La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[poodle63]

The difficulties against Rayo continue, even if Gavi is not injured they will still struggle.

True and no doubt about that. I have seen how rayo was able getting draw against real madrid even though madrid used its strongest squad. Rayo's defense is the strongest in la liga too. The big club was struggling to score against rayo.
Barcelona was almost losing against it caused by rayo's counter attack was very effective when it was about scoring against barcelona. OG has helped this club so much. Barcelona would be lost if there was no rayo's player created his OG.

  The Barcelona vs Rayo match depicted an uncreative midfield. Losing Gavi makes it even more difficult for Xavi to find a balanced replacement. De Jong has not been able to perform optimally, he looks still a little stiff. The attackers not getting good passes also make them look bad. The best striker in this moment is Yamal, he can open up space with his dribbling ability. So he should have been able to score a goal, but Barcelona was unlucky.

Barcelona has no direction when it was playing the game. It's always passing to the winger, then back again to the mid. There's no clear direction about where the ball shall be brought by its players. Barcelona is totally being blocked by rayo's parking buss strategy.
Even real madrid was also getting the same result as barcelona. Being able to get draw against two top teams in al liga is a big achievements for this season by rayo

[reagansimms]

The difficulties against Rayo continue, even if Gavi is not injured they will still struggle.  The Barcelona vs Rayo match depicted an uncreative midfield. Losing Gavi makes it even more difficult for Xavi to find a balanced replacement. De Jong has not been able to perform optimally, he looks still a little stiff. The attackers not getting good passes also make them look bad. The best striker in this moment is Yamal, he can open up space with his dribbling ability. So he should have been able to score a goal, but Barcelona was unlucky.

After failing to win over Rayo Vallecano, this indicates that Barcelona is not in its best condition. Xavi must immediately evaluate his squad so that he can control the match from the start and not be late in determining the result. He also has to restore the level of defense to last season and reshape the midfield so that he can control the game well so that there is a lot of ball supply into the opponent's defense area.

Barcelona players must be reconnected so that the task of scoring goals is not only for strikers, Barcelona strength must be re-formed so that they can compete again for the title. Being in fourth place is not a good record for Barcelona, who won the title last season. Barcelona must immediately recover to maintain their chances in La Liga and the Champions League.

[bering]

Girona have one advantage over the other standings leaders. They don't have to play in other European Cups. Therefore, it is not yet possible to say that Real Madrid or Barcelona will be able to gain more points.

Even though what you say is also true, in reality Real Madrid can immediately take the lead because Girona got a draw at home against Athletic Club. And Real Madrid can still condition itself in La Liga even though Real Madrid is also playing in other competitions in Europe this season, while Girona must do their best to be able to match themselves with Real Madrid, which has several star players. And for Barcelona maybe the team will be worse this season and even Girona can say they are better than Barcelona, but will not be better than Real Madrid this season.

From the start I had suspected that Girona would not last long in first place, and this happened after they played against Athletic Club, their position immediately dropped to second place, replaced by Real Madrid. But so far I like how Girona are playing, they are a good team, and they are in the right shape. They also showed that they are a team with low resources but compete on par with any top team.

I hope their good performance lasts long. Maybe many people say that Girona is just lucky that when the team goes up, the team will go down. But for me what is important right now is that they are living the sensational adventure that Girona must experience. It's just the beginning of the season, we're about to enter the middle of the season, let's see until their adventure ends this season.

Actually i was never thinking Girona will be able to managed their position at first place for every week because basically they are only a small team but indeed i was quite surprised because at least until last week Girona can able to occupy first place and unfortunately they were slipped yesterday because Girona only can able to get 1 point from Bilbao and after this result Girona position was taking over by Real Madrid although both teams had equal points but Real Madrid was good from head to head statistics so that's why Real Madrid can able to occupy first place and in my opinion Girona had a chances to finish at top 4 at the end of this season but i personally never thinking Girona can be considered as strong contender for race title for Real Madrid and Barcelona

[hahay]

The difficulties against Rayo continue, even if Gavi is not injured they will still struggle.  The Barcelona vs Rayo match depicted an uncreative midfield. Losing Gavi makes it even more difficult for Xavi to find a balanced replacement. De Jong has not been able to perform optimally, he looks still a little stiff. The attackers not getting good passes also make them look bad. The best striker in this moment is Yamal, he can open up space with his dribbling ability. So he should have been able to score a goal, but Barcelona was unlucky.

