La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[BlackBoss_]

Even though Jude Belligham is Real Madrid's top scorer at the moment, in my opinion they need a single striker as a solution to make their front line sharper.

Jude Belling surely is a discovery of La Liga 2023 - 2024 season and he is even doing better than Federico Valverde in the last season. The Uruguayan player did had a good first half of last season but after World Cup 2022, his performance dropped a lot. In early matches of La Liga, Jude Bellingham even played better than Valverde and as a midfielder, his scoring intensity will drop in later months of season. I agree with you that Real Madrid must trigger scoring ability of other attacking players as they can not rely on Jude forever.

Joselu was not an alternative when Real Madrid reached a dead end because his style of play was not as prominent as that of a classy striker. When Real Madrid has a world-class striker like Mbappe, if they succeed in bringing him in, their game will be much more terrifying, like when Benzema, Ronaldo and Bale play together.

Joselu is their best striker now but he is not a world class striker and even in Spain, he does not have a solid position in Spanish national team. It tells us a lot about ability of Joselu but unfortunately, Mbappe still is a story of future and I don't know when he will become a Real Madrid player.

When they face a team that is much more balanced, this is where a quality single striker is needed and Jude Belligham can focus more on helping the attack so that it will produce a terrible collaboration on the front lines. Jude Belligham also may not be able to score every match because of the tight match schedule they face and having a single striker can help.

Jude Bellingham will get more attention from opponents after his latest excellent matches and his scoring intensity. When opponents pay more attention, use more players to control Jude, other attacking players of Real Madrid will get advantage from it.

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[Litzki1990]

Barcelona is weak financially and they are counting on their youth talents in addition to recruiting free players.
After the departure of Ronaldinho, Neymar, Saurez then Messi and the old squad, Barcelona suffered a lot and luckily they found some good players to join the team, especially Lewandowski for a short time but also Lamine Yamal for longer time hopefully. This player was talked about him a lot in press and everyone expect a lot from him in the future. He is doing well until now!

The team was doing fantastic when Ronaldinho, Neymar, and Suarez left because they had Messi, who was accomplishing the unthinkable with other talented players surrounding him. Up until two seasons ago, the team was also doing well financially.

You're true, though, they have been overly reliant on the club academy ever since they ran into financial difficulties. Players like Gavi and Pedri have come through, and now 16-year-old Lamine Yamal is bursting onto the scene.

Barcelona had everything when they didn't have financial problems but since the financial problems they have let go of one player after another. First Ronaldinho left then Neymar left for Paris then Luis Suarez left and finally Lionel Messi left. Lionel Messi started his career from Barcelona and he wanted to finish his career in Barcelona but due to the financial problems of the club and according to UEFA rules, Barcelona finally failed to retain Lionel Messi. When Lionel Messi left Barcelona, he was crying bitterly for his club because it was the club that made him Lionel Messi. They managed to fly past financial problems soon after the departure of Lionel Messi, signing the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha from Bayern Munich and making several new signings this season. So let's go big now Barcelona have been able to slowly fly past their difficult times.

[Strongkored]

yep, thats right. even though currently it looks perfect because of Bellingham, Joselu and Vinicius, at least having special players to become reliable strikers to become scoring machines will strengthen Real Madrid even more like in the past when Madrid glory days were still very strong because of Benzema and Ronaldo. by bringing Mbappe to Madrid, this team can make its performance stronger and of course the glory will be felt again like in the past with a very perfect line up of players to win the title in every competition and well, we can only hope that Mbappe really will came to Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe's chances of going to Real Madrid are still very gray, he really wants to be at this big club because being with Real Madrid will fulfill all his hopes of getting lots of titles which will be quite difficult to fulfill if he stays with his current club, but if Kylian Mbappe is really going to Real Madrid imagining that they will become the most productive team and return to their glory days.
The question will be how much will Real Madrid have to spend to bring in this striker? I'm sure PSG will not let him go below 150 million euros and maybe 200 million euros is the value set by PSG because the French club also spent quite a lot of money when buying him from Monaco.

