La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

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Barcelona can still turn this season into an amazing one for themselves indeed. Winning the La Liga title is of course the most important goal for them because they couldn't win this title for three seasons - Real Madrid 2 times, Atletico Madrid once. Xavi is under pressure as a result but he is dealing with it great for now. They have lost only against Real Madrid so far. Their only draw was like at the beginning of the season. As long as they keep this up they will stay ahead of Real Madrid for sure.

However winning only the La Liga title might not be enough for a perfect season. They are in the Europa League at the same time too as you know. Maybe they have really tough teams there as well from now on. But Xavi's goal there must be to go for the title. Winning two big titles would satisfy not only the fans but also the board.

Barcelona is playing very well this season, I think Xavi and the players in the team will get their rewards at the end of the year. I think they can be champions this year, if they continue to play like this, the difference in points between them and their opponents will increase.
Of course it can be successful in Europe too, I think they deserve it

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[giammangiato]

Spain does have an outstanding midfielder. they control the midfield and their game can frustrate opposition players when they can't get the ball forward. it was a Spanish victory.
I don't favor Spain performing better in the next phase, they have an unbalanced squad. we will see when they face a stronger team.

Spain has many young talented players and they are still loyal with their ball possession philosophy. They proved that how well they can do in Euro 2020 already. They can repeat in and go far in this World Cup but to win it, in important matches and important moment, they must have a good striker or a midfielder like Gotze who helped Germany beats Argentina in 2014 World Cup.

We are in 2022. Spain has proven itself against costa rica in the last match. It has proven if spain has a very good team at this moment that can make so many scores against a strong enough team like costa rica. Asensio has been performing so well against costa rica. There's no need to find a new striker anymore. Don't you consider costa rica as a strong team? Some big clubs (nations) have been humiliated by non popular countries in term of football.

exactly 7 goals!
beyond that Costa Rica is not a team that can worry spain, but it shows how strong it is and for this reason (I follow la liga) I know that spain is a probable winner of the world cup
I don't see others honestly

[lulumiya]

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances will also play an important role in Atletico Madrid's future in the league this season. These two teams have shown really nice performances so far and entered top 4. But we haven't seen much of an impressive success from these teams in the recent years. This makes me doubt their consistency in their future games.

If these teams start failing then Atletico Madrid can still find themselves a place in top 4 to join the Champions League. This season is a big opportunity for Betis to make it to the Champions League too. They missed this chance by a small margin last season. Thanks to Sevilla's horrible season now Betis can take advantage of this.

[Prince Malik]

Barcelona can still turn this season into an amazing one for themselves indeed. Winning the La Liga title is of course the most important goal for them because they couldn't win this title for three seasons - Real Madrid 2 times, Atletico Madrid once. Xavi is under pressure as a result but he is dealing with it great for now. They have lost only against Real Madrid so far. Their only draw was like at the beginning of the season. As long as they keep this up they will stay ahead of Real Madrid for sure.

However winning only the La Liga title might not be enough for a perfect season. They are in the Europa League at the same time too as you know. Maybe they have really tough teams there as well from now on. But Xavi's goal there must be to go for the title. Winning two big titles would satisfy not only the fans but also the board.

Barcelona is playing very well this season, I think Xavi and the players in the team will get their rewards at the end of the year. I think they can be champions this year, if they continue to play like this, the difference in points between them and their opponents will increase.
Of course it can be successful in Europe too, I think they deserve it

They will surely not wait to the next season to play for the trophy as they are already in the lead, the club have many good players and la Liga is the only thing left for them ( o don't think they will focus on the Europa league), xavi will make everything to prove himself and make the Barcelona fan's happy this year

[Jody.Drummer]

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances will also play an important role in Atletico Madrid's future in the league this season. These two teams have shown really nice performances so far and entered top 4. But we haven't seen much of an impressive success from these teams in the recent years. This makes me doubt their consistency in their future games.

