La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Josefjix]

The bluagrana have seen alot troubles in their UEFEA games and definitely not a good results for them. Barça president, Joan Laporta still have confidence in Xavi Hernandez as a coach that can lead the team to glory. Joan Laporta confidence remains intact despite their previous defeats in the UEFEA game against inter Milan. Now is upto Xavi to grab three points in the El Classico game against real Madrid. Barça have quality players weigh better than the opponents they're facing in their weekend game.

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[Ludmilla_rose1995]

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Gerrard Pique should be dropped.
Age is already at his side, my problem is just that Barcelona has those young defenders injured.
I still wander how they will cope with Madrid's attacking squad. They will be coordinated in attack but not defending

I am also worried about how Barcelona's defense will stop Real Madrid's attack. Barcelona's Gerrard Pique is currently performing very poorly. Barca is now in big trouble due to injuries to two young defenders. Don't know what will happen in El Clasico. I hope Xavi will find a better way.

if pique is played when Barca against Madrid then it will be a disaster for Barca. in the match against Inter, it was clear that the first and second goals of Inter were due to Pique's carelessness, reportedly this made Xavi furious. pique is old but unfortunately, he doesn't make the right decisions, center-back is a vital position, and it's a shame he's not playing at his best and it might be difficult to play at his best again like in the past.

[Pulsar77]

It's like most people seem to be so confident about Real Madrid to win against Barcelona. However I don't think that Real Madrid have that much easy job to do in this matchup.

Barcelona's performance in the Champions League shouldn't mislead people. They are showing really different level of performances there and in the La Liga. We have witnessed this so far considering the results Barcelona have got until now. I think that Xavi will prepare the players specially for the El Clasico. This is the most important match of the season for them in the end in terms of prestige also. Winning here or showing a strong level of performance would be a big message to their opponent for the rest of the season. Therefore I think that we will watch a very competitive match and both teams will find goals easily also (1.51 odd is low for a single maybe but a nice one for a multi  ).

[BALIK]

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Gerrard Pique should be dropped.
Age is already at his side, my problem is just that Barcelona has those young defenders injured.
I still wander how they will cope with Madrid's attacking squad. They will be coordinated in attack but not defending

I am also worried about how Barcelona's defense will stop Real Madrid's attack. Barcelona's Gerrard Pique is currently performing very poorly. Barca is now in big trouble due to injuries to two young defenders. Don't know what will happen in El Clasico. I hope Xavi will find a better way.

if pique is played when Barca against Madrid then it will be a disaster for Barca. in the match against Inter, it was clear that the first and second goals of Inter were due to Pique's carelessness, reportedly this made Xavi furious. pique is old but unfortunately, he doesn't make the right decisions, center-back is a vital position, and it's a shame he's not playing at his best and it might be difficult to play at his best again like in the past.

For a long time we have seen Pique not being able to perform well. Expect a better performance from an experienced player like Pique. But Barcelona has lost points in several matches only because of Pique's carelessness. Even in the last season, Pique's performance was not as good as expected. I would say Pique should be in voluntary retirement now. If this bad performance continues, he is going to be dropped from the Barcelona squad very quickly. He should perform more carefully.

[usekevin]

We can’t blame the individual play for the entire team loss.Because game is based on the full team effort.We all know the game is defend by some good players.But the fact is,it should be take care by the entire team.The experience players in a team had a responsibility towards the game,their is no doubt on that.But we can’t blame them for the same.Blaming on entire team is the professional Way of scolding a team.Pique current game was bad enough and it happened to all the players.It includes all the top players of the top teams.

[Pesona1]

I am also worried about how Barcelona's defense will stop Real Madrid's attack. Barcelona's Gerrard Pique is currently performing very poorly. Barca is now in big trouble due to injuries to two young defenders. Don't know what will happen in El Clasico. I hope Xavi will find a better way.

Madrid has attack line that is quite dangerous by relying on speed on the counter-attack, so if Xavi doesn't find the right formula to reduce Vinicius, Valverde and also Benzema in scoring goals and then I think Madrid will be very easy to win in the match, especially when Madrid is playing at home which is famous for being haunted and has a hot atmosphere for the opposing team, the loss of several important players in the defensive position will certainly make Barcelona defense quite weak righy now, although In terms of attack I have no doubt that Barcelona also has a sharp attack with Lewandowski but still Barcelona need to balance the two lines well "Attacking and Defending" in the El Classico match later.

[indah rezqi]

We can’t blame the individual play for the entire team loss.Because game is based on the full team effort.We all know the game is defend by some good players.But the fact is,it should be take care by the entire team.The experience players in a team had a responsibility towards the game,their is no doubt on that.But we can’t blame them for the same.Blaming on entire team is the professional Way of scolding a team.Pique current game was bad enough and it happened to all the players.It includes all the top players of the top teams.

