La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Cryptmuster]

Barcelona's recent performance has been a little more disappointing because they got less than satisfactory results in the previous two matches, losing against Gorona, drawing against Valencia and only winning the last match against Almeria. But in this victory I saw that their strength was still quite weak and Almeria could even give the match a draw if they really took advantage of the last opportunity before the match was over.

In the round of 16 they will face Napoli and for Xavi Hernandez, this is an important match so that they are not eliminated in the next round. Napoli is not an easy opponent even though their current performance is not much better than Barcelona, but Barcelona must be quite wary of the surprises that Napoli will give them.

Barcelona's defense began to play significantly worse in recent matches, and since Xavi has always been focused on defensive play, this immediately affected their results. Barcelona's attack since Xavi's arrival has generally been relatively weak and with good defending it has produced results, but now things have worsened.

Girona will have a difficult match with Betis away today, let me remind you that a few rounds ago Real lost points in the match with Betis, so Girona should be very careful with such a dangerous opponent.

[klidex]

Barcelona have been poor lately after failing to win any if their last 3 matches in all competitions before today’s match against Almeria. They got lucky to win the match today, Almeria also showed they cannot be underrated and fought hard but they couldn’t get any points today. Barcelona really needs to up their game else they will get nowhere, they currently 3rd position in the La Liga and got promoted to the Champions league round of 16 but the question is with this form can they go far beyond the knockout stage? Can they even win Napoli? I think they can if they try their their best because Napoli is also not performing well.

Barcelona's recent performance has been a little more disappointing because they got less than satisfactory results in the previous two matches, losing against Gorona, drawing against Valencia and only winning the last match against Almeria. But in this victory I saw that their strength was still quite weak and Almeria could even give the match a draw if they really took advantage of the last opportunity before the match was over.

In the round of 16 they will face Napoli and for Xavi Hernandez, this is an important match so that they are not eliminated in the next round. Napoli is not an easy opponent even though their current performance is not much better than Barcelona, but Barcelona must be quite wary of the surprises that Napoli will give them.

I think Barcelona victory is not extraordinary because Barcelona should have been able to put pressure on Almeria and try not to concede a goal. In fact, I saw that Almeria didn't seem to have too much difficulty breaking into Barcelona's defense because they only took a few shots towards goal but were able to score 2 goals, whereas Barcelona, who took more shots didn't put much pressure even though in the end Barcelona was able to score 3 goals for this win, even though I hoped Barcelona would can maintain their defense not to concede a goal. Maybe if it wasn't for luck that was still on Barcelona side, the match could have ended in a draw.

I'm not really sure about Barcelona current performance. Napoli cannot be underestimated, even though Napoli is not very stable, Barcelona condition is also not very stable, so this is quite a difficult match for both of them to fight for the next round.

[Ahli38]

I think Barcelona victory is not extraordinary because Barcelona should have been able to put pressure on Almeria and try not to concede a goal. In fact, I saw that Almeria didn't seem to have too much difficulty breaking into Barcelona's defense because they only took a few shots towards goal but were able to score 2 goals, whereas Barcelona, who took more shots didn't put much pressure even though in the end Barcelona was able to score 3 goals for this win, even though I hoped Barcelona would can maintain their defense not to concede a goal. Maybe if it wasn't for luck that was still on Barcelona side, the match could have ended in a draw.

I'm not really sure about Barcelona current performance. Napoli cannot be underestimated, even though Napoli is not very stable, Barcelona condition is also not very stable, so this is quite a difficult match for both of them to fight for the next round.

So true. Even though Barcelona won this match, we all still realize that Barcelona currently has many weaknesses that must be corrected. Their defense is also not as strong as last season. Last season J. Kounde was always a player who could make Barcelona's defense difficult to touch. But this season, this player has started to lose his best performance. And we can no longer expect Robert Lewandowski in attack to score many goals this season. But at least he still played well and was able to make 1 assist in that match.

But still, even though Almeria were not the hosts, they almost made this match end in a draw. In fact, I didn't expect Almeria to be able to score 2 goals against Barcelona. Xavi must really improve the overall performance of this team. Because in the UCL they have quite a difficult opponent to face, namely Napoli. Even though I am not a fan of Serie A football, I know that Napoli is an opponent that should not be underestimated. Last season they even qualified for the semi-finals.

[X-ray]

Every club has a period of glory when they will have some of the best players and fortunately win diverse prestigious trophies. Xavi Hernandez is not doing badly as a coach haven helped the club to win the La Liga last season, qualifying for the Champions League second round and currently in the third position in the La Liga.

if Xavi is given the freedom to bring in players to his team, without considering the club's finances. I believe Xavi can make Barca dominate La Liga.

