La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Weawant]

With Vinícius Junior and Rodrygo too, it is expected of Mbappe to cease the opportunity and prove his worth. Mbappe is a world class player and I know he has what it takes to success at Real Madrid. Mbappe form for Madrid might be affected by the fact that Real Madrid is a big club and much is expected from him immediately at the club or it may be due to the fact of changing environment from a lesser competitive league to a more competitive one. Inasmuch as mbappe is not a traditional number 9 player I think singing of Viktor gyökeres would not be necessary as I believe Mbappe will surely adapt to his new surroundings and contribute effectively to the success of Real Madrid at large.

From my observations it looks like the expectations on mbappe is making many others blind to his performance, he may be trying his best to adapt and get to blend in with the team but because the expectations are high already, he may not even be given the benefit of time to fit in, it's as if they want him fitting in already and giving the results they expect of him irrespective of the they understand he's not the only one in that team who will get the team victory and time to blend in and fit with the teams style of play is needed.

[Amphenomenon]

Atlético Madrid are currently leading Real Valladolid 3 goals to nil in the first half now. Although they had a goal in the extra time of the first half which was ruled out by VAR. More goals will likely come in the second half or we might just see similar situation as of the Arsenal game in the Epl earlier tonight.

Atlético currently sits second in the table now, with a Barcelona topping them only with 2 points. This doesn’t disrupt the fact that Real Madrid hasn't played their game of this matchday and also has an outstanding but this shows, if Barcelona are not careful Atletico Madrid may be able to go ahead of them, if they can be more consistent than Barcelona.

[GiftedMAN]

With Vinícius Junior and Rodrygo too, it is expected of Mbappe to cease the opportunity and prove his worth. Mbappe is a world class player and I know he has what it takes to success at Real Madrid. Mbappe form for Madrid might be affected by the fact that Real Madrid is a big club and much is expected from him immediately at the club or it may be due to the fact of changing environment from a lesser competitive league to a more competitive one. Inasmuch as mbappe is not a traditional number 9 player I think singing of Viktor gyökeres would not be necessary as I believe Mbappe will surely adapt to his new surroundings and contribute effectively to the success of Real Madrid at large.

From my observations it looks like the expectations on mbappe is making many others blind to his performance, he may be trying his best to adapt and get to blend in with the team but because the expectations are high already, he may not even be given the benefit of time to fit in, it's as if they want him fitting in already and giving the results they expect of him irrespective of the they understand he's not the only one in that team who will get the team victory and time to blend in and fit with the teams style of play is needed.

This is what is happening to Mbappe right and I it unfortunate that he has to come to the Real Madrid team at the wrong time , the guy is doing his possible best to better his performance and to blend with the team but because of too much expectations that people have placed on him even before he finally became a Real Madrid player has made them not to understand him any more even in a match where he's playing well they will still criticize his performance of he doesn't score goals. You know that Mbappe was the hit man in the PSG team people are yet to understand that Real Madrid team is different from PSG and the guy is not going to have most of the passes leading to goals to himself because there is a Vinicius Junior who wouldn't be seeing Mbappe outshining him in the club.

[GxSTxV]

Once again, Barcelona is falling on their homeland beside their fans, giving up their leadership of the standings easily when they could perform better and fight harder. This time, they suffered a surprising 2-1 loss to Las Palmas a team that played with determination and discipline from the few minutes I could observe. Las Palmas impressed with their tight defense and effective counter attacks strategy creating problems for Barcelona from the start.

This defeat now opens another golden opportunity for Real Madrid to take advantage. If they win their two late matches they can overtake Barcelona with 2 points and claim the top of LaLiga. Although Real Madrid also aren’t playing or performing well lately, their matches in LaLiga let them gain as much as points possible and get closer again.

[Egii Nna]

Nobody thought of Barcelona losing to Las Palmas at the camp nou this is Barcelona third loss in the laliga this season and I believe this will be a good news to Real Madrid fans. Barcelona dominated this game both first half and second half of the game even in ball possession and goal attempt but there were unable to make good use of their chances as las Palmas took advantage of there chances to get a comfortable 3 points against Barcelona who has been in a good form this season in all competition. It could be Barcelona underated this las Palmas team they believe winning las Palmas will be a sure thing for them, Real Madrid will make they win Getafe so they can close the gap between them and Barcelona in the Spanish laliga table.

