La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Sirait]

If you think about the probability of Barcelona winning the La Liga title, we can see that Barcelona only have one really good opponent that they will have to worry about and that is Real Madrid. Without Real Madrid, Barcelona can win against the other teams without too many problems. So, I believe that if Barcelona can perform well against that other opponents and maintain that opposition on the table, Even if they don't win against Real Madrid, it is not going to cause too many problems for them.

But Real Madrid is not going to accept defeat so early in the season. They are also trying to get to the first position of the table. But at the same time, Real Madrid will have to think about defending the Champions League trophy successfully. Barcelona does not have any problems like that. That is one benefit Barcelona has.

after reportedly retiring from the French national team, benzema will focus more on madrid and I think the competition between the two giant la liga teams will be even tougher. real marid still has a big chance to shift barca, the two teams will definitely continue to compete to win in every match they will face in the future and I'm really looking forward to their extraordinary performance.

[SquallLeonhart]

I noticed things are slightly different at Barcelona to how it was for Lewandowski at Bayern Munich. At Bayern munich he had enough support from his team mates, I must say I am a little bit surprised at his performance level at Barcelona, at the age of 34 I expected a decline in performance but he has managed to keep up and still scoring many goals this season. Barcelona can do much better if Usman Dembele and Raphinha can step up their game and make more contributions.

I agree with you, and still they have managed to be on Top 1 in La Liga. They are playing at the expected level, put they could perform better and settle a difference in points between then and Real Madrid if they coordinated more their game. But this way is also good, as there will be a fierce competition between both teams also.

His great interest in playing for Barcelona gives him more enthusiasm in my opinion, so he quickly gives his best for Barcelona. In the last season's transfer market, we saw how determined Lewandowski was to leave for Barcelona. It's something to appreciate what Lewandowski has given to Barcelona, even though it hasn't made any achievements for them, but his appearance gives a lot of hope to give something valuable.

I think Lewandowski wanting to play for Barcelona has nothing to do with his talents or skills or how he plays. I mean he is a professional who would play however he could, as well as he could anywhere he goes. The difference is that Bayern players got used to him, he wasn't this good the season he joined Bayern neither, but the more they got to know him, the more goals he scored.

He is not young anymore, but he is not super old neither, by the time everyone around him in Barcelona gets used to him, they would be able to actually give him the passes he wants and he would be scoring a lot more goals, or maybe it would be too late and he would get older before they get used to him.

[Marvell1]

Xavi has done his best for barcelona in laliga where xavi was able to bring barcelona to the lead at the top of the standings. Lewandowski is an important player in Barcelona revival this season. he became the figure who contributed the most through the goals he scored to bring Barcelona to beat their opponents. Xavi will be able to bring Barcelona back strong in the coming seasons. He will become the next Pep Guardiola if Laporta trusts Xavi in ​​a long project.

Talking about Xavi's success at Barcelona, ​​then perhaps we also need to talk about their current statistics. I quoted something from one of the sources [1] to see how the Laliga team's statistics are. And sure enough, Barcelona seem to have the upper hand statistically and they are a top rated team. Not too different from Real Madrid, but I recognize Barcelona's advantage based on this.
Xavi is considered to have been able to make Barcelona improve more than the previous coach. Barcelona had a good game play and they seem to be getting into a rhythm again at the moment. The performances of Lewandowski, Dembele and Raphinha have made them have a strong attacker. But these statistics are also supported by good midfield, defense and attackers.

[1] https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/206/Tournaments/4/Seasons/9149/Stages/21073/TeamStatistics/Spain-LaLiga-2022-2023

The statistics you provide seem clear enough that Xavi is able to make Barcelona a stronger team, not only in Laliga but Barcelona can be even stronger in the champions league, but all of that requires a process which will not happen in one season. Xavi career will be good at Barcelona if he is able to present a trophy this season because the demands of fans are champions and champions, they don't know that all successful achievements will take a long time. barcelona has two opportunities to win trophy this season in the Europa League and Laliga. Laporta is very happy if Xavi is able to present the Laliga Trophy this season.

I think what @ginsan is trying to say is that recently a lot of coaches have not been able to do well with Barcelona. Barcelona actually struggled a lot to find a suitable coach who will be able to bring in good results for themselves. But Barcelona was not able to find anyone worthy. Until Xavi came as the coach of Barcelona.

With him being the coach of Barcelona, we could see an instant improvement in the performance of Barcelona. It is hard to actually say that he is the only reason for Barcelona's success. But it is also not going to be very wrong to say that he had a lot of influence in the recent success of Barcelona in La Liga.

I honestly think that he took a very sensible and realistic approach to everything. He understood that this squad is not going to be able to win everything. So, he chose a target which is the La Liga title and he is concentrating on that. .