With the draw result that occurred in their match yesterday, at least Rayo Vallecano's head to head record is unbeaten in their five meetings against Barcelona in La Liga. In fact, not only are they unbeaten, but from their last five matches Rayo Vallecano has actually managed to have three wins and two draws. With results like that, it looks like Rayo Vallecano is not an easy opponent for Barcelona because yes, in yesterday's match Barcelona almost lost. Even though yes, in reality Barcelona had good statistics in that match but still, Barcelona failed to score a goal through their own players because Barcelona's goal in that match was an own goal.

[eightdots]

Girona have one advantage over the other standings leaders. They don't have to play in other European Cups. Therefore, it is not yet possible to say that Real Madrid or Barcelona will be able to gain more points.

Even though what you say is also true, in reality Real Madrid can immediately take the lead because Girona got a draw at home against Athletic Club. And Real Madrid can still condition itself in La Liga even though Real Madrid is also playing in other competitions in Europe this season, while Girona must do their best to be able to match themselves with Real Madrid, which has several star players. And for Barcelona maybe the team will be worse this season and even Girona can say they are better than Barcelona, but will not be better than Real Madrid this season.

From the start I had suspected that Girona would not last long in first place, and this happened after they played against Athletic Club, their position immediately dropped to second place, replaced by Real Madrid. But so far I like how Girona are playing, they are a good team, and they are in the right shape. They also showed that they are a team with low resources but compete on par with any top team.

I hope their good performance lasts long. Maybe many people say that Girona is just lucky that when the team goes up, the team will go down. But for me what is important right now is that they are living the sensational adventure that Girona must experience. It's just the beginning of the season, we're about to enter the middle of the season, let's see until their adventure ends this season.

Actually i was never thinking Girona will be able to managed their position at first place for every week because basically they are only a small team but indeed i was quite surprised because at least until last week Girona can able to occupy first place and unfortunately they were slipped yesterday because Girona only can able to get 1 point from Bilbao and after this result Girona position was taking over by Real Madrid although both teams had equal points but Real Madrid was good from head to head statistics so that's why Real Madrid can able to occupy first place and in my opinion Girona had a chances to finish at top 4 at the end of this season but i personally never thinking Girona can be considered as strong contender for race title for Real Madrid and Barcelona

Girona's performance so far has been impressive. They dropped points in this match and Real Madrid moved above them in the rankings. Actually, I cannot evaluate Girona based on a single match because I think their performance will continue from now on. They currently have 35 points and are again in a very good stage. One match may end in a draw, the other in defeat. You can always get results like this in football, but the important thing is not to give up on the race and continue until the end.

Girona has surprised and impressed everyone this season. Their performances will continue this way because they have learned what they can do when they want. In football, this is more important than many things.

[Weawant]

Girona have one advantage over the other standings leaders. They don't have to play in other European Cups. Therefore, it is not yet possible to say that Real Madrid or Barcelona will be able to gain more points.

Even though what you say is also true, in reality Real Madrid can immediately take the lead because Girona got a draw at home against Athletic Club. And Real Madrid can still condition itself in La Liga even though Real Madrid is also playing in other competitions in Europe this season, while Girona must do their best to be able to match themselves with Real Madrid, which has several star players. And for Barcelona maybe the team will be worse this season and even Girona can say they are better than Barcelona, but will not be better than Real Madrid this season.

Real Madrid is still good with the la Liga, I don't think playing in other league game is impacting them such that their performance in the la Liga will be affected that much, regardless they would most likely top the league and possibly win the title this season as their performance is such that can give them that.