Indeed, no one expected Las Palmas to be able to beat Barcelona, ​​before the match started, everyone believed that the match would be easily won by Hansi Flick squad. Barcelona efforts to maintain the top position in the standings are now threatened by Real Madrid, in my opinion this is a big problem for Barcelona in the future. Real Madrid will not waste the opportunity to reduce the points difference that has been created, they are targeting 3 points when hosting Getafe, besides Ancelotti is trying to get out of the pressure after the defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League.

We all know that Ancelotti will not try to lose this opportunity to take Real Madrid to the next level, which will be the best for the team, but to be sincere, the game looks like a setup for Barcelona because they don’t see it coming even though we all expect them to get the 3 points since it is a home game for them, but it ended up as a lost game for them. Although that is now a past, they are now 4 points ahead of Real Madrid, and Real Madrid still has a higher chance of winning Getafe, which will make them closer to Barcelona, although they still have a game that they didn’t play, the game that was postponed, so Real Madrid has more chances against Barcelona now in La Liga.

[Akbarkoe]

Atlético Madrid are currently leading Real Valladolid 3 goals to nil in the first half now. Although they had a goal in the extra time of the first half which was ruled out by VAR. More goals will likely come in the second half or we might just see similar situation as of the Arsenal game in the Epl earlier tonight.

Atlético currently sits second in the table now, with a Barcelona topping them only with 2 points. This doesn’t disrupt the fact that Real Madrid hasn't played their game of this matchday and also has an outstanding but this shows, if Barcelona are not careful Atletico Madrid may be able to go ahead of them, if they can be more consistent than Barcelona.

Three goals were scored in the first half, this is quite impressive they really embarrassed Valladolid who played as the host. Trailing by three goals without reply, it might be quite difficult for Valladolid to equalize or try to narrow the gap. However, as long as the match is not over, anything can still happen, including the possibility for Valladolid to equalize.


On the other hand, something unexpected, the team that yesterday just played with a 2-2 draw against Barcelona, ​​Celta had to lose 3-1 to Espanyol, which is a team that is considered quite bad and inconsistent because they are in the lower ranking of the standings as the relegation zone, and even this victory did not get them out of that zone.

[Stepstowealth]

This defeat now opens another golden opportunity for Real Madrid to take advantage. If they win their two late matches they can overtake Barcelona with 2 points and claim the top of LaLiga. Although Real Madrid also aren’t playing or performing well lately, their matches in LaLiga let them gain as much as points possible and get closer again.

Based on the truth that the Real Madrid players have the early information that they would have a chance to close the gap between them and Barcelona tomorrow, they would take that game very seriously and ensure that they are able to get all points in that game. Barcelona need to end this run of disappointing results because it is not helping the goal which we thought was achievable for Barcelona this season based on how they started, playing very well and winning games very convincingly. I look forward to that game, Mbappe will be criticized again if he does not play better than he did in their Champions League game against Liverpool.

[ginsan]

Once again, Barcelona is falling on their homeland beside their fans, giving up their leadership of the standings easily when they could perform better and fight harder. This time, they suffered a surprising 2-1 loss to Las Palmas a team that played with determination and discipline from the few minutes I could observe. Las Palmas impressed with their tight defense and effective counter attacks strategy creating problems for Barcelona from the start.

This defeat now opens another golden opportunity for Real Madrid to take advantage. If they win their two late matches they can overtake Barcelona with 2 points and claim the top of LaLiga. Although Real Madrid also aren’t playing or performing well lately, their matches in LaLiga let them gain as much as points possible and get closer again.

Barcelona's performance has declined in several matches where they have lost many points. I was previously quite sure that they would get 3 points in today's match but unfortunately that did not come true. Of course this makes their position at the top of the standings even more threatened because their rivals will take this opportunity to play better to get 3 points in tomorrow's match.

