La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Porfirii]

In four days there is a great game between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in the league.

This match is called "Derbi madrileño", or "Madrid Derby" in English, and it is one of the best, or at least one of the most expected matches in la Liga, just after the "Clásico" between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

If we see the previous performances by Real Madrid and also Atletico Madrid so far, it should be Real Madrid which is more superior and ready enough for the victory, However, Atletico Madrid experienced some bad results in the previous matches both in the La Liga and also in UCL.
However, the final result will depend on how their readiness and solidity during the match.Whatever happens, Real Madrid cannot underestimate Atletico Madrid. ANd that's right that this derby Madrid match will be very interesting, and pne fo the most chlneging and attartcive match to watch after El CLassico.

Indeed! I am looking forward to watch this match next Sunday. I also think that Real Madrid has more chances to win, but if I am not wrong, they lost the last derbi they played (just after winning the last Liga). So, who knows, this is football, and we are used to surprises in this sport.

[TopT3ns]

Xavi must have a plan B when facing a team whose defense is very strong, the defeat to Bayern Munich must be evaluated by Xavi to get good momentum when the Barcelona striker can't score. This incident reminds me of Dani Alves, he used to score goals very often even though he was at right-back. The figure of a player like Dani Alves is needed by Barcelona as a backup plan when their striker fails to score. On the other hand, I am happy with the defeat that Barcelona just got in the UCL, because the result of this defeat can encourage Xavi to continue to evaluate every game and be able to make plans when dealing with strong teams.

Plan B can only be applied when they have a lot of players with almost the same criteria as Robert Lewandowski while currently there are still not many players who have such skills, so actually Xavi not only needs Plan B but several plans that must be prepared depending on the conditions in the field because sometimes what is planned does not match when in the field.

[maju69]

A.Madrid's defense which has been looking unstable since the start of the season is worrying. They have conceded goals in all of their last four games. The team's midfield options are weak. Coach Simeone has not been able to form a proper combination so far. These problems in the team will be a problem for Simeone in the Madrid derby. Real Madrid is the most fit team in the league and i think they will win in the derby. A game with a high goal rate awaits us.

Yes Atletico Madrid has not been so perfect to implement something in his team. They have to go up and down to get the most out of La Liga this season, at least until week 5 they have lived. And Real Madrid will be a tough opponent for them, how not, Real Madrid have swept their La Liga matches with a win, with good performances too.

[DU18]

A.Madrid's defense which has been looking unstable since the start of the season is worrying. They have conceded goals in all of their last four games. The team's midfield options are weak. Coach Simeone has not been able to form a proper combination so far. These problems in the team will be a problem for Simeone in the Madrid derby. Real Madrid is the most fit team in the league and i think they will win in the derby. A game with a high goal rate awaits us.

The derby match will be a difficult match for Atletico Madrid, so far their performances have not been consistent and I think it will be used by Madrid later in the derby match, Madrid who are unbeaten this season will certainly continue to maintain momentum well so as not to slip and lose points in that match, but Atletico Madrid can be a little proud because their defense is still better than madrid who has conceded 5 goal at the moment, I think Atletico Madrid defense will be greatly tested later by the sharpness of Madrid strikers.

[rahmad2nd]

In five real madrid matches this season the match next week is a match that cannot be taken lightly for Carlo Ancelotti's men, because this match is a madrid derby that will present a game with a hot atmosphere.
Los Blancos' performance is arguably the most consistent. by scoring a win in every game in both La Liga and his two matches in the UCL, no wonder if Los Blancos have the potential to continue their positive trend in this match.

But Diego Simeone's squad will not give up easily even though Atletico Madrid has not shown consistent performance since the start of this season's competition.
from H2H results in six matches, not many goals were created for both and the last match was owned by Atletico Madrid with the score 1-0.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Xavi must have a plan B when facing a team whose defense is very strong, the defeat to Bayern Munich must be evaluated by Xavi to get good momentum when the Barcelona striker can't score. This incident reminds me of Dani Alves, he used to score goals very often even though he was at right-back. The figure of a player like Dani Alves is needed by Barcelona as a backup plan when their striker fails to score. On the other hand, I am happy with the defeat that Barcelona just got in the UCL, because the result of this defeat can encourage Xavi to continue to evaluate every game and be able to make plans when dealing with strong teams.

