La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Oneandpure]

We can only hope but it seems like that the only change gonna be the main striker from barcelona. As far as i know that barcelona refuses to sell de jong. Depay has a very big chance to play against espanyol. I hope that espanyol will be also giving a tough game for barcelona.
Barcelona and real madrids will be trying to win the match. That's gonna be interesting match. Will barcelona have a domination over espanyol even without lewandowski? Let's see how barcelona will able to make goal without lewandowski.

Xavi Hernandez have option with three forward left right now between Memphis Depay, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres as option can replacing position leaving by Robert Lewandowski absent three matches later. I think have option between Memphis Depay or Ferran Torres with their character as center forward depending Ansu Fati with his regular position left forward.

Espanyol still underperformance in this season looking on their current standing position right now, having 12 points from 14 matches and behind 1 points left from regelation team zone. Maybe the first match after the international break could be enough recovery time for Espanyol to gain points from Barcelona in the Catalunya derby match.

[rendravolt]

Betis vs Bilbao is the game I've been waiting for from LaLiga and I still believe Betis has the first chance to win the game but also they are the better team and have the better players. Bilbao , in my opinion , they have massive luck to be on 4th place in LaLiga and this will change when teams like ATL.Madrid and maybe Valencia will start to win more games.

Currently the first round match is underway at minute 28, so far the two teams are playing quite well but with the same number of points the chances of winning for both teams are very slim and it could end in a draw. But overall my players favor Real Betis in this match. We hope that in this first half someone will score first so that they can present an exciting match.

[Porfirii]

Betis vs Bilbao is the game I've been waiting for from LaLiga and I still believe Betis has the first chance to win the game but also they are the better team and have the better players. Bilbao , in my opinion , they have massive luck to be on 4th place in LaLiga and this will change when teams like ATL.Madrid and maybe Valencia will start to win more games.

Currently the first round match is underway at minute 28, so far the two teams are playing quite well but with the same number of points the chances of winning for both teams are very slim and it could end in a draw. But overall my players favor Real Betis in this match. We hope that in this first half someone will score first so that they can present an exciting match.

The first half is over and the result is still 0-0. Perhaps we see a match with no goals, although I expected more, like you. Taking into account the tight difference between teams, each point counts.

Btw, I expect Athletic to win, if someone scores a goal today.

[Zackgeno96]

Still no goals in the match between Real Betis and Atheltic de Bilbao. I think this is a best of the rest game. Both teams will especially not want to lose, if they both play the 2nd half with this goal, this could well be a goalless match. We saw a little more fireworks at Girona - Rayo Vallecano, which ended in an attractive draw with 2-2. The worst referee of the World Cup, who led Argenitnie - Netherlands, will just whistle again in the Spanish league this weekend.

[rendravolt]

Betis vs Bilbao is the game I've been waiting for from LaLiga and I still believe Betis has the first chance to win the game but also they are the better team and have the better players. Bilbao , in my opinion , they have massive luck to be on 4th place in LaLiga and this will change when teams like ATL.Madrid and maybe Valencia will start to win more games.

Currently the first round match is underway at minute 28, so far the two teams are playing quite well but with the same number of points the chances of winning for both teams are very slim and it could end in a draw. But overall my players favor Real Betis in this match. We hope that in this first half someone will score first so that they can present an exciting match.

The first half is over and the result is still 0-0. Perhaps we see a match with no goals, although I expected more, like you. Taking into account the tight difference between teams, each point counts.

Btw, I expect Athletic to win, if someone scores a goal today.

This looks like it will be an exciting match to watch, Real Betis produced 2 shots on target but still couldn't score in the first half. Meanwhile, the possession of the ball was almost evenly matched between the two teams and it is true that every goal scored will be counted in this match, it is very difficult to predict who will win it.

[kawetsriyanto]

It's true that in a last few seasons of Messi in Barcelona, their quality was lower than what they had in the past with Pep Guardiola and Luiz Enrique as their coaches and with better players, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Eto'o, Suarez, Neymar ... The transfer of Neymar to PSG marks a decreasing quality of Barcelona.

