La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[coderben]

As Barcelona have Aubameyang from now on, I'm increasing my hopes about them for this season. I think that they are going to be much stronger in their offense as of now. And this would help them a great deal in the competition for finishing the season in top four in the standings. But the critical point here is whether Aubameyang will really meet the expectations. Because he had a really bad time at Arsenal lately and he was far away from his productive times. Barcelona will be hoping to see him starting to perform very well.

[oHnK]

They still need plenty of time to stabilize.

You're right, with the rest of the squad and minimal funding, I think xavi is a great coaching candidate of the future. Xavi has made Barcelona better, if you look at the beginning of the record to date of course you will say the same as me. With a little spending funds Xavi tried to maximize that. Buying Aubameyang is not a bad thing, Xavi certainly already has a plan with him. Maybe if they had a lot of funds they would buy a lot of star players.

Xavi has shown how to manage a team with many limitations.  Whereas funds are one of the main supporters to support the team to become a winner.  Buying Aubameyang is probably the most optimal thing to do than buying a striker who is even more superior but has to go into debt to pay his wages.  So I'm sure Xavi will achieve his best during this competition.

[Pulsar77]

The Real Sociedad - Betis game is going to be nearly ending right before the Athletic Bilbao - Real Madrid game in the Copa del Rey. Because of that, I guess I would watch this game too as much as possible. Because I'm not expecting a boring game here. These are both very decent teams in the current season. Betis are one step ahead of Sociedad as they have been remarkable in the La Liga so far. Although Sociedad are being favoured by bookmakers, I might bet some money on Betis to advance by defeating them in ninety minutes.

[fuguebtc]

They still need plenty of time to stabilize.

You're right, with the rest of the squad and minimal funding, I think xavi is a great coaching candidate of the future. Xavi has made Barcelona better, if you look at the beginning of the record to date of course you will say the same as me. With a little spending funds Xavi tried to maximize that. Buying Aubameyang is not a bad thing, Xavi certainly already has a plan with him. Maybe if they had a lot of funds they would buy a lot of star players.

Xavi has shown how to manage a team with many limitations.  Whereas funds are one of the main supporters to support the team to become a winner.  Buying Aubameyang is probably the most optimal thing to do than buying a striker who is even more superior but has to go into debt to pay his wages.  So I'm sure Xavi will achieve his best during this competition.

From what I have seen in a very small amount of time, Xavi is tactically quite good and has a way to connect with his players. Since Auba is not from a tiki-taka background, he might need some time to get used to it.
So, Xavi will have to play an important role in making him comfortable and using Auba in the best way possible.

[Anguwa]

Now that Barcelona have finished the deal with Aubameyang successfully, the exciting process has started for Barcelona. They would probably hope him to get accustomed to the team as quick as possible. Aubameyang can be a big goal source for them. Barcelona have had really serious problems about scoring so far. They have scored only 32 goals in 21 matches. This is not even equal to two goals per match. They need to make this statistics better to be able to fight for the upper positions in the standings easier. And I hope they can with the help of Aubameyang.

Yes that's true, the team will have hope of increasing their goal statistics because Auba is very good striker it's just that he loose form in his previous team Arsenal, and maybe he has been lacking some last passes that he might be having in Barcelona with the presence of players like Ansu Fati, Adama Traure and others. He will definitely do well and very soon Barcelona will bounce back their form.

[darxiaomi]

Barca its one of the team with the worst management of buy players in history really the lastest times its horrendous.
Not only because they buy players for a ton of money and after that this players or dont play or get injured or play really bad.
The main question for me its how you can sell and after a period of time rebuy one player that you formed for a lot more money.
Pique was one, Adama now, Icardi maybe, and other players.
One thing like this was Pogba between Manutd and Juve.

And for whose defend Xavi come on man the players of Barca still one of the best in the world, much more level than the other teams in La Liga only surprassed obviusly for Real Madrid. Its not the MSN, i know but still good.

