La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[BlackRexuz]

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.

Theoretically, Atlético have the reserves to improve their game (they just need to get out of the crisis), while Sociedad and Bilbao are likely already showing the best they can. So I wouldn't worry about Atlético not getting into the top 3, but it really doesn't matter because there are two options: to become a champion, to get into the top 4. The rest is unimportant because it does not affect anything. Will Atlético fall below 4th place? Let's see. The fact that they will not become champions is obvious.

If Barcelona and Real Madrid do not meet in the semi-finals, I am sure that both teams will play the final of La Liga. So far these two teams are in the best position in Laliga. After the World Cup they will again perform brilliantly and advance. But in my mind Real Madrid have more chances to win the La Liga title.

Barcelona from the last five matches they haven't lost and they even closed the league during the holiday from the World Cup, well even that the statistics show really good performance in Barcelona's last five gala, even though it's only 2 points difference, Real Madrid is still improving the match what they did to catch up with the top of the table Barcelona, one thing that worried Real Madrid when the World Cup was over, they lost their flagship striker Karim Benzema who suffered an injury during a training session with his country, that's what coach Carlo Ancelotti will think about to back up the position Karim Benzema, until Karim Benzema's recovery can be played again..

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[maju69]

Exactly having a bounce of new players without experience will still end up being a wasted energy without combination of experience Barcelona team may not win the La Liga. As it was said there is a need for more experienced players to come in but then the money to get such experience players will be a major problem for the club also. But I have more confidence in the Real Madrid team this season.

Real Madrid is undoubtedly the best team in La Liga. Their team has great experience players. One of which is Karim Benzema Vinicius Jr. Besides, Real Madrid has a good understanding of the team. They have the ability to win the La Liga title.

However there should be a good mix of experienced young and senior players in the team, it will help them more and make their confidence better. Young players with very good enthusiasm and energy, senior players with their reading of the game, that is something every team should have, and I haven't seen that in Barcelona. Not infrequently I see young players do provide something fresh, but they still often lose their way if no one guides them.

[Distraction]

Barcelona are actually playing really impressively in general. But somehow they just fail hard in big matches. Maybe it was due to some missing players in the defense line also but it can't be the main reason. Because they were obviously having struggles about scoring goals also. They lost many points because of this in the Champions League especially and it caused them to continue in the Europa League. Normally they should have finished ahead of Inter in the worst case.

This must be mostly related to Xavi's player choices and strategies in that kind of matches. Because we witnessed some bad choices there and it affected their performance deeply. Xavi still didn't give up on doing the same thing in literally every big match. I hope that he has learned his lesson from now on. Because the Europa League will also be important for them.

[jack05]

Barcelona are actually playing really impressively in general. But somehow they just fail hard in big matches. Maybe it was due to some missing players in the defense line also but it can't be the main reason. Because they were obviously having struggles about scoring goals also. They lost many points because of this in the Champions League especially and it caused them to continue in the Europa League. Normally they should have finished ahead of Inter in the worst case.

This must be mostly related to Xavi's player choices and strategies in that kind of matches. Because we witnessed some bad choices there and it affected their performance deeply. Xavi still didn't give up on doing the same thing in literally every big match. I hope that he has learned his lesson from now on. Because the Europa League will also be important for them.

We have to admit that Xavi brought a lot of changes to the Barcelona team. After he joined the team as a coach, the image of the team changed. The team regains their strength. Xavi added some new players to the team, making the team much stronger and so on. Then Barcelona failed in the Champions League. But Xavi's main goal now is to secure the LaLiga title.

[Raflesia]

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.

Now it's true that something like this is still not visible for Atletico but if we look in the mirror to the previous few seasons, especially last season, isn't this kind of thing still the same for Atletico, but in the end they can still be there.
Indeed, it's still fifty-fifty, especially with Atletico's current condition, but I think the opportunity is still open for them, provided that there must be some changes, including Simeone's strategy, which is always boring in my opinion.

[herurist]

Exactly having a bounce of new players without experience will still end up being a wasted energy without combination of experience Barcelona team may not win the La Liga. As it was said there is a need for more experienced players to come in but then the money to get such experience players will be a major problem for the club also. But I have more confidence in the Real Madrid team this season.

Real Madrid is undoubtedly the best team in La Liga. Their team has great experience players. One of which is Karim Benzema Vinicius Jr. Besides, Real Madrid has a good understanding of the team. They have the ability to win the La Liga title.

At the moment, especially for the last few weeks, it's been a not-so-good week for Benzema. He's had a lot of problems with his feet and of course this has hampered Madrid a bit.
Fortunately, there are still a number of players who are capable enough to lead them to win, but Benzema's role is still vital, so with his current condition, I'm actually quite worried if Ancelotti doesn't move quickly in looking for additional players in attack.

