La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Distraction]

When it comes to comparing Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title, I can say that there is no clear favourite at the moment. Real Madrid just seem a little ahead to me because of defeating Barcelona in the El Clasico recently. However we have also witnessed how Real Madrid can lose points simply against much smaller teams. The point loss against Girona was really unexpected.

Of course both teams would continue to make this kind of mistakes from time to time. I remember Barcelona's draw against Vallecano also despite being fully dominant in the match. It's just not easy to predict which side would be more consistent now. In addition to that, winning in the other El Clasico will also be important. Comparing the experience levels, Ancelotti is a much better manager of course and this is a nice advantage for Real Madrid to carry them one step ahead on paper.

[imamusma]

For Barcelona building the squad is much more important which is why Laporta still backed Xavi after Barca CL's exit. It's not like Xavi is completely a new manager, he has managed Qatar side Al-Sadd and was having quite a success with them there. Yes so far, Barca are playing well in LaLiga and they have good enough squad to keep it toe to toe till the end with Madrid on the table.

It's just the starting so I think other teams has also good chance of catching Barca and Madrid on the table but they also have to show consistent performance from here on out. So far, Madrid and Barca seems to be likely one to go in till the end though.

True, Xavi is an experienced manager but he has just started his coaching career in a very high pressure team like Barcelona. Obviously because Barcelona were in bad shape when Xavi arrived, but now he has changed the face of the team for the better especially in Laliga. Barcelona are only one point away from Real Madrid in the table, so I think they still have a chance to lead the table or even win Laliga.

After failing in the Champions League, Xavi now has hope to go far in the European League with his best squad. There is hope about this competition if Xavi and his team really want to win the title. Last season's failure should have provided the best lesson this season for Xavi and his players.

[Zackgeno96]

I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.

[Cryptomultiplier]

For Barcelona building the squad is much more important which is why Laporta still backed Xavi after Barca CL's exit. It's not like Xavi is completely a new manager, he has managed Qatar side Al-Sadd and was having quite a success with them there. Yes so far, Barca are playing well in LaLiga and they have good enough squad to keep it toe to toe till the end with Madrid on the table.

It's just the starting so I think other teams has also good chance of catching Barca and Madrid on the table but they also have to show consistent performance from here on out. So far, Madrid and Barca seems to be likely one to go in till the end though.

True, Xavi is an experienced manager but he has just started his coaching career in a very high pressure team like Barcelona. Obviously because Barcelona were in bad shape when Xavi arrived, but now he has changed the face of the team for the better especially in Laliga. Barcelona are only one point away from Real Madrid in the table, so I think they still have a chance to lead the table or even win Laliga.

After failing in the Champions League, Xavi now has hope to go far in the European League with his best squad. There is hope about this competition if Xavi and his team really want to win the title. Last season's failure should have provided the best lesson this season for Xavi and his players.

Well, we shouldn't be quick to give Barca more whips because they are a team people expect way more from. With the GOAT gone, fans are still looking forward to a new star and the team is really fighting to maintain stand while undergoing  an in-house assessment to see who is best at what position and the kinds of formation flow. Xavi still got oil on his head and with Real Madrid still showing mistakes do happen, Barca looks pretty better than most other teams, and with chances of wining at least 1 or more trophy this season.

[RealMalatesta]

The big release clause will of course be a consideration for ancelotti to try to sign Mbappe, I have no doubt that Madrid are a rich team but of course they also won't want to spend a lot of money on just one player, I think madrid main target now is to find a replacement for  Benzema remembers his old age, while for midfielders of course currently Madrid still have alternatives because they still have Valverde, Camavinga, Tchouameni and also Ceballos in the midfield, so replacing Kroos and Modric is of course not too difficult for Madrid because they are still there talented young midfielder in their current squad.

Somewhere close to 300 million would be required to get Mbappe, so it’s not only more than what Jesus would cost, but it would be more like 6 Jesus combined. However, you can't put a price tag on a long term success like that.

I keep saying that Real Madrid is just a few players away from being worlds greatest team for at least 10 more years. They already have amazing midfield, and amazing wingers, add Mbappe to that and amazing striker. Only thing left would be the defence and they could get that later on because when you have a team that is filled with such young superstar talents, you don't need to rush into defence, they can go on with whatever they have until they get more money.

