La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Real Madrid will focus on the Champions League. This has already happened. They were 10-13 points behind Barcelona and won the Champions League at the end of the season. But now they are unlikely to succeed. Those who want to win a lot more. And other teams have more strength  will be.

Real Madrid has a DNA to win Champions League. They are the trophy record owner of Champions League with total trophies they won (13 titles). Recall that it takes them 14 years to get their Decima (10th title) from the previous title in 2002 with the amazing volley of Zidane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League

With their quality and the power of Bayern Munich, I don't see how Real Madrid can win the title in this season. It is impossible task for them.

It is unlikely that Real Madrid are able to achieve anything this season

I agree with you.

i suppose coach Zidane should just focus on getting a top four position. Everything is wrong about Madrid; the attackers cannot score or create chances; the midfields cannot dominate a match; and the defensive line is one attack away from conceding; it remains to be seen if the players can turn their poor form around

They will have to focus to get a spot in top 3 of La Liga to have a direct spot to Champions League 2021 - 2022.

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[kassex]

Real Madrid will focus on the Champions League. This has already happened. They were 10-13 points behind Barcelona and won the Champions League at the end of the season. But now they are unlikely to succeed. Those who want to win a lot more. And other teams have more strength  will be.

It is unlikely that Real Madrid are able to achieve anything this season; i suppose coach Zidane should just focus on getting a top four position. Everything is wrong about Madrid; the attackers cannot score or create chances; the midfields cannot dominate a match; and the defensive line is one attack away from conceding; it remains to be seen if the players can turn their poor form around

Yes, looking at the standings at this point in time, it is difficult to imagine that someone from other clubs will be able to compete with Atletico Madrid who has gained cruising speed. It will be interesting to see how the club's management reacts to Real Madrid's 4th place in the league and relegation from the Champions League, as well as whether Zidane will remain as head coach, given the club's always huge ambitions.

It is unlikely that Zidane will stay in Real Madrid. A great coach is needed. There are rumors that Flick wants to leave Bayern at the end of the season. He will be an excellent coach for Real. He works well with older players and young ones. Just what Real Madrid needs for this moment. moment.

[swogerino]

Real Madrid has won the Champions League more than any other team but this year I doubt they are capable of doing so because they are missing a top quality player to make a difference.The best they can do during this season is to get a place in the top 4 standings which surely is in their capability.

[kassex]

Real Madrid has won the Champions League more than any other team but this year I doubt they are capable of doing so because they are missing a top quality player to make a difference.The best they can do during this season is to get a place in the top 4 standings which surely is in their capability.

I very much doubt that Real Madrid will even make it to the top four. With such a game, at best, 5-6 place. Since so many strong teams have appeared in La Liga. Sevilla, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao will fight for getting into the Champions League. Real Madrid do not have a squad to play at a level in La Liga and Champions League.

[slaman29]

I still wouldn't write off Real Madrid. They lose games when Ramos isn't around (which isn't a good thing of course) but he'll be back and with new contract they have time to find someone else to partner with him. They play like sheep at the back without him, good for us we're back on level terms, Atletico we have to hope they slip up but imagine a CL/La Liga double for them!

[Karartma1]

Real Madrid will focus on the Champions League. This has already happened. They were 10-13 points behind Barcelona and won the Champions League at the end of the season. But now they are unlikely to succeed. Those who want to win a lot more. And other teams have more strength  will be.

It is unlikely that Real Madrid are able to achieve anything this season; i suppose coach Zidane should just focus on getting a top four position. Everything is wrong about Madrid; the attackers cannot score or create chances; the midfields cannot dominate a match; and the defensive line is one attack away from conceding; it remains to be seen if the players can turn their poor form around

Yes, looking at the standings at this point in time, it is difficult to imagine that someone from other clubs will be able to compete with Atletico Madrid who has gained cruising speed. It will be interesting to see how the club's management reacts to Real Madrid's 4th place in the league and relegation from the Champions League, as well as whether Zidane will remain as head coach, given the club's always huge ambitions.

It is unlikely that Zidane will stay in Real Madrid. A great coach is needed. There are rumors that Flick wants to leave Bayern at the end of the season. He will be an excellent coach for Real. He works well with older players and young ones. Just what Real Madrid needs for this moment. moment.

Many say that Zinedine's time at Real Madrid is over and to me that would be ok. He was great there and now the time is ripe for him to search fro some new challenges somewhere else as he can clearly can't do much more at Real. He won everything that could be won with Real, three Champions League in a row. It's time to take some time off, rethink his priorities and start afresh somewhere else. Maybe at Juventus?

[hd49728]

Real Madrid has won the Champions League more than any other team but this year I doubt they are capable of doing so because they are missing a top quality player to make a difference.The best they can do during this season is to get a place in the top 4 standings which surely is in their capability.

