La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[iBaba]

Barcelona having one of the worst performances this season, losing El Clasico home and away to Real Madrid and this is certainly no good news for them. Barcelona board have to restrategized and put the team back together. I don't think Xavi Hernandez will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, we have alot going on already but we should also understand the current horrible form Barcelona found themselves. They've struggled to win matches and also losing vital chances of lifting major titles.

Now, let's analyze this from another angle, from the perspective of the managers handling both clubs and their managerial experiences. If you try to compare the experience of Carlo Ancelotti and that of Xavi Hernandez you will come to the realization that the former is more experienced than the latter by far, and will always bring his years of experience into the games they play in terms of strategy and player coordination as well as resilience and motivation to players.

Although we will all agree with the fact that Xavi Hernandez was a great player who made landmark of achievements during his years at as a Barca professional player, nevertheless, he had just started his managerial career in 2019 with a Qatari sports club called Al-Sadd before subsequently moving to Barcelona, his former club, in 2021 as their coach. Whereas, when you look at the career of Carlo Ancelotti, aside from being the present manager of the Real Madrid club, he was also a former Real Madrid manager between the year 2013 and 2015. He had started his career as a coach since 1992 as an assistant coach and 1995 as a head coach, spanning over two decades of experience as a manager of both clubs and national teams.

You definitely don't want to ignore these experiences when you factor it into the performance of both clubs at the El-Castillo challenge.

[HajiBagi]

I do agree that fans of clubs like Barcelona keeps expecting at least one cup per season, and if you end up with zero cups for the season, they will end up wanting more and will be quite upset. Barcelona end up being quite upset because they ended up with nothing this season and that of course upsets the fans, but to be fair they are growing and getting better.

With all the young players they have, they are getting better, they are going to get rid of some of the players that gets paid a lot, and will replace those players with cheaper ones as well next season, and not only they will do better financially, but they will also be able to sell these young players for a lot of money to recover from their debts in the future as well.

Barcelona is the kind of team that always wants to end a season by winning even a single trophy, this season, we can see how Barcelona fans are angry with the coach to the extent that they are blaming him for the team's performance, I have observed Barcelona that they are the type of team that did not want to have mistakes in their team and if you look at the team you will see that they don’t have enough money to buy players from the beginning of the season, after seeing the team struggling they bring their young players to show their talents and now with the help of those young players Barcelona performance looks good.

Barcelona can make their team look good next season by using more young players in their team and also selling some of the players so that they can get money to settle their debt, imagine a team like Barcelona is still owing dept and still can afford good players for the past two years now, this is a very shameful thing, Barcelona did not know how to manage their players and their finance that is why they are in all this problem today, and the way I’m seeing Barcelona again they will remain without buying new players next season again.

[Salahmu]

Getafe 0  vs  2   Athletic Club
ongoing match until 90+3

How can Getafe not be able to optimize this opportunity very well to score a goal, even 1. This was negative because 2 center backs from Bilbao received red cards in the second half. However, Getafe has not been able to score a single goal so far. Indeed, they became more dominant and several times launched attacks against Bilba. but the results are not that accurate and strong.

Is a very disappointing match for Getafe because even if they may not have been on the same performance with Athletic Bilbao but they should have at least manage and draw the match yesterday because the opportunity was actually right in front of them but because of their inconsistency they could not make use of it, funny enough Athletic Bilbao got their first red card very early towards 58 minutes of the match when their was enough time for Getafe to make good use of the opportunity and it doesn't even end their Athletic Bilbao still went ahead to get more extra two red card making it total of 3 red card but still Athletic Bilbao managed to outperform Getafe and defend their goals.

So perhaps I actually commend on Athletic Bilbao because it takes only a club with consistent performance to perform the way they did on that match when they were playing with short 3 players, well is good for Athletic Bilbao because after wining this match they have been able to come close towards qualifying to champions league next season but only if they can beat Atletico Madrid in terms of points because currently Atletico Madrid has 3 points above Athletic Bilbao.