I think that we shall only talk based on the reality if barcelona is having serious issue with its financial. It's caused by the club was alwasy suffering the lose. It means that barcelona never got profit from any football activities. The club has very big debts that is almost impossible to be paid off.
Barcelona is still also owe transfer money that have not been paid to the other clubs. The blaugrana becomes even closer to the word of bankrupt. This is also the main reason xavi puts all of players for sale to raise some money.

Even if it's a good coach when they run into financial problems at the club. it will not be easy to manage their players to play as well as Barca.
Xavi has done his best. regardless of whether the assessment of the team's current performance has decreased or not. However, everyone sees how good his quality is in coaching.

The main problem of barcelona is jus starting right now. The club has no financial strength and it makes barcelona have no choice other than try to liquidate as many players as possible to be exchanged with some money.
Xavi may feel very disappointed if he must lose some important players owned by barcelona due to the financial condition. Xavi will not put  em all for sell if barcelona is not in a difficult situation like this tiem.

The club may perform even worst than this time. The chance to win the game becomes even smaller than before. Barcelona may officially out from title race if the club sell many of its key players.

[naira]

I think Barcelona victory is not extraordinary because Barcelona should have been able to put pressure on Almeria and try not to concede a goal. In fact, I saw that Almeria didn't seem to have too much difficulty breaking into Barcelona's defense because they only took a few shots towards goal but were able to score 2 goals, whereas Barcelona, who took more shots didn't put much pressure even though in the end Barcelona was able to score 3 goals for this win, even though I hoped Barcelona would can maintain their defense not to concede a goal. Maybe if it wasn't for luck that was still on Barcelona side, the match could have ended in a draw.

I'm not really sure about Barcelona current performance. Napoli cannot be underestimated, even though Napoli is not very stable, Barcelona condition is also not very stable, so this is quite a difficult match for both of them to fight for the next round.

That's right, conceding 2 goals is still an important note for Xavi, considering that Almeria game is also quite capable of providing balanced pressure. Even though they lost Almeria deserves praise for being able to equalize the score in the 71st minute, trailing by 1 goal and finally conceding again. Overall Barcelona is ahead but with a total of 30 shots compared to 11 on target, we can still match Almeria who were able to launch 10 shots with 5 of them on target. So there were 19 Barcelona shots that were wasted.

[execijutiere]

Barcelona are in a bad run of form.I saw them struggle to beat Almeria, who are at the bottom of the league and are certain to be relegated.I didn't expect them to struggle so much even though it was at home.I think Barcelona gave their opponent too many chances.I think it's a bad result for them that the match ended 3-2 despite playing 65% of the ball and having 30 shots at home.Of course it's important that they got 3 points, but I don't think it makes sense to have such a difficult win against an opponent who has not won yet and has 5 points after 17 games.

[Mayor of ogba]

Real Betis vs Girona it will going to be a tough match but Real Betis will be the team that will embrace victory from the match, because they know how to use some strange tactics in their home to defeat their opponent which will be one of the advantage they will apply to defeat Girona in this match. I know Girona has done well in this season to handle the first position in two matches for the victory they got from other teams but it will not be easy for them in this match to succeed again because Real Betis players will not allow such thing to happen than to disgrace them with 2-0 for the favour of Real Betis. Deportivo Alaves vs Real Madrid will not going to be a tough match and Real Madrid will take victory from this match to return back to first position in the la Liga league table to make their fans happy again.

The match between Real Betis and Girona today will be a tough one. Real Betis will want to win against Girona to keep their hope of qualifying for the Europa League next season alive, while Girona will want to win against Real Betis to keep leading at the top of the La Liga table. But I see Girona to win Real Betis or draw.

[Ahli38]

Barcelona are in a bad run of form.I saw them struggle to beat Almeria, who are at the bottom of the league and are certain to be relegated.I didn't expect them to struggle so much even though it was at home.I think Barcelona gave their opponent too many chances.I think it's a bad result for them that the match ended 3-2 despite playing 65% of the ball and having 30 shots at home.Of course it's important that they got 3 points, but I don't think it makes sense to have such a difficult win against an opponent who has not won yet and has 5 points after 17 games.

