La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[ILuckyGuyI]

I must admit that I was delighted with the performances of both teams in the Granada - Real Sociedad game. Granada were the first scoring team. But Real Sociedad put in a big effort to make a comeback. But Granada weren't intending to give up and equalized the score. And in the last ten minutes, Real Sociedad managed to score again and got 3-2 ahead. Granada couldn't answer this goal and it ended like this. But I can say clearly that Real Sociedad really deserved this victory and you can understand this even from the statistics also.

[Mahdirakib]

I honestly think karim benzema is one of the most underrated player of this generation, I don't know how this player has become so small in sport, already this season karim benzema has more that 5 goals and high assist, when cristiano ronaldo left, Real madrid needed someone to carry the flag of the spanish giant, and he did his best, ~

Indeed, but he may get the attention from all other through his performance of this season. He has already done the best for RMA in last few matches. Hopefully he will continue his performance like this in the whole season and bring the La Liga title for Real Madrid. It will be surprising if he remains underrated after this season.
BTW, if Barcelona loss or make a draw today then their fans should stop dreaming the cup of this season.

[snipie]

I honestly think karim benzema is one of the most underrated player of this generation, I don't know how this player has become so small in sport, already this season karim benzema has more that 5 goals and high assist, when cristiano ronaldo left, Real madrid needed someone to carry the flag of the spanish giant, and he did his best, although not like cristiano ronaldo did, but I think Karim benzema is not getting the respect in football that he should be getting with all he has and all he is doing at Real madrid.

Indeed I agree with that. The captain is a good player, I once read an article about his history and debut which was very difficult then he found himself under Mourinho management who didn't want to count on him much and put him when he was obliged to, later there was the national team incident... Yet he succeed to prove how useful he was
Now Barcelona game will start, Cadiz isn't very competitive and Barca didn't lose a game yet but better for them to score +2 goals to avoid any surprise..

[Spack17]

I honestly think karim benzema is one of the most underrated player of this generation, I don't know how this player has become so small in sport, already this season karim benzema has more that 5 goals and high assist, when cristiano ronaldo left, Real madrid needed someone to carry the flag of the spanish giant, and he did his best, although not like cristiano ronaldo did, but I think Karim benzema is not getting the respect in football that he should be getting with all he has and all he is doing at Real madrid.

When Real Madrid had Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema was having a difficulty in showing his talents really much. Because Higuain was having the most chances. But after he left the team, Benzema found a big chance to show himself more. While even Ronaldo was at the team, Benzema was still performing really good. But he is not known as a star player by most people I think and it is not fair for him. He is performing really awesome despite being 33 years old now. He already has 8 goals and 7 assists in 6 games in the La Liga. Real Madrid will really miss him when he leaves or retires.

[sana54210]

Despite having a lot of good players in the Barcelona team, the team is not stable. This is the failure of the coach.

I don't think it's solely the coach. The problems with Barcelona go much deeper than that, and are rooted in money (or lack of it). Koeman was brought in to end the chaos, it wasn't him who started it. But I will certainly agree that his presence has made a bad situation even worse. It's difficult to see how Barca get out of this really. I assume their youth players are very good, and given a bit of experience will be capable of holding their own amongst the stars that Barca do still have. That may be the most likely way out in the medium term.

They literally had a president who paid people to troll players online. The president may have changed but that type of thing lingers around, it creates a discontent between the players and the management. We are talking about the oldest Barcelona guys getting cruel treatment online that they read and assumed was from fans turned out to be from trolls paid by their own president so that those players would agree to leave.

It is the reason why Messi left as well, forget about all that money and other nonsense, he could have gotten small tiny amount, and they could have sent some other players away, hell make it youth team + messi if you want to, he could have stayed, but even the current president didn't want him there because he costs too much. All in all I would say that Barcelona is a disgruntled organism right now and the only way is to change the way management is handling things.

[judas]

Barcelona are having an away game against Cadiz right now. We are in the second half and it is still going on by a 0-0 score. So far, Barcelona have been the dominating side. They have around 77% ball possession. But they have been able to take only 3 shots. And I'm happy to see that their new young and talented player Yusuf Demir in this game in the starting eleven. He was replaced by Roberto in the 55th minute. He is only 18 years old now and he has newly signed a contract with the team which is running until 2027. I hope to see him developing his game a lot and becoming a star player.

[BIT-BENDER]

Is this going to be Barcelona self-destruction season, Messi gone, Griezman on loan, several other players either sold, loaned or got a pay cut, Barcelona fans asking for the sacking of koeman, has Barcelona self-destructed, Drew their last match and it was like a victory to them, got beat by Bayern Munich 3:0 at the new camp, and I couldn't really banter the team because I felt, this isn't THE Barcelona, their live match now with cardiz is without a goal and Barcelona has de Jong sent off after a second yellow card.

