La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[AndySt]

I think that if the result is never be predictable. Real madrid has been trying so hard. I know that if sometimes the team can't win for the various reasons. As long as real madrid didn't lose against girona. Girona is a tough opponent for real madrid. This club is even doing better compared with another big club in the la liga when it was against real madrid.I hope real madrid will be coming back again with even more consistent in the future.
Getting a draw is not something wrong in the la liga as long as you will be a winner at the end.

Oh, yes, a draw in any case gives 1 point to the piggy bank, unlike a loss. It's another question, it's one thing to share points with a competitor, slow him down and not let him go far away from you, and it's quite another thing to share points with an outsider and allow your direct competitors to get closer to you. This point can be useful at the finish of the championship, and these two unassembled points, on the contrary, may not be enough at the finish. Therefore, the situation is twofold, but for now Real Madrid can afford such losses and this has not yet turned into a long-term trend. This is also a great reason to think about the fact that 1 goal advantage in such a match is nothing and is easily leveled by one penalty, even though Ancelotti was extremely dissatisfied with the appointment of this penalty after the match.

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[Velvet78]

This is just the kind of a point loss Barcelona would like to see from Real Madrid.

Because Real Madrid are still unbeaten maybe but it would still be useful for Barcelona as long as they get a draw also. It happened even in a very easy game against Girona which was more interesting. There can't be any excuse of this loss for Real Madrid surely. Maybe they are keeping the lead now but the point gap has dropped to one point with Barcelona. Of course I don't expect Barcelona to continue without point losses until the second El Clasico in the league. But the team making the least mistakes will make it to the league title. We will see which one will do so.

[8rch7]

This is just the kind of a point loss Barcelona would like to see from Real Madrid.

Because Real Madrid are still unbeaten maybe but it would still be useful for Barcelona as long as they get a draw also. It happened even in a very easy game against Girona which was more interesting. There can't be any excuse of this loss for Real Madrid surely. Maybe they are keeping the lead now but the point gap has dropped to one point with Barcelona. Of course I don't expect Barcelona to continue without point losses until the second El Clasico in the league. But the team making the least mistakes will make it to the league title. We will see which one will do so.

With the draw that Real Madrid got over their guest Girona, it gave Barcelona fresh air because now Barcelona is only one point behind the leader of the Real Madrid standings, I personally think that Xavi Hernandez's team will only focus on chasing the Spanish league champions after Barcelona. knocked out of the Champions League, it doesn't mean they ignore other leagues but they are trying to get back the Spanish league title to be able to restore their confidence after a long time they didn't get any titles, maybe this will be a very good opportunity for Barcelona to be able to compete again. Real Madrid, if Barcelona manages to win the Spanish league title this season, then their confidence will increase and they can again compete for the Champions League title next season, but if Barcelona can't get the Spanish league title this season, it's most likely still h took a very long time to get back to winning the title.

[Republikcoin.com]

There are at least 2 goals that do not count in this match.
Indeed, in this case we also cannot rule out Valencia's performance in defense because it is still very good.
Luckily in this case now Madrid failed to close the gap far enough as they were stuck with a draw against Girona and this is still something very good for Barcelona.

It's still not lucky enough for Barcelona because Barcelona themselves are sometimes not always at their best this season, while Real Madrid still has a chance to add to their victory in the next match. Because at this time Real Madrid has only drawn twice, while the loss has not happened at all and this makes Real Madrid will continue to be seeded in La Liga this season.

[kawetsriyanto]

With the draw that Real Madrid got over their guest Girona, it gave Barcelona fresh air because now Barcelona is only one point behind the leader of the Real Madrid standings, I personally think that Xavi Hernandez's team will only focus on chasing the Spanish league champions after Barcelona. knocked out of the Champions League,~~

Indeed. The race for the title will be more interesting with 1 point gap only. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same chance to win the title because there are still many remaining matches. However, I am not sure if Xavi only wants to focus on the La Liga title only. The Europa League title is also a prestige title, Xavi doesn't want to miss it again this season. Kock out from UCL doesn't mean losing hope for an international title, they still have a chance to win Europa League. If he failed again Europa League, the fans and Barcelona management are probably unsatisfied. So, Xavi must plan to win both competitions, La Liga and Europa League titles are big tittles.

