La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Luzin]

For Braithwaite, ironically he scored 2 goals and be the hero while Barca is trying to push him to get out of the team. What a joke

Actually if you look at his appearance I do not agree if he left. Who will be his successor? Or aguero? If you look at the current conditions, Barcelona should still keep Braithwaite. But if financial problems require them to be frugal I think yesterday he didn't need to buy Aguero. There's still Braithwaite there. Griezmann and Coutinho who can fill his position.

[hd49728]

For Braithwaite, ironically he scored 2 goals and be the hero while Barca is trying to push him to get out of the team. What a joke

A big joke I have ever seen. After leaving Barcelona, that legend won the La Liga and scored 21 goals, finished that season in the fourth position of Pinichi table

Actually if you look at his appearance I do not agree if he left. Who will be his successor? Or aguero? If you look at the current conditions, Barcelona should still keep Braithwaite. But if financial problems require them to be frugal I think yesterday he didn't need to buy Aguero. There's still Braithwaite there. Griezmann and Coutinho who can fill his position.

Aguero will be there, he just came in the club in the summer. Barcelona want to sell off Coutinho, Umtiti, Dembele to get rid of salary burden. How will they finish this task when the summer market only has 2 weeks left?

[Ratash]

I really appreciated Barcelona's performance in their first match not having Lionel Messi anymore. My expectation from them was that they would have a big difficulty and wouldn't win the match. But it was the opposite that happened. Barcelona really dominated the match and destroyed Real Sociedad 4-2. Actually, Sociedad were one of the good teams of the last season. But now, they couldn't do much against Barcelona.

Even though Messi left, Barcelona still played with their style, yes, I mean their possession of the ball. They had 62% of the ball, while Real Sociedad controlled 38%.

And don't forget our MOTM in this match is Lord Martin Braithwaite with 2 goals

Source: Sofascore

Even without messi barcelona has the distinct possesion strategy we rarely see them lose in the possession field but messi value is with his dribbling and play making he is really fast and create the difference in the field and create solutions when the normal tiki taka strategy wont work and i think with him gone barcelona team will struggle but judging from this first round performance i think they can play for the title.

[LittleBitFunny]

I really appreciated Barcelona's performance in their first match not having Lionel Messi anymore. My expectation from them was that they would have a big difficulty and wouldn't win the match. But it was the opposite that happened. Barcelona really dominated the match and destroyed Real Sociedad 4-2. Actually, Sociedad were one of the good teams of the last season. But now, they couldn't do much against Barcelona.

Even though Messi left, Barcelona still played with their style, yes, I mean their possession of the ball. They had 62% of the ball, while Real Sociedad controlled 38%.
And don't forget our MOTM in this match is Lord Martin Braithwaite with 2 goals

Source: Sofascore

Even without messi barcelona has the distinct possesion strategy we rarely see them lose in the possession field but messi value is with his dribbling and play making he is really fast and create the difference in the field and create solutions when the normal tiki taka strategy wont work and i think with him gone barcelona team will struggle but judging from this first round performance i think they can play for the title.

Very early to said completed team Barcelona right after left by Messi to PSG because they pass one match only right now although success win on the first match with Real  Sociedad,  I think need waiting few match later will keep great performance and make many goal again? how ever Messi is the best player for Barcelona and make many new history for club by giving many trophies, waiting who the next top scorer created by Barcelona without Messi.

I heard that the Barcelona management wanted to give Coutinho the number 10 jersey. Barca management seems to be considering Coutinho as Messi's replacement. There is no comparison between Messi and Coutinho. After Messi, Aguero has the potential to be the top scorer in the Barcelona team. He has scored a lot of goals in the Premier League. I believe he will be able to score a lot of goals in the Barcelona team.

[MusaMohamed]

I heard that the Barcelona management wanted to give Coutinho the number 10 jersey. Barca management seems to be considering Coutinho as Messi's replacement. There is no comparison between Messi and Coutinho. After Messi, Aguero has the potential to be the top scorer in the Barcelona team. He has scored a lot of goals in the Premier League. I believe he will be able to score a lot of goals in the Barcelona team.

Depay can play at the left and Braithwaite at the centre. Lord Braithwaite can play as a striker and be a hub of Barcelona attacking system.

It is not good to put Depay at the centre because he will be more useful at wing and use his good pace and dribbling skills. His contributions will be more at wing than centre. Braithwaite is not good striker but he can do it. And Barcelona have to use him in the meantime of Aguero missing because of injury.

[AakZaki]

Aguero is injured and will be absent for a couple of weeks. He is devastated right now by both Messi departure and his injury.
For Braithwaite, ironically he scored 2 goals and be the hero while Barca is trying to push him to get out of the team. What a joke

Maybe after seeing his performance, Barca's management will change their minds. I understand last year Braithwaite was an emergency purchase due to the striker crisis. Last season Braithwaite was not able to play well. He always plays off the bench. even though he was able to score 7 goals. I think he just needs more minutes to play. He is 30 years old and he is still able to survive another 3-4 years.

