La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Porfirii]

it seems that we both would've lost our bets if we followed our guts (did you finally placed it? in that case sorry for your loss).

Real Madrid lost 2-1 against Villarreal, and Barcelona won Atlético de Madrid 0-1. This is a good reminder that, in sports, there is also some degree of "lottery".

That is true, there is a low chance that you could end up being wrong at even the most guaranteed games, of course that is low but people only see the losses, normally on a game like Real Madrid vs Villareal, most of those games are won by the favourites, but there are times which you called a lottery, where the bigger team loses as well.

This is was a game like that and it happens time to time there is no shocker there. At the end of the day we should be happy that we get to at least give it a try, because 9 out of 10 times we would win those games and they are better in that case. I believe that we should not be really focusing on a win, but more on the entertainment.

Indeed, and that's the clue to bet responsibly. But I wanted to say it as a friendly reminder.

Yesterday I saw a movie where the main character was stuck in some kind of space-time loop inside an elevator with his girlfriend. There they had a lot of time to talk about their secrets, and he ended up confessing that he had gambled all her savings on a sure bet ("investment" he called it), which was none other than a bet on Real Madrid.

The film was a comedy, but this scene reminded me that there are people here who may do this in a moment of weakness. Please, don't do that. Enjoy betting if you want, but don't rely on a guaranteed result as there is nothing like that in gambling.

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[mv1986]

The referee gave two red cards at the end of the game when the players emotions were running high. Especially this is the Spanish league, where players are often furious. Still, Barcelona won deservedly. They had an opportunity to get to the top of the standings and they used that opportunity. Now they shouldn't have any problems in the next few games.

It was a high tension match, so I think the players didn't really care about the cards because of the pressure during the match. I don't know what really happened so that the referee gave 2 red cards, but as a result Atletico Madrid and Barcelona had to lose players in the next match. It was a loss for both teams. Statistics prove that Barcelona commits more fouls than Atletico Madrid, but maybe that's part of the strategy too so that the opponent is provoked.

I'm happy with Barcelona's win yesterday even though I had to miss the game. I watched the highlights, and of course both teams tried hard to win the match but only Barcelona managed to score. For his victory, Barcelona again made the point difference with Real Madrid to 3 points following Real Madrid's defeat from Villarreal in the previous game. Next, Barcelona will host Getafe for Week 17 of Laliga, but before that Barcelona has 2 other matches for the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa Del Rey.

Seeing from the highlights, at first Stefan Savic started a small tackle, only they fell and it was like a wrestling match, only the referee without thinking gave his second red card, this looked like he was provoked, but somehow the referee made the right decision.

But in the end Barcelona was able to gain points to get away from Real Madrid, as at the start of the match they started to get fierce so Barcelona were able to defend the first goal from Dembele even though they had lost the player Ferran Torres I think Barcelona can still benefit from this victory.

The referee didn't really have a choice even if he didn't see the whole situation enfolding. I am not entirely sure in how far the VAR is responsible in that situation for letting the referee know as that situation is not connected to a pre-goal scene or anything. Are any misbehaviors on the pitch also to be punished via the VAR? Anyway, the situation looked as if it was to get out of control. The two guys were almost slapping each other. You could really see how they were trying to hold themselves back from totally escalating.

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It bothers me when two big teams play football and in the end of the game the better team wins and we will say that it was a very tough game. I would have considered it to be a very tough match if Atletico Madrid was able to win Barcelona.
For there to be two red cards in the match shows that it was a fight to finish but the result was not pleasant to me because the competition will likely be less since Madrid already lost 3 points

it's not like that friend, this is a pretty good start in competition in the upcoming match, because barcelona has moved 3 points away from real madrid's chase, so real madrid is under a lot of pressure to be able to perform better in the upcoming match. now for Atletico madrid they are often unstable this season, just look at their performance so far, their game is really not interesting for us to watch. but in an effort to hold barcelona they of course failed because their defense this season was not very strong.

so in the upcoming matches ancelotti will have to deliver a win against Bilbao because if they drop points again then barcelona will be able to easily continue to go further with them on points.

