La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[MAAManda]

The tenth week of La Liga will take place soon and will open with the match Osasuna Vs Granada, there are some interesting matches in my opinion this week, the first is "El Clasico" Barcelona Vs Real Madrid, Bilbao Vs Villareal and Atletico Madrid Vs Real Sociedad.

As we know that El Clasico is always an interesting match, but not this time it seems , Barcelona and Real Madrid Play Without Their Superstars (Messi and Ronaldo). And also Real Sociedad, can they win over Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano? If they lose, they will step down from the throne of the current La Liga 1st place

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[izsara]

As we know that El Clasico is always an interesting match, but not this time it seems , Barcelona and Real Madrid Play Without Their Superstars (Messi and Ronaldo).

Ole is a pretty good coach but not for MU Ole's strategy doesn't suit United's game so it will be very difficult to adapt his tactics and style of play.
Many great players are at Manchester United but it can't be maximized well by Ole at the moment.
besides that the rotation he applies sometimes makes blunders and losses for United and this is further exacerbated by the player's trust that is getting less and less towards Ole.

[slaman29]

Best news of the day for me to hear Fati finally got his extension til 2027. I've been worried the most about him, to be honest, so getting him and his best formative years all locked in at Barca (not to mention also locking in Pedri with 1 billion clause in his contract wow), at least the core of the team has started forming for the future. Great news ahead of El Clasico!

Ansu Fati is the most worthy player for Barcelona to maintain as a potential top player in the future. He is still quite young and has good pace as a winger so his acceleration is always impressive. If he trains harder then I'm sure he will become a super star in the next few years.

Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the next few days and I don't think this El Clasico can be won by Barcelona. Although Aguero can already play but I haven't seen him contribute much to Barcelona's victory because he's just recovered from a long injury. Given that Barcelona have had a lot of weaknesses in various ways this season, Real Madrid will be the favorites in this El Clasico, but who knows because this is football.

No need to tell us who Fati is haha, but yeah of course, he is everything you say he is and hopefully much more. The injury he took came at a bad time (not that there's ever a good time to get an injury) as he was on the rise and coming to develop as a teen. But it should hopefully give reminders to the coach not to overuse him too much during this phase.

I'm betting on Barca no matter what. Real has Benzema but we have our fire too!

[judas]

I really liked the Barcelona I watched last week against Valencia. To be honest, I wasn't expecting Barcelona to be able to win this game. And Valencia were the team to get ahead first in this game also. But still, Barcelona reacted very quickly to this goal and equalized the score. And Depay and Coutinho were there to help their team reach the victory finally by 3-1. This win must be an impetus for them to have a decent form from now on.

Valencia scored 5 minutes into the game, but Barcelona equalize the match 8 minutes later with a smart goal. And also won in both halves of the match. I think Barcelona is indeed improving their performance. They won against Dynamo today in the Champion League, which probably became their first winning match in the Champion League this season. Although, their performance haven't been stable lately. However, I hope to see them win against Real Madrid on Sunday.

El Clasico will be really interesting and there are only two days left for it. Of course, I would like to see Messi and Ronaldo now in this El Clasico but we have left those days behind already. But we can still watch a competitive El Clasico I believe. Barcelona seem to be a little weaker against Real Madrid but they have a good advantage of playing home also. I guess that both teams should be able to score goal(s) easily. But I don't expect Real Madrid to lose the game.

[rozak]

No need to tell us who Fati is haha, but yeah of course, he is everything you say he is and hopefully much more. The injury he took came at a bad time (not that there's ever a good time to get an injury) as he was on the rise and coming to develop as a teen. But it should hopefully give reminders to the coach not to overuse him too much during this phase.

I'm betting on Barca no matter what. Real has Benzema but we have our fire too!

Barca with some bad rumors about his coach is currently being talked about in the football media. This classic game should serve as motivation for the much-talked-about Barca coach to be replaced. they have to play better so as not to bore the fans. it's not just the wins that are missed, but the lifestyle of the game that brings the passion of the fans to the pitch.
This is no match for the current star players of the two teams. but I think Barca will be a bit difficult against Madrid. they are still less productive with Madrid. If Barca wins in this match, I'm sure there will be goals that are also nested in the Barca goal.

