La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[martyns]

When talking about Real Madrid and Barcelona there is no end because both of them have very good strength and always want to be the best, Barcelona in the next match is still far away from meeting Real Madrid again and it's still in March next year, so the two teams still have there is plenty of time to prepare each strategy and it should be noted that the transfer market in January next year has already opened, meaning that there will be potential for replacement or addition of players from these two teams.

Real madrid and Barcelona are the only team that are maintaining their high level of competition in the laliga league and there's absolutely no team that can meet up with them, but on the records Athletico Madrid are also trying their best to fit in. The los blancos and catalans have quality players, and experience players that are capable of playing any top team in other leagues but currently, barça will be needing more stars in the team, unlike madrid who are kind of alright with their present squad.

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[Swordsoffreedom]

The difference between Barcelona and Madrid is only two points. Closing the gap to two points is not difficult. If Barcelona drop points in any of their next matches I think they will lose the top spot in the table. Now between Madrid and Barcelona the team that can consistently play well and win will be the champions of La Liga. Winning the title is not possible if the consistency of performance is lost.
The Barcelona team was badly defeated in the away match against Madrid. Barcelona's next match against Madrid is Barcelona's home match. And home Barcelona is strong. So I think Barcelona will be able to win the next El Clasico.

Real Madrid's recent loss showed that points can be lost with any team. Who will be stronger in El Clasico, I don't know, but I think that Real Madrid is stronger than Barcelona and they are able to beat it again. Xavi will concentrate all his strength to win La Liga, that's clear, but Real Madrid wants to do it too. I think that it will not be their face-to-face confrontation that will be decisive, but how many points they will lose with other teams.

If we compare Barcelona and Madrid's squads then I would say Barcelona's squad is stronger. But Real Madrid's gameplay is better than Barcelona's. The bonding between Real Madrid players is excellent. At the same time coach Ancelotti is very experienced and smart. His match strategy is excellent. This is why Madrid's performance is better than Barcelona's. Despite having a lot of talented players in Barcelona's squad, they are not performing well due to the lack of bonding between their players. Also they need a stable match strategy.

[shogun47]

In La Liga they have 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss while having scored 33 goals and conceded 5 goals and they didn't concede any goals in 11 out of 14 games. Does all of this sound to you like a mediocre team as you put it?

The big deal is that he lost in the Champions League. But that would be bad for any club of that calibre and it did happen to big clubs in the past. I think he deserves to show what he is able to as a manager in La Liga in particular and maybe he can add another title in either the Europa League or Copa del Rey. If that happens and he wins two titles including La Liga, he is in a good spot.

Xavi is focused on La Liga. and they show great game development. getting knocked out in the Champions League might be a failure. but a big focus for Xavi this season has been on recapturing La Liga glory. another trophy will complement Xavi's success. he rebuilt Barcelona with great difficulty. it is hard work that has to be paid for with the title of champion this season.

Sometimes you also have the times when you actually play pretty well but the results don't reflect your performance. That can get you into a whole lot of trouble pretty quickly as we all know. In La Liga they have persistently and constantly achieved the results they actually deserved. In the Champions League the first game against Bayern was a strong game by Barcelona, but Bayern finished the game with a bit more luck and the happy ending. Sometimes a season depends on just seconds and very minor details especially in knockout competitions. That is why I am saying that this Barcelona is a different one compared to last year and La Liga proves that so far. They haven't won their games being lucky. They won their games with an astounding goal statistic and dominance. The only dirty mark in La Liga is the loss against Real Madrid. And yet they are leading La Liga from the top.