Seeing from the highlights, at first Stefan Savic started a small tackle, only they fell and it was like a wrestling match, only the referee without thinking gave his second red card, this looked like he was provoked, but somehow the referee made the right decision.

But in the end Barcelona was able to gain points to get away from Real Madrid, as at the start of the match they started to get fierce so Barcelona were able to defend the first goal from Dembele even though they had lost the player Ferran Torres I think Barcelona can still benefit from this victory.

it seems like a small offense but because these two players seem like they want to fight and it doesn't take much consideration for the referee to issue 2 red cards for each player. Indeed, before I said that this match would be quite fierce with quite a hot atmosphere and it was proven that Barcelona victory must end with a red card. But I see that this match has a big consequence that belongs to Barcelona because they are able to make the game more interesting which can make the host lose concentration.

[skarais]

Seeing from the highlights, at first Stefan Savic started a small tackle, only they fell and it was like a wrestling match, only the referee without thinking gave his second red card, this looked like he was provoked, but somehow the referee made the right decision.

Yes, there was a fight after the two went down but I don't really think it's worth a red card without some sort of yellow card warning. But fortunately Barcelona didn't concede a goal for the rest of the game because Atletico Madrid still haven't lowered their attack tension.

But in the end Barcelona was able to gain points to get away from Real Madrid, as at the start of the match they started to get fierce so Barcelona were able to defend the first goal from Dembele even though they had lost the player Ferran Torres I think Barcelona can still benefit from this victory.

This is an important win for Barcelona, ​​but definitely a very bad loss for Atletico Madrid. Barcelona is 3 points ahead of Real Madrid as their eternal rival, so that was clearly expected before the match started. Dembele was the hero of the win but he should have had more than one goal had he taken his chances.

[Prince Malik]

Seeing from the highlights, at first Stefan Savic started a small tackle, only they fell and it was like a wrestling match, only the referee without thinking gave his second red card, this looked like he was provoked, but somehow the referee made the right decision.

Yes, there was a fight after the two went down but I don't really think it's worth a red card without some sort of yellow card warning. But fortunately Barcelona didn't concede a goal for the rest of the game because Atletico Madrid still haven't lowered their attack tension.

But in the end Barcelona was able to gain points to get away from Real Madrid, as at the start of the match they started to get fierce so Barcelona were able to defend the first goal from Dembele even though they had lost the player Ferran Torres I think Barcelona can still benefit from this victory.

This is an important win for Barcelona, ​​but definitely a very bad loss for Atletico Madrid. Barcelona is 3 points ahead of Real Madrid as their eternal rival, so that was clearly expected before the match started. Dembele was the hero of the win but he should have had more than one goal had he taken his chances.

Barcelona did the important in this match and profit well from real Madrid defeat, atleteco did a good match and created many opportunities especially in the first half but unfortunately for them they wasn't able to score the equalizer, now they must forgot about this match and focus on their next rounds to get the maximum number of points in the next rounds

[Docnaster]

It bothers me when two big teams play football and in the end of the game the better team wins and we will say that it was a very tough game. I would have considered it to be a very tough match if Atletico Madrid was able to win Barcelona.
For there to be two red cards in the match shows that it was a fight to finish but the result was not pleasant to me because the competition will likely be less since Madrid already lost 3 points

it's not like that friend, this is a pretty good start in competition in the upcoming match, because barcelona has moved 3 points away from real madrid's chase, so real madrid is under a lot of pressure to be able to perform better in the upcoming match. now for Atletico madrid they are often unstable this season, just look at their performance so far, their game is really not interesting for us to watch. but in an effort to hold barcelona they of course failed because their defense this season was not very strong.

That is true, the 3 points gap will make Real Madrid to sit up and follow up the challenge because another slump may mean that they are lost out of the title race. They really need to buckle up for the challenge.
Deep down me I will want Barcelona to win the league so that Xavi will be able to redeem his name from the poor European outing

[giammangiato]

As I said before, the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will run with high tension, and it was evident that there were 2 red cards in that match. I think Atletico Madrid played quite well in this game and they had several good opportunities that should have turned into a goal, it's just that they don't have a great finishing touch. With an additional 3 points, Barcelona can widen their gap with Real Madrid but that still does not guarantee their position in La Liga because Real Madrid certainly will not stay quiet.

