La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Another big draw for Fc Barcelona against Espanol. Though it affected my ticket, It wasn't a big surprise. Fc Barcelona currently doesn't have a vibrant player who stand in for Robert Lewandowsky and the match against Espanol really proved it. If the board management can bring in Moukoko or Daishi, it be a bit relieve on Lewandowsky and also more strength to the Baecelona attacking line.

In a previous post I commented, as did some other colleagues, that this outcome was likely. Madrid had an easier match a priori than Barcelona, plus historically many derbies between Barcelona and Espanyol have ended in draws. Now both are tied on points, which gives the league an extra point of excitement.

La Liga is dominated by three biggest clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. From Wiki, Real Madrid win 35 titles, Barcelona wins 26 titles and Atletico Madrid wins 11 titles. About finance, Real Madrid and Barcelona have better finance than Atletico Madrid in most of years.

I don't know why you put Atletico Madrid in there who have only won 3 leagues in the last 20 years. The ones who dominate La Liga are Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is closer to Atletico Bilbao or Valencia, who have also won some leagues and had brilliant periods than Madrid and Barcelona.

[reagansimms]

La Liga is dominated by three biggest clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. From Wiki, Real Madrid win 35 titles, Barcelona wins 26 titles and Atletico Madrid wins 11 titles. About finance, Real Madrid and Barcelona have better finance than Atletico Madrid in most of years.

I don't know why you put Atletico Madrid in there who have only won 3 leagues in the last 20 years. The ones who dominate La Liga are Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is closer to Atletico Bilbao or Valencia, who have also won some leagues and had brilliant periods than Madrid and Barcelona.

Imo, the dominance in question is calculated in terms of the number of titles obtained by these three clubs. In general, La Liga has always been dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona, these two clubs always compete to be the best at the end of the season.
In theory, Atletico have not been able to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona in dominating La Liga, a new breakthrough is needed for Atletico to add competition to Real Madrid and Barcelona. At least Atletico have to spend a lot of money to bring in quality players to their squad as PSG, Man City and Chelsea have done.

[Docnaster]

Lewandowsky was not convincing in the home game against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid - Barcelona is quite a cracker actually, and Barcelona has to be careful not to lose because then the gap to Real Madrid can be 3 points again. And to think that Barcelona had gone into the winter break with a lead of 2 points. It can change quickly, you can see this way. The lead of Barcelona and Madrid over the number 3 Real Sociedad is 9 points, which is a big gap. In any case, Barcelona has a decent defense this year, given the few goals they have conceded.

With the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, I knew Barcelona is not going to stay long on the La Liga table.  Currently, Barcelona has a challenge in its defense and Xavi has not been able to rectify and solve this problem. 60℅ of the new signing he made to overhaul the defense and midfield were above 30 years and this is considered unhealthy for the team. Another shortcoming is the high dependency on Lewandowsky which was a problem to them in their last match. perhaps Real Madrid has many attacking options that can be featured in different competitions as such saving them the risk of fatigue. Madrid is a better side for the La Liga title.

[makishart]

Lewandowsky was not convincing in the home game against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid - Barcelona is quite a cracker actually, and Barcelona has to be careful not to lose, because then the gap to Real Madrid can be 3 points again. And to think that Barcelona had gone into the winter break with a lead of 2 points. It can change quickly, you can see this way. The lead of Barcelona and Madrid over the number 3 Real Sociedad is 9 points, which is a big gap. In any case, Barcelona has a decent defense this year, given the few goals they have conceded.

The problem is you can't sure whether barcelona will be performing so well or it will have same performance like when it was against espanyol. barcelona shall used all of resources to make sure if it will not be losing points against atletico madrid. As far as i know that once barcelona will bw losing against atletico and real madrid will have a chance to create the gap. Im doubt if barcelona can win against atletico. atletico has a very good duets that can make barcelona to lose full points as soon as possible. i think that people will put their choice into the atletico madrid rather than barcelona. Real madrid will face villareal but i don't consider villa real as a difficult team to be beaten bu real madrid. barcelona fans must have prepared themselves to see that real madrid to lead the competition  again.

[piebeyb]

Another big draw for Fc Barcelona against Espanol. Though it affected my ticket, It wasn't a big surprise. Fc Barcelona currently doesn't have a vibrant player who stand in for Robert Lewandowsky and the match against Espanol really proved it. If the board management can bring in Moukoko or Daishi, it be a bit relieve on Lewandowsky and also more strength to the Baecelona attacking line.