[coderben]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won. And here, I think that Real Madrid are really likely to win also. Barcelona are still in a renaissance period and they might have big problems on defeating Real Madrid. And Real Madrid are playing much better than the last season. They are very effective in attacking thanks to Benzema especially. I suppose that Real Madrid can win this.

[KTChampions]

After Barcelona showed a dull game at home, and Real Madrid showed an excellent away game, the odds changed (but just a little):
2,75 - 3,60 - 2,55
But I still disagree with the fact that Barcelona has practically equal chances with Real Madrid. I think in this pair we should bet on a simple victory for Real, it's easy money.

I am not saying that Valencia is a better team than Shaktar, but it is obvious that Valencia is no short deal neither, Kiev also is a very good team as well. I am not saying this to sound like Barcelona is suddenly better than Real Madrid, I believe that both sides suck as well, I believe Madrid is a little bit better since they still have some of their older players compared to Barcelona that is in rebuilding mode.

However these last 2-3 games should not be the proof of that, we have a lot more to look for in these cases. Obviously it is something that Barcelona looked a little less but at the same time they did that all season. When the topic is El Classico, anything could happen.

In my opinion (this is probably too subjective) if you evaluate only the game, then the chances should be 65% to 35% in favor of Real. If we evaluate just names, then the situation for Barcelona is even worse - about 75% to 25%. Real Madrid have experienced and young players already showing a good game, and Barcelona is just trying to achieve this at the moment. In general, as I said, this match looks like easy money to me.

[slaman29]

I'm betting on Barca no matter what. Real has Benzema but we have our fire too!

Barca with some bad rumors about his coach is currently being talked about in the football media. This classic game should serve as motivation for the much-talked-about Barca coach to be replaced. they have to play better so as not to bore the fans. it's not just the wins that are missed, but the lifestyle of the game that brings the passion of the fans to the pitch.
This is no match for the current star players of the two teams. but I think Barca will be a bit difficult against Madrid. they are still less productive with Madrid. If Barca wins in this match, I'm sure there will be goals that are also nested in the Barca goal.

Yeah and when is this new news? Koeman's been getting the sack the entire year, and Barca's been rotting since 2019, so I don't see how this affects Clasico except the odds will get better and better for me

It's no longer about the wins for us but about the team giving us some light at the end of the tunnel. A win for me of course means more money so I'm not going to complain.

[masulum]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won. And here, I think that Real Madrid are really likely to win also. Barcelona are still in a renaissance period and they might have big problems on defeating Real Madrid. And Real Madrid are playing much better than the last season. They are very effective in attacking thanks to Benzema especially. I suppose that Real Madrid can win this.

Barcelona seems to fail with Koeman, in El Clasico, most likely the winner is Real Madrid. Koeman currently has a team that is still adapting to the loss of Griezmann and Messi, while Madrid, they are not so different from last season, where they seem capable of stealing points from Barcelona. Koeman may be sacked soon, but probably not this season, as Barcelona are currently still in financial trouble. Despite sacking Koeman, they will also find it difficult to find a better coach, who may ask for a higher salary from Koeman.

[DanWalker]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won. And here, I think that Real Madrid are really likely to win also. Barcelona are still in a renaissance period and they might have big problems on defeating Real Madrid. And Real Madrid are playing much better than the last season. They are very effective in attacking thanks to Benzema especially. I suppose that Real Madrid can win this.

Barcelona seems to fail with Koeman, in El Clasico, most likely the winner is Real Madrid. Koeman currently has a team that is still adapting to the loss of Griezmann and Messi, while Madrid, they are not so different from last season, where they seem capable of stealing points from Barcelona. Koeman may be sacked soon, but probably not this season, as Barcelona are currently still in financial trouble. Despite sacking Koeman, they will also find it difficult to find a better coach, who may ask for a higher salary from Koeman.

I'm sorry to say this but the Barca camp seems to be a horror show right now. They don't have the players they want, neither the money nor the results. Nothing seems to be going right for them. They are not performing as they should. Morale is also down for the players. And if they sack their coach they surely are not going to find a better coach for less salary. So now they have to do something in the upcoming transfer window to get some financial stability.
And about the Classico, it hurts me as a Barca fan to say that they are more likely to lose the match. If they do win, something magical needs to happen honestly.