[legendbtc]

Getafe 0  vs  2   Athletic Club
ongoing match until 90+3

2 red cards in 1 club, and still wining with 2 goals and no any conceded goal, it is not only a matter of luck, but this is how Bilbao could struggle and strengthened their back when those two center backs got the red cards.

Obviously, it wasn't luck, it's just that Getafe failed to maximize the advantage they got when Athletic Club played with 10 players, especially Mason Greenwood failed to execute a penalty, and Athletic Club, who was already 2-0 up before the first red card, kept their goal very effectively despite getting attack from Getafe.

Mason Greenwood can be said to be quite lucky because he was able to find a club that gave him a lot of playing time and he has so far managed to give his best for his club Getafe with 8 goals and 6 assists in his first season at this club, it's just that Getafe is not a big club that he will be able to to win the title, but his current performance will attract a lot of attention from elite clubs, especially as it is reported that Manchester United will indeed sell him.

Before the red card, Athletic Club were already 2 goals ahead and when they lost one of their players due to a red card in the 60th minute, the Athletic Club players had started to implement a fairly strong defensive team game so that Getafe did not have space to score.

These are two teams that have different motivations, Getafe no longer has any possibility because they will still stay in the middle of the standings while Athletic Club is competing to finish in the European zone so they have more motivation to win this match so I think victory Athletic Club is quite a natural thing.

In this match, Getafe and Bilbao are considered "evenly matched," even though their recent performance has been subpar. Even Getafe has a homh-field advantage, but everything on the Coliseum field favors the away team. In this match, Bilbao took a 2-0 lead thanks to Inaki Williams' double in the first half. After the break, the away team was reduced to 9 players when Yeray Alvarez and Aitor Paredes were sent off. However, I see that Getafe cannot take advantage to score. I don't know whether to blame Mason Greenwood or not because he missed the opportunity to score in Getafe's 2-0 loss to Athletic Bilbao. On the day, goalkeeper Simon played so well that Greenwood and his teammates could not score at home. In total, Bilbao suffered 34 shots in the match, but all 9 of Getafe's shots on target were successfully blocked by goalkeeper Simon. The creator of this victory was probably goalkeeper Simon.

[naira]

Based on the news so far, Xavi is probably not interested in staying with Barcelona next season. Barcelona need to find a more experienced coach. If the coach is not experienced, we will not see the improvement of the situation of Barcelona. At the same time, the Barcelona management must prepare huge funds for the purchase of players. Even if the squad is not strong, I don't see any chance of improvement in Barcelona's overall performance.

This news continues to be confusing, first Xavi has decided to leave at the end of the season, but again comes with an agreement that he will stay with Barcelona until his contract expires in 2025, then added to the news you just brought, Xavi not interested in staying with Barcelona. In conclusion Barcelona management has no choice because looking for a new coach does not necessarily mean they want to manage a club with poor financial conditions. Like it or not Xavi is the only option they can still talk to. In the future, Laporta must also listen to Xavi input and desires to build the club. That's the only thing that can make Xavi feel comfortable as Barcelona coach. Regardless of Barcelona financial condition, this means there must be players to sell in the upcoming transfer market. De Jong also seems to need to be sacrificed for the umpteenth time, Manchester United may still be interested in making a further offer to De Jong.

[bering]

Bilbao was playing with 9 players since 79 minutes and indeed after red card incident Getafe can control ball possession but Getafe was unable to scores and during the match Getafe gets 34 total of shots but those statistics seems unless because Getafe was failed to scores and actually Getafe was gets the penalty kick but unfortunately Greenwood was failed that opportunity to make a goal and for Bilbao after several times gets poor results finally they can return to the winning ways again today and currently Bilbao has 3 points below to Atletico Madrid the team from 4th place