[klidex]

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I think Xavi can't continue to rely on Lewandowski, he has to prepare a backup to replace Lewandowski when he is absent due to injury or something else, Barcelona didn't perform well last night, even against a bottom club it was quite difficult to score goals, I know in the end they can hold a draw, but this could be a lesson that Barcelona must have a replacement for Lewandowski to be better.

Granada really looked good at the start of the match and they played attacking and were able to score quick goals against Barcelona. Just look at Barcelona's back line which didn't look good so they had to concede two goals. Xavi needs to pay attention to that, Barcelona should be able to win that match , but unfortunately they have to share points with Granada. it looks annoying for those betting on Barcelona  

Yes, Xavi must have other options besides relying on Lewandowski to score goals. Luckily, Lewandowski did not suffer a fatal injury because if he suffered a fatal injury, it is not impossible that Barcelona would lose balance in the match they were facing. and yes I thought Barcelona would win the match especially this match but with a draw it was quite surprising to many people especially the fans and bookmakers who bet a lot on Barcelona, we all know this match should be quite easy for Barcelona without Lewandowski because Granada is not a tough club but in fact Barcelona had to share points with Granada in that match.

[KTChampions]

Quite a strange situation: Barcelona lost points for the second time in a game with an outsider and is now 3 points behind Real Madrid. At the same time, Real lost points only in the game with strong Atletico. In turn, Atlético, if we take into account the game in reserve, is one point ahead of Barcelona. But the title quotes are as follows:

Real Madrid 1.89

Barcelona Fc 2.20

Atlético Madrid 10.00

In my opinion, Real and Atletico are underrated and Barcelona are overrated. I don’t see Atlético as a contender for the title, but the numbers are such that they should be rated higher.

For me Atletico Madrid is on the best run here having won 2 great games,both at home against Real Madrid which gave them a huge boost in confidence and they have continued winning by beating this last weekend another very good performing team lately,Real Sociedad.

Barcelona with the draw of yesterday game should have the odd of 3.5 at least as they are three points behind Real Madrid and they are on equal points or just one point disadvantage to have that low odd nearly identical to Real Madrid.

Yes, Barcelona is clearly overrated. I wonder what the bookmakers expect after Barcelona suffers in games with outsiders and loses points in them, that Barcelona will win all head-to-head matches against Real and Atlético? This is naive (although this can happen, I do not deny it, but the likelihood of this is low). By the way, on October 28th the Barcelona - Real Madrid game will take place and we will see how right (or wrong) the bookmakers are.

[Falconer]

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Did anyone think that the performance from ter Stegen was below average in the last match? At first I thought he was getting old. But then I realized he is 31.  Not even anywhere near Manuel Neuer.  Or maybe he had just a bad match.  At the same time the defense was also pretty weak from Barcelona.

Anyway, Barcelona has been losing some matches that they really should not be. Just like the last match. Barcelona failed to win.  these matches are definitely going to affect them a lot. They are the defending champion of La Liga. it will definitely be a problem for them if they cannot win these matches. Real Madrid is already ahead by three points. Barcelona will have to keep that in mind.

Ter Steigen's performance dropped because Barcelona's defense was disrupted. Barcelona is unbeaten this season even though they have conceded 10 goals in the last 9 matches. So far Barcelona is still a good team in terms of goal statistics where they are the first team to score 21 goals in 9 La Liga matches, that means Barcelona has 1 more goal than Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

I'm not saying Barcelona have been so bad this season just because they haven't won all their games, that's clearly not true. However, I can't draw the right conclusions about them because I think Xavi has a chance to improve his team's form because this season is still very long. Real Madrid is 3 points ahead of Barcelona, ​​but that doesn't make us safe without pressure.

[borovichok]

Ter Steigen's performance dropped because Barcelona's defense was disrupted. Barcelona is unbeaten this season even though they have conceded 10 goals in the last 9 matches. So far Barcelona is still a good team in terms of goal statistics where they are the first team to score 21 goals in 9 La Liga matches, that means Barcelona has 1 more goal than Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

I'm not saying Barcelona have been so bad this season just because they haven't won all their games, that's clearly not true. However, I can't draw the right conclusions about them because I think Xavi has a chance to improve his team's form because this season is still very long. Real Madrid is 3 points ahead of Barcelona, ​​but that doesn't make us safe without pressure.

