La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[terrorJR]

Barcelona is only 2 points ahead of Real Madrid. It is not difficult for Madrid to reduce the gap between these two points. If Barcelona loses form and are unable to maintain consistency, they will lose the top spot in the table of points. However, we saw Real Madrid's dominance in La Liga last season. But this season Barcelona is fighting for the title. As a result, La Liga is more competitive this season. And before the end of the season, it is probably impossible to predict which team will be the champion this season. Because both the teams are playing well and the chances of winning the title are equal.

Now it's just a matter of seeing whether they can still be consistent or not because it is clear that this will prove which team has great dominance and consistency.
But indeed, after the break, there will be some problems for these two clubs, especially for their attack line. Madrid, of course, with Benzema, who has been very vulnerable to injury this season and for Barcelona, now Lewandowski's red card is clearly a difficult scourge for their early matches, not to mention that if Lewa's appeal regarding his red card is not approved, then it is likely that his sentence will increase.

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[Raflesia]

Madrid coach knows how to use all his players to maximum and that is why Real Madrid always go to the finals even when they don't have big big names in their team.
Last season, Manchester United had big names like Ronaldo, Pogba, Bruno, Degea, Rashford and many more, but small club like Brentford without names will still win them. It is not about individual abilities but the team chemistry and team capacity.

Actually saying Madrid without a big name is clearly in my opinion not quite right.
There are so many players there who are above average in terms of individual skills and even in terms of price, so it is not right to say that they are without big names.
Madrid is a club that is still rich enough in quality players so naturally they are able to continue to be at the forefront of both La Liga and the Champions League now. and Ancelotti is a cold-handed coach with the conditions he has in terms of players it is clear that it is not a problem for him to bring Madrid much better.

[FanEagle]

Madrid coach knows how to use all his players to maximum and that is why Real Madrid always go to the finals even when they don't have big big names in their team.
Last season, Manchester United had big names like Ronaldo, Pogba, Bruno, Degea, Rashford and many more, but small club like Brentford without names will still win them. It is not about individual abilities but the team chemistry and team capacity.

Actually saying Madrid without a big name is clearly in my opinion not quite right.
There are so many players there who are above average in terms of individual skills and even in terms of price, so it is not right to say that they are without big names.
Madrid is a club that is still rich enough in quality players so naturally they are able to continue to be at the forefront of both La Liga and the Champions League now. and Ancelotti is a cold-handed coach with the conditions he has in terms of players it is clear that it is not a problem for him to bring Madrid much better.

Real Madrid is one of the best soccer brand in world and if someone saying they have no big name then surely he has not enough information about soccer and Real Madrid because every player is having dream of playing into this club with many youngsters are already having their best future like Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Tchouameni these all are doing amazing job with absence of Karim Benzema is surely a problem, but they are recovering good and most chances they could be doing suitable replacement in coming days because they are surely lacking few things which are going to hurt them for the defence of their title.

Management is already working on this, most chances we will have good announcement from them in coming days and this could be another quality enter which will help this amazing club for having more success in coming years.

[bekti3]

Memphis Depay has arrived to Barcelona when Koeman era at that time Koeman has impress to his performance and decide to get him with free transfer status so basically Depay isn't the player who buyed by Xavi and when first time Xavi train Barcelona on 2021 indeed Depay is Xavi main player for forward option this because Barcelona had lack of forward players who can scoring goals but this season everything was changed especially after the arrival of Lewandowski that Xavi has decide to trust Lewandowski than Depay so basically Memphis Depay is the victim of changed manager and obviously he will be for sale this winter

Depay contract at barcelona will expire in the summer window of 2023 so barcelona can take advantage of this winter window opportunity to release Depay instead of keeping him for the second half of the season. I saw some news about Depay status at Barcelona, ​​which in fact will be released in January with a lower price clause, considering that Barcelona brought in Depay with free transfers in the previous season. The player will also be more interested in moving to another team considering that he has been marginalized at Barcelona after Xavi chose Lewandowski for the front line. Depay quality as an attacker is very good, it's just that he lacks playing hours which makes it difficult for Depay to find his best form this season.

