La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[BIT-BENDER]

It's half time and Barcelona are playing a draw to Almeria. I don't know what other signs the Barcelona management wants to see to figure out that Xavi Hernandez is just not the coach for the club, Barcelona should be blowing Almeria away right now.
The attack of Barcelona is becoming a weak threat, Okay Gundogan is not finding life as easy for him as he did at Manchester city, he isn't having the freedom to make those runs into the box any more.

[red4slash]

Barcelona's problem this season is not only about the goal productivity of their strikers, but Barcelona is also disturbed in defense. Barcelona only conceded 20 goals in 38 matches last season, but this season they have conceded 19 goals in 17 matches. Barcelona's goals per game ratio is relatively low compared to Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Girona and also Real Madrid. These are several problems that Xavi must immediately resolve, otherwise Barcelona will not be able to compete until the end of the season to defend its title.

Until week 17, Real Madrid was the strongest team in defense with only conceding 11 goals. Their goal productivity is also very impressive, but unfortunately Girona, who is in good form, has managed to lead the standings at the moment. I know Real Madrid can easily throw Girona into second place, that's because the gap between the two points is only 2 points.

For defense problems, it seems that Xavi is giving too many experiments that make this not very good for them, such as when sometimes putting Kounde or even Cancelo in different positions which makes their performance not 100 percent maximum because they have to adapt to a new position besides that, this is like what @red4slash said indirectly Barcelona's performance and the attack patterns they make are what makes the defense disturbed.
We know that with the tiki taka that occurs, the quality of Barcelona's attacks, especially when especially when trying to control the rhythm, there will definitely be a lot of players who must be ready in attack, making some of their defenders inevitably have to help attack which makes their defense a lot of gaps that can be exploited.
This is what happens when their attacking patterns are read and indeed conceding 19 goals at the moment is a problem especially when compared to before where they were so strong that they even conceded only 20 goals in 38 games played last season.

In this match Xavi also did the same thing by playing Cancelo in a position that was not his best position
Actually if I look at the current composition of the players, i prefer to enter Kounde as a right fullback and restore Cancelo's position at left fullback to replace Balde.
Balde is a pretty good player but he is a slow player so this could be a problem when the fullback is too far in the opposition defence he won't be able to get back to his position properly when the counter attack is launched.

At the moment the first half between Barcelona and Almeria is over and the score at the end of the first half is 1-1. Of course this must be a concern because if in this match Barcelona still fail to win full points then their position in terms of points could be even further away from Madrid and Girona.

[hahay]

Barcelona vs Almeria match is attacking between two teams and both teams are performing well. But in today's match, Barcelona has the highest chance of winning because the match is being held at Barcelona's home ground. And for the most part, Barcelona's players have the most attacking moments and possession of the ball, which is why they can be expected to be able to attack as well. And today's match will be easy for Barcelona to win if Barcelona players play hard. Although Barcelona will have a great attack in their home ground to win today's match, as they previously lost at home to Girona, so they will try to play well in today's match. And the betting sites currently have the most Odds boosted by the way the game is played and accordingly we can be sure that Barcelona will win today and earn their points.

But unfortunately, the score is 1-1 at half time and ya, I think that's a bad result for Barcelona. Indeed, there is still a second half but at least, if we consider this kind of score in the first half, then I think Barcelona really has a very poor performance quality in this moment. Because after all, Barcelona in this match played at home and also, the opponent Barcelona faced in this match was Almeria who was at the bottom of the La Liga standings at this time.

But yes, the fact is that Barcelona still conceded after successfully making a goal first and with results like this, of course Barcelona managed to disappoint their fans. Therefore, it is hoped that in the second half Barcelona can play more aggressively and not be satisfied with just 1 goal. Because yes, it is appropriate for Barcelona to be able to win with a big score in this match.

