La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[3meek]

Villarreal and Real Madrid meet again in the Spanish Cup... I wonder who will win this time, but Madrid have a good chance to take revenge... But somehow I think they can lose again, judging from their last game they have a lot of problems... And Villarreal are good now...

[BRINIRHA]

But on the other hand, if Madrid really want to do better, I think the addition of players must be done, regardless of anything. Ancelotti must not make it look as if everything is fine with their current condition.

The defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup was not a good moment for Real Madrid, the defeat to Barcelona indicated that the Real Madrid squad was not in their best condition. The defeat to Barcelona was Real Madrid second defeat in a week as Real Madrid were beaten 2-1 by Villarreal last weekend in La Liga which left them three points behind Barcelona at the top of La Liga this season. Real Madrid still has a chance to win the La Liga trophy as they are only three points behind Barcelona.

Bringing top players back from the transfer market is a good idea. However, I would rather expect a change in strategy in Real Madrid's playing pattern. If you pay attention to the actual game strategy carried out by Real Madrid, it seems a bit monotonous. so that the opponents that Real Madrid recently faced seemed to have prepared themselves well and were already familiar with Real Madrid's strategy. bringing in several new players and a new strategy might be a breath of fresh air for Real Madrid.

[sana54210]

In the second half of the season, I actually see that matches are becoming increasingly difficult to predict. To be honest, I've lost a lot more at this point. different from the games earlier in the season which are more predictable. but at least right now I still have predictions that are quite sure for several matches such as Espanyol vs Real Betis, Barcelona vs Getafe and Elche vs Osasuna. in these three matches at least I hope that Osasuna, Barcelona and Real Betis can win the game.

La Liga has become competitive. Now the matches are difficult to predict. Also the favorite team is not winning. But Osasuna, Betis and Barcelona are more likely to win. Because Osasuna's opponent Elche is a weak team. I forget the last time they won against Osasuna. Also the performances of Espanyol and Getafe are not good enough. They are quite weak compared to Betis and Barcelona. However, the matches are also likely to be drawn.

I wouldn't be able to tell you which teams will win, Barcelona does look like they could win any and every game but that's not the case and they will eventually end up with a tie or a loss as well, and that's fine.

However, we are looking at a league that is a lot harder to predict, I know that it looks not so complicated to some people, but to many of us it looks like where teams are on their standings is not the case for most of them. I know betting on the 8th team against 15th team should be easier but it's no longer like that. The standings doesn't give us any kind of tips anymore, and that's a bad situation to be in, but the situation we found ourselves in anyway.

[slapper]

On the one hand, the defeat to Barcelona has made Real Madrid lose one title this season. Although the Super Cup Trophy is less prestigious than the La Liga Trophy and the Champions League, Real Madrid have fought their way to the Final even though they lost to their eternal rivals.

Even though the Spanish Super Cup is not a big competition compared to La Liga and the Copa Del Rey, of course, pride still has to be fought for. That was done by Barcelona in the final and they really considered the final like any other final so all the players played at their best. The title was won with great mood because Real Madrid is Barcelona's eternal rival throughout history.

There is another possibility regarding another El Clasico final this season, it could happen in the Copa Del Rey final if Barcelona and Real Madrid both qualify for the final. Today the two teams have their respective matches for the round of 16, Real Madrid again meet Villarreal while Barcelona meet AD Ceuta. Madrid and Barcelona are likely to win and both qualify for the quarter-finals.

Don't be too quick to count out Villarreal. They may not be as big of a name as Real Madrid, but they've been putting in work lately. They just took down Real in their last match, and they did it with style. 17 shots to Real's 15, that's no small effort. And let's not forget, this is El Clasico we're talking about. People want El Classico but I guess it is too soon to talk about it. So, don't underestimate any opponents of either Real or Barcelona

[Avirunes]

Villarreal and Real Madrid meet again in the Spanish Cup... I wonder who will win this time, but Madrid have a good chance to take revenge... But somehow I think they can lose again, judging from their last game they have a lot of problems... And Villarreal are good now...

