La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Yesterday Barcelona played against Athletic Club and ended in a draw. Unfortunately, Barcelona couldn't make good use of that match. As you said, Barcelona can no longer become La Liga champions this season because there are internal problems that are making Barcelona not have a good performance. Meanwhile, for Girona, it looks like they also suffered a defeat in the match against Mallorca, so this is a good opportunity for Real Madrid to be in first place at the top of the standings.

Real Madrid is increasingly comfortable at the top of the standings after Girona suffered defeat against Mallorca. Girona's performance has declined further and they are no longer as strong as before so Mallorca was able to beat Girona with a narrow score at home. Barcelona was also unable to take advantage of the defeat suffered by Girona, even though if Barcelona could win the match they would be in second place in the standings.

The title race will be increasingly visible and Real Madrid will be very comfortable going it alone without heavy resistance from their challengers. The gap in points is getting bigger and Real Madrid's increasingly consistent performance will be much more difficult for anyone to overcome.

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[naira]

I never have a single confidence in Girona ever since they started that run to occupy the first place in Laliga table, too real for a team that dont finish in Europa league or even the conference Europa League only to stay at the top of the league. They had a nice run of the first round of the Laliga but it seems the second round is a big hiccup in their throat, if not that Barcelona lose their last game it was the best time for them to take that chance and become the second place to go challenge Real Madrid.

It wouldn't be objective if you didn't assess Girona's journey since the start of the season because they are a team that has provided a lot of competition to top teams including Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, who were successfully beaten by Girona's game. Although Girona may not necessarily be able to win trophies, at least with their journey and what they have shown, we would love to have a newcomer who can show a little difference in La Liga. Anyway, I think Barcelona is bad this season, yes that's a fact. But it's bad in a sense because what we judge is game by game. Objectivity is important so that we can judge from all directions. You may not want to admit Girona this season but the fact is that for a while Barcelona were below them.

[dzungmobile]

It wouldn't be objective if you didn't assess Girona's journey since the start of the season because they are a team that has provided a lot of competition to top teams including Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, who were successfully beaten by Girona's game. Although Girona may not necessarily be able to win trophies, at least with their journey and what they have shown, we would love to have a newcomer who can show a little difference in La Liga. Anyway, I think Barcelona is bad this season, yes that's a fact. But it's bad in a sense because what we judge is game by game. Objectivity is important so that we can judge from all directions. You may not want to admit Girona this season but the fact is that for a while Barcelona were below them.

With impressive performances, Girona have their own rights to hope high like winning La Liga and take the trophy from Barcelona, the current champion.

Their expectation naturally can change with time, like they did not hope to win the league when the season started, hoped to win it weeks ago and now might no longer hope to win the league but only hope and try fighting for a position in top four, not necessary to be the second position.

Girona by their limited resources from human to finance resources, already have done many great matches and made La Liga more exciting this season. They have nothing to feel shame about themselves and as an observer, I really hope Girona will at least have a ticket to join UEFA League, either Champions League, Europa or Conference League, next season.

[MAAManda]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

This season is truly a difficult season, unlike previous seasons where we as football observers can easily guess who will win the league. I'm not sure we won't see any more dynamics in the standings, anything can happen, provided that the teams below Real Madrid have to perform well.

Athletic Bilabo managed to hold Barcelona to a draw, not an achievement for Bilbao I think because they were playing at home. Then, if anyone is wondering why Barcelona managed to get a draw, maybe the answer lies in the match statistics, they kept the ball too much and couldn't make effective attacks.

[mamesso]

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This season is truly a difficult season, unlike previous seasons where we as football observers can easily guess who will win the league. I'm not sure we won't see any more dynamics in the standings, anything can happen, provided that the teams below Real Madrid have to perform well.

Athletic Bilabo managed to hold Barcelona to a draw, not an achievement for Bilbao I think because they were playing at home. Then, if anyone is wondering why Barcelona managed to get a draw, maybe the answer lies in the match statistics, they kept the ball too much and couldn't make effective attacks.

Real Madrid must not be careless even though they are currently 7 points ahead of Girona and 8 points ahead of Barcelona, they must continue to try to perform optimally to keep their position safe. The final result achieved at Valencia headquarters should be used as motivation for Real Madrid players to continue to improve their quality in the next match. Anything can still happen even though Real Madrid currently has a large number of points ahead of its competitors, a busy schedule that can drain players' energy and also the risk of injury could change everything.

