La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[ShowOff]

I expected this to happen even if Villareal tried to defend well. In fact it could not prevent Barcelona from scoring and what was surprising was that 3 goals happened in such a short period of time. Lewandowski shines again in this match, and I hope he will score another 2 goals in the second half if it is very possible. It's a relief.

Barcelona have to prove a lot of things this season even though later they have to fail in the Champions League. I think they still managed to get a few more goals in the second half, I really enjoyed this match.

Barcelona is in a better position to win tonight game but with the way the match is going am sure their are not going to have a slide winning tonight match with a 3 goals ahead of their opponent it shoe how hopeful Barcelona is to compete with bigger clubs like Real Madrid.

Lol, Real Madrid is not bigger but maybe more successful than Barcelona. Find the difference.

[tulusikhlas]

Barcelona is in a better position to win tonight game but with the way the match is going am sure their are not going to have a slide winning tonight match with a 3 goals ahead of their opponent it shoe how hopeful Barcelona is to compete with bigger clubs like Real Madrid.

Lewandowski scored again two goals in this match and there is still time for Barcelona to add to the lead. Villarreal is not a team as strong as real Madrid so it's easy for Barcelona to win this match. Look how they controlled the game, they didn't let Villarreal play with the ball and they pressed straight away. It's very visible the difference against Barcelona in the match, because if the opponent is at the same level they will struggle as Real Madrid did.

[Kayeshlyn]

The second half has lasted 71 minutes, and the provisional score:
 
Barcelona 3 - 0 Villarreal

Lewandowski's two goals came from just two of his shots, showing how dangerous the Pole is in front of goal, and he also managed four touches in the box, and six duels in total, winning his only duel in the air. He brought a new dimension to the Barcelona team this season, and took his tally for his new club to an astonishing 16 goals in just 14 games across all competitions.

Barcelona returned in the 31st minute, with Lewandowski scoring two of the coolest goals you'll ever see just four minutes later, Fati backheeling for the third minute later, giving the hosts a three-goal lead going into the second half.

Well, what about the remaining minutes in the second half? after Barcelona appeared strong enough in the first half.

[Zilon]

Barcelona is in a better position to win tonight game but with the way the match is going am sure their are not going to have a slide winning tonight match with a 3 goals ahead of their opponent it shoe how hopeful Barcelona is to compete with bigger clubs like Real Madrid.

As O. Dembele is starting from the Bench we see how productive Barcelona is 3 goals in the first half against Villarreal. Sometimes it is good to bench some players that looks so irreplaceable that way it will be much easier to know where to make adjustment as a coach.

Dembele has been a major problem to Barcelona winnings in their last few games. In the last few losses Barcelona had they always had good possession of the ball but they were mostly on the losing side of the game. i think Xavi has seen improvement following his new line-up

[indah rezqi]

As O. Dembele is starting from the Bench we see how productive Barcelona is 3 goals in the first half against Villarreal. Sometimes it is good to bench some players that looks so irreplaceable that way it will be much easier to know where to make adjustment as a coach.

Dembele has been a major problem to Barcelona winnings in their last few games. In the last few losses Barcelona had they always had good possession of the ball but they were mostly on the losing side of the game. i think Xavi has seen improvement following his new line-up

However Dembele is a good player so far for Barcelona, ​​but Raphinha has yet to prove his quality. But somehow he deserves the blame, I don't know.
If in the first half Barcelona's performance was very good, but I didn't see them very excited in the second half even though Raphinha, Dembele, Busquets, Pique and Bellerin had opportunities to play. The score is still 3-0, Barcelona will secure 3 points today.

[terrorJR]

As O. Dembele is starting from the Bench we see how productive Barcelona is 3 goals in the first half against Villarreal. Sometimes it is good to bench some players that looks so irreplaceable that way it will be much easier to know where to make adjustment as a coach.