The lower ranked team must be watched as well as possible, they can give a surprise like today. Who would have thought that Barcelona would lose points at home and in front of their supporters, of course that was a surprise. I think Barcelona's game is declining because they have lost their spirit to fight for victory, they are not playing very well and many opportunities are wasted in vain.

[Raflesia]

With Vinícius Junior and Rodrygo too, it is expected of Mbappe to cease the opportunity and prove his worth. Mbappe is a world class player and I know he has what it takes to success at Real Madrid. Mbappe form for Madrid might be affected by the fact that Real Madrid is a big club and much is expected from him immediately at the club or it may be due to the fact of changing environment from a lesser competitive league to a more competitive one. Inasmuch as mbappe is not a traditional number 9 player I think singing of Viktor gyökeres would not be necessary as I believe Mbappe will surely adapt to his new surroundings and contribute effectively to the success of Real Madrid at large.

From my observations it looks like the expectations on mbappe is making many others blind to his performance, he may be trying his best to adapt and get to blend in with the team but because the expectations are high already, he may not even be given the benefit of time to fit in, it's as if they want him fitting in already and giving the results they expect of him irrespective of the they understand he's not the only one in that team who will get the team victory and time to blend in and fit with the teams style of play is needed.

Expectations do make some conditions more difficult than imagined but in the end on the one hand we also know that indeed the great expectations of Mbappe especially with the hype generated when his arrival in Madrid earlier this season provided a different situation that made our expectations look too big.

Although indeed for now we can realize that in the end the performance given does not really match expectations, but indeed in terms of positive thinking, of course we will consider this as a slow adaptation because he has not joined for long and with a new position and new things given when he is given the position of targetman which incidentally is new to the club level, it is clear that this is a little difficult for Mbappe to develop his potential.I still hope that he will still show good results for the rest of the season even though we have to lower our expectations a little but I think this is still possible.

[JeromeTash]

Have certain teams, especially some La Liga teams, learned how to beat Barcelona's high line defense tactic and offside trap? I believe so. Today was just another day showcasing that. At the beginning of the season, Barça seemed too impressive and many believed they would win the la Liga without any serious contention, but things don't seem as they used to be.

Barcelona's weakness is yet to be exploited by more teams, and I think Hansi Flick has no plan B. Time will tell.

[snipie]

Have certain teams, especially some La Liga teams, learned how to beat Barcelona's high line defense tactic and offside trap? I believe so. Today was just another day showcasing that. At the beginning of the season, Barça seemed too impressive and many believed they would win the la Liga without any serious contention, but things don't seem as they used to be.

Barcelona's weakness is yet to be exploited by more teams, and I think Hansi Flick has no plan B. Time will tell.

I find Barcelona weaker these days comparing to the beginning of the season. In the last 3 games, they managed to collect only one point out of nine! Now, Atletico Madrid are very close from them and Real Madrid will have an opportunity to get closer with one point difference if they won their game.
I doubt also the presence of plan B and the coach has to catch up the victory train before it is too late.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Have certain teams, especially some La Liga teams, learned how to beat Barcelona's high line defense tactic and offside trap? I believe so. Today was just another day showcasing that. At the beginning of the season, Barça seemed too impressive and many believed they would win the la Liga without any serious contention, but things don't seem as they used to be.

That hasn't taken anyone by surprise, trust me. The team have been long preparing for moments where they'll find it difficult to win. It happens across the cast majority of leagues in the European football. You don't expect a team to play flawlessly before they can claim the trophy; the fact that the person that thought of the league tables and created the chart and the rules on how teams would claim a new position, or be demoted is a genius.

Barca fought good, but they weren't just lucky. What captures my fancy almost every time is Raphinha's performance throughout the match. The little flick, spin and kick works 85% of the times even in tighter spaces like the one he had when he scored the only goal for the team. On top of that, I see every reason why he was given the captain band... But what if the last free kick was a goal from that angle? I mean it's okay to lose sometimes.

[...]and I think Hansi Flick has no plan B.

So, he's been playing with just one strategy throughout? Obviously, Hansi ain't even alone in this... Just crazy but I think they'll improve sooner than we're expecting.