[hahay]

Well, we know there is a big match this weekend is the El Clasico match, but it looks like we agree this time Madrid have a better chance of winning or maybe the match will end in a draw. I would probably avoid betting on ML in that match but next, I'm curious about your predictions about the match between Atletico - Real Sociedad. Currently Sociedad lead at the top of the standings with 20 points 3 points adrift of the 4 teams below. Even though this time Atletico are playing at home, will it be easy to win the game because I think, Sociedad certainly won't give up easily here because this is a good opportunity for him and of course Sociedad will keep that position.

[poldanmig]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won. And here, I think that Real Madrid are really likely to win also. Barcelona are still in a renaissance period and they might have big problems on defeating Real Madrid. And Real Madrid are playing much better than the last season. They are very effective in attacking thanks to Benzema especially. I suppose that Real Madrid can win this.

Barcelona seems to fail with Koeman, in El Clasico, most likely the winner is Real Madrid. Koeman currently has a team that is still adapting to the loss of Griezmann and Messi, while Madrid, they are not so different from last season, where they seem capable of stealing points from Barcelona. Koeman may be sacked soon, but probably not this season, as Barcelona are currently still in financial trouble. Despite sacking Koeman, they will also find it difficult to find a better coach, who may ask for a higher salary from Koeman.

No longer it seems like Bro,but in my opinion  indeed Barcelona during Koeman coaching was the most failed phase of the history of Barcelona's journey so far, yes even so now Barcelona have no other choice but to have to defend it until the contract runs out, otherwise, Barcelona will only increase the team financial burden by had to pay compensation for Koeman's dismissal at a large cost. but we should wait and see how Keoman can improve his squad later after January.

[LittleBitFunny]

I'm curious about your predictions about the match between Atletico - Real Sociedad. Currently Sociedad lead at the top of the standings with 20 points 3 points adrift of the 4 teams below. Even though this time Atletico are playing at home, will it be easy to win the game because I think, Sociedad certainly won't give up easily here because this is a good opportunity for him and of course Sociedad will keep that position.

My prediction in the match between Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad is that Atletico Madrid will win. Atletico are now in good form, although they have lost to Liverpool in the Champions League, but Griezmann has scored 2 goals. He has adapted well to the Atletico Madrid team. If Griezmann and Suarez play well against Real Sociedad, it will not be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win.

[condoras]

Athletico Bilbao - Villiareal = X2,  both teams to score.
Barcelona - Real Madrid = X, both teams to score.
Atletico - Real Sociedad = 1, both teams to score.

That's my prediction for this weekend, although I will wait until the last minute of the first game if I bet on it. The trickiest game between them IMO isn't the Classico but the Atletico vs Real Sociedad match. For sure Atletico can get the win along with the three points but every time that they are under pressure to bring a result as favorites, they just through the bucket! Hopefully, this week they will deliver...

[blackened515]

I'm curious about your predictions about the match between Atletico - Real Sociedad. Currently Sociedad lead at the top of the standings with 20 points 3 points adrift of the 4 teams below. Even though this time Atletico are playing at home, will it be easy to win the game because I think, Sociedad certainly won't give up easily here because this is a good opportunity for him and of course Sociedad will keep that position.

My prediction in the match between Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad is that Atletico Madrid will win. Atletico are now in good form, although they have lost to Liverpool in the Champions League, but Griezmann has scored 2 goals. He has adapted well to the Atletico Madrid team. If Griezmann and Suarez play well against Real Sociedad, it will not be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win.

IMO, I think Atletico Madrid won't easily win this match. I understand that they have a good squad, and also is their home match. But, Real Sociedad have been doing greatly lately. They will do anything to ensure they either wins or draw, is obvious Real Sociedad don't want to lose their current position on the standings. However, this will result to the match been tough and also interesting to watch. Real Sociedad will surely strengthen their defence, which will make it difficult for Atletico Madrid to score. Nevertheless, the game is likely to end draw.

[laurenB7742]

@blackened515, I think that Real has the edge in the El Clásico. If you see the recent results, Barcelona has been struggling to score in the games, unlike Real Madrid who recently scored 5 goals including two of Vinicius.
you are right, Atletico - Sociedad match will be an interesting one to watch as both the teams are in good form. But, I think I will support Atletico in this one, maybe the home advantage is something they can make use of.