The direction of this game was very balanced, Bilbao managed to close the space which made it difficult for Barcelona players to penetrate their defensive area. Barcelona also played less effectively even though they controlled more of the ball, they played the ball more in midfield then dropped down to lure Bilbao's players into opening space, but this strategy did not trap Bilbao's players. In my opinion, this result is very fair, Bilbao, who acted as hosts, was able to maintain their defense well against Barcelona's attacks, who were trying to close the gap with Real Madrid, who had previously drawn with Valencia.

[Bitcoin_people]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Were you thinking that Barca will be able to have the hope of winning Laliga this season. They didn't just lost it yesterday, they have already lost it since last year December, when they were unable to be consistent with their matches. Girona has been the only one threatening Madrid on the title, but they have also lost it too. Barca should think of fight for the second position instead of having hope that they can win the league when it is impossible for that to happen. However, no one can tell if Barca will still lose or draw more matches.

Based on Barcelona's early performances, most people thought Barcelona might have a chance to win the title this season. But no one expected the performance of the Barca team, their performance is currently very poor. Although they are currently third in the La Liga points table, they don't seem to be able to get to the top spot with the points they currently hold. Currently, since Girona is in the second position, it will not be so easy for both teams to catch Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid drew a match and their points are a little short, they will definitely perform better and collect more points in the next match to win the title. And since Real Madrid are still far ahead in the title race this season, they will definitely have enough reputation to be champions.

[klidex]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Barcelona's current performance is not very optimal, this may be due to the decline in the performance of their players. Indeed, Barcelona still has several players who are good at attacking and applying great pressure, but unfortunately Barcelona has failed to take advantage of this. In fact, Xavi has also tried to maintain Barcelona's performance. It's just that several important players that Barcelona has are still injured and Xavi only used the available players without recruiting the players he needed in the transfer market last winter, so actually this fault does not lie with the players alone but because of Barcelona's financial problems which caused their performance to weaken. they.

It is very clear that in the last 2 seasons, Barcelona has had difficulty winning the title because its performance has declined slightly due to the financial problems that have plagued it. I think Barcelona last season was able to get the title because Real Madrid's performance was less than optimal, so Barcelona was lucky enough to take advantage of it. this momentum, but now Real Madtid's performance is much more impressive than last season so Barcelona has no chance of getting the league title with their current performance.

[wiss19]

Yesterday Barcelona played against Athletic Club and ended in a draw. Unfortunately, Barcelona couldn't make good use of that match. As you said, Barcelona can no longer become La Liga champions this season because there are internal problems that are making Barcelona not have a good performance. Meanwhile, for Girona, it looks like they also suffered a defeat in the match against Mallorca, so this is a good opportunity for Real Madrid to be in first place at the top of the standings.

Real Madrid is increasingly comfortable at the top of the standings after Girona suffered defeat against Mallorca. Girona's performance has declined further and they are no longer as strong as before so Mallorca was able to beat Girona with a narrow score at home. Barcelona was also unable to take advantage of the defeat suffered by Girona, even though if Barcelona could win the match they would be in second place in the standings.

The title race will be increasingly visible and Real Madrid will be very comfortable going it alone without heavy resistance from their challengers. The gap in points is getting bigger and Real Madrid's increasingly consistent performance will be much more difficult for anyone to overcome.

Real Madrid which is facing injuries issue still capable of having good results and now their lead is seven points which is surely vital for the title race with we have only 11 matches remaining and opponents are also facing issues like Girona having just four points from their last five games and difference with Barcelona is also increasing, and their performance level is also not good which is needed for having challenging performance for the title this all showing supremacy of the Real Madrid in this season.

Most chances we are going to have no changes for the top four spots because currently all are suitable for these spots and things are also favourable for them to stay here until end of this season Girona is suffering with bad run in last few weeks, but they needed one or two wins which will bring them back into good touch, and they could be able to hold their spot for the top four.

