La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[nelson4lov]

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Certainly, there are not many positives for Barcelona today in a fierce confrontation against the Bilbao it's been always difficult to win games the stadium San Mames many teams aspiring to compete for the title do not get the results they are looking for.
The continued dominance of Frankie in the middle with or without the ball is amazing, the acceleration of the attack leadership, his aggressiveness in His defensive areas or contributing offensively while overcoming the pressure in this way makes you bet that he can take on more than one role on the field and with high efficiency.
De Jong continues to grow game after game, the influential player in all the stations of the stadium .
Barcelona may have lost a lot over the years, but he gained a star worth De Jong and a person despite his many flaws, but he knows very well how to employ him as he is the son of his country Koeman.

Let's hope so. The problems with teams like this is that when an important player like the caliber of Messi or when Ronaldo left their teams, there were players that showed up with potentials but the void left by these players are more often than not ~ not filled and it leaves a hole in the team that doesn't gets fixed in a season or two. De Jong has been an impressive part of Barcelona team since last season and he'll continue to impress if he can perform consistently and don't go out for too much injuries. Don't forget it takes team effort to win most of these games and also, Messi was a leader like no other. It's a long shot imo.

[mv1986]

Expectation : Barca winning. Reality : Barca struggling and 1 goal behind Bilbao!

It's minute 88. The score is still the same, Bilbao 1 vs 1 Barcelona.
I am not sure if Barcelona can win this match, look like to end in a draw. Athletic Bilbao isn't an easy club to be defeated, especially it is in their home.

Braithwaite was just substituted by Demir, Piqué also left due to injury.

No Braithwaite's score today. I assume Barcelona fans feel unsatisfied today. Well, this indicates that a new Barcelona squad isn't competitive enough. They will miss Messi if they continue to experience the difficulties to score like today. 

In the end 1-1 disappointing from Barcelona but it was a rough away game from them. I still dont know how that was a foul by Braithwaite when Barca scored a goal. Well Messi was a big part of their game,they played everything around him now they have to play a lot diffrent

As I said, no magical Messi moments, no win for Barcelona. Bilbao is tough to play, especially when they take the lead and can fully concentrate on their defense. If that once happen, Messi is exactly the player you need. I don't think that Koeman will stay for the whole season. They are going to fire him and blame him for weak performances.

[EdenHazard]

Great game by Athletic Bilbao. They should have even won this game if they had taken a couple of their Chances. Barcelona don't have that fear factor anymore, ss a matter of fact, It started last season. Their defense was so shaky and was always teased by the Bilbao attackers. I expect them to have a very hard time winning some upcoming games, even against weak opponents.

When Barcelona played their first game of the season and won Real Sociedad 4-2, someone said that Barcelona will barely feel the absence of Messi but I said otherwise. It might be too early to say for sure but it's already looking like this season would be like one of Barcelona's worse in recent years. We might likely see strings of consecutive poor performance like that of today that saw Barcelona narrowly escape with one point.

Well , barcelona blew a fortune and get worse now ... financially and mentally out of form.

messi isnt really barcelona problem , they are sucks even with messi last season.
athletic bilbao itself indeed not an easy opponent, barcelona often struggle to beat them even with the dream team the likes ronaldinho, overmars, kluivert, puyol, edgar davids was there...
not a bad start considering the tough opponent but still that is not enough unless if yeah the next ac milan is in progress in barcelona lol

[Slow death]

Barcelona won one point, they didn't lose two points. Athletic Bilbao away games are always hard, one point is good, they can compensate this in next fixture.

let's be honest, barcelona this way will finish in third or fourth place at the end of the season, barcelona is very weak and every game will be noticed, I'm glad they tied today because if real madrid wins then we'll be at the top and if the athlete losing will also be very good. in any case without Messi, it seems to me that we don't need to worry about Barcelona anymore. now our biggest rival has become Atletico Madrid , these guys will be a big headache this season again


my prediction for some games:

Levante 0 - 2 Real Madrid

as a real madrid fan I'm rooting for this important victory

although I would prefer the Atletico Madrid to lose, but I admit they are strong so my prediction for this game is:

Atletico Madrid 2 - 0 Elche

[Rabi3]

No Braithwaite's score today. I assume Barcelona fans feel unsatisfied today. Well, this indicates that a new Barcelona squad isn't competitive enough. They will miss Messi if they continue to experience the difficulties to score like today. 

they still have Aguero and Coutinho who didn't play because of injuries, they can add a lot to the team, and also Depay did well today, only if he scored at the 86th minute, i think they have a competitive team and they still can win La liga this year.