There is currently some speculation about him being sold cheaply by Barcelona in this transfer.
Indeed, this is quite reasonable, especially when considering their current condition, which is having difficulty maintaining their expense and income margins, so it is clear that Depay will be issued to provide leeway for their budget, especially in player salaries.
Currently, the price of 5 million has been set for anyone who wants Depay's services.

[lalabotax]

It's still not very balanced because Barcelona again this season has failed in the Champions League even though it is currently at the top of the La Liga standings. And to win La Liga will also not be easy for Barcelona this season if in the second half of the season Barcelona can still lose to other teams, unless Barcelona is able to win all the matches in the second half of the season including when they meet Real Madrid.

Yes, their failure to enter the 16th round in the Champions League certainly hit Xavi and Barcelona. So however they have to maximize their potential in the Europe League and La Liga. And of course, this won't be easy considering how the opponents in the league are not easy. A while ago we saw the very good development of Barcelona, especially with Lewandowski. However, in the UCL, they were not able to show their best, even Lewandowski was unable to beat his former club. But, this is not the end of Barcelona We can see after the World CUp of how Xavi will be able to re-manage again and evaluate the club to be much better. This needs high and strong efforts for all lines, esepcially form Xavi to lead in every match in Europe League and also La Liga.

[TopT3ns]

It's still not very balanced because Barcelona again this season has failed in the Champions League even though it is currently at the top of the La Liga standings. And to win La Liga will also not be easy for Barcelona this season if in the second half of the season Barcelona can still lose to other teams, unless Barcelona is able to win all the matches in the second half of the season including when they meet Real Madrid.

Barcelona's strength in defense is still not strong and easily penetrated by opposing forces, therefore the task of Barcelona at this time must be to find defenders who can withstand various kinds of attacks from opponents, while to balance the strengths of Barcelona still requires a process because it is not easy to looking for players that match what is expected.

[TelolettOm]

Yes, Barcelona are 2 points ahead of Real Madrid and I don't think there is a big gap between the two candidates for the La Liga title. Barcelona have had a good run of form in their last few matches but after the World Cup break we never really know if they will manage to keep it going or not.

2 points is a small gap, Real Madrid can overtake Barcelona in 1 match only. Don't forget that we still have 1 El Classico, it is a chance for Real Madrid to return to 1st place if they can beat Barcelona again in this match. or if Barcelona is unlucky in the next few matches, they can miss points against small teams. After the world cup, there may be a surprise in Barcelona players' performance. They may feel tired, decrease in mentality, or get injured during the world cup competition. This can impact on their performance.

You might expect Xavi to be able to make his team better after failing in the Champions League. Barcelona will focus on Laliga, so chances are they will try their best.

Barcelona still played in the Europa League, right? In February, they have a schedule to play against Man United.
So, they cannot focus on La Liga only. They should focus on the Europa League match, too.

[Doell]

Madrid coach knows how to use all his players to maximum and that is why Real Madrid always go to the finals even when they don't have big big names in their team.
Last season, Manchester United had big names like Ronaldo, Pogba, Bruno, Degea, Rashford and many more, but small club like Brentford without names will still win them. It is not about individual abilities but the team chemistry and team capacity.

Actually saying Madrid without a big name is clearly in my opinion not quite right.
There are so many players there who are above average in terms of individual skills and even in terms of price, so it is not right to say that they are without big names.
Madrid is a club that is still rich enough in quality players so naturally they are able to continue to be at the forefront of both La Liga and the Champions League now. and Ancelotti is a cold-handed coach with the conditions he has in terms of players it is clear that it is not a problem for him to bring Madrid much better.