[Prince Malik]

With the draw that Real Madrid got over their guest Girona, it gave Barcelona fresh air because now Barcelona is only one point behind the leader of the Real Madrid standings, I personally think that Xavi Hernandez's team will only focus on chasing the Spanish league champions after Barcelona. knocked out of the Champions League,~~

Indeed. The race for the title will be more interesting with 1 point gap only. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same chance to win the title because there are still many remaining matches. However, I am not sure if Xavi only wants to focus on the La Liga title only. The Europa League title is also a prestige title, Xavi doesn't want to miss it again this season. Kock out from UCL doesn't mean losing hope for an international title, they still have a chance to win Europa League. If he failed again Europa League, the fans and Barcelona management are probably unsatisfied. So, Xavi must plan to win both competitions, La Liga and Europa League titles are big tittles.

Barcelona already lost the champoins league and nothing left for them expect la Liga so they must try hard to keep chasing real Madrid and why not get the first place asap, this will be more than important for the team spirit after the champions league failure, the crazy win against valencia should give the team more motivation to play for la liga this year

[bering]

Real Sociedad is going to draw the match, so Atlético de Madrid is going to lose the third position. In addition, Athletic de Bilbao's victory, and another draw for Betis, are positioning these teams dangerously near. Atlético sill have to do it better if they want to stay in the podium this season.

Sociedad has failed to utilized home match that yesterday they were lose from Betis 2 -0 and during the match Sociedad were dominated the match but their players wasted several times opportunity to scoring goals and Betis were playing well on that match even more effective than them and with this result Sociedad position was taking over by Betis on 4th

On the other side after 4 latest matches without wins finally Bilbao has successfully bounce back and get their winning result again from Villarreal but Bilbao have to hard struggle because Villarreal also has showed good fighting spirit and yesterday both of teams has been playing carefully so not much opportunity to scoring goals from them but indeed in term of attacking Bilbao has better than Villarreal and if Gerónimo Rulli didn't playing well probably the score will be more than 1 goal

[Sebas.tian]

Real Madrid lost a point that I never expected. Real Madrid drew with Girona at home, reducing the points difference with Barcelona to 1. Toni kroos received a red card for the first time in his football career. It must have been sad for him too.
Bilbao beat Villareal with a single goal in a tough match and got 3 points.

Yes, the lost really surprised many people that predicted for Real Madrid to win but the match ended up draw that made many people to lose their prediction. I think, Real Madrid coach will not allow such thing to happen again till the end of this tournament than to use all their strategies to achieve victory from the match. Bilbao really demonstrated well from the beginning till the end of the match that gave them the opportunity to embraced victory from Villarreal. I don't think, Villarreal coach will allow his players to experience this kind of defeat again, because their fans are not happy about the result they got from Bilbao.

[makishart]

Barcelona already lost the champoins league and nothing left for them expect la Liga so they must try hard to keep chasing real Madrid and why not get the first place asap, this will be more than important for the team spirit after the champions league failure, the crazy win against valencia should give the team more motivation to play for la liga this year

Barcelona may still have chance in europa league. I know that if europa league looks so bad for barcelona caused by it was giving only small income to the club while barcelona needs a lot of money. I would not even consider a win against valencia as a crazy win. Barcelona may not able to surpass real madrid if barcelona was not winning against valencia. I saw how hard barcelona was trying to win against valencia. It seems like barcelona is starting to face the difficult season started from the middle season of la liga.
Remember barcelona was not even successful in the last europa league too. Real madrid is getting draw and that's good for barcelona but remember real madrid is also having a good mentality.
Real will never stop to follow barcelona until real will able to surpass it.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

It is going to be on record that Girona made a draw with Real Madrid after a while. However, If you look at that match critically, Real Mardrid domainted that game but I dont know why Anceloti became a blind eye on some players like Kroos. Some players are liability in some matches, it is better they get dispose on their first misrkes than wait for them to make another one, the way he did that foul was disappointing to everyone.
I was expecting for a come back as usual but Girona wasn't the usual type they do have their miracle with. I want to see Benzema come back next week, his injury status is not even clear at the momemnt.

Real Madrid has historically been the team in La Liga that has been most favoured by the referees, but at the slightest moment that something they feel is unfair is painted on them, they are whiners. At the end of the match, Ancelotti and Asensio complained about the penalty, when a hand over the shoulder is always a penalty, even if the ball hits the chest.

What they need to do is to accept defeat and stop crying. That game would normally have been won 5-0, and although they dominated, if they ended in a draw, they have done something wrong. Let them reflect and stop crying.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Did not perform well in Real Madrid vs Girona match Real Madrid drew in this match. Real Madrid were the most likely to win the match as all the spectators did not expect the match to be a draw. The players of the Girona team performed very well due to which they were able to draw with Real Madrid. Fortunately, Girona drew with Real Madrid otherwise it would never have been possible even with Real Madrid having so many good stars, this match was a draw. Barcelona team has performed very well as this match of Real Madrid was drawn. Currently, Barcelona is close to Real Madrid's points with Real Madrid's 32 points and Barcelona's 31 points.  But the match with Girona was the most important for Real Madrid to win.

