La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[indah rezqi]

Unfortunately I didn't really see that, when I saw their match yesterday, Madrid weren't even too insistent in the match and Barcelona was only focused on their defense especially for the second half which made me not like seeing Barcelona and Madrid during El Clasico.
In this case maybe I expected a little bit higher in the big games but they did it with a good strategy especially for Xavi because he knows that if you try to make up with a squad that can be said to be lacking then it won't go well for them.

I don't think this is the best El Clasico I've ever watched, but Real Madrid is like playing against a mid table team playing in La Liga who are planning a defensive strategy to win the match.

Barcelona has no other options at the moment, especially since the hurricane of injuries befell 3 of its best players. As a result, Barcelona only planned to make it difficult for Real Madrid to find goals while taking advantage of the opportunities created during the match into goals. Barcelona had several chances, but only managed to score one goal until the match ended. Now Xavi has a stellar record on El Clasico, he has a good winning record against Real Madrid.

[Iranus]

Xavi has learned from the defeat of Manchester United and Almeria, defense has been the priority of Xavi due to conceding three goals in his last two matches. In this prestigious match the Barcelona defender played with brilliant, Kounde, Alonso, Araujo and Balde played so spectacularly, they survived very well which made Real Madrid players unable to score a single goal in this match despite controlling the game.
As a result of the clever tactics used by Xavi, Madrid failed to make shots on target at home for the first time in the last 13 years. The second leg will be very beneficial for Barcelona, besides playing in front of his supporters, Barcelona has a capital of one goal at the Santiago Bernabeu.

That's one of the qualities of a good coach, he is a good coach but then he lacks good players. I'm wowed because without some players he won Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabue. Kudos to players like, Kessie, Balde, Kounde and Araujo who all contributed to the great and solid defending and also the goal scored.

This ain't the first time Xavi has dealt with Real Madrid at that stadium though even without Barcelona. Ancellotti has work to be done else he'll be replaced. I'm not cool with Barcelona's consistency but if they sure get serious, they're winning the League.

Barcelona did not have enough coordination in the attacking. A lot of times someone was shooting and there was someone else almost blocking the shot. Even a clear goal was also denied for Barcelona by a Barcelona player because he got in the way.

At the same time, I have to say Barcelona was really lucky to win this match. Because the first goal and the only goal that was scored in this match was actually saved by Courtois. But the Real Madrid defenders, two of them were unable to keep that ball out when the ball hit their bodies. I wonder if Barcelona will be able to win the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final as well.

[alpamar99]

Just after the game finished many Real Madrid fans started attacking Barcelona because of their playing style they said Barcelona was defending during the game all the time and they didn't deserve victory at all because Real Madrid was controlling the game more than Barcelona and unlike other El Clasico we usually saw real Madrid had more successful passes comparing to Barcelona while the most important thing is the result this game is which Barcelona could bear Real Madrid even without players like Lewandowski and Perdi.

Regardless of whether you deserve to win or not, I think it depends on how you evaluate it, because in essence they still won, but when you look at the match, it's a fact that Barcelona played a little boring and this style is like Atletico always plays. But there's nothing wrong with playing it safe because of course this is Xavi's strategy.

[bekti3]

Barcelona did not have enough coordination in the attacking. A lot of times someone was shooting and there was someone else almost blocking the shot. Even a clear goal was also denied for Barcelona by a Barcelona player because he got in the way.

At the same time, I have to say Barcelona was really lucky to win this match. Because the first goal and the only goal that was scored in this match was actually saved by Courtois. But the Real Madrid defenders, two of them were unable to keep that ball out when the ball hit their bodies. I wonder if Barcelona will be able to win the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final as well.

The conditions are quite reasonable because they did not play with their full strength in this game.
On the other hand, it was an incident that was not intentional and it was almost that time Kissie was able to score his second goal and he was also a bit not too happy about it because he was hit by his own player.
But even so I think the aggregate is still in their favour now as being ahead and playing the second leg at Camp Nou clearly makes them the favourites.

[Google+]

Yes, actually Real Madrid dominated more in the match, but unfortunately the Madrid players could not take advantage of every opportunity they created from a total of 13 shots taken by the Madrid players, none of these shots were able to become goals, the match continued with high intensity between the two teams, so I really didn't expect the game would end in Real Madrid's defeat because at the time the match took place, Madrid had more control over the match than Barcelona until the match ended.

It was clear from Real Madrid game they were able to perform better in that match, but many of the opportunities they created were not directed or on target. luck came to barcelona because with an own goal Militao made this fight end in victory for barcelona. playing at the bernabeu is not an advantage for real madrid because they have to accept defeat in front of their supporters.

for the second leg I think a lot of things will happen especially for barcelona in sure they will get additional strength if lewandowski and pedri come back from the injuries they experienced.

