La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Luzin]

Regarding Barcelona they are doing better than the previous season. Their targets are very high, but I think this season they don't need to aim for a title like in the Champions League, although that big thing must be their dream. There's still next season and the next season for them to do that. They have to start with a strong team foundation first rather than thinking about the title.

Of course with the shopping of a very outstanding Player, Xavi should get one title. They have players who are beyond my expectations because of the difficulty of money. If they don't get a title with the players they currently have I think Xavi failed. Remember at this time Barcelona have lost 2 times in the UCL. Although their opportunities are still open, they are becoming more and more difficult. In addition, the defeat in the UCL illustrates that Barcelona still have the task of improving the mentality of the money spirit of its players. They should also become more effective in playing, because at the moment the final result is the most important.

[Razmirraz]

I am quite surprise that the result of the match between Mallorca vs Barcelona was 0 - 1
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Mallorca has good defenders, it makes Barcelona players hard to score more. But at least, Barcelona can get 3 points, it is enough for them.

Yeah, whatever the goal, Barcelona has got 3 full points, and then they are at the top standing right now after the drawn result between Real Madrid vs Osasuna.
We can see how tight the competition was in numbers 1 and 2 with the same points. So if one of them loses again, it may change its position. For the next few matches, Barcelona will probably still be in the top standing if you look at their opponents.

It is very interesting see the competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid this season, the draw that Real Madrid vs Osasuna got made these two teams collect the same points. Barcelona and Real Madrid will continue to compete to win La Liga this season, Barcelona are very ambitious to be winners at the end of the season after they did not get anything last season. While Real Madrid will try to maintain its position as the defending champions, Madrid performances are also very consistent under Ancelotti care.

Losing points from one of these teams will change the position in the standings list, El Clasico has the potential to lose points for one team and prove who is the best between these two teams.

[hahay]

The draw against Osasuna is not the end of Real Madrid, it's just a normal result because Barcelona can experience that too in the future. It was just an unlucky result for Real Madrid, even my multi bet lost just because Real Madrid didn't win the match, but I still think Real Madrid just had bad luck and didn't miss the chance to win the title. It's funny if you think that this result makes Real Madrid lose the chance to win the title, because after all it is a normal result and the fact is that Real Madrid still has a very good chance of winning the title again because after all, Barcelona is still not stable, right.

Although, it is not the end and they have so many matches in future, they must learn from this draw and move next with more alternative plans to get winning matches when Benzema can not save them. He is a great striker and the last season proves it but his performance is gradually affected by his age.

They have good midfielders to replace Casemiro, Modric and Kroos in future but they are still lack of a good replacement for Benzema.

I think Real Madrid still have good young players and they can be relied on when Benzema gets deadlocked, so far Real Madrid have players who are active in scoring goals he is Vinicius Junior who has 5 goals so far. Not only that, Real Madrid also has Rodrygo and Federico Valverde who each have 3 goals, even in yesterday's match against Osasuna Real Madrid's goal was made by Vinicius Junior. If yesterday the penalty kick was taken by Vinicius Junior I think it would be a definite goal, but unfortunately Benzema still seems to want to score so maybe his ambition thwarts it.

[JeffBrad12]

It's too early to talk about who will take the lead in the title race. I prefer to enjoy the rivalry between these two teams because the ribs have just started. Maybe when it's mid-season the difference between the two will start to show, whether it's Real Madrid leading or Barcelona being one step ahead of Real Madrid. Barcelona have just returned from the difficult season they had in the previous season, so it's great to see them back for the competition.

Agree. It is not the right time to discuss which team has a bigger chance to win the title. This season still doesn't finish its first half, there are still too many chances to see the change in the position of each team in the La Liga standings. Although Barcelona is leading the table now, it doesn't guarantee that Barcelona will be at the top table until the end of the season. Moreover, there is no point gap between Barcelona points and Real Madrid points, both are collecting 19 points. Which team that can win the upcoming EL Classico will lead the table temporarily.

Unless a draw, it would be better to one of Real Madrid or Barcelona to win the El Classico so one of them lead the table and make the other try to catch it. Having a draw will make both teams stressing much and will close the gap between them and Betis & Bilbao mainly since ATM is still quite far.

El classico can be considered as the most important match to know which one will become the best in la liga. I meant the winner will create a gap to the loser. that means if real can win against barcelona and the chance to create gap will be so huge yet the result will become unpredictable for sure. Both are very competitive team for this season. A very hard thing to predict for now.,

[D-law]

The draw against Osasuna is not the end of Real Madrid, it's just a normal result because Barcelona can experience that too in the future. It was just an unlucky result for Real Madrid, even my multi bet lost just because Real Madrid didn't win the match, but I still think Real Madrid just had bad luck and didn't miss the chance to win the title. It's funny if you think that this result makes Real Madrid lose the chance to win the title, because after all it is a normal result and the fact is that Real Madrid still has a very good chance of winning the title again because after all, Barcelona is still not stable, right.