[Hirose UK]

Yeah barcelona plays boring football as well as bilbao. It's not even worthy to watch it and i wasted a lot of my time to see that two clubs to play backpass very often without any intention to win the game. I don't understand why these clubs were playing so passive in this game.
It feels they have no willingness to win the game and this is also the main reason barcelona lost a chance to cut the gap. Another opportunity wasted by barcelona. Im not feeling satisfied with the result from barcelona vs bilbao.

I think that Barcelona actually came out to get victory, but the two early injuries to Frenkie De Jong and Pedri may have altered the intended pattern of play for the coach. Asides them not being able to win the game, their biggest worry will also be the two players who got injured, players who are very important to the team. Barcelona remains third as a result of their failure, that opportunity will surely be regretted. If Barcelona do not win their next game, they may even drop to fourth position because after Mallorca, they play Atletico Madrid who are just three points behind them.

It looks like Barcelona in the future could again experience complicated problems related to several injured players and some time ago they were in condition like this where the decline in performance could really be felt.
Barcelona started to recover in the last few matches but now they have to go back through the problems that occurred Barcelona failure to get full points was also very disappointing failure.
It should be seen that Barcelona really has winning percentage and on paper they are far superior to Bibao, but everything has happened and the reality of this failure must be accepted even though the opportunity to occupy second place has been lost.

La Liga this week was truly surprising, the top 3 team did not perform according to expectations in achieving victory.
Firstly, Real Madrid, as the strongest at the top of the standings, had to accept draw against Valencia, secondly Girona had to accept 1-0 defeat against Mallorca and Barcelona also received draw against Bilbao.
La Liga shows less than satisfactory match for the top 3 team who are in state of competition for standings.

[lixer]

I think that Barcelona actually came out to get victory, but the two early injuries to Frenkie De Jong and Pedri may have altered the intended pattern of play for the coach. Asides them not being able to win the game, their biggest worry will also be the two players who got injured, players who are very important to the team. Barcelona remains third as a result of their failure, that opportunity will surely be regretted. If Barcelona do not win their next game, they may even drop to fourth position because after Mallorca, they play Atletico Madrid who are just three points behind them.

Barcelona will play Mallorca and Mallorca beat Girona this week. They got 3 points from Girona and they can get 3 points from Barcelona as well. Then they will face Atletico Madrid away. If Atletico Madrid beat them, Barcelona could drop down the rankings. However, they are unlikely to drop to fifth place. Barça will probably recover a little and continue to win.

Mallorca beats Girona and now going to visit Barcelona with their away performance is not good, and I have feeling most chances Barcelona will give them tough challenge even they are suffering from injuries and other problems but still they can beat them at home and also take full three important points because in this game Mallorca having not good chance for the win and their most wins in last few weeks all came at home in away game mostly they are suffering.

In coming weeks are going to have some good games at the top which can bring good changes like Atlético Madrid going to host Barcelona and then Atlético Madrid going to have another challenge while they will be host Girona these games are going to have good impact on league table in last few rounds.

[Majestic-milf]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Were you thinking that Barca will be able to have the hope of winning Laliga this season. They didn't just lost it yesterday, they have already lost it since last year December, when they were unable to be consistent with their matches. Girona has been the only one threatening Madrid on the title, but they have also lost it too. Barca should think of fight for the second position instead of having hope that they can win the league when it is impossible for that to happen. However, no one can tell if Barca will still lose or draw more matches.

Honestly Barcelona had a wonderful run last year before they lost that force of getting things done, the consistency went offline and I believe up till now Xavi didn't know how they found themselves in that position on the Spanish league table. I think the fight for the title would have been hotter if it was Barcelona who was in the second position and the pressure would have been much on Madrid
 Girona almost gave us the thinking that they're going to win the league with how they played and get that 3pt but along the line they failed to deliver, so for now all eyes are on Real Madrid, to me Madrid might some how drop point again.

[rendravolt]

It's ironic for Barcelona and Girona because they failed to secure full points in last night's match. Even though it is clear that they have the opportunity to shorten the difference in points from Real Madrid, who drew against Valencia. I think these two Catalan clubs are unable to compete with Real Madrid to be more fierce in the race for the La Liga title. Barcelon drew against Bilbao and Girona lost against Mallorca, honestly I didn't expect the result to be like that.

