La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[entertheabyss]

Real Madrid gets an opportunity to build the lead because Girona just made a draw and was unsuccessful in bagging three points at home. Even though it was not that terrible either because Real Sociedad is not a weak club by any means. But it also demonstrates that the strength of Girona is limited in comparison to Real Madrid.

The next two matches for both clubs are very important to them. Real Madrid has home benefits in its next matches but the last time it played with Atletico they lost at Civitas. Girona has the more difficult tasks ahead journeying for its matches at Real Madrid and Athletic Club.

A tough competition, none of these clubs will emerge as promising right now because they never know what they will encounter. Real Sociedad did not come here to be played; Girona was denied three points, and all hope is not lost. The Girona tie provided Real Madrid an additional opportunity to top the standings, and this time they will win by a few points over their main competitor. Real Madrid has become an uphill team, and they don't intend to slow down their efforts at all. I've look at the next fixtures for Real Madrid, they will be facing Atletico Madrid, a big game for Los Blancos and an important win it should be.

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[TastyChillySauce00]

More happily for Real Madrid, Girona failed to secure a win against Real Sociedad in their last match as the match was drawn. If Real Sociedad had been able to win Girona the match then surely would have been back at the top of the table. But the match ended in a draw due to which the two teams shared the points, now it is a lot of advantage for Real Madrid as they will not have much points difference to compete with them. And the Real Sociedad played brilliantly which is why a team as strong as Girona couldn't beat them in the match, but it has to be admitted that Girona performed the worst in the match drawing the match at home. However, the next match will definitely be between the two teams of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, if Real Madrid wins, they will surely go to the top of the points table by a huge margin. And with Girona and Real Madrid facing each other in the next round, it will be very competitive. And if Real Madrid win this match, no one will be able to remove them from the top of the points table, but they will become stronger to become champions.

Girona structurally poor when it comes to face a parking buss strategy like what sociedad win. Look at sociedad's strategy and i think you will know what i meant from there. The parking buss has made girona players were inability to get the ball from its opponents. This is also the main reason why did sociedad put defensive straetgy as its priority to prevent girona to take three points. Real sociedad has been well analizing its opponent before the match has started. So many times girona unable to win against the team who played defensively against it. Real madrid is having 1 match left compared to girona and the chance to make the gap even bigger is very big.

Real madrid is having atletico madrid as the next opponent and this is gonna be a very hard match that needs to be surpass by real madrid with the perfect result. There's no way for real madrid to win the la liga without winning the upcoming matches against atletico madrid and girona.
Madrid is in a very good shape right now. i think the upcoming match will not be hard games for real madrid. Getting 6 points from girona and atletico madrid is a must.

This is the only way for madrid to win the competition this season through beating the big clubs that have become the main competitors for real madrid. Madrid needs to make a lot of preparation for the upcoming games.
Im feling that if real madrid's opponents will be playing defensively.

[Xcode7]

Real Madrid gets an opportunity to build the lead because Girona just made a draw and was unsuccessful in bagging three points at home. Even though it was not that terrible either because Real Sociedad is not a weak club by any means. But it also demonstrates that the strength of Girona is limited in comparison to Real Madrid.

The next two matches for both clubs are very important to them. Real Madrid has home benefits in its next matches but the last time it played with Atletico they lost at Civitas. Girona has the more difficult tasks ahead journeying for its matches at Real Madrid and Athletic Club.

A tough competition, none of these clubs will emerge as promising right now because they never know what they will encounter. Real Sociedad did not come here to be played; Girona was denied three points, and all hope is not lost. The Girona tie provided Real Madrid an additional opportunity to top the standings, and this time they will win by a few points over their main competitor. Real Madrid has become an uphill team, and they don't intend to slow down their efforts at all. I've look at the next fixtures for Real Madrid, they will be facing Atletico Madrid, a big game for Los Blancos and an important win it should be.

Real Sociedad is a strong team and a draw is fair for both teams.
I won't overestimate Girona because that's how they should be and realistically their strength is not enough to be able to compete fiercely with Real Madrid.
I see that there is no team that has equal strength with Real Madrid to compete for the title, Girona is just a surprise team whose strength is far below Real Madrid so it is not surprising if they will be further behind in the race for the title.