Yes, I saw that it was a game where both teams played badly, as evidenced by the two red cards
This worries me, for Real Madrid
if he is so mean and aggressive, it means that he is tired and that Barcelona can take advantage of it

It bothers me when two big teams play football and in the end of the game the better team wins and we will say that it was a very tough game. I would have considered it to be a very tough match if Atletico Madrid was able to win Barcelona.
For there to be two red cards in the match shows that it was a fight to finish but the result was not pleasant to me because the competition will likely be less since Madrid already lost 3 points

when I say very tough I mean there were a lot of fouls and a lot of nastiness
in a perfect match there would be no red or yellow cards
it would be played with fairplay and correctness and whoever is really better would win

instead we have fouls, we have simulations, we have tactical fouls.. so I'm only referring to that

[Prince Malik]

It bothers me when two big teams play football and in the end of the game the better team wins and we will say that it was a very tough game. I would have considered it to be a very tough match if Atletico Madrid was able to win Barcelona.
For there to be two red cards in the match shows that it was a fight to finish but the result was not pleasant to me because the competition will likely be less since Madrid already lost 3 points

it's not like that friend, this is a pretty good start in competition in the upcoming match, because barcelona has moved 3 points away from real madrid's chase, so real madrid is under a lot of pressure to be able to perform better in the upcoming match. now for Atletico madrid they are often unstable this season, just look at their performance so far, their game is really not interesting for us to watch. but in an effort to hold barcelona they of course failed because their defense this season was not very strong.

That is true, the 3 points gap will make Real Madrid to sit up and follow up the challenge because another slump may mean that they are lost out of the title race. They really need to buckle up for the challenge.
Deep down me I will want Barcelona to win the league so that Xavi will be able to redeem his name from the poor European outing

That's right but real Madrid still a team that know well how to come back and that's what will make the race more important this year, Barcelona will try to manage the matches and avoid losing points to keep the gap or extend it while real Madrid will try to profit from any stumble from Barcelona to recover the lead again

[emrecemsan]

Next El Clasico is going to be really crucial for the league championship. Because the competition is already going on really heatedly. The previous El Clasico was like a fiasco for Barcelona. They couldn't resist Real Madrid properly and got a bad loss as a result. It was due to Barcelona's having problems against big teams of course. It was Xavi's fault as well. Maybe there were some injured players at the same time but Xavi could have still found a way to deal with this situation.

He will need to solve these problems by making better choices from now on. They can't afford losing the title to Real Madrid this time. They already performed horrible in the Champions League.

[indah rezqi]

It bothers me when two big teams play football and in the end of the game the better team wins and we will say that it was a very tough game. I would have considered it to be a very tough match if Atletico Madrid was able to win Barcelona.
For there to be two red cards in the match shows that it was a fight to finish but the result was not pleasant to me because the competition will likely be less since Madrid already lost 3 points

You never really know when teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona drop points, sometimes they miss the easy match but they succeed in the more difficult match. Prestige may be part of what makes them play better, but I also agree that luck also plays a role in this case. After all, 3 points from Real Madrid doesn't mean that Barcelona is safe, it's just a little to say the competition between the two teams has dropped.

I'm happy to see Barcelona manage to get a good performance in a match like against Atletico Madrid, meaning that Barcelona has proven what it is in the title race when they need important points.

[baeva]

Yeah, that was a surprising result for me. Well, the position in the table looks like Real Madrid will be 3 points behind Barcelona. But in fact the 3 points will play a huge role only at the end of the season, now it's nothing, because there are still a lot of games ahead. The current match against Atletico is won by Barcelona so far, but you can see how their opponent presses them, I can assume that it will be a draw

the match is over, Barcelona got 3 points from this match with difficulty, even though they won by a narrow score but they did quite well because we saw this game running quite hot from these two teams. As a result, Barcelona can extend their collection of points with Real Madrid. This defeat made Atletico Madrid ranking drop to 5th in the standings from before which was ranked in the top 4. a distance of 3 points is indeed not a strong reason for Barcelona to be quite safe in the upcoming matches because this season there are still many matches left that allow Real Madrid to catch up with this point if Barcelona make a mistake in the next match.