If these teams start failing then Atletico Madrid can still find themselves a place in top 4 to join the Champions League. This season is a big opportunity for Betis to make it to the Champions League too. They missed this chance by a small margin last season. Thanks to Sevilla's horrible season now Betis can take advantage of this.

Honestly, I'm not too sure that Real Sociedad and Atletico Bilbao will stay in the same position until the end of the season. They are a good club, but they are not that tough to maintain their consistency in La Liga. They are always in a position out of the Champions League zone, especially Atletico Bibao who are far from that position.
Atletico Madrid still has a big chance to return to 3rd position in the standings, moreover they still have the same points as Atletico Bilbao and only have a difference of 2 points from Real Sociedad who occupy 3rd position, that means Atletico Madrid only need to wait for them to lose once. only and can shift them back, provided they have to perform well and get 3 points from each of their matches. They still have plenty of time for that, after this World Cup is over.

[hahay]

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances will also play an important role in Atletico Madrid's future in the league this season. These two teams have shown really nice performances so far and entered top 4. But we haven't seen much of an impressive success from these teams in the recent years. This makes me doubt their consistency in their future games.

If these teams start failing then Atletico Madrid can still find themselves a place in top 4 to join the Champions League. This season is a big opportunity for Betis to make it to the Champions League too. They missed this chance by a small margin last season. Thanks to Sevilla's horrible season now Betis can take advantage of this.

Honestly, I'm not too sure that Real Sociedad and Atletico Bilbao will stay in the same position until the end of the season. They are a good club, but they are not that tough to maintain their consistency in La Liga. They are always in a position out of the Champions League zone, especially Atletico Bibao who are far from that position.
Atletico Madrid still has a big chance to return to 3rd position in the standings, moreover they still have the same points as Atletico Bilbao and only have a difference of 2 points from Real Sociedad who occupy 3rd position, that means Atletico Madrid only need to wait for them to lose once. only and can shift them back, provided they have to perform well and get 3 points from each of their matches. They still have plenty of time for that, after this World Cup is over.

Yes, because after all these teams are difficult to be consistent and that's why I also really believe that Atletico Madrid still has a chance to finish in the top four, whether it's for third or fourth place. Because Atletico Bilbao itself from season to season is only in the middle of the standings and to be honest, I really doubt Atletico Bilbao. But indeed, anything can happen and maybe Atletico Bilbao this season can finish in a better place and even if that happens, I still don't believe Atletico Bilbao can finish in the top four.
Because there is still a better place for Atleltico Bilbao too, it is for the fifth and sixth places for the Europa League and also the Europa Conference League.

But the point is about Atletico Madrid not losing their chance, maybe some people have started doubting Atletico Madrid but I don't doubt it at all.
Because of the quality of the players, at least Atletico Madrid still has a squad with good quality, they might just have bad luck too often with their previous busy schedule to make their position different from previous seasons. But for the next matches after the break with a slightly more tenuous schedule, then of course Atletico Madrid will be able to improve their position in the standings.

[herurist]

They will surely not wait to the next season to play for the trophy as they are already in the lead, the club have many good players and la Liga is the only thing left for them ( o don't think they will focus on the Europa league), xavi will make everything to prove himself and make the Barcelona fan's happy this year

It seems you get too excited to forget about their rivals this season and of course that is the reigning La Liga champions.
At the moment, even if their performance is good and the lead is still temporary because Madrid is still following and their point difference is only 2 points now and that means that Madrid only needs to win 1 game more than Barcelona is enough to shift them back in today's standings table.

[Raflesia]

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances will also play an important role in Atletico Madrid's future in the league this season. These two teams have shown really nice performances so far and entered top 4. But we haven't seen much of an impressive success from these teams in the recent years. This makes me doubt their consistency in their future games.

If these teams start failing then Atletico Madrid can still find themselves a place in top 4 to join the Champions League. This season is a big opportunity for Betis to make it to the Champions League too. They missed this chance by a small margin last season. Thanks to Sevilla's horrible season now Betis can take advantage of this.