You're right, it's because they played as a team so it's natural not to blame one or two players for a bad result.
Regarding Barcelona's recent draw in the Champions League, many people judged that Barcelona's defense was very poor and not ready to prevent Inter from scoring.

At one point it was true, but Xavi was actually responsible for this poor result as he shouldn't have put more faith in De Jong or Kessie from the first half instead of Busquets. Balde or Alba should have been good to keep Alonso on the bench, but Xavi gave Alonso an opportunity that somehow left Barcelona short of attacking power on the left. Alonso and Pique are not fast, but they have decent skills to be expected to do well in easy match. Surprisingly, every time Xavi gave Alonso a chance since the first half in 3 Champions League matches, Barcelona failed to win the match.

Now all eyes are on Laliga's most prestigious match, El Clasico. I chose a draw for that match, but since Real Madrid are playing at home then they can probably be expected to be more excited for the result. Like I said, both teams play to win and about the outcome then I'll never really make a guess.

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Will Rudiger still play against Barcelona ?
He was injured badly against the Ukrainian side
I didn't watch bit saw the video how bad could it be

Rudiger will most likely play in the Barcelona game. He will have to wear a mask from what I read. The injury was bad indeed and required treatment but it won't prevent him to play thankfully.
The problem with Real Madrid is that Courtois will not be available due to his back pain.. This will put a lot of charge and pressure on his substitute, hopefully he can stand vs Lewandowski and the others!

[salad daging]

It's like most people seem to be so confident about Real Madrid to win against Barcelona. However I don't think that Real Madrid have that much easy job to do in this matchup.

Barcelona's performance in the Champions League shouldn't mislead people. They are showing really different level of performances there and in the La Liga. We have witnessed this so far considering the results Barcelona have got until now. I think that Xavi will prepare the players specially for the El Clasico. This is the most important match of the season for them in the end in terms of prestige also. Winning here or showing a strong level of performance would be a big message to their opponent for the rest of the season. Therefore I think that we will watch a very competitive match and both teams will find goals easily also (1.51 odd is low for a single maybe but a nice one for a multi  ).

El Clasico being an important match we will see both of them fighting for this season and both teams have the same points to take this prestigious point.

Forget about the Champions League Xavi will focus more on this match because they expect to stay in first position even though the opponent they face is Real Madrid as their rival, of course they will work hard to be even more solid to maintain balance when the game starts by because I can only enjoy from this prestigious match.
A lot of people will start betting for tomorrow, a tough choice but with a draw it became my choice.

[Iranus]

In my personal opinion, no matter how successful Barcelona is in La Liga, they will never win El Clasico. Real Madrid have a speedy attack. Barcelona's defensive players are showing poor performances, which we saw against Inter. If Xavi manages the team in a different plan, something good can happen

Lewandowski himself said that his team thought too much up front and forgot that their back line was dying, if the Barca defense is still chaotic like when they faced inter then don't expect them to win in the el clasico match later. madrid is a very consistent team, they have almost no gaps/weaknesses and the chances of Barca winning in the el clasico later are very small. I will secure my funds (bet) for Madrid later.

Barcelona's defense is currently very weak. For some reason, their team is now in danger. I am also favoring Real Madrid in the upcoming El Clasico as they have fast young players in their squad. How Barcelona's defense can cope with Real Madrid's fast-paced attack is a matter of concern.

That's not possible dude. Barcelona is weak; sometimes I'd feel like the fact that they made good use of the transfer window was irrelevant. haven't seen any progress apart from the times they'd struggle and scramble hard just to get one point average ( which is a draw ).
They can't keep up a defensive standard against Madrid. That hasn't happened in the past 3 years thus, it'd be a big luxury      In the phase of an unevenly structured team schedule; betis is one of sort though. Thanks to Madrid that they've utilized  properly -- a rear opportunity and that has kept 'em going smoothly.

Real Madrid is a good team and so is Barcelona. I believe both teams have the capability of winning in the La Liga El Clasico. But both teams also have problems as well. We are talking about the defense of Barcelona being very chaotic.

But at the same time, it is Real Madrid who has not been performing well defensively this season. I think that is the only reason people might actually give Barcelona some chance of winning. However, the Barcelona attack will have to be coordinated. Otherwise, they will not be able to win against Real Madrid. Real Madrid also will try to do their best to win this match because they know that this match is very important for both teams to decide which team will have the advantage over the other in the long run.

I am also a little surprised to see Antonio Rudiger not performing well with Real Madrid. He is generally a very good defender who can also act as an emergency attacker.

[iamsange]

It's like most people seem to be so confident about Real Madrid to win against Barcelona. However I don't think that Real Madrid have that much easy job to do in this matchup.

