La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[nara1892]

In fact, as strong as we think Real Madrid is, it is based on the performance of the entire La Liga. But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

I will compare it with last season where Real Madrid could beat big teams from other leagues in the Champions League. Paris Saint Germaint, Chelsea, Manchester City and finally Liverpool in the final, all of those teams they have beaten and won the Champions League last season. It shows that they are a strong team. their squad hasn't changed much and there have only been a few additions in a few positions. Their chemistry has always been well established and managed to create a solid team.
And if you say that Real Madrid can only win against weak teams I don't agree with that, the fact is that they are always winners against strong teams in the Champions League and La Liga.

[bekti3]

Well that's right, strategy is the key in every match. If we flash back when Barcelona didn't win against Inter or other top teams, Barcelona team's ball possession was higher rather than other teams. They can always control the match but they are unlucky to take their chances to score, midfielders are strong but their defense is often inconsistent, Xavi's strategy against top teams focus too much on attack.

The problem from them is also sometimes it's always difficult to maximize the chances lately especially after some of their players are injured their chances are pretty much wasted.
I think this should be resolved soon but it looks like for the players now it won't be too much of a problem because the injured are also slowly recovering even though some are still undergoing treatment. Xavi now has to start by creating some backup schemes so that when their plans are read in a game he won't have to worry too much about being able to implement a backup plan.

[longyenthanh]

in the Champions League Barcelona are not as vicious as in La Liga, defeats are so easy to come by which makes them have to be eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage. It seems that Barcelona has not been able to move on from last season's failure, Xavi, who is expected to be able to take Barcelona further in the Champions League, is unable to meet expectations.

While in La Liga Barcelona is still capable of being the toughest competitor of Real Madrid, in the standings Barcelona is only one point adrift of the leader of the standings. Barcelona still has a chance to win La Liga this season, what Xavi needs to do is to maintain the appearance and mentality of his players to always give the best performance. The quality of the squad that Barcelona has this season can still compete with Real Madrid, the defeat in El Clasico is the only defeat that Barcelona have just received in La Liga. Xavi must continue to maintain the opportunity to get his first trophy as Barcelona coach.

I think it could be a bit about the way they are playing in the league is not working out very well in the UCL at all, because in the league they are playing very technical, not just about the physical part of the football world but more about the technical "mind" related parts, and they are playing a foodball that is both fundamentally amazing and also great to watch.

However, in the UCL there is a bit fairer share of physicality involved, it’s not like Spanish football, it means there are more shoulder to shoulder, and harder tackles, which Barcelona is not ready for, Real is known for it for example, Barcelona is not. That part is the part that impacted them a lot, and will continue to impact in Europa as well.

Barcelona are not really ready for UCL. Because Xavi has not yet been able to prepare Barcelona well enough to compete with UCL's team. For this they have to work harder. However, even if Real Madrid is ahead of Barcelona, ​​they can go up to the top 16 in the UCL.

[Rockstarguy]

In fact, as strong as we think Real Madrid is, it is based on the performance of the entire La Liga. But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

The team you have mentioned has never been problem to real madrid.  I disagree with you if you say real madrid against weaker team. In laliga teams like Barcelona,  Atletico Madrid are strong but Real Madrid are better in performance. If you think real madrid is not capable to defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool it wouldn't have been possible for them to win Champions league last season. Real Madrid are still in their best form.

[Pulsar77]

Barcelona's main problem now is not knowing what they should do against very challenging opponents. It is valid for not only the Champions League but also the La Liga. The El Clasico result was a really good example for that. They just didn't know what to do against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu. Xavi couldn't prepare his players with the right strategies against Ancelotti's Real Madrid. Actually I remember their 4-0 victory in this stadium last season. But it looks like Ancelotti is the manager who has made a bigger progress after that.

If Xavi solves this problem of playing worse against big teams then they will be more competitive in the Champions League also. Otherwise we might continue to see them in the Europa League often after the group stage in the Champions League.