After that Messi carried Barcelona from scoring goals, making key passes, creating chances, controlling match intensity for them. Anyway as a single player, Messi could not bring them to success. Their defense was worse than in the past too.

Barcelona can't get the successors of Xavi and Iniesta, it is not about the decrease in Messi's performance or the bad quality of the coach's strategy. They have no good players who can control the match in the midfield line, no one who can serve Messi as well as Xavi-Iniesta. Even, after Messi was leaving and Xavi became the coach, we never see a solid tiki-taka as previously.

Sure, Messi can't make the success of Barcelona lonely. It is a football game, it is about teamwork.

Xavi is still obsessed with tiki-taka that he is familiar with but he does not have enough ingredients to build a good one with players he has. I don't see too much different in Xavi tiki taka and the past one. Barcelona are playing more directly and using more physical strength in attacking but not different than in the past. At least, they are not too productive to covert ball possession to goals.

Xavi needs time to adopt a new tiki-taka model with new players. And since Barcelona main lineup has some young players, they need more experience to play with the tiki-taka tactic effectively. Honestly, I believe Xavi will lead Barcelona to their best era again if he continues to manage Barcelona. It may be not in the near future (not in this season), but in the next few years.

[lalabotax]

This year's La Liga title will be taken by Real Madrid

You appear to be quite certain that Real Madrid will win the league this season. Remember, the league has only recently resumed, and they will be playing the remaining half of the matches. I won't argue with you about the possible league winner based on their performance, but let's see if they can maintain their performance in the remaining league matches to earn the title.

argumenting this seem slike gambling. Both Barcelona and Real Madrid has the chance. but rigjt mow, it is still difficult to determine which one that will be the winner of La Liga. both deserve the title if they can be more consisten to play amd always having more victories.

btw, Atletico Madrid is now playong aginst Elche and the score is currently still draw 0-0. Atletico Madrid must be able to win if we see the squad and Elche is the lowest team. but again, sometimes, Atletico Madrid gives bad surprise.

[emrecemsan]

Atletico Madrid might seem from the statistics like they are very dominant against Elche now but I don't think so to tell the truth.

They haven't been able to prevent Elche players much from passing the ball to each other so many times. These teams have a quite close number of dangerous attacks as well. Maybe Atletico Madrid have 11 goal attempts while Elche's is 3. However only one of Atletico Madrid's attempts was on target. This is a pretty bad performance if you ask me. But they are still so lucky that Elche's centre-back Verdu was sent off just before the end of the first half. This is a golden opportunity for Atletico Madrid to win.

[Furious 7]

The two leading clubs are clearly the favorites in this match.
The Barcelona squad is missing Lewandowski but they won't have too much trouble as it seems their young players are still quite strong but this could also be a stumbling block for them.
On the other hand for Madrid now they have to stick around and 3 points is a good thing for them to do in this game. 2 points is not a difficult thing to chase and don't let them slip up at this time because this can be quite troublesome for them if Barcelona manages to add points.

For Real Madrid this should be a good chance to get a winning point because against Valladollid, with a point difference of only 2 points from first place, there is a possibility that Real Madrid will take first place from Barcelona, but I am sure that Barcelona will not lose to the enemy Espanyol according to them it will also be easy to beat so that there will be a very tight struggle for position.

Actually I still think both of them will still get 3 points in this match even though Barcelona are in a difficult condition because their goal scorer Lewandowski must be absent but there are still several other players who can still replace that.
The performance of their young players is still quite good with Raphinha and Ansu on the wings supported by Pedri, Gavi and De Jong they are still very strong in their midfield and attack line.
It's just that whether Xavi will make a decision with Depay in it or force another player like Ferran in the center striker is still possible.

[kawetsriyanto]

btw, Atletico Madrid is now playong aginst Elche and the score is currently still draw 0-0. Atletico Madrid must be able to win if we see the squad and Elche is the lowest team. but again, sometimes, Atletico Madrid gives bad surprise.