Villareal are a tough team and they really have a very good defensive line. It will be a tough task for Madrid to break in find goals against Villareal defense. Madrid are having lot of problems and they need to defend their net properly. They also need a strong midfield hold and their attacking line needs to score goals again. They have been averaging 1 goal per game in last 5 matches which is a sign of concern for Ancelotti.

Madrid however will be looking to perform better and take revenge but it's a tough fixture and its anybody's game. I will go with Madrid in this one.

[izsara]

After the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup it should be that Anceloti began to come to his senses. Aware Barcelona were in a good position and had the best game so they lost in the final. Therefore, Anceloti should start thinking about buying new players, to improve the game. This is because the transfer market is still going on. I fear they will lose the La Liga Cup this season.

Agree with what you said, At the moment Madrid clearly has to bring in players in any case. Ancelotti has always said that they can force it with the current squad but looking at the conditions this is not enough because indeed they are still losing especially with some of their poor performances during the last few games.
There must be at least 1 midfield player to regenerate again and this one attacker is better.

maybe it's a good option for ancelotti to sign one of the most experienced players of the highest quality for the front line. Real Madrid has just been humiliated by Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup and this indicates that the Real Madrid squad really has a gap to fix. but for the laliga competition I think the is still very long and there is a possibility that real madrid will again win rank place from barcelona.

real madrid will need to initiate a swift transition to fill the gap in their squad depth. several players must be filled with new faces, especially for Karim Benzema who has been injured so many times that ancelotti has to find the right figure for that position.

At the moment there are some rumors about a midfielder like Jude but I don't think it's only that because they still need to be in attack and defense if necessary especially for now there are still rumors about Mendy's future which is not clear and this must be found a replacement soon if indeed Mendy does not renew his contract with Madrid, which is currently almost up.
Another problem is Ancelotti's answer which is still the same as the previous season by continuing to do this season with the current squad even though this is already good but they clearly need additional breaking power.

[Falconer]

The defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup was not a good moment for Real Madrid, the defeat to Barcelona indicated that the Real Madrid squad was not in their best condition. The defeat to Barcelona was Real Madrid second defeat in a week as Real Madrid were beaten 2-1 by Villarreal last weekend in La Liga which left them three points behind Barcelona at the top of La Liga this season. Real Madrid still has a chance to win the La Liga trophy as they are only three points behind Barcelona.

You know, some of the Madrid players admit that they didn't play at their best from the start, meaning they underestimated Barcelona in that game, I think. I didn't expect them not to be as serious as I hoped, but for whatever reason I have to acknowledge Barcelona's excellence and the quality of its players. Sometimes results don't go as expected, so you shouldn't underestimate anyone in a match, especially Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Barcelona won their first round against Ceuta. 0-1 at the moment, Raphinha scored. While I hope Madrid also manages to win the game against Villarreal.

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On the one hand, the defeat to Barcelona has made Real Madrid lose one title this season. Although the Super Cup Trophy is less prestigious than the La Liga Trophy and the Champions League, Real Madrid have fought their way to the Final even though they lost to their eternal rivals. On the other hand, Real Madrid failure to win the Super Cup trophy has increasingly motivated Real Madrid players to improve their quality to win trophies in the competitions they are still participating in.
Real Madrid still has the chance to win several prestigious trophies this season, Ancelotti needs to maintain the form they showed last season to maintain his status as successive champions.

losing one chance to win the title in the Spanish super cup shows that Real Madrid performance has recently decreased. Whether it's that the strategy they have compiled is easy for opponents to read or they have found a turning point for their impressive performance last season.

Ancelotti is expected to be able to change their game strategy for the upcoming matches. even though real madrid has a fairly busy schedule, their main focus must be done well enough that it can reduce the point distance from barcelona or be able to recapture 1st place from barcelona.