For the most part, Atletico Madrid dominated that match, but that domination did not come to an end, Barcelona held out.
And when is the El Clasico match? I think a lot can be decided there, if the position in the table of both teams remains the same... And I'm betting that both teams can still make mistakes during the season, and most likely they will. Maybe somewhere will lose all three points, and maybe in some match will draw and get only 1 point

[snipie]

Next El Clasico is going to be really crucial for the league championship. Because the competition is already going on really heatedly. The previous El Clasico was like a fiasco for Barcelona. They couldn't resist Real Madrid properly and got a bad loss as a result. It was due to Barcelona's having problems against big teams of course. It was Xavi's fault as well. Maybe there were some injured players at the same time but Xavi could have still found a way to deal with this situation.

He will need to solve these problems by making better choices from now on. They can't afford losing the title to Real Madrid this time. They already performed horrible in the Champions League.

El classico will be played in March. Until then many things could occur mainly a large point gap. Imagine Real Madrid failing again in one or two games! That's mean 6-9 points difference so Real Madrid players will be more stressed while Barcelona ones will be more concentrated and relaxed..
I prefer to see the same number of points between them by March so we can see a competitive game there

[Tumanggor]

Next El Clasico is going to be really crucial for the league championship. Because the competition is already going on really heatedly. The previous El Clasico was like a fiasco for Barcelona. They couldn't resist Real Madrid properly and got a bad loss as a result. It was due to Barcelona's having problems against big teams of course. It was Xavi's fault as well. Maybe there were some injured players at the same time but Xavi could have still found a way to deal with this situation.

He will need to solve these problems by making better choices from now on. They can't afford losing the title to Real Madrid this time. They already performed horrible in the Champions League.

El Clasico is a match that everyone is waiting for and it will happen in Q2 in March, so the preparation of the two teams is very important, especially for Barcelona because in El Clasico before they lost 3-1 to Madrid

After being eliminated from the Champions League, Barcelona's main target is the La Liga, European League and Copa Del Rey trophies, hopefully Xavi can win one of these trophies

[Merit.s]

Next El Clasico is going to be really crucial for the league championship. Because the competition is already going on really heatedly. The previous El Clasico was like a fiasco for Barcelona. They couldn't resist Real Madrid properly and got a bad loss as a result. It was due to Barcelona's having problems against big teams of course. It was Xavi's fault as well. Maybe there were some injured players at the same time but Xavi could have still found a way to deal with this situation.

He will need to solve these problems by making better choices from now on. They can't afford losing the title to Real Madrid this time. They already performed horrible in the Champions League.

El classico will be played in March. Until then many things could occur mainly a large point gap. Imagine Real Madrid failing again in one or two games! That's mean 6-9 points difference so Real Madrid players will be more stressed while Barcelona ones will be more concentrated and relaxed..
I prefer to see the same number of points between them by March so we can see a competitive game there

Barca has shown that they are still on track no matter the little challenge the club is facing. It was interesting to watch them win their match against Athletico Madrid. They have more advantage to win the league than Real Madrid,if they can be consistent with their games, based on the fact that they are they first on the table. Maybe,before El Classico the point gap might have been closed but if not Real Madrid will be trying their best to win the match and need to work really hard. I don't have much to say on that match since it is the two rivals that are meeting and something unexpected can happen on that day.

[Prince Malik]

Bilbao team is moving to their second 0-0 draw in a raw and this time against osasona, bilbao did many goal attempts especially in the first half but they wasn't able to score any goal, we still have around 7 minutes to play but I don't think there will be a goal in this match because osasona team is doing great defensively

[imamusma]

Barca has shown that they are still on track no matter the little challenge the club is facing. It was interesting to watch them win their match against Athletico Madrid. They have more advantage to win the league than Real Madrid,if they can be consistent with their games, based on the fact that they are they first on the table. Maybe,before El Classico the point gap might have been closed but if not Real Madrid will be trying their best to win the match and need to work really hard. I don't have much to say on that match since it is the two rivals that are meeting and something unexpected can happen on that day.