I don't think this time Atletico will surprise us again by getting a draw or a loss.
They are against the weakest team in La Liga, they dominated the match, and they are leading the number of players (1 Elche player got a red card).
There is no reason for Atletico Madrid to fail of getting 3 points today. It is a must, too bad if they fail. They have a big chance now, even a small team should win in this situation. So, it will a shame if we see a draw or a loss for Atletico Madrid in this match.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Few goals today in the Spanish league in the last 2 games of the evening. They don't seem to care that much. We could expect something like this from Atletico Madrid, that is not a team that is constantly looking for the attack. Still, it is important for Atletico to win this match, if you underperform a few matches in a row, you will be back in 9th place instead of 3rd place. So few are the differences in the sub-top of Spanish football. The wait is for Real madrid and Barcelona this weekend, see how they came out of the winter break.

[beerlover]

I really missed this very competitive league, let's see if the performances of the teams will be the same as before. Real Madrid and Barcelona must win 3 points without difficulty, their opponents are not very strong. If they make a mistake in a week like this, they can cause teams to panic.
I don't expect any surprise result this week, the leaderboard will not change for long and after 1 day Barcelona will be the leader again

Let's see if the first match in week 15 will be interesting or mediocre. Because these two teams are not the favored teams to win the best position at the end of the season. I'm sure we all miss the performances of Real Madrid and Barcelona more than the league itself, because the competition between these two teams has been eagerly awaited since Barcelona managed to return to the expected performance since being handled by Xavi Hernandez. 

I mean it is really not that much of a big deal if you think about it. League is not something that is do or die for most of the games, it is either that way when it comes to last games and teams play to win, or it is already over by the end and last weeks are just boring waiting it out type of deal.

Like this league will be Barcelona and Real fighting till the end, so these weeks will not matter too much, but look at Ligue 1, it is basically over before it even started and that's the difference. So that's why week 15, week 8, week 22 these type of weeks do not really matter individually, they are just there so we would watch and have something to do for 2-3 hours away from the pains of real life.

[Joca97]

Few goals today in the Spanish league in the last 2 games of the evening. They don't seem to care that much. We could expect something like this from Atletico Madrid, that is not a team that is constantly looking for the attack. Still, it is important for Atletico to win this match, if you underperform a few matches in a row, you will be back in 9th place instead of 3rd place. So few are the differences in the sub-top of Spanish football. The wait is for Real madrid and Barcelona this weekend, see how they came out of the winter break.

Atletico Madrid had man more them Elche for a short period of time and couldnt score but when they received the red card and the game was even they were able to score with a nice assist from Grizmann and a nice goal by Felix. Still 20 mins to go and hopefully they win it

[LGD2Business]

Atlético is really weird. Hermoso gets a red card from a double yellow card with a ridiculous mistake while opponents was 10 players remaining. Seeing 2 yellow cards in 3 minutes is seriously irresponsible. Nevertheless, Atlético scored. Playing 10 on 10 felt better for them, oddly enough. Both Griezmann and Felix contributed to the goal. Elche couldn't get into many positions, this is probably how this match ends. If there is no penalty or something, Elche's chances of scoring are very low. They can't even shoot.

[Dewi Aries]

Atlético is really weird. Hermoso gets a red card from a double yellow card with a ridiculous mistake while opponents was 10 players remaining. Seeing 2 yellow cards in 3 minutes is seriously irresponsible. Nevertheless, Atlético scored. Playing 10 on 10 felt better for them, oddly enough. Both Griezmann and Felix contributed to the goal. Elche couldn't get into many positions, this is probably how this match ends. If there is no penalty or something, Elche's chances of scoring are very low. They can't even shoot.

Total shots 14 vs 4 and ball possession 63% vs 37% Elche couldn't do anything Elche could do nothing beside wait for the match to end
Now Atletico Madrid secure 3 points after Alvaro Morata scored the 2nd goal in the 74th minute while taking 3rd place in the standings.

[terrorJR]

For Real Madrid this should be a good chance to get a winning point because against Valladollid, with a point difference of only 2 points from first place, there is a possibility that Real Madrid will take first place from Barcelona, but I am sure that Barcelona will not lose to the enemy Espanyol according to them it will also be easy to beat so that there will be a very tight struggle for position.

