La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[bekti3]

Now the remaining matches will be matches that will be used by Barcelona to hone the abilities of young players in the remaining 4 matches for them this season.

That's possible because they also need to get used to it, especially I think this is the last season for Alba and Busquets who had indeed rejected the previous contract extension, so of course there must be a replacement and it's not wrong if they prepare from now on to find a new successor here.
Some of their young players also need to increase their flying hours so they have something worthy to learn from.

[Leviathan.007]

Barcelona won the La Liga title in the season when they had financial issues and compared to Real Madrid they could spend money on the players, also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Even looking at Madrid's passivity last season they didn't spend too much money I think.
Indeed in this case Barcelona returned to the condition it should be in but that is still not enough for them especially with the current condition of their finances which is not very good, the possibility of them losing players at the moment is still very big.

In fact, both teams didn't spend money this season but Barcelona had financial issues and that's why they lose Messi and even they are going to lose other players because of the bad situation they have, I was expecting to see Real Madrid winning the La Liga title to in this season because compared to Barcelona they had a much better situation and they had a better coach like Ancelotti.

[Strongkored]

Barcelona won the La Liga title in the season when they had financial issues and compared to Real Madrid they could spend money on the players, also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi Hernandez successfully helped his club when he was a player to win in many competitions and now he can be said to have succeeded in bringing his club as a coach even though this was his first debut at Barcelona as a coach but immediately led the Barca squad to win the 27th Laliga title, it's just that he hasn't so fortunate in bigger competitions such as the UCL or the European League because even though he was the favorite to win in the European league but failed to beat Man United as well as in the Copa Del Rey, what was achieved as a coach who had not much experience was still extraordinary. Barcelona will try to be even better next season, if they are able to bring their squad renewal I think not only in Laliga but again to be one of the teams to be reckoned with in the Champions League because for several seasons they have only been an ordinary team in the champions league.

How i wishbReal madeid could just finish this session la liga as the table winners even it the la liga will be the only compensation for Real Madeid because this season has not been the best for Real Madrid and to manage motivation at this point look a big deal to her.

Everything is closed for Real Madrid, they have to be content with the Copa del Rey, because the Laliga trophy already belongs to Barcelon and the Champions League trophy will belong to Manchester City or Inter Milan. Real Madrid needs to consider buying young players to back up its current squad which are quite old like Modric and Benzema.
Madrid will face Valencia in this week's game, I don't think it's a problem for them to win even though it's an away game, and even though the bookmakers don't give odds that differ too much between them and the home team because that means this game will go to a capable home team put up a fight but Real Madrid shouldn't have lost to Valencia whose condition this season is quite bad.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

In fact, both teams didn't spend money this season but Barcelona had financial issues and that's why they lose Messi and even they are going to lose other players because of the bad situation they have,

They were in a very bad situation at the beginning of the season and now it's not so bad because they won the league. What would have been a disaster would have been to finish this season without winning a single title, but that's not what happened.

I was expecting to see Real Madrid winning the La Liga title to in this season because compared to Barcelona they had a much better situation and they had a better coach like Ancelotti.

That's what I thought, and if you remember, at the beginning of the league, Real Madrid started at the top and Barcelona stumbled, but in the end the blaugrana managed to turn the league around and win it.

[mamesso]

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Barcelona must prepare better squad for next season in the Champions League, for two consecutive seasons they have failed to qualify for the group phase and this become the main job for Xavi Hernandez after successfully giving his first title since replacing Ronald Koeman. Actually very contrast performance between domestic league and Champion League, Barcelona success become most fewest conceded goals in La Liga with 13 goals conceded but they failed how to continues impressive record in Champion League.

Potential for Barcelona will be in the difficult group stage on Champion League because their failure last two season, Xavi need prepare the best squad next season and actually they need experienced on defender position looking on how many goals conceded in Champion League last season.

Xavi determination to improve the quality of Barcelona's squad has been evident since he signed Marcos Alonso, Andreas Christensen and Jules Kounde. They played an important role in turning Barcelona back line into the best defensive team in Spain in the 3022/2023 season, Ronald Araujo and Alejandro Balde also developed better under Xavi direction.

Xavi presence has had a big impact on Barcelona success this season with the tactics he uses, he has experimented with his formations a lot. Xavi did not abandon Barcelona trademark 4-3-3 formation, but instead opted for a line-up featuring four midfielders, often choosing Gavi, Pedri or Kessie to play close to Lewandowski up front.