I thought Real Madrid would win this match by a narrow margin. But they did not win. They shared the points. And Toni Kroos received a red card in the 90+1 minutes of the match. Real Madrid has a lot of attempts to score. But it was very difficult for them to score. Girona is not a strong team. Their defence is weak. Even so, it was difficult for Madrid to break down such a weak defence today. Madrid is still not strong enough without Benzema. Rodrygo, Vini and Valverde are talented players but they still lack the ability to win the team at crucial moments. Despite losing points in this match, the Real Madrid team is 1 point ahead of Barcelona.

That is sometimes how those games can go. There is no doubt which of the two contenders the stronger team is, but still on an unlucky day you just can't score. That's the same for Manchester City against some opponents when they fully dominate the game but only win by a narrow margin or don't win at all.

Actually it is good to see Real Madrid leaving some points on the table. We finally have a real fight again between Barcelona and Real Madrid, and as we are talking about Barcelona, that was exactly the opposite: they had the luck and did score in overtime.

Haven't seen the summary yet but would like to know why Kroos had to leave with a red card. I can't even recall whether he ever had a red card before Curious what happened!

I also think Real Madrid's situation is similar to Manchester City's. However, they have a strong squad. Still, these two teams are heavily dependent on Benzema and Haaland. I think the players are more confident when Benzema is in the squad. As a result, their performance is better. Such reliance on Benzema should be reduced. At the same time, coach Ancelotti should find a replacement for Benzema.

Barcelona and Madrid's title battle is intensifying. Barcelona is now only 1 point behind. The team that can play consistently well will win the title. But since Barcelona has been eliminated from the Champions League, their only target now is La Liga. So personally I think Barcelona has a slightly higher chance of winning the title.

It was Toni Kroos' first red card in a Real Madrid jersey. I knew this Toni Kross as a quiet player. But yesterday's two fouls were probably intentional. At least I thought so. The red card was justified.

[Tumanggor]

It's still not lucky enough for Barcelona because Barcelona themselves are sometimes not always at their best this season, while Real Madrid still has a chance to add to their victory in the next match. Because at this time Real Madrid has only drawn twice, while the loss has not happened at all and this makes Real Madrid will continue to be seeded in La Liga this season.

madrid failed to get 3 points because it only ended in a draw against girona and this is a good opportunity for barca to overtake the top position that has been controlled by madrid

with a difference of only 1 point, then barca only expects another 1 draw for madrid then they can shift madrid's position with a record barca must win all the matches they will face upfront

[Lordhermes]

Did not perform well in Real Madrid vs Girona match Real Madrid drew in this match. Real Madrid were the most likely to win the match as all the spectators did not expect the match to be a draw. The players of the Girona team performed very well due to which they were able to draw with Real Madrid. Fortunately, Girona drew with Real Madrid otherwise it would never have been possible even with Real Madrid having so many good stars, this match was a draw. Barcelona team has performed very well as this match of Real Madrid was drawn. Currently, Barcelona is close to Real Madrid's points with Real Madrid's 32 points and Barcelona's 31 points.  But the match with Girona was the most important for Real Madrid to win.

I thought Real Madrid would win this match by a narrow margin. But they did not win. They shared the points. And Toni Kroos received a red card in the 90+1 minutes of the match. Real Madrid has a lot of attempts to score. But it was very difficult for them to score. Girona is not a strong team. Their defence is weak. Even so, it was difficult for Madrid to break down such a weak defence today. Madrid is still not strong enough without Benzema. Rodrygo, Vini and Valverde are talented players but they still lack the ability to win the team at crucial moments. Despite losing points in this match, the Real Madrid team is 1 point ahead of Barcelona.

That is sometimes how those games can go. There is no doubt which of the two contenders the stronger team is, but still on an unlucky day you just can't score. That's the same for Manchester City against some opponents when they fully dominate the game but only win by a narrow margin or don't win at all.

Actually it is good to see Real Madrid leaving some points on the table. We finally have a real fight again between Barcelona and Real Madrid, and as we are talking about Barcelona, that was exactly the opposite: they had the luck and did score in overtime.

Haven't seen the summary yet but would like to know why Kroos had to leave with a red card. I can't even recall whether he ever had a red card before Curious what happened!

