La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[makishart]

Villarreal have been one of the real dark horses for the last few seasons although it is true that at the moment when they are not around Emery has struggled a bit but they are still opponents to watch out for.
Maybe Madrid's advantage in this case is that Villarreal is not as strong as it used to be under Emery and of course this is profitable for them but looking at their current match record, of course this is not bad and I think this can trouble Madrid.

Even when you called that villareal as darkhorse and it doesn't matter a lot in front of real madrid. Real madrid has been slowly going back again to the real form. It seems like that the chance that owned by villareal to win again real madrid is quite small. Villareal itself was winning against valencia. Villareal has a mission to win against real madrid and secure the full points from real madrid. that will make real madrid unable to take the first position from barceona but the problem is real madrid is very strong right now win benzema as the real striker of real madrid. that will make villareal may feel insecure caused by that.

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[Marvell1]

and things went very badly, but it's not just thanks to Xavi
it is also thanks to the company that understood that it was time to put their hands on the wallet and therefore they bought
clearly they have to run in at least a couple of seasons, you can't expect magic to happen in one season

Exactly, without the support of a company that has strong funds, Barcelona will forever have difficulty achieving its goals. Like other teams with weak finances, they cannot compete for the title but they only keep themselves in the competition and make profits through sales and broadcast rights.
But as a big team, of course Barcelona will be able to attract investors to pour out a lot of funds there. Most recently, Spotify is their sponsor for the next few years and maybe Barcelona will hook up more sponsors if in each different season they are successful enough to compete at the top of the standings. I know, things are never easy and Xavi isn't magically changing Barcelona's form any time soon.

that's right, they just have to play (well) and move on
if they continue with this growth rate next year they will give Real Madrid a hard time
It's not difficult to understand, I don't understand why there are fans who want everything right away
it does not work like this

Exactly. The situation was not created overnight. And the situation is also not going to be fixed overnight. That is something people are trying to understand. They are thinking just because Barcelona got a new coach and they also have some players who cost Barcelona a lot of money, Barcelona should be able to perform well.

But that is not the case. It took a long time to reach this position, and it will take care of time to get fixed as well. If everything could be done overnight, everyone could have walked around with six-pack abs. And obviously there, to defeat the purpose of having to earn something.

[mamesso]

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that's right, they just have to play (well) and move on
if they continue with this growth rate next year they will give Real Madrid a hard time
It's not difficult to understand, I don't understand why there are fans who want everything right away
it does not work like this

Barcelona is trying to perform well by winning every game, at certain moments, they can slip up unexpectedly. Since the presence of Xavi Barcelona has experienced an increase in performance, now Barcelona is again reckoned with after being able to provide competition to Real Madrid. Xavi still needs to improve Barcelona's quality so they can compete in the Local League and Europa League, titles are certainly their target this season after going through last season without a single title being won.

In La Liga his performance has reached expectations, while in the Europa League he still needs proof, especially since the opponents he will face next are not easy to beat. Manchester United is in a positive trend, Xavi needs to mix up the Barcelona squad to appear more dominant with ball possession which can create many opportunities to win.

[nara1892]

I have the same opinion as you, I think Real Madrid will get full points against Villareal later while Barcelona are still not too sure about getting full points in the match against Atletico Madrid because I think this is a pretty difficult match of course for Barcelona, to be honest I prefer to bet on the real madrid vs villareal match than atletico madrid vs barcelona

The chance is still very big for Real Madrid, but they have to be wary of the movements of some Villarreal players who are sometimes surprising in several sectors such as the midfield with their good passes.
Villarreal's 2 lucky wins are actually quite good and this can be a reference that Madrid must be able to be stable when attacking and defending because I think this is an important thing for them to do.

On paper, of course, Real Madrid is the favorite in this match and at the same time this is a good opportunity for them to win and try to overtake Barcelona who will face a tougher opponent, Atletico Madrid. Last week, their rivals had bad results by only getting 1 point because they were held to a draw by Espanyol, which made their points gain now the same.
But a tough task awaits Real Madrid's attack line this time, because Villareal is a team that has been difficult to bombard its defense until now. This is something Carlo Ancelotti's men should have realized and tried to find the weak points of their defence.

[DanWalker]

I have the same opinion as you, I think Real Madrid will get full points against Villareal later while Barcelona are still not too sure about getting full points in the match against Atletico Madrid because I think this is a pretty difficult match of course for Barcelona, to be honest I prefer to bet on the real madrid vs villareal match than atletico madrid vs barcelona

Real Madrid certainly benefited because their opponents were not as tough as those faced by Barcelona. Villarreal is a strong team but when compared to Atletico Madrid performance it's quite a bit different. With the same points, it is possible that Real Madrid will occupy the first position again.
Uniquely, Real Madrid always moves little by little but with a definite purpose. Reaching the top of the league proves that what Ancelotti says is true. They don't need a lot of additional players, because one or two new players if they are in Ancelotti's hands will be scary.