Although, it is not the end and they have so many matches in future, they must learn from this draw and move next with more alternative plans to get winning matches when Benzema can not save them. He is a great striker and the last season proves it but his performance is gradually affected by his age.

They have good midfielders to replace Casemiro, Modric and Kroos in future but they are still lack of a good replacement for Benzema.

I think Real Madrid still have good young players and they can be relied on when Benzema gets deadlocked, so far Real Madrid have players who are active in scoring goals he is Vinicius Junior who has 5 goals so far. Not only that, Real Madrid also has Rodrygo and Federico Valverde who each have 3 goals, even in yesterday's match against Osasuna Real Madrid's goal was made by Vinicius Junior. If yesterday the penalty kick was taken by Vinicius Junior I think it would be a definite goal, but unfortunately Benzema still seems to want to score so maybe his ambition thwarts it.

They will eventually start building around Vini Junior once benzema gets deadlocked.
He should have left the penalty for Vini to take
Vini will be a hot cake at the world Cup next month can not wait

[Fesatmas]

El classico can be considered as the most important match to know which one will become the best in la liga. I meant the winner will create a gap to the loser. that means if real can win against barcelona and the chance to create gap will be so huge yet the result will become unpredictable for sure. Both are very competitive team for this season. A very hard thing to predict for now.,

They have the same winning record until this week, only different from goal productivity. So I agree if the el clasico match will be an indication of who has the bigger chance. I can hardly say who is the best of them now, Barcelona are playing well, at the same time Real Madrid are playing well too. Unlike last season because their differences were very clear when Barcelona was still with Koeman. Last season it was so easy for me to say who was the best.

[KTChampions]

El classico can be considered as the most important match to know which one will become the best in la liga. I meant the winner will create a gap to the loser. that means if real can win against barcelona and the chance to create gap will be so huge yet the result will become unpredictable for sure. Both are very competitive team for this season. A very hard thing to predict for now.,

I think that after yesterday's result, Real have an additional advantage as Barcelona got into a difficult position after losing to Inter. Now Barcelona will have to concentrate 100% on the home game against Inter to get back in the fight for the second place in the group and thus it can be assumed that Real Madrid will be fresher in the Clasico.

[onecall123]

El classico can be considered as the most important match to know which one will become the best in la liga. I meant the winner will create a gap to the loser. that means if real can win against barcelona and the chance to create gap will be so huge yet the result will become unpredictable for sure. Both are very competitive team for this season. A very hard thing to predict for now.,

They have the same winning record until this week, only different from goal productivity. So I agree if the el clasico match will be an indication of who has the bigger chance. I can hardly say who is the best of them now, Barcelona are playing well, at the same time Real Madrid are playing well too. Unlike last season because their differences were very clear when Barcelona was still with Koeman. Last season it was so easy for me to say who was the best.

There are 11 days until El Clasico, but Barcelona's injury room is quite frightening right now. Barcelona is having a difficult time in their Champions League game. I won't allow them to be complete favorites after analyzing their performance in the Champions League and the injuries suffered by the Barca squad. It's too much. They have a physical trainer who is doing something wrong. I just believe that all these players aren't even in their first eleven, so I don't think they'll be able to use this excuse if they lose to Real Madrid.

[alpamar99]

Lewandowski has been very good for Barça. Barcelona desperately needed a player like Lewandowski. Since they got him, they stand stronger on the offensive side. I was waiting for them to score another goal, but the match ended 1-0. Lewandowski's goal brought them the win. The Mallorca team also played well, but it wasn't enough for them to score.

Well their results in this match are very good because with Lewandowski's single goal they can win back the game and continue to compete in the top table with Madrid. But here I see something else from Barcelona. Losing a few players in midfield and in defense obviously puts them off balance in my opinion.
Many of their opportunities are wasted, their defense line is also busy with opportunities that are always given by Mallorca.

The absence of some good players in the Barcelona team made the team somehow weak but I also admire the courage of Barcelona because they were able to win their match even without some notable players, that shows that Barcelona team is now back to what they used to be and what they used to be known as formidable team. I wonder why people still think that Barcelona needs Messi badly in order to do well. For me the Barcelona team is ok and the team dept is ok, the presence of Messi will only be an addition.

When it comes to famous players for Barcelona, then and now it makes no difference because from what I remember from a decade ago even more their players are just like Madrid are always famous.
This is not the case, regardless of being famous or not they are now in a good trend with their standard game scheme and only fixated on a few players, but currently the players they always rely on are injured at the same time so Xavi is a little difficult to cover it up .