I also think Real Madrid's situation is similar to Manchester City's. However, they have a strong squad. Still, these two teams are heavily dependent on Benzema and Haaland. I think the players are more confident when Benzema is in the squad. As a result, their performance is better. Such reliance on Benzema should be reduced. At the same time, coach Ancelotti should find a replacement for Benzema.

Barcelona and Madrid's title battle is intensifying. Barcelona is now only 1 point behind. The team that can play consistently well will win the title. But since Barcelona has been eliminated from the Champions League, their only target now is La Liga. So personally I think Barcelona has a slightly higher chance of winning the title.

It was Toni Kroos' first red card in a Real Madrid jersey. I knew this Toni Kross as a quiet player. But yesterday's two fouls were probably intentional. At least I thought so. The red card was justified.

Barcelona and Madrid are still in contention for the championship, but Barcelona's focus right now is undoubtedly on the league because they have fewer games to play after being eliminated from the Champions League group stage. Hazard, Mario, and Ceballos must be let go by Madrid so that they may bring in players in the January transfer window.

Without Benezma, Madrid's forward is obviously worthless. How long will they continue to rely on an aging player like Benezma? If they don't find a replacement right away, Madrid will suffer in the upcoming seasons. Girona played well and had excellent defense, thus they deserved a draw.

[rahmad2nd]

There are at least 2 goals that do not count in this match.
Indeed, in this case we also cannot rule out Valencia's performance in defense because it is still very good.
Luckily in this case now Madrid failed to close the gap far enough as they were stuck with a draw against Girona and this is still something very good for Barcelona.

It's still not lucky enough for Barcelona because Barcelona themselves are sometimes not always at their best this season, while Real Madrid still has a chance to add to their victory in the next match. Because at this time Real Madrid has only drawn twice, while the loss has not happened at all and this makes Real Madrid will continue to be seeded in La Liga this season.

La Liga still has a lot of fixtures left, so the rivalry between these two clubs will continue, until one of these teams is able to increase the gap in points between them.
if, one of these clubs slipped twice the game. of course, the distance between them is very difficult to approach.
So far, the difference in points between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 1-2 points adrift in recent weeks. however, a hectic schedule and several injured players could make these two teams fall again at any time.

we will not know, until the distance between the two teams is clear. so, IMO. both teams have the same chance to get the La Liga title. So far, the fight for the La Liga title is getting hotter.

[hd49728]

Indeed. The race for the title will be more interesting with 1 point gap only. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same chance to win the title because there are still many remaining matches. However, I am not sure if Xavi only wants to focus on the La Liga title only. The Europa League title is also a prestige title, Xavi doesn't want to miss it again this season. Kock out from UCL doesn't mean losing hope for an international title, they still have a chance to win Europa League. If he failed again Europa League, the fans and Barcelona management are probably unsatisfied. So, Xavi must plan to win both competitions, La Liga and Europa League titles are big tittles.

Looks like Barcelona will have more advantages because they will play in La Liga and Europa League. With them, La Liga is their priority and they will focus best resources for it as well as even sacrifice Europa League if necessary.

Real Madrid will have more pressure as they will play at La Liga and Champions so they will be more difficult to choose one in between La Liga and Champions League. It causes more pressure and might be exhaustion on players at late of season.

I believe Real Madrid and their coach Ancelotti can distributr their resources well but they will have higher risk and more pressure than Barcelona. Anyway, I am still keen on Real Madrid will be a champions in La Liga this season, not Barcelona.

[Docnaster]

Indeed. The race for the title will be more interesting with 1 point gap only. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have the same chance to win the title because there are still many remaining matches. However, I am not sure if Xavi only wants to focus on the La Liga title only. The Europa League title is also a prestige title, Xavi doesn't want to miss it again this season. Kock out from UCL doesn't mean losing hope for an international title, they still have a chance to win Europa League. If he failed again Europa League, the fans and Barcelona management are probably unsatisfied. So, Xavi must plan to win both competitions, La Liga and Europa League titles are big tittles.

Looks like Barcelona will have more advantages because they will play in La Liga and Europa League. With them, La Liga is their priority and they will focus best resources for it as well as even sacrifice Europa League if necessary.

Real Madrid will have more pressure as they will play at La Liga and Champions so they will be more difficult to choose one in between La Liga and Champions League. It causes more pressure and might be exhaustion on players at late of season.

I believe Real Madrid and their coach Ancelotti can distributr their resources well but they will have higher risk and more pressure than Barcelona. Anyway, I am still keen on Real Madrid will be a champions in La Liga this season, not Barcelona.