Xavi Hernandez is attempting to turn Barcelona into an enormous force undefeated squad in La Liga, and despite allowing numerous goals, they are unbeaten this season. He will concentrate only on his team, as injuries has been an ongoing problem for them this season, amounting to a downturn in performance. Barcelona is competing for the La Liga title and is considered the favorite to win it this season. They would face the same formidable opponents as in previous decades, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The blaugrana defendlines is the team's current weakness; they are not active enough to confront opponents when territory is invaded.

[rendravolt]

Barcelona have announced that one of their defenders, Jules Kounde, has suffered a left MCL sprain and he will be out for an unknown amount of time. Jules Kounde experienced this when playing against Granada and it seems that Barcelona will be quite disadvantaged by his absence in the next match, especially since at the end of October there will be an El Clasico match against Real Madrid. Of course Xavi will be very confused if he continues to lose his main players and we know that previously Lewandowski was also injured. Even so, at least Barcelona still has Ronald Araújo as a replacement for Jules Kounde so there are no problems for Barcelona's defense line.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1711344747611050164

Kounde's performance was even better compared with araujo. It's still a problem for barcelona. More players injured will give bad impact to the club. Barcelona had been always conceding so many goals. That makes the club looks like a weak club on its defensive line.
The injury that happened to the kounde was making the club even worst. Barcelona may have weaker defensive line for upcoming game. Real madrid can take this as oppotunity caused by the more injured players meant real madrid will able to make the gap even bigger in la liga.

I can't even imagine if there will be more players will face injury. This will be greatly impacting the performance from barcelona.

It seems we will unable to see barcelona to play with its best squad.

I don't think the quality of these players is at the same level and both of them can fill the same two positions, namely as CB or RB. Therefore, we can see that Xavi often rotates these two players to determine the right strategy when facing a quite troublesome opponent. We know that when playing against Real Madrid, which has Vini in the left winger position, Xavi will put Araujo in the RB position and against other teams, Araujo will sometimes be the CB. However, with the presence of Joao Cancelo, this position is not a special need for Xavi and he often only rotates Kounde and Araujo as CB. From Real Madrid's side, it is very profitable when Barcelona does not appear with their best squad and maybe this could be their victory in the match away to Camp Nou later.

[Leviathan.007]

Bellingham, Anceloti's most successful purchase of the season. Young is dominant and he shows great confidence. Next season, if it is true that Mbappe comes, maybe Real Madrid will be very strong. If you add Guller, maybe Madrid will play better. An early-season injury problem does not seem to have seen Madrid struggle. Tchouameni also performed quite well, he became a substitute defender. This is because Nacho cannot play due to card accumulation penalties.

Jude Bellingham is a great palyer and regardless of his age, he had good performances while he was a young and inexperienced player in Real Madrid, but so far in Real Madrid Bellingham has an effective role and he was the reason for Real Madrid won many games, I think Real Madrid will have problems if this palyer gets injured because the other palyer in this team can't fill the place of Bellingham.

[hyudien]

Bellingham, Anceloti's most successful purchase of the season. Young is dominant and he shows great confidence. Next season, if it is true that Mbappe comes, maybe Real Madrid will be very strong. If you add Guller, maybe Madrid will play better. An early-season injury problem does not seem to have seen Madrid struggle. Tchouameni also performed quite well, he became a substitute defender. This is because Nacho cannot play due to card accumulation penalties.

Jude Bellingham is a great palyer and regardless of his age, he had good performances while he was a young and inexperienced player in Real Madrid, but so far in Real Madrid Bellingham has an effective role and he was the reason for Real Madrid won many games, I think Real Madrid will have problems if this palyer gets injured because the other palyer in this team can't fill the place of Bellingham.

At the age of 20, Jude Bellingham has succeeded in becoming attached to the Real Madrid game. In my opinion, young people with abilities like this are rare, for this reason Jude Bellingham will be increasingly prioritized by Florentino Perez and it is certain that his contract will continue to be extended. Playing for a club as big as Madrid and being able to steal attention with Jude Bellingham's playing instincts should be appreciated. Plus, if next season we are able to bring in Mbappe, the front line will improve drastically.