Barcelona is gradually turning worse than they were earlier at the beginning of the season, they were amongst the top teams and had good start but since after their encounter with real Madrid their decline began and since they they haven't been any better, sometimes I wonder what the problem with Barcelona is and very sad that they have financial constraints so even in the January window they will not be able to purchase players who could be of help to revive the team back on it's foot.

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Girona vs Bilbao will be an interesting match and tomorrow the match will take place at the Municipal de Montilivi stadium. I think many people will support Girona in this match because the points and standings are of course very different. However, Girona's match against Bilbao is always full of excitement and mutual attacks. and Girona's head to head with Athletico Bilbao was a draw. Last season, Girona was not a strong team, but this season, Girona is on the rise and its performance is getting better... but in my opinion, the Girona coach must pay attention to Girona's back line, which must be closely guarded and tight because like in the match against Rayo in the 5th minute, Girona conceded a goal because the defense was not tight enough, but luck came to Girona, in the end they won the match and had to be satisfied with a score of 1-2 through goals from A. Dovbyk and Savio. I bet Girona will win. because I'm sure Girona will appear full of enthusiasm because they have won 11 matches out of 13 matches.

This is an interesting match because Girona and Bilbao are still quite strong. Girona now have more ambition because their victory determines their position back to the top of the table but indeed Atletic Bilbao is also now in a pretty good situation especially in the last few seasons they are one of the clubs that are troublesome.

Now with Girona's remarkable rise they must be the favorites especially they play home this week which will definitely give an extra boost to Girona to get 3 points but I am reluctant to bet on this match.

My prediction failed, it turned out that Girona and Bilbao drew 1-1, I didn't expect it, the battle on the field between the two teams was equally great and finally resulted in a draw. Even though Girona controls more of the ball, this is a privilege that Bilbao has because they can perform well even though Girona has a lot of the ball. In the 28th minute I was disappointed because I thought it was considered a goal by the referee but it turned out to be considered offside by the referee. I think the Bilbao players were full of enthusiasm when playing against Girona, there were even times when Girona was almost crushed but Girona's goalkeeper was really great. and Girona must be satisfied with being in 2nd standings. Girona's adventure is of course still ongoing and later they will play against Valencia at the Montilivi stadium but I predict Valencia will not be a weak opponent because I saw their last 5 matches. Valencia is the superior so I think it will be a good match It's exciting, but I'm predicting Girona win in this match because I see Girona's performance this season is so great.
I think Michel Sanchez will make a good strategy against Valencia.

This is why I'm reluctant to bet on this match because even though Girona is definitely the favorite, Atletic Bilbao is one of the clubs that is quite troublesome in every season and currently so.
Girona played very well in this match and that's undeniable but Bilbao also defended very well and their quick counter-attacks were even more dangerous than Girona's possession dominance in this match.
Although Girona did take the lead but with a quick counter-attack by Atletico in this match they were able to equalize the score and the match ended 1 point which indirectly with this result Real Madrid could again be at the top even though their points were the same but Girona lost in their goal statistics.

[samuraijin]

Girona have one advantage over the other standings leaders. They don't have to play in other European Cups. Therefore, it is not yet possible to say that Real Madrid or Barcelona will be able to gain more points.

Even though what you say is also true, in reality Real Madrid can immediately take the lead because Girona got a draw at home against Athletic Club. And Real Madrid can still condition itself in La Liga even though Real Madrid is also playing in other competitions in Europe this season, while Girona must do their best to be able to match themselves with Real Madrid, which has several star players. And for Barcelona maybe the team will be worse this season and even Girona can say they are better than Barcelona, but will not be better than Real Madrid this season.

This season has been very surprising for Madrid fans especially, usually they have seen the battle in the last few seasons between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but this season is very different, in fact Barcelona is only watching Real Madrid and Girona fight for the top of La Liga, this really doesn't make sense to me.  and of course supporters of their rivals Barcelona, ​​Girona's draw meant they had to drop from the top of the standings but Real Madrid won over Cadiz 0-3, of course this was a very clever scenario from Ancelotti in terms of choosing the right players from several of his star players who were injured.  , this season is really very tight, Real Madrid and Girona both have 35 points.

