now for 90+ minutes. Atletico Madrid was ahead in this match by 1-0 till 60 minutes played. Morata scored in the 20th minute of the match.

Obviously, I thought Atletico Madrid is going to win this match. If they do end up winning this match, Barcelona is going to be in trouble. It is good to say that Athletico Madrid is playing so well finally.

Atletico Madrid is dominating this match so far. But I don't think that they are going to end up taking 3 points from this match.

Edit: oh boy! the match ended up just now by a 1-1 draw, bad luck ATM.

[el kaka22]

It makes sense for Barcelona to have some sort of crumbling weeks, because they are getting quite tired, and they are a new team trying to show their talents individually, but the system Xavi (and Barcelona has played for decades) instilling is not there just yet.

The great tiki-taka optimized for today’s world will take a bit of time for them to get used to, and meanwhile, they will have a few bad games in a row, when you have one bad game, it follows the other, you forget how to play football for a while, happens to even the best players. I am sure that once things start to click, they are going to be an unstoppable force for sure, not going to really have any trouble at all.

[SirLancelot]

ATM 1 v 0 RAY. I already knew the match gonna be a tough game between both team clearly seeing the first goal under first half by A. Morata. Is there any certainty that they could win the match tonight or possible to be draw.
I love betting on live matches instead, although I understand that there odds decreases as the matches are on running while some of them are locked.
I would love placing a silly bet on 2nd half, planning to play it to be draw since we still have 2nd half to end.

The Atletico Madrid Vs Rayo Vallecano match is going on right now for 90+ minutes. Atletico Madrid was ahead in this match by 1-0 till 60 minutes played. Morata scored in the 20th minute of the match.

Obviously, I thought Atletico Madrid is going to win this match. If they do end up winning this match, Barcelona is going to be in trouble. It is good to say that Athletico Madrid is playing so well finally.

Atletico Madrid is dominating this match so far. But I don't think that they are going to end up taking 3 points from this match.

Edit: oh boy! the match ended up just now by a 1-1 draw, bad luck ATM.

A match which was completely dominating by home side Atlético Madrid, and I was feeling full three points going to into their favour suddenly we have a penalty, and they lost two crucial points which are surely going to hurt them badly in coming days as now they can drop from third spot to fifth because now they're both close opponents having easy matches, and they can do jump over them after winning these matches.

Now in recent matches we have very improved performance from them in all matches but now suddenly result like this is surely going to have some bad impact but with quality and ability of skilled players they can fight back in coming matches hopefully we will have better result from them in coming matches.