[DU18]

Aguero is injured and will be absent for a couple of weeks. He is devastated right now by both Messi departure and his injury.
For Braithwaite, ironically he scored 2 goals and be the hero while Barca is trying to push him to get out of the team. What a joke

Maybe after seeing his performance, Barca's management will change their minds. I understand last year Braithwaite was an emergency purchase due to the striker crisis. Last season Braithwaite was not able to play well. He always plays off the bench. even though he was able to score 7 goals. I think he just needs more minutes to play. He is 30 years old and he is still able to survive another 3-4 years.

I agree with you, because right now braithwaite only needs a lot of playing time to be able to show his best performance, even though he can't replace messi's position but at least the coach must be able to give full confidence to braithwaite as a striker, especially with Aguero's injury so that makes Barcelona only have few options for the position current striker and if you look at his performance last season of course it is natural that Braithwaite did not contribute much, because indeed he was only a substitute and was automatically covered by Messi shadow all this time, but this season is an opportunity for Braithwaite to prove himself that he is a player quality one.

[CLS63]

Barcelona have started really well even though Messi has left the team and joined PSG. Many people including me were expecting a weak Barcelona without him. And they played a tough game on the first week against Real Sociedad actually. Because Real Sociedad ended the last season at the 5th place. But Barcelona still dominated the game and simply destroyed them 4-2. Braithwaite was the player of the match for certain with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Of course, I know that it's early to say but Barcelona can really have a good season this time as it seems.

[perfect999]

I believe that Braithwaite is not the player that everyone thinks he is after just one game, he is not THAT good. Sure he had a great game and I understand that Barcelona is in a situation where they need every hand on deck while working overtime to rebuild the team, but Martin is not that guy, he is specifically not great for that style of play neither.

I believe one day Barcelona will have an amazing team, and it is going to be in the next 5 seasons, everyone should wait and see, with the financial troubles going, if I were Barcelona I would get rid of all the players that gets paid over 10 million and sell as many of them as possible, if not just waive them off because even the salaries are a big handicap over getting a better player. They did that with Messi, and I am expecting Griezzmann as the second one, he needs to leave for this rebuild to succeed.

[snipie]

I believe that Braithwaite is not the player that everyone thinks he is after just one game, he is not THAT good. Sure he had a great game and I understand that Barcelona is in a situation where they need every hand on deck while working overtime to rebuild the team, but Martin is not that guy, he is specifically not great for that style of play neither.

I believe one day Barcelona will have an amazing team, and it is going to be in the next 5 seasons, everyone should wait and see, with the financial troubles going, if I were Barcelona I would get rid of all the players that gets paid over 10 million and sell as many of them as possible, if not just waive them off because even the salaries are a big handicap over getting a better player. They did that with Messi, and I am expecting Griezzmann as the second one, he needs to leave for this rebuild to succeed.

There isn't an extra ordinary player in Barcelona right now. There is just players with huge salaries that some of them have to leave the club to alleviate its financial crisis.
About Braithwaite, I don't see big difference between the two honestly except maybe Griezmann having more time? and his name? Now without Messi, both of them have to prove themselves and took a second chance.

[Shasha80]

I believe that Braithwaite is not the player that everyone thinks he is after just one game, he is not THAT good. Sure he had a great game and I understand that Barcelona is in a situation where they need every hand on deck while working overtime to rebuild the team, but Martin is not that guy, he is specifically not great for that style of play neither.

I believe one day Barcelona will have an amazing team, and it is going to be in the next 5 seasons, everyone should wait and see, with the financial troubles going, if I were Barcelona I would get rid of all the players that gets paid over 10 million and sell as many of them as possible, if not just waive them off because even the salaries are a big handicap over getting a better player. They did that with Messi, and I am expecting Griezzmann as the second one, he needs to leave for this rebuild to succeed.

I agree it's too early to judge Braithwaite on a single game basis, even I have been paying attention to Braithwaite's playing style since the previous
season. I agree with you that Braithwaite is not very good, I don't even think it's suitable for a team as big as Barcelona. Braithwaite's only strengths
are hard workers, but lacks good dribbling and finishing skills. I think Barcelona should sell Braithwaite, especially since he is 30 years old.
And looking for another striker who is better.

Barcelona is experiencing a fairly severe financial crisis, so it is necessary to sell some players who have high salaries, but do not make a good
contribution. Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho and Samuel Umtiti are indeed names who have quite large salaries at Barcelona,
but does not make a good contribution, so the best option should be to sell it immediately.

[BIT-BENDER]

There isn't an extra ordinary player in Barcelona right now. There is just players with huge salaries that some of them have to leave the club to alleviate its financial crisis.
About Braithwaite, I don't see big difference between the two honestly except maybe Griezmann having more time? and his name? Now without Messi, both of them have to prove themselves and took a second chance.