[bekti3]

We have to admit that Xavi brought a lot of changes to the Barcelona team. After he joined the team as a coach, the image of the team changed. The team regains their strength. Xavi added some new players to the team, making the team much stronger and so on. Then Barcelona failed in the Champions League. But Xavi's main goal now is to secure the LaLiga title.

What do you say? As if they don't want the Champions League title and are more concerned with La Liga this is pretty funny lol.
However they need a lot of trophies so the failure of the Champions League is clearly Xavi's biggest failure that repeats from last season so that they inevitably have to look for other alternatives to stabilize them again by trying to secure La Liga and the Europa League.

[Zackgeno96]

Xavi has made Barcelona play better, and they are also at the top of the league. It is only a pity that they have been eliminated again in the Champions League, which is still viewed with a critical note. Barcelona will have to win the league title or win the cup this year. If neither of them wins, there will be a lot of criticism again from the supporters and the press. The Barcelona of the past knew how to play football beautifully and win many prizes. This Barcelona still seems to be in the build-up phase, with a lot of youth with enormous potential through all talents. They also seem to be getting better at each other. Too bad Messi couldn't stay, but I think this team plays better without Messi than with him. Everything in recent years has been too geared to the presence of Messi.

[Google+]

Barcelona are actually playing really impressively in general. But somehow they just fail hard in big matches. Maybe it was due to some missing players in the defense line also but it can't be the main reason. Because they were obviously having struggles about scoring goals also. They lost many points because of this in the Champions League especially and it caused them to continue in the Europa League. Normally they should have finished ahead of Inter in the worst case.

This must be mostly related to Xavi's player choices and strategies in that kind of matches. Because we witnessed some bad choices there and it affected their performance deeply. Xavi still didn't give up on doing the same thing in literally every big match. I hope that he has learned his lesson from now on. Because the Europa League will also be important for them.

We have to admit that Xavi brought a lot of changes to the Barcelona team. After he joined the team as a coach, the image of the team changed. The team regains their strength. Xavi added some new players to the team, making the team much stronger and so on. Then Barcelona failed in the Champions League. But Xavi's main goal now is to secure the LaLiga title.

After being eliminated from the Champions League, Xavi next target is to be able to bring Barcelona to win the Europa League and Laliga, but Xavi task is more difficult in both competitions because in Laliga, Real Madrid is very strong this season and the point difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona is very close. Therefore, Xavi must be able to put a lot of pressure on his players to remain fully consistent in every match in order to widen the gap with Real Madrid when Laliga returns. in the europa league barcelona have to compete with several strong candidates like arsenal and several other teams and that will be a tough task for xavi. indeed Xavi performance was very good at Barcelona because he was able to make significant changes in his coaching this season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester United's performances have been completely erratic this season. They are not playing well. Ten Hag is not yet successful as a coach. He was not able to stabilize the party. Despite having many star players in the team, they are not playing well. Manchester United's match strategy also needs a change. On the other hand, Manchester United want to sign Depay to strengthen their attack, but I don't think Depay wants to stay with a team as unstable as United. I think Depay would be more interested in staying at Barcelona.

Memphis Depay doesn't suit well into Barcelona and them style of football, it's not that Xavi Hernandez doesn't want to use him but the fact that he doesn't fit in well is observable.
Currently Erik Ten Hag is making Gakpo his number 1 option when the same season opens.
Both Memphis Depay and Manchester United seem to be having a few little discussion with that player agent's as Barcelona also will be ready to let go of the Barcelona contract.

Manchester United are playing well in defend, a bit better in midfied but the true is that the attacking players haven't scored enough goals.

[fullhdpixel]

This season Xavi only playing him twice on Laliga so i think this indicated Depay isn't main priority for Barcelona so it's certain Barcelona will not giving him contract extention especially there are surplus on forward lines in Barcelona so they had a plan to sell Depay this winter even Barcelona provide cheap price for him 5 million euro and they hopes after Depay price tag published some of clubs will interested to him and it doesn't take long that after this news reported he is into Manchester United and Chelsea watchlist and this January these team probably will attempt to bids to get him and for Depay it's time to him to choose new clubs especially if he want to get minutes to play

Depay had the chance to show himself as a valuable part of this club last year before all of these transfers happened, and yet he failed to show that, if it was just one or to games then it would have been maybe a bit unfair but I am sure Xavi keeps watching him play during training as well and yet he still fails for it and that’s why he doesn't get the minutes.

He is still good enough to come in during later stages of the game, like after 70th minute, or he is good when someone is missing like Lewandowski situation now, so it’s not like he is a terrible and gone player, he just is not the starter that’s it and when the starter is Lewandowski, it’s hard to be better than him.

