La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Furious 7]

The match entered a crucial minute and the score was still the same nothing to change now. Honestly this is not a good thing for Madrid. Even though in this match their ball possession is very good, but still if they can't score a goal and win this match, I think the condition will clearly worsen the situation with those who cannot maintain the margin of points with Barcelona.
There are so many opportunities that are created but calves are still able to hold it with their defense which is still quite tight.

He's obviously not doing well right now, but sometimes crucial minutes are key to a Madrid win. It's been 80 minutes now and they're still doing very well in terms of their performance but they've also wasted a lot of chances in this game.
Ancelotti is still doing the same pattern as the previous few matches which makes it always easy to read especially when Betis apply a strong defensive for 1 point.
This will definitely not be good for the title race because if they can only take 1 point in this match then Barcelona will be further away.

The match ended and the score remained unchanged.
This is clearly a loss of course for Madrid because it is as you said, their gap in the acquisition of points with Barcelona returned away which of course is not very good for Madrid.
But indeed in this match I also really appreciate what 2 goalkeepers did. Bravo and Courtois made some good rescue in this match that made both teams unable to score goals even though this was clearly very detrimental to the club's condition for Real Madrid.

[terrorJR]

Real Madrid pushed hard but couldn't score. Betis defended well and gained 1 point. Benzema's free kick goal was great, but because the ball hit Rüdiger's hand, VAR canceled the goal. It's not enough to play well all the time, it's necessary to score goals. If you fail to do this, you cannot get 3 points.

It's strange how Real Madrid weren't able to score even one goal, considering that Betis have had 11 goals in the last 5 matches, and Madrid's offensive line was complete. Indeed, when a team plays to achieve a draw, it is different from when they play a competitive match, and it seems Betis were convinced to earn only one point, although they play at home. Obviously, Real Madrid have put themselves in a bad situation with regards to La Liga.

There are some conditions where Madrid's attacks are always read because after all their benchmark is still in Benzema and in this match Benzema in Marking is quite good so they cannot flow the existing opportunities.
On the other hand seeing from the attack line, they are actually still very good but good defense from Betis is also a little able to reduce it and we also deserve a thumbs up to the Betis defense, especially defenders and goalkeepers who have worked very hard in this match.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Maybe Barcelona got the win they wanted by 1-0 but the match wasn't easy for them at all. Lewandowski's absence was felt really much.

I must appreciate Busquets' marvelous assist to Raphinha first of all. It was an amazing lob pass and Raphinha turned it into a nice goal. But Barcelona couldn't show their usual dominance against Valencia in Camp Nou anyway. Valencia also found so many goal opportunities. But they were really incapable as for shots on target. Araujo took a big risk by getting that red card maybe. But I believe it was worth it otherwise there was going to be a one-on-one situation with ter Stegen. Maybe even thanks to this challenge they won the match.

This match should be noted that Barceloa was very lucky,that victory had a bittersweet taste, I would not feel very good after seeing Barcelona play like this, if football was deserved, I think Barcelona deserved to lose, they also took a penalty , and in these times taking a penalty is something almost unforgivable, I personally still believe that they can lose first place, and I hope that Real Madrid can do it, now Real Madrid has a great chance to reach them, to pass them and to winning the League as well as the UCL, not bad, we just have to wait and see what fútbol they continue to show us.

Real Madrid pushed hard but couldn't score. Betis defended well and gained 1 point. Benzema's free kick goal was great, but because the ball hit Rüdiger's hand, VAR canceled the goal. It's not enough to play well all the time, it's necessary to score goals. If you fail to do this, you cannot get 3 points.

It's strange how Real Madrid weren't able to score even one goal, considering that Betis have had 11 goals in the last 5 matches, and Madrid's offensive line was complete. Indeed, when a team plays to achieve a draw, it is different from when they play a competitive match, and it seems Betis were convinced to earn only one point, although they play at home. Obviously, Real Madrid have put themselves in a bad situation with regards to La Liga.

There are some conditions where Madrid's attacks are always read because after all their benchmark is still in Benzema and in this match Benzema in Marking is quite good so they cannot flow the existing opportunities.
On the other hand seeing from the attack line, they are actually still very good but good defense from Betis is also a little able to reduce it and we also deserve a thumbs up to the Betis defense, especially defenders and goalkeepers who have worked very hard in this match.

The truth is that I feel a bit disappointed by Real Madrid, I don't understand how they could have tied a game that they should have won, meanwhile Barcelona continues to win and widen the points gap, that's something that I still can't conceive of, however I see that things are very difficult for Real Madrid to win, the League is very difficult, it really is mathematically possible, but it is very difficult, it would be a question of ever how it will develop later, but up to now I see it in a very bad for Madrid, it's a pity, they couldn't do anything today

Real Madrid will be hoping to put their last two matches behind them when they take on Real Betis on Sunday evening. Last Saturday’s disappointing draw at home to Atletico Madrid was followed up by an equal frustrating El Clasico defeat in the Copa del Rey.