[Solokan]

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In today's match, Girona had to be satisfied with a draw against Real Sociedad. Even with this defeat, Girona will certainly have quite high tensions, because currently their arch rival Real Madrid could be further ahead of Girona this week. Apart from that, in this match Girona actually played quite well, even in the first half Girona often launched good attacks at the Sociedad goal mouth. But unfortunately none of these attacks resulted in a goal. Even though there were also goals, unfortunately the Girona players were in an offside position. And the same goes for Real Sociedad, in the first half they were often under pressure. But in the second half Real Sociedad recovered and were even able to score a goal against Girona. But the same as Girona, the goal was also disallowed because after looking at VAR, the Real Sociedad player was also in an offside position. So until the match is finished, the score is still in the balance, or 0-0.

It's a shame that Girona wasted this crucial opportunity. Because if they win the match against Real Sociedad, Girona will definitely have one step further to be at the top of the Laliga standings.

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Then in another match, Barcelona managed to take home 3 points after beating Alaves with a score of 3-1. Yes, I think this is a mandatory win for Barcelona. Because in terms of player quality, Barcelona also appears to be superior to Alaves. So basically the possibility of Barcelona losing to Alaves, I think the possibility is very small. So with this victory, Barcelona is currently still in 3rd place in the standings. With 50 points and only has a difference of 6 points from Girona² and only has a difference of 7 points from Real Madrid¹. So if you look at the difference in points that Barcelona has with the top two teams in Laliga, it is also quite large. But even so, Barcelona still has hope of finishing at the top (even though the hope is small).

Yes, if you look at the strength, Girona's performance was quite good and they scored a goal, but unfortunately because it was offside, the referee didn't consider it a goal. but yes, Girona's games always provide surprises and the results are always unexpected and indeed Girona has now wasted a good opportunity and it seems that now Girona will have to accept that he does difficult become champion in Laliga. Now Madrid must be happy because Girona is not optimal in getting points.

In the Alaves match against Barcelona, ​​of course Barcelona was the favorite team because the quality of Barcelona and Alaves. was of courseBarcelona superior. Yes, actually, Barcelona is still lucky because Barcelona was able to beat Atletico Madrid in the standings competition and being in 3rd place is also a good achievement. Of course, there is still hope to become champions, but it seems like they have little potential to become Laliga champions. and of course Xavi will definitely continue to fight to make Barcelona return to being a strong team like last season.

[bering]

The derby between Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid is really interesting to watched because during this season both teams has been met several times at different competitions and from the recent meeting Atletico Madrid can able to eleminate Real Madrid at Copa Del Rey and now in Laliga both teams have to fight again with Real Madrid as a host and after Girona get draw result from Sociedad i think Real Madrid had good opportunity to wided their gap points in standings league but it won't be easy because Atletico Madrid also in the good condition

Last week Real Madrid gets the winning result from Getafe and Joselu can made Brace on that match so this result can make Joselu is more confident to facing this match and about the outcomes of this derby i can see Real Madrid is the favourite but i didn't surprised about that because Atletico Madrid has poor records and always be failed to win at Santiago Bernabéu since 2019 and Atletico Madrid probably will still used the same formation just like last week when they can beat Rayo and Real Madrid has odds @1.72 this is actually good odds to bet and my prediction this match will be so tight but as a host Real Madrid has good chance to win this match

[rendravolt]

Girona didn't want a draw and they could only share one point with Real Sociedad. The match was fairly even and both teams had the same number of goal attempts in statistics. Unfortunately we didn't see a single goal scored in this match and this was more of a pretty boring match. How is it possible that Girona, as the host, doesn't seem to have any more motivation to win, even though they know they have a difference of 2 points to overtake Real Madrid but didn't succeed in doing so in that match.

