La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Don Pedro Dinero]

FC Barcelona is my favorite this season. They look they are ready to get another championship.
They lost 3 seasons already. This is the right time to get the title again.

In my case, I think Real Madrid are the favourites. Barcelona have made a very big gamble, mortgaging part of their future and this puts extra pressure on them, which will affect them if they start to have mediocre results.

There are a couple of games left before the Clasico. If Madrid, in these two matchdays, gain a few more points over Barcelona, they will have home advantage in the Clasico, and they can take advantage of that to start to get some serious distance.

[indah rezqi]

Xavi is one of the players who have a crucial role in the success of Barcelona tiki-taka in Pep era. As far as I understand, there were 3 players who have the most roles at that time, they are Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi. S, if Xavi applied tiki-taka for the current Barcelona squad, it surely will be applied very well. Xavi knows very well about tiki-taka, and he experienced a lot as a player who used the tiki-taka strategy. In my opinion, the point of tiki-taka is teamwork and accuracy. It is about how the players can control the match by dominating the ball possession and creating as many as assists & goal attempts. This requires advanced skills in dribbling, delivering assists, and scoring. So far, Xavi looks quite successful to return tiki-taka to Barcelona players.

In the tiki-taka scheme, 3 midfielders must be very central to control the flow of the ball forward. Xavi and Iniesta were two very good midfielders at the time and they were so successful in controlling the midfield that the Barcelona forward felt very comfortable.

Xavi understood tiki-taka well because he was Barcelona's playmaker back then, but Xavi couldn't force his current midfield to do exactly the same as he did in the past. De Jong, Pedri and Gavi actually have a lot of potential to do the same, but while these midfielders haven't been at their best they still have a lot of potential to improve. If in the next 1-2 seasons these three midfielders are able to do something very good especially in terms of controlling the midfield with ball possession and accurate passing, then I believe Xavi's tiki-taka era will be repeated. So far things are going great, but still not perfect.

[Sebas.tian]

FC Barcelona is my favorite this season. They look they are ready to get another championship.
They lost 3 seasons already. This is the right time to get the title again.

Yes, Barcelona will definitely achieve this La Liga league title this season because their performance has changed positively for them to embrace the victory from this season. Last season was a very bad season for Barcelona, because they were still looking for who to fill the position of Messi until their coach finally got new talented squads in this season that made Barcelona to stand well to defeat any strong teams in this tournament. If Barcelona coach can still introduce more strategies before their next match, I think it will help them to remain unbeatable through out their remaining matches.

[hd49728]

Xavi is one of the players who have a crucial role in the success of Barcelona tiki-taka in Pep era. As far as I understand, there were 3 players who have the most roles at that time, they are Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi.

Xavi is a home grown player from La Massia and he is part of golden Tiki-taka era years ago. More than other coaches, Xavi understands comprehensively on how tiki-taka works but he also knows that at the end of golden time, tiki taka was constrained by other clubs.

Therefore he does know that he must use enhanced version of tiki taka if he want to get success. From players bought by Barcelona with transfer strategy from Xavi, I see that he tries to bring more speedy and powerful players. He does want to get more direct attacking and more powerful physically to prevent counter attacks from opponents. It is a good strategy that can bring success for Barcelona and Xavi.

[Awaklara]

FC Barcelona is my favorite this season. They look they are ready to get another championship.
They lost 3 seasons already. This is the right time to get the title again.

Yes, Barcelona will definitely achieve this La Liga league title this season because their performance has changed positively for them to embrace the victory from this season. Last season was a very bad season for Barcelona, because they were still looking for who to fill the position of Messi until their coach finally got new talented squads in this season that made Barcelona to stand well to defeat any strong teams in this tournament. If Barcelona coach can still introduce more strategies before their next match, I think it will help them to remain unbeatable through out their remaining matches.

last season, even without Lewandowski we could see the game after Xavi took over, the Barca squad had a strong game. and was able to catch up with Madrid even though it was too late to collect points.
but this season, Barcelona have certainly become stronger with their strikers. very productive and certainly has a game that is not easily broken by the opponent. I am optimistic that this season Barca will be at the top, although it will not be easy.

[sayaya17]

FC Barcelona is my favorite this season. They look they are ready to get another championship.
They lost 3 seasons already. This is the right time to get the title again.