[Docnaster]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

I don't think FC Barcelona is deficient to the extent that requires a complete overhaul... The club still has good midfielders, good defenders, and attackers which is the best arm of the team. What Barcelona needs now are more players that could make a good second 11, but currently, the club is struggling with financial constraints and this has become their major hindrance in adding more players to the team. The team doesn't need an overhaul because the players available are doing well, they only need good substitutes.

[DanWalker]

I noticed things are slightly different at Barcelona to how it was for Lewandowski at Bayern Munich. At Bayern munich he had enough support from his team mates, I must say I am a little bit surprised at his performance level at Barcelona, at the age of 34 I expected a decline in performance but he has managed to keep up and still scoring many goals this season. Barcelona can do much better if Usman Dembele and Raphinha can step up their game and make more contributions.

I agree with you, and still they have managed to be on Top 1 in La Liga. They are playing at the expected level, put they could perform better and settle a difference in points between then and Real Madrid if they coordinated more their game. But this way is also good, as there will be a fierce competition between both teams also.

His great interest in playing for Barcelona gives him more enthusiasm in my opinion, so he quickly gives his best for Barcelona. In the last season's transfer market, we saw how determined Lewandowski was to leave for Barcelona. It's something to appreciate what Lewandowski has given to Barcelona, even though it hasn't made any achievements for them, but his appearance gives a lot of hope to give something valuable.

I think Lewandowski wanting to play for Barcelona has nothing to do with his talents or skills or how he plays. I mean he is a professional who would play however he could, as well as he could anywhere he goes. The difference is that Bayern players got used to him, he wasn't this good the season he joined Bayern neither, but the more they got to know him, the more goals he scored.
He is not young anymore, but he is not super old neither, by the time everyone around him in Barcelona gets used to him, they would be able to actually give him the passes he wants and he would be scoring a lot more goals, or maybe it would be too late and he would get older before they get used to him.

His game as a Barcelona player isn't that much different from his game as a Bayern Munich player, as I believe in both teams he is the main man in the attack and the focus of the attack for the team. The most surprising thing about the player is that, even at the age of 34, he has been playing like a 23 year old player which is phenomenal at this stage of his career.

Furthermore, I would like to point out that his physique has been improving season after season and he seems to be fitter than he has ever been.
In my opinion, he will be able to play at least two more seasons at the top of his game.

[Maidak]

I noticed things are slightly different at Barcelona from how it was for Lewandowski at Bayern Munich. At Bayern Munich he had enough support from his teammates, I must say I am a little bit surprised at his performance level at Barcelona, at the age of 34 I expected a decline in performance but he has managed to keep up and still scored many goals this season. Barcelona can do much better if Usman Dembele and Raphinha can step up their game and make more contributions.

No doubt Robert Lewandoski is doing great at Barcelona much more than what was expected from him because of his age and the level and number of goals he has scored for Bayern Munich. At Bayern, he has so many players helping him no doubt likewise here in  FC Barcelona where he is considered the savior of Barcelona in most cases because looking at the number of goals he has scored so far it can be said that the Barcelona team is under his shoulders because without his presence in a match Barcelona still finds it difficult to score goals and win matches. Lewandoski is a good goal scorer no need to be surprised when he scores goals as for his age, it has nothing to do with his performance all he needs just a good pass from his teammates and he will score as many goals as possible even as he is the top scorer so far in Laliga.

Bayern Munich was more of a complete team than the current Xavi Hernandez and Barcelona side who are still struggling to build themselves together and have a good and sharp chemistry amongst the full squad.
Lewandoski wanted a change as he felt 2020 he should have been the favorite candidate to win the FIFA World Cup which was robbed indirectly or directly by the organisers for Lionel Messi.
Once Barcelona gets that close union and Chemistry, best believe they're dominating the La Liga and I kinda feel like Lewandoski would win the Ballon d'or one of these years ahead, I believe.

One thing I have to say is that even though we think Barcelona does not have good chemistry between the players, they still have a good midfield. So the support shouldn’t have been so bad.

The only problem is that the midfield players are very young in Barcelona and the attacking side of Barcelona is quite old. And Robert Lewandowski is very old at this point.

So often times we can say that the midfield players are trying to be heroes by themselves instead of trying to feed the ball to Robert Lewandowski. But once this and happening and the chemistry between the players build up, well, I think we will be able to see a better performance From both Barcelona and Robert Lewandowski. It’s not like Robert Lewandowski is not performing well. But I think with good chemistry between his teammates, he will be more devastating.

[Doell]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

I don't think FC Barcelona is deficient to the extent that requires a complete overhaul... The club still has good midfielders, good defenders, and attackers which is the best arm of the team. What Barcelona needs now are more players that could make a good second 11, but currently, the club is struggling with financial constraints and this has become their major hindrance in adding more players to the team. The team doesn't need an overhaul because the players available are doing well, they only need good substitutes.