I missed several La Liga matches, especially Barcelona and Girona. referring to match highlights, data and statistics, Barcelona controlled the game with 60% ball possession. Barcelona was slightly ahead in terms of opportunities with one big chance out of 8 total shots, two shots on target. unfortunately, Xavi Hernandez's squad was unable to break into the home team's goal. referring to the performance of the players, especially the front line players, they did not play at their best. for Barcelona defenders, only Araujo doesn't perform very well. the rest, play as it should. in this match, apart from not getting full points, Barcelona was disadvantaged by the injuries to De Jong and Pedri. well, I haven't looked for information regarding the development of these two Barcelona mainstay players. I hope that De Jong and Perdri only need a short recovery time. with this result, Barcelona and Bilbao must share the same points. well, as you said. It would be a shame if Barcelona could get full points, at least Barcelona would reduce the gap in points from Real Madrid.

Likewise with Girona, Michel's squad was unable to produce full points when they visited Mallorca. in fact, Girona lost 1-0 to the home team. even though, these two teams have a distance based on their ranking on the standings board. in the end, Girona was unable to reduce the difference in points from Real Madrid, who remained at the top of the La Liga standings.

The injuries suffered by De Jong and Pedri are quite worrying. They are the center of Barcelona's midfield and their role is very important in maintaining the tempo of the game. I wonder, who will replace them temporarily? and even if there were, maybe it wouldn't be as good as the two of them. Now Barcelona are clearly being reprimanded for their lack of preparedness in dealing with injuries to their players, especially Pedri, he even spent almost a season without playing due to injury.

Barcelona should prioritize comprehensive recovery and increase the muscle mass of its players so that if there is a serious injury it will not have a major impact on a player's career. On the other hand, the player will also often lose playing minutes and this will lead to a continuous decline in performance.

Girona really underestimated Mallorca and however they should be able to maximize the advantages they have and not fall with a defeat like this. I didn't expect Girona to have an even squad and even be able to score goals from anywhere but this time they didn't look like that and they had a really hard time penetrating the Mallorca defense. They have to apply the need to learn things when they have a lot of time well so that these results don't happen again.

[dezoel]

Elite teams will continue to lose points this season but not all of them. Real Madrid humbled Girona and the condition they left them have been really struggle for them, their defeats means Girona are not balance to lift the title. Following the shocking defeats of Girona, it came unexpectedly and its weigh out of line because the top clubs will give threatening space to the elite ones. Girona fans will be disappointed following the current state of the club, they're completely lacking the necessary qualities to continue pushing excellent results in matches.

Girona's players have performed well in every match before facing Real Madrid. But after the 4-0 defeat against Madrid, the performance of Girona's players further deteriorated. I think Girona's players have lost confidence. The team is not performing well due to loss of confidence. Girona's coach should give the players confidence again. Girona's players have proved their mettle this season. If they are confident, they can perform well in the upcoming matches.

In the last few matches we have seen Girona's attacking players not performing well. At the same time, the performance of the defenders is erratic. Girona lost 3-2 against Athletic Club. The overall performance of the players has deteriorated. The coach should make some changes in his tactics.

Girona which is currently at the second spot, and they are having three loses in their last four games after having just one from their 23 games are surely down in confidence because their lost against Real Madrid was humiliating, and they were not expecting result like this which is surely big setback but now after this bad performance they face Athletic Bilbao which is also not easy team and things gone from bad to worse, and now they are having three matches losing streak in away games after suffering against Mallorca which is their second defeat against them after losing in Copa de Rey.

Suddenly their attack is also performing like Real Sociedad which is having serious problem we also have same issue which is surely needed to settle before it's gone more problematic for them at the crucial stage of this season because they are still had chance for going down with Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao both can bring them down.

[Polkeins]

~Snip

The officiating in La Liga is surprising more and more. It is certainly not often seen, when the referee stops an attack with a whistle right before the goal, while before the goal was literally a second or two, as if the referee blew the whistle when he saw that the attack could end in a goal. In general, in the end I think it was necessary to give a penalty in Real's goal, when a Real player instead of the ball hit the legs of a Valencia player, but the referee did not give a penalty and maybe after this mistake he decided that it was necessary to help Valencia and in the last seconds deprived Real of a deserved victory.

