La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Rengga Jati]

I agree with you, even though the teams that Sevilla and Real Madrid are facing are weak teams, they cannot underestimate Osasuna and
Granada. Especially Real Madrid often find it difficult when facing weak teams, like when facing Cadiz and Elche, finally Real Madrid could only play
a draw and what was even more surprising was when Real Madrid was defeated by Getafe.

Indeed, we have been several times felt a little bit surprised when a big club is defeated or even only drawn with the small clubs. They may underestimate or not exactly ready with the game at the situation. Or their spirit is less enough when facing small clubs.
Whoever the clubs, every club should exactly play maximally, should see every chance to beat each other, to see how the opposite line up and also strength. All should be analyzed very well by the coach and also the team so that they can exactly play maximally to defeat the opponent.

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Both were actually big teams, but their performance decreased due to their player performances and also a condition of the club itself. Well, Barcelona may have some advantages, also the Atletico Madrid. Both have their own goal that will strengthen them to win the match. This is also about the point. The gap is only 1, this will be a very fierce match between the two of them to maintain their standing or to win another standing. If each club can maintain and play very well, it may be drawn. But, let's see what will happen again in this big match later.

[asus09]

Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid is a highly anticipated match for both fans, the position in the standings which is only one point adrift makes this match quite interesting for both teams, because whoever wins the maximum points will be in 4th place. Barcelona is currently ranked 4th. 5 with one point adrift of Atletico Madrid, if they are able to beat Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou Barcelona will open the opportunity to qualify for the champions league next season. Atletico Madrid have the opportunity to stay away from Barcelona's pursuit of points if they are able to beat Barca and can make Atletico have 4 points more than Barcelona.

it is very interesting to wait for the match barcelona versus athletico madrid, because both teams both want to get a win to be able to open their chances to qualify for the champions league next season, although barcelona's game has not been so consistent, but i am very sure that barcelona can get 3 points, because Barcelona play at home, according to my prediction this year, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will get tickets to the Champions League.

[blackened515]

Barcelona started this season with bad performance. They were having real difficulties in winning matches under the leadership of Koeman. But, so far Xavi came to the club in November 2021, tried his best and rebuilded the team. Although, when he first came to the club, people literally thought he won't be able Coach Barcelona well because he is young and without much experience. However, Barcelona are currently at the 5 position and also a point from Atletico Madrid. At least you agreed with me that Xavi is doing a great job in Barca. 

[Lordhermes]

Normally Barcelona would be the favorite, but this Barcelona team can lose to anyone I think. They no longer have that status of terrifying the team. In the past, opponents were in awe of Barcelona and came for a draw. Now they are all going for the win, because they know there is something to gain. Time to renew at Barcelona and build a new team. This season they should quickly forget, also in La Liga.

ya.ya.yo!

True, all La Liga teams realized that when Barcelona it could be an opportunity for them to steal points.
This week Barcelona will host Atletico Madrid, in this match I see a draw may be the best result for both teams. Yes, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are in the recovery phase of their performance. So sharing points is realistic for me.

Exactly,Barcelona are gradually recovering and are gradually winning matches the way they are suppose to.
Meanwhile Athletico have been in a very poor form lately,but I'm going with your prediction.
Sharing points might be the only thing they could do because I don't see the team that is most powerful here.

[abhiseshakana]

True, all La Liga teams realized that when Barcelona it could be an opportunity for them to steal points.
This week Barcelona will host Atletico Madrid, in this match I see a draw may be the best result for both teams. Yes, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are in the recovery phase of their performance. So sharing points is realistic for me.

Exactly,Barcelona are gradually recovering and are gradually winning matches the way they are suppose to.
Meanwhile Athletico have been in a very poor form lately,but I'm going with your prediction.
Sharing points might be the only thing they could do because I don't see the team that is most powerful here.

Atletico Madrid is a tough opponent, in their last 5 matches, Barcelona has not won once against Atletico Madrid. But this match is an opportunity for Barcelona to snatch 4th place from Atletico Madrid and I think Barcelona definitely doesn't want to waste that opportunity. Their performance is starting to look good and they will be playing at home, so most likely they will put a lot of pressure on Atletico. I predict, Barcelona will win by 1 goal difference.

[logfiles]

Barcelona started this season with bad performance. They were having real difficulties in winning matches under the leadership of Koeman. But, so far Xavi came to the club in November 2021, tried his best and rebuilded the team. Although, when he first came to the club, people literally thought he won't be able Coach Barcelona well because he is young and without much experience. However, Barcelona are currently at the 5 position and also a point from Atletico Madrid. At least you agreed with me that Xavi is doing a great job in Barca. 