Plan B can only be applied when they have a lot of players with almost the same criteria as Robert Lewandowski while currently there are still not many players who have such skills, so actually Xavi not only needs Plan B but several plans that must be prepared depending on the conditions in the field because sometimes what is planned does not match when in the field.

only because 1 defeat from a series of positive results experienced by Barcelona cannot be used as a reference, the defeat they experienced against Bayern was very reasonable because they are both top European teams and in terms of quality the two teams are almost the same.
but of course the defeat can be a lesson and evaluation material for a better future.
since Xavi took charge of Barcelona there have been many changes for the better of course it will take longer for them to be stronger but for now I think they are good enough and just need to be consistent.
regarding the defeat they experienced in the UCL I hope it will not have an impact on La Liga matches.
With the lack of players who can be a mainstay of course, it is very difficult for a coach to make several plans at critical times.

[Daniel91]

What do you think about Group E?
Chelsea has had a very bad start to the Champions League and has only 1 point from the first two games and is currently in last place in the group.
Can the same thing happen to Chelsea that happened to Barcelona last season, not to qualify for the knockout phase of the Champions League?
That would really be a surprise, but at the moment Chelsea is playing very poorly and will have to urgently raise the level of their play in the champions league and become much more effective in matches against other teams.
At the beginning, it seemed that these would be an easy group for Chelsea, but currently they have big problems and very bad results.

[Rockstarguy]

I think there is nothing much to analyse between both clubs because Real Madrid will comfortably take their away 3 point from Metropolitano Stadium. Athletico used to be a tough opponent for Madrid in previous derbies but not any longer. Their is no motivation strong enough to guarantee Athletico win

If we consider the current performance of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, it is true that Real Madrid seems to have a higher chance to win. Real Madrid also must play with their best to maintain its position in first place in La Liga standings. Real Madrid can't miss 3 points if they want to stay at 1st place, so 3 points is a must. Because of this reason, I am very sure that Real Madrid must play all out to win. But it doesn't guarantee Real Madrid to win, there should be a chance for Atletico to make a draw result or even win the match. Especially, the match will be held at Atletico stadium.

Real Madrid are ontop of their game at the moment,so in a match like this where class and quality will be shown between the two clubs,I don't see Athletico winning,they have declined drastically too becuse we can no longer boast of them that they can be a threat to Madrid,they have been loosing unecessory  matches which make us believe that they are not as reliable as before any more.
Real Madrid will go home with their three points if they are facing Athletico,and I'm not going to give them even a chance to be able to beat Madrid because record has been against them.

You can consider athletico madrid as weak not as tough as Real Madrid but that doesn't mean it will be easy for Real Madrid to defeat athletico madrid.  Athletico madrid is not a toy team, it is one of the team in laliga that Real Madrid can't just easily beat. It can even surprise you that athletico may play the game very tough what Real Madrid may realise at the end of the game will be a draw, Real Madrid still have a higher chance of winning the game.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

You can consider athletico madrid as weak not as tough as Real Madrid but that doesn't mean it will be easy for Real Madrid to defeat athletico madrid.  Athletico madrid is not a toy team, it is one of the team in laliga that Real Madrid can't just easily beat. It can even surprise you that athletico may play the game very tough what Real Madrid may realise at the end of the game will be a draw, Real Madrid still have a higher chance of winning the game.

Toy team 

I have never read anyone call Athletico Madrid as a toy team. You are so creative with words. 

It's a derby and two Madrids don't want to lose in a derby. In a bigger picture, they are competing for La Liga title, together with Barcelona. Therefore this match has a lot of meanings for them, a derby and a direct clash for La Liga trophy. 3 points from this match are similar to 6 points because a winner has 3 points and a loser lose 3 points. In addition, winner will destroy the mentality of the loser as well.