Barcelona success this season is the start of a renaissance after experiencing a slump since 2019. Barcelona will try to bring in several new players in preparation for competing with other clubs in La Liga and the Champions League. Xavi has locked several names to be brought to Barcelona next season. Messi, Martin Zubimendi and Ilkay Gundogan, the addition of several new players is expected to improve Barcelona quality so that they can return to compete for the title next season.

[klidex]

The main target of the season has been achieved by Barcelona football club. Every other arrangement you are talking about is secondary and might not be  what bothers the Barcelona coach for now.
Whether Lewandowski is being helped to be the highest goal scorer or not. Whether the second 11 is being played, or not, it's not a big deal to me. Besides Lewandowski is leading Benzema with four goals. And in as much as he will play the remaining matches, I do not see Benzema overtaking him anytime. It is all good for Barcelona. They should prepare for next season, in order to be successful in the European football.

Next season is what Barcelona's focus would be as they have won the Laliga title. What will be in Xavi's mind is to think of what to be done in the team to make it look stronger next season. Is it to sign new players or not or to continue with players that Barcelona has already? So Lewandowski being the top scorer of the Laliga league is okay but that's a secondary thing that they are bothered about as you said.

It looks like Xavi will make new rules or strategies in the coming season and of course new players will be recruited to strengthen Barcelona's performance.
Because it seems that some Barcelona players are not very active and must immediately recruit new players to be stronger in the coming season.
But replacing only players who are not very active and retaining the core players, I think is much better.

[Alanaz]

In fact, both teams didn't spend money this season but Barcelona had financial issues and that's why they lose Messi and even they are going to lose other players because of the bad situation they have,

They were in a very bad situation at the beginning of the season and now it's not so bad because they won the league. What would have been a disaster would have been to finish this season without winning a single title, but that's not what happened.

I was expecting to see Real Madrid winning the La Liga title to in this season because compared to Barcelona they had a much better situation and they had a better coach like Ancelotti.

That's what I thought, and if you remember, at the beginning of the league, Real Madrid started at the top and Barcelona stumbled, but in the end the blaugrana managed to turn the league around and win it.

The situation Real Madrid is currently facing is truly unimaginable before, to be honest with the squad they have this season it's not much different from the previous season, they haven't brought in as many players as they did in the previous season. Maybe it was a mistake when they were not very active in the transfer market which in the end made their performance not optimal.

[bering]

Girona vs Villarreal

If we see based on the recent performance between these teams i can see they have equal records that from 10 latest matches they were only lose twice and this is very impressive especially for mediocre team such as Girona and both teams have same mission to playing at european competitions especially Girona because it could be good achievement if they can able to retain their spot and finish in 7th place at the end of season

I have to say both teams will starting this match with not full of squad because for Villarreal i saw 4 players who got injured besides that Villarreal will losing some of important players such as Pau Torres and Dani Parejo because of card accumulation and for Girona their holding midfielder Oriol Romeu will be unable to play because of suspension and i think this will have any affect for their game today because Romeu is one of their key player and almost be played regularly

I can see Villarreal is the favourite because based on the meetings statistics Villarreal has won 4 times streak from Girona but Girona also cannot be underestimate because they have successfully to improve their performance and after seeing the condition from both teams i think draw is fair result for them and this option has high odds @3.40

[Alanaz]

Cadiz successfully recorded a victory over their opponent this week, Valladolid. The game was tough in the first half, entering the second half, the concentration of the Valladolid players faltered a bit so that Cadiz could use it to score their first goal. This match which ended 2-0 made Vallolid extend their losing trend, while Cadiz was able to stop the 2 defeats they had previously received.

[bitgov]

Cadiz successfully recorded a victory over their opponent this week, Valladolid. The game was tough in the first half, entering the second half, the concentration of the Valladolid players faltered a bit so that Cadiz could use it to score their first goal. This match which ended 2-0 made Vallolid extend their losing trend, while Cadiz was able to stop the 2 defeats they had previously received.

The team secured a 2-0 victory over Cardiz in La Liga. The opposition team did not perform well in the beginning of the game. But cardiz performed brilliantly and the attacking side of the team was able to attack brilliantly throughout the match.

[asriloni]

The situation Real Madrid is currently facing is truly unimaginable before, to be honest with the squad they have this season it's not much different from the previous season, they haven't brought in as many players as they did in the previous season. Maybe it was a mistake when they were not very active in the transfer market which in the end made their performance not optimal.