Real Madrid vs Cadiz and to lock first place and became an the champion of this season mathematically Real Madrid at least have to gets 2 wins again and today i am sure Real Madrid won't missed the opportunity to collect 3 points because Cadiz is weak team for them and the recent performance from Cadiz also not good because in the last 5 matches in Laliga Cadiz only able to get 1 win so i think this could be easy match for Real Madrid and for squad condition because Real Madrid still playing at Champion League against Bayern Munich so i assume Ancelotti will do the rotation for Real Madrid squad but although probably Real Madrid will playing with some of their reserved players i think they still too strong for Cadiz and as the favourite Real Madrid has low odds to bets @1.32

[kro55]

Based on the news so far, Xavi is probably not interested in staying with Barcelona next season. Barcelona need to find a more experienced coach. If the coach is not experienced, we will not see the improvement of the situation of Barcelona. At the same time, the Barcelona management must prepare huge funds for the purchase of players. Even if the squad is not strong, I don't see any chance of improvement in Barcelona's overall performance.

This news continues to be confusing, first Xavi has decided to leave at the end of the season, but again comes with an agreement that he will stay with Barcelona until his contract expires in 2025, then added to the news you just brought, Xavi not interested in staying with Barcelona. In conclusion Barcelona management has no choice because looking for a new coach does not necessarily mean they want to manage a club with poor financial conditions. Like it or not Xavi is the only option they can still talk to. In the future, Laporta must also listen to Xavi input and desires to build the club. That's the only thing that can make Xavi feel comfortable as Barcelona coach. Regardless of Barcelona financial condition, this means there must be players to sell in the upcoming transfer market. De Jong also seems to need to be sacrificed for the umpteenth time, Manchester United may still be interested in making a further offer to De Jong.

You may be right. Currently, Barcelona management is not in a good financial situation. They don't have enough money. If Barcelona want to hire an experienced coach, Barcelona will have to spend a lot of money. At the same time, the new coach has to provide large funds to buy players according to the coach's choice. And at the moment it will be very difficult for Barcelona.

So Barcelona might ask Xavi to stay with Barcelona for one more season. But I have seen in several major news media that Xavi is no longer interested in staying with Barcelona. Still nothing can be said for sure. Xavi's decision is likely to change.

[len01]

Before the red card, Athletic Club were already 2 goals ahead and when they lost one of their players due to a red card in the 60th minute, the Athletic Club players had started to implement a fairly strong defensive team game so that Getafe did not have space to score.

These are two teams that have different motivations, Getafe no longer has any possibility because they will still stay in the middle of the standings while Athletic Club is competing to finish in the European zone so they have more motivation to win this match so I think victory Athletic Club is quite a natural thing.

something that I have to say is great for Bilbao and this praise deserves to be given to the team coached by Ernesto Valverde, they were able to survive even though they only competed with 9 players and didn't concede and as you said, before getting the red card, they were already able to score a superior score and that is Bilbao advantage, It was great to be able to score early and survive after losing 2 players and this was not an easy task but Bilbao was able to survive until the end of the match.
on the one hand, there is no doubt why Bilbao can defend so strongly because Getafe is not a comparable opponent to Bilbao.

In this match, it could actually be said that Getafe was lucky because if the Bilbao players didn't get a red card, maybe Getafe could have conceded a big goal and been embarrassed at home.
but nevertheless I was really surprised by the ambition and solid cooperation that Bilbao has even though previously it looked a little bad.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Things are going well for Real Madrid both in La Liga and in the Champions League. Last week they beat Real Sociedad away with Arda Guler's goal. On the other hand, they managed to draw 2-2 away to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. We can say that they have managed to get the results they wanted in the last weeks. Next week they will play the rematch of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich. Therefore, I think there is a high probability that they will start this match with a reserve squad. On the other hand, Cadiz are in the relegation zone. I am sure they will definitely want to win this match. But I think Real Madrid will be the favorite at home, even if they play this game with a reserve squad.

[junder]

Consistency performance of Girona this season make us surprised with usually teams defend half season only lead top position standings, but Girona become difference with usually team has dominance until half season only after success leading the 3rd standings awhile and has chance moving to 2nd place if can beat Barcelona tonight.
Girona has great opportunity secure three points against Barcelona because not only moving up to 2nd place awhile but also will secure the Champion League spot standing for next season behind 13 points left from Athletic Bilbao can't reach yet with four matches left.
After beating by Atletico Madrid over 3-1, last two matches Girona back to winning perform and has good capital for facing Barcelona and most important three points will get appearance for the first time in Champion League competition next season.