There is almost very little doubt that Real Madrid is actually going to get ahead of Barcelona on the table and reclaim the first position. I believe that Barcelona is going to have to perform better, especially when it comes to facing weaker opponents. There is no reason why Barcelona should not have won the last match. Almost everyone thought Barcelona was going to win their last match. But they ended up dropping points.

Barcelona has the target of winning the La Liga title. And they also have to understand that Real Madrid is the main competitor for the title. And Barcelona is not going to be able to beat Real Madrid easily. Barcelona might also lose against Real Madrid. So the best way is to capitalize on the easier matches.

[hahay]

Today the big teams or at least the teams that are competing in the top ten in La Liga will play in the Copa del Rey which of course, on paper these La Liga teams have a great chance to win the match. But because usually they only play second tier players, even though these favorite teams get small odds I personally am still not interested in betting on them in this Copa del Rey event.
Because it seems like the Copa del Rey is not their main priority, but even so they will still try to play well.

Because after all, with them or these second-tier players getting time to play, of course, they will also try hard to get good results.
Because then they will be considered to be the main replacement when the main player is injured later, so yes, because I assume like that, any results in this match can happen and the favorite team doesn't fully promise a definite victory.

[Pulsar77]

I wonder until when Benzema can maintain his productiveness for Real Madrid.

He is 35 years old maybe but age doesn't matter too much until a point as for quality players like Benzema really. He had a dream season the last time and it should one of the bests in his career so far. He was injured for a long time in this season but his return was really impressive with 2 goals. Ancelotti must be very satisfied with his performance now and this must be the main reason that he doesn't think of signing a younger top striker for now. Mbappe is like an exception for this team though. If they get a chance for him they would surely use it. 

[longyenthanh]

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that's right, they just have to play (well) and move on
if they continue with this growth rate next year they will give Real Madrid a hard time
It's not difficult to understand, I don't understand why there are fans who want everything right away
it does not work like this

Barcelona is trying to perform well by winning every game, at certain moments, they can slip up unexpectedly. Since the presence of Xavi Barcelona has experienced an increase in performance, now Barcelona is again reckoned with after being able to provide competition to Real Madrid. Xavi still needs to improve Barcelona's quality so they can compete in the Local League and Europa League, titles are certainly their target this season after going through last season without a single title being won.

In La Liga his performance has reached expectations, while in the Europa League he still needs proof, especially since the opponents he will face next are not easy to beat. Manchester United is in a positive trend, Xavi needs to mix up the Barcelona squad to appear more dominant with ball possession which can create many opportunities to win.

There's no way to go wrong with Burmelna.  Especially against comparatively weaker teams, the victory must be guaranteed 100%.  Because the opponent in the points table is Real Madrid.

[KTChampions]

I wonder if Espanyol can achieve a technical victory over Barcelona? I strongly doubt it, but the current situation is puzzling - even if the three-match suspension of Lewandowski is canceled, in any case, having received a red card, he should have missed the game with Espanyol, but he took part in it. The situation looks super absurd. I hope that at least by January 8th, the court decision will be made and we will see the "legitimate" development of events and not this absurdity when a disqualified player takes part in the game violating the rules.

To be honest, I also really didn't expect that the red card penalty that Lewandowski received could be suspended like that, I don't think there has ever been such a case before. With that incident too, I really don't understand Barcelona, does Barcelona really have the many privileges it has.
Just imagine, from the financial cases that happened before, basically when a team has experienced a bad financial decline, they won't be able to buy many players. But strangely, Barcelona didn't even just buy a lot of players, but Barcelona could buy a lot of luxury players, which seemed to have something or something special about Barcelona that seemed difficult to disclose or investigate.

But apart from that case, Barcelona still couldn't win in that match, which basically on paper Barcelona would win easily.
But the fact is that even their players in that match got a red card and in fact, Xavi also got a yellow card in that match. So with the privileges that Barcelona have but still, they are still difficult to win in that derby match and I hope that with all these cases Barcelona will prove to be a foul because this team is very strange and makes no sense to me.

Barcelona's financial manipulation is a separate issue and by the way the management of La Liga is acting smarter and faster than UEFA - they have tightened the rules and Barcelona (like any other club) will no longer be able to pull tricks with leverage.
But this trick with the fact that the suspended Lewandowski continues to play (and even seems to play in the game with Atlético) shocks me. Imagine what a howl would be if Real Madrid did something like that.