The last time Barcelona won the La Liga trophy was during the 2018/2019 season, it's true that it means that Barcelona has failed to win  the La Liga
trophy for 3 seasons. This season is the right moment for Barcelona to win the La Liga trophy, because not only this season Barcelona have a squad that
can be said to be perfect, but in this season also Barcelona again have a quality coach. So this season Barcelona's chances of winning the La Liga trophy
are quite large, but of course winning the La Liga trophy is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand, even though Barcelona now have quality players
like Lewandowski.

The problem is Real Madrid is their strongest competitor, this season their performance is better than Barcelona. It can be proven that Real Madrid are not
only unbeaten, however Real Madrid have so far achieved perfect results by winning 6 consecutive wins at La Liga. So Barcelona must try to be consistent
and take advantage of El Clasico matches as a change of circumstances, because it seems difficult to expect Real Madrid to lose to other teams,
but if Barcelona can beat Real Madrid, Barcelona's chances of winning the La Liga trophy are getting closer.

[DanWalker]

Barcelona has won their last two away matches against Real Madrid. And in both matches Barcelona players dominated. Barcelona won 4-0 against Real Madrid in last season's away match. So even if the next match is Real Madrid's home match, Barcelona will definitely win if they play well.
But with Real Madrid's consistency now, they are very difficult to beat. Real Madrid played amazingly against Atletico Madrid in the last match. And so, the next match of Barcelona vs Real Madrid will definitely be competitive and enjoyable. So far the chances of both teams winning are 50-50.

What is the point of remembering that victory of Barcelona in a game that no longer decided anything for Real? Real Madrid by that time had already solved the problem of the championship in La Liga and was focused on the Champions League. Plus, since that game, the compositions of both teams have changed significantly - in fact, Barcelona has become a different team altogether, and Real have made small changes. I agree that it will be an interesting game, but there is no point in linking it with the results of previous meetings.

Surely now there is no point for having these games for future but still we can talk about future games which are going to have big impact on this league end because with current form Real Madrid is surely having big advantage, and they are not allowing any opponent for giving them tough challenge, but Barcelona has never been easy team for them and with current performance level both are level and with this all most chances matches between these two teams are going to decide who is going to be winner of this season because Real Madrid beats Atlético Madrid which is amazing stuff from them with this now we have no easy game for Barcelona against Real Madrid.

Still if they are able to play like they already play against them in past two games then most chances they are going to be winner because they are surely having the toughest defense in this league.

@KTChampions, if I recall correctly, Real Madrid did not have any problems if they lost El Clasico, the last EL Classico of the last season against Barcelona. In fact, Real Madrid had the goal of winning the Champions League as their main goal and they have completely succeeded in that target. There was no point in Real Madrid giving any importance to the El Clasico because at that point it didn't matter, and Real Madrid knew that very well.

Thus, I do not think there is any reason to think that Barcelona will have a good track record against Real Madrid in the future. And honestly, I really don't think Barcelona will be able to win in the upcoming El Clasico.

[TopT3ns]

It will not work against a team that was fully defense. So many times this tactic gonna be useless against a team that has been putting whole of its effort to defend its field. This time so many team know so well how to prevent the tiki taka strategy like that especially for the big club. This club will always be so difficult when it was against a team that with fully defense like chelsea. In my opinion if strategy must be dynamic to follow what strategy that will be used by our opponents.

Each team has its own characteristics with the strategies they have, all of them will definitely have weaknesses, this is the task of the coach who is on the side of the field to monitor the opponent's formation or strategy to find their weak points and then convey to the teams to do something according to their instructions so that they can break down the opponent's defense, so if you only use tiki taka it won't be efficient.

[hashrateproducts]

Each team has its own characteristics with the strategies they have, all of them will definitely have weaknesses, this is the task of the coach who is on the side of the field to monitor the opponent's formation or strategy to find their weak points and then convey to the teams to do something according to their instructions so that they can break down the opponent's defense, so if you only use tiki taka it won't be efficient.

Every single team in the league have their own pattern of game and they definitely also know their weaknesses. For real madrid, they have a very good midfield and defend, if one can pull down the basic formation of the team, then I assure you for a win against the los blancos. All coaches derived joy in watching their club beats both stronger and weaker opponents. Some coaches strategy and tactics can bring down an entire team, having an impact negatively or positively.