[Docnaster]

Just after the game finished many Real Madrid fans started attacking Barcelona because of their playing style they said Barcelona was defending during the game all the time and they didn't deserve victory at all because Real Madrid was controlling the game more than Barcelona and unlike other El Clasico we usually saw real Madrid had more successful passes comparing to Barcelona while the most important thing is the result this game is which Barcelona could bear Real Madrid even without players like Lewandowski and Perdi.

Regardless of whether you deserve to win or not, I think it depends on how you evaluate it, because in essence they still won, but when you look at the match, it's a fact that Barcelona played a little boring and this style is like Atletico always plays. But there's nothing wrong with playing it safe because of course this is Xavi's strategy.

Barcelona isn't a boring pattern playing team,  it was only the kind of game plan suitable for that match seeing that Barcelona players are on injury.
Controlling the game and securing a win is two different thing. Real Madrid were on an open attack leaving a vulnerable defense for Barcelona to lunch attack. It would have been more than a goal if Barcelona made use of their attacking line as usual, but I'm glad they were able to win the match.

[lizarder]

Barcelona lost Pedri in midfield, but they didn't lose anyone else including De Jong, Busquets and Kessie.
Sergi Roberto was also good for get minutes against Real Madrid but I don't think he's any better than Busquets or Frank Kessie. Likewise for forward, Barcelona lost two of its best players i.e Dembele and Lewandowski. These two players are important in the attack scheme built by Barcelona, ​​so without them Barcelona will not get many goal chance.

I don't think Barcelona is so bad in this El Clasico match, especially just because they lost 3 of their best players. The creativity of other players such as Raphinha, Gavi and Ansu Fati can also be expected, so they are not as weak as they sound. Then it's true, you can't underestimate Barcelona.

Finally, Barcelona was able to overcome Real Madrid and won a narrow 1-0 victory in the match, lost some core players not to make Barcelona lose concentration when facing Real Madrid, although Barcelona did not dominate the game until the second half ended and Barcelona lost the ball possession in the match. Xavi implemented a defensive strategy and this was Barcelona's first match since being trained by Xavi playing more defensively.

Real Madrid played unexpectedly, even though they dominated the game but it was quite difficult to create chances and Real Madrid was really unlucky, despite having some good opportunities in the first and second rounds, there is no opportunity they can use to make goals. I didn't see Modric making a good contribution in the game and Barcelona managed to place a pretty good defense that made it difficult for Real Madrid.

[kawetsriyanto]

It was a very interesting game honestly. Real Madrid had so many goal attempts but none of them was on target as well. This can be the weirdest game for them in this season because of that. It must be painful not to take advantage of their domination during the game.

I think it was not an interesting game, it was a bored game. Real Madrid made many shot attempts but they failed to score a single goal. Barcelona won the match because of an own goal made by Real Madrid defender, it wasn't an expected goal. The winning goal wasn't scored by Barcelona players, it was an own goal. TBH, I feel the match rather strange.

Xavi knows how to stop Real Madrid's seriousness, and his method is a good defensive organization and control of Vincius by Araujo players. As for Ancelotti, Real Madrid appeared helpless to penetrate the Barcelona defense, ​​and Benzema became bad.

I think it wasn't caused by an effectiveness of Xavi's tactic but it was caused by a worse tactic made by Ancelotti. I don't know why Ancelotti didn't enclose Asensio or Rodrygo as the starters. One of these two players should play to make Real Madrid attacking more offensive. Benzema played badly because he didn't get good supports from other players.

[judas]

Atletico Madrid have a home match versus Sevilla this week and I see them as the clear favourite team in this. Because Sevilla are still not convincing in the league at all. First they seemed like they were improving their form finally. But they have started another bad form and their performance against big teams hasn't been impressive. In this situation I don't think they can show an impressive level of performance against Atletico Madrid as well.

Maybe Atletico Madrid have a quite changeable performance but they have had a decent form recently. They even stole one point from Real Madrid away. They would be much more motivated than Sevilla to win this.

[Falconer]

I think it was not an interesting game, it was a bored game. Real Madrid made many shot attempts but they failed to score a single goal. Barcelona won the match because of an own goal made by Real Madrid defender, it wasn't an expected goal. The winning goal wasn't scored by Barcelona players, it was an own goal. TBH, I feel the match rather strange.

We couldn't score even though we had a lot of chances but we couldn't put them on target. Barcelona's defense was too difficult to penetrate even though several times I almost thought that we could turn the score around to win, but in the end the chance never came. Real Madrid played well, but the effectiveness of the attack that was built only failed because of Barcelona's dense defense.