Barcelona had even more opportunities which they failed to take advantage of in this match. I think there are several things that made Barcelona focus too much on attack and forget about defense in this match. Or maybe because they underestimated their opponents too much in this match. I am personally quite satisfied with the 3 goals they managed to score in this match. But what I'm really worried about is that they also conceded 2 goals. It is clear that Xavi has to start thinking about a new strategy to make the Barcelona squad have a better balance between the front, middle and back lines. And actually Barcelona has time to improve their team's performance before the UCL matches in the next few months. Because in the next few weeks Barcelona will have quite easy opponents. So Xavi can start to make Barcelona improve their performance comfortably by competing and winning matches that should be easy wins for Barcelona in the next few weeks.

[coinerer]

Real Betis vs Girona it will going to be a tough match but Real Betis will be the team that will embrace victory from the match, because they know how to use some strange tactics in their home to defeat their opponent which will be one of the advantage they will apply to defeat Girona in this match. I know Girona has done well in this season to handle the first position in two matches for the victory they got from other teams but it will not be easy for them in this match to succeed again because Real Betis players will not allow such thing to happen than to disgrace them with 2-0 for the favour of Real Betis. Deportivo Alaves vs Real Madrid will not going to be a tough match and Real Madrid will take victory from this match to return back to first position in the la Liga league table to make their fans happy again.

The match between Real Betis and Girona today will be a tough one. Real Betis will want to win against Girona to keep their hope of qualifying for the Europa League next season alive, while Girona will want to win against Real Betis to keep leading at the top of the La Liga table. But I see Girona to win Real Betis or draw.

Girona is high potential for win and they will get another 3 point today. Girona are also beating Real Madrid this time and have been holding the top position in the points table for a long time so it is safe to say that they have enough preparation for every match and they don't seem to miss today's match either. Girona's performance has surprised us in this series. They have not been seen playing like this before but this time they are going to break all the previous records and set new records and they have already surpassed their previous records. And this time they have a chance to become champions So playing against Real Betis will not be stressful for them.

[execijutiere]

Barcelona are in a bad run of form.I saw them struggle to beat Almeria, who are at the bottom of the league and are certain to be relegated.I didn't expect them to struggle so much even though it was at home.I think Barcelona gave their opponent too many chances.I think it's a bad result for them that the match ended 3-2 despite playing 65% of the ball and having 30 shots at home.Of course it's important that they got 3 points, but I don't think it makes sense to have such a difficult win against an opponent who has not won yet and has 5 points after 17 games.

Barcelona had even more opportunities which they failed to take advantage of in this match. I think there are several things that made Barcelona focus too much on attack and forget about defense in this match. Or maybe because they underestimated their opponents too much in this match. I am personally quite satisfied with the 3 goals they managed to score in this match. But what I'm really worried about is that they also conceded 2 goals. It is clear that Xavi has to start thinking about a new strategy to make the Barcelona squad have a better balance between the front, middle and back lines. And actually Barcelona has time to improve their team's performance before the UCL matches in the next few months. Because in the next few weeks Barcelona will have quite easy opponents. So Xavi can start to make Barcelona improve their performance comfortably by competing and winning matches that should be easy wins for Barcelona in the next few weeks.

I agree with the part that they underestimated their opponents.I think that if they hadn't been underestimated, they wouldn't have conceded so many goals.While focusing on the attack, they neglected the defense and conceded goals.Xavi needs to solve this problem as soon as possible.He will want to achieve success both in the champions league and in the league and conceding too many goals is a problem that a team like Barcelona cannot accept.He can try some players in this process.Since the opponents will be easy, he will make changes in the first 11 and rest other players.

[Justbillywitt]

Real Betis vs Girona it will going to be a tough match but Real Betis will be the team that will embrace victory from the match, because they know how to use some strange tactics in their home to defeat their opponent which will be one of the advantage they will apply to defeat Girona in this match. I know Girona has done well in this season to handle the first position in two matches for the victory they got from other teams but it will not be easy for them in this match to succeed again because Real Betis players will not allow such thing to happen than to disgrace them with 2-0 for the favour of Real Betis. Deportivo Alaves vs Real Madrid will not going to be a tough match and Real Madrid will take victory from this match to return back to first position in the la Liga league table to make their fans happy again.

The match between Real Betis and Girona today will be a tough one. Real Betis will want to win against Girona to keep their hope of qualifying for the Europa League next season alive, while Girona will want to win against Real Betis to keep leading at the top of the La Liga table. But I see Girona to win Real Betis or draw.

Girona will win this match, I know Real Betis  are also fighting to get an Europa league spot next season, but Girona has a bigger ambition and this hunger will drive them to go the extra mile to get the maximum points in this fixture. It is going to be a win for Girona I have no doubt about this. A draw is not good for Girona at this stage so I don't see a draw coming out from this game.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona had a really big difficulty in beating Almeria. Whenever they got ahead there was an answer by Almeria but finally Barcelona managed to win after getting ahead the third time.    Lewandowski was silent about scoring a goal today but at least he made an assist. This win was really important for Xavi indeed considering their recent form.