[ShowOff]

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Yes, Yamal can play well for Barcelona, he can score goals, in my opinion Barcelona is weak when dealing with opponents who use a five-back formation, as demonstrated against Granada in yesterday's match with a draw Granada who came down with a five-back formation appearance. The hosts defended desperately from the attacks built by Xavi Hernandez's squad To be able to steal two goals, Granada only utilized lightning counterattacks The two goals they scored in this match came from these counterattacks. This weakness of Barcelona seems to be an open secret No need for a professional analyst, even ordinary soccer fans understand Barcelona's weaknesses, it all starts with the characteristics of Barcelona's game under Xavi, which is oriented towards ball possession in this match, Barcelona's ball possession can be very dominant.

Yes with the youngest players can play well, although Barcelona was unable to beat Granada but the results in that match made Barca's young star Lamine Yamal break the record in LaLiga even Barcelona is unbeaten to date.
In the match at Granada headquarters, Barca had to miss two goals first. Only then Yamal reversed through his goal in the 45th minute. and followed by Sergi Roberto breaking into Granada's goal with normal time remaining five minutes and ending in a draw with a final score of 2-2.

I agree with your opinion because it is a fact about Barcelona. Xavi and his strategy clearly has a weakness and that is when the opposing team focuses on defending at all costs. Granada and other weak teams often try this strategy to beat Barcelona or just make it difficult for Barcelona to win the match, but I believe such a strategy is not completely effective and according to what was planned when Barcelona played better.

In the match against Granada, Barcelona should have won the match if the referee confirmed Joao Felix's goal. But I don't know exactly how it was declared offside even though in fact Ferran didn't seem to make any significant effort and interfered when Cancelo found Felix on the left side of the pitch. Xavi needs to fix his defensive problems and they need to improve their concentration in attack, but I admit that Barcelona wasn't too bad in that game.

[HajiBagi]

yep, thats right. even though currently it looks perfect because of Bellingham, Joselu and Vinicius, at least having special players to become reliable strikers to become scoring machines will strengthen Real Madrid even more like in the past when Madrid glory days were still very strong because of Benzema and Ronaldo. by bringing Mbappe to Madrid, this team can make its performance stronger and of course the glory will be felt again like in the past with a very perfect line up of players to win the title in every competition and well, we can only hope that Mbappe really will came to Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe's chances of going to Real Madrid are still very gray, he really wants to be at this big club because being with Real Madrid will fulfill all his hopes of getting lots of titles which will be quite difficult to fulfill if he stays with his current club, but if Kylian Mbappe is really going to Real Madrid imagining that they will become the most productive team and return to their glory days.
The question will be how much will Real Madrid have to spend to bring in this striker? I'm sure PSG will not let him go below 150 million euros and maybe 200 million euros is the value set by PSG because the French club also spent quite a lot of money when buying him from Monaco.

Real Madrid will improve and even go undefeated in the La Liga if mbappe is signed, but doing so now is not in my opinion a good idea for Real Madrid. The reason for this is that mbappe is the kind of player who, if he joins a team, will want to rule it and even want to usurp vini Jr. for the number 7 jersey, which will cause issues for the team. Again, Real Madrid has been suffering because Mbappe hasn't decided to join the team for almost two seasons. It's possible that Mbappe will like Real Madrid because he wants to win many trophies in his career, but if he doesn't change his habits, he'll end up playing for PSG.

Money is the first thing that ruins a player's career, and if a player stays with one team, it affects him as well, in my opinion. Psg has already captured the attention of the mbappe. Real Madrid is reportedly planning to sign Alvarez to be their star player for the upcoming season, but I still believe Manchester City won't let him leave anytime soon. Alvarez is currently one of the best players in Manchester City, and the coach likes him as well. However, if real Madrid were to approach Manchester City with a sizable transfer fee, Alvarez might be willing to leave.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Even though Jude Belligham is Real Madrid's top scorer at the moment, in my opinion they need a single striker as a solution to make their front line sharper. Joselu was not an alternative when Real Madrid reached a dead end because his style of play was not as prominent as that of a classy striker. When Real Madrid has a world-class striker like Mbappe, if they succeed in bringing him in, their game will be much more terrifying, like when Benzema, Ronaldo and Bale play together.