[LGD2Business]

Is this going to be Barcelona self-destruction season

If Barcelona finish in the top four and go to the Champions League this year, it will be a success for them. It is only natural for them to have such a season as they are in such a bad situation economically. This is not something that can be fixed in a year. It could be like that next season.
The problem is not Koeman. If he leaves and someone else replaces him, not much will change. If you are a Barcelona fan, I suggest you lower your expectations.

[mv1986]

Is this going to be Barcelona self-destruction season

If Barcelona finish in the top four and go to the Champions League this year, it will be a success for them. It is only natural for them to have such a season as they are in such a bad situation economically. This is not something that can be fixed in a year. It could be like that next season.
The problem is not Koeman. If he leaves and someone else replaces him, not much will change. If you are a Barcelona fan, I suggest you lower your expectations.

I agree, this is going to be a brutal season for them. There are now rumors that Laporta wants to get Guardiola back to Barcelona, but I really doubt that Guardiola would want to go back at all ever. He knows he would never be able to repeat the success from back then and it can only end worse for him. Money doesn't bother him either I guess, so that's not going to happen in my opinion.

[JeromeTash]

So, Cadiz Vs Barcelona ends on a goalless draw. Frenkie de Jong sent off, Ronald Koeman set off, Gerard Piqué playing as a center forward. Ladies and gentlemen, it was another normal match day for Barcelona this season.

It's going to take a lot of patience to have Barcelona getting going again. Sacking Koeman might not help short term.

[Kusman]

Valencia are being defeated by Sevilla right now. Sevilla are 3-1 ahead now and we are in the last fifteen minutes of the match. We watched all the goals in the first half so the second half has been quite boring to be honest. Actually, I can't say that Valencia are performing poorly but they are struggling to fight back against Sevilla. And Sevilla have been quite strong lately. They are going to be at the 3rd place with 11 points if they win this but I'd like to remind you that they have one missing match also.

In last few seasons Valencia is struggling like we have Arsenal in EPL because both clubs are facing same issues and on other side Sevilla is doing great job they are playing very good and attacking game and have very good results in current season as Valencia started there was some hope they will do some good but in last two matches they are losing against top ranked clubs which is not going to be good for next half of season they need some better strategy from management.

Sevilla is one of four clubs those are undefeated in current season and these are going to be on top in this season like last just Barcelona is facing some issues after Messi and Griezmann, but they are still in better shape.

Yeah, Valencia are giving some hope for us at least. Arsenal didn't even do that on the first weeks. Maybe Valencia lost their last two matches but they were both against the toughest opponents like Real Madrid and Sevilla. There is nothing to be ashamed of for them. I believe that they will recover from their condition and start gathering nice results again.

[KTChampions]

Everything you said about Barcelona is true, but I think you are exaggerating a little. By the way, thanks to the problems that Barcelona is experiencing, the odds on its victory are quite attractive.
6,00 - 4,40 - 1,54
I remember the times when such matches were estimated as 1.1-1.2, so such a coefficient can be considered (in spite of everything) profitable. Maybe I'll play this lottery 

Thank God I doubted at the last moment and decided not to risk it! Barcelona is really in crisis and there is no point in blaming the red card and the fact that Barcelona was in the minority as a result of the match - in the previous 65 minutes, although it controlled the ball, it could not create a dangerous moment.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Barcelona got another unfortunate result this time against Cadiz. In the second half, they got even a red card and after that Cadiz started taking the control of the game. Barcelona got lucky that they didn't concede any goal in this case and it ended by 0-0. This is the 3rd draw Barcelona got in this season so far. They are maintaining their inadequate performance.

[kawetsriyanto]

It's funny Benzema's hat-trick denied by VAR but Asension did it.

Why it is funny? We must admit it, VAR technology helps to know valid goals. If it is denied, means the goal isn't valid. I think there is no something funny here, it is about the rules and we must obey them. Benzema still has many times to make hat-tricks, no need to hurry!

Benzema is playing the best football of his career, he already scored nine goals in six matches.

He is in his best performance, Real Madrid should have a bigger chance to win the title if Benzema can perform well consitently. I bet Benzema will be the top scorer La Liga this season, except he gets injured for weeks. If we look at the players' stats, Benzema is leading both for score number and assist number right now. I rarely saw this in La Liga, someone can lead both categories. Seems like Benzema league! 

[nelson4lov]

Barcelona got another unfortunate result this time against Cadiz. In the second half, they got even a red card and after that Cadiz started taking the control of the game. Barcelona got lucky that they didn't concede any goal in this case and it ended by 0-0. This is the 3rd draw Barcelona got in this season so far. They are maintaining their inadequate performance.