[Distraction]

There are some starting eleven players like Lewandowski and Raphinha are on the field now. Barcelona scored the only goal of the match thanks to Raphinha against Ceuta. I guess this won't be a challenging match for them at all. Their opponent is so weak that even with the reserve players Barcelona should be able to get the win easily. I expect more goals from them in the second half.

Villarreal - Real Madrid has just started. Both teams are playing with their usual lineups seemingly. I don't feel like Villarreal will do the same to Real Madrid here also. But I still expect Real Madrid to get the win with some difficulty. They had better look for breaking Villarreal defense early.

[hahay]

The defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup was not a good moment for Real Madrid, the defeat to Barcelona indicated that the Real Madrid squad was not in their best condition. The defeat to Barcelona was Real Madrid second defeat in a week as Real Madrid were beaten 2-1 by Villarreal last weekend in La Liga which left them three points behind Barcelona at the top of La Liga this season. Real Madrid still has a chance to win the La Liga trophy as they are only three points behind Barcelona.

You know, some of the Madrid players admit that they didn't play at their best from the start, meaning they underestimated Barcelona in that game, I think. I didn't expect them not to be as serious as I hoped, but for whatever reason I have to acknowledge Barcelona's excellence and the quality of its players. Sometimes results don't go as expected, so you shouldn't underestimate anyone in a match, especially Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Barcelona won their first round against Ceuta. 0-1 at the moment, Raphinha scored. While I hope Madrid also manages to win the game against Villarreal.

Not playing well from the start doesn't mean they underestimate Barcelona, because maybe they have a different mood so they can't play optimally. Because how can Real Madrid underestimate Barcelona because they are rivals, unless the team he is facing is another team or a team that is not part of La Liga.
So with their ignorance they can underestimate their opponent, so it is very unlikely that Real Madrid will underestimate Barcelona. Because in fact, Barcelona's position in the La Liga standings this season is also better than Real Madrid and with this factor, Real Madrid will never underestimate Barcelona.

[GiftedMAN]

Villarreal - Real Madrid has just started. Both teams are playing with their usual lineups seemingly. I don't feel like Villarreal will do the same to Real Madrid here also. But I still expect Real Madrid to get the win with some difficulty. They had better look for breaking Villarreal defense early.

I think the Real Madrid team has lost it's motivation because from what was seen during their game against Barcelona, I bet they need to do a whole lot of work to get back their team together and they really need to win this game to restore back their winning sleak and put more fear on their opponents. Funny Villarreal leads in just few minutes of play and I don't think Madrid has what it takes to come back in this game even though the match is still very fresh but Madrid is not playing like a team that wants to win marches.Etienne Capoue is the goal getter for Villarreal very good ball I must say.

[Furious 7]

Today, few Copa del Rey matches were played, nothing surprising when you see Bilbao, ATM and Valencia winning but what could be quite unexpected is to see Osasuna beating Betis. Well no one could be blamed when losing by penalties..but they could have won if they were able to resist until the end, they score then Osasuna get the draw twice.

I saw the Villarreal and Madrid games now.
  and the conditions were a bit the same as the previous encounter for them. Villarreal took the lead with a quick goal in the 4th minute through Capoue's goal. This is obviously a little disturbing because regardless of anything if Madrid lose again in this match it will clearly make the atmosphere even more gloomy for them especially this match also apart from revenge for La Liga they also need a win to advance to the next round and of course improve mentally.

[ginsan]

Real madrid are already trailing 1-0 to villarreal where a goal came in the 4th minute by Capoue in the last 16 of the Copa del rey. if you look at the depth of the real madrid squad in this match, of course they came down with a fairly complete squad, but villarreal was able to score goals early and this was quite an impressive pressure exerted by villarreal. The atmosphere of the game was getting more interesting because Real Madrid tried to equalize but until the 31th minute there was no sign that Real Madrid was able to do this. However, there is still a lot of time left. I hope Real Madrid can apply even more pressure to equalize.