[Abu-Naim]

It's half time and Barcelona are playing a draw to Almeria. I don't know what other signs the Barcelona management wants to see to figure out that Xavi Hernandez is just not the coach for the club, Barcelona should be blowing Almeria away right now.
The attack of Barcelona is becoming a weak threat, Okay Gundogan is not finding life as easy for him as he did at Manchester city, he isn't having the freedom to make those runs into the box any more.

Almeria won Barcelona last season at home when Xavi start coaching, but before his appointment as the manager, Barcelona was winning Almeria both home and away and they almost play them clean sheet, but this time, Barcelona has already allowed Almeria to score a goal in this match already; and with the last match they played which Almeria won, I am afraid because they can win or draw this match because Barcelona is not more a consistent team because they did not win any of their last two matches, in fact they lose their match against Girona, draw against Valencia, and now already playing a draw against a bottom table team they are supposed to be flogging by now.

[AprilioMP]

Barcelona must be able to win in today's match because currently Barcelona is aiming for the top three positions in the standings which have often been hindered by Atletico Madrid. And because yesterday's Atletico Madrid match ended in a draw at home. Of course this will be quite profitable for Barcelona today where Barcelona can try to score more goals in order to get into the top three positions in the standings so that they can continue to be safe in the UCL zone until the end of the season.

But unfortunately Barcelona is having difficulty scoring many goals against Almeria in the current match. The first half ended in a 1-1 draw and now the second half is underway.
There is a chance for Barcelona to win in this match, but in my opinion, those who are watching this match streaming will not be easy because Almeria is also good at creating opportunities.

When Atletico Madrid was only able to draw against Getafe, Barcelona should have taken advantage of this match against Almeria. Apart from targeting 3 points, Barcelona needs to target winning with a bigger goal margin because for me that is very influential.
But this match has only been 60 minutes and Bacrcelona's temporary winning goal has just been scored by Sergi Roberto.
2-1 to Barcelona.

[Adams0001]

It's half time and Barcelona are playing a draw to Almeria. I don't know what other signs the Barcelona management wants to see to figure out that Xavi Hernandez is just not the coach for the club, Barcelona should be blowing Almeria away right now.
The attack of Barcelona is becoming a weak threat, Okay Gundogan is not finding life as easy for him as he did at Manchester city, he isn't having the freedom to make those runs into the box any more.

Barcelona are just getting worse since Girona defeated them, they have not won any league matches since, xavi needs to do something in the second half of the game because I see Barcelona are better than them this season and they deserve to win this match and continue chasing the league trophy because the league has not gone fa, but if they lose this game I will say they should just forget about the league, because I dont thing they can catch Real Madrid and Girona in league table because I know real madrid will win there match tomorrow against Alaves and they will get clean three points.

Because I don't believe Barcelona can play weak games this season they just need to sign some new strikers in the transfer window next year, because Lewandowski is not in good form and he can perform very well for them this season, they should just find Replacement for him in the next transfer windows.

[Roseline492]

Barcelona must be able to win in today's match because currently Barcelona is aiming for the top three positions in the standings which have often been hindered by Atletico Madrid. And because yesterday's Atletico Madrid match ended in a draw at home. Of course this will be quite profitable for Barcelona today where Barcelona can try to score more goals in order to get into the top three positions in the standings so that they can continue to be safe in the UCL zone until the end of the season.

Actually Barcelona has decided to change there pattern of play today because they seem very good in times of performance on this there match today, they were able to score on the 33 minutes of the match and it was not up 14 minutes Almeria equalize but however Barcelona still manages to score 2-1 on 60 minutes of the match, Although Almeria has pulled a quite impressive performance on this there match because if it was during the time Barcelona was known by there performance they would have score Almeria more than 3 goals by now but it was very unfortunate for Barcelona of not being able to maintain or defend there winning but however Almeria has manages to equalize 2-2, so with the look of things is obvious that the match will end in draw.

[Marykeller]

Barcelona could finally sigh some relief with an easy fixture coming their way against Almeria, who are at the bottom of the league, leaking goals. Almeria have conceded 39 goals in just 17 games. Barcelona havn't won a match in their last 3 and would be looking to get one tonight. The attackers and defenders could use this fixture to build confidence and score goals while keeping cleansheet.