With Girona's performance being so good that they are in third place in the standings, their hard work has produced something quite good for themselves. It is also true that they still have a chance to move up the rankings again, with their match which will take place later against Barcelona, of course this could be their chance to move up the rankings if they are able to beat Barcelona.

I think Girona has a chance to win because I think Barcelona has had a poor performance this season but of course Barcelona won't let Girona shift their ranking, Barcelona will definitely do their best to stay in their current ranking.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

The bad things experienced by Barcelona this season can only be improved last season because this season there is no longer time for Barcelona to make overall improvements. So Barcelona must take time after this season is over and continue to live the remainder of this season with optimism even though Barcelona did not win any trophies this season. And I think what Barcelona experienced this season was a serious blow to everyone in the team so that Xavi Hernandez must find a way to bring Barcelona back to glory next season.

Barcelona started the season in unimpressive fashion, their performance dropping drastically after winning the La Liga trophy race last season. Due to the difficulty of finding balance in the team, Barcelona will end this season without winning a title in any competition. The decline in performance is certainly the main task for management to face a better next season. All plans have begun to be laid out including retaining Xavi as the main coach next season. Several new players are starting to be targeted in the transfer market to strengthen their squad as a form of their seriousness in overcoming the poor performance shown this season.

Throughout this season, Barcelona has suffered 4 defeats in La Liga and seven draws, two defeats against Real Madrid, the rest against Villarreal and Girona. Barcelona will soon play an important match at Girona headquarters, this duel is very crucial because both teams are trying to secure second place. Girona has two missions in this match, apart from wanting to take second place from Barcelona, they also want to end their bad record of never winning in 12 matches against Barcelona when playing at home.

[punk.zink]

With Girona's performance being so good that they are in third place in the standings, their hard work has produced something quite good for themselves. It is also true that they still have a chance to move up the rankings again, with their match which will take place later against Barcelona, of course this could be their chance to move up the rankings if they are able to beat Barcelona.

I think Girona has a chance to win because I think Barcelona has had a poor performance this season but of course Barcelona won't let Girona shift their ranking, Barcelona will definitely do their best to stay in their current ranking.

Girona will have an advantage in the match against Barcelona because they will be playing at home but that doesn't mean they will win the match because their opponent is Barcelona. Even though Barcelona has not had a very good performance recently, Girona themselves are also not at their best. They did manage to win in their last 2 matches but before that, they lost to Atletico Madrid and Getafe. So I think Barcelona also has the same big chance in this match and they should be giving Girona a very tough fight.

[Velvet78]

Before the red card, Athletic Club were already 2 goals ahead and when they lost one of their players due to a red card in the 60th minute, the Athletic Club players had started to implement a fairly strong defensive team game so that Getafe did not have space to score.

These are two teams that have different motivations, Getafe no longer has any possibility because they will still stay in the middle of the standings while Athletic Club is competing to finish in the European zone so they have more motivation to win this match so I think victory Athletic Club is quite a natural thing.

Yeah Athletic Bilbao took advantage of their 2-0 score advantage anyway despite the red cards they got. Getafe tried really everything they could. 29 shots and 3.24 xG in the second half weren't still enough to score a single goal and Greenwood missed a penalty in addition to that. However probably the point gap will be six again today with a win for Atletico Madrid against Mallorca.

Atletico Madrid really don't have anything left in their hands now. They are only focused on maintaining themselves in top four to join the Champions League at least. While they have one place to focus on I don't expect them to make a big mistake and lose their chance like I said before. It is still a great season for Athletic Bilbao even if they can't get past Simeone's team. 