How I wish this could be backed by stats such as win percentage, team passes, chances created etc to show how Xavi's performance is against Koeman's
But I still feel they are very inconsistent, just like the Koeman times

[RaltcoinsB]

In fact, Barcelona had a good game from the first minute to the last minute of the Alaves-Barcelona match. They made a lot of passes throughout the match. They played more with the ball. However, it took them a long time to find the goal. De Jong was offside at the start of the position. However, in the flowing game, he came out of the offside and scored the goal. Congratulations Barcelona. They earned 3 points.

I agree. And not because I'm a fan. They've even had good games and good stretches of moments in the games that they lost recently. The blow for me again is to lose Ansu Fati now and my heart can't be broken enough times already because of him but watching the replays of their recent games you don't see them play hopelessly anymore.

Passes are much more productive, and more positive. They're making more crosses into useful areas than other teams. They just need to learn to finish those chances

I guess they will improve a lot in terms of finishing. Things that can happen over time. Meanwhile, they also announced their new transfer. Adama Traore will boost their wing strength. In terms of finishing, Barcelona need a Lewandowski or Haaland. With a good striker, they can get into a very good situation.

[herurist]

I guess they will improve a lot in terms of finishing. Things that can happen over time. Meanwhile, they also announced their new transfer. Adama Traore will boost their wing strength. In terms of finishing, Barcelona need a Lewandowski or Haaland. With a good striker, they can get into a very good situation.

they are currently very lacking in productivity and it is evident with 21 games at the moment they can only create 32 goals and that is in contrast to their performances last season.
on the other hand their defenses are also currently fragile and that's a fact of them.
Lewa and Haaland? they will be in a lot of trouble with their finances at the moment and signing this player will only make them more financially crippled

[Juse14]

Barcelona started this season with bad performance. They were having real difficulties in winning matches under the leadership of Koeman. But, so far Xavi came to the club in November 2021, tried his best and rebuilded the team. Although, when he first came to the club, people literally thought he won't be able Coach Barcelona well because he is young and without much experience. However, Barcelona are currently at the 5 position and also a point from Atletico Madrid. At least you agreed with me that Xavi is doing a great job in Barca. 

It's not an easy job for Xavi, when he first came to Barcelona, he was presented with a team performance that was far from satisfactory. He really built the team's foundation from scratch. But so far what I have seen, although it can't be said that their performance is good, there is a process towards that. And I believe if Xavi was given a chance longer, he would bring Barcelona at least to their original game.

[xzone]

Barcelona started this season with bad performance. They were having real difficulties in winning matches under the leadership of Koeman. But, so far Xavi came to the club in November 2021, tried his best and rebuilded the team. Although, when he first came to the club, people literally thought he won't be able Coach Barcelona well because he is young and without much experience. However, Barcelona are currently at the 5 position and also a point from Atletico Madrid. At least you agreed with me that Xavi is doing a great job in Barca. 

After Xavi came, the team started to perform very well, that's true. If they can make a few good transfers, they can win more matches in the continuation of the league and place in the top ranks.
It is said that names such as Adama Traore, Thomas Meunier, Cesar Azpilicueta will be transferred, these players are successful players.

If they had enough money to buy Haaland, we would have watched a very different team. But Haaland is a pretty expensive player

[mamesso]

It's not an easy job for Xavi, when he first came to Barcelona, he was presented with a team performance that was far from satisfactory. He really built the team's foundation from scratch. But so far what I have seen, although it can't be said that their performance is good, there is a process towards that. And I believe if Xavi was given a chance longer, he would bring Barcelona at least to their original game.

It's not an easy job to coach a big team like Barcelona. many parties cannot appreciate the positive achievements achieved. When the team performance on the field is disappointing, coaches who are always blamed by management, even worse ended in dismissal. Ernesto Valverde was one of the victims of the sacking of the Barcelona management, During 3 years Valverde as coach of Barcelona he has presented 2 La Liga trophies, 1 Copa del Rey and 1 Spanish Super Cup. But it has not been able to make the Barcelona management satisfied with the trophy that Valverde has presented.

Now Xavi era as a new coach begins, currently barcelona management expectations on Xavi are very high, considering that Barcelona is in a transition period. Now Xavi is caught between hope and reality. Xavi hopes to bring Barcelona through to the last 16 of the Champions League, But in fact, Barcelona relegated to the Europa League. Management should give Xavi time to rebuild the team, because right now the Barcelona squad is a combination of an aging legend and young players who are still below the club's standards.