Carlo Ancelotti’s will require a victory in order to keep in touch with Barcelona in the La Liga title race. The Blaugrana could go ten points clear with a victory against Valencia earlier on Sunday, and Real Madrid will know that dropping points could see their title defence be all but over.

Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/03/05/real-madrid-lose-first-team-player-for-real-betis-clash-due-to-injury

[Swordsoffreedom]

Now Sevilla can be happy that Valencia has an away game against Barcelona and are probably going to lose it, but when you look at the table and imagine that both Valencia and Valladolid were to win their games, Sevilla would end up on position 18 in the table and their goal difference also suffered a lot today, which could play a role later towards the end of the season.

Sevilla is now just 1 point ahead of Valladolid. And if they continue this poor performance, they will soon be back in the relegation zone. I thought Sevilla's match against Atletico Madrid would be competitive. But Sevilla's performance has deteriorated so much it was beyond my imagination. They conceded 6 goals. Only two goals were conceded in the first half. And their performance in the second half was even weaker. Atlético Madrid's attack is not very strong. Even then they scored 6 goals against Sevilla. Staying out of the relegation zone has now become challenging for Sevilla.

Sevilla is completely out of control, they have been poor all season and it is always difficult to win match. Jorge Sampaoli deserved to be disappointed with the result his team got when they visited Wanda Metropolitano, the 6-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid was the least desirable thing. Until week 24, Sevilla had only made 6 wins, 7 draws and the rest lost. In fact, it will be very difficult for them to avoid the relegation zone if they don't improve their performance.
While La Liga has 14 games for Sevilla, they still have a chance to fight and survive in La Liga next season. It's difficult to expect them to win all the points available, but at least Sevilla must try their best to survive and stay away from the relegation zone.

We have seen Sevilla's poor performance since the start of the season. But now their performance has worsened. Sevilla's defence has completely collapsed. It's a shame to lose by conceding 6 goals. Also, Madrid's attack is not very strong. Sevilla conceded 6 goals due to a poor performance by their defenders. Their defence needs improvement. If the defence is weak, Sevilla will not be able to get out of the relegation zone.

Sevilla still have a chance to stay away from the relegation zone. But for that, they must perform well in the upcoming matches. But Sevilla's performance is deteriorating day by day. And if this continues, it will be difficult for Sevilla to survive in La Liga.

[rendravolt]

It is quite surprising that two different results were won by the top La Liga teams Barcelona and Real Madrid. We know that Barcelona in last night's match managed to beat Valencia with a narrow score and that made their distance from Real Madrid to 10 points. However, Real Madrid, who had just finished their away match at Real Betis, actually got a 0-0 draw and made them only able to secure 1 additional point and now have made the distance with Barcelona to 9 points.

Maybe I want to comment a little here about the tactics used by Ancelotti, I think Ancelotti kept Vini and Benzema on the field too long until the last minute. Both players should have been withdrawn early in the second half and brought on Alvaro Rodriguez and Asensio, then replaced Rodrygo on the left wing. We know very well that lately Vini and Benzema's movements have begun to be read by their opponents and this is actually not optimal if this is maintained for a long time.

[Slow death]

It's strange how Real Madrid weren't able to score even one goal...

when zidane was coach of real madrid he also started to suffer the same problem: lack of goals. so zidane left, but as the team managed to win la liga and the champions league everything was fine, but if we pay close attention we will see that real madrid only won la liga last season because barcelona is going through troubled times, this season season barcelona are much better than last season real madrid has no chance of winning la liga

going to the problem of goals, real madrid only depends on benzema, which means that when benzema is not doing well in a game, then real madrid will not be doing well either, vinicius is an excellent player, but he is not a player who scores goals regularly, his role on the field most of the time is to open the way for Benzema to score a goal, rodrygo the same thing, apart from those 3 the others do not have a good performance in the team. real madrid needs to sell the strikers that don't bring goals, and hire the ones that bring goals

[imamusma]

Barcelona have increased the point gap more with Real Madrid and consolidated their lead. It was a really valuable win for Barcelona against Valencia.

And this is very bad reality for Real Madrid. 9 points ahead of their rivals has made Barcelona very comfortable, of course it is Barcelona's success too. They've given everything for the team, and we really have to admit that La Liga is likely to be theirs this season.

