La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[reagansimms]

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona tonight - One of the biggest clashes in the Spanish top division and the entire football world.

Barcelona have the opportunity to go 3 points clear at the top following the not so shocking defeat of Real. And Atletico have the opportunity to get some breathing space in the race for top four and get some space between them and the team that defeated Real, Villarreal.

Barcelona would have to do without Lewandoski who is still suspenended and the experience of Alba, who is also suspended.
Most bookies favor the league leaders, despite the suspensions and the fact that Atletico are playing at home.

- Jay -

Barcelona must not waste the opportunity to dominate the standings after the defeat that has just befallen Real Madrid, a victory will bring Barcelona three points ahead of their eternal rival. Barcelona must improve their performance after last week only being able to draw 1-1 in the derby against Espanyol, while Atletico began to show improved performance after beating Elche 2-0 and Real Oviedo 2-0 in the Copa del Rey.
Facing Atletico was a tough match for Barcelona, previously Barcelona always lost without being able to score in their last two away games against Atletico in La Liga. Victory is Xavi's priority to stay away from Real Madrid, but this will not be an easy game for Barcelona.

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[Sirait]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

I also personally want to put Atletico Madrid ahead. Because there are still some problems within the Barcelona team that the team authorities have failed to resolve. Atlético Madrid's XI is very strong. This match is more likely to be their victory.

because madrid was defeated by villareal yesterday, barcelona will definitely try hard to be able to win in the match against ATM today because when else will they have the chance to widen their point gap with madrid. even though in the last 2 matches ATM always won vs barcelona at home but barcelona now has a better squad than in previous years.

[shinratensei_]

I also surprised by real Madrid defeat but it's still normal because real Madrid is no longer the same team that we know, also Villarreal team is very solid this year and when you see the ods for this match you understand that real Madrid mission is not easy

Lose and win were common things in the football. Real madrid may lose three points but the season is still a very long way to go. I expect another comeback for madrid in the future. Madrid is having potential to win the la liga for this season. Madrid can comeback even stronger. I would not be surprised to see that if madrid will able to surpass barcelona at the end of season.
Barcelona may got draw or lose against atletico madrid. I hope barcelona will get a bad result as well and so madrid is still having small gap or same points with barcelona.

Madrid was feeling so difficult to made the golden chance against villareal. The villareal defenders were very solid. Benzema was feeling so difficult to get into the free zone.

[Tony116]

Even Villareal has a very good season but this winning is unexpected and I am so surprised to see Real Madrid lost like this. It is a first defeat of Real Madrid against Villareal after 74 years. It's a very long time since their previous loss to Villareal.

It's sad. Perhaps this is a punishment for Madrid because there are no players from Spain in the starting eleven. This makes the difference going back big. Villareal players dare to close the space and often make fouls to cut the game. This is what made them successfully win. In addition, they appeared full of enthusiasm to win.
In addition, Madrid's defense is not good, they let Villareal's players free a lot in their own area. Madrid's midfielders looked to have trouble splitting the ball, they got pressure from Villareal's players.

This has been a shocking loss for Real Madrid against Villarreal. I personally expected Real Madrid to get win against them but it is what it is and they have lost. This is a golden chance for Barcelona to go ahead of Real Madrid in the title run.

But their next match is against Atletico Madrid and winning against Atletico Madrid is going to be a really hard task for Barcelona. We all know that Diego Simeone is really good on the defense so Xavi has to bring out who's the best tactic to get ahead in the title run.

[Ratash]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

Indeed today is a high stake game and an important one for both teams i don't think atletico goal is the title since there is a big gap but they sure are aiming for the third place, barcelona need the points most i wouldn't say the draw is a bad outcome but they surely want to win but after seeing their performance against espanyol it seems that they will have a lot of trouble today.

[X-ray]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

I think that the preparation already made by atletico. it seems like that felix and greizmann will become the main key for atletico madrid against barcelona. I hope that grizi will be making so many goals against barcelona. Barcelona will be playing without lewandowski which is very good for atletico madrid. Diego simeone has a very bad record against barcelona but it doesn't mean atletico gonna lose easily against barcelona in this match. i expect barcelona to play so bad against atletico madrid, Real madrid was hoping barcelona to get the bad result as when madrid against villareal in the previous match

[Falconer]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

I really expected Atletico Madrid to take advantage of their home advantage today. Barcelona are known to do everything possible to win this match, that's because they have to take advantage of Real Madrid's defeat the previous day. I don't expect it to be an easy match for Barcelona, ​​but I admit that they are a better team than Atletico Madrid at the moment.

Atletico Madrid will probably set a target of 3 points today, that's also because they have to claim their place in the top 4 again. Really, it's a tough match to predict the reuslt and we shouldn't just shoot without watch the match.

[Raflesia]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

This is worth watching, regardless of what the opportunity for Barcelona to widen the gap with Real Madrid is huge now because Madrid had to be willing to lose points yesterday after losing to Villarreal.
Now the chance is still there but indeed we also can't be confident with Barcelona because this match is still fifty-fifty I think.
But of course Barcelona's big hopes are now clear after seeing the performance and condition of the players.