Honestly, I'm not too sure that Real Sociedad and Atletico Bilbao will stay in the same position until the end of the season. They are a good club, but they are not that tough to maintain their consistency in La Liga. They are always in a position out of the Champions League zone, especially Atletico Bibao who are far from that position.
Atletico Madrid still has a big chance to return to 3rd position in the standings, moreover they still have the same points as Atletico Bilbao and only have a difference of 2 points from Real Sociedad who occupy 3rd position, that means Atletico Madrid only need to wait for them to lose once. only and can shift them back, provided they have to perform well and get 3 points from each of their matches. They still have plenty of time for that, after this World Cup is over.

I quite agree with this, but indeed for the current season it might be a little different because I still feel that one of these teams will be able to, especially considering Sevilla's current condition, it seems like this could be another comparison.
Even though positions 1 to 3 will still be owned by the same club between Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, of course there is 1 slot left there and they can maximize that to their advantage.

[LittleBitFunny]

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances will also play an important role in Atletico Madrid's future in the league this season. These two teams have shown really nice performances so far and entered top 4. But we haven't seen much of an impressive success from these teams in the recent years. This makes me doubt their consistency in their future games.

If these teams start failing then Atletico Madrid can still find themselves a place in top 4 to join the Champions League. This season is a big opportunity for Betis to make it to the Champions League too. They missed this chance by a small margin last season. Thanks to Sevilla's horrible season now Betis can take advantage of this.

Honestly, I'm not too sure that Real Sociedad and Atletico Bilbao will stay in the same position until the end of the season. They are a good club, but they are not that tough to maintain their consistency in La Liga. They are always in a position out of the Champions League zone, especially Atletico Bibao who are far from that position.
Atletico Madrid still has a big chance to return to 3rd position in the standings, moreover they still have the same points as Atletico Bilbao and only have a difference of 2 points from Real Sociedad who occupy 3rd position, that means Atletico Madrid only need to wait for them to lose once. only and can shift them back, provided they have to perform well and get 3 points from each of their matches. They still have plenty of time for that, after this World Cup is over.

I quite agree with this, but indeed for the current season it might be a little different because I still feel that one of these teams will be able to, especially considering Sevilla's current condition, it seems like this could be another comparison.
Even though positions 1 to 3 will still be owned by the same club between Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, of course there is 1 slot left there and they can maximize that to their advantage.

It is certain that Barcelona and Real Madrid will be at the top of the points table. But I am not sure if we will see Atletico Madrid in third place. Atlético Madrid's performances this season have been poor and erratic. They are not performing well in any important match. Most of them are particularly vulnerable. If Atletico Madrid can't be consistent after the World Cup break, I don't think they can finish third in the table. Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao's performances have been pretty good so far.

[Zackgeno96]

I also think that Atletico Madrid will be 3rd, although we are very premature now because we are not even halfway through the competition. Barcelona needs another championship. The last time Barcelona became champion in Spain was in the 2018/2019 season. Since the 2000 season, Atletico Madrid have become champions twice. Before that you had Deportivo La Coruna, but those glorious times will not return for this team in the short term. Why did the team fall so far? For example, I thought Bebeto played on that team.

[Velvet78]

Despite the punishment Lewandowski has got in the league, I still expect Barcelona to move on strongly. As long as their attackers stay strong in the absence of Lewandowski they should still be able to continue winning by keeping their dominance. They need to keep their point losses at the minimum level to stay one step ahead of Real Madrid.

I think Barcelona still can make goals without Lewandowski. Depay seems already fit, he played in the world cup group stage several days ago (when Netherlands was against Senegal). So, he can play again for Barcelona and is available to replace Lewandowski's position as a center-forward (striker). Barcelona also has good wingers, they can score goals without Lewandowski. We don't need to feel worried about Barcelona opportunity to win because there are many good attackers in Barcelona squad now. They are very possible to continue their winning and stay in the first position in La Liga.

About Depay I can say that he is about to leave the team soon. Because there are news circulating around like he is one of the candidates to be sent from the team in January. It was going to happen even in the previous summer but Barcelona decided to let Aubameyang go instead.