[hahay]

You can consider athletico madrid as weak not as tough as Real Madrid but that doesn't mean it will be easy for Real Madrid to defeat athletico madrid.  Athletico madrid is not a toy team, it is one of the team in laliga that Real Madrid can't just easily beat. It can even surprise you that athletico may play the game very tough what Real Madrid may realise at the end of the game will be a draw, Real Madrid still have a higher chance of winning the game.

Toy team 

I have never read anyone call Athletico Madrid as a toy team. You are so creative with words. 

It's a derby and two Madrids don't want to lose in a derby. In a bigger picture, they are competing for La Liga title, together with Barcelona. Therefore this match has a lot of meanings for them, a derby and a direct clash for La Liga trophy. 3 points from this match are similar to 6 points because a winner has 3 points and a loser lose 3 points. In addition, winner will destroy the mentality of the loser as well.

Haha, who thinks of Atletico as a toy team? and also, the derby match is not to fight for the title but to maintain the prestige to remain the best. Derby matches often occur where both teams are far in the standings but their match is still interesting because it is titled a derby, so the derby match is not about fighting for the title but only prestige. But regarding their current performance it is clear, Atletico are experiencing a decline in performance but in contrast to Real Madrid who are still consistent on the winning path. With a performance difference like this, Real Madrid still has a better chance, but that doesn't mean they think Atletico are a toy team.

[zaki12]

You can consider athletico madrid as weak not as tough as Real Madrid but that doesn't mean it will be easy for Real Madrid to defeat athletico madrid.  Athletico madrid is not a toy team, it is one of the team in laliga that Real Madrid can't just easily beat. It can even surprise you that athletico may play the game very tough what Real Madrid may realise at the end of the game will be a draw, Real Madrid still have a higher chance of winning the game.

Toy team 

I have never read anyone call Athletico Madrid as a toy team. You are so creative with words. 

It's a derby and two Madrids don't want to lose in a derby. In a bigger picture, they are competing for La Liga title, together with Barcelona. Therefore this match has a lot of meanings for them, a derby and a direct clash for La Liga trophy. 3 points from this match are similar to 6 points because a winner has 3 points and a loser lose 3 points. In addition, winner will destroy the mentality of the loser as well.

yes I also agree with you. As usual, Atletico's match against Real Madrid is always fierce, hot, and full of prestige. even though Atletico Madrid's condition is not good compared to Real Madrid, which is on a positive trend. But the Madrid Derby will always be tight and difficult to predict. Moreover, these two teams are candidates for La Liga champions other than Barcelona in La Liga. so to get 3 points it's very important to keep the chances of winning the league.

[tulusikhlas]

yes I also agree with you. As usual, Atletico's match against Real Madrid is always fierce, hot, and full of prestige. even though Atletico Madrid's condition is not good compared to Real Madrid, which is on a positive trend. But the Madrid Derby will always be tight and difficult to predict. Moreover, these two teams are candidates for La Liga champions other than Barcelona in La Liga. so to get 3 points it's very important to keep the chances of winning the league.

Because the match is not only a match between the two big teams in La Liga, they are also in the same prestige, which is not wanting to be defeated by a rival team. But they should not show that in the Derby match, but also in other matches, especially Atletico Madrid. As previously discussed, Atletico Madrid can always make things difficult for Real Madrid when they don't play better than Real Madrid, they should be able to do that in other games.

[Jody.Drummer]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

[Fesatmas]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

Obviously it's an easy game for Barcelona, the statistics say so. They are one of the teams that have conceded the most and also they are not productive in scoring goals. Of course, this is a statistic that is inversely proportional to the records achieved by Barcelona until this 5th week.
I predict at least 3 goals will be created by Barcelona.

[harapan]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

Barcelona playing their next match in the la liga with Elche and hopefully winning should be more of a consolation to them after their defeat in the champions league by the superior team Bayern Munich. I had felt Barcelona would have a fighting chance in the game but lost to the superior team by 2 goals to nil. Lewandoski on the other hand came back to his former home ground and didn’t make a much of an impact as Barca failed to score a goal. I almost felt sorry for Barcelona as I sat and watched them chase the ball till the end of the game.