In my opinion, the referee's decision was very controversial, he made Real Madrid fail to win the match even though at that time the match had already gone on for more than injury time. Not only at the end of the second half, the referee also did it at the end of the first half when Valencia was also building an attack.

I don't know what happened to the referee and what made him forced to end the match when the team was building an attack, but his decision was very detrimental to Real Madrid. Similar things might happen to other teams and also harm them, but Real Madrid tends to benefit rather than suffer.

This decision was not just controversial, it was practically arbitrary. If you watch the replay of this episode, you can see that the referee first blows the whistle to blow the whistle, then takes the whistle away and then quickly blows the whistle again, as if he first saw that the attack was not dangerous and did not blow the whistle, and then when Real had the ball, he quickly changed his mind and blew the whistle. Although all this happened on 99 minutes, while the referee himself added only 7 additional minutes, which is also strange.

In general, it was good that Barcelona and Girona lost points, otherwise it would look like a conspiracy to deprive Real of victory in La Liga.

Real Madrid was clearly treated unfairly in this match. I also agree with your observations about the referee. When Brahim Diaz received the ball and centered it, the referee blew the whistle to end the match, but this is unfair. Because he had to wait for the attack to end. Since there was VAR control in the 7-minute overtime, it added to the time. The referee made a terrible decision but luckily the other teams also lost points. The top is still with the Madridistas.

The only thing I don't understand is why Real didn't go to the referee committee. It is clear that no one will return them a goal and will not add 2 points, but at least it was possible to achieve a trial and in the case of guilt of the referee to achieve his suspension, so that there were no more such cases in the future. Apparently, as you correctly noticed all the other teams chasing Real, namely Girona and Barcelona also lost points and apparently Real decided not to waste energy on legal proceedings.

In general, this season even this kind of officiating I think will not be able to prevent Real from winning La Liga.

[Uruhara]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Girona has also experienced a decline in performance since the middle of the season. But we can understand that because Girona was not the top team from the start. It's just that Girona made a surprise by appearing stunning since the start of this season. But we cannot understand Barcelona's decline. Because the squad depth that Barcelona has is actually better than Girona. But their current ranking which is below Girona also indicates that Girona is still better than Barcelona this season.

It seems that this week all the top teams except Atletico Madrid are not faring well. Because Real Madrid, Girona, Barcelona and Real Sociedad all failed to get full points. And only Atletico Madrid managed to get full points this week.

[Helena Yu]

Girona has also experienced a decline in performance since the middle of the season. But we can understand that because Girona was not the top team from the start. It's just that Girona made a surprise by appearing stunning since the start of this season. But we cannot understand Barcelona's decline. Because the squad depth that Barcelona has is actually better than Girona. But their current ranking which is below Girona also indicates that Girona is still better than Barcelona this season.

It seems that this week all the top teams except Atletico Madrid are not faring well. Because Real Madrid, Girona, Barcelona and Real Sociedad all failed to get full points. And only Atletico Madrid managed to get full points this week.

Barcelona is already a weak team after Messi left them, Barcelona now is full of old players which sooner will retire.

Girona lost it's confidence after they lose against Real Madrid, this might hit them hard and since they haven't experienced in this position, it's not easy for them to comeback and fix the issues.

Atletico Madrid is always be a dark horse, not surprising they're quite consistent. They will able to overtake Barcelona's position.

[asriloni]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Yesterday Barcelona played against Athletic Club and ended in a draw. Unfortunately, Barcelona couldn't make good use of that match. As you said, Barcelona can no longer become La Liga champions this season because there are internal problems that are making Barcelona not have a good performance. Meanwhile, for Girona, it looks like they also suffered a defeat in the match against Mallorca, so this is a good opportunity for Real Madrid to be in first place at the top of the standings.

Despite the poor performance shown by barcelona against bilbao, the club still has a slight chance of winning la liga this season. Barcelona was struggling to play at its usual standard, barcelona lost two important players in their recent matches. These players are pedri and de jong.
However, if real madrid loses two matches in a row, barcelona can still clich the title. This would be a difficult scenario, but it's not impossible to happen. Barcelona will have a chance to catch up and overtake real madrid's position as long as real madrid will lose two games.