[Razmirraz]

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The tiki-taka strategy that Xavi always developed when he was at Barcelona is indeed very useful for breaking down defenses because it applies excellent teamwork and utilizes speed and accuracy to advance against until finally to the goal point will be executed to score goals. So far with that strategy they have always managed to break down the opponent's defense.

The tiki-taka strategy is an integral part of Barcelona, Xavi is very easy to apply Tiki-taka in Barcelona because as long as Xavi is still actively playing, he has always been the spirit of Barcelona game. Xavi role as a coach can give Tiki-taka more life because in the era of Ronald Koeman Tiki-taka was not seen anymore.
Xavi has succeeded in adopting Tiki-taka in a player who has just joined Barcelona, a more modern style of play with one-twos and occasionally supported by crosses that trouble the opponent's defense.

[makishart]

FC Barcelona is my favorite this season. They look they are ready to get another championship.
They lost 3 seasons already. This is the right time to get the title again.

In my opinion if real madrid is far in term of performance compared with barcelona. My favorite team to win in this season was real madrid. The real match between real madrid and barcelona will determine which team that has more capability to take the la liga.
Barcelona faces very hard time during several seasons. It seems like barcelona was making its comeback but this time remember that real madrid is also on fire.
It's not even losing against another team.

[babo]

Each team has its own characteristics with the strategies they have, all of them will definitely have weaknesses, this is the task of the coach who is on the side of the field to monitor the opponent's formation or strategy to find their weak points and then convey to the teams to do something according to their instructions so that they can break down the opponent's defense, so if you only use tiki taka it won't be efficient.

Every single team in the league have their own pattern of game and they definitely also know their weaknesses. For real madrid, they have a very good midfield and defend, if one can pull down the basic formation of the team, then I assure you for a win against the los blancos. All coaches derived joy in watching their club beats both stronger and weaker opponents. Some coaches strategy and tactics can bring down an entire team, having an impact negatively or positively.

the greatest strength of Real Madrid is in the fact that it is a team that has proven itself over time, it is a full-fledged tank
it is no coincidence that last season he won almost everything, the championship in advance, being able to concentrate on the cup and win against the favorites

it is no coincidence, and if you look at the comments to the champions league I had predicted it

[onecall123]

It's no secret that Barcelona will dominate El Classico for many years to come. I'm looking forward to the El Classico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Is October 16th going to make any difference for Barca and will they be able to destroy them in their own stadium on that day? The battle for first place in the Liga will be exciting when Barcelona and Madrid return with El Classico. Madrid will be comfortable in first place otherwise.

[CryptocurencyKing]

It's no secret that Barcelona will dominate El Classico for many years to come. I'm looking forward to the El Classico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Is October 16th going to make any difference for Barca and will they be able to destroy them in their own stadium on that day? The battle for first place in the Liga will be exciting when Barcelona and Madrid return with El Classico. Madrid will be comfortable in first place otherwise.

Already it seems likely that neither will drop too many points this season. Barcelona only drew with Rayo Vallecano on the the opening match day. Real Madrid have won 6 out of their 6 fixtures this season. The consequence is that it only heightens the importance of El Clasico. It is shaping up to be one of the most mouth-watering encounters in several years between the two. Since the first leg will be held in Madrid, I expect Real Madrid to win. They’re at the highest form and they’ll do anything to win.

[Docnaster]

It's no secret that Barcelona will dominate El Classico for many years to come. I'm looking forward to the El Classico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Is October 16th going to make any difference for Barca and will they be able to destroy them in their own stadium on that day? The battle for first place in the Liga will be exciting when Barcelona and Madrid return with El Classico. Madrid will be comfortable in first place otherwise.

Already it seems likely that neither will drop too many points this season. Barcelona only drew with Rayo Vallecano on the the opening match day. Real Madrid have won 6 out of their 6 fixtures this season. The consequence is that it only heightens the importance of El Clasico. It is shaping up to be one of the most mouth-watering encounters in several years between the two. Since the first leg will be held in Madrid, I expect Real Madrid to win. They’re at the highest form and they’ll do anything to win.