[ziyaaa]

Barcelona won one point, they didn't lose two points. Athletic Bilbao away games are always hard, one point is good, they can compensate this in next fixture.

let's be honest, barcelona this way will finish in third or fourth place at the end of the season, barcelona is very weak and every game will be noticed, I'm glad they tied today because if real madrid wins then we'll be at the top and if the athlete losing will also be very good. in any case without Messi, it seems to me that we don't need to worry about Barcelona anymore. now our biggest rival has become Atletico Madrid , these guys will be a big headache this season again


my prediction for some games:

Levante 0 - 2 Real Madrid

as a real madrid fan I'm rooting for this important victory

although I would prefer the Atletico Madrid to lose, but I admit they are strong so my prediction for this game is:

Atletico Madrid 2 - 0 Elche

I think that it is still too early to talk about Barcelona like this. Because we are only at the beginning of the season right now. So I think that it is not very ideal to jump to conclusions already now. Yeah, Barcelona had a tough time today against Bilbao. And they didn't perform well also. But I still feel like they can have a good season after seeing their performance against Real Sociedad.

[OcTradism]

let's be honest, barcelona this way will finish in third or fourth place at the end of the season, barcelona is very weak and every game will be noticed, I'm glad they tied today because if real madrid wins then we'll be at the top and if the athlete losing will also be very good. in any case without Messi, it seems to me that we don't need to worry about Barcelona anymore. now our biggest rival has become Atletico Madrid , these guys will be a big headache this season again

Third position is not bad for Barcelona. The ended in third position last year and if this year, they can keep that position after losing Messi, it is acceptable result for them.

Memphis Depay started this season so good and Barcelona can hope that he will not be another failure like Coutinho, Dembele or Griezman. Memphis joined them with free transfer and at least if he fails, Barcelona will lose less money for Memphis.

I believe Memphis will have a great time in Barcelona. I think Barcelona so far operate good enough without Messi.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Barcelona had a really difficult match against Athletic Bilbao. I think that Bilbao played more dominant in general. And they got ahead 1-0 also. Barcelona had a big difficulty in equalizing the score. M. Depay made a difference and scored a very crucial goal for his team. But they couldn't turn the game around and it ended 1-1.

I think that many people were expecting Barcelona to have a hard time. But I must admit that I wasn't expecting Bilbao to play better.

I'm too confident to say Barcelona won 1-3 or 1-4 yesterday lol even i bet some of my money there I forgot that it's the start of the season and surprises can happen
You are also right that Barcelona's defense should be in the spotlight in 2 matches they conceded 3 goals even though they were against a weaker team.
If it continues like this it seems the title will be closer to Madrid or ATM.

[CryptoBuds]

Barcelona had a really difficult match against Athletic Bilbao. I think that Bilbao played more dominant in general. And they got ahead 1-0 also. Barcelona had a big difficulty in equalizing the score. M. Depay made a difference and scored a very crucial goal for his team. But they couldn't turn the game around and it ended 1-1.

I think that many people were expecting Barcelona to have a hard time. But I must admit that I wasn't expecting Bilbao to play better.

I'm too confident to say Barcelona won 1-3 or 1-4 yesterday lol even i bet some of my money there I forgot that it's the start of the season and surprises can happen
You are also right that Barcelona's defense should be in the spotlight in 2 matches they conceded 3 goals even though they were against a weaker team.
If it continues like this it seems the title will be closer to Madrid or ATM.

Barcelona's defense was weak last season. Everyone was critical of Barcelona's defense. We all hoped Koeman would strengthen the Barcelona defense this season. But he did sell Messi. Aguero and Depay joined the team. Barcelona has the extra striker that they needed. But there is no experienced defender. This is nothing but the stupidity of the coach.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Barcelona had a really difficult match against Athletic Bilbao. I think that Bilbao played more dominant in general. And they got ahead 1-0 also. Barcelona had a big difficulty in equalizing the score. M. Depay made a difference and scored a very crucial goal for his team. But they couldn't turn the game around and it ended 1-1.

I think that many people were expecting Barcelona to have a hard time. But I must admit that I wasn't expecting Bilbao to play better.

I'm too confident to say Barcelona won 1-3 or 1-4 yesterday lol even i bet some of my money there I forgot that it's the start of the season and surprises can happen
You are also right that Barcelona's defense should be in the spotlight in 2 matches they conceded 3 goals even though they were against a weaker team.
If it continues like this it seems the title will be closer to Madrid or ATM.

Barcelona's defense was weak last season. Everyone was critical of Barcelona's defense. We all hoped Koeman would strengthen the Barcelona defense this season. But he did sell Messi. Aguero and Depay joined the team. Barcelona has the extra striker that they needed. But there is no experienced defender. This is nothing but the stupidity of the coach.

I don't know if it's stupidity or because of limitations for sure as a coach he knows better what to do or what is best, as a spectator we don't see him doing anything in defence and indeed it's a bit strange when their defense is in the spotlight. As far as we know the main problem there is related to the regulation of the LaLiga maybe with this problem they can't do much.

[onecall123]

Barcelona had a really difficult match against Athletic Bilbao. I think that Bilbao played more dominant in general. And they got ahead 1-0 also. Barcelona had a big difficulty in equalizing the score. M. Depay made a difference and scored a very crucial goal for his team. But they couldn't turn the game around and it ended 1-1.

I think that many people were expecting Barcelona to have a hard time. But I must admit that I wasn't expecting Bilbao to play better.