Barcelona got just 2 shots on target all game. That's mediocre at its best for a team of such caliber and the fact that they're still getting this type of results as the league gets tougher goes to show how unprepared they are for the season. The way I see it, Barcelona would be lucky to finish anywhere between 6-14th positions. At this point, it's painful to watch. See how an underdog like Cadiz outperformed them.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I honestly think karim benzema is one of the most underrated player of this generation, I don't know how this player has become so small in sport, already this season karim benzema has more that 5 goals and high assist, when cristiano ronaldo left, Real madrid needed someone to carry the flag of the spanish giant, and he did his best, although not like cristiano ronaldo did, but I think Karim benzema is not getting the respect in football that he should be getting with all he has and all he is doing at Real madrid.

When Real Madrid had Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema was having a difficulty in showing his talents really much. Because Higuain was having the most chances. But after he left the team, Benzema found a big chance to show himself more. While even Ronaldo was at the team, Benzema was still performing really good. But he is not known as a star player by most people I think and it is not fair for him. He is performing really awesome despite being 33 years old now. He already has 8 goals and 7 assists in 6 games in the La Liga. Real Madrid will really miss him when he leaves or retires.

Well, Karim Benzema is a very complete player, his technique is exquisite, but not everything can fall on a single player, they all have a lot to do with it, a good team helps its stars to shine, in this thread the team that is winning So far in the survey it is Real Madrid, I think that some teams like Barcelona have dropped their performance a lot and it is no longer seen by the other teams that when they played with Messi.

If we compare the level of the players with the old ones, I think that the players of many years ago were much more famous and there were more, now they are less, and I think this is a key factor in the leagues, I have seen that people are following much more the football of the English teams, and the French League due to the fact that CR7 and Messi are there.

[Joca97]

Barcelona got another unfortunate result this time against Cadiz. In the second half, they got even a red card and after that Cadiz started taking the control of the game. Barcelona got lucky that they didn't concede any goal in this case and it ended by 0-0. This is the 3rd draw Barcelona got in this season so far. They are maintaining their inadequate performance.

Barcelona got just 2 shots on target all game. That's mediocre at its best for a team of such caliber and the fact that they're still getting this type of results as the league gets tougher goes to show how unprepared they are for the season. The way I see it, Barcelona would be lucky to finish anywhere between 6-14th positions. At this point, it's painful to watch. See how an underdog like Cadiz outperformed them.

Barcelona wasnt better in this match at all against Cadiz.Always a hard match away at Cadiz for all big teams.Cadiz was better in this match but in the end Depay missed an apsolute chance to score a goal and they dropped a win in the end.What a goalless match

[Slow death]

Cadiz 0 -  0 Barcelona

oh it reminded me of my own words:

Cadiz -  Barcelona

who has the courage to bet on this game?  

Barcelona = a team with a lot of difficulties, both in defense and in scoring, they are practically worse than many low-level teams, definitely betting on Barcelona is the same as playing the lottery

Cadiz = Is a team that has been very unlucky, they manage to score goals but the problem is the mistakes they make in defense, if today they managed to improve in defense they would surely win easily

Barcelona is in a much worse situation, I wonder without Messi what position will they end up in?

Real sociedad 3 - 2 Granada

[EdenHazard]

Cadiz 0 -  0 Barcelona

oh it reminded me of my own words:

Cadiz -  Barcelona

who has the courage to bet on this game?  

Barcelona = a team with a lot of difficulties, both in defense and in scoring, they are practically worse than many low-level teams, definitely betting on Barcelona is the same as playing the lottery

Cadiz = Is a team that has been very unlucky, they manage to score goals but the problem is the mistakes they make in defense, if today they managed to improve in defense they would surely win easily

Barcelona is in a much worse situation, I wonder without Messi what position will they end up in?

Real sociedad 3 - 2 Granada

the odds must be around 5 or 7!

despite the poor form of barcelona.. bookies still gives them quite low odds and as for the result if you looking to bet against barcelona... it has bigger odds with bigger winning chance as per curren terrible performance of fc barcelona, i do really love this kind situation to bet though   

[AndySt]

Is this going to be Barcelona self-destruction season

If Barcelona finish in the top four and go to the Champions League this year, it will be a success for them. It is only natural for them to have such a season as they are in such a bad situation economically. This is not something that can be fixed in a year. It could be like that next season.
The problem is not Koeman. If he leaves and someone else replaces him, not much will change. If you are a Barcelona fan, I suggest you lower your expectations.

The situation can turn either way, but of course I don't think that Barcelona planned a draw with Cadiz. It's not just a difficult financial situation, but the club's problems are systemic in nature and it is unlikely to be solved in one fell swoop by replacing Koeman with another candidate. In the current situation, much depends on the attitude of the club's management to the current results and to what extent and in what time intervals it is ready to wait for the situation to be corrected. On the one hand, Koeman's recent loud statement seemed to sound unexpected for the club, on the other hand, Laporta said that the club understands this. In any case, you need to understand that Koeman is not a protege of the new management of the club and therefore the resignation of the head coach can take place at any time.