Yes Real Madrid have always big big name players in their team for a long time, but indeed the club currently has chosen many young players with skills that are far above average their are expected to stay a long time like Benzema. Even currently Real Madrid still have big names in the team like Asensio, Hazard, Kroos, they are targeted by other clubs in time their heyday. Even also Modric, this man has a big name in the world football scene.

[herurist]

It's still not very balanced because Barcelona again this season has failed in the Champions League even though it is currently at the top of the La Liga standings. And to win La Liga will also not be easy for Barcelona this season if in the second half of the season Barcelona can still lose to other teams, unless Barcelona is able to win all the matches in the second half of the season including when they meet Real Madrid.

Barcelona's strength in defense is still not strong and easily penetrated by opposing forces, therefore the task of Barcelona at this time must be to find defenders who can withstand various kinds of attacks from opponents, while to balance the strengths of Barcelona still requires a process because it is not easy to looking for players that match what is expected.

Actually when their players recover from injuries I don't think it's a problem for Barcelona.
The reason they were weak in the Champions League defensively at that time was because some of their defensive line players couldn't play which made it difficult for them but when it comes to La Liga they are still very good in defense at the moment.
Even for La Liga itself they have only conceded 5 goals so far, which proves how strong they are in defense.

[D-law]

Memphis Depay has arrived to Barcelona when Koeman era at that time Koeman has impress to his performance and decide to get him with free transfer status so basically Depay isn't the player who buyed by Xavi and when first time Xavi train Barcelona on 2021 indeed Depay is Xavi main player for forward option this because Barcelona had lack of forward players who can scoring goals but this season everything was changed especially after the arrival of Lewandowski that Xavi has decide to trust Lewandowski than Depay so basically Memphis Depay is the victim of changed manager and obviously he will be for sale this winter

Depay contract at barcelona will expire in the summer window of 2023 so barcelona can take advantage of this winter window opportunity to release Depay instead of keeping him for the second half of the season. I saw some news about Depay status at Barcelona, ​​which in fact will be released in January with a lower price clause, considering that Barcelona brought in Depay with free transfers in the previous season. The player will also be more interested in moving to another team considering that he has been marginalized at Barcelona after Xavi chose Lewandowski for the front line. Depay quality as an attacker is very good, it's just that he lacks playing hours which makes it difficult for Depay to find his best form this season.

There is currently some speculation about him being sold cheaply by Barcelona in this transfer.
Indeed, this is quite reasonable, especially when considering their current condition, which is having difficulty maintaining their expense and income margins, so it is clear that Depay will be issued to provide leeway for their budget, especially in player salaries.
Currently, the price of 5 million has been set for anyone who wants Depay's services.

Depay doesn't fit to Barcelona style if I should say
Barcelona are even ready to get his current contract terminated
He should have leftyif he had agreement with Juventus but he never did. Rumors are now link with United

[hahay]

Yes, Barcelona are 2 points ahead of Real Madrid and I don't think there is a big gap between the two candidates for the La Liga title. Barcelona have had a good run of form in their last few matches but after the World Cup break we never really know if they will manage to keep it going or not.

2 points is a small gap, Real Madrid can overtake Barcelona in 1 match only. Don't forget that we still have 1 El Classico, it is a chance for Real Madrid to return to 1st place if they can beat Barcelona again in this match. or if Barcelona is unlucky in the next few matches, they can miss points against small teams. After the world cup, there may be a surprise in Barcelona players' performance. They may feel tired, decrease in mentality, or get injured during the world cup competition. This can impact on their performance.

You might expect Xavi to be able to make his team better after failing in the Champions League. Barcelona will focus on Laliga, so chances are they will try their best.

Barcelona still played in the Europa League, right? In February, they have a schedule to play against Man United.
So, they cannot focus on La Liga only. They should focus on the Europa League match, too.