[arimamib]

Unless a draw, it would be better to one of Real Madrid or Barcelona to win the El Classico so one of them lead the table and make the other try to catch it. Having a draw will make both teams stressing much and will close the gap between them and Betis & Bilbao mainly since ATM is still quite far.

El classico can be considered as the most important match to know which one will become the best in la liga. I meant the winner will create a gap to the loser. that means if real can win against barcelona and the chance to create gap will be so huge yet the result will become unpredictable for sure. Both are very competitive team for this season. A very hard thing to predict for now.,

In addition to knowing the best team in La Liga this season, El Clasico will also change the points for Real Madrid and Barcelona if one team can calm the match. Barcelona and Real Madrid really want to win the El Clasico match, they will try to present their best performance to occupy the first place. It is very difficult to predict the result of El Clasico this time, because both teams have performed well this season. Although Barcelona performance in the Champions League is not so impressive, but when playing in La Liga Barcelona performance is very good.

[bitgolden]

It is of course terrible for Barcelona to lose to Inter, did not expected that to happen, but at the same time they have achieved to rank at the top of la liga right now after madrids tie game. Which shows you that they are both good and not good at the same time, all depending on how they are playing that day. Sometimes they play like they are the best team in the league, and sometimes they play like they do not know what they are doing.

I have absolutely no idea what is causing that inconsistency, there must be something common with each of these wins and losses, like "when x happens we are worse" type of thing, but I have no idea what that is.

[AakZaki]

A draw is not an option and that's not how Real Madrid ended the match, basically Real Madrid were aiming for a win in that match until Benzema took a penalty kick but Benzema missed it. After that, Benzema managed to score and was disallowed for offside and as such, a draw was not an option for Real Madrid in that match. Also, Real Madrid didn't make a lot of substitutions for key players which means, Osasuna was lucky in that game but on the other hand for Real Madrid who had the misfortune of playing with their best squad and got a penalty kick but they failed to get the full points. lol

There are many surprises in each match, because the final result cannot be determined statistically by the players they have. In fact, this is also unexpected, but at least they did not lose.
Indeed, if I look at Osasuna being lucky and Madrid playing under his best form.
Rudiger mislanya, he failed to keep Kike Garcia who resulted in a goal, besides that the Mendy area became one of the weak points that Osasuna players often used to damage Madrid's defense. Very sad in fact Benzema failed in the penalty. Madrid were also unable to capitalise on the opportunity after David Garcia was red-carded.

[Furious 7]

It is of course terrible for Barcelona to lose to Inter, did not expected that to happen, but at the same time they have achieved to rank at the top of la liga right now after madrids tie game. Which shows you that they are both good and not good at the same time, all depending on how they are playing that day. Sometimes they play like they are the best team in the league, and sometimes they play like they do not know what they are doing.

I have absolutely no idea what is causing that inconsistency, there must be something common with each of these wins and losses, like "when x happens we are worse" type of thing, but I have no idea what that is.

In this case the season is still long and at the moment they still have to face a tough match because if we look at the team they have to play against in the next 4 matches maybe only Celta is an easy opponent because the rest are Inter, Madrid and Villarreal Even though Villarreal are currently in bad shape, they will still be a hassle.

[S A KHAIR]

It is of course terrible for Barcelona to lose to Inter, did not expected that to happen, but at the same time they have achieved to rank at the top of la liga right now after madrids tie game. Which shows you that they are both good and not good at the same time, all depending on how they are playing that day. Sometimes they play like they are the best team in the league, and sometimes they play like they do not know what they are doing.
I have absolutely no idea what is causing that inconsistency, there must be something common with each of these wins and losses, like "when x happens we are worse" type of thing, but I have no idea what that is.

In this case the season is still long and at the moment they still have to face a tough match because if we look at the team they have to play against in the next 4 matches maybe only Celta is an easy opponent because the rest are Inter, Madrid and Villarreal Even though Villarreal are currently in bad shape, they will still be a hassle.

Each of Barcelona's opponents this month is tough enough. The easiest opponent to compare between the teams is Celta Vigo. Besides, the Barcelona team will win against strong teams like VIllarreal, Inter Milan, Real, Madrid Athletic Club and Bayern. And there is no option for Barcelona to win all the matches. If they lose a point in a match they will lose their position in the points table.