[kro55]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

Despite a good performance against Bayern, Barcelona was defeated. Even with a strong attack, Barcelona couldn't score any goals. Xavi definitely needs to work on strengthening his attacking lineup. Every player in the forward is talented, Xavi has to find the reason why they are not playing well. And I would say Xavi can experiment with his team in matches against weaker teams like Elche. He can arrange a new match strategy. These matches are very important to correct the weaknesses of the team. But first of all, Barcelona must secure 3 points in the match.

[babo]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

Barcelona playing their next match in the la liga with Elche and hopefully winning should be more of a consolation to them after their defeat in the champions league by the superior team Bayern Munich. I had felt Barcelona would have a fighting chance in the game but lost to the superior team by 2 goals to nil. Lewandoski on the other hand came back to his former home ground and didn’t make a much of an impact as Barca failed to score a goal. I almost felt sorry for Barcelona as I sat and watched them chase the ball till the end of the game.

Unfortunately, sometimes the games are lost, everyone knows they are professionals
the important thing is to learn from mistakes and not make them again
this distinguishes professionals from amateurs

losing is not serious if you learn and fix

[Doell]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

Barcelona playing their next match in the la liga with Elche and hopefully winning should be more of a consolation to them after their defeat in the champions league by the superior team Bayern Munich. I had felt Barcelona would have a fighting chance in the game but lost to the superior team by 2 goals to nil. Lewandoski on the other hand came back to his former home ground and didn’t make a much of an impact as Barca failed to score a goal. I almost felt sorry for Barcelona as I sat and watched them chase the ball till the end of the game.

Elche is not a tough opponent for Barcelona for this victory it must be Barcelona, if we discuss the champions league in group C I think it will not be easy other than against Bayern, Barcelona will play vs Inter. But La Liga for those who are currently on fire is not difficult, even they can beat their rivals, by the way my predict for the score Barcelona vs Elche 6-0.

[Luzin]

After returning from a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Barcelona are faced with a game against Elche. This is an opportunity for them to restore their morale after having to admit the superiority of Bayern Munich.
Elche is an opponent I think we can already predict who will win this match. 5 matches without a win and only tasted one draw, this will be a comfortable win for Barcelona.

They should have won. Elche is not a strong team, but Xavi should not underestimate them. I think the mentality of the Barcelona players is already good because they are used to winning or losing. So I think their mentality won't go down. Against Elche, Xavi had to play his best players.
I believe Lewandowski should return to the starting lineup again. Lewandowski will get better if he gets more used to the Barcelona players. Although his stats are pretty good, I think he hasn't been able to play his best. Other players should also be familiar with its characteristics.

[hd49728]

Despite a good performance against Bayern, Barcelona was defeated. Even with a strong attack, Barcelona couldn't score any goals. Xavi definitely needs to work on strengthening his attacking lineup.

Playing good is not enough. Bayern is one of strongest teams in Champions League and if Barcelona can play equally with Bayern, they can play well with other top clubs. It means they have fair chance to compete with other strong clubs in the Europe. However, the defeat proves another fact that Barcelona is still under top clubs a little bit.

Football is unpredictable and because they can play equal games, sometimes they will lose and sometimes they will win. First, Xavi and Barcelona must pass through the group stage. Later on they can fight, wait for luck and surprising results.

Every player in the forward is talented, Xavi has to find the reason why they are not playing well. And I would say Xavi can experiment with his team in matches against weaker teams like Elche. He can arrange a new match strategy. These matches are very important to correct the weaknesses of the team. But first of all, Barcelona must secure 3 points in the match.

Xavi is not a coach who obsesses with tactics like Pep Guardiola. He is smart but he prioritizes stability and he does not want to make suddenly strange decisions and changes in squad. Pep Guardiola does it very often and sometimes, he even does it in important matches.

Elche is not a club that can bring lot of troubles to Barcelona and Xavi can use some alternative players for the match.