Why all the input you're saying seems to be just assessing the shortcomings that Barcelona might suffer after the World Cup, it shows you don't think Real Madrid won't suffer the same. An assessment like this is very unequal and in fact Real Madrid and Barcelona are strong rivals in La Liga which of course, both have high quality.
Even though Real Madrid is a team that has proven to be strong in Europe with the most Champions League titles, that doesn't mean Real Madrid will continue to get maximum results in every match.

Also, the result of the El Clásico match is not entirely a benchmark for the team that wins in the El Clásico match will win the title because even if you remember last season, it was a fact that Barcelona could beat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu with a great score of 0-4.
This season, the El Clásico match was won by Real Madrid with a score of 3-1 but what happened, did Real Madrid top the current La Liga standings? Apart from that, this season Real Madrid will still be playing in the Champions League so it is clear, Real Madrid and Barcelona will still focus on many events and not only focus on La Liga.

Therefore, with this close point gap, of course, the top position in the standings will still be open because these two teams are still unable to maintain perfect results in every match.
But indeed, the competition for the top position in the current La Liga standings is only for Real Madrid and Barcelona. Because the other teams at the moment are not so good and in fact, one of the teams that often became contenders in the title race in previous seasons but this season Sevilla is struggling to stay away from the relegation zone.

[bering]

It's still not very balanced because Barcelona again this season has failed in the Champions League even though it is currently at the top of the La Liga standings. And to win La Liga will also not be easy for Barcelona this season if in the second half of the season Barcelona can still lose to other teams, unless Barcelona is able to win all the matches in the second half of the season including when they meet Real Madrid.

Barcelona's strength in defense is still not strong and easily penetrated by opposing forces, therefore the task of Barcelona at this time must be to find defenders who can withstand various kinds of attacks from opponents, while to balance the strengths of Barcelona still requires a process because it is not easy to looking for players that match what is expected.

Barcelona performance on champion league obviously compeletely mess and i admit that but if we talking about Barcelona statistics on Laliga during this season they only conceded 5 goals and they also can able to clean sheet 10 times so this proven they are the team with the strongest defense in Laliga and i will disagree with you if Barcelona defense is not strong and compared to last season Xavi has done a lot of improvement to makes Barcelona performance quite better even finally they can overtake Real Madrid position on standings league so in Laliga Barcelona has return as strong contender for Madrid

One thing for sure indeed in the defensive lines they lost Gerard Pique who decide to retired but this aren't big problem for Barcelona because this season some of players can be able to played at his position but it is confirmed Xavi will looking for at least one defenders players this January and several names has appears lately such as Milan Skriniar or Juan Foyth

[makishart]

Memphis Depay has arrived to Barcelona when Koeman era at that time Koeman has impress to his performance and decide to get him with free transfer status so basically Depay isn't the player who buyed by Xavi and when first time Xavi train Barcelona on 2021 indeed Depay is Xavi main player for forward option this because Barcelona had lack of forward players who can scoring goals but this season everything was changed especially after the arrival of Lewandowski that Xavi has decide to trust Lewandowski than Depay so basically Memphis Depay is the victim of changed manager and obviously he will be for sale this winter

Depay contract at barcelona will expire in the summer window of 2023 so barcelona can take advantage of this winter window opportunity to release Depay instead of keeping him for the second half of the season. I saw some news about Depay status at Barcelona, ​​which in fact will be released in January with a lower price clause, considering that Barcelona brought in Depay with free transfers in the previous season. The player will also be more interested in moving to another team considering that he has been marginalized at Barcelona after Xavi chose Lewandowski for the front line. Depay quality as an attacker is very good, it's just that he lacks playing hours which makes it difficult for Depay to find his best form this season.

There is currently some speculation about him being sold cheaply by Barcelona in this transfer.
Indeed, this is quite reasonable, especially when considering their current condition, which is having difficulty maintaining their expense and income margins, so it is clear that Depay will be issued to provide leeway for their budget, especially in player salaries.
Currently, the price of 5 million has been set for anyone who wants Depay's services.

