La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[imamusma]

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even if many people choose to bet on Barcelona with great confidence even though Barcelona will be playing away from home, I choose to bet on double chance. I dont doubt Barcelona performance but I just always choose to take small risks with low odds to remain consistent with my goals because I always remember the surprising events that have occurred in every match so to anticipate I will take the safe route for this match.

The fact may be true, there is no certainty about the outcome of a match even though on paper Barcelona is the favorite to win it. Barcelona in terms of quality and play is of course superior, but Mallorca, who is playing at home, also has a good plan to thwart their guests from getting maximum points.

Betting on a double bet will certainly reduce the risk of loss for you, but I would have no doubts about the good odds of seeing Barcelona win. Ferran, who was rotated by Xavi to replace Lewandowski, looks like he will prove his worth again, but Joao Felix and Raphinha will also be very troublesome for Mallorca's defense in my opinion.

I believe that Barcelona will win even though Mallorca will be the host but as you said Xavi still has big ambitions to continue to stay at the top of the standings so I am sure that Xavi and the Barcelona players have a good strategy in this match to get additional points and I hope Felix will be the scorer again.

Barcelona are all ahead of Mallorca, so I wouldn't doubt them. If Barcelona loses or loses points in this match, then it is clear that they have wasted this good opportunity to win more points than their rivals.

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[Fiatless]

Joselu has been impressive in the absence of a prolific striker in the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland. His presence in front of the attacking lineup for Real Madrid gives opposition defense huge problems. Ancelotti’s decision to rely on Joselu explains how much faith and trust he has in Joselu to lead Madrid’s attack until further development.

In six La Liga appearances, Joselu has scored two goals and provided one assist. That's not bad for thirty-three years old striker. But Real Madrid have not gotten the ideal number nine. They cannot score important goals without an uncommon striker. They have to wait till another transfer window to get a dependable striker. Joselu might have the determination to lead the Real attack but his age and strength will limit his output.

Barcelona are all ahead of Mallorca, so I wouldn't doubt them. If Barcelona loses or loses points in this match, then it is clear that they have wasted this good opportunity to win more points than their rivals.

Atletico Madrid is not I'm good shape currently but Diego Simeone identified their weakness. Madrid Central defenders can be easily pulled out. When they come out it allows the opponent to use the midfield to feed the wingers. The next action will be aerial balls that the recovering defenders will find difficult to handle. This was the case of Rudiger and Alaba.

[Vinaa77]

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Xavi seems to have made many changes in determining the formation to 4-2-3-1, Lewandowski is not an option in the starting XI this time. Joao Felix fills the number 9 role, Xavi tries to adapt his formation to suit Mallorca conditions.

There is no change in strategy where Xavi still tends to use a 4-3-3 formation. Joao Felix, Ferran Torres and Raphinha are the 3 strikers in this match, but player rotation like this is really important considering their busy schedule at the end of the month.

Lewandowski and Kounde were not included in Xavi's main line-up against Mallorca, but I think these two players are ready to play if Xavi's plans for this match are not as expected. Ferran replaced Lewandowski as a center forward, while Raphinha and Felix both played at wingers. I hope Xavi can give playing minutes to Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal in this match, but Fermin Lopez also needs to get more opportunities to prove his abilities.

Statistically Barcelona is superior to Mallorca. Xavi certainly doesn't take Mallorca lightly but he will rotate his squad a bit. Lewandowski was not included in the starting and Ferran was the choice in that match. It is important for Xavi to rotate so that he has opportunities for other players. Ferran Torres must be given playing minutes because it is important for him to be able to maintain his self-confidence and be able to prove his capacity as a striker who is quite reliable, as well as to other players. This match is certainly an opportunity for the Blaugrana to get full points. Barcelona, which is high in self-confidence, will certainly lose momentum.

[Ruttoshi]

Sevilla seem to be finding it really easy with Almeria in the on going game. From the eight minutes Sevilla already had a goal and by the end of the first half they were already three goals ahead, going by statistics Sevilla is really dominating by possession and other statistics, they have 53% ball possession and 15 goal attempts, they have their fourth goal already within the 50th minute of the game.