yep, thats right. even though currently it looks perfect because of Bellingham, Joselu and Vinicius, at least having special players to become reliable strikers to become scoring machines will strengthen Real Madrid even more like in the past when Madrid glory days were still very strong because of Benzema and Ronaldo. by bringing Mbappe to Madrid, this team can make its performance stronger and of course the glory will be felt again like in the past with a very perfect line up of players to win the title in every competition and well, we can only hope that Mbappe really will came to Real Madrid.

Joselu played even better compared when he was coming to the real madrid. He is now able adapting to the formation with vini and bellingham. I do like how vini and bellingham were not selfish and it reminds me when vini was giving joselu an assist in the previous game.
The trio developed even well than before. Im thinking if joselu can also become a permanent transfer as his price was not so expensive. Real madrid was borroing him from espanyol with cheap price.

Joselu has paid it off right now with his consistent performance. I think that real madrid shall have able to play that even better than before. I think that joselu can be used as alternative option for real madrid.
The development from bellingham is so fast and he was able become the top scorer in la liga right now.

[Chilwell]

Even though Jude Belligham is Real Madrid's top scorer at the moment, in my opinion they need a single striker as a solution to make their front line sharper. Joselu was not an alternative when Real Madrid reached a dead end because his style of play was not as prominent as that of a classy striker. When Real Madrid has a world-class striker like Mbappe, if they succeed in bringing him in, their game will be much more terrifying, like when Benzema, Ronaldo and Bale play together.

When they face a team that is much more balanced, this is where a quality single striker is needed and Jude Belligham can focus more on helping the attack so that it will produce a terrible collaboration on the front lines. Jude Belligham also may not be able to score every match because of the tight match schedule they face and having a single striker can help.

I equally agreed with you about getting a permanent striker that will work together with Jude Bellingham, as you said that the striker must be a world class striker which you think is Mbappe which I believe is the perfect combination, seeing Mbappe and Jude Bellingham in the pitch will be a wonderful moment to watch. Jude Bellingham is midfielder am impress because from the very first begin, I see him has a goal machine because he scored goal in every match he played, truly this is a plus for Real Madrid and I will consider him as the best sign player this season for the club. Ancelotti will be happy with Jude Bellingham because of is credible performance and also the entire club will be happy to be seen the future Ballon d'Or winner. Jude Bellingham start is like Cristiano Ronaldo that is a good start by the way.

[BRINIRHA]

Jude Bellingham is a great palyer and regardless of his age, he had good performances while he was a young and inexperienced player in Real Madrid, but so far in Real Madrid Bellingham has an effective role and he was the reason for Real Madrid won many games, I think Real Madrid will have problems if this palyer gets injured because the other palyer in this team can't fill the place of Bellingham.

Jude Bellingham quickly became the player considered the most important at Real Madrid. Because his productivity in scoring goals is truly amazing. In the transfer market when Real Madrid brought in Bellingham, to be honest, I underestimated this player a little. But now I know that Real Madrid took a very good step by bringing in Jude Bellingham. And I agree that Bellingham is called the most successful transfer that Real Madrid has had in the last two seasons. I hope Bellingham can stay fit and avoid injury. Because without Bellingham, Real Madrid might experience a slight decline in their front line. And yes, I agree that Real Madrid will be in big trouble if Bellingham is injured. I'm waiting for the next transfer market to see whether Real Madrid will bring in another good player like Bellingham. Which will make Real Madrid even stronger.

[QueenVera]

Jude Bellingham quickly became the player considered the most important at Real Madrid. Because his productivity in scoring goals is truly amazing. In the transfer market when Real Madrid brought in Bellingham, to be honest, I underestimated this player a little. But now I know that Real Madrid took a very good step by bringing in Jude Bellingham. And I agree that Bellingham is called the most successful transfer that Real Madrid has had in the last two seasons. I hope Bellingham can stay fit and avoid injury. Because without Bellingham, Real Madrid might experience a slight decline in their front line. And yes, I agree that Real Madrid will be in big trouble if Bellingham is injured. I'm waiting for the next transfer market to see whether Real Madrid will bring in another good player like Bellingham. Which will make Real Madrid even stronger.