Depay doesn't fit to Barcelona style if I should say
Barcelona are even ready to get his current contract terminated
He should have leftyif he had agreement with Juventus but he never did. Rumors are now link with United

Better for him to leave barcelona. I didn't know why he wanna stay at barcelona once barcelona didn't even need him. The problem is when his contract got terminated by barcelona and then he will be going out with free transfer. There are some teams like MU was ready to sign him. United has been rumoured to be interested with him since last transfer season but the problem is on the depay itself caused by he has not yet decided to leave from the barcelona although he was not even being chosen as main choice by xavi.

[wiss19]

It's been 3 seasons Barcelona have not tasted the La Liga title, they can only be runners up. Their financial problems are one of the reasons they can't get a degree. It is a very terrible thing for a team because it will be bad for the balance of the team itself and that has been felt by Barcelona in recent years. This season they have spent a lot of money in the midst of the crisis they are going through to bring in several players to strengthen the team. Xavi Hernandez must prove that what Barcelona has issued has produced good results for them.

Yeah, in last three years they are suffering badly with on and off the field issues which are creating new problems for them specially with heir huge debit issue they are having serious concerns which need quick and positive development from their side even they are having many opportunities.

But, these all are not easy and having good chance to solve things for hem but still in this season they are doing good and have fair chance to win title because improved of quality players and having solid defence helping them in this La Liga season with exit from Champions League is still shocking news for many fans, but now their expectations are high on La Liga title, and we can hope good performance for them for this with just 14 rounds gone, and they are leading, but 24 rounds still left which mean long way to go.

[onecall123]

It's been 3 seasons Barcelona have not tasted the La Liga title, they can only be runners up. Their financial problems are one of the reasons they can't get a degree. It is a very terrible thing for a team because it will be bad for the balance of the team itself and that has been felt by Barcelona in recent years. This season they have spent a lot of money in the midst of the crisis they are going through to bring in several players to strengthen the team. Xavi Hernandez must prove that what Barcelona has issued has produced good results for them.

Yeah, in last three years they are suffering badly with on and off the field issues which are creating new problems for them specially with heir huge debit issue they are having serious concerns which need quick and positive development from their side even they are having many opportunities.

But, these all are not easy and having good chance to solve things for hem but still in this season they are doing good and have fair chance to win title because improved of quality players and having solid defence helping them in this La Liga season with exit from Champions League is still shocking news for many fans, but now their expectations are high on La Liga title, and we can hope good performance for them for this with just 14 rounds gone, and they are leading, but 24 rounds still left which mean long way to go.

In the 2021-22 season, Barca finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Madrid. Also in the 2022-23 season, Xavi addressed several issues. There has been a change in situation as Lewandowski is on fire, but Madrid star Karim Benzema is having difficulties. This season, Real Madrid will need to defend their title against Xavi's Barcelona, who has already warned that his side is going to be a tougher contender than Real Madrid. While Barcelona's exit from Champions League is still shocking, they will now focus on their La Liga title, and now they have high expectations since they are in first place.

[Docnaster]

It's been 3 seasons Barcelona have not tasted the La Liga title, they can only be runners up. Their financial problems are one of the reasons they can't get a degree. It is a very terrible thing for a team because it will be bad for the balance of the team itself and that has been felt by Barcelona in recent years. This season they have spent a lot of money in the midst of the crisis they are going through to bring in several players to strengthen the team. Xavi Hernandez must prove that what Barcelona has issued has produced good results for them.

Yeah, in last three years they are suffering badly with on and off the field issues which are creating new problems for them specially with heir huge debit issue they are having serious concerns which need quick and positive development from their side even they are having many opportunities.

But, these all are not easy and having good chance to solve things for hem but still in this season they are doing good and have fair chance to win title because improved of quality players and having solid defence helping them in this La Liga season with exit from Champions League is still shocking news for many fans, but now their expectations are high on La Liga title, and we can hope good performance for them for this with just 14 rounds gone, and they are leading, but 24 rounds still left which mean long way to go.

