La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[datguyian]

I can't see Real losing tomorrow. Worse they may draw but Liverpool just aren't playing well enough to win this and Anfield is no longer their fortress.

This is Real Madrid's game to lose.

I have said it before and I'm going to say it again. Real will play a tough game tonight, Liverpool will not qualify it win the match, for sure, Real have goals to score leaving Liverpool helpless.
Despite Real Madrid form this period, they, they won't find it easy to beat Liverpool.

Although it will not be easy to win today's match against Liverpool, I think Real Madrid will win today's match as well. With the win over Barcelona, the Real Madrid players are now in a mentally strong position. I think they will win against Liverpool in the same way.

The matter is in the mood of the Real Madrid players. Physically, the team is playing at the limit. The last 10 minutes and in the game against Barcelona and against Liverpool, Real Madrid defended at their gates. I think that Real Madrid will try to score in the first half, and then play on counterattacks. Otherwise, Liverpool can score two goals and advance to the next round.

I think they will go for counter attacks from the very beginning. Vinicius is very fast and it's the perfect situation and strategy for them. No need to rush, let Liverpool make the mistake. It will be exciting if Liverpool scores first. Then it's going to be a hell of a game. Hoping for some fun tonight!

[jaberwock]

Doesn't matter if it's Sevilla or any other team then. This is just a preferred style of betting. If you like push handicaps then you also like Draw no Bet markets. I do take them every now and then depending on the odds (AH of -1 or -2 is one of my most often) selected.

As I said, Sevilla screwed us all early in the season, which is why no one's considering them a serious La Liga contender.

Honestly I rarely ever do handicap because I do not really want to bet on a team I am not sure about. Obviously speaking you can't win all the bets, that's true, but if I am going to drop the odds to a tie level or a win, that handicap tells me that I should not bet on that game at all if I am not trusting that team to win. Did I lost that way? Of course, just very recently on La Liga I wagered on Barcelona to win and they lost, I lose bets all the time, but that doesn't mean I will change my style.

However I have a friend who only plays over/under bets for example, never wagers on who will win, just the amount of goals there will be in a game, he sometimes wins and sometimes loses just like me, so there isn't much difference in the results for us, we both get about the same results, but totally different styles. Which means anyone can play any style they want, it only matters if they are good at it or not, and not about the style.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I have said it before and I'm going to say it again. Real will play a tough game tonight, Liverpool will not qualify it win the match, for sure, Real have goals to score leaving Liverpool helpless.
Despite Real Madrid form this period, they, they won't find it easy to beat Liverpool.

After Real Madrid beat Barcelona in Elclasico, I really believe the spirit of the Real Madrid players to win this second leg will be much better even though they already have a great chance of qualifying because of the 3-1 win in the first leg. I'm not sure Real Madrid will fail to qualify today for the semifinal like Barcelona last season when they already won the first leg. Liverpool can still surprise Real Madrid, but they have not been at their best this season.

Real Madrid managed to keep the score at 0-0 till the end and they have advanced to the semi final. The El Clasico win really helped them gain more confidence in the second leg. Real Madrid seem to be very eager to win both titles, La Liga and the CL.

[kawetsriyanto]

Real Madrid managed to keep the score at 0-0 till the end and they have advanced to the semi final.

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

[skarais]

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

It may be true that Zidane didn't push his players too hard to score in this second leg and it may also be true that Real Madrid didn't have many chance. They only had a few shot on goal but no goals. Several Liverpool counter-attack also failed so that the result of 90 minute without a goal was quite boring. I don't like goalless match like that, it's like watching a horror movie. But, congrats to Real Madrid

[Iranus]

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

It may be true that Zidane didn't push his players too hard to score in this second leg and it may also be true that Real Madrid didn't have many chance. They only had a few shot on goal but no goals. Several Liverpool counter-attack also failed so that the result of 90 minute without a goal was quite boring. I don't like goalless match like that, it's like watching a horror movie. But, congrats to Real Madrid

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

[hd49728]

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

Absolutely correct. Zidane is an attacking player and played beautiful football but as a coach he manages his club with very practical football.

The 3 Champions League in 3 continuous seasons for Real Madrid don't come randomly. The tactic of Zidane contributes a lot and luckiness, moments from super stars help RM won three titles. In recent months, I read many drama that Real Madrid will have another coach and it won't be affected by final results in La Liga or Champions League.

If Zidane got both La Liga and Champions League, and leaves the club, he deserves to be called as ever lasting legendary in Hall of Fame.

[kassex]

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

Absolutely correct. Zidane is an attacking player and played beautiful football but as a coach he manages his club with very practical football.