Real Sociedad has recently experienced a decline in performance and just expecting to win would be a mistake. They were able to hold Girona to a draw in an away match alone was an achievement and in the end they remained in 6th position in the standings. With this draw, it is clear that Real Madrid is the team that will benefit the most, but it is not as easy as they think because they have to go through a fierce match in today's Madrid derby against Atletico and the result cannot necessarily be predicted correctly. What is clear is that with the current squad, Real Madrid must win whatever they sacrifice and as hosts it can at least lighten their burden against Atletico.

[BlackBaron]

Girona failed to get full points after being held to a 0-0 draw by Real Sociedad, this result certainly benefits Real Madrid indirectly in making expand the difference in points in the standings. The conditions are a little tough, because their opponents are Atletico, a derby match that is no less interesting than El Clasico. If successful, Madrid will lead the standings by 4 points, and this is the best opportunity that should be taken advantage of. If it fails, Atletico will move up to third place in the standings and displace Barcelona again. of course, Xavi hopes that Madrid can help beat Atletico so that Barcelona can comfortably be in third place.

[BlackBoss_]

Basically Real Sociedad and Girona are very evenly matched and a draw is fair for both teams.
This result is quite profitable for Real Madrid to be able to get further away from Girona's pursuit at the top of the La Liga standings.

In another match, Barcelona this week played quite impressively, they managed to win 3-1 over hosts Alaves, this was not initially predicted that Barcelona could win this easily because Alaves' performance was quite good but Barcelona was able to show their best performance this week so they succeeded. won with a convincing score.

Real Sociedad is a strong team in La Liga and a draw is not bad for Girona. With only 6 points more than Barcelona, Girona will have to start to seriously defend their second position in La Liga. If they have like one or two more bad matches, they will feel more pressure from Barcelona and if they fall to a third position, they will face with bigger pressure to be kicked out of top four. Athletic Club and Athletico Madrid are very ready to take over a position in top four which is holding by Girona.

If Real Madrid win the Madrid derby match, they will expand the gap with Girona to 4 points and Girona will have to hope that Real Madrid get a loss from the Madrid derby.

[Cryptmuster]

Basically Real Sociedad and Girona are very evenly matched and a draw is fair for both teams.
This result is quite profitable for Real Madrid to be able to get further away from Girona's pursuit at the top of the La Liga standings.

For Girona, this draw could be a difficult moment, because now Real can increase their lead to 4 points, of course, if they can beat Atletico today. In any case, it will not be easy for Girona to compete with Real, even if Real today cannot beat Atletico, and they by the way, are in very good shape. Sociedad, played very well, they did what they know how to do very well, they played well in defense and that was enough.

[tusandii]

Barcelona came back with a win on the road today with a little more confidence. Man of the match Lewandowski and İlkay Gündoğan carried the team with their experience. Vitor Roque and Lamine Yamal show every time that they are the future of this team. Barca will build a new team on these names. It's difficult for them to be champions this season, but the squad gives hope for the future.

If Barcelona keeps maintaining streak winnings, they will definitely bounce back to big position on the table and their odds of winning the La Liga title will increase. All this events could happen only if they prove me right by keeping a countdown of unbeaten. Winning Alaves was nothing, they need more tougher opponents to boosts their performance in matches. Enjoyable and epic to watch Xavi Hernandez making the combination of upcoming and experience players, they're playing together and having good chemistry between themselves. Barcelona growth depends on these players and today's game was tremendous.

After lots of bad criticism towards Xavi and now the coach is starting to show how skilled he is at managing players using only free players from the transfer market, Xavi is able to buy off all the bad criticism and I still have confidence that Barcelona will be runners up or even win the LaLiga title this season.
We will certainly admit how Xavi can intelligently rotate Barca players and produce strong performances even without high quality players, but Xavi is able to have the right strategy to bring this club to the best ranking and immediately overtake Girona.
The increase in performance and the point difference which has become very narrow puts intense pressure on Girona because they have to struggle to compete with these two popular clubs and it won't be long before Girona will be eliminated.

Since the start of the season until today I have always paid attention to Barcelona performance and I have always focused on Gundogan, even though he is not that strong, he always tries to make the best contribution in every match. In fact, I think that Gundogan is one of the Barca players who has much better consistency than even though there are other players, there is Lewandowski, but I prefer Gundogan playing style.