Barcelona on their own tried to solve their problems and remain a big team in the Laliga. Assuming Barcelona is in English Premier League and what happened to them occurred, they may not be able to see top 4 for the next 4 seasons. They are lucky the competition is not very deadly in laliga.
Let Barcelona continue to build and they will gradually have the influence and authority back. No matter how good you are, of you loose your influence, you can do nothing in the Champions League.

[Oneandpure]

In the 2021-22 season, Barca finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Madrid. Also in the 2022-23 season, Xavi addressed several issues. There has been a change in situation as Lewandowski is on fire, but Madrid star Karim Benzema is having difficulties. This season, Real Madrid will need to defend their title against Xavi's Barcelona, who has already warned that his side is going to be a tougher contender than Real Madrid. While Barcelona's exit from Champions League is still shocking, they will now focus on their La Liga title, and now they have high expectations since they are in first place.

Last season Barcelona faced problem with financial crisis and Xavi haven't many option with player composition and made difficult compete Madrid at standing position then have remaining 13 points left end season. Difference financial this season and have much budget make Barcelona superior and consistency on La Liga by managed standing position with 2 points remaining from rival Real Madrid, but Barcelona have poor performance at Champion League failed qualify to round 16 and have to play on Europe League in this season.

Barcelona still have expected for La Liga trophy if can consistency until at the end season, but still need consistency when against big team after several beaten got this season from bigger team like  Real Madrid, Inter and Bayern Munich.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Last season Barcelona faced problem with financial crisis and Xavi haven't many option with player composition and made difficult compete Madrid at standing position then have remaining 13 points left end season. Difference financial this season and have much budget make Barcelona superior and consistency on La Liga by managed standing position with 2 points remaining from rival Real Madrid, but Barcelona have poor performance at Champion League failed qualify to round 16 and have to play on Europe League in this season.

This is not correct and I have explained it in this thread. What Barcelona have done this year is a flight forward by mortgaging a good part of their future, which has given them momentary relief in this league. But the stress of the financial situation is there, and bad results are going to add a lot more pressure than Madrid will be under if they string a few bad results together.

So far Barcelona have held up well, we'll see what happens after this break, which is when things start to become clearer.

[bestcoins1]

Barcelona's strength in defense is still not strong and easily penetrated by opposing forces, therefore the task of Barcelona at this time must be to find defenders who can withstand various kinds of attacks from opponents, while to balance the strengths of Barcelona still requires a process because it is not easy to looking for players that match what is expected.

The option of looking for new players to be placed at the back, Barcelona have time at the start of next year as the transfer window will reopen and all teams can hunt for the players they want and sell the players they no longer need. And because the balance of power in the Barcelona team itself is still not completely good, Barcelona must always fight in every game in the second half of the season in order to maintain its current position.

[Pandu Geddon]

Barcelona's strength in defense is still not strong and easily penetrated by opposing forces, therefore the task of Barcelona at this time must be to find defenders who can withstand various kinds of attacks from opponents, while to balance the strengths of Barcelona still requires a process because it is not easy to looking for players that match what is expected.

The option of looking for new players to be placed at the back, Barcelona have time at the start of next year as the transfer window will reopen and all teams can hunt for the players they want and sell the players they no longer need. And because the balance of power in the Barcelona team itself is still not completely good, Barcelona must always fight in every game in the second half of the season in order to maintain its current position.

I'm not sure Barca will spend enough money on players in the winter transfer market. if it's even possible to get the defender they need. it must also be balanced with the sale of players who are not included in Xavi's plans in the remaining half of the season. However, Barca's financial condition has not recovered, and still has debts with players whose salaries are paid in installments.
or with another choice, Barca and Xavi must rotate their strategy to survive with the current condition of the players. if that happens, I doubt Barca's ambition will be to return to the La Liga trophy.