The 3 Champions League in 3 continuous seasons for Real Madrid don't come randomly. The tactic of Zidane contributes a lot and luckiness, moments from super stars help RM won three titles. In recent months, I read many drama that Real Madrid will have another coach and it won't be affected by final results in La Liga or Champions League.

If Zidane got both La Liga and Champions League, and leaves the club, he deserves to be called as ever lasting legendary in Hall of Fame.

I completely agree with you about Zidane. If he managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals with such a squad and a huge number of injured players during the season and still fight for LaLiga, he should already be offered a life contract. And yet I think Zidane will not go anywhere after that season and will coach Real Madrid for a couple of years.

[slaman29]

I have said it before and I'm going to say it again. Real will play a tough game tonight, Liverpool will not qualify it win the match, for sure, Real have goals to score leaving Liverpool helpless.
Despite Real Madrid form this period, they, they won't find it easy to beat Liverpool.

Well it turned out as you said but like we both predicted, it wasn't easy at all. You could see a lot of their players playing through pain and injury. Zidane took some off for those but also for tempers flaring up.

Huge for them and I know they'll be preparing for Chelsea. The weekend will be really important for a lot of teams now in top 3. Getting ready for my big bet:)

[skarais]

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

Yes, Real Madrid were quite successful in carrying out their goalless mission if that was true and they secured a ticket to the semifinal. Now Chelsea are the opponent they have to beat if they want to reach the final. In my opinion, Chelsea is a team to watch out for after they also managed to beat Atletico Madrid and Porto. These two team have the same goal which is to play in the final, Real Madrid must have an easier way in the second leg and that mean they have to score a lot of goals in the first leg later.

[Iranus]

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

Yes, Real Madrid were quite successful in carrying out their goalless mission if that was true and they secured a ticket to the semifinal. Now Chelsea are the opponent they have to beat if they want to reach the final. In my opinion, Chelsea is a team to watch out for after they also managed to beat Atletico Madrid and Porto. These two team have the same goal which is to play in the final, Real Madrid must have an easier way in the second leg and that mean they have to score a lot of goals in the first leg later.

Real Madrid is a very stable team. And most importantly Madrid has a very experienced coach Zidane. He knows how to sort out the strategy against any team. Hopefully Real Madrid can easily win against Chelsea.

[Furious 7]

I think Zidane's goal was, there is no need to score, you have to draw the match in any way and secure the semi-final. And that's what the Real Madrid players did. They didn’t attack too much. Only did 6 shots. Which is very low. Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the semi-finals. I hope to see many goals in the match.

Yes, Real Madrid were quite successful in carrying out their goalless mission if that was true and they secured a ticket to the semifinal. Now Chelsea are the opponent they have to beat if they want to reach the final. In my opinion, Chelsea is a team to watch out for after they also managed to beat Atletico Madrid and Porto. These two team have the same goal which is to play in the final, Real Madrid must have an easier way in the second leg and that mean they have to score a lot of goals in the first leg later.

Real Madrid is a very stable team. And most importantly Madrid has a very experienced coach Zidane. He knows how to sort out the strategy against any team. Hopefully Real Madrid can easily win against Chelsea.

Zidane said Chelsea were a formidable opponent because they could now qualify for the semifinals to meet Real Madrid.
However, in the first leg the two clubs will secure with the goals that get a lot, so of course it will be less safe in the second leg, it will only be able to survive with what is already in the goal so the second leg will determine who will enter the final later.

Zidane is already experienced and he has won various trophies, but Chelsea is also under Tuchel's hands undergoing good changes, meaning that he will be a formidable opponent and cannot be underestimated even though Real Madrid have become champions of defense.

[bitgolden]

Zidane is an attacking player and played beautiful football but as a coach he manages his club with very practical football.

The 3 Champions League in 3 continuous seasons for Real Madrid don't come randomly. The tactic of Zidane contributes a lot and luckiness, moments from super stars help RM won three titles. In recent months, I read many drama that Real Madrid will have another coach and it won't be affected by final results in La Liga or Champions League.

If Zidane got both La Liga and Champions League, and leaves the club, he deserves to be called as ever lasting legendary in Hall of Fame.

Zidane already deserved to be called a legend both as a player and a coach, who wins 3 in a row champions league? That is a marvelous accomplishment. Do not tell me that he had star players, people before him had those star players as well, there has been teams with even better roster, and not every one of them won the champions league let alone win it 3 times in a row.