Almeria is really not expecting a comeback as they can't get that, they have never won a single match and here is another match to add to their loosing streaks, it's going to be the second game Sevilla is getting a win from since the beginning of the league. They also have the home advantage for today's game and aswell happens to be the favorite for the game.

Sevilla should enjoy this victory they are getting today as they may not enjoy such again anytime soon, facing other bigger teams after now will definitely not avail them this privilege again. I jus hope Almeria doesn't end up crashing out into relegation by the end of the season going by the fact that they don't have a good enough results to keep them in the league currently.

Almeria is like a bonus to all the clubs that have played with, if they continue in this poor performance, I see them close to relegation. Sevilla took advantage of Almeria weakness and scored five goals, making it two wins for them this season.

I don't think that Sevilla has picked from due to their performance today, it was due to the weakness of Almeria that made it look as if Sevilla is in a superb form.

Barca vs Mallorca match will be coming up in few minutes and I believe that Barca will win this match because they are stronger than Mallorca in all angles.

[iamsange]

Joselu has been impressive in the absence of a prolific striker in the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland. His presence in front of the attacking lineup for Real Madrid gives opposition defense huge problems. Ancelotti’s decision to rely on Joselu explains how much faith and trust he has in Joselu to lead Madrid’s attack until further development.

Initially bringing in Joselu might have been plan B for Real Madrid if Real Madrid did not bring in a striker in the transfer market last summer. Yes, at least Real Madrid has a striker whose scoring qualities are quite good in the league. because it is clear that Real Madrid really needs a replacement striker for Benzema, the target sticker price is automatically set at a crazy price by club owners like Mbappe. However, what Real Madrid feared happened, they could not bring in a replacement striker for Benzema. Like it or not, Real Madrid has to use Joselu this season as Real Madrid's main striker.

I can say he is Plan B because this was obvious during Real Madrid vs ATM. Ancelotti was not included in the line-up, he entered in the second half, even though against ATM Joselu should have played from the start of the first half. If in a big match Joselu has to play from the bench, it means that Real Madrid is not completely relying on Joselu as the main striker.

Joselu is indeed an alternative because it is difficult to get another striker as expected. But when Vinicius was also injured, Ancelotti should not have carried out other experiments in the match against Atletico Madrid. Ancelotti prefers Rodrygo as a striker even though he has not shown any major contribution at the start of this season. I am really surprised by Ancelotti's decision to organize his strategy so that he has to accept the consequences.

[youdacapt]

even if many people choose to bet on Barcelona with great confidence even though Barcelona will be playing away from home, I choose to bet on double chance. I dont doubt Barcelona performance but I just always choose to take small risks with low odds to remain consistent with my goals because I always remember the surprising events that have occurred in every match so to anticipate I will take the safe route for this match.
 

It is expected that many would not be willing to bet on Barcelona confidently after conflicting performances by the team in the past 2 games; but facing Mallorca away from home, you can count on 2 goals to be scored and at worst a draw for Barcelona. so i agree with your bet and it is very realistic as well.

I want to add that Mallorca has scored the first goal tonight, 23 minutes into the tie against Barcelona.

[imamusma]

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Statistically Barcelona is superior to Mallorca. Xavi certainly doesn't take Mallorca lightly but he will rotate his squad a bit. Lewandowski was not included in the starting and Ferran was the choice in that match. It is important for Xavi to rotate so that he has opportunities for other players. Ferran Torres must be given playing minutes because it is important for him to be able to maintain his self-confidence and be able to prove his capacity as a striker who is quite reliable, as well as to other players. This match is certainly an opportunity for the Blaugrana to get full points. Barcelona, which is high in self-confidence, will certainly lose momentum.

Most people certainly believe that Barcelona won this match easily, but in fact Barcelona had to fall behind because of Marc-Andre ter Stegen's passing error. Barcelona must be calmer when facing a team like Mallorca and of course they must not underestimate this team in the slightest.

But this is still about the first 20 minutes, so I think there will be a lot of changes in terms of Barcelona's game. I'm sure Barcelona will score a goal soon, yes it will soon.