As long as there are no financial problems at Barcelona, of course it will be easy to recruit Moukoko from Dortmund before Chelsea. It seems that Chelsea is also more serious about getting the services of this German national striker. The reason is, Chelsea still feels that the striker's performance is still mediocre with players like Aubameyang, Sterling, Havertz, Pulisic and Ziyech, well I think Barcelona should buy him soon

[rendravolt]

at the top of the standings is very interesting and exciting because it has the same points between real madrid and barcelona, of course this will be a tough competition between the two to be the greatest in the spanish league cup this season, i am not a supporter of both but i believe the greatest will be the winner win in this season

La Liga is still very much dominated by the two clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but usually the two of them have a small gap in points when the season ends and that makes this competition very fierce. But whoever wins La Liga will of course be a great debate and it is natural to see that the two teams have played equally well every season.

[TopT3ns]

I don't know why you put Atletico Madrid in there who have only won 3 leagues in the last 20 years. The ones who dominate La Liga are Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is closer to Atletico Bilbao or Valencia, who have also won some leagues and had brilliant periods than Madrid and Barcelona.

At least there is a process that Atletico Madrid must be proud of because it succeeded in being in the top 4 from the top of the standings, so it would not be wrong if it was given good appreciation, whereas when it comes to Real Madrid and Barcelona, it is only fitting that these two teams compete fiercely because they both have equal strengths. and won a very prestigious league this season.

[yudi09]

I also lost a bet on the Barcelona vs Espanyol match. The initial guess was that the game would end in a draw due to last season's statistics of Barcelona only managing a narrow win from two games, but was hesitant to press the option.

Barcelona had a better chance of winning against their rivals after Alonso found the back of the net in the opening 10 minutes of the first half (minute 7) thanks to Christensen's assist.

With this draw, Real Madrid continue to disrupt their concentration in the race to win La Liga this season. Their points (Barcelona and Real Madrid) are equal. But the next match Barcelona must play an away match against Atletico Madrid which is relatively difficult.

Barcelona had a lot of chances to get ahead in the match again. Actually, if it was not for the goalkeeper of Espanyol the match could actually have gone in favour of Barcelona. You know, Barcelona needed to win this match because even though right now Barcelona is at the top of the table, Real Madrid is going to cause them a lot of problems.

I think this draw of Barcelona against a very weak opponent like this, is going to make things a lot harder for Barcelona themselves. Now they basically do not have any breathing space.

Espanyol's ranking in the La Liga standings does make them look like a weak club, but historically the two of them meeting on the pitch have always been in tight conditions even though against other teams Espanyol often has bad results.

This is beyond losing the bet that we choose to win Barcelona.

Regarding the competition with Real Madrid, Barcelona does not look comfortable this season sitting at number 1 in the standings because Real Madrid continues to overshadow with positive results. Maybe the conditions will also be the same if Real Madrid leads the standings with the same point difference.
We think all teams will also feel the competition as felt by Barcelona and Real Madrid including outside the La Liga competition.

[bestcoins1]

at the top of the standings is very interesting and exciting because it has the same points between real madrid and barcelona, of course this will be a tough competition between the two to be the greatest in the spanish league cup this season, i am not a supporter of both but i believe the greatest will be the winner win in this season

As for personal beliefs, I still believe more in Real Madrid who will win the Spanish league cup this season, even though Barcelona's chances are also bigger to win La Liga this season. But what I'm worried about is when Barcelona meets Atletico Madrid, because Atletico Madrid are a stronger team than Espanyol who drew with Barcelona two days ago. Of course it will be very hard for Barcelona, because they need a win, not a defeat or another draw.

La Liga is still very much dominated by the two clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but usually the two of them have a small gap in points when the season ends and that makes this competition very fierce. But whoever wins La Liga will of course be a great debate and it is natural to see that the two teams have played equally well every season.

Because the battles between these two teams are more fierce in every season and also this season, it is very profitable for La Liga because all the fans of the two around the world will always be waiting for their games this season, especially now that the number of points is the same and they will continue try to keep winning in the next match so that there is no gap in points between the two.

[Porfirii]

I don't know why you put Atletico Madrid in there who have only won 3 leagues in the last 20 years. The ones who dominate La Liga are Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is closer to Atletico Bilbao or Valencia, who have also won some leagues and had brilliant periods than Madrid and Barcelona.

At least there is a process that Atletico Madrid must be proud of because it succeeded in being in the top 4 from the top of the standings, so it would not be wrong if it was given good appreciation, whereas when it comes to Real Madrid and Barcelona, it is only fitting that these two teams compete fiercely because they both have equal strengths. and won a very prestigious league this season.

Well, I agree with Don Pedro Dinero on the fact that it seems that Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to be in a different tier compared to the rest of teams, but Atlético de Madrid has also shown that they are closer to those teams, maintaining the third place in the standings in the last few years.

But this can change at any time, because there is always a factor of chance in football, and there are other strong teams also who want to achieve the third place, like the mentioned Bilbao and Valencia, and many more this year (Betis, Real Sociedad, Osasuna...).