[Hvdv]

Girona have one advantage over the other standings leaders. They don't have to play in other European Cups. Therefore, it is not yet possible to say that Real Madrid or Barcelona will be able to gain more points.

Even though what you say is also true, in reality Real Madrid can immediately take the lead because Girona got a draw at home against Athletic Club. And Real Madrid can still condition itself in La Liga even though Real Madrid is also playing in other competitions in Europe this season, while Girona must do their best to be able to match themselves with Real Madrid, which has several star players. And for Barcelona maybe the team will be worse this season and even Girona can say they are better than Barcelona, but will not be better than Real Madrid this season.

This season has been very surprising for Madrid fans especially, usually they have seen the battle in the last few seasons between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but this season is very different, in fact Barcelona is only watching Real Madrid and Girona fight for the top of La Liga, this really doesn't make sense to me.  and of course supporters of their rivals Barcelona, ​​Girona's draw meant they had to drop from the top of the standings but Real Madrid won over Cadiz 0-3, of course this was a very clever scenario from Ancelotti in terms of choosing the right players from several of his star players who were injured.  , this season is really very tight, Real Madrid and Girona both have 35 points.

Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

[borovichok]

Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

Real Madrid is the best team in La Liga and winning it have become an ultimate priority for Los Blancos this season. They will play their very best to suit into the picture. A detrimental squad cannot defeat an outstanding team in La Liga; I have not seen a random club defeat Real Madrid in a long time. They can only be at the top for a short time, as seen by the club's overall deterioration in performance. Girona's poor performance in league games has begun displaying concerns. They're experiencing difficulties with games and are reconnecting with their previous game.

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Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

No. I think if Girona stay up the table on equal points with Real Madrid they're not going down at the moment except I'd say when Girona's table position starts to slip but so far they're holding their own and yesterday's draw with Bilbao.

Well from here we still don't know how long Girona will last and maybe until the end of the season?
It can be said that Girona is still quite good in every match they always play impressively and that is an asset for them to stay up with Real Madrid.

[Hvdv]

Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

No. I think if Girona stay up the table on equal points with Real Madrid they're not going down at the moment except I'd say when Girona's table position starts to slip but so far they're holding their own and yesterday's draw with Bilbao.

Well from here we still don't know how long Girona will last and maybe until the end of the season?
It can be said that Girona is still quite good in every match they always play impressively and that is an asset for them to stay up with Real Madrid.

I think they will not be able to hold on to the race long enough to compete with Real Madrid. Of course, I remember that there was a season in the past when Real Sociedad was about to win La Liga, but I honestly do not know if I will watch a similar performance from Girona this year. Everything has gone great so far, but we need to investigate how things can get better from now on. I admit Girona is a good team, but Real and Barça are great teams.

[giammangiato]

Player	Goal
Bellingham J.	11
Griezmann A.	9
Mayoral B.	8
Gerard Moreno	8
Dovbyk A.	7
Oyarzabal M.	7
Lewandowski R.	7
Morata Á.	7
Budimir A.	7
Sørloth A.	6
Guruzeta G.	6
Duro H.	6
Willian José	6
Uzuni M.	5
Williams I.	5
Kubo T.	5
En-Nesyri Y.	5
Rodrygo	5
Arribas S.	5
Zaragoza B.	5
Joselu	5
Omorodion S.	5

Griezmann A. grow and grow to 9 goals, near to Bellingham J. with 11 goals. Lewandowski Robert is only to 7, i hope he can recover the shape.

[sana54210]

Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

I am not sure about that, Girona had just one tie and 4 wins in the last 5 games, which means that they are still doing quite well, and I think that's not an issue. Plus the team they got a tie with was Athletic Bilbao which is fifth in the league (and they are doing amazing considering their limit to just their own countrymen in the team), which is why that's fine, you can get a tie with fifth place team, that shouldn't be an issue at all.