Actually I didn't like Barcelona very much in this game. Because they were unable to make their opponent accept their usual game plan. There was quite a balance during the game but still it wasn't a hindrance for Barcelona to win by one goal. Maybe they could have scored more goals if they had Lewandowski on the field. On the other hand Real Madrid played superior to Betis but the game still ended up with a 0-0 draw. This means the gap is 9 points now and Barcelona are one more step closer to the title.

Barcelona almost scored 2 goals in the match against Valencia, but had to be quite happy with 1 goal after Ferran failed to convert the penalty to goal. I think Barca can win 2-3 goals or maybe draw 1-1, but that's not the case because keeping winning is all that matters when they've been down to 10 men since Araujo was sent off.

[hd49728]

when zidane was coach of real madrid he also started to suffer the same problem: lack of goals. so zidane left, but as the team managed to win la liga and the champions league everything was fine, but if we pay close attention we will see that real madrid only won la liga last season because barcelona is going through troubled times, this season season barcelona are much better than last season real madrid has no chance of winning la liga

Zidane did saw that Real Madrid had issues with their squad and he knew that it's safer for his reputation and his career by leaving Real Madrid. Years later, Real Madrid still managed to win La Liga and Champions League with nearly a same squad. Their old players did successfully prolonged their career and even won titles with Real Madrid. However it does not change a fact that they need to have more new and young players. I believe they did saw the issue and they bought Rodrygo, Vini, Valverde, Camavinga and Tchouameni to gradually help them to adapt in Real Madrid then replace old players.

They even tried to buy Mbappe but failed when PSG gave him a very crazy offer.

going to the problem of goals, real madrid only depends on benzema, which means that when benzema is not doing well in a game, then real madrid will not be doing well either, vinicius is an excellent player, but he is not a player who scores goals regularly, his role on the field most of the time is to open the way for Benzema to score a goal, rodrygo the same thing, apart from those 3 the others do not have a good performance in the team. real madrid needs to sell the strikers that don't bring goals, and hire the ones that bring goals

Maybe Real Madrid will return to Mbappe or Haaland in next summer especially with Mbappe. Haaland looks to be happy in Manchester City but Mbappe does not have same feeling in Paris. Benzema is a very good striker and he scored many goals for them in this season even his contribution is limited by some injuries. Though he can play well when his body is ready, Real Madrid should not rely on Benzema in a next season as his body might become more sensitive with injuries.

[Prince Malik]

Barcelona have increased the point gap more with Real Madrid and consolidated their lead. It was a really valuable win for Barcelona against Valencia.

And this is very bad reality for Real Madrid. 9 points ahead of their rivals has made Barcelona very comfortable, of course it is Barcelona's success too. They've given everything for the team, and we really have to admit that La Liga is likely to be theirs this season.

Actually I didn't like Barcelona very much in this game. Because they were unable to make their opponent accept their usual game plan. There was quite a balance during the game but still it wasn't a hindrance for Barcelona to win by one goal. Maybe they could have scored more goals if they had Lewandowski on the field. On the other hand Real Madrid played superior to Betis but the game still ended up with a 0-0 draw. This means the gap is 9 points now and Barcelona are one more step closer to the title.

Barcelona almost scored 2 goals in the match against Valencia, but had to be quite happy with 1 goal after Ferran failed to convert the penalty to goal. I think Barca can win 2-3 goals or maybe draw 1-1, but that's not the case because keeping winning is all that matters when they've been down to 10 men since Araujo was sent off.

Yes Barcelona players gave everything so far in la Liga and they really deserve to be the champoins this year, the team is very solid and didn't wasted many points which mad them very comfortable with 9 points gap, real Madrid should already start focusing on champoins league and why not get the title again this year

[ilovealtcoins]

Maybe Real Madrid will return to Mbappe or Haaland in next summer especially with Mbappe. Haaland looks to be happy in Manchester City but Mbappe does not have same feeling in Paris. Benzema is a very good striker and he scored many goals for them in this season even his contribution is limited by some injuries. Though he can play well when his body is ready, Real Madrid should not rely on Benzema in a next season as his body might become more sensitive with injuries.

I'd say Real Madrid should not expect to get Haaland and Mbappe into the squad. Haaland is now performing well with Manchester City. And he won't be leaving Manchester City now that's pretty much certain. Because he is in good form with the team, playing well as well as getting smart wages. Haaland has no reason to leave Manchester City. Mbappe on the other hand is PSG's most important player. PSG management will try their best to keep Mbappe on the team. They are even ready to increase Mbappe's wages. So now Madrid should try to sign another star striker.

[X-ray]

Congrats for Real Betis which has been successful in playing very well against Real Madrid and they can get one point, and that point will be very important for Real Betis because their current target is fourth place. It seem Real Betis will also be able to maximize their gameplay on next match against Villarreal, hopefully. But Real Betis must fly to Old Trafford and play against Manchester United at there first, because the europa league schedule is already available for them.