I'd say it was the most boring match, but I don't blame Xavi's tactics of trying to find himself to get the most out of us. We also almost conceded second goal if Ansu Fati didn't blocked Kessie's shot. Of course, expecting to win without an effective attack will be very difficult, and we need good tactics that work well for maximum results.

[Porfirii]

Atletico Madrid have a home match versus Sevilla this week and I see them as the clear favourite team in this. Because Sevilla are still not convincing in the league at all. First they seemed like they were improving their form finally. But they have started another bad form and their performance against big teams hasn't been impressive. In this situation I don't think they can show an impressive level of performance against Atletico Madrid as well.

Maybe Atletico Madrid have a quite changeable performance but they have had a decent form recently. They even stole one point from Real Madrid away. They would be much more motivated than Sevilla to win this.

Sevilla is looking more and more like Valencia this season: a great team that is performing awfully to the extent of flirting with the relegation. And, as you said, Atlético is doing quite well lately.

Let's see how Real Sociedad does today (the match against Cádiz has just started) but, if they lose, or even draw, Atlético has chances to overcome them in the third position of the table. And if they get there, I think they'll stay there the rest of the league.

[ILuckyGuyI]

After a loss which was hard to explain against Almeria, Barcelona got a win in a big game against Real Madrid. This must have improved the morale of the players a lot.

Maybe their performance wasn't amazing there but that win is very important for the second leg anyway. Achieving that tough win without Lewandowski also deserves appreciation. Now they will need to focus on their next La Liga game which is against Valencia in Camp Nou. I think the players have learned their lesson from the last league game. We should be seeing improved performances this time. But on the other hand Lewandowski, Pedri and Gavi won't be able to play. However I still believe in them to win after seeing them beating Real Madrid away.

[ginsan]

I don't think this is the best El Clasico I've ever watched, but Real Madrid is like playing against a mid table team playing in La Liga who are planning a defensive strategy to win the match.

Barcelona has no other options at the moment, especially since the hurricane of injuries befell 3 of its best players. As a result, Barcelona only planned to make it difficult for Real Madrid to find goals while taking advantage of the opportunities created during the match into goals. Barcelona had several chances, but only managed to score one goal until the match ended. Now Xavi has a stellar record on El Clasico, he has a good winning record against Real Madrid.

why is that because this is a form of strategy that Xavi does considering they are not too strong in playing aggressively because they are not reinforced by a number of their star players. I don't understand that some fans are not happy about this victory, but I have to appreciate the game scheme that was implemented by Xavi in ​​this match because he really took advantage of away matches to find victory and that was his main focus after previously they had to be eliminated from the Europa League.

This victory is a big capital for Barcelona for the second leg which will be played at Camp Nou so you will enjoy the strains of a more beautiful and aggressive game when Barcelona is again strengthened by Lewandowski.

[izsara]

Atletico Madrid have a home match versus Sevilla this week and I see them as the clear favourite team in this. Because Sevilla are still not convincing in the league at all. First they seemed like they were improving their form finally. But they have started another bad form and their performance against big teams hasn't been impressive. In this situation I don't think they can show an impressive level of performance against Atletico Madrid as well.

Maybe Atletico Madrid have a quite changeable performance but they have had a decent form recently. They even stole one point from Real Madrid away. They would be much more motivated than Sevilla to win this.

Sevilla is looking more and more like Valencia this season: a great team that is performing awfully to the extent of flirting with the relegation. And, as you said, Atlético is doing quite well lately.

Let's see how Real Sociedad does today (the match against Cádiz has just started) but, if they lose, or even draw, Atlético has chances to overcome them in the third position of the table. And if they get there, I think they'll stay there the rest of the league.

Actually, if we follow the league from the start of the current season, Seville's performance can be said to be much better than before.
Now at least they are not stuck in the relegation zone and to say about Valencia they are not very good right now after a normal start.
At the moment Sevilla will still have a fairly big match and of course this is still difficult, especially since they will be playing at the Atlético headquarters.

[KTChampions]

After a loss which was hard to explain against Almeria, Barcelona got a win in a big game against Real Madrid. This must have improved the morale of the players a lot.

Maybe their performance wasn't amazing there but that win is very important for the second leg anyway. Achieving that tough win without Lewandowski also deserves appreciation. Now they will need to focus on their next La Liga game which is against Valencia in Camp Nou. I think the players have learned their lesson from the last league game. We should be seeing improved performances this time. But on the other hand Lewandowski, Pedri and Gavi won't be able to play. However I still believe in them to win after seeing them beating Real Madrid away.

  by the way, this pattern works for many teams - first present points to an outsider, then rob a favorite (or vice versa, first rob a favorite and then donate). It's good that this happened in the cup, and not in La Liga, otherwise the championship race is already over. At the moment, this victory for Barcelona has not affected anything.