You're right, we already know that this team doesn't need to add any more players, there are already reliable strikers and defenders which can make it difficult for the opposing team to attack and defend. Previously Xavi bought many good players for Barcelona to get the Champions League trophy, whose finances were bad because the club needed big sponsors and investors, this team needed was a great tactical strategy and fund.

[martyns]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

I don't think FC Barcelona is deficient to the extent that requires a complete overhaul... The club still has good midfielders, good defenders, and attackers which is the best arm of the team. What Barcelona needs now are more players that could make a good second 11, but currently, the club is struggling with financial constraints and this has become their major hindrance in adding more players to the team. The team doesn't need an overhaul because the players available are doing well, they only need good substitutes.

Barcelona are a very good team,and if you see their starting eleven,you will see that they are capable of winning every thing, especially when they added players like Lewandowski who was a prolific goal scorer at Dortmund,he is now at Barca,and he has been doing incredibly well at the camp nou.The issue of substitute may affect them a little bit because they don't really have second line ups who can come in to replace them when fatigue hits their first team players.
I think this transfer window will be the perfect time for them to sign players in the transfer window to give them squad depth.
If new players can come into the club now,then there is every tendency that Barcelona will either lift the Lalliga trophy or Europa league.

[Merit.s]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

I don't think FC Barcelona is deficient to the extent that requires a complete overhaul... The club still has good midfielders, good defenders, and attackers which is the best arm of the team. What Barcelona needs now are more players that could make a good second 11, but currently, the club is struggling with financial constraints and this has become their major hindrance in adding more players to the team. The team doesn't need an overhaul because the players available are doing well, they only need good substitutes.

Facing challenges in life,the same also apply to the clubs since it is under human control,problems that lead to a club poor performance is normal and natural,things most not go rossy all the time,there was a period when Barcelona was winning trophies and enjoying the happy times but now it turns out that the club is facing a little challenge,which is leading to their present performance. The players are doing great and I might say are the best the club has,so overhaul of players can't solve the present predicament they are passing through but solve the problem first.

[makishart]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will really help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

Since barcelona will be facing atletico madrid and then barcelona needs to prepare everything but i can't deny that atletico madrid was also performing so during last three matches. i meant look at how atletico madrid were not able winning in the last three matches and it was facing two loses and 1 draw. i think that atletico madrid was in a bad position right now and barcelona can take the advantage from atletico madrid caused by it may have bad performance during the match against barcelona. Moreover lewandowski will be coming with full strength after world cup gave him long holiday. I hope that barcelona can secure the full points against atletico madrid.

[D-law]

One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will really help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.

What are you saying they are currently doing that with the club
What they need is to offload some players and get new once
The problem will be the lack of money they have Barcelona still have not solve some money issues

[TopT3ns]

I think they bought too many players and dismantled the team so many times in the last couple of years trying to get a new team and right team for their club. The players still dont know how to play with each other plus coach didnt do so great aswell. They need to keep a team for awhile and see if it can payoff

Barcelona must make player efficiency because Xavi really wants to stabilize Barcelona's economic condition and not spend too much, until now Barcelona's financial condition has not improved and this is a serious threat to Barcelona's future. Xavi will choose a player who has the skills and has a lot to contribute who will stay at Barcelona.

[G_Besar]

I think they bought too many players and dismantled the team so many times in the last couple of years trying to get a new team and right team for their club. The players still dont know how to play with each other plus coach didnt do so great aswell. They need to keep a team for awhile and see if it can payoff

Barcelona must make player efficiency because Xavi really wants to stabilize Barcelona's economic condition and not spend too much, until now Barcelona's financial condition has not improved and this is a serious threat to Barcelona's future. Xavi will choose a player who has the skills and has a lot to contribute who will stay at Barcelona.

Even though the club's financial condition is not healthy, Barcelona has brought in several reliable players this season. A number of players who have joined the Blaugrana are experienced players and so far they have been able to make a big contribution to the team. It's just that this team needs time to unify the vision and mission carried by Xavi.

[mamesso]

I think they bought too many players and dismantled the team so many times in the last couple of years trying to get a new team and right team for their club. The players still dont know how to play with each other plus coach didnt do so great aswell. They need to keep a team for awhile and see if it can payoff

Barcelona must make player efficiency because Xavi really wants to stabilize Barcelona's economic condition and not spend too much, until now Barcelona's financial condition has not improved and this is a serious threat to Barcelona's future. Xavi will choose a player who has the skills and has a lot to contribute who will stay at Barcelona.