[LittleBitFunny]

I'm curious about your predictions about the match between Atletico - Real Sociedad. Currently Sociedad lead at the top of the standings with 20 points 3 points adrift of the 4 teams below. Even though this time Atletico are playing at home, will it be easy to win the game because I think, Sociedad certainly won't give up easily here because this is a good opportunity for him and of course Sociedad will keep that position.

My prediction in the match between Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad is that Atletico Madrid will win. Atletico are now in good form, although they have lost to Liverpool in the Champions League, but Griezmann has scored 2 goals. He has adapted well to the Atletico Madrid team. If Griezmann and Suarez play well against Real Sociedad, it will not be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win.

IMO, I think Atletico Madrid won't easily win this match. I understand that they have a good squad, and also is their home match. But, Real Sociedad have been doing greatly lately. They will do anything to ensure they either wins or draw, is obvious Real Sociedad don't want to lose their current position on the standings. However, this will result to the match been tough and also interesting to watch. Real Sociedad will surely strengthen their defence, which will make it difficult for Atletico Madrid to score. Nevertheless, the game is likely to end draw.

I agree with you that Real Sociedad will not want to lose their top spot in the points table, but Atletico Madrid will now want to regain their top spot in the points table. And winning this match is very important for Atletico Madrid. It looks like Real Sociedad will perform with a draw in this match, then it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win. Still, I believe Atletico will win this match with home match facilities. I will put my bet on the victory of Atletico Madrid.

[KTChampions]

Athletico Bilbao - Villiareal = X2,  both teams to score.
Barcelona - Real Madrid = X, both teams to score.
Atletico - Real Sociedad = 1, both teams to score.

That's my prediction for this weekend, although I will wait until the last minute of the first game if I bet on it. The trickiest game between them IMO isn't the Classico but the Atletico vs Real Sociedad match. For sure Atletico can get the win along with the three points but every time that they are under pressure to bring a result as favorites, they just through the bucket! Hopefully, this week they will deliver...

In the Atlético-Real Sociedad match, in my opinion, it is quite risky to bet on the fact that both teams will score. Atlético is defending well and I doubt Sociedad will have many opportunities to score a goal. Bookmakers estimate these odds as 2.18, but I think this is an unfavorable odds, it is better to bet on the opposite event with 1.66 odds.

[sana54210]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won. And here, I think that Real Madrid are really likely to win also. Barcelona are still in a renaissance period and they might have big problems on defeating Real Madrid. And Real Madrid are playing much better than the last season. They are very effective in attacking thanks to Benzema especially. I suppose that Real Madrid can win this.

Home advantage means nothing in this case, but that still doesn't mean that Barcelona can't win. It is clear this year that Real Madrid is the better team, or looks like the better team. Barcelona has been lackluster and people are not really happy, at least the fans are not happy. Their players are not at the level of Barcelona players should be, and that is the issue they have. Eventually they will get players who are great, I am sure of that but by the looks of it, that is not right now.

Real Madrid on the other hand have some decent players, they have Benzema who can create goal out of nothing which is the biggest wildcard they have, and some other decent players, mainly overpaid players but at least still good players. This is why most people assume Real will win this game. However, nothing is guaranteed in football so we do not know who will win.

[LGD2Business]

We are only two days away from the El Clasico now. Maybe Barcelona have an advantage as they are going to play home. But when it comes to El Clasicos, it is not much important which side is the home team. Because we have witnessed so many times so far that away team won.

Home advantage means nothing in this case, but that still doesn't mean that Barcelona can't win. It is clear this year that Real Madrid is the better team, or looks like the better team.

Home advantage means something, you play in field you are familiar and your opponent is not. Not all teams use this advantage but that doesn't mean there is no home advantage. Especially in special matches like El Clasico, this becomes even more important. Supporting the team, being able to put pressure on the opponent and the referee, and igniting the team in stagnant moments are important factors. Barcelona are struggling with a slightly weaker squad this year, but they still have very important players. Both teams have a chance in this match. It wouldn't be right to show Real Madrid as favorite.