[Swordsoffreedom]

A draw is not an option and that's not how Real Madrid ended the match, basically Real Madrid were aiming for a win in that match until Benzema took a penalty kick but Benzema missed it. After that, Benzema managed to score and was disallowed for offside and as such, a draw was not an option for Real Madrid in that match. Also, Real Madrid didn't make a lot of substitutions for key players which means, Osasuna was lucky in that game but on the other hand for Real Madrid who had the misfortune of playing with their best squad and got a penalty kick but they failed to get the full points. lol

There are many surprises in each match, because the final result cannot be determined statistically by the players they have. In fact, this is also unexpected, but at least they did not lose.
Indeed, if I look at Osasuna being lucky and Madrid playing under his best form.
Rudiger mislanya, he failed to keep Kike Garcia who resulted in a goal, besides that the Mendy area became one of the weak points that Osasuna players often used to damage Madrid's defense. Very sad in fact Benzema failed in the penalty. Madrid were also unable to capitalise on the opportunity after David Garcia was red-carded.

I think a few things came together in this match. One is Real Madrid not being able to play at their best. Also, Real Madrid being very unlucky.

At the same time, Osasuna also played well in this match. They got lucky a number of times. But in the end, they did well.

I cannot say that Madrid deserves this result. I am going to say that I expected a better performance from Rudiger. But ultimately the defense of Real Madrid has been quite disappointing this season. They could not keep even one clean sheet. So, I think all the teams know that Real Madrid has a weak point and they will probably also try to exploit this.

Meanwhile, Barcelona is going to be very happy to be at the top of the table once again without having any difference in the number of matches played with Real Madrid.

[Velvet78]

Things are really not going well for Barcelona in the Champions League. They couldn't score even one goal against Bayern Munich and Inter in their last games and lost both of them. They aren't letting this reflect on their La Liga games at least which is positive news for them. But if we see them in the Europa League again then it would be a huge disappointment. Xavi has built a great team already now and this team deserve to reach a good stage in the Champions League.

I hope to see them making up for their mistakes in the coming games and turn things around in the group. They are still better than Inter actually and we should be seeing it in the game in Camp Nou next time.

[skarais]

I think Real Madrid still have good young players and they can be relied on when Benzema gets deadlocked, so far Real Madrid have players who are active in scoring goals he is Vinicius Junior who has 5 goals so far. Not only that, Real Madrid also has Rodrygo and Federico Valverde who each have 3 goals, even in yesterday's match against Osasuna Real Madrid's goal was made by Vinicius Junior. If yesterday the penalty kick was taken by Vinicius Junior I think it would be a definite goal, but unfortunately Benzema still seems to want to score so maybe his ambition thwarts it.

Yes, Real Madrid has many talented young players like Vini, Rodrygo, Valverde in the striker position. The pairing of these three players in Benzema's absence seems to be good and the fact is that Real Madrid are unbeaten in several match. They scored, and that has led Ancelotti to firmly believe that they deserve a place.

Benzema is the main player as a Real Madrid striker, so I think he is also the main kicker every time there is a penalty. So I don't think Benzema will give that much chance to other players if he is very fit throughout the match, but he can also miss at any time.

[izsara]

Things are really not going well for Barcelona in the Champions League. They couldn't score even one goal against Bayern Munich and Inter in their last games and lost both of them. They aren't letting this reflect on their La Liga games at least which is positive news for them. But if we see them in the Europa League again then it would be a huge disappointment. Xavi has built a great team already now and this team deserve to reach a good stage in the Champions League.

I hope to see them making up for their mistakes in the coming games and turn things around in the group. They are still better than Inter actually and we should be seeing it in the game in Camp Nou next time.

They are currently in a difficult situation because if they don't win in their second match against Inter then their chances of qualifying seem closed in my opinion. Inter still has a big chance even though it is still not safe but when you compare it to Barcelona it is clear that this is better for Inter.
Now it's up to Barcelona whether they can change this or not.

[MoonOfLife]

Benzema is the main player as a Real Madrid striker, so I think he is also the main kicker every time there is a penalty. So I don't think Benzema will give that much chance to other players if he is very fit throughout the match, but he can also miss at any time.

Benzema is Real Madrid's most experienced player at the moment. And so it is natural that Benzema will take the penalty kick if he gets a penalty chance. But now he is not in good form. Real Madrid coach Ancelotti should focus more on Benzema and try to get him back into form. If Benzema is in form, Real Madrid's attack will be even stronger.

[skarais]

Benzema is Real Madrid's most experienced player at the moment. And so it is natural that Benzema will take the penalty kick if he gets a penalty chance. But now he is not in good form. Real Madrid coach Ancelotti should focus more on Benzema and try to get him back into form. If Benzema is in form, Real Madrid's attack will be even stronger.

I'm not sure about your reasons for saying Benzema isn't in the best shape. His failure to score a penalty is a very natural thing because in my opinion luck will not always be on Benzema's side. You can expect him to score, no no for every chance or opportunity even if it's a penalty.

Today Real Madrid won 2-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk, Benzema didn't score but he contributed to Real Madrid's match. This weekend, Real Madrid away to Getafe and they look set to get back on their winning streak again.