La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[armanda90]

It is at least good for their consolidating their position to join the Champions League. But even if they qualify for that tournament Simeone's general management style should still be criticized. I still have doubts that he will be staying there by the end of the season. Atletico Madrid really deserve a change to be more successful. Simeone's golden age at Atletico Madrid is long gone now. They have a really good squad that have a better potential than this. They should have a manager who can make use of it in the best way.

Atletico Madrid have underperformance in this season between domestic league or eliminating on champion league group stage, but tragic with Atletico failed qualify to Europe League after finishing as bottom standing position on group stage. Despite Atletico Madrid on 3rd standing and potential qualify to Champion League next season is not impressive performance because gap 17 points left behind Barcelona on first standing position.

Simeone have been long term with Atletico Madrid and success give La Liga tittle but current drop performance last several season need evaluate with his future in Atletico Madrid.

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[kawetsriyanto]

Barcelona should face Bilbao in a few days but this game can't be a hard game for Xavi and his players especially when we think according to some news there is a chance for their forward Lewandoski to return in this match and maybe Xavi will surprise us and start the game with Lewandoski or let him play for a few minutes in the second half of the game to make him ready for the next match they have agist Real Madrid which can be a very important game for Barcelona.

Agree. It will be an easy match for Barcelona. Bilbao isn't in a good form in the last 3 matches, while Barcelona looks more consistent to win. Moreover, their priority is to win the La Liga title, they shouldn't waste the opportunity to get 3 points away in Bilbao home. If Lewandowski can play in the match, the chance to win will be higher. So, I am sure the match will be easy for Barcelona, they will get another 3 points.

[RILWAN]

The big question that has been confusing many football lovers/fans is, why are clubs that have performed exceptionally well lasr season beginning to lose out in this season check the poi t position of Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City this season.

All of them have failed to deliver on their foundation of last season, and this is a very tough time for all the big clubs.

[Velvet78]

Real Madrid's giving up on the La Liga title so early is making me very disappointed. Ancelotti is still unable to keep his players completely concentrated on their league games. Yeah maybe they are going to join the Champions League anyway even if they end the season at the second position. But still the fans are hungry for titles obviously. The board expectation must be the same as well.

The only way they can make up for that loss of title would be to win the Champions League title on one hand. In that case the team would still be in high profit in this season.

[Docnaster]

Real Madrid's giving up on the La Liga title so early is making me very disappointed. Ancelotti is still unable to keep his players completely concentrated on their league games. Yeah maybe they are going to join the Champions League anyway even if they end the season at the second position. But still the fans are hungry for titles obviously. The board expectation must be the same as well.

The only way they can make up for that loss of title would be to win the Champions League title on one hand. In that case the team would still be in high profit in this season.

The reason behind Real Madrid's loss of domestic league form lately has actually been unclear to me. But I know they have a great manager in Carlo Ancelotti who is a UEFA Champions League expert. To me they are  the team to beat in this season's Champions  League competition and I have strong feelings that they are gonna make it to the finals and probably retain the title at end of the season. They might not be that good in La Liga but they surely know how to beat other teams champions League.

[boltz]

Who would have imagine that Villareal will be on 6th place in LaLiga after such a devastating start of the season with defeats in a row and draws in a row that really dragged them down but after a while they start to find again that pace from last season and look where they are now...back on European spots like they are used to. 

[TopT3ns]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

[snipie]

Who would have imagine that Villareal will be on 6th place in LaLiga after such a devastating start of the season with defeats in a row and draws in a row that really dragged them down but after a while they start to find again that pace from last season and look where they are now...back on European spots like they are used to. 

Villarreal is a good team overall although they miss many opportunities to improve and fight for top places.
Not sure if they could keep the actual ranking in the next rounds since they will face Betis, Osasuna, Sociedad and Real Madrid successively. A draw vs these teams and a potential victory against Osasuna might save them during their hard journey just after their Conference League game.

[blue Snow]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

I find it difficult, I will be realistic to give la Liga champion this year to Barcelona. we know, real madrid is seem to be relax and not so insistent on la liga. I think real madird have a realistic to bring target to Champion League. they are good if play on champiosn league, but bad when play on local league. i thought what should they do now is keep in win in what games they playing it.