I understand that it may not feel like a big deal to people, but this type of consistency for Girona is a big deal, they were not even in this league a few seasons ago and they are going for the title suddenly. It's a great example of david vs goliath type of situation that could help other smaller teams. After all the whole world right now is filled with a few teams in every league that does great, and doing terrible for all the other teams, girona could be an example for the other smaller teams to do better.

[Phoenix Anka]

The difficulties against Rayo continue, even if Gavi is not injured they will still struggle.  The Barcelona vs Rayo match depicted an uncreative midfield. Losing Gavi makes it even more difficult for Xavi to find a balanced replacement. De Jong has not been able to perform optimally, he looks still a little stiff. The attackers not getting good passes also make them look bad. The best striker in this moment is Yamal, he can open up space with his dribbling ability. So he should have been able to score a goal, but Barcelona was unlucky.

Look at the teams Rayo faced in the last 3 matches. Real Madrid, Girona and Barcelona. They faced three teams competing at the top of the league in a row. They only lost against Girona and drew against the other 2 teams, which I guess no one would have expected. That's why Rayo is not an easy team at all. They are a team that got a draw from Barcelona and Real Madrid. They may be better this year. Barcelona's injuries will be very annoying, especially in these weeks when they lose points. There is also an important tournament like the Champions League. They should make extra efforts to heal the injured.

[Leviathan.007]

Where do you get the information that Ancelotti said he is waiting for contract's extension in Real Madrid?
As far as I know, there are many news reported that Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid after this season ends. He is rumored to be the coach of Brazil national team. However, I don't know whether he is officially selected as Brazil coach or not.

I don't expect Xabi to manage Real Madrid in the near future. He should get enough experience as a coach before he returns to Real Madrid as a coach there. For the next season, I expect Zidane will return to Real Madrid. Or Real Madrid can extend Ancelotti's contract for 1-2 seasons (if he doesn't move to Brazil).

Carlo Ancelotti is widely linked with the position of coach of the Brazilian national team. Even so, Ancelotti admitted that he still hoped for a new contract from Real Madrid.
It is predicted that the veteran Italian coach will be the successor to Tite, who resigned following Brazil's failure at the 2022 World Cup. However, because Ancelotti is still under contract with Madrid, Brazil is believed to be willing to wait.
Ancelotti's contract at the Santiago Bernabeu itself will expire next summer. As a result, rumors surrounding Ancelotti's future are blowing even louder as to whether he will actually coach the Selecao or stay at Madrid. Moreover, it was recently reported that Los Blancos were interested in extending the contract of the 64 year old entrenador

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I hope if Anclotti continued his coaching period at Real Madrid because so far Anclotti has given his best for Los Blancos, but if Real Madrid does not intend to give Anclotti a new contract, it means that Real Madrid has prepared a new, more experienced coach, or is it possible that Zidane will return to coaching the team? This? What is certain is that Real Madrid will give a surprise at the end of Anclotti's contract.

While we are waiting to see Ancelotti extend his contract with Real Madrid or Real Madrid send an offer for Xabi Alonso to hire this coach from Leverkusen, it seems there is the possibility for Real Madrid to hire Lionel Scaloni. Lionel Scalon won the World Cup with Argentina and he can definitely be a good option for Real Madrid.

[Gaza13]

In Spanish League Girona vs Athletic Club today's match between two teams enjoyed a great game. Neither team could win this match. Both teams tried hard to win the match. Due to both teams scoring 1 goal, the match was a draw. For which both teams shared points.  Had to take. Neither team could score in the first half of the game. Girona's V. Tsygankov scored the 1st goal in the 55th minute. Athletic Club's I. Williams scored 1 goal in the 67th minute to draw the match.