Any El Clasico that is coming,  on 16th October, whether at Camp Nou or Bernabou Real Madrid will win the match, not because they are informed but it will be revenge of the defeat that Real Madrid saw last season. The only thing that will prevent Real Madrid from winning is if Benzema will not be available in the match.
This doesn't mean that Barcelona can't win,  but it means that the lucky and determination will be in the side or Real Madrid.

[tulusikhlas]

It's no secret that Barcelona will dominate El Classico for many years to come. I'm looking forward to the El Classico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Is October 16th going to make any difference for Barca and will they be able to destroy them in their own stadium on that day? The battle for first place in the Liga will be exciting when Barcelona and Madrid return with El Classico. Madrid will be comfortable in first place otherwise.

Both teams have their advantages and disadvantages, both Real Madrid and Barcelona have to take advantage of their opponents' weaknesses. Whoever among them can do that, then they will come out victorious. It's true that Barcelona and Real Madrid are now in good form, but that doesn't mean they don't have a shortage to exploit, and make it a win for them.

[Alanaz]

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The tiki-taka strategy that Xavi always developed when he was at Barcelona is indeed very useful for breaking down defenses because it applies excellent teamwork and utilizes speed and accuracy to advance against until finally to the goal point will be executed to score goals. So far with that strategy they have always managed to break down the opponent's defense.

The tiki-taka strategy is an integral part of Barcelona, Xavi is very easy to apply Tiki-taka in Barcelona because as long as Xavi is still actively playing, he has always been the spirit of Barcelona game. Xavi role as a coach can give Tiki-taka more life because in the era of Ronald Koeman Tiki-taka was not seen anymore.
Xavi has succeeded in adopting Tiki-taka in a player who has just joined Barcelona, a more modern style of play with one-twos and occasionally supported by crosses that trouble the opponent's defense.

This is the difference between Koeman and Xavi because indeed we know that nowadays the Tiki taka that had been the hallmark of Barcelona during the golden era slowly faded in the Koeman era and now they have re-implemented their current strategy since Xavi was at Camp Nou.
Now with the current tiki taka it will clearly make Barcelona stronger even though at this time it can still be said to be a transition but still their performance has improved greatly.

[Jody.Drummer]

It's no secret that Barcelona will dominate El Classico for many years to come. I'm looking forward to the El Classico at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Is October 16th going to make any difference for Barca and will they be able to destroy them in their own stadium on that day? The battle for first place in the Liga will be exciting when Barcelona and Madrid return with El Classico. Madrid will be comfortable in first place otherwise.

Their dominance in attack is indeed very good but when we look at the current H2H we can see that it is clear that Madrid are superior in El Clasico.

Currently, if we refer to the image I entered, Madrid has won 4 times and Barcelona won 3 times including in a friendly match some time ago.
Barcelona's tiki-taka dominance has always been good but Madrid are not an easy opponent to deal with and I'm pretty sure it will be difficult for both of them.

[rahmad2nd]

Any El Clasico that is coming,  on 16th October, whether at Camp Nou or Bernabou Real Madrid will win the match, not because they are informed but it will be revenge of the defeat that Real Madrid saw last season. The only thing that will prevent Real Madrid from winning is if Benzema will not be available in the match.
This doesn't mean that Barcelona can't win,  but it means that the lucky and determination will be in the side or Real Madrid.

It looks like you are very confident in the victory of real madrid in the El Classico match. In fact, in the last La Liga meeting, Real Madrid lost at home when they hosted Barcelona. Interestingly, when Madrid was beaten by Barcelona 0-4, at that time Lewandowski was not yet part of the Barcelona squad.

Well, on October 16 the El Classico match will be held. I'm sure Barcelona will dominate throughout the game, but if you have to decide who will win the match. I think it's difficult to predict, both Madrid and Barcelona are at their best in La Liga. Both teams have great chances. I think this match will run tough, and present a game with very high tension.

[hyudien]

All teams work according to their respective main tasks and pay attention to every possible point to be a winning gap. It's not strange anymore.

The La Liga schedule in early October, let alone the first 6 matches on the 1st and 2nd, is only Barcelona that football fans will probably be waiting for. Because other matches will not have a big influence to shift the top of the standings. Barcelona against Mallorca is a match that is sure to be a moment for Xavi to collect more points. Of course Lewandowski will also not waste an opportunity where he wants to continue scoring goals as he says that his position at Barcelona is clearly advantageous.