Funny! What has Barcelona got that they will decide to sacrifice Europa League because of Laliga they cannot win. Do you even understand what you are saying. Last seen Frankfurt pushed Barcelona out of Europa and this season Barcelona is at Europa and the best suggestion you can come up with is that they will sacrifice Europa for Laliga.  Both Barcelona and Real Madrid are in the situation and I believe Real Madrid more than Barcelona in both laliga and Europe

[wiss19]

Moreno assist two late goals for winning this crucial top teams match while first goal scored on 86th minute and second goal scored on 94th minute which helps Betis to overtake loser Real Sociedad in Spanish League table now after two back to back defeats they are at fifth and Betis back in their spot of fourth where they are sharing points with Atlético Madrid which is also third with 23 points, but better goal average is helping them for having this current spot.

Betis which is not going to host Sevilla which is surely struggling from the start of this season and nothing positive happening for them because if they are not going to improve quality then surely we are going to watch them in second league because current form is not helping them.

[mamesso]

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It's still not lucky enough for Barcelona because Barcelona themselves are sometimes not always at their best this season, while Real Madrid still has a chance to add to their victory in the next match. Because at this time Real Madrid has only drawn twice, while the loss has not happened at all and this makes Real Madrid will continue to be seeded in La Liga this season.

At least the draw that Real Madrid got was very profitable for Barcelona, now Barcelona is only one point behind Real Madrid. Until week 12, Barcelona was still able to provide consistent performances in La Liga, the only defeat that Barcelona got when they were defeated by Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid and Barcelona still have the same chance and are the top teams in La Liga. It's only a matter of time, there is no guarantee that Real Madrid and Barcelona can win all the remaining games, surprises can happen in the next game like the one Real Madrid just experienced.

[swogerino]

Real Madrid not winning at home yesterday was the biggest surprise of the weekend I think.Barcelona won and they are now just 1 points in distance despite them losing the direct match against Real Madrid.Lately Barcelona is showing much more consistency than Real Madrid and the remaining direct match will be played in Camp Nou,home to Barcelona.

Sure Real Madrid is stronger as they are doing better up until now but the fact that Real is losing points at home against teams like Girona should ring an alarm to the Real Madrid direction.

[Polkeins]

We all know that Xavi can't work wonders in one season. However, I don't think Xavi needs 3 seasons to make FC Barcelona a formidable team. His poor team's selection has been key in affecting some results this season. He brought in players who apparently would suit what he intend doing yet most times, the team struggles. On FC Barcelona's glory days, Xavi would have been inexcusable for the team's performance but thanks to Koeman and the club's board for allowing the club dip so bad.

I doubt that Xavi will be given three seasons in Barcelona if he cannot win trophies during this time. I don’t know how seriously they will take the Europa League in Barcelona, because this is not the most prestigious tournament, but I think that the main focus will be on La Liga. So far in La Liga, Barcelona still have a good chance to compete with Real Madrid, I think Xavi will concentrate all his efforts on this.

It is clear that after relegation from the Champions League, the position of Xavi is not the easiest.
In the summer, Barca bought 7 newcomers including such masters as rafinha and Lewandowski and now Xavi has announced that they are already preparing for the winter transfer window, which means that he has the confidence of the club and Loparta.
Therefore, now Xavi simply needs to win in La Liga and the first place in the championship will most likely allow him to forget about relegation from the Champions League.

It would be very bad if Xavi didn't take the Europa League, meaning if Xavi only focused on La Liga and wasn't serious about the Europa League because it was less prestigious, it would still make Xavi's assessment still bad. Because after all, Xavi must continue to bring his team better in every existing tournament at least to win a title in one of the existing tournaments.

Even though Barcelona were eliminated from the Champions League but that doesn't mean Barcelona should only focus on La Liga because of course, it would be better for Barcelona too to take a high focus on winning the Europa League title than nothing.
Because to win the title is not as easy as imagined, if Xavi still fails to win the La Liga title at least Xavi has a good chance to win the Europa League title and of course it will be good for his career.

I agree that if Barca will win the Europa League it would be very good for the club. The trophy still requires good money, which will be very important for Barcelona.
Now in La Liga the lead over Real Madrid is only one point and I think that La Liga will be the main goal for Xavi. If Barca will win La Liga, then with a 90% chance Xavi will remain the coach for the next season.
Winning only the Europa League, without first place in the championship decrease chances Xave to lead the team next year would be 50% or less.