[terrorJR]

Yes, actually Real Madrid dominated more in the match, but unfortunately the Madrid players could not take advantage of every opportunity they created from a total of 13 shots taken by the Madrid players, none of these shots were able to become goals, the match continued with high intensity between the two teams, so I really didn't expect the game would end in Real Madrid's defeat because at the time the match took place, Madrid had more control over the match than Barcelona until the match ended.

It was clear from Real Madrid game they were able to perform better in that match, but many of the opportunities they created were not directed or on target. luck came to barcelona because with an own goal Militao made this fight end in victory for barcelona. playing at the bernabeu is not an advantage for real madrid because they have to accept defeat in front of their supporters.

for the second leg I think a lot of things will happen especially for barcelona in sure they will get additional strength if lewandowski and pedri come back from the injuries they experienced.

conditions are actually not too good when you see the number of opportunities they get is not in accordance with the on target in this match.
Madrid clearly needs to make some new breakthroughs if they really want to improve results in the second leg later. On the other hand, this could also have an impact on them for the continuation of La Liga, although maybe Ancelotti is not really targeting the Copa del Rey, but still, the match in El Clasico is a match that requires prestige.

[Rengga Jati]

Just after the game finished many Real Madrid fans started attacking Barcelona because of their playing style they said Barcelona was defending during the game all the time and they didn't deserve victory at all because Real Madrid was controlling the game more than Barcelona and unlike other El Clasico we usually saw real Madrid had more successful passes comparing to Barcelona while the most important thing is the result this game is which Barcelona could bear Real Madrid even without players like Lewandowski and Perdi.

It is quite strange t know the fact because this is football where the coach must consider what will happen and what is best for their team at that time. And Barcelona has done their best tactic by playing more defense because they are aware that at that time they have weaker attacking lines because of the absences of several key players. And they deserve the victory because of Real Madrid's mistake. I don't know why Real Madrid only played the ball possession but they are not playing high attack from the beginning. This is such a very disappointing result of the El Classico match

[Mr.right85]

After a loss which was hard to explain against Almeria, Barcelona got a win in a big game against Real Madrid. This must have improved the morale of the players a lot.

Maybe their performance wasn't amazing there but that win is very important for the second leg anyway. Achieving that tough win without Lewandowski also deserves appreciation. Now they will need to focus on their next La Liga game which is against Valencia in Camp Nou. I think the players have learned their lesson from the last league game. We should be seeing improved performances this time. But on the other hand Lewandowski, Pedri and Gavi won't be able to play. However I still believe in them to win after seeing them beating Real Madrid away.

  by the way, this pattern works for many teams - first present points to an outsider, then rob a favorite (or vice versa, first rob a favorite and then donate). It's good that this happened in the cup, and not in La Liga, otherwise the championship race is already over. At the moment, this victory for Barcelona has not affected anything.

This leaves me thinking if all these have got something to do with Barcelona not yo have taken there chance with Manchester United in the Europa as they eventually got kicked out. Even after been given a penalty that was a little controversial.
Still, I don't see Barcelona to be that team that revolves there game around R. Lewandowski and so, his absence is undefined in the game.

Real Madrid on the other hand should have made this count for them at the very least. Barcelona remains a rivalry be it in what ever tournament, its an El-classico and they should punish them to have been top of the league already. Not the league for sure but, its an El-classico.

[Doell]

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Real Sociedad is the third team in the league and they are currently one of the best teams in La Liga. There is an important match that is going to take place tonight between Real Sociedad and Cadiz. Technically, Real Sociedad has a better chance than Cadiz, mostly because of the recent performance that we saw from Real Sociedad compared to Cadiz. In addition, if you take a look at the last five games between Real Sociedad and Cadiz, Real Sociedad won all of them.

Unfortunately, Real Sociedad couldn't get full points because it ended with a draw, It seems Atletico Madrid will benefit from this result. Cadiz also lucky they very great to get one points from this match, and with this result Cadiz can break Real Sociedad good record winning streak in head to head. Statistically this game Real Sociedad is better in ball possession and also some of their opportunity, but Cadiz really could make a surprise.

[Velvet78]

Real Sociedad have been really bad for three weeks and this is just helping Atletico Madrid catch up with them.

The point gap has even dropped to 2 points only now. Atletico Madrid made use of the time period really efficiently and here we are. Even Real Sociedad's presence in top four can be under threat if they maintain this bad form longer. Atletico Madrid have a big chance ahead to get past them in the standings now by the way. I assume they would manage to beat Sevilla home and take the third position.