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Sometimes you also have the times when you actually play pretty well but the results don't reflect your performance. That can get you into a whole lot of trouble pretty quickly as we all know. In La Liga they have persistently and constantly achieved the results they actually deserved. In the Champions League the first game against Bayern was a strong game by Barcelona, but Bayern finished the game with a bit more luck and the happy ending. Sometimes a season depends on just seconds and very minor details especially in knockout competitions. That is why I am saying that this Barcelona is a different one compared to last year and La Liga proves that so far. They haven't won their games being lucky. They won their games with an astounding goal statistic and dominance. The only dirty mark in La Liga is the loss against Real Madrid. And yet they are leading La Liga from the top.

the tendency to decrease a team's performance often comes in unexpected situations as experienced by barcelona in the UCL where they had to be eliminated early when they had to lose to bayern munich and inter milan. But Xavi can still continue the trend of wins and wins in La Liga which has made Barcelona the leader of the standings. Failure in the UCL this season seems to be a valuable lesson for Xavi because after his fall in the UCL, Barcelona can appear more impressive in Laliga. So, Xavi can continue this positive trend in the Europa League and hopes he can take Barcelona to go far on the Europa League stage.

[maju69]

Therefore, I hope that what happened to Barcelona can be maintained properly as a form of performance for his team to take advantage of Real Madrid's busy schedules, which have more schedules this season. After failing in the Champions League, there are positive things that Barcelona should take care of, where leading the standings in La Liga needs to be done as much as possible from now on so that Real Madrid is far behind.

As someone who is a fan of Barcelona in the Spanish League I see much more chance for Barcelona this season to finish the League in first place on the table because compared to the previous seasons they are showing a better performance by far and the other competitors like Real Madrid are not in their best form and not showing any good performance comparing to Barcelona however I see these two as teams as the first chance for this season but other teams not taking space and the champion of this season is between these two teams.

With the difference of 2 points that they show in the standings table, I actually prefer to say that both of them are playing well this season. Both teams are inseparable from their respective mistakes and weaknesses so we can see there are records of defeats and draws in the table. That shows that other teams can still steal points from these two teams. I'm sure that with a very competitive level of competition they will not be complacent, considering that 2 points is not a distance that can be enjoyed in peace.

[Porfirii]

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I think Barcelona still has some weaknesses, Barcelona always looks dominant when playing with a team below its level.  however, if you meet a big team like in the El Classico match. Barcelona has difficulty, especially to keep up with the style of play from more established opposing teams. that is, Barcelona is not too strong and Xavi must fix the weaknesses of his troops.  Regarding who will be the champion in this competition, the La Liga schedule still has 24 matches remaining. only two points away from first and second place.

As for Real Madrid, so far Madrid has remained a strong candidate to win the trophy in this competition. a distance of two points from Barcelona is not an obstacle for them to regain the top of the standings. well, so in the end. only the most consistent team will be able to win the La Liga title.

That's what I think, too. Other members are talking about Barcelona not getting into the Champions League straight away: all right, they are a great team, but the competition in the Champions in the fiercest in Europe and even if you have a great team chances are that you will struggle to get there due to pure chance.

On the other hand, I don't think they should only focus in La Liga at this stage: Real Madrid is still a very good team and chances are that they will end winning the Spanish league. The current one won't be an easy season for any of them, but they should do their best in all fields.

[KTChampions]

This is probably a reasonable decision, since there is no risk that Barcelona will fall below 4th place, and everything else is not important. If Xavi fails the rest of the championship, then his dismissal will not attract criticism from especially ardent fans. If it does not fail, then it will be possible to think about continuing to work with him. In general, Laporta made a decision that would be beneficial primarily to himself 

Despite his failure in the Champions League, I don't see any obvious reason for Barcelona to sack Xavi Hernandez. When his failure in the Champions League was used as an excuse to fire Xavi in my opinion it didn't make sense considering that Barcelona's overall performance could be said to be fine. Instead I see that there is hope in Xavi Hernandez's hands for the future. They should give him a longer chance to bring Barcelona back to its former glory. And even if they decide to change coaches is there any guarantee that in the hands of the new coach the performances of Barcelona will exceed the current one? I do not see it. For now it is better for them to continue to entrust Xavi Hernandez as coach.