I'm too confident to say Barcelona won 1-3 or 1-4 yesterday lol even i bet some of my money there I forgot that it's the start of the season and surprises can happen
You are also right that Barcelona's defense should be in the spotlight in 2 matches they conceded 3 goals even though they were against a weaker team.
If it continues like this it seems the title will be closer to Madrid or ATM.

Having leveled the match against Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona fans were able to release their nerves. At 75 minutes, they manage to level the match. This is the whole picture of Barcelona's current position. If things continue like this, then it's a major concern. Memphis deserves kudos for scoring. Ath. Bilbao not a tough contender but Barcelona surely struggle till the end.

[Woodie]

Barcelona no longer have Mr impossible in their team and now everyone takes them to be an average team, and if you ask me I don't see them challenging for top spot anymore...this will be another Atlético Madrid win as they are the only capable team( strong opposition)as far as Laliga goes.

Just last night Athletic Bilbao held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw despite having the least possession  but lets not write them off just yet.

[Minor Miner]

Barcelona no longer have Mr impossible in their team and now everyone takes them to be an average team, and if you ask me I don't see them challenging for top spot anymore...this will be another Atlético Madrid win as they are the only capable team( strong opposition)as far as Laliga goes.

Just last night Athletic Bilbao held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw despite having the least possession  but lets not write them off just yet.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to be my average-level teams this season. I'm just wondering how they will perform in the Champions League against Premier League teams and against PSG. I don't think any La Liga team will be able to do well in the Champions League this season. We can see the dominance of Atletico Madrid in La Liga this season as well.

[Pulsar77]

Valencia barely saved one point with the goal came in the last minutes of the game. And I can't say that Granada played better actually. But they were really good at keeping the score as 1-0 for a long time. Valencia really deserved to win this game I think.

Barcelona were not good enough and A. Bilbao played better actually. They could have scored more goals and won this one. But they weren't able to do so and Barcelona took advantage of it. It ended 1-1 but I'm 100% sure that Barcelona are not happy about their performance.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Barcelona no longer have Mr impossible in their team and now everyone takes them to be an average team, and if you ask me I don't see them challenging for top spot anymore...this will be another Atlético Madrid win as they are the only capable team( strong opposition)as far as Laliga goes.

Just last night Athletic Bilbao held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw despite having the least possession  but lets not write them off just yet.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to be my average-level teams this season. I'm just wondering how they will perform in the Champions League against Premier League teams and against PSG. I don't think any La Liga team will be able to do well in the Champions League this season. We can see the dominance of Atletico Madrid in La Liga this season as well.

If we talk to the current squad yes indeed nothing stands out for the Champions League Barca, Madrid and Atletico below the level of other European teams
But we also know it's not final because the transfer window hasn't closed yet anything can happen there Especially Madrid, which is rumored to be targeting several players, let's just wait what will happen.

[hahay]

At first I personally chose to avoid betting on 3 matches last night Espanyol - Villarreal, Granada - Valencia and Bilbao - Barcelona. But in the end, I still can't avoid Barcelona because I have a little hope that Barcelona can at least win even if it's only 1 goal but yes, a 1-1 draw was enough to make my parlay bet ruined because of it. The three matches were indeed not easy to predict because whatever the result could be like any team had a chance to win, but with this draw it also proved the discipline of each team and it became difficult.

[Kusman]

Today, Atletico Madrid should be able to beat Elche quite easily. I hope to see Luis Suarez playing in this match. Joao Felix is injured. If Suarez doesn't play, then they will have to make Correa play as CF again here. It is not that they can't beat Elche in that case also. But it is always better to play with a real CF of course.

[baeva]

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to be my average-level teams this season. I'm just wondering how they will perform in the Champions League against Premier League teams and against PSG. I don't think any La Liga team will be able to do well in the Champions League this season. We can see the dominance of Atletico Madrid in La Liga this season as well.

Well, no. Even though Real Madrid and Barcelona seem average, they're not. They lost good players, yes, but even without them they can hold on to a high level this season and then become leaders again. In the Champions League, I agree, they are unlikely to perform well, but at least one of them will reach at least the quarterfinals. Besides them in La Liga there is only competitive Atletico Madrid and that's it, so really the championship this year will be boring

[jakdanyel]

Today, Real Sociedad are going to play a home game against Vallecano first. As we all know, Real Sociedad got a huge 4-2 defeat by Barcelona and started badly. Vallecano also got a defeat against Sevilla 3-0. Normally, Real Sociedad are stronger than Vallecano. And they have a big opportunity to get their first victory of the season. I don't expect Vallecano to make Sociedad much difficulties in this.

[skarais]

Failing to win the away match vs Athletic Bilbao made Barcelona fail to get full points in the second week of Laliga. Bilbao were effective and had chance to kick more balls into the net and they managed to put Barcelona under pressure for 20 minute with a 1-0 win before Depay equalized. I feel R. Koeman should be held responsible for Barcelona's weak attack in that match which made him fail to get full points.