La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[hahay]

Unfortunately Bilbao was failed to accomplished their mission that i didn't watching the match but statistics showed Bilbao was dominate the game since early minutes and with 17 total of shots it proven Bilbao want to gets 3 points from this match but apparently Osasuna has displayed strong defense which makes the result of this match ended without any goals happened but the opposite from Bilbao situation that i can see this result was very favorable for Osasuna because they know it's hard to win from Bilbao that's why Osasuna was aiming 1 point from this match and this is good for them because at least Osasuna didn't lose from tough team

A beautiful game played in San Mamés Barria stadium with the home side putting more pressure on their visitors who retest back the pressure with equal defending pattern. Such a way to hold down the home team in a narrow escaped defeat, osasuna tighten every knots in every area on the pitch, although they didn't make more attempts on goal like athletic Bilbao which winning was their ultimate target in the match. Wonderful performance displayed by athletic Bilbao in the game, as they remain 7th position on the table while osasuna are just two points behind them.

It has been proven that Bilbao is not strong enough to continue to compete in the top six, because basically Bilbao is a team that always competes in the middle of the standings. So this draw is not something to prove whether Bilbao is a strong team for Osasuna or not, because basically their quality is not much different.
Although indeed, if we consider the statistical results that occurred in this match, it proves that Osasuna cannot carry out many attacks. Because with Bilbao continuing to attack and have good ball control, it worked to make Osasuna not have many opportunities to make attempts to score goals in this match.

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[asriloni]

Today there was a different game in the Spanish League. Athletic Club vs Osasuna these two teams played full-time game but neither team could score any goals. But in this match Athletic Club played very well. I thought Athletic Club maybe 1 goal.  The match will be won but Athletic Club could not score a goal. However, Athletic Club played the game in a very beautiful way.

There's no lots of differences between osasuna and bilbao. Both were playing so well but it seems like that the position between both have been telling us about the truth. Bilbao was dominating the match but it was not able to make the golden chance that will be giving a goal to the bilbao. Both were getting 1 point. that is better rather than get nothing from the match caused by bilbao was losing against osasuna. Osasuna looks so strong at this moment caused by it can defend from attacks that were coming from bilbao.
Bilbao itself has been trying so hard but it's not luck enough to make the goal against osasuna

[rahmad2nd]

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No choice for barcelona other than targeting the first position until the end of la liga. I meant barcelona shall win any match that will come soon. Real madrid has three points gap to the barcelona. Real madrid was also losing in head to head with barcelona in the total goals. that gives more advantage to the barcelona if sometime the points will be the same at the end of season. I think that people going to believe in barcelona again.
The competition will be even stricted once the league will be coming to its end. I see that if barcelona was trying to strengthen its team as preparation for the el classico too.
The el classico will be a very important match as three points are really important for both. I can only hope that xavi will not try to did another experiment again

Xavi, has stated that he is targeting two trophies at once this season. that way, Xavi will prepare everything to make it happen. because if not, his career with Barcelona will end until this season. I quite doubt Xavi's performance, even though I am actually a Barcelona fan.

IMO, in the match Atletico vs Barcelona. Barça's defense showed high solidity and discipline. a pretty good point for Xavi, but for Barcelona's front line they still lack ammunition, especially when Lewandowski is absent. Xavi rarely gives opportunities to explore the talents of their young players for the front lines, even though there is Ansu Fati who has talent that must be explored deeper.

Xavi still has homework that still needs to be done, especially the chemistry and bonding of his players. Reportedly, Xavi will keep De Jong and I am happy to hear the news. it seems, xavi has learned a lot from his mistakes over the patterns and strategies he applied. thus, I am still optimistic that Barcelona can at least compete in the race for a trophy this season. however, it is not easy at all as Real Madrid's dominance is still too strong. so, like it or not, Barcelona must win match after match to increase the points gap from its rival.

[Jody.Drummer]

I don't think the narrow victory against Atletico Madrid was luck but the result of the hard work of the Barcelona team to beat their opponents, even though the thin score was not luck, I'm sure Barcelona also wants to win the Spanish league this season, of course they have to play well than before so they can become the superior team and keep the distance from real madrid

They controlled the game with their tiki taka tang scheme. their chances were actually also pretty much how could it be luck.
They won because they deserved to win. Atletico is also actually quite good in this match but seeing the results on the final scoreboard, of course Barcelona is better.

Right now it really isn't too important to discuss whether they were lucky or not because what is certain is that they also don't have time to think about that and what they have to do is focus on their condition and maintain their condition which currently has the upper hand.