Xavi got everyone he wanted in the summer (putting Barcelona in an even more difficult financial position) but Barcelona continue to lose every big game. What do you say if this continues and the result of the season is second place in La Liga again? Barcelona are on the verge of bankruptcy and I don't think they can wait longer than 2 seasons for a good result from Xavi. In modern football, this is more than the maximum term.

[Slow death]

The measure of the success of big teams like Barcelona is the champions league. Being a league champion doesn't mean it's a big club. For a club like Barcelona to be successful only in the local league does not suit that club's level. Barcelona has been competing in the Europa League in recent years. Therefore, we cannot say that a club that has achieved great success in the past is successful without playing in the champions league.

last season barcelona went through a very big crisis of results, the team's performance was a disaster, they sold important players and brought in a coach who only worsened the team's situation, then they hired xavi who managed to solve the team's problems and managed to do the team finishes in a good position, but that doesn't mean that the team immediately has to dream big like winning the champions league, right now the team's focus is first and winning the league, that is the most important thing. once they manage to win la liga they can start dreaming of winning the european champions league. we cannot forget that la liga is a strong competition, in which winning the la liga is not something easy. That's why I think winning La Liga should be the main objective and then you can think about the European Champions League

If we compare Barcelona and Madrid's squads then I would say Barcelona's squad is stronger. But Real Madrid's gameplay is better than Barcelona's. The bonding between Real Madrid players is excellent. At the same time coach Ancelotti is very experienced and smart. His match strategy is excellent. This is why Madrid's performance is better than Barcelona's. Despite having a lot of talented players in Barcelona's squad, they are not performing well due to the lack of bonding between their players. Also they need a stable match strategy.

barcelona's problem is in the attack that I have seen a lot of selfishness, it seems that all attacking players want to score many goals to be on the covers of magazines or newspapers, they are more focused on individualism and not on the collective. while real madrid's problem is also in the attack, but unlike barcelona, real madrid's attack is in need of a player who can replace karin benzema when benzema is injured, it is clear that the current attack is not effective when he does not have benzene. this will undoubtedly be a big headache that the coach of real madrid will have

On the other hand, I don't think they should only focus in La Liga at this stage...

What else are they going to focus on? should they focus on the europa league? I think that even in the europa league they will have difficulties, they will risk having injured players, they didn't win the league last season, so it's better that they just focus on winning the league this season and not waste their energy in the league Europe. in the europe league they can rotate players, but they shouldn't make a mistake and put their best players in the europa league while in la liga they have to make an effort to win knowing that they have real madrid as their rival, it's enough for them to make some mistake the real madrid will be champion

[GiftedMAN]

As someone who is a fan of Barcelona in the Spanish League I see much more chance for Barcelona this season to finish the League in first place on the table because compared to the previous seasons they are showing a better performance by far and the other competitors like Real Madrid are not in their best form and not showing any good performance comparing to Barcelona however I see these two as teams as the first chance for this season but other teams not taking space and the champion of this season is between these two teams.

The possibility of Barcelona finishing first and winning the Laliga lies in their own hands since the team is on top of the league before the world cup break and they are showing good performance since losing against their biggest rival in the league Real Madrid and failing to  qualify to the next round in the Champions League. Looking at the current state of things in the Barcelona and Madrid team and the quality of players they got I think the Barcelona team need more players to add to the squad if they need the trophy because the Madrid team may be underperforming now but they have a complete them and they can play with out  their key man Benzema and still get good results but Barcelona finds it difficult to score goals and win matches without the presence of Lewandoski and with Pique out of the club and Barcelona still having financial crisis I think winning the league will be a bit difficult unless they sign new players during the transfer window.

[Porfirii]

On the other hand, I don't think they should only focus in La Liga at this stage...