[Velvet78]

Another loss by Girona last night. Honestly their performance was really inadequate. 0.40 xG in the whole game is really poor statistics. At least they managed to keep Real Sociedad at their level as well. But this two-point loss can cost Girona really a lot in the title competition with Real Madrid. Because there is a potential to see the gap reaching 4 points.

Real Madrid technically have one of the most challenging games of the season ahead today. They are playing against Atletico Madrid tonight. But as it is at Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid are still in an advantageous situation. The head-to-heads between them so far have been really thrilling. I expect Real Madrid to have revenge on the result of the Copa del Rey game. 

[marcous]

Basically Real Sociedad and Girona are very evenly matched and a draw is fair for both teams.
This result is quite profitable for Real Madrid to be able to get further away from Girona's pursuit at the top of the La Liga standings.

For Girona, this draw could be a difficult moment, because now Real can increase their lead to 4 points, of course, if they can beat Atletico today. In any case, it will not be easy for Girona to compete with Real, even if Real today cannot beat Atletico, and they by the way, are in very good shape. Sociedad, played very well, they did what they know how to do very well, they played well in defense and that was enough.

If Madrid loses for the second time to ATM in La Liga like in the first leg, then that will be very difficult to accept because Girona will have another chance to compete for the trophy. The competition for the top four in the standings will get tighter as the season progresses, ATM also wants to increase the number of points when they visit Santiago Bernabeu. On paper, Los Blancos are the favorites in this match, even though we know that several of their defensive players are still undergoing treatment, apart from that, Tchouameni is likely to be absent due to receiving a yellow card suspension.

Overall, I think this match will be fierce, both teams will definitely play aggressively considering the importance of 3 points. Ancelotti will try hard to experiment in determining the starting XI, as he did in the last Spanish Super Cup. Their rivalry this season is quite fierce because they beat each other in several competitions, but Madrid definitely wants to get their revenge in La Liga and don't want to be defeated in front of their own supporters. ATM actually has the expertise to be a stumbling block for Madrid, Simeone fleet has bargaining power to tackle Madrid who are trying to win the trophy this season.

[entertheabyss]

For Girona, this draw could be a difficult moment, because now Real can increase their lead to 4 points, of course, if they can beat Atletico today. In any case, it will not be easy for Girona to compete with Real, even if Real today cannot beat Atletico, and they by the way, are in very good shape. Sociedad, played very well, they did what they know how to do very well, they played well in defense and that was enough.

Everything becoming complicated for Girona and Real Madrid this phase, both teams finding it difficult to win matches. Girona draw was not expected because this is one of the crucial moment when an elite team like Girona will compete for the league title and exerts all actions to ensure things go smooth for them. Girona doesn't need any slight difference other than winning, they need to buildup and stand strong enough to become one of the best leading clubs in Spain. However their rival for the title, Real Madrid will be facing one of the very tough opponent today, Atletico Madrid.

[Blitzboy]

In the next two weeks we will know for sure which team will be the strongest candidate to win the La Liga this season. The reason is that currently Girona is playing against Real Sociedad, and the score is still 0-0 in the first half and the match is still dominated by Girona, if Girona manages to get three points in this match. Girona's journey is still tough because their next match is against Real Madrid and we know that Girona lost their last match against Real Madrid. Girona is likely to drop points again against Real Madrid in the next match.

Unfortunately, in this match, Girona could not take advantage of a situation that could be used to find additional points because, so far, Girona needs a win to get additional victory points and reclaim the top position in the standings. At least a draw has put them in a safe position because the points are not reduced. Real Sociedad has a defense that might be difficult for Girona to penetrate and make this match end in a draw, even though Girona has used all their strength to try to penetrate their defense but still can't do it.

I think Girona wasted a great chance in this match. They worked hard to crack Real Sociedad's defense. I saw what you said - they couldnt penetrate Sociedad's back line. Like hammering a brick wall over and over expecting it to crumble, it stubbornly remained. A draw isnt bad considering the circumstances, despite the annoyance. At least it keeps them in contention.