Now the conditions for them to win are so strong that I think 3 points for each (Barcelona and Real Madrid) will still happen.
2 Points is no big deal and the league is still long enough for anything to happen. I'm pretty sure Madrid actually hope that there won't be any more problems for Benzema now because this is what Madrid needs to catch up with Barcelona who are currently at a slight disadvantage due to Lewandowski's absence.

Real madrid will have a replacement for him very soon. Endrick will not able to play and real madrid was still looking for a good striker. Real madrid will be winning la liga for this season. Madrid will be doing so well compared with barcelona. Benzema may absent even longer than we expected.
I think that real madrid shall not rely with him. Benzema was also getting even older. It's the time for real madrid to hunt the new talent that will replace him in the future. Real madrid has some list of potential strikers at this moment.

Endrick still has approximately 2 seasons to make him better and fit to be in the current Madrid squad and indeed maybe there should be an alternative for Benzema because even though Benzema's focus is currently only on Madrid because he has left France but has a problem with the vulnerability of his feet and age is still a major problem.
But on the other hand, I'm still pretty sure about his performance, as long as his body is in good condition, he will continue to play and be the foundation for Madrid.

[Velvet78]

Atletico Madrid are indeed not playing efficiently at all. The percentage of successful goal attempts is very low despite being dominant in ball possession from the beginning to the end. Having only 4 shots on target is a very bad statistics for sure. There were three red cards as well in this game. Especially Quina's red card was really funny.    The guy entered the game in the 83rd minute. He got his first yellow in 3 minutes and the second yellow came 4 minutes after that.  

If Elche had hopes for an equalizer he ended them for sure. However Atletico Madrid are still very unreliable as I said in my previous posts.

[Doell]

Atletico Madrid are indeed not playing efficiently at all. The percentage of successful goal attempts is very low despite being dominant in ball possession from the beginning to the end. Having only 4 shots on target is a very bad statistics for sure. There were three red cards as well in this game. Especially Quina's red card was really funny.    The guy entered the game in the 83rd minute. He got his first yellow in 3 minutes and the second yellow came 4 minutes after that.  

If Elche had hopes for an equalizer he ended them for sure. However Atletico Madrid are still very unreliable as I said in my previous posts.

Yes Domingos Quina the young man had a bad unlucky day after this international break, Elche really can't get out of the relegation zone and will drop caste. I look at the table standings Atletico Madrid was lucky when Athletic Club couldn't get 3 points in today's match, if only they had success to win against Real Betis maybe Atletico Madrid would be in fourth place in the standings. But there is still Real Sociedad ready to shift third place, is it possible they will get three points tomorrow against Osasuna?

[Prince Malik]

Atletico Madrid are indeed not playing efficiently at all. The percentage of successful goal attempts is very low despite being dominant in ball possession from the beginning to the end. Having only 4 shots on target is a very bad statistics for sure. There were three red cards as well in this game. Especially Quina's red card was really funny.    The guy entered the game in the 83rd minute. He got his first yellow in 3 minutes and the second yellow came 4 minutes after that.  

If Elche had hopes for an equalizer he ended them for sure. However Atletico Madrid are still very unreliable as I said in my previous posts.

But in the end they was able to get very important 3 points which they really needed to recover their confidence, they generally played well and crrated 18 goal attempt in the match and scored 2 goals and that's generally good, the next round they have a very defficultie match against Barcelona in comp nou and they should prepare well to at least get one point which will be very precious

[snipie]

Atlético is really weird. Hermoso gets a red card from a double yellow card with a ridiculous mistake while opponents was 10 players remaining. Seeing 2 yellow cards in 3 minutes is seriously irresponsible. Nevertheless, Atlético scored. Playing 10 on 10 felt better for them, oddly enough. Both Griezmann and Felix contributed to the goal. Elche couldn't get into many positions, this is probably how this match ends. If there is no penalty or something, Elche's chances of scoring are very low. They can't even shoot.

Take a look on Neymar in PSG and everything will look normal with yellow card followed by a red one
ATM managed to get 3 points and that's the important point. The number of red cards in that game was more than the goals scored BTW.
For me, Bilbao and Betis was more challenging and the draw in that match made ATM jump to the 3rd place alone.