Honestly it would be better for Depay to stay here as Lewandowski's substitute. Because he can still make a good contribution to the team when he has the chance. I don't know what they are planning now. Because if he leaves there will be only Lewandowski as a centre-forward in the team.

[Bobrox]

Based on points different at standing position awhile I don't sure with Real Sociedad opportunity finish on top fourth standing position at the end this season, learned with inconsistency performance last season Sociedad have consistent performance but at the end failed finish on champion league standing zone. I think Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have 2 points remaining from Sociedad and this one match enough for taking at fourth standing position, I think Atletico Madrid is favorite can lead on top fourth standing position and another team completed with champion league ticket between Real Betis or Athletic Bilboa.

Still have many matches left and possibility with any changed about standing position place, actually Barcelona and Real Madrid will dominance at 1st and 2nd placed based on many points different with third and fourth standing position.

[bekti3]

Bad news for Barcelona, Lewandowski got a ban from playing in 3 League games. This is because Lewandowski got a red card and was considered disrespectful to the referee. If counted then Lewandowski will miss games against Espanyol, Atletico Madrid and Getafe. Of course they will have a hard time. Currently Lewandowski's statistics are very good, 19 games with 18 goals and 4 assists. But I heard Lewandowski will appeal because he thinks it is not insulting to the referee.

This is indeed very unfortunate, especially when looking at other things, there are slanted reports about him who deliberately wanted to get a red card so that he could rest more because he was preparing for the match in the world cup.
A significant loss, especially in this case, their position is still not safe in the standings because it is still closely followed by Madrid.

Intentionally or not it was too much punishment for not being able to play in 3 matches. It seemed that referee Gil Manzano was not in the best of moods at the time.
Lewandoski explained regarding his gesture which was considered insulting to the referee, he said it was shown to the bench and not to the referee. Lewandowski will try to appeal the sentence.
Lewandowski also admits that his debut at Barcelona will not be easy and will go according to plan, but he is trying to give his team the best.

Now just have to keep hoping whether indeed Lewandowski's gesture by rubbing his nose with his index finger and continuing to point at the referee will be considered as an act of undiscipline or not because it will be difficult if this is considered an act of neglecting the referee.
An appeal is something they definitely do because Barcelona currently still need Lewandowski and it would be a big loss if they lose Lewandowski for a long time.

[el kaka22]

Lewandowski shouldn't have done what he did, it was obvious that he was looking to get himself sent off, and the way he did it was such an amateur way to do it as well. I get it, he wanted to relax and rest up a bit before the world cup and wanted to miss one game so he would just directly went back and rested, but the way he did it was too "obvious".

Normally players could just tell their manager to not play him, that should be seen as ok thing to do, just give him one week salary cut and he should take it and it should be all fine. On the other hand, dude just ended up running full force to opponent and jumped on him, that’s not really okay at all.

[lixer]

Based on points different at standing position awhile I don't sure with Real Sociedad opportunity finish on top fourth standing position at the end this season, learned with inconsistency performance last season Sociedad have consistent performance but at the end failed finish on champion league standing zone. I think Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have 2 points remaining from Sociedad and this one match enough for taking at fourth standing position, I think Atletico Madrid is favorite can lead on top fourth standing position and another team completed with champion league ticket between Real Betis or Athletic Bilboa.

Still have many matches left and possibility with any changed about standing position place, actually Barcelona and Real Madrid will dominance at 1st and 2nd placed based on many points different with third and fourth standing position.

A very long season ahead waiting for many ups and downs from all teams because currently most of the teams are giving not good performance, so we can expect tough challenge for the 3rd and 4th spot which is going to happen between Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis and Athletic Bilbao these all are having small margin of point and their performance is also on level with some ups and downs are also going even we can expect better results in coming weeks because January transfer window can give good relief with few teams are going to have quality players which can bring good stuff for them and this could be vital for the remaining season with Real Madrid and Barcelona are again at the top without any challenge from later teams which are not near to these giants in quality.