[baeva]

I think he gets little criticism just because he really is one of the best players in the past, plus he played in Barcelona's golden era. Let's face it, he's been building the team for a year now, the results are naturally good, but isn't that a long time to "build" a team? I can't even guess what they're missing now

Well, we can say that a good team is usually built not in one year or two, but only for the third season, but of course this applies to ordinary clubs and this does not quite apply to a club like Barcelona, where it is unlikely that at least some coach will be given so much time to build a team. And the initial data and capabilities of the coach in Barcelona will be clearly higher than in an ordinary ordinary club. In principle, no one expected any super-results from Xavi last season, but his second place in the championship earned him some additional margin of safety for this season. Therefore, Xavi has so far been forgiven for the team's non-entry into the Champions League playoff stage, although this is a very strong blow to the budget of the club, which is already experiencing big problems. If Barcelona is going to fight for the title in La Liga until the very end of the season, then I don't think the management will even think about his resignation. But in the third season, the season will have a much greater demand for results and titles.

About the third season, I completely agree with you. Maybe they can still win the europe league this time, because last time they crashed out before reaching the final, it was a shame, I was expecting a better result from them back then. I think winning the Europa League will also bring a lot of money into the club's budget, so now the goal is clear

[snipie]

I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.

There was many comparaison between Koeman's era and Xavi's one and although they mentioned that Koeman had better results but the team is healthier under Xavi's management and it will require time to see better results imo.

Real Madrid is already on the wy to becoming nthe league's top club this season again even as they came top last season too, I am very confident that this season Real Madrid, will correct every error they committed in the last season that made they lose the championship even though ther did well in la Liga.

Real Madrid should stop wasting points randomly if they want to win La Liga otherwise Barcelona will get it. They are just following them closely while receiving few goals and missing few points.

[Raflesia]

I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.

There was many comparaison between Koeman's era and Xavi's one and although they mentioned that Koeman had better results but the team is healthier under Xavi's management and it will require time to see better results imo.

Apart from that there are actually now some advantages and disadvantages between the two.
The advantage of Xavi is that he can still bring Barcelona to an ideal position in La Liga which Koeman could not get due to various problems at that time but the drawback is that the scheme that Xavi applies to their game is still quite monotonous in each game so it is still easy to read and of course Champions League failure will continue to be discussed if you say Xavi's shortcomings.

[izsara]

Real Madrid should stop wasting points randomly if they want to win La Liga otherwise Barcelona will get it. They are just following them closely while receiving few goals and missing few points.

Judging from their match stats there's really nothing to say by throwing away points I guess.
This happened only 2 times and one of them was last week, and even then the result was a draw, not a loss.
I personally think this is normal because with the hectic schedule and there must be some rotation of players it is quite clear in the game for sure they will face incidents like this but not too often and Madrid are still consistent with that.

[GxSTxV]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

[dataispower]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

What's with the female referee?
I don't understand what you're saying about her, she did well, all of those penalties awarded by her were all worth it except the one saved by courtois. They showed Celtic they are no mate's for them to rub shoulders with them in the champions league.
The only goal scored by jota was celebrated by the player, he should leave for a big club

[herurist]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

Seeing her being a female referee is really good enough for a big game and her deciding 2 penalties was really quite right in my opinion.
On the other hand, Madrid's match in this match was very good too, especially by making 5 goals there, 4 of them were young players who scored goals, of course this is very good to see.

[AndySt]

Apart from that there are actually now some advantages and disadvantages between the two. The advantage of Xavi is that he can still bring Barcelona to an ideal position in La Liga which Koeman could not get due to various problems at that time but the drawback is that the scheme that Xavi applies to their game is still quite monotonous in each game so it is still easy to read and of course Champions League failure will continue to be discussed if you say Xavi's shortcomings.

In any case, conclusions can be drawn only at the end of the season and the only thing that can be said so far about Xavi's work is that Barcelona has already lost the chances of winning one title, namely the winner of the Champions League. However, at the same time it acquired a chance to win another title in the Europa League. By the way, maybe even this is for the best for Barcelona at the present moment, because it was very hard to believe in Braselona's chances of winning the Champions League, but winning the Europa League is much more tangible. Still, no matter what anyone says, but Koeman still won the Cup, the Copa del Rey, and Xavi has no trophies for the second year of work yet.