[Cookdata]

I think that it doesn't matter a lot whether barcelona was lucky or not, as long as barcelona was winning the match and that's more than enough. that being said that if barcelona can do better than real madrid. I meant you can compare atletico's level is still far above villareal as the previous opponent for real madrid but atletico was losing against barcelona. that proves that if barcelona is still leading the way in the la liga. Real madrid can hope to surpass barcelona at the end of season. That would be a very important match. Madrid still has el classico that will be coming next months.
Barcelona must try to create more gap to make sure its positions was in the safe place

I would say to anyone that they are been biased and hating on Barcelona to say that they were 'lucky' in their last encounter against Atletico Madrid. I can say confidently that the Ref was been professional seeing how he handed the fight between Torres and Stefan Savic, that was the moment I think Barcelona started defending heavily as the time was coming to an end despite the pressure from Atletico Madrid, the whole match looks like Elclasico in disguise, anyone who watches just the highlight wouldn't have the balls to say that Barcelona was lucky with that awesome performance.

The last time Barcelona hosted Real Madrid in Camp Nou, Barcelona conceded 3 goals at home, the next time they would meet would quake Estadio as I believe Barcelona would want to revenge to get their points back and Real Madrid wouldn't let it slide either. It will be a big game I anticipate especially how both are following each other at the table.

[shinratensei_]

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

Osasuna did great defensively in this match but nothing really in attack, it seemed like thier goal was to get out with a draw, Ath Bilbao were the only ones attacking  and we didn't see much from Osasuna, Bilbao really wanted to win and dominated but they didn't crack the code of Osasuna's defense, if they win they could have jumped from 7th to fourth place, but it wasn't bad they are still only two points behind Betis in 4th spot.

We didn't see attractive game in that match. Both were playing passively and that's why draw will become the best result for both. I meant even though bilbao has been getting more ball possessions but it seems like that was useless. Bilbao can't maximize the opportunity. The match was really boring for me. that's why i were only watching it for a half of round. Bilbao has been shoting a lot but only a few from these shots were on target. I don't know what bilbao did in that match. Bilbao wasting so many opportunities. I would not be surprised to see that if bilbao will be going draw against osasuna which was changing its strategy to the fully defensive mode.

[rendravolt]

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.

I don't think Barcelona are purely lucky but maybe they deserved this victory. As the host, Atletico Madrid was unable to provide fierce resistance for Barcelona, so that could be put to good use by Barcelona. Moreover, there were two players who received red cards in the final minutes of the match which should not have been done and this was also a loss for both teams.

[Polkeins]

Congratulations to Barcelona for the beautiful victory they got from Atletico Madrid. Barcelona achieved the winning goal at 22 minutes, hoping that Atletico Madrid will equalize the goal before the end of first half but Barcelona players never allow such opportunity come to Atletico Madrid till the end of the match. Now that Barcelona has moved to first position in the la Liga league table, showed that Barcelona coach is doing well in this season because there is hope that Barcelona will win this title. I don't think, Real Madrid can take this position from Barcelona before the end of this tournament, because their performance is reducing gradually in this season compared to last season.

Great game of Barcelona, but I must say that on 93 minutes Griezmann could have equalized the score, but by some miracle Araujo carried the ball already from the ribbon. Araujo just healed his injury and immediately saved Barcelona. In this game the team showed its character, Pedri created a goal out of almost nothing, and Ferran was not afraid of Savich and went to the end. In general, everyone likes the Barcelona more, even if without a goal extravaganza, but with character and fight to the end.

Xavi Hernandez, has really tried for Barcelona inspite of their financial challenges, he's still fighting hard for the title.
Yesterday, was another test for him and he delivered by winning altetico Madrid. Thou, this season altetico Madrid is just an average team. They haven't performed like a top four team. But Xavi men still shown that they're title contender.
But to me, Real Madrid  is still my favourite for the title inspite of their recent poor performance. I believe they will bounce  soonest and lead the table again.

Well I would not say that Barcelona have financial difficulties, because in the summer they did not buy badly, apparently close to what he wanted Xavi, but just without the scale of the mid-2010s when Koutinho was bought for 130 and Dembele for 140 million.
Now everything is more modest, part of the payroll has been freed up, but they took a very good Lewandowski. Atletico in general has always been an average team, just lucky with defenders and midfielders when there were extremely reliable Godin, Juanfran and in attack played Torres and Agüero. And Simeone's coaching star was just rising in the sky. 