[mamesso]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

Atletico Madrid which is currently in a positive trend, is very difficult to beat if Barcelona is unable to give its best performance. Barcelona really need points at home to Atletico to dominate the standings following the defeat that has just befallen Real Madrid. Xavi Hernandez needs to improve Barcelona performance after being held to a 1-1 draw by Espanyol last week, this time the opponents Barcelona are facing are fiercer than Espanyol and Atletico always play at a high tempo when facing big teams.
Atletico really need a win to get away from the pursuit of Villarreal, securing fourth place is Atletico's current goal to be able to appear in the Champions League next season. Atletico and Barcelona are both targeting victory in this match for their own benefit, it is difficult to make predictions in this match because both teams have good squads.

[posi]

it was really a disappointing match of course for real madrid fans because losing against villarreal was definitely something to be surprised at when real madrid was really in good form, but villarreal played better, this is barcelona's chance to get away from real madrid if you can win against athletico madrid, even though everyone hopes real madrid will win but the reality is not the same, hopefully barcelona doesn't have the same fate

Bad news for Carlo ancelotti after losing to Villarreal which was one of the golden game to surpassed barça. Real Madrid failed to win Villarreal which would have put them first on the laliga table with 3 points gap from their pre-eminent rival, Barcelona. The yellow submarine hosts the Los blancos at the Estadio de la Cerámica and came out with a slightly win of 2-1, really a devastated moment for madrid which were hoping for a shared points. Barcelona will face another tough opponent in laliga and this time around, their ultimate results would be to win.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same amount of points which is 38. However, the differentiating factor is that Real Madrid have played one match more compared to Barcelona.

So, if Barcelona is able to win the next game against Atlético Madrid, which will be one of the toughest games they will have to face, but still if they are able to complete the task they will be ahead of Real Madrid by three points which is a big deal in my opinion. Now the title run will depend on Xavi's tactics.

And I have to say that I am very disappointed with Real Madrid as they have lost 2-1 to Villarreal.

[Bananington]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Before this game, there is another game currently been played that I wonder why there is no discussion about it. The game between Rayo and Betis. Three goals have been scored in just the first half and although Rayo got an equalizer after the early goal from Betis and played in the first half looking like the team most likely to be ahead during Halftime, Luiz Henrique scored a beautiful goal to give Betis the lead. With the number of goals scored in the first Half, it is difficult to predict how the second half will go and how many goals the game will most likely end with. Betis will remain winners to me at the end, lets watch.

[TopT3ns]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

Atletico Madrid will find it difficult to withstand the strength of Barcelona unless they already know the weak points of Barcelona, which only rely on one player. Barcelona must win this match to maintain its position at the top of the standings. If Barcelona lose this match, it will make a lot of fans disappointed, and of course, Barcelona will be embarrassed to have lost against Atletico Madrid.

[Silence Scream]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

After the shocking defeat of Real Madrid against Villarreal, I am sure that Barcelona will put everything on the field to win this match.  Still, Atlético Madrid is a very strong team and they have the quality to lose points to Barcelona.  The Barcelona match has entered a very important situation.  At the moment, the opportunity to be 3 points ahead has passed into the hands of Barcelona.  I hope they can consider this.

[Fesatmas]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

Atletico Madrid will find it difficult to withstand the strength of Barcelona unless they already know the weak points of Barcelona, which only rely on one player. Barcelona must win this match to maintain its position at the top of the standings. If Barcelona lose this match, it will make a lot of fans disappointed, and of course, Barcelona will be embarrassed to have lost against Atletico Madrid.

This depends on the performance of Atletico Madrid in my opinion. If they can play better than before then this match will make it difficult for Barcelona, but when they are still in the same condition, that is, they always don't perform well, then it is very likely that this match will belong to Barcelona. Atletico Madrid will get the full support of their supporters in this match, and I think it would be more embarrassing if Atletico Madrid lost at home to visiting Barcelona.

[lizarder]

Éder Militão has played decent enough in this match. I thought that even though he was not supposed to play on the right side, he did live quite well. Of course, the best performance for Real Madrid was from Luka Modrić. I really think that this was a case of Real Madrid underestimating their opponent. I also do not think that they actually took enough preparations for this match.

I am not saying that Villareal is a bad team. They are actually a very good team. But there was no way Real Madrid should have lost this match. Obviously, the performance from Real Madrid was not up to the mark. It’s not like Villarreal played really well in this match. I just think that Real Madrid did not play well enough.

It seems that Eder Militao is not suitable to play on the right wing, even though he didn't make any fatal mistakes in that game either. Real Madrid did not play better than Villarreal, causing them to lose, plus Real Madrid's defense was not so strong against attacks. Villarreal started pressing from the early minutes, so that Real Madrid had difficulty keeping up with Villarreal's game, Penalties Gerard Moreno in the 63rd minute put Real Madrid under even more pressure.