[longyenthanh]

and things went very badly, but it's not just thanks to Xavi
it is also thanks to the company that understood that it was time to put their hands on the wallet and therefore they bought

clearly they have to run in at least a couple of seasons, you can't expect magic to happen in one season

Exactly, without the support of a company that has strong funds, Barcelona will forever have difficulty achieving its goals. Like other teams with weak finances, they cannot compete for the title but they only keep themselves in the competition and make profits through sales and broadcast rights.

But as a big team, of course Barcelona will be able to attract investors to pour out a lot of funds there. Most recently, Spotify is their sponsor for the next few years and maybe Barcelona will hook up more sponsors if in each different season they are successful enough to compete at the top of the standings. I know, things are never easy and Xavi isn't magically changing Barcelona's form any time soon.

that's right, they just have to play (well) and move on
if they continue with this growth rate next year they will give Real Madrid a hard time
It's not difficult to understand, I don't understand why there are fans who want everything right away
it does not work like this

Since Xavi came in as Barca coach, the battered team has come back to life and started to prove itself.  You can't get a mob if you want it at once.  However, if this trend of improvement continues, after some time Barca will return to the way it was before.  There is nothing to despair.

[Tony116]

Last match Sevilla against Celta and while i thought they can able to bounce back from this match but they were displayed poor performance and i have to say nothing change about Sevilla performance that they are still cannot performing well and hard to win even i don't know why seems Sevilla players looks very easy to gets red cards that during this season their players has gets 6 red cards and this also one of main factors why Sevilla very hard to gets the winning results and next opponent from them is Getafe and if we look at the recent meetings records from both of teams indeed Sevilla is the favourite but i highly doubt they can win the match even possibly Getafe who possibly can beat them

Sevilla, when they played against Celta Vigo, both of them only shared the same number 1 and that didn't change Sevilla to get away from the relegation zone. Of course, if Sevilla continues to show poor performance, it is not impossible that until the end of the season they will be knocked out of La Liga. But I don't want to see Sevilla end up like that. Against Getafe, I hope there will be a change for Sevilla and I can secure a win so that I can move up to 15th in the standings.

Seeing what is happening with Sevilla at the moment, to be honest I didn't expect it at all after they performed well last season. But problems came to Sevilla suddenly, putting them in the relegation zone now. Game to game, they don't show that they have improved and even tend to decrease with the minor results they continue to achieve.
In the match against Getafe later, I think it will be difficult for them to get points, even though Getafe is not a very strong team, they are still better than Sevilla at the moment.

It is very surprising, how Sevilla is performing right now. What a performance from them in the last season! and their performances this season are very different from each other.

They are in the relegation zone right now, and they have only two wins in 15 matches. Let’s not forget that they finished fourth in the last season. Getafe should be able to win against Sevilla considering the current performance of Sevilla. Getafe is currently playing better compared to Sevilla as well.

[giammangiato]

Xavi's coaching skills are as good as those of Barca coaches in the past.  And Barca's rivalry with Real Madrid dates back to when Xavi himself was Barca's captain and player.  So you can trust him.  However, this is his first league and should give him more time at Barca.  He must understand.

Exactly, I don't understand all this fury against Xavi
give him time, you can't expect him to take over a team that was in bad shape in one season and make it number one

for good things it takes time, time and patience
I think it can be done

I think we should be patient with Xavi too.  We all remember how badly Barcelona was in the league before he came.  I believe that success will come by itself after you show the necessary patience for Xavi.  I understand Barcelona fans want the success they're used to, but it's not something that will happen right away.  They'll have to persevere.

but sisi, I don't understand why attack this boy, surely whoever does it is not a real fan
the real fan understands that patience is needed
you see me with my beloved Juventus, I haven't started yelling at Allegri
I understood the situation

[longyenthanh]

Today the big teams or at least the teams that are competing in the top ten in La Liga will play in the Copa del Rey which of course, on paper these La Liga teams have a great chance to win the match. But because usually they only play second tier players, even though these favorite teams get small odds I personally am still not interested in betting on them in this Copa del Rey event.
Because it seems like the Copa del Rey is not their main priority, but even so they will still try to play well.

Because after all, with them or these second-tier players getting time to play, of course, they will also try hard to get good results.
Because then they will be considered to be the main replacement when the main player is injured later, so yes, because I assume like that, any results in this match can happen and the favorite team doesn't fully promise a definite victory.

Also, I think it is not right to give less importance to Copa del Rey.  Because if you win this match, you will be more hopeful and confident in the next La Liga matches

[Velvet78]

There is such an impressive competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title now. They are sharing the points currently after Barcelona's point loss against Espanyol. I was saying that Barcelona were better than Real Madrid as for the games against smaller teams. But now they are no different actually. This will surely balance things for both teams.