[Sim_card]

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Statistically Barcelona is superior to Mallorca. Xavi certainly doesn't take Mallorca lightly but he will rotate his squad a bit. Lewandowski was not included in the starting and Ferran was the choice in that match. It is important for Xavi to rotate so that he has opportunities for other players. Ferran Torres must be given playing minutes because it is important for him to be able to maintain his self-confidence and be able to prove his capacity as a striker who is quite reliable, as well as to other players. This match is certainly an opportunity for the Blaugrana to get full points. Barcelona, which is high in self-confidence, will certainly lose momentum.

Most people certainly believe that Barcelona won this match easily, but in fact Barcelona had to fall behind because of Marc-Andre ter Stegen's passing error. Barcelona must be calmer when facing a team like Mallorca and of course they must not underestimate this team in the slightest.

But this is still about the first 20 minutes, so I think there will be a lot of changes in terms of Barcelona's game. I'm sure Barcelona will score a goal soon, yes it will soon.

Mallorca is winning the match presently, bit I know that there is still enough time for Barca to equalise the goal and win the match. Moriqi  scored the only goal in the match presently on the 8th minutes to break the deadlock for his club. In Barca previous match this was how they did a welcome back and won the match, that is why I trust Barca to win this game. Mallorca is really defending their one goal and also trying to score another goal but it hasn't been easy for both clubs to just score very easy, as everyone is playing with care.

[puloweh555]

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Statistically Barcelona is superior to Mallorca. Xavi certainly doesn't take Mallorca lightly but he will rotate his squad a bit. Lewandowski was not included in the starting and Ferran was the choice in that match. It is important for Xavi to rotate so that he has opportunities for other players. Ferran Torres must be given playing minutes because it is important for him to be able to maintain his self-confidence and be able to prove his capacity as a striker who is quite reliable, as well as to other players. This match is certainly an opportunity for the Blaugrana to get full points. Barcelona, which is high in self-confidence, will certainly lose momentum.

Most people certainly believe that Barcelona won this match easily, but in fact Barcelona had to fall behind because of Marc-Andre ter Stegen's passing error. Barcelona must be calmer when facing a team like Mallorca and of course they must not underestimate this team in the slightest.

But this is still about the first 20 minutes, so I think there will be a lot of changes in terms of Barcelona's game. I'm sure Barcelona will score a goal soon, yes it will soon.

Mallorca is winning the match presently, bit I know that there is still enough time for Barca to equalise the goal and win the match. Moriqi  scored the only goal in the match presently on the 8th minutes to break the deadlock for his club. In Barca previous match this was how they did a welcome back and won the match, that is why I trust Barca to win this game. Mallorca is really defending their one goal and also trying to score another goal but it hasn't been easy for both clubs to just score very easy, as everyone is playing with care.

This match was between Mallorca vs Barcelona, the score was 2-1 for Mallorca's victory in the first half. Indeed, as you said, Barcelona will make a comeback like they did against Celta Vigo. But in my opinion, against Mallorca, Barcelona was a little overwhelmed in breaking down Mallorca's defense. The goal that Raphinha created in the 41st minute was immediately responded to by Abdon in the 45+3 minute, this proved that the attacks they carried out were very effective. They made four shots on target and two of them became goals.

As usual, Barcelona controlled 70% of the ball, it will be interesting to see in the second half, will they be able to make another comeback like they did last week?

[ShowOff]

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Mallorca is winning the match presently, bit I know that there is still enough time for Barca to equalise the goal and win the match. Moriqi  scored the only goal in the match presently on the 8th minutes to break the deadlock for his club. In Barca previous match this was how they did a welcome back and won the match, that is why I trust Barca to win this game. Mallorca is really defending their one goal and also trying to score another goal but it hasn't been easy for both clubs to just score very easy, as everyone is playing with care.

There were several mistakes that Barcelona had to correct in the second half, especially in defense and also the finishing of the striker. Barcelona made two mistakes in defense which saw them concede two goals, but so far Barcelona has been quite good at building attacks.