[Cryptmuster]

Barcelona started the season in unimpressive fashion, their performance dropping drastically after winning the La Liga trophy race last season. Due to the difficulty of finding balance in the team, Barcelona will end this season without winning a title in any competition. The decline in performance is certainly the main task for management to face a better next season. All plans have begun to be laid out including retaining Xavi as the main coach next season. Several new players are starting to be targeted in the transfer market to strengthen their squad as a form of their seriousness in overcoming the poor performance shown this season.

Throughout this season, Barcelona has suffered 4 defeats in La Liga and seven draws, two defeats against Real Madrid, the rest against Villarreal and Girona. Barcelona will soon play an important match at Girona headquarters, this duel is very crucial because both teams are trying to secure second place. Girona has two missions in this match, apart from wanting to take second place from Barcelona, they also want to end their bad record of never winning in 12 matches against Barcelona when playing at home.

There, some kind of scandal broke out around the agent Dovbyk, regarding tax evasion, but I doubt that this can somehow affect Girona, so the match should be good. I think that Girona would like to beat Barcelona, to finish in second place after Real Madrid would be a very good achievement, but even if this does not happen and Girona finishes in third place after Real and Barcelona, it will still be a very significant achievement.

[Out of mind]

Going into today's match, Barcelona and Girona are currently second and third in the La Liga points table, and both teams are working hard in the competition. Although this match will be much more interesting as the match is going to be played at Girona's home ground, so I think they have a good chance to win this match. Moreover, if Girona wins today's match, they will be able to overtake Barcelona, who are currently second in the points table with two more points. However, it is certain that Girona will perform well in order to win today, but according to the betting odds, Barcelona is the most likely to win. And if Barcelona can win today's match at the opponent's home ground, their points will increase, and they can be in the second position by the end of the season. Although it will not be possible to occupy the top position in the points table at the moment because Real Madrid is leading with the most points, so this season the second position in the points table may be occupied by Girona or Barcelona.
Today match odds 1X2
Girona @2.75, X @3.80, Barcelona @2.30

[Google+]

Girona will have an advantage in the match against Barcelona because they will be playing at home but that doesn't mean they will win the match because their opponent is Barcelona. Even though Barcelona has not had a very good performance recently, Girona themselves are also not at their best. They did manage to win in their last 2 matches but before that, they lost to Atletico Madrid and Getafe. So I think Barcelona also has the same big chance in this match and they should be giving Girona a very tough fight.

Girona currently only has a difference of two points from Barcelona in standings, so surely they will not waste the opportunity to be able to eliminate Barcelona from second place later, Girona in the first meeting managed to beat Barcelona in home with a score of 2-4, in the first match of course at that time Girona's performance was in good condition and very consistent so they could easily beat Barcelona especially at that time Barcelona's performance In bad shape, but for the second meeting of the season, of course, the performance of the two teams is in good enough condition so it seems that the factor of playing at home cannot be a reference for us to say Girona can win over Barcelona.

Currently Girona and Barcelona are in pretty good form and will also certainly present a game that will be fierce in the match later, but to be honest, if you look at Barcelona performance which is starting to be quite stable, of course it looks like Barcelona has a chance to bring home points from Girona home, even though Girona plays at home but still in that match Barcelona will be the favorite in my opinion.

[ginsan]

With Girona's performance being so good that they are in third place in the standings, their hard work has produced something quite good for themselves. It is also true that they still have a chance to move up the rankings again, with their match which will take place later against Barcelona, of course this could be their chance to move up the rankings if they are able to beat Barcelona.

I think Girona has a chance to win because I think Barcelona has had a poor performance this season but of course Barcelona won't let Girona shift their ranking, Barcelona will definitely do their best to stay in their current ranking.

The biggest opportunity for Girona to return to 2nd place in the standings is of course in tonight's match because if they manage to beat Barcelona of course they will overtake Barcelona. It is quite difficult to predict today match because Barcelona has performed better so far compared to Girona so there is a big possibility that Barcelona can steal points at Girona home ground. On the one hand, looking at their first meeting, of course Girona was able to beat Barcelona easily, so there is a strong consideration that Girona can provide fierce competition in today's match.