[TelolettOm]

Real Madrid should stop wasting points randomly if they want to win La Liga otherwise Barcelona will get it. They are just following them closely while receiving few goals and missing few points.

Agree. If Real Madrid misses 3 points again, Barcelona will overtake them.
The point gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 1 point. If Real Madrid gets a draw or a loss in the next match, their position will drop to 2nd place. However, it only happens if Barcelona can win constantly the next matches. But I doubt if Barcelona will win 100% all the remaining matches, there should be a draw or a loss.

[Zilon]

Real Madrid should stop wasting points randomly if they want to win La Liga otherwise Barcelona will get it. They are just following them closely while receiving few goals and missing few points.

Agree. If Real Madrid misses 3 points again, Barcelona will overtake them.
The point gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 1 point. If Real Madrid gets a draw or a loss in the next match, their position will drop to 2nd place. However, it only happens if Barcelona can win constantly the next matches. But I doubt if Barcelona will win 100% all the remaining matches, there should be a draw or a loss.

The Laliga is no longer has easy and predictable as it was in previous seasons. Real Madrid are doing their very best to gather enough points which their performance in the league tell so much of the reason they have remained unbeaten in their last 12 matches played. The Los Blancos can maintain this 1 point difference till the end of season even if the Catalans keep up with a consistent winning streak. It might be more difficult for the Catalans to catch up with the Whites even with the 1 point difference

[zuzie]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

I watch it, but after entering the 2nd half and I think it was much more interesting than the first half
Real Madrid end the Champions League group stage with great results, and Real Madrid being the only Laliga representative to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League after Atletico Madrid and Barcelona were eliminate from the group stage.
From a total of 6 matches, Real Madrid managed to record 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat

[blue Snow]

I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.

That is very bad calculation if compared Koeman and Xavi, I really not sure Koeman is better after look Xavi success to managed team even on paper. Let's see the material player is look the same, what is different is strategy and scheme, Xavi use the old strategy like he was player were is very effective with Barcelona tradition. So in the race of title, Barcelona is look better, they lost a bit in player skill when compared with Benzema and friends.

[Davian144]

Agree. If Real Madrid misses 3 points again, Barcelona will overtake them.
The point gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 1 point. If Real Madrid gets a draw or a loss in the next match, their position will drop to 2nd place. However, it only happens if Barcelona can win constantly the next matches. But I doubt if Barcelona will win 100% all the remaining matches, there should be a draw or a loss.

So when you still have doubts about Barcelona's continued victories this season (especially in La Liga), then I'm also a little doubtful that Real Madrid can be easily beaten by other teams this season in La Liga. Because you yourself can see and conclude that in the 12 matches that have been played by Real Madrid, not a single match has ended in defeat (except for a draw). And this indicates that Real Madrid is a team that is not easy to beat by its opponents in La Liga this season.

[Sebas.tian]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

Real Madrid really demonstrated well in this match to prove to people that they have what it takes to win this La Liga league competition title, because many people predicted for draw match but the match turned for the favour of Real Madrid to defeated Celtic 5-1. I think, this result really showed that Real Madrid are in a good position to embrace this title, because the strategies they are using in this season is very good, which will lead them to achieve something good at the end of this tournament. Despite the absence of Benzema in the match, their strikers still prove to their fans that they are capable to demonstrate well.

[makishart]

I don’t know who watched the Real Madrid match of today against Celtic F.C’and noticed that the referee was a french referee, Xd it’s cool to see that females also can really do well, as she gave Real Madrid two penalties and Celtic F.C also a penalty but Courtois saved it. The game was a very good showing of performance for Madrid. Even though Celtic could finally score with a beautiful free kick. The score were heavy but it was full of good opportunities and Real Madrid good gaming

Gender doesn't matter a lot. The main thing must be the decision that will be taken by referee and im so glad if the referee was taking the right decision to give madrid two penalties. The second penalty was the best decision caused by it was getting handball.
As long as the referee can take the right decision based on the what happened in the reality and then i don't care so much. That referee has been performing so good during the match between real and celtic.
I prefer to use female referee as long as it can be fair rather than unfair referee