What else are they going to focus on? should they focus on the europa league? I think that even in the europa league they will have difficulties, they will risk having injured players, they didn't win the league last season, so it's better that they just focus on winning the league this season and not waste their energy in the league Europe. in the europe league they can rotate players, but they shouldn't make a mistake and put their best players in the europa league while in la liga they have to make an effort to win knowing that they have real madrid as their rival, it's enough for them to make some mistake the real madrid will be champion

Yes, the one you propose would be the safest strategy for them, but even if they do it that way, it is very probable that they lose La Liga (let's say 50%?). Maybe this is because of different ways of being: you would put all your efforts in that point, while I prefer to keep all chances open. I think that many fans think like you, but because they are afraid of the shame that would be not getting any title this year. Anyway, I agree that they are not in an easy position reached this point. But I repeat that I would not throw in the towel in europa league, just in case.

[Anguwa]

For now Barcelona is in better condition than Real Madrid. I mean recently their performance has decreased a bit which has caused them to be rushed by Barcelona because of their own performance. Lewandowski has indeed been a player who can be relied on since his arrival this season, but I still say his performance is still up and down, there is still performance that he needs to improve to make his game consistent.

Winning five games in a row will not put you ahead of a team with a good reputation in the Champions League. Barcelona did not qualify for the Champions League round of 16, whereas Real Madrid did. I can use this to rate the team's performance because I know the draw and loss Real Madrid had were due to minor injuries and fatigue, which I know they will recover from after the World Cup, and there is a good chance for Real Madrid to beat Barcelona in the second leg to prove they can win the league.

[OcTradism]

The possibility of Barcelona finishing first and winning the Laliga lies in their own hands since the team is on top of the league before the world cup break and they are showing good performance since losing against their biggest rival in the league Real Madrid and failing to  qualify to the next round in the Champions League.

Barcelona did not play well enough in Champions League and they must accept that after World Cup, they will continue playing in Europe but in Europa League, not Champions League.

Looking at the current state of things in the Barcelona and Madrid team and the quality of players they got I think the Barcelona team need more players to add to the squad if they need the trophy because the Madrid team may be underperforming now but they have a complete them and they can play with out  their key man Benzema and still get good results

Real Madrid has a good system that operates well without Benzema. They already prepared for retirement of Benzema a few seasons ago by buying Rodrygo and Vinicius. Fortunately for them, both Brazilian players have been grown up very well in the last three seasons. They both were called for Brazil in World Cup tournament. Benzema is still important for Real Madrid but they can win without him.

Barcelona finds it difficult to score goals and win matches without the presence of Lewandoski and with Pique out of the club and Barcelona still having financial crisis I think winning the league will be a bit difficult unless they sign new players during the transfer window.

Barcelona did not have too good system and their young players need more time. Their young midfielders are good enough but strikers are not. Ansu Fati is not good enough for that position and he is too vulnerable with injury.

Xavi and Barcelona saw this issue and they take a great opportunity to convince Lewandowski to join their club. Substitutions for Lewandowski like Fati and Depay are not ready to carry that position. Memphis Depay lost good performance since the past season already.

[fachant]

The possibility of Barcelona finishing first and winning the Laliga lies in their own hands since the team is on top of the league before the world cup break and they are showing good performance since losing against their biggest rival in the league Real Madrid and failing to  qualify to the next round in the Champions League.

Barcelona did not play well enough in Champions League and they must accept that after World Cup, they will continue playing in Europe but in Europa League, not Champions League.

Looking at the current state of things in the Barcelona and Madrid team and the quality of players they got I think the Barcelona team need more players to add to the squad if they need the trophy because the Madrid team may be underperforming now but they have a complete them and they can play with out  their key man Benzema and still get good results

Real Madrid has a good system that operates well without Benzema. They already prepared for retirement of Benzema a few seasons ago by buying Rodrygo and Vinicius. Fortunately for them, both Brazilian players have been grown up very well in the last three seasons. They both were called for Brazil in World Cup tournament. Benzema is still important for Real Madrid but they can win without him.

Barcelona finds it difficult to score goals and win matches without the presence of Lewandoski and with Pique out of the club and Barcelona still having financial crisis I think winning the league will be a bit difficult unless they sign new players during the transfer window.