[ReiMomo]

The Real Sociedad - Betis game is going to be nearly ending right before the Athletic Bilbao - Real Madrid game in the Copa del Rey. Because of that, I guess I would watch this game too as much as possible. Because I'm not expecting a boring game here. These are both very decent teams in the current season. Betis are one step ahead of Sociedad as they have been remarkable in the La Liga so far. Although Sociedad are being favoured by bookmakers, I might bet some money on Betis to advance by defeating them in ninety minutes.

Real Madrid should have prepared themselves very well in these past 10 days and should continue their best performance. Tomorrow should be its 16th win against Athletic Club. Athletic Club is not an easy team to just take a easy win. Its going to be really challenging but Real Madrid will tackle even a critical situation and will snatch the win tomorrow. Hardly there are 2 more hours to start the match. Will wait for it.

[KTChampions]

Today will be the matches of the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup and the quotes at the moment are as follows:

Real Sociedad - Betis

2.03 - 3.65 - 3.7

Athletic - Real Madrid

2.95 - 3.35 - 2.5

In my opinion, the chances of Betis and Real are underestimated. But given the excellent defensive performance of Real Sociedad, I would bet on a draw in regular time in the first pair. Despite the problems with the squad, Real should win the match, at least the odds compensate for the risk - I think we should bet on Real to win in regular time.

From 5 matches throughout 2021, Bilbao was only able to win 1 game, the rest Madrid managed to come out as winners.
I think tonight there will be a lot of people who are willing to bet for real madrid wins, with the big odds issued by bookies for madrid FT wins it would be an interest to bet on Real Madrid.
and also in my opinion there is nothing to doubt for madrid's victory, tonight I bet a lot for real madrid's victory, hopefully madrid can win the match with a big score.

I think Real Madrid's attractive odds of winning are due to four factors: Benzema's absence, Ancelotti's busyness with license renewal, the away match, Real's potential low motivation in the cup. But are these factors enough to give Real Madrid such chances? I think not, because the opponent is lower class and to complete everything quickly, Real Madrid will win big in regular time 

[CLS63]

I really thought of betting on Betis win against Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey to be honest. But I didn't and I'm feeling regretful for now.    Betis have already got 1-0 ahead by their early goal in the 12th minute. I wonder why bookmakers showed them weak by making their odd very high like 4 or above. I have a big respect for Real Sociedad too but I can't say that they are far better than Betis now. The odds tell me this but I don't accept it. Betis are much better this season and they are showing it to us right now too. But it is still early to talk about a Betis win of course. I'm expecting Real Sociedad not to give up easily.

[hyudien]

The Real Sociedad - Betis game is going to be nearly ending right before the Athletic Bilbao - Real Madrid game in the Copa del Rey. Because of that, I guess I would watch this game too as much as possible. Because I'm not expecting a boring game here. These are both very decent teams in the current season. Betis are one step ahead of Sociedad as they have been remarkable in the La Liga so far. Although Sociedad are being favoured by bookmakers, I might bet some money on Betis to advance by defeating them in ninety minutes.

Real Sociedad lost, that's what we can see from the start of the match until the end of the second half. Only 1 point and can't turn things around. the running game is not very interesting and quite boring. We are looking forward to Madrid and Bilbao's performance. Will Madrid be able to do very well without Benzema? whereas lately Madrid is less aggressive. Madrid 4-4-3 formation and Bilbao 4-4-2, and a midfield gap that makes Bilbao easily penetrated.

[snipie]

As Barcelona have Aubameyang from now on, I'm increasing my hopes about them for this season. I think that they are going to be much stronger in their offense as of now. And this would help them a great deal in the competition for finishing the season in top four in the standings. But the critical point here is whether Aubameyang will really meet the expectations. Because he had a really bad time at Arsenal lately and he was far away from his productive times. Barcelona will be hoping to see him starting to perform very well.

Dunno if Aubemayang joining Barcelona had an impact on their odds when facing ATM this Sunday or Napoli in CL after 2 weeks.
He can play vs ATM but I don't see odds on him scoring or not, especially that Fati is absent due to injury. I would like to see how he will perform there

[Sterbens]

The Real Sociedad - Betis game is going to be nearly ending right before the Athletic Bilbao - Real Madrid game in the Copa del Rey. Because of that, I guess I would watch this game too as much as possible. Because I'm not expecting a boring game here. These are both very decent teams in the current season. Betis are one step ahead of Sociedad as they have been remarkable in the La Liga so far. Although Sociedad are being favoured by bookmakers, I might bet some money on Betis to advance by defeating them in ninety minutes.