[GbitG]

Once again, Barcelona is falling on their homeland beside their fans, giving up their leadership of the standings easily when they could perform better and fight harder. This time, they suffered a surprising 2-1 loss to Las Palmas a team that played with determination and discipline from the few minutes I could observe. Las Palmas impressed with their tight defense and effective counter attacks strategy creating problems for Barcelona from the start.

This defeat now opens another golden opportunity for Real Madrid to take advantage. If they win their two late matches they can overtake Barcelona with 2 points and claim the top of LaLiga. Although Real Madrid also aren’t playing or performing well lately, their matches in LaLiga let them gain as much as points possible and get closer again.

That's Sucky, mate !
I didn't really expect from Barcelona that they would lose their match. Although Las Palmas is just a shitclub and is in bad form despite this season, Barcelona are in his outstanding form. But unfortunately they get the results with a lot. I was pretty surprised when I monitored the match. Las Palmas was so good especially their strong defensive tactics which made me feel terror. I really appreciate their efforts; they did their best job tonight.
 
Yep obviously this defeat just opens up for Real Madrid and they will take advantage of it to become a league leader. But to be honest still, there is a lot of matches is on unmarked patches. And maybe Barcelona will make a point gap by taking over again and winning the league title. But anyway, now everyone's eyes are on real madrid, whether it is proven against Gedafe's victories or admits defeat. Tomorrow is the race to title match for real madrid. If real madrid is successful in winning the match, then they will definitely become the league leader, and if they fail, they will considered remain as second.

[SatoPrincess]

It is a really disappointing kind of a drop in performance by Barcelona these days. How did they manage to lose to Las Palmas home?    They even got behind for 2 times during the game. When we check the lineup they didn't have 2 of their usual players. Yamal was among the substitutes after recovering from his injury. Olmo also didn't play. I guess Hansi Flick wanted to rest him after the Brest game.

When Yamal entered at the beginning of the second half, I got more hopeful. However they still got a bad loss... Now Real Madrid technically have a big chance to take the lead from Barcelona considering they have a missing game.

Who would have thought that a low ranked side like Las Palmas could defeat Barcelona at home. It was an embarrassing outing for Barcelona, their performance in the game was shambolic. Las Palmas delivered an excellent performance, they surprised everyone by securing a memorable victory against Barcelona. It seems Real Madrid have a chance at the title since Barcelona are bent on bottling the trophy this season.

[TelolettOm]

Who would have taught that a low ranked side like Las Palmas could defeat Barcelona at home. It was an embarrassing outing for Barcelona, their performance in the game was shambolic. Las Palmas delivered an excellent performance, they surprised everyone by securing a memorable victory against Barcelona. It seems Real Madrid have a chance at the title since Barcelona are bent on bottling the trophy this season.

Although there is a proverb:
"nothing is impossible"
But indeed, the result of the match between Barcelona vs Las Palmas was really surprising. Moreover, Barcelona played at home, and this defeat was really painful. Barcelona did not lack attacks, nor did they lack ball possession. However, their attacks were not as sharp and accurate as usual.

and they, ruined the 125 year party of Barcelona at the end of this November.

Source: The defeat against Las Palmas
And this is not the first time.

[Cityhunter34]

Earlier today, Barcelona were shockingly beaten at home by Las Palmas in a game they were celebrating their 125 years as a football club. The defeat meant that Barcelona were able to win just one game in four league games they played in November and should Real Madrid win their two outstanding games, Barcelona will lose their place at the top of the league table.
Barcelona started the season on a very impressive note and were even considered by many as the team that'll win the league title this season but their recent results have birthed serious doubts amongst fans of the club.
What really happened that made Barcelona to lose their form? Do you think they'll be able to bounce back to winning ways again?

Barcelona's next match against Mallorca will be crucial in determining if they can bounce back to winning ways. Honestly, Barcelona is in mixed form in La Liga right now. If they fail to win their next match, it will be tough to stay in the title race. Real Madrid has two outstanding matches, and if they win both they will top the table. This would be a significant setback for Barcelona, especially after their strong start to the season.