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I think that it doesn't matter a lot whether barcelona was lucky or not, as long as barcelona was winning the match and that's more than enough. that being said that if barcelona can do better than real madrid. I meant you can compare atletico's level is still far above villareal as the previous opponent for real madrid but atletico was losing against barcelona. that proves that if barcelona is still leading the way in the la liga. Real madrid can hope to surpass barcelona at the end of season. That would be a very important match. Madrid still has el classico that will be coming next months.
Barcelona must try to create more gap to make sure its positions was in the safe place

In football there is always a certain element of luck, although in competitions such as the league it is not usually decisive. In this case we see how Barcelona started the league with some stumbles, and despite this and the pressure they are under due to economic problems, they are now 3 points ahead of Madrid. Although 3 points are nothing and even less so at this stage, but they are better than what some said at the beginning of the season.

I don't think the narrow victory against Atletico Madrid was luck but the result of the hard work of the Barcelona team to beat their opponents, even though the thin score was not luck, I'm sure Barcelona also wants to win the Spanish league this season, of course they have to play well than before so they can become the superior team and keep the distance from real madrid

The team that faced Barcelona is a team that is difficult to beat, so this 1-0 score deserves to be called the hard effort they put in against Atletico Madrid. a thin score is also not a bad record because Barcelona got 3 points to strengthen its ranking in the standings table. Xavi also in this case said that Barcelona's game was far from interesting, but he was proud of the achievements he got in this match. An additional 3 points means a lot to Barcelona because now they are far from their rival Real Madrid.

in that match it was clear that barcelona was having difficulties in finishing due to losing lewandowksi who had to be absent for 3 matches, ansu fati has not been able to give much hope to barcelona but he will get used to it and xavi has to give ansu fati a lot of playing time.

[Lida93]

I think that it doesn't matter a lot whether barcelona was lucky or not, as long as barcelona was winning the match and that's more than enough. that being said that if barcelona can do better than real madrid. I meant you can compare atletico's level is still far above villareal as the previous opponent for real madrid but atletico was losing against barcelona. that proves that if barcelona is still leading the way in the la liga. Real madrid can hope to surpass barcelona at the end of season. That would be a very important match. Madrid still has el classico that will be coming next months.
Barcelona must try to create more gap to make sure its positions was in the safe place

In football there is always a certain element of luck, although in competitions such as the league it is not usually decisive. In this case we see how Barcelona started the league with some stumbles, and despite this and the pressure they are under due to economic problems, they are now 3 points ahead of Madrid. Although 3 points are nothing and even less so at this stage, but they are better than what some said at the beginning of the season.

From the onset of the season I never doubted Barcelona will do better as the season progresses knowing full well how a great team they are not only in laliga but Europe, however I concur with X-ray that 3 points are nothing of a strong gap for an opponent like Madrid, and if they have to stay top the table then they need to keep winning upcoming games as their greatest opponent (Madrid) in second position on the table is very much determined to see themselves back on top of the league table.
Another rhetoric here is, can Barca be able to keep up the lead till the next El classico? I don't know for sure!

[imamusma]

The team that faced Barcelona is a team that is difficult to beat, so this 1-0 score deserves to be called the hard effort they put in against Atletico Madrid. a thin score is also not a bad record because Barcelona got 3 points to strengthen its ranking in the standings table. Xavi also in this case said that Barcelona's game was far from interesting, but he was proud of the achievements he got in this match. An additional 3 points means a lot to Barcelona because now they are far from their rival Real Madrid.

3 points feels very important because it has made Barcelona succeed in widening the gap between Real Madrid. Even though many people doubted Barcelona's ability in that match, they managed to answer it with the final results they got. The problem now is, Barcelona needs to maintain the consistency of its performance in order to maintain its position at the top. Real Madrid can always threaten, they don't give up everything so easily.

in that match it was clear that barcelona was having difficulties in finishing due to losing lewandowksi who had to be absent for 3 matches, ansu fati has not been able to give much hope to barcelona but he will get used to it and xavi has to give ansu fati a lot of playing time.

Without Lewandowski, actually Barcelona are fine, but of course it is true that their attack power and their goal statistics are reduced. As a result Barcelona must maximize the best possible opportunities to score goals including shooting from long distance when the defenders do not close the space properly.

[Insanity]

Today there was a different game in the Spanish League. Athletic Club vs Osasuna these two teams played full-time game but neither team could score any goals. But in this match Athletic Club played very well. I thought Athletic Club maybe 1 goal.  The match will be won but Athletic Club could not score a goal. However, Athletic Club played the game in a very beautiful way.