Still hoping for Girona. Real Madrid's encounter versus Atletico Madrid might change the top spot. Girona can strike if Real Madrid struggles. As you noted, Girona's next match is against Real Madrid, which will be difficult. After resolve, they'll need a good strategy and some luck.

[Marvell1]

Alaves vs Barcelona

Barcelona had a narrow win against Osasuna in the last match. Barcelona's performance was good enough. Even then the team could not score more than one goal. So the Barcelona team is trying to dominate from the beginning of today's match.

Lewandowski scored from Gundogan's pass in 22 minutes. Barcelona now lead 1-0. Barcelona players did not attack much after scoring. However, at the end of 40 minutes, Barcelona managed to have 74% of the ball possession. Barcelona probably want to end the first half 1-0. Maybe Barcelona will change their match strategy in the second half.

Barcelona played very cautiously in the first half. Xavi is well aware that his team's overall condition is not good right now. Because of this he is now very tactful. Barcelona kept their defense tight in this match but still tried to attack. Barcelona tightened their defense after scoring. Barcelona lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. A bon Barcelona made a total of 3 shots while Alaves players made 6 shots. I think we will see a few more goals in the second half. Xavi may have tried to find weaknesses in Alaves' defense in the first half. In the second half, maybe Barcelona will increase their attack speed.

And the second half has been a better performance from the Barcelona team as Vitor Roque has made the goal tally to a 1:3 in the 63rd minutes to keep the Barcelona team in a comfortable position in the game. The Xavi men really did a better job in the defense after conceding goal I the early minutes of the second half but Xavi corrected the defensive error and his team came back stronger even as they sure of winning this particular.
Bad news for Barcelona as Vitor Roque has been sent off following a second yellow card he received so Barcelona is currently playing with a one man down hopefully they hold on to the goals they have scored and not conceed more goals.

Barcelona managed to get 3 points from the match. Barcelona won 3-1. Barcelona were very tactical in this match. They don't attack too much. Barcelona are now looking to tighten up their defense after conceding 5 goals against Villarreal. Xavi has changed his match strategy. In the last two matches, Barcelona is defensive. played

In the second half I expected to see better gameplay from Barcelona. But in the second half, Barcelona played a defensive strategy. If Vitor Roque had not received a red card, Barcelona might not have played a defensive strategy in the second half.

[Toro iskandar]

Basically Real Sociedad and Girona are very evenly matched and a draw is fair for both teams.
This result is quite profitable for Real Madrid to be able to get further away from Girona's pursuit at the top of the La Liga standings.

For Girona, this draw could be a difficult moment, because now Real can increase their lead to 4 points, of course, if they can beat Atletico today. In any case, it will not be easy for Girona to compete with Real, even if Real today cannot beat Atletico, and they by the way, are in very good shape. Sociedad, played very well, they did what they know how to do very well, they played well in defense and that was enough.

With a 0-0 draw, it proves that the two teams played a draw, looking at the match statistics, both teams played well and this proves that Sociedad did not give Girona a chance of winning to increase their lead. position in the Real Madrid coup. And this is a very exciting match in Spain's top competition this season. Between Real Madrid, Girona and Barcelona.
Even though in this match Girona and Real Sociedad are competing for victory in this week's match, the result is still a draw and apart from that, it certainly requires strong self-confidence from their respective teams.
In fact, if Girona is able to get 3 scores over Real Sociedad, then Girona can beat Real Madrid in its current top position. and Sociedad are still struggling in the Copa Del Rey throughout February.

[armanda90]

After lots of bad criticism towards Xavi and now the coach is starting to show how skilled he is at managing players using only free players from the transfer market, Xavi is able to buy off all the bad criticism and I still have confidence that Barcelona will be runners up or even win the LaLiga title this season.
We will certainly admit how Xavi can intelligently rotate Barca players and produce strong performances even without high quality players, but Xavi is able to have the right strategy to bring this club to the best ranking and immediately overtake Girona.
The increase in performance and the point difference which has become very narrow puts intense pressure on Girona because they have to struggle to compete with these two popular clubs and it won't be long before Girona will be eliminated.