Real Sociedad lost, that's what we can see from the start of the match until the end of the second half. Only 1 point and can't turn things around. the running game is not very interesting and quite boring. We are looking forward to Madrid and Bilbao's performance. Will Madrid be able to do very well without Benzema? whereas lately Madrid is less aggressive. Madrid 4-4-3 formation and Bilbao 4-4-2, and a midfield gap that makes Bilbao easily penetrated.

I didn't watch the Betis match against Sociedad, so it's definitely not going to be interesting. We have something at stake between Real Madrid and Atletico Bilbao. Everyone was quite enthusiastic because it had been a long time since they had seen the development of Real Madrid.

Karim Benzema absence will have no effect, Madrid is expected to continue to provide optimal performance. Their opponents are indeed quite strong and currently, Atletico Bilbao will not leave much of an opening.

[skarais]

Dunno if Aubemayang joining Barcelona had an impact on their odds when facing ATM this Sunday or Napoli in CL after 2 weeks.
He can play vs ATM but I don't see odds on him scoring or not, especially that Fati is absent due to injury. I would like to see how he will perform there

Fati and Depay are sidelined through injury and Aubameyang looks likely to be the man to fill the void. He was one of the important players for Arsenal and now he will be just as important at Barcelona in my opinion.

I'm not too focused on his success in scoring in his first match at Barcelona but I hope he can contribute a lot to make his team win that match. Maybe it will be good if Aubameyang can score goals, it will improve his mentality and motivation to achieve good performances. Apart from that, Adama Traore has also been signed by Barcelona on loan and I think it will really help them to get a player who has pace on the wings. He is a strong player and hopefully it will have a positive impact on Barcelona. So far, there have been 4 players from the Premier League who have signed for Barcelona since 2021 and they are Eric Garcia, Ferran Torres, Adama Traore and Aubameyang. Unfortunately they had to lose Aguro who had to retire due to heart problems.

[herurist]

As Barcelona have Aubameyang from now on, I'm increasing my hopes about them for this season. I think that they are going to be much stronger in their offense as of now. And this would help them a great deal in the competition for finishing the season in top four in the standings. But the critical point here is whether Aubameyang will really meet the expectations. Because he had a really bad time at Arsenal lately and he was far away from his productive times. Barcelona will be hoping to see him starting to perform very well.

Dunno if Aubemayang joining Barcelona had an impact on their odds when facing ATM this Sunday or Napoli in CL after 2 weeks.
He can play vs ATM but I don't see odds on him scoring or not, especially that Fati is absent due to injury. I would like to see how he will perform there

It would be great if he could score goals in that match but the adaptation process would have a little effect here, especially since he hasn't played on the field for a long time because Arsenal have punished him and the atmosphere will be a little different at the moment.
I still feel he will have a little influence at least he will be able to mess up the Atletico defense even though he can't score goals but it's not too much of a problem

[doomloop]

In the first leg since Real Madrid won 2-0. So this match is not very important for Real Madrid. Although this is Athletic Bilbao's home match, I don't think they will win 2-0 against Real Madrid. Real Madrid will play as defensive as possible in this match. And they will try to draw. Because if they can draw, Real Madrid will be able to go to the next round. At the same time maybe Real's coaches can rest some of their key players. Because PSG is going to face Real Madrid in the Champions League match a few days later.

No matter how ahead they are, Bilbao is not a team to be taken lightly. We have seen them just recently in Arabia and how they managed to get to finals and all of that. I am not saying that they will win, but I am saying that Real would lose if they do not care about this game, so they are aware of this and they will play as well as they could in order to win and will not feel as relaxed as you are.

So, they will fight until the last minute even though they managed to beat the first game 2-0, that is how you end up being at the top. If you just win that first game and then you let it be, then you would turn that into a Liverpool - Barcelona UCL situation.