Barcelona must be able to win in today's match because currently Barcelona is aiming for the top three positions in the standings which have often been hindered by Atletico Madrid. And because yesterday's Atletico Madrid match ended in a draw at home. Of course this will be quite profitable for Barcelona today where Barcelona can try to score more goals in order to get into the top three positions in the standings so that they can continue to be safe in the UCL zone until the end of the season.

So far in the second half of the match between both teams(Barcelona vs Almeria), the scoreline is 2:2. It is unbelievable that Barcelona is dragging victory with the bottom team of the Laliga table, upon they are playing the match at their home, they still find it hard to comfortably win with many goals against Almeria.
It will be a game of shame if Barcelona can't win Almeria but have a draw match with them at the 90 minutes of play. I don't know what will be Xavi excuse be if this match later ends in a draw.

[un_rank]

Barcelona are winning and look to see out the game, but their overall play has not been convincing at all. Struggling against teams like Almeria who are sitting at the bottom of the table means they will find it very difficult to make it to the quarter finals against Napoli in the champions league.

Remains to be seen if the squad is boosted during the January transfer window.

- Jay -

[Mr.suevie]

It's half time and Barcelona are playing a draw to Almeria. I don't know what other signs the Barcelona management wants to see to figure out that Xavi Hernandez is just not the coach for the club, Barcelona should be blowing Almeria away right now.
The attack of Barcelona is becoming a weak threat, Okay Gundogan is not finding life as easy for him as he did at Manchester city, he isn't having the freedom to make those runs into the box any more.

Barcelona are just getting worse since Girona defeated them, they have not won any league matches since, xavi needs to do something in the second half of the game because I see Barcelona are better than them this season and they deserve to win this match and continue chasing the league trophy because the league has not gone fa, but if they lose this game I will say they should just forget about the league, because I dont thing they can catch Real Madrid and Girona in league table because I know real madrid will win there match tomorrow against Alaves and they will get clean three points.

Barcelona is starting to really annoy me because it's like that defeat they suffered from Girona has really affected the team because ever since winning games has been a thing of struggling for them just as this night also they are struggling to find the winning goal against this almeria team and although it looks certain in the papers that the game would be an easy win for them but with the way Barcelona are playing I can never be so sure to play or predict them to win their games with comfort.

[Stepstowealth]

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So far in the second half of the match between both teams(Barcelona vs Almeria), the scoreline is 2:2. It is unbelievable that Barcelona is dragging victory with the bottom team of the Laliga table, upon they are playing the match at their home, they still find it hard to comfortably win with many goals against Almeria.
It will be a game of shame if Barcelona can't win Almeria but have a draw match with them at the 90 minutes of play. I don't know what will be Xavi excuse be if this match later ends in a draw.

Lucky for Barcelona Sergi Roberto has scored a second goal, a goal that looks like will be enough to win the game for them even though their performance has been very poor. Barcelona are shit right now, this season will likely finish without them being able to win anything, not the Spanish league, not the champions league too. I just wonder what the problem of Barcelona is currently, could it be the players, the management? or is it the coach? The race for Spanish glory is between Real Madrid and Girona.

[skarais]

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So far in the second half of the match between both teams(Barcelona vs Almeria), the scoreline is 2:2. It is unbelievable that Barcelona is dragging victory with the bottom team of the Laliga table, upon they are playing the match at their home, they still find it hard to comfortably win with many goals against Almeria.
It will be a game of shame if Barcelona can't win Almeria but have a draw match with them at the 90 minutes of play. I don't know what will be Xavi excuse be if this match later ends in a draw.

Barcelona has returned ahead of Almeria. The current score is 3-2 after Sergi Roberto scored his second goal. Barcelona had difficulty winning this match because Almeria played with high enthusiasm, but Barcelona really dominated this match and really did not deserve to lose points.