Dovbyk must be watched out for by Barcelona defenders because he is Girona mainstay for today match. Dovbyk performance this season is better compared to Lewandowksi because Dovbyk is more productive in scoring goals where he has scored 19 goals which makes him number 1 as the top scorer this season.

[Farma]

With Girona's performance being so good that they are in third place in the standings, their hard work has produced something quite good for themselves. It is also true that they still have a chance to move up the rankings again, with their match which will take place later against Barcelona, of course this could be their chance to move up the rankings if they are able to beat Barcelona.

I think Girona has a chance to win because I think Barcelona has had a poor performance this season but of course Barcelona won't let Girona shift their ranking, Barcelona will definitely do their best to stay in their current ranking.

Girona will have an advantage in the match against Barcelona because they will be playing at home but that doesn't mean they will win the match because their opponent is Barcelona. Even though Barcelona has not had a very good performance recently, Girona themselves are also not at their best. They did manage to win in their last 2 matches but before that, they lost to Atletico Madrid and Getafe. So I think Barcelona also has the same big chance in this match and they should be giving Girona a very tough fight.

It will be a fierce match between Giron vs Barcelona, both have the chance to win this match, Barcelona will visit Girona's headquarters tonight, of course it will not be easy for Barcelona to beat Girona, Girona was the one who was able to beat Barcelona in the first round. This round will see Barcelona try to take revenge by beating Girona.

It is not easy for Barca to win against Girona. Of course Girona doesn't want to be taken lightly by Barcelona, Girona will show their best game tonight, so I think this will be a fierce match, both of them have the chance to win this match.
And we also have to look at the strength of the two teams in the last few matches, Barcelona has improved compared to the meeting between the two teams and Girona has slightly decreased in quality, this of course will be a fierce match with great motivation from both teams so I think there will be lots of goals in this match and I think it would be better to choose to bet on goals in this match.

[Helena Yu]

It will be a fierce match between Giron vs Barcelona, both have the chance to win this match, Barcelona will visit Girona's headquarters tonight, of course it will not be easy for Barcelona to beat Girona, Girona was the one who was able to beat Barcelona in the first round. This round will see Barcelona try to take revenge by beating Girona.

It is not easy for Barca to win against Girona. Of course Girona doesn't want to be taken lightly by Barcelona, Girona will show their best game tonight, so I think this will be a fierce match, both of them have the chance to win this match.
And we also have to look at the strength of the two teams in the last few matches, Barcelona has improved compared to the meeting between the two teams and Girona has slightly decreased in quality, this of course will be a fierce match with great motivation from both teams so I think there will be lots of goals in this match and I think it would be better to choose to bet on goals in this match.

Yep, the bookies and people are underestimate Girona after they fell from top positions, but they forget if Girona is still strong and can compete against top teams. Girona will cook Barcelona since this match held in Girona's home ground, they have advantages over Barcelona

I believe Girona will win, Girona also an underdog in this match, so don't missed this chance!

[Moreno233]

Because this season, Barcelona didn't win any titles, it is very likely that management will carry out a major overhaul of the team, Xavi will definitely leave Barcelona and there are also rumors that Barcelona will sell several young players such as young Barcelona midfielder "Faye", there were also rumors that Lewandowski will move to an Arab club but Lewandowski emphasized loudly that he will remain at Barcelona, Barcelona is really in trouble i think.

Barcelona having one of the worst performances this season, losing El Clasico home and away to Real Madrid and this is certainly no good news for them. Barcelona board have to restrategized and put the team back together. I don't think Xavi Hernandez will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, we have alot going on already but we should also understand the current horrible form Barcelona found themselves. They've struggled to win matches and also losing vital chances of lifting major titles.

There is no doubt in the abysmal performance of Barcelona this season, well such happens to every team sometimes. I think there was a time Real Madrid had their own challenges even Man City too had theirs. Today both teams have been able to solve their problems and are among the dominant teams in European football. What is certain is that Barcelona will be next season as a different and better team than we see now. They are already picking up as this season is coming to an end, their play pattern have remarkably improved. With minor adjustments in the team, they will be on track already.