They lost five points in their previous two games in the end. If they lost points in this game as well then probably the point gap with Girona and Real Madrid both would have been wider. But this season will be really tough for Barcelona anyway. I don't feel like they will be able to win the La Liga title.  

Defending the tittle was my honest wish, from the start I've always rooted for them to defend the title bit injuries affected Barcelona. Though, I would say that they didn't start the season strongly. They struggled like we didn't expect and it affected how they played in La Liga and partly Champions League.
Tue management backing Xavi Hernandez makes sense, that's the right call to make, it won't be just nice throwing off a manager who won you the tittle last season. Besides, Barcelona are good at giving them legends time for upgrades and change.

They should level up and stop all of this unnecessary comparisons with Girona. Ain't it shameful? They should be doing this with Real Madrid and not Girona TBH!!

I hope Barcelona can make that improvement and send Girona below them and Real Madrid. However after seeing how desperate Barcelona were against Girona a short time ago I really don't know about whether they can do this. Losing by 4-2 is really unacceptable for Barcelona. They aren't playing their home games in their home stadium temporarily now.

This is a disadvantage for Barcelona of course but not an excuse to lose points in the games they should be able to win. Girona have a much better team performance despite having a much less valuable squad. Barcelona also need this spirit to be able to compete with them and Real Madrid both.

[wmaurik]

This has to show you how badly the team is playing now. There has been crisis at the club, and the one everyone know is their financial challenges. But they can't continue to struggle to get results. I wasn't expecting them to conced that number of goal against Almeria. They have to bring in some defenders to boast their defense in the January transfer window if they are to far in the Champions league or even make top 4 this season

It will also be quite difficult for Barcelona to get talented new players if Barcelona is still experiencing problems with their own finances. Because in the transfer market there will definitely be many teams who want to be a part of buying the best players so the competition may only be in the finances of each team itself. Barcelona still has to fight with the players they currently have, hoping for more wins and being able to beat Atletico Madrid, which is still often an obstacle for Barcelona in the top four of La Liga.

[udidrone]

Today we have one interesting match between Betis v Girona can Girona maintain their position in the standings? Betis is always a worrying opponent when playing at home and Girona is the strongest team in La liga, I didn't see Sportsbook favored one of them and this makes us a gambler a little confused. could Sportsbook estimate that the two teams will draw? because if the end result draw will not affect their position at the top of the standings still 3 points ahead. To place a bet we should have to wait for the match to run in the first half and observe how the two teams play.

[snipie]

Today we have one interesting match between Betis v Girona can Girona maintain their position in the standings? Betis is always a worrying opponent when playing at home and Girona is the strongest team in La liga, I didn't see Sportsbook favored one of them and this makes us a gambler a little confused. could Sportsbook estimate that the two teams will draw? because if the end result draw will not affect their position at the top of the standings still 3 points ahead. To place a bet we should have to wait for the match to run in the first half and observe how the two teams play.

Odds are very close between Real Betis and Girona. If we take on consideration that Real Betis won their last six games against Girona and that Betis are playing home at around 2.7 while Girona playing away at 2.5 then it shows definitely that Girona are better and at the same time, Real Betis are annoying when facing top teams as you said.
Classically, Real Betis are favourite but this season Girona showed exceptional skills and they have the upper hand in that game if they play as they used to do against Barcelona and the others.

La Liga this season is quite different than previous years with new team, Girona, being on top but also the narrow gap between the first teams in the standings. Even Athletic Bilbao joined the race for Champions League spots and Real Sociedad aren't far from them too.

[Hirose UK]

This has to show you how badly the team is playing now. There has been crisis at the club, and the one everyone know is their financial challenges. But they can't continue to struggle to get results. I wasn't expecting them to conced that number of goal against Almeria. They have to bring in some defenders to boast their defense in the January transfer window if they are to far in the Champions league or even make top 4 this season

It will also be quite difficult for Barcelona to get talented new players if Barcelona is still experiencing problems with their own finances. Because in the transfer market there will definitely be many teams who want to be a part of buying the best players so the competition may only be in the finances of each team itself. Barcelona still has to fight with the players they currently have, hoping for more wins and being able to beat Atletico Madrid, which is still often an obstacle for Barcelona in the top four of La Liga.