[shinratensei_]

A bit surprised that if there was a media that makes a news about DAZN and CVC breaks their contract with la liga yet la liga has been taking a fast step to make a clarrification about that.

https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/futbol/20230308/laliga-economico-dazn-cvc-contratos-javier-tebas/746675742_0.html
We do know that if DAZN and CVC have become major sponsoship for la liga.

I don't know whether what was already stated by el espanol was true or not caused by DAZN and CVC has not given any clarification about that. 


It seems like that real madrid is still struggling with its performance in the attacking line. The draw in the last match has been forcing ancellotti to gamble for the upcoming match by implement the new formation. I think that ancellotti must not use or repeat the same strategy over and over again. Real madrid must not miss more points in upcoming match against espanyol.

[LittleBitFunny]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

I find it difficult, I will be realistic to give la Liga champion this year to Barcelona. we know, real madrid is seem to be relax and not so insistent on la liga. I think real madird have a realistic to bring target to Champion League. they are good if play on champiosn league, but bad when play on local league. i thought what should they do now is keep in win in what games they playing it.

You are right. Real Madrid is well behind Barcelona in La Liga this season. And I don't think Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is worried about their position in La Liga. They have dropped points against relatively weak teams in several matches. It seems that Ancelotti is completely focused on the Champions League match. I say this because Madrid won the Champions League match against Liverpool by a huge margin of 5-2. But they lost points in the next two La Liga matches. Madrid even lost against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey match. Perhaps Madrid is not worried about La Liga or Copa del Rey matches. They want to win the Champions League title.

[OcTradism]

I find it difficult, I will be realistic to give la Liga champion this year to Barcelona. we know, real madrid is seem to be relax and not so insistent on la liga. I think real madird have a realistic to bring target to Champion League. they are good if play on champiosn league, but bad when play on local league. i thought what should they do now is keep in win in what games they playing it.

When La Liga comes to last 14 matches, the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid is 9 points that is big enough. Especially when we count for recent poor performance of Real Madrid in La Liga, it is impossible for them to equalize it and I even see a risk that Real Madrid will let Barcelona expanding the gap to bigger than 9 points.

Their recent forms in La Liga are oppositely that plus with their different situations. Barcelona no longer have to fight in Europa League but Real Madrid still participate in Champions League. If Real Madrid successfully beat Liverpool after a final whistle at Bernabeu, they will likely spend less focus on La Liga in coming weeks. This will give Barcelona more advantage in their race in La Liga.

The reason behind Real Madrid's loss of domestic league form lately has actually been unclear to me.

It is strange for me too but it seems their old players hit their physical limits after two season playing many matches in the past season and in this season plus with World Cup 2022 matches too. I don't think it is coincidence that Real Madrid performance in La Liga became worse after World Cup 2022.

But I know they have a great manager in Carlo Ancelotti who is a UEFA Champions League expert. To me they are  the team to beat in this season's Champions  League competition and I have strong feelings that they are gonna make it to the finals and probably retain the title at end of the season. They might not be that good in La Liga but they surely know how to beat other teams champions League.

It is one more reason that they will concentrate more for Champions League. Especially they mostly have a spot for quarter final from which they will only have to play a few more matches until a finale.

[BALIK]

Barcelona has won their last three matches. However, they won only 1-0 in the last three matches. From this, it can be assumed that the performance of Barcelona's forward is quite weak now. So Atletico Bilbao has a chance to earn points against Barcelona. If Bilbao can keep their defense tight then they can weigh in on the points. However, Athletic Bilbao's performance is weak now. We don't see good performances from them in the last three matches. Atheltic Bilbao will play at home against Barcelona. So if Barcelona wants to secure the full 3 points, Barcelona's attack must play well.

Here I am not agreed with you about Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona still they are capable of having full three points from them in away match as they are conceding goals regularly even against weaker sides which is clearly giving disadvantage to them and their attack is also not as they need to be for having better spot in League table Barcelona lost against Almeria is surely shocking, but now they are settled and having good form which give them win against Valencia, and they can take full three points in this match against Athletic Bilbao as well.
Robert Lewandowski absence is surely hurting, but now they are improving with replacements as well which is positive for them and their hopes for the title as well because now they are playing alone in La Liga and have not busy schedule which bring problems for the players.