Dembele has been a major problem to Barcelona winnings in their last few games. In the last few losses Barcelona had they always had good possession of the ball but they were mostly on the losing side of the game. i think Xavi has seen improvement following his new line-up

However Dembele is a good player so far for Barcelona, ​​but Raphinha has yet to prove his quality. But somehow he deserves the blame, I don't know.
If in the first half Barcelona's performance was very good, but I didn't see them very excited in the second half even though Raphinha, Dembele, Busquets, Pique and Bellerin had opportunities to play. The score is still 3-0, Barcelona will secure 3 points today.

But indeed in this case when their wingers are on the bench and playing they do look better.
It's not just about Dembele, even Ansu Fati's last few matches have been like that.
the match ended with a big enough advantage for Barcelona and indeed this is what they have to do to keep Madrid tight at the top.

[Rruchi man]

Barcelona 3 - 0 Villarreal

Villarreal is a big team in the Spanish League and Barcelona on the other hand really needed the win after two consecutive poor performances. the coach of Barcelona Xavi made a good decision deciding to make competition for first eleven more competitive by switching out five players and giving new players an opportunity to play. It had a great effect on their game play and they got and sealed all the points in the first half. Fati had great involvement in the game, even though he has not had much playing opportunity also due to injury, the goal he got was totally deserved.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester city have always been one of the favourites to win the champions league every season, but this time they will not be the only favourites to win it. PSG and Real Madrid are also the top favourites for the trophy, though PSG have failed to win it in previous seasons due to lack of confidence and winning mentality but we shall see if they will be able to get it right this time in the competition.

[CLS63]

Villarreal is a big team in the Spanish League and Barcelona on the other hand really needed the win after two consecutive poor performances. the coach of Barcelona Xavi made a good decision deciding to make competition for first eleven more competitive by switching out five players and giving new players an opportunity to play. It had a great effect on their game play and they got and sealed all the points in the first half. Fati had great involvement in the game, even though he has not had much playing opportunity also due to injury, the goal he got was totally deserved.

Xavi has really started to take the right actions in this kind of situations. Dembele and Raphinha both weren't much effective against Real Madrid. Dembele has been underperforming in the recent times actually and he needed to be replaced to help him find out what he was doing. He likes to play selfishly mostly and this harms the team also. He needs to become a complete team player to be more useful. He can still use his skills in that case as well in the end.

There were many positive signs against Villarreal. They seemed to have left the result of El Clasico behind. Keeping the mental condition solid is always important for them. They need to push hard while Real Madrid are still unbeatable. They need Lewandowski to perform like this as much as possible. And he needs to do this in big matches also which he hasn't done yet I'm afraid.

[maju69]

Manchester city have always been one of the favourites to win the champions league every season, but this time they will not be the only favourites to win it. PSG and Real Madrid are also the top favourites for the trophy, though PSG have failed to win it in previous seasons due to lack of confidence and winning mentality but we shall see if they will be able to get it right this time in the competition.

Indeed, every season not only one team is the favorite for the Champions League title race. Many teams from each league are favorites there. Real Madrid has always been the favorite there, Bayern Munich, who regularly plays in the Champions League, is also the most favorite team and many more. Manchester City's journey will not be as smooth as imagined even though their squad now looks stronger than before.

[nurilham]

Xavi has really started to take the right actions in this kind of situations. Dembele and Raphinha both weren't much effective against Real Madrid. Dembele has been underperforming in the recent times actually and he needed to be replaced to help him find out what he was doing. He likes to play selfishly mostly and this harms the team also. He needs to become a complete team player to be more useful. He can still use his skills in that case as well in the end.

Dembele's ability shouldn't be in doubt, especially since he has participated in the EL Classico around 9 times. He should have experience and understand the capabilities of Real Madrid and how they might play. However, it's true, the selfishness to show the best may still always exist. So it is not effective for Barcelona itself.