Since announced will leave Barcelona in the end this season Xavi Hernandez success won 2 of 2 matches, its good start for Barcelona to make close their position with top standings exactly with Real Madrid has 7 points left. I am so disappointed with pressure by Barcelona fans without looking how manager prepare much money for transfer but Xavi Hernandez success won La Liga tittle and Barcelona qualify to 16 round of Champion League for this season.
Xavi Hernandez has smart rotation with low money for transfer but he can manage well many players as free agent and Barcelona success won La Liga tittle last two season become the manager, still not official announcement yet from Barcelona management will sign new manager for replacing Xavi position and look they want focus for this season achieving in Champion League and La Liga.

[piebeyb]

Girona failed to get full points after being held to a 0-0 draw by Real Sociedad, this result certainly benefits Real Madrid indirectly in making expand the difference in points in the standings. The conditions are a little tough, because their opponents are Atletico, a derby match that is no less interesting than El Clasico. If successful, Madrid will lead the standings by 4 points, and this is the best opportunity that should be taken advantage of. If it fails, Atletico will move up to third place in the standings and displace Barcelona again. of course, Xavi hopes that Madrid can help beat Atletico so that Barcelona can comfortably be in third place.

It's difficult to maintain consistency until the end of the season for any club, in the end Girona started to have a little difficulty getting wins, that's what is of course a worry when being consistent from the start suddenly the game starts to fade a little towards the end of the season, I think Girona doesn't really have a busy schedule compared to Madrid but it seems they are starting to get a little tired so they are not consistent in winning against Sociedad today. that's an undesirable result.

The derby match will of course be decisive if Madrid is able to beat Atletico of course it will make Madrid firmly at the top of the standings and keep their distance from Girona until the end of the season, although there is still a chance for Girona but Madrid seems to have a winning mentality compared to Girona, it seems Madrid will retaliate Their previous defeat was when they were knocked out by Atletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey, their meeting will of course be very tight because both of them want to win to keep their position safe.

[Gaza13]

Another loss by Girona last night. Honestly their performance was really inadequate. 0.40 xG in the whole game is really poor statistics. At least they managed to keep Real Sociedad at their level as well. But this two-point loss can cost Girona really a lot in the title competition with Real Madrid. Because there is a potential to see the gap reaching 4 points.

Real Madrid technically have one of the most challenging games of the season ahead today. They are playing against Atletico Madrid tonight. But as it is at Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid are still in an advantageous situation. The head-to-heads between them so far have been really thrilling. I expect Real Madrid to have revenge on the result of the Copa del Rey game. 

Yes, this draw will make the standings worse for Girona, because they lost points in the match after Real Sociedad. This should be a golden opportunity for Real Madrid to extend their point difference with Girona, because they will have a pretty tough match tonight, of course this El Clasico match has been eagerly awaited by every fan. Of course, both teams will appear determined tonight, because they also want to win to get points or reduce the distance between their opponents.

[Sebas.tian]

The derby between Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid is really interesting to watched because during this season both teams has been met several times at different competitions and from the recent meeting Atletico Madrid can able to eleminate Real Madrid at Copa Del Rey and now in Laliga both teams have to fight again with Real Madrid as a host and after Girona get draw result from Sociedad i think Real Madrid had good opportunity to wided their gap points in standings league but it won't be easy because Atletico Madrid also in the good condition

I don't think, I will miss this match today because the two teams has a quality players people like to watch whenever they are playing in a competition but the last match Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played ended up for the favour of Atletico Madrid, despite the effort Real Madrid players invested. I think, this is an opportunity for Real Madrid to use home advantage to defeat Atletico Madrid 3-1 to maintain the first position, because a lot of things has changed in the team which Real Madrid manager will allow their players to demonstrate to scatter the plan of Atletico Madrid. Something happened yesterday that gave Real Madrid fans joy, which it will be difficult for Girona to recover after Real Madrid achieve today victory .