How sure are you that Barcelona will get three points in this match? It is not possible to say for sure. Maybe Barcelona's team is stronger than Athletic Bilbao. And they're a pretty consistent team. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao's performance has not been consistent. But don't forget Barcelona's team lost the last away match against Athletic Bilbao. So there is no way to think of this group as weak. If Barcelona makes any mistakes in this match, they are likely to lose points.

Lewandowski is the most important player in Barcelona's squad right now. And it is a bit difficult for Barcelona to continue to perform consistently well without Lebanon. Athletic will be without Lewandowski, Dembele, and Pedri against Bilbao. Without these three key players, it will be difficult for Barcelona to have a stable performance.

[X-ray]

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

The problem is real madrid is still inconsistent when played in la liga unlike when real madrid played in champion league. Real madrid faces so many difficulties to win even against small club in la liga. Even ancellotti was also getting surprised to see how bad its team is when faces a team in la liga. Real madrid looks so difficult to win even though real madrid has been using the best squad. Ancellotti is still trying to discover what problem that was affecting the performance from real madrid.

Real madrid may also lose points in the upcoming match against espanyol. Florentino perez real madrid's president was not feeling satisfied with achievement of ancellotti in la liga even though real madrid is still placed in the second place but perez sees that if the performance from madrid looks so bad. It seems like that perez tried to consider some names to replace ancellotti as a new coach for madrid in the upcoming season.

[BRINIRHA]

Who would have imagine that Villareal will be on 6th place in LaLiga after such a devastating start of the season with defeats in a row and draws in a row that really dragged them down but after a while they start to find again that pace from last season and look where they are now...back on European spots like they are used to. 

Villareal has even won two matches in a row in these two weeks. And actually Villareal also has a lot of defeats this season. but they minim of draws and the rest they have 11 wins. so I'm not surprised that now they are ranked 6 in the standings. but for the opponents they will face in the next matches it might make it a little difficult for them and I'm not sure whether Villareal will be able to stay in 6th place this week.

[coinerer]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

If Barcelona lose or draw their next couple of matches and Madrid win their next couple of matches then Madrid can take over Barcelona's position. But this may not happen easily.  Madrid will have a hard time getting past Barcelona.  And it won't be easy. Barcelona always play very well so Barcelona has the best chance to win the championship

[Leviathan.007]

Barcelona has won their last three matches. However, they won only 1-0 in the last three matches. From this, it can be assumed that the performance of Barcelona's forward is quite weak now. So Atletico Bilbao has a chance to earn points against Barcelona. If Bilbao can keep their defense tight then they can weigh in on the points. However, Athletic Bilbao's performance is weak now. We don't see good performances from them in the last three matches. Atheltic Bilbao will play at home against Barcelona. So if Barcelona wants to secure the full 3 points, Barcelona's attack must play well.

Here I am not agreed with you about Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona still they are capable of having full three points from them in away match as they are conceding goals regularly even against weaker sides which is clearly giving disadvantage to them and their attack is also not as they need to be for having better spot in League table Barcelona lost against Almeria is surely shocking, but now they are settled and having good form which give them win against Valencia, and they can take full three points in this match against Athletic Bilbao as well.
Robert Lewandowski absence is surely hurting, but now they are improving with replacements as well which is positive for them and their hopes for the title as well because now they are playing alone in La Liga and have not busy schedule which bring problems for the players.

How sure are you that Barcelona will get three points in this match? It is not possible to say for sure. Maybe Barcelona's team is stronger than Athletic Bilbao. And they're a pretty consistent team. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao's performance has not been consistent. But don't forget Barcelona's team lost the last away match against Athletic Bilbao. So there is no way to think of this group as weak. If Barcelona makes any mistakes in this match, they are likely to lose points.