[blue Snow]

But, we don't expect too much, because Las Palmas is a team with full of surprises when they play away.
They beat Rayo Valecano 1-3, and Valencia 2-3. and even more surprising, they beat Otinena 0-7 on Copa del Ray.
Barcelona should be take care Jaime Mata, because he scored 4 goals at that time.

Really?

Rayo Vallecano is a mediocre team, especially Valencia who currently in relegation zone. Ontinena is an unknown team that played in Regional Preferente aka fifth tier Spanish league. If Las Palmas can scored 7 goals against Ontinena, Barcelona could score 20 goals against them.

There's nothing need to worry, Barcelona will win.

My concern happened last night, Las Palmas really surprised us with a massive attack and destroyed Barcelona's defense. It seems like Barcelona can't do much for stabbing Las Palma's wall.
I already guessed on 1st half how Barcelona looking overwhelmed to dampen them, but Las Palmas instead attacking back and scored a goal first.
Maybe it's not worth to compare with Rayo Valecano, Valencia, and Otinena, but they did it last night, they even shamed Barcelona on full of their fans, this is something special for the club that is taken for granted.

In fact, Barcelona underestimated them at the beginning, thus struggling and losing mentally to continue like they were against other great teams.

[tusandii]

Who would have thought that a low ranked side like Las Palmas could defeat Barcelona at home. It was an embarrassing outing for Barcelona, their performance in the game was shambolic. Las Palmas delivered an excellent performance, they surprised everyone by securing a memorable victory against Barcelona. It seems Real Madrid have a chance at the title since Barcelona are bent on bottling the trophy this season.

I also didn't expect a weak club like Las Palmas to beat Barcelona at home, previously I had read a post by @blue snow which said

However, we don't expect too much, because Las Palmas is a team full of surprises when playing away.
They beat Rayo Valecano 1-3, and Valencia 2-3. And even more surprisingly, they beat Otinena 0-7 in the Copa del Ray.
Barcelona should be careful with Jaime Mata, because he scored 4 goals at that time.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5176196.msg64795054#msg64795054
At first I didn't really believe this because Barcelona appeared strong this season but it turned out to be true as we saw it really came true that Las Palmas could give a surprise when playing as an away team and this time they beat Barcelona.

[OcTradism]

Earlier today, Barcelona were shockingly beaten at home by Las Palmas in a game they were celebrating their 125 years as a football club. The defeat meant that Barcelona were able to win just one game in four league games they played in November and should Real Madrid win their two outstanding games, Barcelona will lose their place at the top of the league table.

With many young players in their squad, they have difficulty to maintain good performances within a season, it's reasonable but they don't lose anything yet this moment. The season is long and they can come back, and latest bad and shocked results are necessary for Barcelona players to calm down and forget all sweet words about their impressive start. They must use these bad results as bitter warnings for themselves, that if they want to win La Liga trophy, they must focus in a whole season.

Barcelona's next match against Mallorca will be crucial in determining if they can bounce back to winning ways. Honestly, Barcelona is in mixed form in La Liga right now. If they fail to win their next match, it will be tough to stay in the title race. Real Madrid has two outstanding matches, and if they win both they will top the table. This would be a significant setback for Barcelona, especially after their strong start to the season.

Now Barcelona have 2 points more than Atletico Madrid with same total matches, and 5 points more than Real Madrid but with two more matches than this competitor. This means if Real Madrid win all two matches, they will have 1 point more than Barcelona. Several weeks ago, we said Real Madrid were in crisis and now, it's time to talk about it with Barcelona. Atletico Madrid were not considered as a trophy competitor at the season beginning but now they slowly rise up and show that they're competitive enough against Barcelona and Real Madrid.

[mamesso]

What's wrong with Hansi Flick team?
This result is truly unexpected because in the last 5 H2H Las Palmas has not been able to achieve a win or draw when facing Barcelona. This result is very beneficial for Real Madrid who are starting to find their best game in La Liga, Real Madrid chances of taking over the top of the standings are getting bigger because the distance between the two is getting closer.
Now it's just a matter of time, Real Madrid have only played 13 matches, meaning if Madrid are able to win against Getafe and the remaining match against Valencia, Madrid's points will exceed Barcelona's points.