Unfortunately Bilbao was failed to accomplished their mission that i didn't watching the match but statistics showed Bilbao was dominate the game since early minutes and with 17 total of shots it proven Bilbao want to gets 3 points from this match but apparently Osasuna has displayed strong defense which makes the result of this match ended without any goals happened but the opposite from Bilbao situation that i can see this result was very favorable for Osasuna because they know it's hard to win from Bilbao that's why Osasuna was aiming 1 point from this match and this is good for them because at least Osasuna didn't lose from tough team

Yes you are right. Athletic Club could not score any goal after 17 shots in this match. But anyway I enjoyed watching this match. I did not expect to see such a peaceful game between two teams. I thought maybe this match  Athletic Club would win. But it didn't happen, neither team could score any goals.

[KTChampions]

For Barcelona this is truly an extraordinary result as it is the first big game of the season that they have won. Even if Atletico is disgusting this season and now in La Liga it is already in 6th place, this is still a fundamental confrontation and Barcelona was able to win it.
As for Real Madrid, everything is fine - if you look at the percentage of points scored, it is higher than last season.

Xavi laid out the right strategy when playing at Atletico, he focused more on defense when Lewandowski couldn't be played. Kounde, whose ideal position as a center back, was shifted to become a right back, while Christensen was entrusted by Xavi to accompany Araujo in the center back position.

The toughness of Barcelona's defense was clearly visible in this match, Atletico's players were unable to penetrate Barcelona's defense even though the attacks continued. This victory is very important for Barcelona, now Barcelona alone at the top after Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 2-1.

Winning in big matches is very pleasant, especially when this victory was obtained at home to the opponent. Meanwhile, Real Madrid must wait for Barcelona to fall in the next match to catch up to the three point difference.

I haven't watched this game, but the stats don't look like "correct defensive tactics that didn't let the opponent have a chance". Shots on target 5-2, corners 7-4 in favor of Atlético. The result looks more like Barcelona's luck than a natural victory due to the correct strategy of the coach.
In order to overtake Barcelona, it is enough for Real Madrid to keep up on points and win the second personal meeting - according to the La Liga regulations, if points are equal, the champion is determined by the results of personal meetings.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Today there was a different game in the Spanish League. Athletic Club vs Osasuna these two teams played full-time game but neither team could score any goals. But in this match Athletic Club played very well. I thought Athletic Club maybe 1 goal.  The match will be won but Athletic Club could not score a goal. However, Athletic Club played the game in a very beautiful way.

Unfortunately Bilbao was failed to accomplished their mission that i didn't watching the match but statistics showed Bilbao was dominate the game since early minutes and with 17 total of shots it proven Bilbao want to gets 3 points from this match but apparently Osasuna has displayed strong defense which makes the result of this match ended without any goals happened but the opposite from Bilbao situation that i can see this result was very favorable for Osasuna because they know it's hard to win from Bilbao that's why Osasuna was aiming 1 point from this match and this is good for them because at least Osasuna didn't lose from tough team

Yes you are right. Athletic Club could not score any goal after 17 shots in this match. But anyway I enjoyed watching this match. I did not expect to see such a peaceful game between two teams. I thought maybe this match  Athletic Club would win. But it didn't happen, neither team could score any goals.

this is the battle between the two mid-table teams, quite fierce but I doubt that Athletic Club failed to win the match even though they played very well by controlling this match from the early minutes, doing a lot of possession and attacking well but on the other hand Osasuna's defense must appreciate who played well enough calm and steady.

with this result there is no change in the standings, the two teams are still 2 points behind and both are in 7th and 8th positions in the standings.
these are both teams that are thriving this season.

[makishart]

I did not expect to see such a peaceful game between two teams. I thought maybe this match  Athletic Club would win. But it didn't happen, neither team could score any goals.

Both of team have the same potential to win the match. I think that if bilbao was doing so good. Bilbao has been showing so many improvements with the club. I think that if that's gonna be a very good result to trigger the performance from both. Bilbao and osasuna can't be underestimated at this moment. We can't expect something special from both caused by we do know that so well if bilbao and osasuna were average team in the la liga. There's nothing special from both of clubs. The draw is more than enough for both as long as those clubs are still staying at the middle of standings.

[W Jr.]

I did not expect to see such a peaceful game between two teams. I thought maybe this match  Athletic Club would win. But it didn't happen, neither team could score any goals.