Real madrid just need to focus about how to defend its place right now. In my opinion that if real madrid must need to rebuild its team again. People shall not have relied to the old players. Ancelotti is very selfish thinks his squad would able to win everything.
Benzema is old now. Madrid needs to find a successor for him. It's caused by how important the young player for the future of team. It will be so difficult if madrid has not yet been starting to build it.

The performance of real madrid was so bad now. I hope that zidane will able to make its comeback to the real madrid.
Madrid needs to find the successors for some old players in the club. Its defenders are also very bad. Rudiger was the only best defender that owned by madrid.

[Avirunes]

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

[hyudien]

The main target of the season has been achieved by Barcelona football club. Every other arrangement you are talking about is secondary and might not be  what bothers the Barcelona coach for now.
Whether Lewandowski is being helped to be the highest goal scorer or not. Whether the second 11 is being played, or not, it's not a big deal to me. Besides Lewandowski is leading Benzema with four goals. And in as much as he will play the remaining matches, I do not see Benzema overtaking him anytime. It is all good for Barcelona. They should prepare for next season, in order to be successful in the European football.

Next season is what Barcelona's focus would be as they have won the Laliga title. What will be in Xavi's mind is to think of what to be done in the team to make it look stronger next season. Is it to sign new players or not or to continue with players that Barcelona has already? So Lewandowski being the top scorer of the Laliga league is okay but that's a secondary thing that they are bothered about as you said.

It looks like Xavi will make new rules or strategies in the coming season and of course new players will be recruited to strengthen Barcelona's performance.
Because it seems that some Barcelona players are not very active and must immediately recruit new players to be stronger in the coming season.
But replacing only players who are not very active and retaining the core players, I think is much better.

Certainly a coach will evaluate for better changes to wade through the next season, Xavi Hernandez is no exception. He was considered successful this season because he managed to lead Barcelona to win La Liga, I probably won't speculate further about their failure in the Champions League, and in the European League.
They've shown their best in La Liga, that's fairly fast for a coach who hasn't even had 2 seasons at Barcelona. However it has quenched their thirst after several unsuccessful seasons in La Liga.

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

I think the point of the OP saying that the coach is inexperienced is because he hasn't been around long and only managed 1 team so he became a coach and directly took over Barcelona. He joined Al Sadd in 2019 as a coach and in 2021 he was immediately entrusted with taking over his former team while still a player. Of course it was a short time to directly handle a big team like Barcelona which at that time was in a bad condition too. How many people questioned Barcelona's decision because they thought they were taking a big risk by entrusting Barcelona to a coach with minimal experience as a coach.

[Docnaster]

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

I will not also regard Xavi Hernandez as an inexperienced coach. He had had some coaching experiences though in lower divisions before he handled Barcelona. And right from the time he took over as Barcelona head coach, he has been doing well, except in the European competitions. I believe with the confidence he has gotten from the La Liga championship win, he will improve his European competition by  competition success by next season.

[MoonOfLife]

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

Xavi has been with Barcelona for a long time. And so he is familiar with this team. I would say this is why Xavi has been successful as a Barcelona coach. When Koemna was the coach of Barcelona, Barcelona was a team that was almost in chaos. Slowly Xavi stabilized this team. And now Barcelona is a strong team. Barcelona won the La Liga title this season. It is expected that the Barcelona team will play to win both Champions League and La Liga titles next season. Xavi will be able to strengthen this team.

[Zilon]

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

For Xavi to have won the supercopa de españa and the Laliga title should be satisfactory to every true fan of Barcelona. It is not easy coming from a less competitive league like Qatar to Laliga and making such progress. I believe if Xavi  comes back next season he will know better how to manage his team for next season competitions. Xavi in next season CL will be a big threat to all teams irrespective of the league the will come from. With Xavi's achievement this season it will be unfair to call him inexperienced.

[rahmad2nd]

Girona vs Villarreal

If we see based on the recent performance between these teams i can see they have equal records that from 10 latest matches they were only lose twice and this is very impressive especially for mediocre team such as Girona and both teams have same mission to playing at european competitions especially Girona because it could be good achievement if they can able to retain their spot and finish in 7th place at the end of season

I have to say both teams will starting this match with not full of squad because for Villarreal i saw 4 players who got injured besides that Villarreal will losing some of important players such as Pau Torres and Dani Parejo because of card accumulation and for Girona their holding midfielder Oriol Romeu will be unable to play because of suspension and i think this will have any affect for their game today because Romeu is one of their key player and almost be played regularly