[ginsan]

In fact, as strong as we think Real Madrid is, it is based on the performance of the entire La Liga. But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

The team you have mentioned has never been problem to real madrid.  I disagree with you if you say real madrid against weaker team. In laliga teams like Barcelona,  Atletico Madrid are strong but Real Madrid are better in performance. If you think real madrid is not capable to defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool it wouldn't have been possible for them to win Champions league last season. Real Madrid are still in their best form.

I agree with you Real Madrid have players who have the best quality at the moment. I saw some of their games in the season even if we say they are able to perform at their best even though in the previous few games real madrid was not supported by Benzema due to injury but they were able to win some important games for them either in the ucl or in Laliga. real madrid also closed the group stage with the group winners so there is nothing to worry about their performance. Vinicius et al can bring some trophies for Real Madrid this season and I hope nothing negative happens to Real Madrid, meaning that there are no injuries to them.

[Iranus]

in the Champions League Barcelona are not as vicious as in La Liga, defeats are so easy to come by which makes them have to be eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage. It seems that Barcelona has not been able to move on from last season's failure, Xavi, who is expected to be able to take Barcelona further in the Champions League, is unable to meet expectations.
While in La Liga Barcelona is still capable of being the toughest competitor of Real Madrid, in the standings Barcelona is only one point adrift of the leader of the standings. Barcelona still has a chance to win La Liga this season, what Xavi needs to do is to maintain the appearance and mentality of his players to always give the best performance. The quality of the squad that Barcelona has this season can still compete with Real Madrid, the defeat in El Clasico is the only defeat that Barcelona have just received in La Liga. Xavi must continue to maintain the opportunity to get his first trophy as Barcelona coach.

I think it could be a bit about the way they are playing in the league is not working out very well in the UCL at all, because in the league they are playing very technical, not just about the physical part of the football world but more about the technical "mind" related parts, and they are playing a foodball that is both fundamentally amazing and also great to watch.
However, in the UCL there is a bit fairer share of physicality involved, it’s not like Spanish football, it means there are more shoulder to shoulder, and harder tackles, which Barcelona is not ready for, Real is known for it for example, Barcelona is not. That part is the part that impacted them a lot, and will continue to impact in Europa as well.

At this moment, it is very hard for anyone to trust Barcelona to win anything in my opinion. The problem is not that Barcelona is a weak team. I think Barcelona is their team which has some good individual players in the team.

But I think the problem is that all the individual players who are really great on the team are the attacking players. The attacking lineup of Barcelona is not currently very coordinated. Barcelona did not even bring in good defensive players.

So, it is obvious that they are not going to do very well on the defensive side of things. And that is a big reason why the team is not balanced at all. I think that’s why they are not being able to play well and bring in good results even though they have some pretty good individual players.

[Furious 7]

I agree with you Real Madrid have players who have the best quality at the moment. I saw some of their games in the season even if we say they are able to perform at their best even though in the previous few games real madrid was not supported by Benzema due to injury but they were able to win some important games for them either in the ucl or in Laliga. real madrid also closed the group stage with the group winners so there is nothing to worry about their performance. Vinicius et al can bring some trophies for Real Madrid this season and I hope nothing negative happens to Real Madrid, meaning that there are no injuries to them.

With such potential young players at Madrid and with Ancelotti's experience and skill in setting up schemes, rotations and formations for them it is clear that this makes their players livelier and more able to make the most of what they have.
Madrid at this time can be said to be quite good not only for this season but most likely if these young players continue to progress this will be a valuable asset for Madrid for the next few seasons.
This is seen with Ancelotti's satisfaction with his squad even with the money which is actually very big if Ancelotti wants to transfer players they only add a few players which indicates that he is satisfied with the current squad.

[rendravolt]

Barcelona's main problem now is not knowing what they should do against very challenging opponents. It is valid for not only the Champions League but also the La Liga. The El Clasico result was a really good example for that. They just didn't know what to do against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu. Xavi couldn't prepare his players with the right strategies against Ancelotti's Real Madrid. Actually I remember their 4-0 victory in this stadium last season. But it looks like Ancelotti is the manager who has made a bigger progress after that.

If Xavi solves this problem of playing worse against big teams then they will be more competitive in the Champions League also. Otherwise we might continue to see them in the Europa League often after the group stage in the Champions League.