In Champions League, it is for moments and Real Madrid can win it if they have some excellent moments and enough luck. However, you are right that they are not enough competitive this season.

Many say that Zinedine's time at Real Madrid is over and to me that would be ok. He was great there and now the time is ripe for him to search fro some new challenges somewhere else as he can clearly can't do much more at Real. He won everything that could be won with Real, three Champions League in a row. It's time to take some time off, rethink his priorities and start afresh somewhere else. Maybe at Juventus?

Zidane if he is sacked, is only a mean of President to hide the flaws in Real Madrid squad. The squad need to be rebuilt and the new manager will struggle to build it up from scratch, and look at Koeman in Barcelona, it takes 2 seasons maybe. Koeman in Barcelona can not help them to be competitive in his first season as Barcelona's coach.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Villarreal are going to play an away game against Elche this weekend. Villarreal are the 5th with 35 points and Elche are the second last with 17 points. Villarreal didn't lose (2W 3D) and Elche didn't win (1D 4L) in the last 5 games in the league. Villarreal got a draw in their last 3 games. Elche have been terrible in home games (1W 5D 4L). In the last 5 (official) head-to-head games, Villarreal won 2 times and the rest of the games ended in a draw. At Elche, Fidel (4 goals) is still injured. At Villarreal, Juan Foyth, Gaspar Mario, Samuel Chukwueze (1 goal), Iborra, Yeremi Pino (1 goal) and the most scorer Gerard Moreno (10 goals) are injured. Villarreal couldn't manage to beat them in the first half of the league (0-0) but I think they will want to play better this time and beat them.

[masulum]

Zidane if he is sacked, is only a mean of President to hide the flaws in Real Madrid squad. The squad need to be rebuilt and the new manager will struggle to build it up from scratch, and look at Koeman in Barcelona, it takes 2 seasons maybe. Koeman in Barcelona can not help them to be competitive in his first season as Barcelona's coach.

Real is not too bad this season under Zidane, unfortunatelly, ATM more better then Madrid, this is makes Zidane to working hard if the boards ask him to get La Liga thropy. Of course madrid have money to get new coach, but you are also right about transition to new coach. Madrid will lost the chance to race the title when Madrid changed Zidane with other coach will make them change strategy and maybe need more time for them to get the results.

[CLS63]

Many say that Zinedine's time at Real Madrid is over and to me that would be ok. He was great there and now the time is ripe for him to search fro some new challenges somewhere else as he can clearly can't do much more at Real. He won everything that could be won with Real, three Champions League in a row. It's time to take some time off, rethink his priorities and start afresh somewhere else. Maybe at Juventus?

Actually Real Madrid are still not in a bad situation this season. Atletico Madrid are the unbelievable team. They are having a season like Liverpool had in the last season in the Premier League. It is really very hard to catch up with them for now. I think that Real Madrid need new faces at the team. If they make the right transfers for the next season, I believe that they will be much better than now.

[Cnut237]

Atletico are getting closer to the championship. I wonder what will happen in the next Atletico-Real and Barcelona-Atletico games. If the things go like this, Atletico won't have difficulty in being the champions even they lose to Real and Barcelona though.

Yes. The league table is quite revealing. Atletico have played half their games, 19/38, and they've dropped 7 points in total. Same again in the second half of the season, and even if Barca and Real win all their games, Atletico are still champions.
It's not just that they've got a 10 point lead, it's that their record in the first 19 games is close to faultless. They're not dropping enough points to be caught.

[acquafredda]

I still wouldn't write off Real Madrid. They lose games when Ramos isn't around (which isn't a good thing of course) but he'll be back and with new contract they have time to find someone else to partner with him. They play like sheep at the back without him, good for us we're back on level terms, Atletico we have to hope they slip up but imagine a CL/La Liga double for them!

I remember when AC Milan had a not very good season in Serie A (2006-2007) but then ended up winning Champions League unexpectedly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_UEFA_Champions_League
It would be possible for Real Madrid to win Champions League but to do so, I believe they have to change Zidane in favor of another manager. The team needs some shock to keep going.

[condoras]

I think that Real Madrid need new faces at the team. If they make the right transfers for the next season, I believe that they will be much better than now.

The first thing that Real and Barca will have to do, is to find a manager and stick with him. Atletico did the fundamental thing and that was to trust and give the proper time to Simeone to build the team.

It would be possible for Real Madrid to win Champions League but to do so, I believe they have to change Zidane in favor of another manager. The team needs some shock to keep going.

CL is another story for sure but I can't see Real (or Barca) managing to win it this season, even if they hire another manager.