Barcelona did not have too good system and their young players need more time. Their young midfielders are good enough but strikers are not. Ansu Fati is not good enough for that position and he is too vulnerable with injury.

Xavi and Barcelona saw this issue and they take a great opportunity to convince Lewandowski to join their club. Substitutions for Lewandowski like Fati and Depay are not ready to carry that position. Memphis Depay lost good performance since the past season already.

Barcelona deserve to be the best club in the world, but their squad has some glaring weaknesses that keep them from being the best club. One of the reasons I can tell is that they have a lot of defensive issues. I hope they will try to solve this problem soon. If Barcelona's defense is as strong as their attack, this team will be able to achieve much better.

[emrecemsan]

We see Real Sociedad at the third place in the league standings now. I guess that I remember this scenario from somewhere.    They had a really similar season in more recent times. They started strongly but it didn't take too long for them to start underperforming. I think the same scenario will be real again this season. Because this kind of teams have been like this for many seasons. Top 3 places in the La Liga have been under the dominance of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid for many years.

But it looks like at least there will be a change in top 4 this year. Because Sevilla are in a terrible shape. There is already a gap like 13 points with the 4th-placed team so it will be very difficult for Sevilla to climb up there somehow. They still haven't even figured out how they can fix their bad form.

[Blawpaw]

This year I'm vouching for Barcelona. Madrid has been had to hand but I do believe that Barcelona will manage the remaining matches better and end up winning the competition.

Of course that Madrid can be surprising as always so, at this points all chances are on the table, but my bet is going for Barcelona this year.

[Jody.Drummer]

We see Real Sociedad at the third place in the league standings now. I guess that I remember this scenario from somewhere.    They had a really similar season in more recent times. They started strongly but it didn't take too long for them to start underperforming. I think the same scenario will be real again this season. Because this kind of teams have been like this for many seasons. Top 3 places in the La Liga have been under the dominance of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid for many years.

Even though they are in 3rd position, they are only 2 points away from 3 teams that have the same number of points, Atletico Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Real Betis who have 24 points. It was a distance that could be said to be no gap in the table. Moreover, they are a club that is no better in terms of scoring goals and also maintaining their defensive area, so it can be said that they are less productive than the 3 clubs I mentioned at the beginning. Moreover, if we look at their performances, we will conclude that there is nothing special about what they display from match to match. I predict they will go down very quickly.

But it looks like at least there will be a change in top 4 this year. Because Sevilla are in a terrible shape. There is already a gap like 13 points with the 4th-placed team so it will be very difficult for Sevilla to climb up there somehow. They still haven't even figured out how they can fix their bad form.

It's very clear that there will be a change in the top 4 position, given the performances of Sevilla now, what can be expected of them? I don't think there is any hope for them to get back into the top 4 at the end of the competition. In fact they are now one of the red zone clubs and are still struggling to get out of that position. With only 2 wins from 14 matches is something very bad.

[Porfirii]

We see Real Sociedad at the third place in the league standings now. I guess that I remember this scenario from somewhere.    They had a really similar season in more recent times. They started strongly but it didn't take too long for them to start underperforming. I think the same scenario will be real again this season. Because this kind of teams have been like this for many seasons. Top 3 places in the La Liga have been under the dominance of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid for many years.

But it looks like at least there will be a change in top 4 this year. Because Sevilla are in a terrible shape. There is already a gap like 13 points with the 4th-placed team so it will be very difficult for Sevilla to climb up there somehow. They still haven't even figured out how they can fix their bad form.

Sevilla supporters should be happy this season if they aren't downgraded to 2ª División, given their awful performance until now. Betis, their natural contenders, have many more options to end up 4th. About Real Sociedad and Athletic de Bilbao, they have played quite well so far but, as you say, they usually start underperforming after a winning spree. What is most likely is that Atlético de Madrid will maintain their classic 3rd position at the end of the season, despite many people have lost faith in Simeone. Who else?