[hahay]

I guess they will improve a lot in terms of finishing. Things that can happen over time. Meanwhile, they also announced their new transfer. Adama Traore will boost their wing strength. In terms of finishing, Barcelona need a Lewandowski or Haaland. With a good striker, they can get into a very good situation.

they are currently very lacking in productivity and it is evident with 21 games at the moment they can only create 32 goals and that is in contrast to their performances last season.
on the other hand their defenses are also currently fragile and that's a fact of them.
Lewa and Haaland? they will be in a lot of trouble with their finances at the moment and signing this player will only make them more financially crippled

About the number of goals I think it doesn't matter as long as they can keep more clean sheets, just look at the goals that Sevilla have scored so far, it's only 2 goals difference with Barcelona. Even Sevilla have played 1 match more, so in this case what should be done first is to prioritize their defense and after that can move on to finishing issues. Barcelona are currently still not fully recovered especially in their finances, so targeting to buy some star players is not an exact idea.

[Slow death]

In fact, Barcelona had a good game from the first minute to the last minute of the Alaves-Barcelona match. They made a lot of passes throughout the match. They played more with the ball. However, it took them a long time to find the goal. De Jong was offside at the start of the position. However, in the flowing game, he came out of the offside and scored the goal. Congratulations Barcelona. They earned 3 points.

I agree. And not because I'm a fan. They've even had good games and good stretches of moments in the games that they lost recently. The blow for me again is to lose Ansu Fati now and my heart can't be broken enough times already because of him but watching the replays of their recent games you don't see them play hopelessly anymore.

Passes are much more productive, and more positive. They're making more crosses into useful areas than other teams. They just need to learn to finish those chances

I guess they will improve a lot in terms of finishing. Things that can happen over time. Meanwhile, they also announced their new transfer. Adama Traore will boost their wing strength. In terms of finishing, Barcelona need a Lewandowski or Haaland. With a good striker, they can get into a very good situation.

I agree, but the financial problem of barcelona was responsible for this all the embarrassment that they are going through, if barcelona had managed well his financial, today they would be very well, they would not be going through all these humiliations. honestly i wonder if they vso manage to get out dess situation to early, it seems to me that they will be so for more years

[judas]

A really interesting game in the Copa del Rey is closing in which is Athletic Bilbao - Real Madrid. In this game, I think that Real Madrid are not highly the favourite club and the odds also prove me right. Bookmakers also think that Real Madrid can have a tough time as their winning odd is around 2.15 now. Athletic Bilbao have the advantage of playing home too and we might see them having their revenge on Real Madrid also. I mean the Super Cup game between them which Real Madrid won by 2-0 and achieved the title also.

Strange odds, in my opinion Real will win this match without any problems. Probably this coefficient is due to the fact that the main time may end in a draw and Real will win in extra time. In any case, I think that Real Madrid is undervalued and I will probably bet that they will win in regular time, this odds by a large margin compensates for the risk.

I also think that Real Madrid would be a good choice to try one's luck. They are still the favourite of the draw in the end and we saw what they did to Athletic Bilbao in the Super Cup final game. Maybe this time, they would be able to win by one goal gap or even win after extra time. But one thing is certain that they are not the type of team that give up easily. Athletic Bilbao would do whatever they can but it may not be good enough to qualify for the next round also.

[poldanmig]

I agree, but the financial problem of barcelona was responsible for this all the embarrassment that they are going through, if barcelona had managed well his financial, today they would be very well, they would not be going through all these humiliations. honestly i wonder if they vso manage to get out dess situation to early, it seems to me that they will be so for more years

Barcelona is one of the big clubs that has continued to make achievements in the last 10 years, their prowess in winning the title so far is no longer in doubt and with Barcelona achievements like that of course they are an attraction for investors to become club sponsors, but strangely during the pandemic it came in fact that barcelona had a strong impact and it can be said if maybe they could have disbanded at that time, I think the problem of barcelona now lies in their poor financial management and it looks like barcelona need to make a major overhaul of their management so that the same thing doesn't happen in the future next later.

[kayiboyu]

The Barcelona - Atletico Madrid game next week is a derby-like game for sure. It is not very good to see both of these teams struggling in this season but they are at least trying to climb to upper levels in the standings now. They both don't seem very credible teams in general but they both have a good form recently. Maybe they barely win their games but it is crucial to win as many games as possible for recovering in the end. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers. And I also feel like they might win by a close margin.