Maybe Xavi still has not found a good composition to set the strategy. They have everything from young players to world class players, but it's very strange not to be able to win every game easily. Expelled from the champions league of course they will improve as best they can.

[ingiltere]

Barcelona's main problem now is not knowing what they should do against very challenging opponents. It is valid for not only the Champions League but also the La Liga. The El Clasico result was a really good example for that. They just didn't know what to do against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu. Xavi couldn't prepare his players with the right strategies against Ancelotti's Real Madrid. Actually I remember their 4-0 victory in this stadium last season. But it looks like Ancelotti is the manager who has made a bigger progress after that.

If Xavi solves this problem of playing worse against big teams then they will be more competitive in the Champions League also. Otherwise we might continue to see them in the Europa League often after the group stage in the Champions League.

This young group of players may win Europa League but it wasn't very possible to win Champions League. Is it better to play in quarter final in Champions League and get eliminated or play final in Europa League? With this squad I'd go for another trophy, which looks very possible.
It may also be better for them to play in Europa League for La Liga. They will face comparably weaker teams in Europe, that means less rotation.
Tomorrow Barca should win and score a lot of goals against Almeria. I'd take over 2.5 goals and Barcelona win bet around 1.20 odds. Lewandowski rested, if he returns to starting eleven I'd expect him to continue scoring goals.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona and Real Madrid both have comfortable games ahead this week. Almeria and Vallecano are the opponents respectively. I don't expect Barcelona or Real Madrid to make any point loss this week.

I know that Real Madrid surprised us by the draw against Girona the last time. But they must have learned their lesson from it. Vallecano are in a good form lately but they don't have much chance against Real Madrid. One can say that they beat Sevilla but Sevilla are not one of the tough teams to beat for now I'm afraid. Real Madrid should be able to maintain their lead by this week.

[Ratash]

Girona team managed another great result today by beating athletic bilbao in a home game, they seem in a great form recently after the draw against real madrid in the last round they performed really well today and they have beaten one of the best teams in laliga, with this win they can breath a little bit away from the relegation zone.

[JeromeTash]

Barcelona and Real Madrid both have comfortable games ahead this week. Almeria and Vallecano are the opponents respectively. I don't expect Barcelona or Real Madrid to make any point loss this week.

You will be surprised that they can lose points to such low opponents, especially Real Madrid. At least for Barcelona, they mostly perform so well against low tier teams and even score lots of goals for fun, but they do have a problem with top teams. It's vice versa for Real Madrid's case.

At this moment, it is very hard for anyone to trust Barcelona to win anything in my opinion. The problem is not that Barcelona is a weak team. I think Barcelona is their team which has some good individual players in the team.

They do so well against low tier teams, so long as Lewandowski performs in a match.

[TopT3ns]

The Real Madrid team itself has also seen this for a long time because it is very impossible if the team does not know how to regenerate players who are getting old to young players. Everyone can see Real Madrid playing quite well in every season, which means the Real Madrid team always makes regeneration gradually every season to prepare the team when it comes to releasing old players to other teams.

Yes I know that, but I emphasize their midfield here. Indeed now they have young players for the midfield position, but they are still dependent on the 2 senior players, on the front lines they are still very dependent on Karim Benzema. I realize this is a process, and it's not going to be fast enough. I hope they are braver again to rotate in every game, maybe they can do when facing a weak team. It's not meant to be trivial, but it's to minimize risk.

Karim Benzema was the key to Real Madrid's victory because with him all the players understand more and it's easier to work as a team, this is very important information for other teams who want to try to beat Real Madrid should try to eliminate or limit Karim Benzema's game so that it is not easy to get the ball so he will not score, so far from what I have observed at Real Madrid no one has been able to replace a player like Karim Benzema.

[Prince Malik]

Girona team managed another great result today by beating athletic bilbao in a home game, they seem in a great form recently after the draw against real madrid in the last round they performed really well today and they have beaten one of the best teams in laliga, with this win they can breath a little bit away from the relegation zone.