If a team is good and achieves something that could be attributed to the players, but if a team does that for 3 years in a row at the biggest stage of the world, you have to say that coach is the best there is at that current time. I still think that if they can manage to somehow get both La Liga and Champions league together this year, that would mean that Zidane would be at the level of Sir Alex Ferguson for me and that would mean he still has a lot of years left to prove he is even better.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Real Madrid managed to keep the score at 0-0 till the end and they have advanced to the semi final.

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

Yeah, there wasn't any need for them to show the same level of performance in the first leg. They had already a huge 3-1 score advantage and all they needed to do was maintaining it. And they made it. Liverpool couldn't do much against them so I appreciate Real's huge effort.

[AakZaki]

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

Hala Madrid....!  . They deserve to advance to the semifinals. They are the kings of UCL with 13 titles, 3 of which came with Zidane. Now is the perfect time to recover after a solid match. The closest match is against Getafe. Predictions should Madrid be able to win, despite appearing at Getafe's home. The first meeting, Madrid won 2-0. If Zidane wants to keep his chances of winning the La Liga title then he should choose to win.

[kawetsriyanto]

I don't like goalless match like that,

Me, too. But since they still have some remaining matches in La Liga and they will against a harder team in the next stage, they must keep their healthy. I support Zidane if he really instructed the player to play not very offensive. As long as they can qualify to the next stage, it is more than enough for them, no need to do something useless or even risky for the players.

it's like watching a horror movie.

Well, maybe it is like a horror movie but I think it is a smart and wise strategy. Hala Madrid!!  

[Shasha80]

Real Madrid managed to keep the score at 0-0 till the end and they have advanced to the semi final.

They did it, they have a draw result.
I think they have planned to not force their power to score. Zidane probably instructed their players to play effectively. Their target seems just to qualify to the semi-final, without forcing themselves to win again, a draw result is enough. I can conclude it based on the stats of Real Madrid today, it is much different from the first Leg. They didn't play as aggressively as in the first Leg.

Yeah, there wasn't any need for them to show the same level of performance in the first leg. They had already a huge 3-1 score advantage and all they needed to do was maintaining it. And they made it. Liverpool couldn't do much against them so I appreciate Real's huge effort.

Zidane's strategy was right when Madrid didn't play aggressively like in the first leg, because Real Madrid had won on aggregate, for what risky
attacking play will give Liverpool players space to score goals. And like you said Real Madrid managed to keep the aggregate in the second leg
and deserved to qualify for the semi-finals. Then the next in the semi-finals will face Chelsea, in my opinion, the opponent is not too difficult
than Madrid to face Manchester City or PSG.

[hd49728]

Zidane already deserved to be called a legend both as a player and a coach, who wins 3 in a row champions league? That is a marvelous accomplishment. Do not tell me that he had star players, people before him had those star players as well, there has been teams with even better roster, and not every one of them won the champions league let alone win it 3 times in a row.

I had my doubt about Zidane and I was not convinced even he won three Champions League in a row. Nevertheless what he managed and got with Real Madrid in this season changed my thoughts. I am totally impressed with Zidane in this season. He is a talented and strong coach if he is not, he can not help the club keeps the good positions and still fighting for trophies at the end of season.

If a team is good and achieves something that could be attributed to the players, but if a team does that for 3 years in a row at the biggest stage of the world, you have to say that coach is the best there is at that current time. I still think that if they can manage to somehow get both La Liga and Champions league together this year, that would mean that Zidane would be at the level of Sir Alex Ferguson for me and that would mean he still has a lot of years left to prove he is even better.

You can not compare Zidane with Sir Alex who has a very long management career and huge success. If you want to compare, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, J Klopp are coaches to do so. Zidane is at top level and in my opinion, it is hard to choose who is the best coach. They have successes and in some seasons, one will be better than the others.

[slaman29]

Big night for Villareal last night. They had a lot of doubters after the first leg, when all they could do was win with a penalty. And facing up against the team that knocked out Tottenham Hotspur, I guess a lot of people would have said Villareal couldn't go through.

But here there are now in the semis. No way they can beat Arsenal though right?

[Juggy777]

Big night for Villareal last night. They had a lot of doubters after the first leg, when all they could do was win with a penalty. And facing up against the team that knocked out Tottenham Hotspur, I guess a lot of people would have said Villareal couldn't go through.

But here there are now in the semis. No way they can beat Arsenal though right?

@slaman29 whenever a team plays with overconfidence and underestimates their opponents they pay a price for it, and kudos to Villareal for playing with confidence and winning this match. Furthermore I see no reason why they can’t beat Arsenal, because Arsenal isn’t a strong team this season so anything can happen.

Source:

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/arteta-accepts-full-responsibility-for-arsenals-poor-form/article33337595.ece (Little old article but not much has changed)