The rematch of the El Clasico could play a big role in determining the champion team. But the most important thing is consistency of course. Let's see if Real Madrid will make a bigger difference after Benzema's return.

[RealMalatesta]

Xavi and Zidane are both smart but a chance to see a young coach gets great success at early career like Zidane is very low, maybe less than 1%. He won 3 Champions League with Real Madrid and I am sure the achievement is made up of many person and Zidane is only one of them.

Real Madrid had many star players who worked with Ancelotti, Mourinho before Zidane took over a coach position in Bernabeu. They are super star, star players who had good experience in their career already. In contrast, Xavi got many young players in Barcelona and many of them have yet experienced of lifting any trophy.

I believe the only bad result that Xavi got so far is that Frankfurt loss last year, aside from that he has been managing the team greatly.

Another issue Barcelona has as a whole is the financial ignorance, they had such a huge trouble and yet instead of trying to be second and be in UCL every year for 3-4 more years and both get rid of bad salaries and get better salary players for cheaper, and basically fix their issue, they ended up selling their future profits to make a good team this year, which will hurt them even more in the long run. That's not acceptable and it is not going to help them be good at all, they will suck for even longer now because of this.

[Furious 7]

It is very surprising, how Sevilla is performing right now. What a performance from them in the last season! and their performances this season are very different from each other.

They are in the relegation zone right now, and they have only two wins in 15 matches. Let’s not forget that they finished fourth in the last season. Getafe should be able to win against Sevilla considering the current performance of Sevilla. Getafe is currently playing better compared to Sevilla as well.

They were wrong in implementing the strategy when substitutions were transferred which made their game this time completely destroyed.
Their condition last season when they started with some of the starting XI was very good but when some players like Kounde are sold it has a lot to do with it.
They are still in the relegation zone as of now with 2 wins from 15 games obviously very bad for a club that last season at the start of the season was even in the top 3.

[KupaCrypto]

Real Madrid and Barcelona have Dominated that league this season, they are on the same points and already set pace for others teams like Atheletico Madrid, Athletic Bibao, Real Betis and Real soceidad, catching them by this wil be a difficult one and they both have tough matches next with Barcelona taking Atheletico Madrid and Real Madrid taking on Villarreal, they both need victory in these games because any slip might prove too costly and the season is already heading to the critical stage when teams will be battling relegation with there lives and the European qualifying spot will be taking more seriously, I think a victory over this teams wil be give them both an advantage

[terrorJR]

Xavi and Zidane are both smart but a chance to see a young coach gets great success at early career like Zidane is very low, maybe less than 1%. He won 3 Champions League with Real Madrid and I am sure the achievement is made up of many person and Zidane is only one of them.

Real Madrid had many star players who worked with Ancelotti, Mourinho before Zidane took over a coach position in Bernabeu. They are super star, star players who had good experience in their career already. In contrast, Xavi got many young players in Barcelona and many of them have yet experienced of lifting any trophy.

I believe the only bad result that Xavi got so far is that Frankfurt loss last year, aside from that he has been managing the team greatly.

Another issue Barcelona has as a whole is the financial ignorance, they had such a huge trouble and yet instead of trying to be second and be in UCL every year for 3-4 more years and both get rid of bad salaries and get better salary players for cheaper, and basically fix their issue, they ended up selling their future profits to make a good team this year, which will hurt them even more in the long run. That's not acceptable and it is not going to help them be good at all, they will suck for even longer now because of this.

You can't forget that the failure of the Champions League over the last two seasons was not a failure for Xavi. This is Barcelona's biggest failure because no matter how bad it was in the previous few seasons they never set foot in the Europa League, only these 2 seasons they have to be like this.
Apart from the actual financial problems I personally now see from the other side because they always say the crisis is in finance but being able to buy players at high prices amidst their finances is also really funny.

[AakZaki]

Money will not guarantee that success will come instantaneously for a team, but it is undeniable that money will provide easy access for any team to move very quickly in change and improvement. If you look at the teams you mentioned, they are teams that may be relatively new like Manchester City, but with good finances and they can be used very well, that will make them one of the strongest teams and worth considering.

Currently, money is the main factor if you want to excel, especially in the football industry. Just look at PSG, Chelsea first, Man City and Newcastle. They are owned by the rich nowadays or in the past. So they have strong finances to buy players. So they went on to get better at games and rankings.
Although not all, but many clubs that own rich people are always successful with player transfers. Even Madrid and Barcelona did that too. Although at the moment I see Madrid have not made a surprising transfer.

[mendace]

Real Madrid are making a bid for Bernardo Silva in June to replace Kross!  He would be a great replacement, I think at the moment it's not easy to find someone who does Kross' job.