Well, on the other hand, we have moved on from El Classico and the match continues, and the whole team continues to try to get 3 points intact. goals. The tight points difference requires them to always win in every match to win the La Liga title

[JeromeTash]

Real Madrid are also the top favourites for the trophy,

The biased media doesn't wanna know. They would rather make Tottenham favorites and not Real Madrid. When Real Madrid won it for 3 consecutive times, they were not labelled as favorites at the beginning of each campaign.

So this current campaign, Manchester City are still considered top favorites according to them despite having close to zero history in the UCL tournament.

[Bobrox]

Lewandowski again listed his name as a goal scorer for Barcelona after failing in the El clasio, last few hours ago Barcelona success won from Villareal 3-0 and Lewandowski made brave for Barcelona and Ansu Fati made one goals for Barcelona victory. Xavi changed with several player composition after not effective at el clasico match, Frankie de Jong and Gavi in starting eleven for midfielder position, attacking line have several changed with Dembele and Raphinha have started at the bench after replacing their position by Ferran Torres
and Ansu Fati.

This victory make 3 points left with Real Madrid until ten games and still have for Barcelona with La Liga tittle in this season, depend several match left later keep consistent.

[shogun47]

Real Madrid are also the top favourites for the trophy,

The biased media doesn't wanna know. They would rather make Tottenham favorites and not Real Madrid. When Real Madrid won it for 3 consecutive times, they were not labelled as favorites at the beginning of each campaign.

So this current campaign, Manchester City are still considered top favorites according to them despite having close to zero history in the UCL tournament.

Campaign? Why and where do you see a so called campaign?

I think people mostly look at their screens, see some games from the teams, know the players and their shape very well and then give their educated guess. I think there can't be much doubt that Manchester City has always been at least among the top favorites, but it is also a fact that the teams are very close to each other anyway. We don't watch soccer because one team wins 10-0 all the time. Real has had a phase where they really didn't play very well. Without the lucky punches it would have been over, but they got their lucky punch. Will they get it ten years in a row? Probably not! Real Madrid is a favorite and so is Manchester City in my opinion. Even if the odds in a single game are 1.99 - 2.01 "in favor of" City, does that make them the favorite? Statistically speaking on paper, it is correct. But you wouldn't find many people who'd say "this game is over before it begins, City has it".

It is more like if you had to choose and it is about a bilion dollars, whom would you pick for a billion dollars? People wouldn't check who won last year or the year before. They would check how a certain style comes across, what the current stats are and so on and so forth. For just a couple of bucks fanboys would say "of course Madrid", but give the fanboys a case with a code to a billion and ask them again.

History in times of sheikhs entering the stage is a difficult topic to discuss. 20 years ago Haaland and Mbappe would already be playing for Real Madrid together. Money changed a lot of things and it might keep changing things even further.

Better season this year for Haaland or Benzema? I think Haaland, but might Benzema be the decisive striker in a game between them? Of course that could be the case, but if I had to choose (the billion dollars you know), I would go with Haaland.

In La Liga Real Madrid seems to be the best team right now and Barcelona has to stay close to them. Otherwise we are going to see a boring La Liga season. Also I don't want Ancelotti to retire so he must not be fired.

[kawetsriyanto]

We can not compare Benzema and Lewandowski. Even they are playing at the striker position, they are different players and have different skills. Benzema is not only a striker but he contributes a lot for a whole attacking system operations in Real Madrid. Lewandowski is more similar to a traditional striker and he contributes less to attacking system operation. Benzema can play as number ten, a play maker but Lewandowski can not do it.

I don't compare both players based on their skills or characteristics. I compare their roles to their clubs. Please check again logfiles's comment, it was clearly about the role of the player.

By the way, both Benzema and Lewandowski are the machines goals for both clubs whatever their positions are.
Having these players on the lineups will be very helpful. It raises the chance of both clubs in scoring. However, Real Madrid seems not really to rely on Benzema. They are still productive in scoring without Benzema because Real Madrid has several players who constantly score. But Barcelona is hard to score without Lewandowski, they too rely on him.