[Razmirraz]

at the top of the standings is very interesting and exciting because it has the same points between real madrid and barcelona, of course this will be a tough competition between the two to be the greatest in the spanish league cup this season, i am not a supporter of both but i believe the greatest will be the winner win in this season

La Liga is still very much dominated by the two clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but usually the two of them have a small gap in points when the season ends and that makes this competition very fierce. But whoever wins La Liga will of course be a great debate and it is natural to see that the two teams have played equally well every season.

Now both of them have the same points after Barcelona failed to win in their last match. The competition will be even fiercer because their rivalry is very strong, a team that fails to become a champion will feel ashamed because they failed to compete with their rivals.
The next match has the potential to make a difference in points between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid while Real Madrid will be challenged by Villareal. I see the opportunity for Real Madrid to sit at the top of the standings is very large, because Atletico Madrid is very difficult to beat.

[Gosgosking]

Lewandowsky was not convincing in the home game against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid - Barcelona is quite a cracker actually, and Barcelona has to be careful not to lose because then the gap to Real Madrid can be 3 points again. And to think that Barcelona had gone into the winter break with a lead of 2 points. It can change quickly, you can see this way. The lead of Barcelona and Madrid over the number 3 Real Sociedad is 9 points, which is a big gap. In any case, Barcelona has a decent defense this year, given the few goals they have conceded.

With the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, I knew Barcelona is not going to stay long on the La Liga table.  Currently, Barcelona has a challenge in its defense and Xavi has not been able to rectify and solve this problem. 60℅ of the new signing he made to overhaul the defense and midfield were above 30 years and this is considered unhealthy for the team. Another shortcoming is the high dependency on Lewandowsky which was a problem to them in their last match. perhaps Real Madrid has many attacking options that can be featured in different competitions as such saving them the risk of fatigue. Madrid is a better side for the La Liga title.

Barcelona has defensive problems for a very long time and surprise xavi haven't done anything about it knowing the problem is facing as a coach. It will only take Barcelona to work on their self for them to maintain their first position. 
Barcelona in this form it will be two hard be at the top.

[Porfirii]

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Barcelona has defensive problems for a very long time and surprise xavi haven't done anything about it knowing the problem is facing as a coach. It will only take Barcelona to work on their self for them to maintain their first position.  
Barcelona in this form it will be two hard be at the top.

I have read the quoted argument several times, but I don't think that it is true.

On one hand, taking into account the financial situation of the football club, what other thing could be done by Xavi? signing of new players is almost rules out.

On the other hand, results to date have been quite good, matching Real Madrid's ones. It is easy to criticize, but we should try to be honest also: if they continue performing like this, their chances to win La Liga are quite high.

[emrecemsan]

It might be interesting to some people maybe but my opinion is like this.

I believe in Benzema more than Lewandowski when it comes to comparing the performances. I know that Benzema has scored 7 goals in the La Liga and it is 13 for Lewandowski. But we should consider the match amount they played at the same time. If we check that info we see that Lewandowski played like double the amount of matches Benzema did so far. Hence we can easily say that Benzema is also very efficient about scoring goals now. Apart from that Benzema is far more reliable now when it comes to scoring in big matches. Lewandowski is not like that now despite being just like that while playing for Bayern Munich.

[zuzie]

Lewandowsky was not convincing in the home game against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid - Barcelona is quite a cracker actually, and Barcelona has to be careful not to lose because then the gap to Real Madrid can be 3 points again. And to think that Barcelona had gone into the winter break with a lead of 2 points. It can change quickly, you can see this way. The lead of Barcelona and Madrid over the number 3 Real Sociedad is 9 points, which is a big gap. In any case, Barcelona has a decent defense this year, given the few goals they have conceded.

With the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, I knew Barcelona is not going to stay long on the La Liga table.  Currently, Barcelona has a challenge in its defense and Xavi has not been able to rectify and solve this problem. 60℅ of the new signing he made to overhaul the defense and midfield were above 30 years and this is considered unhealthy for the team. Another shortcoming is the high dependency on Lewandowsky which was a problem to them in their last match. perhaps Real Madrid has many attacking options that can be featured in different competitions as such saving them the risk of fatigue. Madrid is a better side for the La Liga title.

Real Madrid have a much tougher challenge with the several competitions they will be in in the future, although the Real Madrid squad have options to overcome this, it will be quite tiring in the end. Especially for Laliga,  I'm more sure that Barcelona has a bigger chance of winning the La Liga title this season, even so it does not rule out for Real Madird.