[W Jr.]

The Barcelona - Atletico Madrid game next week is a derby-like game for sure. It is not very good to see both of these teams struggling in this season but they are at least trying to climb to upper levels in the standings now. They both don't seem very credible teams in general but they both have a good form recently. Maybe they barely win their games but it is crucial to win as many games as possible for recovering in the end. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers. And I also feel like they might win by a close margin.

I can't say that Barcelona played well in their last game. They drew 1-1 with Granada. They lost 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao. They lost 3-2 to Real Madrid. Alaves barely won 1-0 in the game. They played a really good game in the Real Madrid match, I liked it. However, they could not escape defeat. There is also the possibility of losing in the Atlético Madrid match. They didn't give me a very good team image. They will play a hard match against Atlético.

[poldanmig]

I agree, but the financial problem of barcelona was responsible for this all the embarrassment that they are going through, if barcelona had managed well his financial, today they would be very well, they would not be going through all these humiliations. honestly i wonder if they vso manage to get out dess situation to early, it seems to me that they will be so for more years

Barcelona is one of the big clubs that has continued to make achievements in the last 10 years, their prowess in winning the title so far is no longer in doubt and with Barcelona achievements like that of course they are an attraction for investors to become club sponsors, but strangely during the pandemic it came in fact that barcelona had a strong impact and it can be said if maybe they could have disbanded at that time, I think the problem of barcelona now lies in their poor financial management and it looks like barcelona need to make a major overhaul of their management so that the same thing doesn't happen in the future next later.

Financial trouble faced by Barcelona is not depending with pandemic covid 19 but they have bad problem with player transfer, almost all transfer player Barcelona need paying higher price for each team include bonus when player have achievement with many match with Barcelona, beside they have bad regulation when selling player with lower price, maybe any one still remember what happen with Coutinho transfer where Barcelona paying higher value, then when Barcelona sell Ivan Rakitic to Sevilla with cheapest transfer and I think they need how to change way with transfer player.

Means that the main problems of Barcelona today are caused by financial management that is less reliable, is not it? Financial stability is of course quite important for a team in managing finances, maybe barcelona are a little luckier if they have realized their club current problems, so that they can fix these problems more quickly now so that it can prevent them from going bankruptcy,  I think it will take a very long time for Barcelona to be able to stabilize the condition of their current team.

[KTChampions]

‍Pretty funny quotes for this match at the moment:

2,39 - 3,45 - 3,00

For some reason, Barcelona are rated as favorites, although in my opinion, Atlético Madrid will be the clear favorite in this match. In my opinion, the clubs have a fundamentally different situation - Atlético is in a temporary crisis, and Barcelona is in a systemic one. In such a situation, to evaluate Barcelona as a favorite is a clear mistake.

This all is not for just some reason, it's all because recently Barcelona is doing very good in last five matches they have 11 points and Atletico Madrid is having only 7 points with have two defeats against Sevilla and Granada. Barcelona having some problems, but recently they are improving very rapidly and have many matches without any defeat, so they can beat Atletico Madrid and can grab their four spot which is very important for them.

After this they can think about some more good results and can bring down Betis because they are also having some struggling time and can through few points which are very valuable for Barcelona and their cause. This is massive achievement from them as they are facing some worst time on and off the field with knocked out from Champions League as well.

If you take the last five matches for Barcelona, you can see that they have only two wins + two losses and one draw (each loss resulted in relegation from the respective cup) https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/65/Fixtures/Spain-Barcelona
Atlético have an absolutely identical picture: https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/63/Fixtures/Spain-Atletico-Madrid
But given what I wrote above (Atletico in a temporary crisis, and Barcelona in a systemic one), I think that Atlético will easily win this match.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Replacing koeman for Xavi is the best decision Barcelona management made and so far there have been lots of improvement. Finishing in the third or fourth place will require lots of commitment and it would mean contending with Athletico Maldrid, Sevilla and Real bettis but Barcelona can do better with xavi leadership as for good performance I will say there have been good ones but all Barcelona needs at the time is more  good finishers who would send their team work to the back of their opponents net

I also think that this was the right call for Barcelona. Because nearly everyone was criticizing his game plan before. Xavi is a much better choice for Barcelona as he is one of their legends. Xavi must be knowing what is good for this team. I know that not all of the team legends manage their teams very well. For example, Solskjaer was too bad this season and he got sacked finally. But I hope that Xavi's end won't be the same and he will build a strong team considering the future.