Barcelona is still in the process in securing la liga this season. The overall performance from barcelona is not that bad but barcelona can stand a chance to win la liga as long as madrid bottled some matches.
While abrcelona's chance of winning la liga is small but blaugrana is not completely out of the running just yet. If a real madrid slips up and they can have a chance to come out on the top.

[temple]

Despite the poor performance shown by barcelona against bilbao, the club still has a slight chance of winning la liga this season. Barcelona was struggling to play at its usual standard, barcelona lost two important players in their recent matches. These players are pedri and de jong.
However, if real madrid loses two matches in a row, barcelona can still clich the title. This would be a difficult scenario, but it's not impossible to happen. Barcelona will have a chance to catch up and overtake real madrid's position as long as real madrid will lose two games.

Barcelona is still in the process in securing la liga this season. The overall performance from barcelona is not that bad but barcelona can stand a chance to win la liga as long as madrid bottled some matches.
While abrcelona's chance of winning la liga is small but blaugrana is not completely out of the running just yet. If a real madrid slips up and they can have a chance to come out on the top.

But there are essentially four "ifs" in your calculation when you say that Real Madrid loses two games and Barcelona could then still win the title. What is the chance that Real Madrid will lose two games in a row whereas Barcelona wins two games in a row? I think the chance is tiny at best.

I think so far this season Barcelona didn't have a single winning streak of three games. Correct me if I am wrong, but I quickly scrolled through their game schedule and they can't win several games in a row whereas Real Madrid lost a single game this season. Of course it could still happen in theory, but the numbers aren't suggesting that at all.

Real Madrid still plays against Barcelona in April and if it is still 8 points until then, I don't see any chance for Barcelona to close that gap. The problem is that the game will take place in the Bernabeu, so it is not even a home game for Barcelona.

[joniboini]

But we cannot understand Barcelona's decline. Because the squad depth that Barcelona has is actually better than Girona. But their current ranking which is below Girona also indicates that Girona is still better than Barcelona this season.

What do you mean you can't understand it? I mean, there are various factors such as the possibility of players and the managers clashing with each other, motivation issues, players failing to perform at the level they were expected to, no decent backup, bad tactics, etc. I'm pretty sure one of these has been mentioned by various analysts on the internet. Do you think all of those things are untrue then?

I believe the key reason is that some of their players failed to meet the expectations and poor recruitment process, which are closely related. Squad depth is not limited to how many subs are available for each match, but how well they fill the roles or help the team win under unideal circumstances. On top of that, squad depth is not the only contributing factor IMO. Even if you have 30 backup players but none of them can understand what the coach wants or the coach simply doesn't know how to use them, then it won't change anything at all. CMIIW.

[fullhdpixel]

Barcelona seems to deserve to lose the La Liga title this season. The squad did not perform optimally when they had the opportunity to narrow the points gap with the top of the standings. Girona was lucky because Barcelona again failed to win the match, even if Girona lost, Girona was still ahead of Barcelona.

Really not sure what makes Barcelona's performance less effective than it is now. They have a good squad in attack, but this is not reflected in the way they finish the match. In my opinion, the draw against Bilbao was very disappointing, because Barcelona really wasted the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid, who previously failed to win against Valencia. So, an 8 point lead keeps Real Madrid safely at the top, Girona and Barcelona are the two teams that failed this season I have to admit.

Were you thinking that Barca will be able to have the hope of winning Laliga this season. They didn't just lost it yesterday, they have already lost it since last year December, when they were unable to be consistent with their matches. Girona has been the only one threatening Madrid on the title, but they have also lost it too. Barca should think of fight for the second position instead of having hope that they can win the league when it is impossible for that to happen. However, no one can tell if Barca will still lose or draw more matches.

Things were not bad in early rounds of this season but as they are suffering due to finances teams performance is also going down which is surely concern for them, and now we have uncertainty about how things will be gone in next season because Xavi is going, and they are not capable of having new players which can increase their performance and quality which is important for the challenge of title in next season as well but if they are able to settle things surely we can expect something good otherwise they are going to be in the deepest trouble with debit is almost huge and just one option is available if they are able to bring new owner which will hold this all with his money then all will be back otherwise nothing is going to change, and we will have them down.