Now the match is over and Barcelona managed to win this match even though they really struggled throughout the match. The captain scored 2 goals, the other goal was scored by Raphinha, this was a good comeback for the team after Jordi Alba's visit some time ago. Lewandowski again failed to score a goal, of course this is not good for him at all because as a striker he has to score goals to maintain his good performance.

[Majestic-milf]

Barcelona is starting to really annoy me because it's like that defeat they suffered from Girona has really affected the team because ever since winning games has been a thing of struggling for them just as this night also they are struggling to find the winning goal against this almeria team and although it looks certain in the papers that the game would be an easy win for them but with the way Barcelona are playing I can never be so sure to play or predict them to win their games with comfort.

I'm a bit disappointed by their performance and even though it was a win for them, I expected them to keep a clean sheet because if you think of it, Almeria is no match for their standard but what did we see? Two goals from them and at some point it looked as if Barca needed them to score before they'd get pushed to find a goal. From statistics, they were the stronger side but those goals conceded was a testament that Barcelona should not underestimate any club.

[puloweh555]

Barcelona are winning and look to see out the game, but their overall play has not been convincing at all. Struggling against teams like Almeria who are sitting at the bottom of the table means they will find it very difficult to make it to the quarter finals against Napoli in the champions league.

Remains to be seen if the squad is boosted during the January transfer window.

- Jay -

Barcelona Even though they won, it was still disappointing. The reason is that Xavi has set another record, for the first time in Almeira's history he was able to score two goals when he hosted Barcelona on his own. Inaki Pena also didn't perform well, often conceding goals. Hopefully Stegen will recover soon so he can face Napoli in the UCL of course.

Another interesting fact is that Roberto had three chances to score two goals, one of which hit the goal post, while with Lewy there were five chances but none of them became goals. What's wrong with this person? Barcelona's defense is very weak and Almeria's two goals came from mistakes from Barcelona's own defenders, Xavi must be able to handle small things like these mistakes well in the next matches.

[Belarge]

I'm a bit disappointed by their performance and even though it was a win for them, I expected them to keep a clean sheet because if you think of it, America is no match for their standard but what did we see? Two goals from them and at some point it looked as if Barca needed them to score before they'd get pushed to find a goal. From statistics, they were the stronger side but those goals conceded was a testament that Barcelona should not underestimate any club.

Xavi Hernandez and the team's supporters are quite aware of how rough and weak Barcelona have grown to become, all these mediocre teams have no regards for Barcelona because the Blaugrana in question is not in form. They barely win matches with ease efforts. Camp Nou have become any other random stadium in La Liga this season because Barcelona have found it to be difficult to easily win their opponents on home ground. The wining might be considered to be one of these lucky stars that got triggered by Barcelona. 3-2 victory against an average side doesn't seem to be promising for elite team.

[skarais]

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Barcelona Even though they won, it was still disappointing. The reason is that Xavi has set another record, for the first time in Almeira's history he was able to score two goals when he hosted Barcelona on his own. Inaki Pena also didn't perform well, often conceding goals. Hopefully Stegen will recover soon so he can face Napoli in the UCL of course.

Another interesting fact is that Roberto had three chances to score two goals, one of which hit the goal post, while with Lewy there were five chances but none of them became goals. What's wrong with this person? Barcelona's defense is very weak and Almeria's two goals came from mistakes from Barcelona's own defenders, Xavi must be able to handle small things like these mistakes well in the next matches.

Barcelona's defense was not as strong as last season, and because of that their goal productivity also decreased. Of course, Xavi has to solve his defensive problems this season, which quite often concedes goals in every game, this is never good considering Barcelona have conceded 21 goals in 18 La Liga matches.  It is true that Ter Stegen's injury made it easy for Barcelona to concede goals, although Inaki Pena Sotorres was also able to perform well with several important saves.

In the match against Almeria, Inaki Pena Sotorres made 3 saves from Almeria's 5 goal opportunities. Meanwhile, what was unexpected was that Almeria goalkeeper Luis Maximiano made 8 saves from Barcelona's 11 goal opportunities. Whether this happened by coincidence or not, Barcelona has so far faced many good goalkeepers in La Liga in every match.