In the first half Barcelona had several good opportunities to take the lead over Mallorca, but Ferran, Raphinha and Joao Felix did not manage to take advantage of them well. Mallorca was lucky about their second goal, but this was very natural considering that Barcelona only had one player left in their defense line. It was a quick counter-attack scheme from Mallorca to take the first half lead with a 2-1 win.

[un_rank]

Barcelona have enough time to win this match in the end, but even if they do perform another comeback like they did over the weekend there are still lots of issues to address in the team.
The defense has not been solid several times and they have to be bailed by Ter Stergen in many of their matches, he has not been very sharp today and they have gone behind twice.

Barcelona should be winning matches like this convincingly and also their last match at home to Celta Vigo if they are to compete at the highest level again.

- Jay -

[giammangiato]

Player	Goal
Bellingham J.	5
Lewandowski R.	5
Morata Á.	5
Sørloth A.	4
Kubo T.	4
Arribas S.	4
Iñaki Williams	3
Mayoral B.	3
Guruzeta G.	3
Torres F.	3
Herrera Y.	3
Duro H.	3
Barrenetxea A.	3
Guerra J.	3
Willian José	3
Prats A.	3
Depay M.	2
Machís D.	2
López D.	2
João Cancelo	2
Muriqi V.	2
Uzuni M.	2

The Robert Lewandowsky return! The difference with Bellingham now is 0, 5 goals for each
Morata is also to 5 goals

[bitpotter]

Surprisingly enough, Barcelona fell behind in the first half and maybe this will be quite a tough comeback for Barcelona in an away game. Currently, the pressure is definitely on the Barcelona players because they have to win this match if they want to maintain their top position in the standings. Xavi had to change his strategy in the second half so that it was more fluid and could more easily break into Mallorca's goal.

[imamusma]

Barcelona have enough time to win this match in the end, but even if they do perform another comeback like they did over the weekend there are still lots of issues to address in the team.
The defense has not been solid several times and they have to be bailed by Ter Stergen in many of their matches, he has not been very sharp today and they have gone behind twice.

Barcelona should be winning matches like this convincingly and also their last match at home to Celta Vigo if they are to compete at the highest level again.

- Jay -

Xavi may need to replace Iñigo Martínez with Kounde, while Ferran with Lewandowski.
Barcelona's defensive mistakes in the first half were very fatal and they had to avoid them in the second half. I think if Xavi plays Lewandowski and Kounde in defense, it will put more pressure on Mallorca. The expected result is that the defense becomes stronger and the strength of the attack line becomes better. It is useless to have possession of the ball and a high chance of scoring if the final solution is still unsatisfactory.

I still believe in the probability of Barcelona winning in the second half. They have to comeback even though Mallorca will defend better in the second half. But however Barcelona must be very wary of Mallorca's deadly counterattack, it is clear that it is very dangerous.

[Frankolala]

Surprisingly enough, Barcelona fell behind in the first half and maybe this will be quite a tough comeback for Barcelona in an away game. Currently, the pressure is definitely on the Barcelona players because they have to win this match if they want to maintain their top position in the standings. Xavi had to change his strategy in the second half so that it was more fluid and could more easily break into Mallorca's goal.

This is quite a difficult match for Barca but I think that they will overcome it and win the match. One thing that surprises me in Mallorca is that they hardly create chances for themselves but if they have the opportunity, they must net the post.

Unlike Barcelona that do have enough chances but they hardly score, Barcelona is struggling with Mallorca to equalise the goal but Mallorca has the boldness to stop them from scoring and they are not seeing Barcelona as that big team. A super strike by Jao Felix that hit the right side of the bar.

[un_rank]

Xavi may need to replace Iñigo Martínez with Kounde, while Ferran with Lewandowski.

Kounde needs a rest, Araujo is just returning from injury and they are lacking depth in the Center of the defense with Kounde and Christenssen playing many minutes, week matches like this means they should be giving a rest as the next weeks will have games coming in thick and fast.

Lewandoski also needs a rest, while Ferran needs more playing time. He has been impressive the minutes he has been on the pitch but those minutes have become very scarce of late since the loan deal of Joao Felix.