I can see Villarreal is the favourite because based on the meetings statistics Villarreal has won 4 times streak from Girona but Girona also cannot be underestimate because they have successfully to improve their performance and after seeing the condition from both teams i think draw is fair result for them and this option has high odds @3.40

It is highly probable that this match has the potential to end in a draw. as you said, if we refer to the condition of the two teams, both Girona and Villareal are experiencing unpleasant conditions. considering, both teams have several players absent due to injury as well as several other players suspended due to red cards. the question is, will these two teams score goals. but if you refer to the available odds, it looks like there will be a lot of goals from both teams. now, we refer to the predicted line-up of these two teams.

for Girona, I'm actually not too sure but it looks like they will use a 4-1-4-1 pattern. while Villareal, they will use a 4-2-3-1 pattern. referring to the statistics of the two teams, there is not much difference in the last 5 matches of these two teams. Both teams won 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss. but what made the difference, Girona got a draw in the last game. while Villarreal, toppled Athletic with a landslide score. in this match, the advantage for Girona who played as the home team. but to subvert Villarreal, is not an easy job.

Well, referring to what you said, betting on a draw is the ideal option if we refer to the current condition of the two teams. but my guess is Villarreal will be able to overthrow the home team. So, I will take the option to bet on Villarreal in this match with odds @2.48. worst case scenario, this fight will end in a draw as you predicted. however, in this fight I prefer to take risks.

Girona vs Villarreal

[Gosgosking]

In fact, both teams didn't spend money this season but Barcelona had financial issues and that's why they lose Messi and even they are going to lose other players because of the bad situation they have,

They were in a very bad situation at the beginning of the season and now it's not so bad because they won the league. What would have been a disaster would have been to finish this season without winning a single title, but that's not what happened.

I was expecting to see Real Madrid winning the La Liga title to in this season because compared to Barcelona they had a much better situation and they had a better coach like Ancelotti.

That's what I thought, and if you remember, at the beginning of the league, Real Madrid started at the top and Barcelona stumbled, but in the end the blaugrana managed to turn the league around and win it.

The situation Real Madrid is currently facing is truly unimaginable before, to be honest with the squad they have this season it's not much different from the previous season, they haven't brought in as many players as they did in the previous season. Maybe it was a mistake when they were not very active in the transfer market which in the end made their performance not optimal.

Their squad from that of last season yes their is no much different,  but you shouldn't expect the same result.  Players get weak due to injuries or age, Real Madrid performance this season is not bad but it is not up to the standard of last season,  I think their players are weak .

[Velvet78]

Real Madrid have decided to move on with Kroos and Modric for one more season you know. After this decision I wonder if they both will still be in the starting eleven in most of their games. Or maybe Real Madrid will decide to play with the youngsters they have brought here more often. Because in my opinion it would be the best for Real Madrid to give the most chances to the young ones.

There are really skilled midfielders like Tchouameni and Camavinga. They can both do a really great job together. Kroos and Modric can still be preferred depending on the performances of those youngsters of course.

[shogun47]

[....] also Barcelona won the title while they had a coach without experience like Xavi who coached Barcelona for the first and he won the La Liga title in the first time of coaching Barcelona.

Xavi is not an inexperienced manager as he had previously managed Al-Sadd In Qatar's League so yeah it's not like he directly came onto managing a side like Barcelona. However it was first time managing a bit club and in a big league so certainly it was lot of pressure but he did handled well and helped Barcelona win La Liga after 3 years which is massive. Next season, its CL also and they will be defending the title so lot will be expected from Xavi.

I will not also regard Xavi Hernandez as an inexperienced coach. He had had some coaching experiences though in lower divisions before he handled Barcelona. And right from the time he took over as Barcelona head coach, he has been doing well, except in the European competitions. I believe with the confidence he has gotten from the La Liga championship win, he will improve his European competition by  competition success by next season.

But this is said so easily that he has not done so well in the European competitions. He isn't coaching Getafe, he is coaching FC Barcelona. Sorry but even if he wins La Liga ten years in a row, that is not enough for a club like Barcelona when they don't win anything else or don't make it very far in other competitions.

When Zidane came to the first team of Real Madrid, he only coached Real Madrid Castilla before that and immediately won the Champions League three years in a row. There was also a lot of luck, but still. It doesn't hold true to just say that Xavi had no big experience. Zidane didn't have that either. Barcelona is playing a good season in La Liga, but next year things will be differently when Real Madrid returns to normal in La Liga as well.