[lalabotax]

Barcelona are winning and look to see out the game, but their overall play has not been convincing at all. Struggling against teams like Almeria who are sitting at the bottom of the table means they will find it very difficult to make it to the quarter finals against Napoli in the champions league.

Remains to be seen if the squad is boosted during the January transfer window.

- Jay -

Even though Barcelona had lots of opportunities to attack and they also dominated the game. But unfortunately they conceded 2 goals from Almeria. But luckily, they still won because of Roberto's last goal. Roberto is Barcelona's savior this time. Yes, in the upcoming transfer market, Xavi should think about several new players to strengthen his team again. Competition is now getting tougher .

[Alpha Marine]

Barcelona Even though they won, it was still disappointing. The reason is that Xavi has set another record, for the first time in Almeira's history he was able to score two goals when he hosted Barcelona on his own. Inaki Pena also didn't perform well, often conceding goals. Hopefully Stegen will recover soon so he can face Napoli in the UCL of course.

Barcelona needs to fix up fast. They are so poor. Allowing a team like Almeria to score you two goals is not the attitude of a club that wants to win the league. You can't win the league with a defense like that.
The two main problem for Barcelona is their attack and their defense. Lewandoski, Raphinha, and Felix don't score or make defenders worried while the defense concedes too much. Until they fix both these problems, they'll be going nowhere.

Another interesting fact is that Roberto had three chances to score two goals, one of which hit the goal post, while with Lewy there were five chances but none of them became goals.

Honestly, Lewandoski is a weak link in this Barcelona team. He just gets worse each day. Barcelona better hope Vitor Roque will be able to hit top form once he joins them in January because they need a striker that can score 3 out of 5 chances and 2 out of 3 chances every match. On a bad day, he should get 1 out of 3 chances.

[Franctoshi]

Barcelona has returned ahead of Almeria. The current score is 3-2 after Sergi Roberto scored his second goal. Barcelona had difficulty winning this match because Almeria played with high enthusiasm, but Barcelona really dominated this match and really did not deserve to lose points.

Now the match is over and Barcelona managed to win this match even though they really struggled throughout the match. The captain scored 2 goals, the other goal was scored by Raphinha, this was a good comeback for the team after Jordi Alba's visit some time ago. Lewandowski again failed to score a goal, of course this is not good for him at all because as a striker he has to score goals to maintain his good performance.

Barcelona escaped draw in tonight's game, and they played the game unlike the normal Barcelona team, They missed ample of opportunities to score more of goals even when they were still playing a 2-2 draw in the game. Robert Lewandowski and the rest all were too lazy and wasn't smart with finishing when they had the ball in possession and in the 18 yard box, at some point I lost interest watching the match because of how bored the Barcelona team were playing. They were lucky they got that late hour goal in the 83rd minutes that put the game in their favour.

[skarais]

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Barcelona escaped draw in tonight's game, and they played the game unlike the normal Barcelona team, They missed ample of opportunities to score more of goals even when they were still playing a 2-2 draw in the game. Robert Lewandowski and the rest all were too lazy and wasn't smart with finishing when they had the ball in possession and in the 18 yard box, at some point I lost interest watching the match because of how bored Barcelona was playing.

Yes, that's what Barcelona is like now. They played well at times with lots of goal chances, but not many of them were able to score. I don't completely blame the Barcelona players for taking advantage of this opportunity, but this also depends on the performance of the goalkeeper they are facing. On average, teams that play against Barcelona are very eager to get points, even if they are at the bottom of the standings. What Almeria did today they didn't show in other matches, even in matches against fellow teams in the relegation zone.

Does Barcelona have weaknesses in their strategy that other teams are exploiting? Maybe, but somehow sometimes I feel like the average team played really well against Barcelona in La Liga this season, while they played so ridiculously in other games.