After their very good result against real Madrid in the bernabeo they managed to get another 3 points against belbao and that's very good for this team, belbao wasted a chance to climb to the third place and stay in the 6th place  with 23 points

[Rengga Jati]

In fact, as strong as we think Real Madrid is, it is based on the performance of the entire La Liga. But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

The team you have mentioned has never been problem to real madrid.  I disagree with you if you say real madrid against weaker team. In laliga teams like Barcelona,  Atletico Madrid are strong but Real Madrid are better in performance. If you think real madrid is not capable to defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool it wouldn't have been possible for them to win Champions league last season. Real Madrid are still in their best form.

I am sure that he is one of the people who said that the Real Madrid Champion in the previous UCL was because of the luck 
Whatever the result, actually Real Madrid is one of the strong and consistent cubs in the Champions league. They also have a champion mentality. However, this season may be tough enough, Man City and Bayern are also very strong this season, and others are also the same like PSG and Napoli. Moreover, Benzema has several times in injury. This may be one of the matters and obstacles that Real Madrid has. But, I am sure that Real Madrid still can do their best with the whole entire squad in the team, with their solidity and teamwork under their great coach, Ancelotti who commonly has surprising tactics on the field.

Btw, Athletic Club lost to Girona, right? What's the matter with this club 
They really lost their chance to make closer approaches to Real Sociedad and will be probably taken over by Ossasuna if this club wins.

[AndySt]

Karim Benzema was the key to Real Madrid's victory because with him all the players understand more and it's easier to work as a team, this is very important information for other teams who want to try to beat Real Madrid should try to eliminate or limit Karim Benzema's game so that it is not easy to get the ball so he will not score, so far from what I have observed at Real Madrid no one has been able to replace a player like Karim Benzema.

Still, Karim Benzema is unique enough that he could be replaced painlessly. Yes, he has not had the most outstanding season yet, but still it is worth considering that Benzema had just an outstanding season before and it is not a fact that such a season can be repeated for him. Also, after such a season, just physically and emotionally, a recession may occur, especially since Benzema's childhood dream came true and he received the coveted Golden Ball. Another question is that he does not have a victory in the World Cup and this fact can stimulate a football player and lead him to new achievements.

[Zlantann]

Maybe Xavi still has not found a good composition to set the strategy. They have everything from young players to world class players, but it's very strange not to be able to win every game easily. Expelled from the champions league of course they will improve as best they can.

Barcelona seems to have everything they need to conquer Europe. But it looks kike most of its players are not giving their best. Xavi is still young and inexperienced and might be lacking the requisite skills to use the players optimally. I think he needs some time to study and learn more about player management and improve on his technical skills. He has the right squad, but he needs to learn how and when to use these players on the pitch. Maybe this world cup break would be a great opportunity for him to learn, unlearn and relearn.

Btw, Athletic Club lost to Girona, right? What's the matter with this club 
They really lost their chance to make closer approaches to Real Sociedad and will be probably taken over by Ossasuna if this club wins.

Girona desperately needed that win against Athletic Club. The team have endured very poor run recently, playing seven matches without a win. This win would serve as a motivation to the players and would pacify the fans that have been very supportive. The team's strength is its defense but there was a lot of improvement in the attack where many counter attacks proved potent. Athletic Club's performance was not impressive compared to their match against Villarreal. They outclassed the yellow submarines and would have scored more than one goal. 

[Sirait]

Girona team managed another great result today by beating athletic bilbao in a home game, they seem in a great form recently after the draw against real madrid in the last round they performed really well today and they have beaten one of the best teams in laliga, with this win they can breath a little bit away from the relegation zone.

Girona in the last 3 matches really performed well, after drawing against Osasuna and Madrid, they were able to win 2-1 against Bilbao. girona is playing really well at their home. now girona is in 12th place and bilbao is in 6th.

[blue Snow]

Barcelona and Real Madrid both have comfortable games ahead this week. Almeria and Vallecano are the opponents respectively. I don't expect Barcelona or Real Madrid to make any point loss this week.

From material and composition, Barcelona is the best, and in Head to head on 8 match, Barcelona won all the games without any loss or draw. So no doubt, Barcelona will sure to win. But, anything can happen,