Barcelona has fantastic and exciting players that has proving the European football world what they can do, if there have turned that excitement, this can be personal or injuries, I think they still exciting, Griezman, fati, dembele, and more are gifted players and with Messi out I think they would rise to the occasion, I think Barcelona might do better than last season, and they had him last season.

[Pulsar77]

The next opponent of Barcelona are Athletic Bilbao. And it is an away game for them. As they had a solid effort against Real Sociedad, I think they can repeat it again vs Bilbao. But this time, it may not be very easy for Barcelona. They struggled against Bilbao in the last season even having Messi also. They should play being aware of the threat.

[blackened515]

Barcelona have started really well even though Messi has left the team and joined PSG. Many people including me were expecting a weak Barcelona without him. And they played a tough game on the first week against Real Sociedad actually. Because Real Sociedad ended the last season at the 5th place. But Barcelona still dominated the game and simply destrom 4-2. Braithwaite was the player of the match for certain with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Of course, I know that it's early to say but Barcelona can really have a good season this time as it seems.

Barcelona played well against Real Sociedad, they indeed started the season with an amazing 3 winning points. Even without Messi, there are still talented players who are in the club, they now have to work hard. Braithwaite was probably the man of the match, he have proved himself to be a good player. Although, his performance last season wasn't impressive, he only scored 5 goals last season in Barcelona. I believe he will definitely do more better this season.

[jakdanyel]

Real Madrid are going to play an away game against Levante this week. They beat Alaves 4-1 away. Benzema was great as he scored 2 goals. Real Madrid are worshipping him right now as he is their most helpful player. Levante drew with Cadiz 1-1 away.

Considering the head-to-head games, the last 2 games between them were really interesting. Levante beat Real Madrid 2-1 away but Real Madrid took revenge on Levante 2-0 away also. I think Real Madrid will win here again.

[MAAManda]

Real Madrid are going to play an away game against Levante this week. They beat Alaves 4-1 away. Benzema was great as he scored 2 goals. Real Madrid are worshipping him right now as he is their most helpful player. Levante drew with Cadiz 1-1 away.

Considering the head-to-head games, the last 2 games between them were really interesting. Levante beat Real Madrid 2-1 away but Real Madrid took revenge on Levante 2-0 away also. I think Real Madrid will win here again.

Their final head-to-head was very interesting to see, how Real Madrid played at home and lost to Levante.

Referring to the Asian handicap, it looks like anything is possible, Levante is +1 for playing at home (Estadio Ciudad de Valencia).

Source: https://www.asiabookie.info/spanish-la-liga-tips.html

75% percentage I give to Real Madrid, while Levante 25% win percentage.

My Prediction:
Levante 0 - 3 Real Madrid
Levante 1 - 3 Real Madrid
Levante 0 - 2 Real Madrid
Levante 2 - 1 Real Madird

[Spack17]

I assume that Real Madrid (vs Levante) and Atletico Madrid (vs Elche) both will win their games surely. But when it comes to the A. Bilbao - Barcelona game, I'm not very sure about it. Bilbao are a difficult opponent to beat. I expect them to play better than Sociedad here. So maybe Barcelona won't be able to win it by 2 goals at least. But they can win it by 1 goal I think.

[kawetsriyanto]

Braithwaite was maybe under a really big pressure then. But now, it seems like he's started to take the control of this situation.

Yep, it may be true. In the previous season, he probably has less chance to play, and may not be a target man in the attacking line. So, when he gets a ball, he should pass it to Messi. We know that Barcelona relies on Messi to score. So, Barcelona makes him as the main target in the front line. While he is no longer in Barcelona, there is no main target anymore. All players can optimize the chance to score every time has the opportunity.

[jakdanyel]

Atletico Madrid are going to be having a game against Elche home. And they are ahead of their opponent by very far. Atletico Madrid won their last three games between them with 3-1 and 3-0 scores. I think that we will have a similar score or maybe even a bigger score difference. Therefore, it shouldn't be so hard for Atletico to beat them.

[Luzin]

Their final head-to-head was very interesting to see, how Real Madrid played at home and lost to Levante.

Referring to the Asian handicap, it looks like anything is possible, Levante is +1 for playing at home (Estadio Ciudad de Valencia).

Source: https://www.asiabookie.info/spanish-la-liga-tips.html

75% percentage I give to Real Madrid, while Levante 25% win percentage.

My Prediction:
Levante 0 - 3 Real Madrid
Levante 1 - 3 Real Madrid
Levante 0 - 2 Real Madrid
Levante 2 - 1 Real Madird

Be brave enough to bet for levante to win. I myself would not dare with that decision. It is clear from historical analysis that Madrid are stronger than Levante. then the Madrid players also look superior. But I also understand that mentality and fighting power will have an effect, besides that luck also has a little role to play. The host factor also makes levante motivation. I will still support Madrid to win at least 2-1.