[nara1892]

I don't think it's an easy matter for every player to adapt. Barcelona have brought in a lot of new players this season so they also need time, then player injuries are a separate problem for Xavi, making it all difficult. So far Xavi has been able to do a good job, although there are some shortcomings that also need to be fixed again.

He was prepared from the start because it is impossible for him to bring in so many players without prior preparation but indeed to say Adaptation is true because the level of adaptation for one player is clearly different and affects his playing on the pitch but on the other hand actually at the moment Xavi does not have the time. what you say in my opinion because it is certain that with the arrival of a lot of players there and of course with this high price, the target for the club's financial management must also increase so Xavi needs trophies as compensation he spends a lot of money and when he fails then we know what what will happen next season.

[mv1986]

Benzema played one outstanding season, but when you think about it pretty much everyone knew that the won't be able to repeat such a season. On top of that as you mentioned, he is injured way too often. You can be the best player in the world, but when you are not healthy you are also no help to your team.

Sure, he can't repeat the same thing in the previous season because he gets injured. If he can stay healthy and has no problem with his fitness, I am sure he can repeat his best performance like the previous season. The main problem of Benzema is his age, he is already 34 years old. At the age nearly 35 years old, players are usually more susceptible to injury.

I believe that Madrid will sign one striker in the upcoming summer and I think it is going to be a big name.

Real Madrid always targets big names, they only want a top striker. If you hear the rumors, all their targets are popular strikers such as Kylian Mbappé, Victor Osimhen, and Lautaro Martínez. But the problem is the chance to sign them, I think it will be a bit difficult to sign them as they are the main players in their clubs.

That's correct and I can imagine that even a top club like Real Madrid has a whole lot of trouble to sign the best of the best as there are more and more large investors joining the soccer world (or the sports world in general). Real Madrid is not a poor club, but they are by no means a sheikh club either. We may see soccer keep changing more and more over the coming years. Newcastle is the next one, PSG, City, and other clubs are also backed by billionaires. I just recalled that Neymar left Barcelona for PSG for 250 million or something like that and everybody wondered why he would leave Barcelona for a club in France. These clubs have been pushing the boundaries. Qatar also purchased several right from Fc Barcelona. Never say never, who knows, but maybe a in a couple of years from now Barcelona also fully belongs to Qatar. They are pushing the salary boundaries and then normal clubs can't keep up with it.

[TelolettOm]

Memphis Depay doesn't suit well into Barcelona and them style of football, it's not that Xavi Hernandez doesn't want to use him but the fact that he doesn't fit in well is observable.

I think Depay fits with Barcelona game style, he only doesn't get enough time to play under Xavi's management. In the previous season, he rarely played because Xavi prefers to choose Aubameyang. While this season, he spent much time on the bench because Xavi prefers to use Lewandowski. So, the problem is about the time to play, not about the characteristics of Barcelona game style.

Currently Erik Ten Hag is making Gakpo his number 1 option when the same season opens.
Both Memphis Depay and Manchester United seem to be having a few little discussion with that player agent's as Barcelona also will be ready to let go of the Barcelona contract.

Gakpo is a good option, he is still 23 years old and very talented.
He will be suitable to play together with Antony, Sancho, or with Rashford.
With these young attackers, Man United also will have a great future.

About Depay, I think he is ideally a second option/alternative player, if Man United fails to sign Gakpo.

[AndySt]

That's correct and I can imagine that even a top club like Real Madrid has a whole lot of trouble to sign the best of the best as there are more and more large investors joining the soccer world (or the sports world in general). Real Madrid is not a poor club, but they are by no means a sheikh club either. We may see soccer keep changing more and more over the coming years. Newcastle is the next one, PSG, City, and other clubs are also backed by billionaires. I just recalled that Neymar left Barcelona for PSG for 250 million or something like that and everybody wondered why he would leave Barcelona for a club in France. These clubs have been pushing the boundaries. Qatar also purchased several right from Fc Barcelona. Never say never, who knows, but maybe a in a couple of years from now Barcelona also fully belongs to Qatar. They are pushing the salary boundaries and then normal clubs can't keep up with it.

In principle, there is nothing wrong when there are more players in the arena who can claim titles. Another question is that there should be quite a lot of such clubs so that there would not be such a thing when one or two giants like Barcelona or Real Madrid could arrange the transfer of any player they liked to their squad. Therefore, Real Madrid fans can be outraged as much as they like about the fact that Killian Mbappe did not move to their favorite club and stayed in France as part of Paris Saint-Germain to try to win the Champions League for his native country. There is nothing wrong when the elite club of Champions League winners is replenished with new members. Another question is that we also need to do what so that as many clubs as possible can afford elite players and qualify for the most prestigious titles.