[Queentoshi]

Villarreal - Real Madrid has just started. Both teams are playing with their usual lineups seemingly. I don't feel like Villarreal will do the same to Real Madrid here also. But I still expect Real Madrid to get the win with some difficulty. They had better look for breaking Villarreal defense early.

Just four minutes in and  and Villarreal are already a goal ahead of Real Madrid from Etienne Capoue and I wonder if this will be another bad game for Real Madrid or they will be able to come back from the goal down to win the game. If Villarreal score another goal, it can make things more difficult and uncomfortable for Real Madrid and mount more pressure on the the coach. Betting on Real Madrid to win games is not the best thing for people who bet to do this period at least for the now.

[nara1892]

Real madrid are already trailing 1-0 to villarreal where a goal came in the 4th minute by Capoue in the last 16 of the Copa del rey. if you look at the depth of the real madrid squad in this match, of course they came down with a fairly complete squad, but villarreal was able to score goals early and this was quite an impressive pressure exerted by villarreal. The atmosphere of the game was getting more interesting because Real Madrid tried to equalize but until the 31th minute there was no sign that Real Madrid was able to do this. However, there is still a lot of time left. I hope Real Madrid can apply even more pressure to equalize.

Only Modric is not in the squad at the moment but they are still very messy because no one player can act as the initiator in midfield to get the ball flowing.
Ancelotti also made experiments again by placing Camavinga in central midfield which is actually not his style because in the last few seasons he has always been placed in left midfield.
It's still a little difficult, especially since there hasn't been a single chance that has really threatened Madrid so far.

[Velvet78]

Real Madrid don't have a shot on target yet while Villarreal have found a goal on their first shot on target. This is quite unlucky for Real Madrid at the same time maybe. But it is still obvious that they are having the same struggles against Villarreal once again. Ancelotti should have been able to find a solution to this kind of defending already.

I really don't know what is going wrong with Real Madrid players these days. I hope they pull themselves together as quick as possible. They have title runs to maintain in the La Liga and Champions League.

[LUCKMCFLY]

oh finally someone who thinks like me
exactly, football is a show, we watch games to have fun
this is my philosophy as a fan
I have a favorite team, but if they play badly I'm sad, because I didn't enjoy myself
I pay the ticket to have fun

I like Barcelona because they are starting to play very nice and fun games again, I think they will do it

For those who bet on every football match, that does not apply. Like me, I'm a fan of Barcelona's entertaining game. Of course I do the same as you on every football match even if I don't watch it live at the stadium. It's only natural to be sad when your favorite team does poorly, let alone loses.

Barcelona have a philosophy of playing football that is entertaining enough for people to enjoy it. We are sure that this season Barcelona will return to the basic form of entertaining play and will even return to being a club that will lift the championship trophy slowly.

I sure hope so, in general non-Italian league games are more fun because there are so many goals
In Italy the teams are of a more defensive philosophical nature, so you see few goals, and I love to see the goals and I love hearing the chants of the stadium (I go when I can)
A game without a goal is like eating pasta with fish, without fish

Well, there are always many tastes and colors for everyone, we as soccer fans enjoy every facet of soccer, and yes, when our favorite teams play badly, we somehow feel sad, as if something is missing, the fun factor is very decisive, but nor can we forget that some styles of football are very characteristic, as they have already said, Italian football is very characteristic of defense, its greatest potential is there, we have many references like Paolo Maldini in Milan, we cannot forget how he plays, in Real Madrid, despite the fact that Ancelotti is an Italian coach, knows that his best weapon is attack, Barcelona is finally reaching his best form, all of this is making them very good.

Real Madrid don't have a shot on target yet while Villarreal have found a goal on their first shot on target. This is quite unlucky for Real Madrid at the same time maybe. But it is still obvious that they are having the same struggles against Villarreal once again. Ancelotti should have been able to find a solution to this kind of defending already.

I really don't know what is going wrong with Real Madrid players these days. I hope they pull themselves together as quick as possible. They have title runs to maintain in the La Liga and Champions League.