Barcelona's performance in the Champions League shouldn't mislead people. They are showing really different level of performances there and in the La Liga. We have witnessed this so far considering the results Barcelona have got until now. I think that Xavi will prepare the players specially for the El Clasico. This is the most important match of the season for them in the end in terms of prestige also. Winning here or showing a strong level of performance would be a big message to their opponent for the rest of the season. Therefore I think that we will watch a very competitive match and both teams will find goals easily also (1.51 odd is low for a single maybe but a nice one for a multi  ).

El Clasico being an important match we will see both of them fighting for this season and both teams have the same points to take this prestigious point.

Forget about the Champions League Xavi will focus more on this match because they expect to stay in first position even though the opponent they face is Real Madrid as their rival, of course they will work hard to be even more solid to maintain balance when the game starts by because I can only enjoy from this prestigious match.
A lot of people will start betting for tomorrow, a tough choice but with a draw it became my choice.

El Clasico remains the game that everyone is looking forward to the most. Despite getting a different result, Barcelona had to forget about a minor result in the Champions League to face Real Madrid who performed consistently in all competitions.

Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski will also color the fierce El Clasico this season. It will be interesting to see who will be the star of the field in a match full of rivalry between the two Spanish giants.

[Porfirii]

For those who may be interested, the match between Rayo Vallecano and Getafe C.F. is at half-time. Although the result is 0-0 so far, Rayo has a 42% chance of winning, according to statistics, versus 15% for Getafe. I suppose that it is because they have performed better in the previous games, and because Rayo is playing quite better better also in the current game (possession in the first half has been 63% vs. 37%).

Nevertheless, I would bet for a draw this time.

[nara1892]

In the game Rayo Vallecano vs Getafe I bet on the victory of the hosts. Vallecano is doing quite well in home matches, and Getafe's team is quite the opposite - they score poorly in away matches. This is where I see Rayo's main advantage. It is quite possible that we will see a lot of goals today. Both teams sometimes focus mainly on attack, forgetting a bit about defense.

Obviously Rayo Vallecano are better than Getafe, despite losing their last game. This match is a moment for them to be able to win again. Getafe come in the same form, they have 2 defeats in a row in their last 2 matches. This should be a comfortable win for Rayo Vallecano and restore the 3 points lost last week. Betting for the home win is indeed promising.

Getafe and Rayo Vallecano teams seem similar to me. Both teams' performances have been erratic. They have won 3 matches against Rayo Vallecano this season and Getafe have won just 2 matches. The main reason for Vallecano's defeat was the weakness of their defense. On the other hand, Getafe's defense is strong but their attack is very weak. But this is Rayo Vallecano's home match. Considering the home match I want to put Vallecano team ahead. Rayo Vallecano won 3-0 in their last home match against Getafe.

The match has now reached 90 minutes and will go into extra time but until now neither team has scored a goal and the score is still level and it is likely that this will happen until the end.
Rayo was more dominant in the chances but until now they still haven't been able to take advantage of that opportunity because even though there are many chances but only a few shots on target if you look at these 90 minutes.

[AakZaki]

A sports journalist from Spain, Jose Ivarez, said Laporta immediately vented after Barcelona's disappointing result. In fact, Barcelona director Mateu Alemany and Blaugrana sporting director Jordi Cruyff stepped in to calm Laporta's anger.
So upset, Laporta is also said to want to kill some of his players. The reason is that some players are considered unable to fulfill Laporta's wishes when competing on the field.

[Furious 7]

For those who may be interested, the match between Rayo Vallecano and Getafe C.F. is at half-time. Although the result is 0-0 so far, Rayo has a 42% chance of winning, according to statistics, versus 15% for Getafe. I suppose that it is because they have performed better in the previous games, and because Rayo is playing quite better better also in the current game (possession in the first half has been 63% vs. 37%).

Nevertheless, I would bet for a draw this time.

The match ended in a draw and no one could score in this match.
Rayo who acted as the home club dominated from possession and chances but this did not change anything because many chances were wasted.
With this result both clubs have not changed anything on the table and are still in the middle of the table but this is still not very good because obviously this can be taken advantage of by other clubs who are still not playing.

[Rockstarguy]

In my personal opinion, no matter how successful Barcelona is in La Liga, they will never win El Clasico. Real Madrid have a speedy attack. Barcelona's defensive players are showing poor performances, which we saw against Inter. If Xavi manages the team in a different plan, something good can happen

Barcelona defensive has been there before now but Barcelona fails to do something about it. I first saw Barcelona problem in the match they played against Bayern Munich which their defense was poor, and since Barcelona have been this challenge they tried their best to work on it. Real Madrid defense is very tough, I think Real Madrid has chance to win Barcelona.