[Rockstarguy]

Xavi does not want to end this season without presenting a trophy for Barcelona. barcelona spent quite a lot of money in the last summer window for sure barcelona will target one of the trophies for this season. they have two chances to win the trophy including the europa league and laliga. barcelona has a big chance in laliga because they are better than real madrid in the last few matches. Can barcelona maintain its best quality after the world cup later it's worth the wait. in the europa league xavi immediately got a big challenge to be able to bring barcelona through to the next round because barcelona has a strong opponent in the knockout round.

How possible can barcelona win the Europa when their are strong teams in the Europa that are more consistent. I'm not very sure about barcelona winning the europa league . Barcelona is really trying in laliga if they can continue to show consistency in their games in laliga then they can win the league but as for the Europa league I don't think it will be easy for Barcelona to win it. To me what barcelona needs more is to win the laliga league .

[Oluwa-btc]

Atletico Madrid still have so much to do while we are talking about Barcelona and Real Madrid most of the time. Because the title competition is going on between these two teams only. Atletico Madrid are even worse in this season. There is a significant level of drop in their performance and this has affected them in a bad way not only in the La Liga but also in the Champions League. They have only the La Liga left in their hands as a big tournament from now on after finishing the CL group stage at the last place.

I really wonder what Simeone is planning to do in the second half of this season. If he doesn't manage to have a better run then I won't be surprised in case of a decision to leave his job.

Athletico Madrid has performed absolutely extensively bad from the League to Champions League and back, they haven't had any recent good's. While most decisions and discussion's are both from Real Madrid and Barcelona, Athletico Madrid needs to up them game's immediately the various league resumes.

Diego Simeone has had a lot term spell with Athletico Madrid, I feel he had enough of the team already, what are they waiting for ? A new management should be installed into the club. Diego Someone's tactical plans are not what the world plays again, he needs to evolve or leave for someone else to motivate the club.

[ilovealtcoins]

Normally players could just tell their manager to not play him, that should be seen as ok thing to do, just give him one week salary cut and he should take it and it should be all fine. On the other hand, dude just ended up running full force to opponent and jumped on him, that’s not really okay at all.

Lewandowski certainly can't be said to have done it. It may be by mistake. Lewandowski is a professional athlete. I don't think he will want to stay out of the squad for three matches on purpose. However, Lewandowski will not be with the squad for the next few matches. Xavi will definitely need to apply a new match strategy. If Barcelona drops points in the next few matches they will lose the top spot in the points table. Barcelona must play very carefully.

[ShowOff]

I quite agree with this, but indeed for the current season it might be a little different because I still feel that one of these teams will be able to, especially considering Sevilla's current condition, it seems like this could be another comparison.
Even though positions 1 to 3 will still be owned by the same club between Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, of course there is 1 slot left there and they can maximize that to their advantage.

The fourth slot will be contested by teams like Bilbao, Real Betis, Real Sociedad because for now they are the closest team there.
Atletico Madrid, which is currently in a less promising performance, is expected to return well in the second half of this season. Reshuffling strategy and possibly bringing in new players should be the main solution for the coach, and if they still fail then Simeone will be sacked.

Barcelona, ​​which currently leads the standings, also don't have to be satisfied for too long with the team's performance. Xavi always has to convince his players that only by winning are they more likely to win the title this season because Real Madrid are not far from them. Xavi has had to put in a lot of effort for Barcelona as they try to rise to greatness, but it's really not an easy job.

[Lorokan]

Real Madrid have incredible talents on their side this season and I think these players are capable of filling in for Toni Kroos, Modric and already departed Casemiro for Real madrid. I think if Madrid is signing another midfielder in January it is to boost the depth in the midfield position and they also need to get a striker fill in for injured Benzema.

It would make sense if madrid are looking to sign another midfielder; but i do not think they will be desperate about doing that. With Valverde, Tchouchemani and Camavinga; they have a credible replacements for modric, kroos; and just need to add a top tier elite midfielder to complete the trio in  midfield.