[hyudien]

Karim Benzema absence will have no effect, Madrid is expected to continue to provide optimal performance. Their opponents are indeed quite strong and currently, Atletico Bilbao will not leave much of an opening.

IMO the Copa del Rey quarter-finals for Madrid and co will result in a draw score. Even then, if you see at a glance how many factors Bilbao must be more aggressive to take revenge because they often lose when in front of Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid's position which is only 1 point ahead is enough, although at the end of the second half they usually put more pressure on the opponent.

Garcia pressed his players to score and had to be able to silence Madrid, sounding quite fierce and replying to each other's sarcasm.

[izsara]

In the first leg since Real Madrid won 2-0. So this match is not very important for Real Madrid. Although this is Athletic Bilbao's home match, I don't think they will win 2-0 against Real Madrid. Real Madrid will play as defensive as possible in this match. And they will try to draw. Because if they can draw, Real Madrid will be able to go to the next round. At the same time maybe Real's coaches can rest some of their key players. Because PSG is going to face Real Madrid in the Champions League match a few days later.

No matter how ahead they are, Bilbao is not a team to be taken lightly. We have seen them just recently in Arabia and how they managed to get to finals and all of that. I am not saying that they will win, but I am saying that Real would lose if they do not care about this game, so they are aware of this and they will play as well as they could in order to win and will not feel as relaxed as you are.

So, they will fight until the last minute even though they managed to beat the first game 2-0, that is how you end up being at the top. If you just win that first game and then you let it be, then you would turn that into a Liverpool - Barcelona UCL situation.

The game has been running in the first 30 minutes. According to predictions, Madrid appear to confine the Bilbao players but there are still no goals that have been created so far.
there is something interesting about Carlleto's decision about the current line-up of madrid where I usually see Asensio on the wing but now he is a center forward flanked by Rodrygo and Vinicius

[JeromeTash]

It would be great if he could score goals in that match but the adaptation process would have a little effect here, especially since he hasn't played on the field for a long time because Arsenal have punished him and the atmosphere will be a little different at the moment.
I still feel he will have a little influence at least he will be able to mess up the Atletico defense even though he can't score goals but it's not too much of a problem

He will score goals as long as he's supplied with the balls, but I read somewhere that Xavi sometime back said that Aubameyang does not suit Barcelona's style of play. I am not sure why he signed him then. Maybe because he was coming for free?

We shall see how he copes and performs there.

[borovichok]

It would be great if he could score goals in that match but the adaptation process would have a little effect here, especially since he hasn't played on the field for a long time because Arsenal have punished him and the atmosphere will be a little different at the moment.
I still feel he will have a little influence at least he will be able to mess up the Atletico defense even though he can't score goals but it's not too much of a problem

He will score goals as long as he's supplied with the balls, but I read somewhere that Xavi sometime back said that Aubameyang does not suit Barcelona's style of play. I am not sure why he signed him then. Maybe because he was coming for free?

We shall see how he copes and performs there.

I think that proven to the people at arsenal that he still has something in his tank to offer will stand as a motivation for him to excel at Barcelona. Aubameyang is a top player just that aftere his contract at arsenal he does not show enough motivation to fight because there is never a competition in the team for his position at Barca he will be proud to play there.

[kawetsriyanto]

Their bad relationship is said to be due to Aubameyang's indiscipline behavior, but it is too much for management to terminate his contract with and without letting him say goodbye to his Arsenal teammates.  Management even said that Aubameyang had a bad impact on his team.  And this caused heartache until he said goodbye through his Instagram.

Yep. It is a bit too much, Arsenal management should let him say goodbye normally. Although he made a bad impact and was indisciplined, he deserves to get a little respect from Arsenal management. He ever contributed to leading Arsenal winning on some matches at least, he played quite well in the first year he came to Arsenal.


Copa Del Rey

Atletic Club 1 - 0 Real Madrid

I'm surprised to see this result. Without Benzema, Real Madrid can't score a single goal. Even, the stats look very poor, they only made 2 shots on target. Damn, my bet is totally wrong!!