Barcelona is big team and of course they have enough finances if only to be able to bring in several players in the next transfer window, and if you say that Barcelona defense does look less competitive.
By bringing in one or two defenders, it might really help and change their performance in each match, making them stronger in defense, which makes it difficult for opponents to break through their defense.
After all, Barcelona has qualified for the round of 16 and the strength of the defense line is also very important, not only improving the attack line, Xavi must think about how the squad he is training can be truly perfect on every side.

For La Liga itself, Barcelona actually doesn't seem to have good performance and of course they will be increasingly overwhelmed in fighting for the title because you can see that Girona is increasingly improving the quality of their game.
The pressure will always be there if Xavi does not immediately take firm action in changing the line-up and take the right steps in the future to improve the performance of all the line-ups he already has.

[Hanadawa]

But still, even though Almeria were not the hosts, they almost made this match end in a draw. In fact, I didn't expect Almeria to be able to score 2 goals against Barcelona. Xavi must really improve the overall performance of this team. Because in the UCL they have quite a difficult opponent to face, namely Napoli. Even though I am not a fan of Serie A football, I know that Napoli is an opponent that should not be underestimated. Last season they even qualified for the semi-finals.

Conceding 2 goals against Almeria and the match almost ending in a draw leaves Xavi with a lot of work to complete if he wants Barcelona to continue to be a team that has the potential to win the League title. I was really surprised when I watched that match where Barcelona was leading but then Almeria equalized and the score was 2-2. I almost thought would this be a draw? It would be a shame if Barcelona drew against the bottom team in the standings as hosts.

[makishart]

Barcelona are in a bad run of form.I saw them struggle to beat Almeria, who are at the bottom of the league and are certain to be relegated.I didn't expect them to struggle so much even though it was at home.I think Barcelona gave their opponent too many chances.I think it's a bad result for them that the match ended 3-2 despite playing 65% of the ball and having 30 shots at home.Of course it's important that they got 3 points, but I don't think it makes sense to have such a difficult win against an opponent who has not won yet and has 5 points after 17 games.

It's considered as a hard game for barcelona. How can barcelona with higher quality of squad almost gets draw against a weakest team in the la liga. This is an unacceptable result. Even though barcelona was winning the game but i can't even accept it.
It's not a wonderful win for barcelona. Barcelona shall able to scores a lot against almeria but it seems like that almeria was almost making barcelona to lose three points. Barcelona is still underperform even though it was winning against almeria.

You're right about that. It's an unacceptable result. The worst thing if barcelona conceded 2 goals against the weakest team in the la liga. This makes me feel doubt about the chance of barcelona to get the trophy this season.
Real madrid and girona have been fully improving their performance while barcelona is still stuck in the same place. Barcelona would win with the perfect scores combined with cleansheet but xavi's club played horrible gameplay.
Barcelona is really underperform now. Im doubthing this club once it's going to face the stronger club in the UCL as well. Barcelona is not yet ready for that event. Xavi may also sell some players during winter transfer season.

[Dzwaafu11]

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 -

It is a pity that Barcelona struggled to beat Almeria who has not won any of their matches in La Liga this season, and Almeria even scored 2 goals against Barcelona yesterday. If Barcelona continues like this they will not qualify for the quarter-final of the Uefa Champions League.

Barcelona performance is going poorly these days because they lost almost 3 matches and now they manage to win Almeria, which even lucky Barcelona, who was one of the best teams in the competition at the start of the season, are now performing poorly, which is disappointing to me. However, I think they should double up their performance in order to reach another stage in the competition; they should even qualify for the quarterfinal.
 
However, I’m not sure they will be able to win Napoli with their current performance because Napoli are stronger than Almeria, which means if they continue like this, they definitely won’t win Napoli because Napoli's performance cannot be compared to Almeria's, so therefore we should wait to see how Barcelona will play in their next match. I hope they do better than what they are doing now.

[TastyChillySauce00]

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 -

It is a pity that Barcelona struggled to beat Almeria who has not won any of their matches in La Liga this season, and Almeria even scored 2 goals against Barcelona yesterday. If Barcelona continues like this they will not qualify for the quarter-final of the Uefa Champions League.

Im also aware about this too. The defense shall become the main concern for xavi. Barcelona is declining a lot. Im sure it will out fro UCL as well. Almeria was the weakest team in the league but barcelona must have tried so hard to win against it.
The good thing is barcelona can still win but i can't imagine how many blames are going to be recieved by xavi if barcelona lost against almeria. There will be massive blames come for xavi.
Xavi needs to take it as a point to evaluate the performance from all of defenders. Barcelona is not that strong again. There will be many players to leave from the club soon as barcelona must have sold a lot of players to pay its debt.