[harapan]

With the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, I knew Barcelona is not going to stay long on the La Liga table.  Currently, Barcelona has a challenge in its defense and Xavi has not been able to rectify and solve this problem. 60℅ of the new signing he made to overhaul the defense and midfield were above 30 years and this is considered unhealthy for the team. Another shortcoming is the high dependency on Lewandowsky which was a problem to them in their last match. perhaps Real Madrid has many attacking options that can be featured in different competitions as such saving them the risk of fatigue. Madrid is a better side for the La Liga title.

Barcelona's problem right now has nothing to do with their defense. The only part of the defense that is a bit shaky is the right back position and that is being handled well by Kounde. Barcelona has conceded only 6 goals in La Liga so far, making them the team that has conceded the least. They are also the team with the most clean sheets. So if there is one thing that Xavi has done well with the resources he has, it's Barca's defense. Aside Busquest who is too old and too slow in the midfield, their midfield is still okay. Barcas problems come in the attack. Lewandoski is the only reliable goal scorer among the three up front which is worrisome. And when you think of the fact that they don't have a midfield that can score goals then you see how much of a problem that is. Dominating every game and conceding the least in the league should tell you that defense and midfield are not really their problem.

[posi]

at the top of the standings is very interesting and exciting because it has the same points between real madrid and barcelona, of course this will be a tough competition between the two to be the greatest in the spanish league cup this season, i am not a supporter of both but i believe the greatest will be the winner win in this season

La Liga is still very much dominated by the two clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but usually the two of them have a small gap in points when the season ends and that makes this competition very fierce. But whoever wins La Liga will of course be a great debate and it is natural to see that the two teams have played equally well every season.

Now both of them have the same points after Barcelona failed to win in their last match. The competition will be even fiercer because their rivalry is very strong, a team that fails to become a champion will feel ashamed because they failed to compete with their rivals.
The next match has the potential to make a difference in points between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid while Real Madrid will be challenged by Villareal. I see the opportunity for Real Madrid to sit at the top of the standings is very large, because Atletico Madrid is very difficult to beat.

At the end of the 15 matches that Real Madrid and Barcelona have played, both teams have the same amount of points, which is 38 at the end of the 15 games. There have been 12 wins for both of them, two draws, and one loss for each of them. As it stands now, La Liga is the race for only two horses, and I do not think any other team apart from Atlético Madrid will be able to come any closer to catching them in the next few weeks. In my opinion, we are going to have a really entertaining end of season battle between these two league giants in terms of who will win the league title at the end of the season.

[Fesatmas]

It might be interesting to some people maybe but my opinion is like this.

I believe in Benzema more than Lewandowski when it comes to comparing the performances. I know that Benzema has scored 7 goals in the La Liga and it is 13 for Lewandowski. But we should consider the match amount they played at the same time. If we check that info we see that Lewandowski played like double the amount of matches Benzema did so far. Hence we can easily say that Benzema is also very efficient about scoring goals now. Apart from that Benzema is far more reliable now when it comes to scoring in big matches. Lewandowski is not like that now despite being just like that while playing for Bayern Munich.

Benzema's obstacle this season is injury, so he spends more time recovering from injury than playing. I agree with what you said regarding the performance of these two players, because after all we cannot compare 2 players who have a different number of goals they have created because the minutes they play are very different.
But maybe what many people are seeing right now is that because this is Lewandowski's first season playing for Barceona, he has attracted attention by appearing productive and being able to adapt quickly.

[Zilon]

at the top of the standings is very interesting and exciting because it has the same points between real madrid and barcelona, of course this will be a tough competition between the two to be the greatest in the spanish league cup this season, i am not a supporter of both but i believe the greatest will be the winner win in this season

La Liga is still very much dominated by the two clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, but usually the two of them have a small gap in points when the season ends and that makes this competition very fierce. But whoever wins La Liga will of course be a great debate and it is natural to see that the two teams have played equally well every season.

The both has played marvelously well, but Barcelona has the best defensive record and the highest GF. Barcelona still has a higher chance of winning the league title based on their GD. All they just need to do is get a substitute for Lewandowski because he is over relied upon because there is no other center-forward and many Spanish teams have noticed it, and they are using it against them by hiding him.

If Barcelona must maintain their 4-3-3 formation then something has to be done with all three forwards so their game because less predictive. Because the more they channel their game towards the center-forward where Lewa plays, the more exposed their tactics become and the less productive they become.

[BigBos]

Indeed, Laliga is where the two dragons are Real Madrid and Barcelona, in the history of these two teams who have won the most matches in Laliga, so it is not unusual for these two teams to be eternal rivals or sworn enemies. Barcelona's match with Espanyol, which ended in a draw until the end of the match, made Real Madrid closer to the throne at the top of the standings in Laliga with 38 points so far.
Xavi certainly has to improve the performance of his students well again because his rival is right beside him at the moment.