[terrorJR]

It's difficult at the moment for Barcelona because Inter's chances are obviously very big now seeing that Barcelona are still 3 points behind and Inter will face a team that can be said to be the weakest in the group, namely Plzen clearly have a chance to widen the points open to Inter because in any case Plzen is now like only as a complement in this group and Inter can clearly win and destroy the hopes of Xavi and Barcelona to qualify for the next phase.

I see Barcelona are at the top of the table with five wins in a row so what are they struggling with? they are now easy to always get a win in every game, Xavi only needs to prepare their team to face Real Madrid on 16 october this because this is an opponent that is not easy for Barcelona.

Easy? I don't think so, after losing some of their core players to injuries it's clear that this has had a big impact and it shows because they're really struggling to score goals in the games they play.
In the last 2 matches in La Liga they did manage to win, but this does not cover the fact that they are struggling and that is evidenced by they only scored narrow wins against clubs that are far below them.

[Republikcoin.com]

Easy? I don't think so, after losing some of their core players to injuries it's clear that this has had a big impact and it shows because they're really struggling to score goals in the games they play.
In the last 2 matches in La Liga they did manage to win, but this does not cover the fact that they are struggling and that is evidenced by they only scored narrow wins against clubs that are far below them.

I think what you are saying is very clear to Barcelona who at this moment are fighting very hard to score more goals in every game. One example is in their own home game against Celta Vigo where Barcelona alone were only able to score one goal. Another example is the match in the Champions League group where the result was a draw against Inter Milan, even though it was also a home game for Barcelona, ​​but still unable to take full points and ended in a draw.

[dezoel]

Lewandowski himself said that his team thought too much up front and forgot that their back line was dying, if the Barca defense is still chaotic like when they faced inter then don't expect them to win in the el clasico match later. madrid is a very consistent team, they have almost no gaps/weaknesses and the chances of Barca winning in the el clasico later are very small. I will secure my funds (bet) for Madrid later.

Gerrard Pique should be dropped.
Age is already at his side, my problem is just that Barcelona has those young defenders injured.
I still wander how they will cope with Madrid's attacking squad. They will be coordinated in attack but not defending

I cannot believe he is not already. I mean Barcelona has just one problem left at this point, which is the center backs, and if they can somehow manage to fix that, I do not think that they will have any other position left. Sure in the future when their current players age they will need to replace them but that's a given, some of them are already older so it might be soon, but Pique is someone who shouldn't even be playing at this level at his age.

They lost UCL basically, there is no return, and Europa will not be as easy neither because some teams are masters of europa, there is a bit dirtier and harsher playing there, where teams play with no regards for red card, Barcelona is not ready for that.

[DanWalker]

We can’t blame the individual play for the entire team loss.Because game is based on the full team effort.We all know the game is defend by some good players.But the fact is,it should be take care by the entire team.The experience players in a team had a responsibility towards the game,their is no doubt on that.But we can’t blame them for the same.Blaming on entire team is the professional Way of scolding a team.Pique current game was bad enough and it happened to all the players.It includes all the top players of the top teams.

You're right, it's because they played as a team so it's natural not to blame one or two players for a bad result.
Regarding Barcelona's recent draw in the Champions League, many people judged that Barcelona's defense was very poor and not ready to prevent Inter from scoring.

At one point it was true, but Xavi was actually responsible for this poor result as he shouldn't have put more faith in De Jong or Kessie from the first half instead of Busquets. Balde or Alba should have been good to keep Alonso on the bench, but Xavi gave Alonso an opportunity that somehow left Barcelona short of attacking power on the left. Alonso and Pique are not fast, but they have decent skills to be expected to do well in easy match. Surprisingly, every time Xavi gave Alonso a chance since the first half in 3 Champions League matches, Barcelona failed to win the match.

Now all eyes are on Laliga's most prestigious match, El Clasico. I chose a draw for that match, but since Real Madrid are playing at home then they can probably be expected to be more excited for the result. Like I said, both teams play to win and about the outcome then I'll never really make a guess.

There is a strong possibility that Barcelona will be able to perform more effectively in La Liga this season. Compared to the Champions League, they have been performing much better in La Liga. There is no way they are playing well in the Champions League and I think from now on they should completely forget about getting the Champions League trophy.
In order to succeed in La Liga from now on, they should focus their efforts on winning the title this year.

In addition, this is a big chance for Barcelona to get ahead of Real Madrid in the La Liga table with a points difference over the Spanish giant. Furthermore, they must maintain a very consistent performance. There is no doubt that they have a capable squad of players. There seems to be a little pressure on Xavi at the moment. There have been a few mistakes that he has been making lately. But at this point, Barcelona cannot afford to make any mistakes.