[snipie]

Memphis Depay doesn't suit well into Barcelona and them style of football, it's not that Xavi Hernandez doesn't want to use him but the fact that he doesn't fit in well is observable.

I think Depay fits with Barcelona game style, he only doesn't get enough time to play under Xavi's management. In the previous season, he rarely played because Xavi prefers to choose Aubameyang. While this season, he spent much time on the bench because Xavi prefers to use Lewandowski. So, the problem is about the time to play, not about the characteristics of Barcelona game style.

If he was better than them or more suitable for the strategy used by Xavi, he would play more time. Having other options even in the benches is important thing for a team. In Netherlands game vs Ecuador, he wasn't that useful and some people criticised him and the coach for the change done there.

[hd49728]

If he was better than them or more suitable for the strategy used by Xavi, he would play more time. Having other options even in the benches is important thing for a team. In Netherlands game vs Ecuador, he wasn't that useful and some people criticised him and the coach for the change done there.

He is not a favorite player of Xavi and things change when coach and tactic changed.  Before Xavi, Dembele was an useless player in Barcelona but now he is a very important for Xavi and Barcelona. It also helps Dembele to have a good position in France team too.

Memphis Depay is a good attacking player but he does not match with Barcelona tactic. They don't actualy need attacking players who can not adapt to their tiki taka. He will have to find another club in either January or in the next summer.

[SatoPrincess]

Depay contract with Barcelona has entered its final year, Barcelona tried to release Depay in last summer's transfer but ended up staying because there was no agreement with another club. Barcelona have put Depay on the Sell list in the January transfer window to avoid Depay leaving on a free transfer.
It is better for Depay to leave than to stay at Barcelona, it is very difficult for him to get minutes to play at Barcelona because Xavi believes more in other players such as Lewandowski, Dembele, Raphinha, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Galatasaray really want to bring Depay from Camp Nou, Depay must make the best decision for his future.

I don't think Depay is priority by Xavi Hernandez keep extended his contract after arriving Xavi as Barcelona manager,  Depay found difficulty to be main squad. I think with Depay contract in Barcelona until in the summer of 2023 he has chance early leaving on January window transfer. Depending with Barcelona want to make Depay become free agent and keep extended him until contract over or take opportunity for selling Depay on next window transfer.

Loss compete with Ansu Fati, Dembele, Raphinha and Ferran Torres I don't think good ideas for Depay keep extended his contract with Barcelona, maybe if manager change have other opportunity for him get back in main squad for Barcelona.

This season Xavi only playing him twice on Laliga so i think this indicated Depay isn't main priority for Barcelona so it's certain Barcelona will not giving him contract extention especially there are surplus on forward lines in Barcelona so they had a plan to sell Depay this winter even Barcelona provide cheap price for him 5 million euro and they hopes after Depay price tag published some of clubs will interested to him and it doesn't take long that after this news reported he is into Manchester United and Chelsea watchlist and this January these team probably will attempt to bids to get him and for Depay it's time to him to choose new clubs especially if he want to get minutes to play

I still cannot figure out what plans Xavi had for Memphis when he signed him because obviously he has no plan stated for Memphis judging from the number of games he has played for Barcelona this season under Xavi. Obviously with the current situation with Memphis I don't see any reason Barcelona will want to offer him a contract extension meaning he might be put up for sale at any moment.

[shawon01]

Barcelona have the potential to do well in La Liga. Because they have a great XI. The young players of the team are performing brilliantly, they always play responsibly for the good of the team. And since they lost in the Champions League, not doing well in La Liga will reflect badly on their team.

For a while it's worth saying that Barcelona has done a very good job in La Liga and also has the potential to continue in the second half of the season. But because remembering that there are still many matches that must be played by Barcelona in the second half of this season, Barcelona must be able to work hard again so as not to be overtaken by its closest opponent, namely Real Madrid, because in the second half of this season there are still more things that can happen in every game. match and Real Madrid itself also has the potential to get rid of Barcelona.

We know Barcelona is a very strong team but we all know that the quality of their players is very bad. I think if Barcelona can perform well in every match then Barcelona will go far.  I think Barcelona can play well if they want to.

[mamesso]

We know Barcelona is a very strong team but we all know that the quality of their players is very bad. I think if Barcelona can perform well in every match then Barcelona will go far.  I think Barcelona can play well if they want to.

If you say the quality of Barcelona game is very bad in the Champions League, I completely agree with you. However, Barcelona is able to display different qualities in La Liga, take a look at the La Liga standings table, who is sitting in first position. Barcelona is trying to improve their quality in all competitions that are still being followed. Failure in the Champions League taught Xavi a valuable lesson, he will try to give his best for Barcelona in every match to maintain his position at the top of the standings.
Barcelona are in good shape in La Liga, while in the Europa League they have to beat another strong team (Manchester United) to go further.