Yes, Girona has shown or fought in the last match against Bilbao, Maybe many fans were a bit disappointed with this result, but the team tried hard to win the match but the opponent was quite strong. I think this draw is quite good, maybe in the future the coach will have to pay attention to the fitness of each player, there is still a long way to go to win this league. They have to be consistent in every match, if they want to get the title this year, if they are not consistent they will be left behind by many points compared to their competitors, because Real Madrid is at the top of the match 14 standings. Girona is a newcomer team that has surprised many parties, in particular Football observer on this team

[bitpotter]

Girona is slowly returning to underperformance. Even though they took the lead in the Athletic match, they could not maintain their lead. They are currently considered to share the leadership with Real Madrid, but Real is in the leadership seat with the advantage in goal difference. I honestly don't know how long Girona will stay in the race.

Real Madrid is the best team in La Liga and winning it have become an ultimate priority for Los Blancos this season. They will play their very best to suit into the picture. A detrimental squad cannot defeat an outstanding team in La Liga; I have not seen a random club defeat Real Madrid in a long time. They can only be at the top for a short time, as seen by the club's overall deterioration in performance. Girona's poor performance in league games has begun displaying concerns. They're experiencing difficulties with games and are reconnecting with their previous game.

That's how Real Madrid is, they won't stay silent, their place could be occupied longer by another team and maybe only Barcelona will be able to make things difficult for them. But Barcelona is also in a slump and they are 4 points behind Real Madrid. Girona is not a threat if they are unable to maintain the performance they have built and perhaps it would be more appropriate for them to finish in the top 4 rather than being in title contention.

[Fara Chan]

I think they will not be able to hold on to the race long enough to compete with Real Madrid. Of course, I remember that there was a season in the past when Real Sociedad was about to win La Liga, but I honestly do not know if I will watch a similar performance from Girona this year. Everything has gone great so far, but we need to investigate how things can get better from now on. I admit Girona is a good team, but Real and Barça are great teams.

So far I have only seen three really good teams in La Liga, namely Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, Barcelona doesn't seem to be any better than last season because currently Barcelona has to sit in the top four after competing 14 times in La Liga. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid has managed to place itself in third place in the standings even though it has not yet played its 14th match this season. This means that Barcelona is no better than Atletico Madrid, especially comparing it with Girona and Real Madrid, it is clear that Barcelona has been quite behind all this time.

[rahmad2nd]

The difficulties against Rayo continue, even if Gavi is not injured they will still struggle.  The Barcelona vs Rayo match depicted an uncreative midfield. Losing Gavi makes it even more difficult for Xavi to find a balanced replacement. De Jong has not been able to perform optimally, he looks still a little stiff. The attackers not getting good passes also make them look bad. The best striker in this moment is Yamal, he can open up space with his dribbling ability. So he should have been able to score a goal, but Barcelona was unlucky.

Let's review this match, I think Xavi is more focused on the Champions League match which will be held after the match against Rayo. we can refer to several pains who sat on the bench, such as Joao Felix, Iikay Gundohan. In the match against Rayo, De Jong had just recovered from his injury. and as in previous matches, we can refer to the fact that this player from the Netherlands has not yet found a strong bond with Oriol Romeu to fill each other's positions. In the end, De Jong's performance was not visible at all. In fact, even without Gavi, Barcelona should be able to overthrow Rayo if we talk based on statistics and player depth.

However, in fact, the match did not go smoothly, as did Pedri's performance after being absent for quite a long time. Apart from that, if I'm not mistaken, Xavi tried to apply two patterns in one match. in the first half with a 4-3-3 pattern, in the second half there was a change to a 4-2-3-1 pattern. Since Rayo scored a goal in the first half in the 39th minute, until the end of the match they tended to play closely. In the second half, Xavi tried to increase the intensity of his squad by including several core players and the system was changed. but in fact, of the 10 total shots they had, only 2 were on target, 3 were big opportunities, 1 shot hit the goalpost. the rest, as you said and I'm just trying to say from another point of view. In essence, Barcelona was just unlucky in this match and at the same time benefited from an own goal by one of Rayo's players. The point is, Xavi is more focused on preparing his squad for the Champions League match which will be held today.