Well, apparently the crisis has reached Real Madrid, and it is not something that they have been able to overcome yet, I don't know why Ancelotti has not been able to do something about it, things are not going well for him as the game is proposing, and the Real Madrid's game should be impressive, have a clear goal objective, it's what everyone aspires to when we see a game of this terrific team, but it's no reason for them to be disappointed in the team, all teams go through something like this, some teams leave quickly It will be a matter of sepera, the good thing is that Real Madrid has a good technical team.

Having had hopes of a famous sextet dashed during Sunday’s disappointing Spanish Super Cup defeat to Barcelona in Riyadh, Real Madrid look set to be knocked out of another competition this evening.

Los Blancos have already lost to Villarreal this month, going down 2-1 in La Liga, and now they are 2-0 down to the Yellow Submarine just before half time in their Copa del Rey tie. Etienne Capoue had given them the lead inside the opening five minutes, and now Samuel Chukwueze has added a second.

Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/01/19/watch-real-madrid-nightmare-as-villarreal-double-their-lead

[Raflesia]

Having had hopes of a famous sextet dashed during Sunday’s disappointing Spanish Super Cup defeat to Barcelona in Riyadh, Real Madrid look set to be knocked out of another competition this evening.

Los Blancos have already lost to Villarreal this month, going down 2-1 in La Liga, and now they are 2-0 down to the Yellow Submarine just before half time in their Copa del Rey tie. Etienne Capoue had given them the lead inside the opening five minutes, and now Samuel Chukwueze has added a second.

Now the score has changed to 2-1 after Vini managed to reduce their lag but will this really be the same as their previous match.
Until now, Madrid still can't do much, even in terms of opportunities and ball possession, they really lost.
This is not really conceivable because Ancelotti is silent about the current situation and to be honest I don't really like their scheme and attack pattern like this.

[bekti3]

Villarreal - Real Madrid has just started. Both teams are playing with their usual lineups seemingly. I don't feel like Villarreal will do the same to Real Madrid here also. But I still expect Real Madrid to get the win with some difficulty. They had better look for breaking Villarreal defense early.

I think the Real Madrid team has lost it's motivation because from what was seen during their game against Barcelona, I bet they need to do a whole lot of work to get back their team together and they really need to win this game to restore back their winning sleak and put more fear on their opponents. Funny Villarreal leads in just few minutes of play and I don't think Madrid has what it takes to come back in this game even though the match is still very fresh but Madrid is not playing like a team that wants to win marches.Etienne Capoue is the goal getter for Villarreal very good ball I must say.

That's no excuse for a big team really regardless of anything but in this game they were really, really bad at playing.
This condition is almost the same as their match in La Liga a few weeks ago and this is a little disappointing if indeed they have to lose this match again.
Even though defeats and wins are something normal but losing 2 times in the last few weeks against the same team I don't think this reflects them as a big team for now.

[Asiska02]

Having had hopes of a famous sextet dashed during Sunday’s disappointing Spanish Super Cup defeat to Barcelona in Riyadh, Real Madrid look set to be knocked out of another competition this evening.

Los Blancos have already lost to Villarreal this month, going down 2-1 in La Liga, and now they are 2-0 down to the Yellow Submarine just before half time in their Copa del Rey tie. Etienne Capoue had given them the lead inside the opening five minutes, and now Samuel Chukwueze has added a second.

Now the score has changed to 2-1 after Vini managed to reduce their lag but will this really be the same as their previous match.
Until now, Madrid still can't do much, even in terms of opportunities and ball possession, they really lost.
This is not really conceivable because Ancelotti is silent about the current situation and to be honest I don't really like their scheme and attack pattern like this.

They require a complete formation change. They need a strong team performance right now to win this game. There have been numerous lapses in the game, and I believe even the coach is unsure of the best substitute or change of play pattern to employ right now. I still believe they can equalize and win this match if these lapses can be corrected before the final minutes of the game.

The Los Blancos did equalize, score is now 2:2