IMO

[Velvet78]

Barcelona had a very productive day after the really bad loss against Real Madrid. They have improved their performance quite a lot against Villarreal. After dominating the game completely they got an easy 3-0 win in Camp Nou. Villarreal are normally a durable team but things haven't been going on well for them recently. Missing players must have been a big factor in this.

Anyway Barcelona should be able to continue from where they left from now on. Lewandowski was very impressive with two goals. It looks like the Fati choice was right for them as well considering his performance.

[TopT3ns]

Manchester city have always been one of the favourites to win the champions league every season, but this time they will not be the only favourites to win it. PSG and Real Madrid are also the top favourites for the trophy, though PSG have failed to win it in previous seasons due to lack of confidence and winning mentality but we shall see if they will be able to get it right this time in the competition.

Indeed, every season not only one team is the favorite for the Champions League title race. Many teams from each league are favorites there. Real Madrid has always been the favorite there, Bayern Munich, who regularly plays in the Champions League, is also the most favorite team and many more. Manchester City's journey will not be as smooth as imagined even though their squad now looks stronger than before.

At least Manchester City and Real Madrid are growing and getting stronger than ever before than Bayern Munich which you can see at this time their performance is declining because some time ago they often suffered defeats which made many fans of Bayern Munich disappointed. Bayern Munich coach has a tough job to do to recover his players and I saw the previous few games managed to get another win.

[poodle63]

Almost half an hour the game went on, as usual we watched Barcelona dominate the game. There have been no goals and also no opportunities that really have the potential to become goals from the hosts Barcelona or from the visitors Villarreal.

While in other matches Osasuna now leads with one goal from their guests Espanyol. Ante Budimir broke Osasuna's deadlock with a goal he created in the 55th minute. In terms of the game, Osasuna played better than Espanyol. I don't think that Espanyol can score in this match, I believe it will be a win for Osasuna.

As some predicted before if barcelona can win easily against villareal. Villareal has no chance to win against barcelona caused by barcelona seems making its comeback with defeating it 3-0. this club is always very strong when it comes to battle against the small team.
i hope that this performance still be showing by barcelona when it will meet some big team like bayern for the second leg of champion league

[Sandra_hakeem]

Barcelona had a very productive day after the really bad loss against Real Madrid. They have improved their performance quite a lot against Villarreal. After dominating the game completely they got an easy 3-0 win in Camp Nou. Villarreal are normally a durable team but things haven't been going on well for them recently. Missing players must have been a big factor in this.

Anyway Barcelona should be able to continue from where they left from now on. Lewandowski was very impressive with two goals. It looks like the Fati choice was right for them as well considering his performance.

Always a bigger struggle for them, right from the time leo left the club... Villarreal isn't even a club that can contend with the prowess and game play of FCB.. it was when the dropped form -- dropped alot that they'll sometimes loose to a club like real betis, something that would never happen back then.

Well, I'm happy for the improvements this days; though, it's still gonna take some time before they'd take back their spot on the Liga trophy. I believe that if they push hard ,with this fine form, they'll go a long way.
They'll be playing against athletico Bilbao next. Let's look out for the runner up.

[Rengga Jati]

Barcelona had a very productive day after the really bad loss against Real Madrid. They have improved their performance quite a lot against Villarreal.

I am sure that Xavi will not waste their chance to keep approaching Real Madrid. The last loss against Real Madrid really hurt them, but whatever the condition, the match is going on. They must not get any loss again to make a higher chance of the title. Although the competition is now very hard between Barcelona and Real Madrid. However, in the Champion League, Barcelona also finds very hard matches and chances to be qualified for the next round. This is not easy for Barcelona.

Real Betis failed to win against Cadiz with a drawn result, fortunately, Atletico Madrid also had a drawn match, so their position is still the same.
Their similar point 20 should make each of them try hard in every match, but I don't know why the two couldn't make it. Well, the next match between Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid will become the match that determines the position. The one that wins will be in the higher position. Or will they be drawn match?