[BlackRexuz]

We see Real Sociedad at the third place in the league standings now. I guess that I remember this scenario from somewhere.    They had a really similar season in more recent times. They started strongly but it didn't take too long for them to start underperforming. I think the same scenario will be real again this season. Because this kind of teams have been like this for many seasons. Top 3 places in the La Liga have been under the dominance of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid for many years.

But it looks like at least there will be a change in top 4 this year. Because Sevilla are in a terrible shape. There is already a gap like 13 points with the 4th-placed team so it will be very difficult for Sevilla to climb up there somehow. They still haven't even figured out how they can fix their bad form.

Sevilla supporters should be happy this season if they aren't downgraded to 2ª División, given their awful performance until now. Betis, their natural contenders, have many more options to end up 4th. About Real Sociedad and Athletic de Bilbao, they have played quite well so far but, as you say, they usually start underperforming after a winning spree. What is most likely is that Atlético de Madrid will maintain their classic 3rd position at the end of the season, despite many people have lost faith in Simeone. Who else?

I was very surprised by the appearance of the Sevilla club, that this club is a formidable club and even subscribes to appear in the Champions League, but seeing the ranking in the current standings Sevilla is in the red zone, of course this will make their fans dissatisfied with the results they are getting. achieved in the middle of this season, at least there is a change for Sevilla in improving their position..

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao are only 2 points away from Athletic Bilbao below them. Real Sociedad must play consistently, otherwise Athletic Bilbao will occupy 3rd place.

Sorry, just want to justify your words that Atlético Madrid is in 5th place, not 3rd just to straighten out your words, from the last 5 matches Atlético Madrid, only won 1 match, lost 2 and drew 2 times, of course that's not a record which is good for a club like Atlético Madrid, of course this will be Simeone's job in the future, to improve Atlético Madrid's pattern of play which has not found its best form this season...

[Falconer]

Sevilla supporters should be happy this season if they aren't downgraded to 2ª División, given their awful performance until now. Betis, their natural contenders, have many more options to end up 4th. About Real Sociedad and Athletic de Bilbao, they have played quite well so far but, as you say, they usually start underperforming after a winning spree. What is most likely is that Atlético de Madrid will maintain their classic 3rd position at the end of the season, despite many people have lost faith in Simeone. Who else?

The season is still long and the second half of the season is expected to see several teams return to their best. Sevilla, which is currently in a very bad condition, should not make people doubt their chances of continuing to play in Laliga next season. Atletico Madrid and Simeone are in a difficult position, but I believe they can be in the top 4 until the end of the season regardless of their erratic form now.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are the main contenders for the title this season, but I really believe Real Madrid can really take the top of the table again in the second half of the season from Barcelona. I'm never worried about Barcelona's current point advantage, it's just that I really want Real Madrid to not loss points in future matches.

[tulusikhlas]

For now Barcelona is in better condition than Real Madrid. I mean recently their performance has decreased a bit which has caused them to be rushed by Barcelona because of their own performance. Lewandowski has indeed been a player who can be relied on since his arrival this season, but I still say his performance is still up and down, there is still performance that he needs to improve to make his game consistent.

Barcelona is among the best team in Laliga, and knows how play their opponents. Barça have fantastic players that are doing really good on the pitch. Xavi Hernandez also one of barça finest coach, just that their performance in the champions league is very poor but hoping for the bluagrana to do better in the europa league. Barça striker, Robert Lewandowski, he's always capable to deliver the team and always knows how to position infront of goal. Barça needs to be well balance before next season inother to win more titles.

I can't say that Xavi Hernandez is one of the coaches that Barcelona has, because he just started coaching Barcelona, I still want to see how far he can consistently build Barcelona's performance. However, I don't rule out that Xavi Hernandez can become one of the best coaches Barcelona has, and it would be a special thing if he could make that happen. Because he is one of the legends of Barcelona and it would be great if he could become one of the legends in the coaching chair.