Lewandowski is the most important player in Barcelona's squad right now. And it is a bit difficult for Barcelona to continue to perform consistently well without Lebanon. Athletic will be without Lewandowski, Dembele, and Pedri against Bilbao. Without these three key players, it will be difficult for Barcelona to have a stable performance.

Lewandowski is definitely the most important player for Barcelona and especially for the matches when they need stronger forwards they miss Lewandowski, Regarding the match between Bilbao and Barcelona I'm not sure about Perdi and Dembele but according to the news, there is still a chance for Lewandowski to get in shape for this match because this can be an unimportant match since this match is before El Clasico.

[fadhilz123]

If Barcelona lose or draw their next couple of matches and Madrid win their next couple of matches then Madrid can take over Barcelona's position. But this may not happen easily.  Madrid will have a hard time getting past Barcelona.  And it won't be easy. Barcelona always play very well so Barcelona has the best chance to win the championship

Indeed, it is very difficult to expect defeat against Barcelona this season because Barcelona is increasingly looking very consistent in La Liga after failing in two other competitions such as the Champions League and the European League. If Real Madrid still wants to catch up and close the points gap with Barcelona, it means that Real Madrid must be able to win the rest of the season and hope that Barcelona can lose the remaining matches this season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

If Barcelona lose or draw their next couple of matches and Madrid win their next couple of matches then Madrid can take over Barcelona's position. But this may not happen easily.  Madrid will have a hard time getting past Barcelona.  And it won't be easy. Barcelona always play very well so Barcelona has the best chance to win the championship

On paper it is possible. But in reality, it is difficult. Barcelona is 9 points ahead of Madrid. Barcelona needs to lose their next three matches and Madrid needs to win their next three matches. Then the points of these two teams will be equal.
But Barcelona's only goal now is to secure the La Liga title. Even though several important players of Barcelona are injured, the Barcelona team is still stable. And Xavi will continue to do his best to secure the La Liga title.
Moreover, Real Madrid's performance in La Liga is not stable. They have dropped points in three of their last five matches. And they have drawn in the last two matches.

[shogun47]

The difference of 9 points in the football game is huge because there is doubt whether Madrid will be able to recover this point by playing the next 1 match. Because even if Madrid gets some points in the next match, Barcelona will win some more points and will be ahead of Madrid again. So how much Madrid can compete with Barcelona is doubtful. And I don't think Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in the point table

Real Madrid will find it difficult to catch up to that many points, considering that the team they have is not ready because many are injured, but when all the players are in good condition, Real Madrid still has a chance to take Barcelona's position. This has been seen in the last few matches of Real Madrid, who would rather draw than lose, they focus on defense knowing that Real Madrid's strikers have a hard time scoring goals.

If Barcelona lose or draw their next couple of matches and Madrid win their next couple of matches then Madrid can take over Barcelona's position. But this may not happen easily.  Madrid will have a hard time getting past Barcelona.  And it won't be easy. Barcelona always play very well so Barcelona has the best chance to win the championship

On paper it is possible. But in reality, it is difficult. Barcelona is 9 points ahead of Madrid. Barcelona needs to lose their next three matches and Madrid needs to win their next three matches. Then the points of these two teams will be equal.
But Barcelona's only goal now is to secure the La Liga title. Even though several important players of Barcelona are injured, the Barcelona team is still stable. And Xavi will continue to do his best to secure the La Liga title.
Moreover, Real Madrid's performance in La Liga is not stable. They have dropped points in three of their last five matches. And they have drawn in the last two matches.

Don't forget that there is still the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona left. There is one game in between where Real Madrid faces Espanyol Barcelona and Fc Barcelona has to go to Athletic Bilbao. Hypothetically, if Real Madrid wins their game and Barcelona does not win (either draw or loss), the clasico could be an exciting game again as Real Madrid could come really close if they decide that match in their favor.

If Real Madrid can't reduce the distance within the next two games, then there will be 12 games left to make up for 9 points. I would say if Barcelona wins the clasico it is definitely over. 12 points and 12 games left, no chance that Barcelona let's that success slip out of their hands. 9 points would still need some magic to happen, but there is a slight practical chance if Barcelona ties a game and maybe loses another one pretty soon afterwards.