Both of team have the same potential to win the match. I think that if bilbao was doing so good. Bilbao has been showing so many improvements with the club. I think that if that's gonna be a very good result to trigger the performance from both. Bilbao and osasuna can't be underestimated at this moment. We can't expect something special from both caused by we do know that so well if bilbao and osasuna were average team in the la liga. There's nothing special from both of clubs. The draw is more than enough for both as long as those clubs are still staying at the middle of standings.

We can say that Athletic Bilbao was the only force against Osasuna. Osasuna had some weak attacks, but they were unsuccessful. Athletic Bilbao, on the other hand, could not find the goal despite playing so dominantly. The match also ended 0-0. I'm sure Osasuna fans were most pleased with this. It was important for them to get 1 point from this match.

[hahay]

I did not expect to see such a peaceful game between two teams. I thought maybe this match  Athletic Club would win. But it didn't happen, neither team could score any goals.

Both of team have the same potential to win the match. I think that if bilbao was doing so good. Bilbao has been showing so many improvements with the club. I think that if that's gonna be a very good result to trigger the performance from both. Bilbao and osasuna can't be underestimated at this moment. We can't expect something special from both caused by we do know that so well if bilbao and osasuna were average team in the la liga. There's nothing special from both of clubs. The draw is more than enough for both as long as those clubs are still staying at the middle of standings.

A draw for the match is not a decent result for Bilbao, because Bilbao can really control the game by winning in many statistics. With the victory from the statistics that Bilbao has, then Bilbao should be able to score at least one goal and win three points in that match.
But indeed, the draw is worth it for Osasuna because they can play with good defense and discipline. But for Bilbao, who are playing at home with such a good statistical advantage, a draw is not a decent result for Bilbao. But yes, maybe that is indeed the limit of Bilbao's abilities, maybe they are still not so good at making the final finish.

[Pandu Geddon]

A draw for the match is not a decent result for Bilbao, because Bilbao can really control the game by winning in many statistics. With the victory from the statistics that Bilbao has, then Bilbao should be able to score at least one goal and win three points in that match.
But indeed, the draw is worth it for Osasuna because they can play with good defense and discipline. But for Bilbao, who are playing at home with such a good statistical advantage, a draw is not a decent result for Bilbao. But yes, maybe that is indeed the limit of Bilbao's abilities, maybe they are still not so good at making the final finish.

Bilbao gets enough opportunities. but they don't have a good finish. controlled 61% of ball possession, did not make Bilbao see the gap in Osasuna's defense.
Osasuna implemented a formidable strategy to reduce the onslaught from Bilbao. if Osasuna played more openly, maybe they could get more opportunities. but it also opened up opportunities for Bilbao to get goals.
however, Osasuna implemented a consistent defensive game throughout the match.

[Bobrox]

I don't think Barcelona are purely lucky but maybe they deserved this victory. As the host, Atletico Madrid was unable to provide fierce resistance for Barcelona, so that could be put to good use by Barcelona. Moreover, there were two players who received red cards in the final minutes of the match which should not have been done and this was also a loss for both teams.

Crucial save from Ronald Araújo at the last minutes when Barcelona winning from Atletico Madrid make them confidence as La Liga top standing position awhile with three points gap from Real Madrid. I don't know about important thing made by Ferran Torres after receiving direct red card and he was absent for one match later with Barcelona, actually when receiving red card Barcelona go ahead with score 0-1.

Barcelona and Real Madrid have missing La Liga match for next week because having Supercopa de España semifinal match, Real Madrid against with Valencia and Barcelona facing Real Betis, excited watching next el clasico if Real Madrid and Barcelona can win at semifinal match. Have big duel between both team and excited how fans enthusiastic after first EL Clasico match Real Madrid defeated Barcelona.

[ancafe]

Bilbao gets enough opportunities. but they don't have a good finish. controlled 61% of ball possession, did not make Bilbao see the gap in Osasuna's defense.
Osasuna implemented a formidable strategy to reduce the onslaught from Bilbao. if Osasuna played more openly, maybe they could get more opportunities. but it also opened up opportunities for Bilbao to get goals.
however, Osasuna implemented a consistent defensive game throughout the match.

Athletic Bilbao controlled the match, they managed to record three shots on target, while possession was 60 versus 40, but because Osasuna's defense was so good and solid it made it difficult for them to create opportunities. Finishing became a source of strength problems for Athletic Bilbao so that no goals were created until the second half ended.

The draw that Athletic Bilbao got at home made them fail to rank fourth in the standings, currently Athletic Bilbao is stuck in seventh position, one point adrift of Osasuna who is ranked eighth in the standings.