[dishku]

Atletico are getting closer to the championship. I wonder what will happen in the next Atletico-Real and Barcelona-Atletico games. If the things go like this, Atletico won't have difficulty in being the champions even they lose to Real and Barcelona though.

Yes. The league table is quite revealing. Atletico have played half their games, 19/38, and they've dropped 7 points in total. Same again in the second half of the season, and even if Barca and Real win all their games, Atletico are still champions.
It's not just that they've got a 10 point lead, it's that their record in the first 19 games is close to faultless. They're not dropping enough points to be caught.

Agreed with you Atletico is playing well managed game and their strategy is paying off for them till now. It seems they will get succeed to keep occupy on the top position through out the whole season even at the moment it's hard to say how they will perform in future. But both teams Barcelona and Real Madrid are not showing the great result like the last season that is why it becoming easy for Atletico Madrid to win the title in current season.

[judas]

I think that Real Madrid need new faces at the team. If they make the right transfers for the next season, I believe that they will be much better than now.

The first thing that Real and Barca will have to do, is to find a manager and stick with him. Atletico did the fundamental thing and that was to trust and give the proper time to Simeone to build the team.

For Real Madrid, I'd like to say that Zidane has managed the team for 5 seasons and this is the 6th season of him. He still has one more year on his contract. In this time period, Real Madrid won La Liga 2 times, Supercopa 2 times, the Champions League 3 times and the UEFA Super Cup 2 times. There are some speculations like he will get sacked. But I don't support this idea and I think they should move on with him.

[AakZaki]

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So, I think the problem isn't about the coach, Zidane. But the player performance & missed a key player on the front line!

Since Ronaldo left, their productivity has decreased. If I'm not mistaken, they've only scored 26 goals so far. Meanwhile, last season with the same number of matches they scored 33 goals. In addition, Luka Jovic's purchase seems futile, unlike in Frankfurt, who successfully scored 36 goals from 75 appearances. The first season he only scored 5 goals and many injuries, while this season he has not scored. Meanwhile, Benzema looks not able to perform optimally like last season

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~snip~
So, I think the problem isn't about the coach, Zidane. But the player performance & missed a key player on the front line!

Since Ronaldo left, their productivity has decreased. If I'm not mistaken, they've only scored 26 goals so far. Meanwhile, last season with the same number of matches they scored 33 goals. In addition, Luka Jovic's purchase seems futile, unlike in Frankfurt, who successfully scored 36 goals from 75 appearances. The first season he only scored 5 goals and many injuries, while this season he has not scored. Meanwhile, Benzema looks not able to perform optimally like last season

Hazard can't replace the Ronaldo position and make little goal so far, Madrid in this season make not many goal each match because as forward only Benzema looks created goal but not every match, I think Madrid should looking new young forward player how to give contribution for madrid in this season or maybe next season make many goal again.

[snipie]

No much talk about Copa del Rey although we are in the quarter final, Sevilla just won 1-0 against Almeria. Tomorrow games there is favorites teams to win imo: Villareal (vs Levante) + Barca (vs Granada) + Bilbao (vs Betis). Reasons: Villareal is better than Levante while Bilbao and Barca won 4-0 vs Betis and Granada in their last matches respectively.

[MCobian]

~snip~

Since Ronaldo left, their productivity has decreased. If I'm not mistaken, they've only scored 26 goals so far. Meanwhile, last season with the same number of matches they scored 33 goals. In addition, Luka Jovic's purchase seems futile, unlike in Frankfurt, who successfully scored 36 goals from 75 appearances. The first season he only scored 5 goals and many injuries, while this season he has not scored. Meanwhile, Benzema looks not able to perform optimally like last season

Hazard can't replace the Ronaldo position and make little goal so far, Madrid in this season make not many goal each match because as forward only Benzema looks created goal but not every match, I think Madrid should looking new young forward player how to give contribution for madrid in this season or maybe next season make many goal again.

It's true that Hazard, who was brought in to replace Ronaldo, proved to be a failure, Hazard's performance until now is still not as good as when
he was at Chelsea. Then for Mariano Diaz is still not as good as Benzema's game, while Luka Jovic officially returns to Eintracht Frankfurt because
he is considered to be playing poorly. Therefore, Real Madrid must bring in a new striker who is ready to perform, otherwise it will be difficult for
Madrid to score many goals.

[kawetsriyanto]

Since Ronaldo left, their productivity has decreased.~~Meanwhile, Benzema looks not able to perform optimally like last season

Yep, that's why I said Real Madrid missed a key player in the front line. Ronaldo is the previous key player there. After he left, Hazard is expected to replace the role but unfortunately, he can't. On the other hand, we cannot expect too much on Benzema because he also needs a proper partner in the attacking line. Hazard still cannot show his best performance because he still has difficulties cooperating with all players there. He also may need a longer time to adapt to the Madrid football style.