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[Vaskiy]

Unexpected performance from Mallorca scoring two goals. The first goal have come on the 8^th minute of the match from Muriqi and this added pressure on Barcelona. After hard fight goal came for Barcelona at the 41^st minute from Raphinha. This boosted the performance of the team, but Mallorca didn't delay for the next goal. During the additional time goal came for Mallorca from Abdon and once again the score leads 2-1. In the second half with much effort Barcelona's Lopez made the team's second goal in the 75^th minute.

Finally they were able to level the match, which itself a big relaxation as Mallorca stands on the 15^th position on points table and Barcelona at the 1^st position.

[Sim_card]

Unexpected performance from Mallorca scoring two goals. The first goal have come on the 8^th minute of the match from Muriqi and this added pressure on Barcelona. After hard fight goal came for Barcelona at the 41^st minute from Raphinha. This boosted the performance of the team, but Mallorca didn't delay for the next goal. During the additional time goal came for Mallorca from Abdon and once again the score leads 2-1. In the second half with much effort Barcelona's Lopez made the team's second goal in the 75^th minute.

Finally they were able to level the match, which itself a big relaxation as Mallorca stands on the 15^th position on points table and Barcelona at the 1^st position.

It was a difficult game for Barca but it is better that both teams share points. This is not a good one for Barca because if Verona win their match tomorrow,  they will be  on top of the table again. Mallorca never wanted Barca to win them in their home, instead they prefer a draw. Barca tried all their best to make sure that they win the match but they were not prepared enough. I can still say that Barca underestimated Mallorca, while Mallorca took their time and prepared for this game so that they don't lose all three points. Barca needs to be consistent with their performance if they  really want to win this season Laliga title.

[kawetsriyanto]

Alvaro Morata was undoubtedly the player of the match in their Spanish La Liga match yesterday. His second goal that was scored in less than two minutes after the second half kicked off served as a sucker punch to Real Madrid as they couldn't come back from two goals down against a strong Atletico Madrid.

Agree, Morata was the man of the match. He became the player who made the difference on the match. His 2 headed goals made Atletico win at the end of the match. It's sad for Real Madrid because Morata himself was a former Real Madrid striker and was starting his career in Real Madrid academy (a part of Real Madrid Castilla).

Unexpected performance from Mallorca scoring two goals. The first goal have come on the 8^th minute of the match from Muriqi and this added pressure on Barcelona. After hard fight goal came for Barcelona at the 41^st minute from Raphinha. This boosted the performance of the team, but Mallorca didn't delay for the next goal. During the additional time goal came for Mallorca from Abdon and once again the score leads 2-1. In the second half with much effort Barcelona's Lopez made the team's second goal in the 75^th minute.

The final score is Mallorca 2-2 Barcelona. Barcelona failed to get 3 points today, they only got 1 point. If Girona wins against Villareal tomorrow, they will be in 1st place. Real Madrid also has a chance to shift Barcelona's position if they win against Las Palmas tomorrow. So, it is very unfortunate that Barcelona missed 3 points today, their position isn't safe now.

[Josefjix]

It was a difficult game for Barca but it is better that both teams share points. This is not a good one for Barca because if Verona win their match tomorrow,  they will be  on top of the table again. Mallorca never wanted Barca to win them in their home, instead they prefer a draw. Barca tried all their best to make sure that they win the match but they were not prepared enough. I can still say that Barca underestimated Mallorca, while Mallorca took their time and prepared for this game so that they don't lose all three points. Barca needs to be consistent with their performance if they  really want to win this season Laliga title.

Barcelona draw will give hope for Real Madrid to explore more opportunities to win their opponents. Everything wil plan out for the good of Carlo Ancelotti and his players, always striving for the best results.The game between Mallorca vs Barcelona comes to 2-2 draw end. Xavi Hernandez would be in dip anger against his team, although they tried their best to level the game because the home team was very serious and keen on a win, nothing else. Mallorca having shared points with Barcelona is a dissapointing results for them, they would defend till the very end, blocking all solid areas to concede goals from their opponents.