One of Barcelona advantages when they are in unfavorable economic conditions is that they have talented young players. The young players promoted from the La Masia Academy have shown their best talent which has made them successful in making their way into the main squad. Besides that, Barcelona still has good player material, Xavi can play different generations of players to achieve this season's goals.
Barcelona must always keep the club's finances stable, one way to increase the club's income is by winning trophies in the competitions they participate in.

[Pandu Geddon]

I think they bought too many players and dismantled the team so many times in the last couple of years trying to get a new team and right team for their club. The players still dont know how to play with each other plus coach didnt do so great aswell. They need to keep a team for awhile and see if it can payoff

Barcelona must make player efficiency because Xavi really wants to stabilize Barcelona's economic condition and not spend too much, until now Barcelona's financial condition has not improved and this is a serious threat to Barcelona's future. Xavi will choose a player who has the skills and has a lot to contribute who will stay at Barcelona.

One of Barcelona advantages when they are in unfavorable economic conditions is that they have talented young players. The young players promoted from the La Masia Academy have shown their best talent which has made them successful in making their way into the main squad. Besides that, Barcelona still has good player material, Xavi can play different generations of players to achieve this season's goals.
Barcelona must always keep the club's finances stable, one way to increase the club's income is by winning trophies in the competitions they participate in.

one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
may be too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.

[S A KHAIR]

I think they bought too many players and dismantled the team so many times in the last couple of years trying to get a new team and right team for their club. The players still dont know how to play with each other plus coach didnt do so great aswell. They need to keep a team for awhile and see if it can payoff

Barcelona must make player efficiency because Xavi really wants to stabilize Barcelona's economic condition and not spend too much, until now Barcelona's financial condition has not improved and this is a serious threat to Barcelona's future. Xavi will choose a player who has the skills and has a lot to contribute who will stay at Barcelona.

One of Barcelona advantages when they are in unfavorable economic conditions is that they have talented young players. The young players promoted from the La Masia Academy have shown their best talent which has made them successful in making their way into the main squad. Besides that, Barcelona still has good player material, Xavi can play different generations of players to achieve this season's goals.
Barcelona must always keep the club's finances stable, one way to increase the club's income is by winning trophies in the competitions they participate in.

one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
may be too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.

Barcelona management has spent a lot of money since Xavi took charge of the Barcelona team. The party is somewhat stable but still cannot be called strong. Real Madrid still have more chances to win the title. Xavi must stabilize his team. And for that he should pick the required players for the squad. Barcelona defense is weak now. Xavi should spend money to strengthen his defense. I don't see Barcelona winning the title if the defense is not strong.

[Asiska02]

one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
may be too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.

I won't say that Xavi's presence as Barcelona's manager hasn't changed anything or done much for the team. He still needs to level up and raise the team's standard of play. One of Barcelona's current issues is the defense, which if not handled properly, will see the league title slip through his fingers. I believe Barcelona can do more; they have the funds to bring in new players or exchange them for current ones; I just hope the right decision is made before it's too late.

[D-law]

one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
may be too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.

I won't say that Xavi's presence as Barcelona's manager hasn't changed anything or done much for the team. He still needs to level up and raise the team's standard of play. One of Barcelona's current issues is the defense, which if not handled properly, will see the league title slip through his fingers. I believe Barcelona can do more; they have the funds to bring in new players or exchange them for current ones; I just hope the right decision is made before it's too late.

A change was felt amongst the players tooo
He was a better coach than the former but the former has more wins than Xavi so far
They don't have enough they still have some internal money problems

[ilovealtcoins]

one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
may be too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.

I won't say that Xavi's presence as Barcelona's manager hasn't changed anything or done much for the team. He still needs to level up and raise the team's standard of play. One of Barcelona's current issues is the defense, which if not handled properly, will see the league title slip through his fingers. I believe Barcelona can do more; they have the funds to bring in new players or exchange them for current ones; I just hope the right decision is made before it's too late.

After Xavi became the coach of Barcelona, the bonding between Barcelona players became stronger than before. The understanding between the players is now better than before. But Xavi wants to apply tiki-taka tactics. He has not been fully successful yet. Xavi needs more time to strengthen the team. He spends a lot of money to recruit players. Either way, Barcelona need a title this season.

[CageMabok]

After Xavi became the coach of Barcelona, the bonding between Barcelona players became stronger than before. The understanding between the players is now better than before. But Xavi wants to apply tiki-taka tactics. He has not been fully successful yet. Xavi needs more time to strengthen the team. He spends a lot of money to recruit players. Either way, Barcelona need a title this season.

Xavi is trying to get Barcelona to win trophies and titles this season, but if that doesn't work. That doesn't mean that Xavi isn't good at coaching the Barcelona team, because every coach has to see the team's shortcomings and try to make improvements so they can get better. So for this season I see that Barcelona has started a little better than last season, but I also can't be sure whether Barcelona's positive trend can continue for the rest of this season.