He's become a star boy for the club, just like Ronaldo and have even have similar stats of Ronaldo's 1st season of in 8 matches, Jude Bellingham's performance so far is really amazing and to be honest I didn't expect him to adapt very fast to Realmadrid's game play, I felt he might flop like Hazard did and probably turn into another injury prone player,but he cleared my doubts and he's player beyond my expectations.

 Jude Bellingham fitness is one thing Ancelotti would be hoping on and they're not really for him getting an injury yet cause it would really affect their current performance, cause he's a player that they really rely on for a better performance this season, among all the players they brought in Jude has been the most outstanding therefore is highly important for the team, however in their next transfer window I feel Madrid would need a younger and more talented player from the striker position, cause that's what they're lacking currently.

[Luzin]

How Girona turned to a formidable team still surprises me. One unique thing about them is their resilience,  not minding of they are playing a big side like Barcelona or Real Madrid. I am very convince they will finish the season around the top to securing one of the European competitions.

I knew anything could happen. But I don't feel confident that they can survive for European competition. They are still in a long period. Last season they finished in the top 10 and I was indeed quite surprised. This season indeed they are in good financial shape. They joined the City Football Group led by Sheikh Mansour. They are on a good path, but to get into European level is still quite difficult with the players they have at the moment.

[Ahli38]

How Girona turned to a formidable team still surprises me. One unique thing about them is their resilience,  not minding of they are playing a big side like Barcelona or Real Madrid. I am very convince they will finish the season around the top to securing one of the European competitions.

I knew anything could happen. But I don't feel confident that they can survive for European competition. They are still in a long period. Last season they finished in the top 10 and I was indeed quite surprised. This season indeed they are in good financial shape. They joined the City Football Group led by Sheikh Mansour. They are on a good path, but to get into European level is still quite difficult with the players they have at the moment.

Everyone must feel the same way about Girona. Well we are all surprised by Girona's performance this season. Uncharacteristically, Girona is currently maintaining its consistency in La Liga. In fact, I never imagined that I would be able to see Girona competing with Barcelona and Real Madrid in the top 3. And it looks like Girona might actually stay in the top 3 of the standings for quite some time. Because the opponents that Girona will face in the next matches are not too difficult opponents. So if Girona can maintain their performance then it is very possible for them to continue to get 3 points continuously. Currently Girona is ranked 2nd. Let's see if they can continue to maintain it.

[borovichok]

How Girona turned to a formidable team still surprises me. One unique thing about them is their resilience,  not minding of they are playing a big side like Barcelona or Real Madrid. I am very convince they will finish the season around the top to securing one of the European competitions.

An average club can become an elite club, all this depends on the kind of coach hired for the job and the presence of outstanding players. Girona can survived European competition if they maintain consistency in their games. Girona boss, Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz have come to realized how good his squad is and have proceeds to fight confidently for La Liga title this season. Perhaps it's early to enlist them in the race but due to the main stats this season, 7W 1D1L an impressive start for Blanquivermells. Girona is in good shape but I doubt if they would be able to levelled the top performance of these elite teams. Girona is on fire which is quite understandable but they have to anticipate on solid game strategy for the purpose to elevate them.

[reagansimms]

How Girona turned to a formidable team still surprises me. One unique thing about them is their resilience,  not minding of they are playing a big side like Barcelona or Real Madrid. I am very convince they will finish the season around the top to securing one of the European competitions.

Girona presence in the top four of the standings is very surprising, especially since they topped the standings before suffering their first defeat to Real Madrid. It is too early to assume that Girona will be able to finish in the European zone, La Liga has only gone through 9 games, they still have a lot more to go, including facing other strong teams.
I know anything can happen in football, but to achieve their goals they must always consistently maintain their performance. There are still regular clubs that often finish in the European zone that are ready to provide competition for Girona. Clubs such as Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis and Bilbao will be Girona toughest competitors in fighting for a place in the European Zone.