Barcelona only needs to maintain its performance and consistency to win the match that is waiting for them. It's hard to expect them to be perfect at the moment, but Xavi and his players have huge ambitions for Laliga this season. I never thought the game against Atletico Madrid would be easy, but it was a difficult game because both teams looked optimistic about getting maximum points. Even if Barcelona wins, it doesn't mean Atletico Madrid is bad but they just keep failing in many games in the end.

[fuguebtc]

Next El Clasico is going to be really crucial for the league championship. Because the competition is already going on really heatedly. The previous El Clasico was like a fiasco for Barcelona. They couldn't resist Real Madrid properly and got a bad loss as a result. It was due to Barcelona's having problems against big teams of course. It was Xavi's fault as well. Maybe there were some injured players at the same time but Xavi could have still found a way to deal with this situation.
He will need to solve these problems by making better choices from now on. They can't afford losing the title to Real Madrid this time. They already performed horrible in the Champions League.

El classico will be played in March. Until then many things could occur mainly a large point gap. Imagine Real Madrid failing again in one or two games! That's mean 6-9 points difference so Real Madrid players will be more stressed while Barcelona ones will be more concentrated and relaxed..
I prefer to see the same number of points between them by March so we can see a competitive game there

Barca has shown that they are still on track no matter the little challenge the club is facing. It was interesting to watch them win their match against Athletico Madrid. They have more advantage to win the league than Real Madrid,if they can be consistent with their games, based on the fact that they are they first on the table. Maybe,before El Classico the point gap might have been closed but if not Real Madrid will be trying their best to win the match and need to work really hard. I don't have much to say on that match since it is the two rivals that are meeting and something unexpected can happen on that day.

Barcelona did not perform well against Espanyol in the first match after the World Cup break. Although Espanyol is a weak team, Barcelona could not get 3 points in this match. However, the Barcelona team did not make any mistakes against Atletico Madrid. They were very tactical against Atletico Madrid. And they performed very carefully. Barcelona did not try to attack too much in this match. They were well aware of their weak defense. After Dembele scored in the 22nd minute, Barcelona began to play more defensively. And I would say that Barcelona was able to win because of the defensive tactics they performed.

[Ebede]

Bilbao team is moving to their second 0-0 draw in a raw and this time against osasona, bilbao did many goal attempts especially in the first half but they wasn't able to score any goal, we still have around 7 minutes to play but I don't think there will be a goal in this match because osasona team is doing great defensively

Sometimes I don't believe in this particular prediction of matches because you can predict to be drawn and the final if the match ends with 1:0 or above 1 so therefore that is why when predicting a match I don't like to make an emphasis because at the end of that March it will become that one particular team will win

[TopT3ns]

You never really know when teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona drop points, sometimes they miss the easy match but they succeed in the more difficult match. Prestige may be part of what makes them play better, but I also agree that luck also plays a role in this case. After all, 3 points from Real Madrid doesn't mean that Barcelona is safe, it's just a little to say the competition between the two teams has dropped.

I'm happy to see Barcelona manage to get a good performance in a match like against Atletico Madrid, meaning that Barcelona has proven what it is in the title race when they need important points.

In that match, Barcelona only got one goal, so they only got a 1-0 score. So with a win like that, Barcelona seemed to get lucky, which finally made them win, and Barcelona managed to secure its position to remain in first place at the top of the standings.

[izsara]

Barca has shown that they are still on track no matter the little challenge the club is facing. It was interesting to watch them win their match against Athletico Madrid. They have more advantage to win the league than Real Madrid,if they can be consistent with their games, based on the fact that they are they first on the table. Maybe,before El Classico the point gap might have been closed but if not Real Madrid will be trying their best to win the match and need to work really hard. I don't have much to say on that match since it is the two rivals that are meeting and something unexpected can happen on that day.

But with this condition they can't be too confident now because before that they were also too confident with the derby against Espanyol which results they can be said to have lost in my opinion even though at that time the match was a draw.
Obviously it's getting better because they have a 3 point lead now but it's still a bit of a problem if later on their schedule gets tighter because Xavi has to still try to find some plans at the moment because we know right now he's always focused on the core line up so when there are some Absenteeism can be difficult for them.