Barcelona has the opportunity to widen three points from Real Madrid, but in my opinion Barcelona will not be easy because they will travel to Atletico Madrid headquarters. If Barcelona play like they did against Espanyol, it's not impossible that they will suffer a defeat like that felt by Real Madrid.

[Pokapoka124]

And again Real Madrid blew their chance to go top of the Spanish la liga by only playing out a draw against Villarreal today. Barcelona left the league top spot open for them by drawing yesterday and the couldn’t capitalize on it.

I think the Spanish football has really dropped down and since both Messi and Ronaldo left the league they haven’t been able to come close to that level of football.

After Barcelona ended their last fixture in a draw I expected Real Madrid to try and get a win to move past Barcelona to be league leaders but they failed to win and finished in a draw and blew their opportunity to lead the table and you are absolutely right. The league has become less competitive, I miss the way it used to be when the rivalry of Messi and Ronaldo was still hot and everybody had to do their best to be number 1.

[sovie]

And again Real Madrid blew their chance to go top of the Spanish la liga by only playing out a draw against Villarreal today. Barcelona left the league top spot open for them by drawing yesterday and the couldn’t capitalize on it.

I think the Spanish football has really dropped down and since both Messi and Ronaldo left the league they haven’t been able to come close to that level of football.

After Barcelona ended their last fixture in a draw I expected Real Madrid to try and get a win to move past Barcelona to be league leaders but they failed to win and finished in a draw and blew their opportunity to lead the table and you are absolutely right. The league has become less competitive, I miss the way it used to be when the rivalry of Messi and Ronaldo was still hot and everybody had to do their best to be number 1.

Real Madrid ahead of Barcelona so far. Because of their great ability, Real Madrid has the ability to beat any team. However, adding some players to Barcelona will make their team even stronger.

[Distraction]

Real Madrid ahead of Barcelona so far. Because of their great ability, Real Madrid has the ability to beat any team. However, adding some players to Barcelona will make their team even stronger.

Real Madrid are ahead of them now? I don't recommend you to be very sure of it if you mean the La Liga title.

Because Real Madrid have just lost to Villarreal by not showing a much impressive performance. They had serious issues with defending and Villarreal punished them really hard by 2-1. Real Madrid need to make these point losses happen at minimum level otherwise their job is going to be really difficult against Barcelona. I can say that Barcelona are really bad in big matches. However they have been more successful than Real Madrid as for the matches versus smaller teams in the league. Real Madrid still continue to lose many points in such matches.

[Polkeins]

Today we will watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. I think Atletico madrid has had a good preparation period, they have the home advantage. Since real madrid lost to villareal yesterday, this match has become more valuable for barcelona. Even a point for Barcelona is very important in this away game. Atletico madrid, on the other hand, absolutely have to win to stay in the race. Otherwise they could be out of the race.

Atletico Madrid will find it difficult to withstand the strength of Barcelona unless they already know the weak points of Barcelona, which only rely on one player. Barcelona must win this match to maintain its position at the top of the standings. If Barcelona lose this match, it will make a lot of fans disappointed, and of course, Barcelona will be embarrassed to have lost against Atletico Madrid.

Now, after the loss to Real Madrid, Barcelona has a chance to break away, especially after the last game against Intercity, which threatened to become a disaster for Barcelona.
At the same time, it is in matches against teams such as Atlético that the character of the teams is tested and it will be clear whether the players are ready to fight for Xavi and Barcelona. After the game with Intercity there was a feeling that the players are taking revenge on Xavi for depriving them of the day off.
Atletico in general is a tough nut to crack and out of their last 7 games, 5 games they haven't lost to Barcelona.
So Barcelona should play as hard as they can, no excuses.

[Smack That Ace]

Real Madrid ahead of Barcelona so far. Because of their great ability, Real Madrid has the ability to beat any team. However, adding some players to Barcelona will make their team even stronger.

Real Madrid are ahead of them now? I don't recommend you to be very sure of it if you mean the La Liga title.

Because Real Madrid have just lost to Villarreal by not showing a much impressive performance. They had serious issues with defending and Villarreal punished them really hard by 2-1. Real Madrid need to make these point losses happen at minimum level otherwise their job is going to be really difficult against Barcelona. I can say that Barcelona are really bad in big matches. However they have been more successful than Real Madrid as for the matches versus smaller teams in the league. Real Madrid still continue to lose many points in such matches.

I don’t know what @sovie meant by “Real Madrid, is ahead of Barcelona right now“.

Because obviously, Barcelona is ahead of Real Madrid in terms of goal difference, even though they are even in terms of points.

If he meant that Real Madrid is ahead in terms of the quality of the squad, I think that would have been much more accurate. Because Real Madrid does have a very balanced team right now. Barcelona will play Atletico Madrid in the next match. And if Barcelona can win that match, or even draw, Barcelona will get ahead compared to Real Madrid in terms of points as well.


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duke