Real madrid gets another bad result again and the gap to the barcelona become too good to be true to be surpassed by real madrid. Ancellotti will have no chance to get la liga trophy for this season. Barcelona has become even closer to the laliga's title. I think that real madrid is only having small chance right now. I can't deny that if betis was also a strong opponent. Real madrid faces so many difficulties to win against betis. Barcelona sees this as the best chance to make the gap become bigger.

[fuguebtc]

Maybe I want to comment a little here about the tactics used by Ancelotti, I think Ancelotti kept Vini and Benzema on the field too long until the last minute. Both players should have been withdrawn early in the second half and brought on Alvaro Rodriguez and Asensio, then replaced Rodrygo on the left wing. We know very well that lately Vini and Benzema's movements have begun to be read by their opponents and this is actually not optimal if this is maintained for a long time.

Ancelotti kept an explosive attack at Anfield with a trio of Vinicius, Karim Benzema, and Rodrygo and the return of Karim Benzema was a hope for Real Madrid. However, this system did not maintain sharpness, finishing 15 times but could not score in the net. In attack, they scored more goals than any other club in La Liga, the last 2 matches they did not finish well, Benzema did not score or reach the best form, and Vinicius was closely followed.
Putting striker Alvaro Rodriguez on the field will probably untie the knot in Real Madrid stalemate matches and the opponent is deep in the home field, but not necessarily withdrawing Benzema, Rodriguez can pair with Benzema.

[Sebas.tian]

Congratulations to Barcelona for the massive victory they got from Valencia, because their players make used of their opportunity on time that helped them to achieved the goal at 15th minutes to reduced the strength of Valencia players. Despite, the display Valencia players displayed to equalize the goal in the second half but Barcelona coach made some changes that gave their players strength and energy to defend the one goal till the end of the match to embraced the three points. I don't think, Barcelona will experience any defeat from any team till the end of this tournament, because their coach is fully ready to lead the team to their promise land in this season.

[fadhilz123]

The two teams played very well because both ended in draws, and this match showed that Real Betis had almost the same strength as Real Madrid, even though Karim Benzema had contributed on the field but still could not break the Real Betis defense. Real Betis should maintain this strategy to fight the next big team that may be difficult to beat.

Benzema's goal contribution in the first half was also canceled due to a foul and after that no goals occurred again in the match so the match ended in a draw (0 - 0). It's really unfortunate for Real Madrid because they didn't get the full points in that match, while their rival Barcelona continued to stay away from the top of the standings by getting full points when they faced Valencia.

[asriloni]

Congrats for Real Betis which has been successful in playing very well against Real Madrid and they can get one point, and that point will be very important for Real Betis because their current target is fourth place. It seem Real Betis will also be able to maximize their gameplay on next match against Villarreal, hopefully. But Real Betis must fly to Old Trafford and play against Manchester United at there first, because the europa league schedule is already available for them.

MU has been getting bad results against liverpool. This has become very good news for all of betis's players. It's caused by MU got mental breakdown. The chance for betis to beat MU is very high in old trafford. This bad result was affecing the chance for real madrid to get la liga trophy. Barcelona was making its domination become even bigger after real madrid was not successful to get three points from betis. it seems like we do know what team that will be winning la liga.
It's barcelona. In my opinion if ancellotti needs to change its focus into the another competition that is still possible to be winning by its club. UCL and del rey. that's it.

[harapan]

Real Madrid pushed hard but couldn't score. Betis defended well and gained 1 point. Benzema's free kick goal was great, but because the ball hit Rüdiger's hand, VAR canceled the goal. It's not enough to play well all the time, it's necessary to score goals. If you fail to do this, you cannot get 3 points.
Although it was a goalless match, it was a high pleasure to watch. It was definitely not a boring match. Especially the last minutes were very exciting.
Before the match, I thought about taking the over 2.5 goals bet, but then I decided not to play. Good thing I didn't bet on that.
Real Madrid fell further behind in the title race. Barcelona made 9 points gap and reached a comfortable position. After that, Real Madrid didn't have the luxury of losing points.

Both teams played well and there should be at least 2 goals in this kind of marches. It just surprises me how a game like this ended in a scoreless draw. It's a game where both team were not totally defensive and even when either teams was defensive for a minute they are usually very dangerous on the counter attack.
The draw itself didn't surprise me, I know the kind of team Betis is and they are always likely to cause trouble for teams, it's the fact that there were no goals in the match.

With yesterday's results I think Madrid should forget about the league because Barcelona have suffered through a difficult period and they somehow managed to extend the lead, thanks to Madrid's inconsistency. Now all Barcelona players are returning and that will only make them stronger.

[Gosgosking]

Congrats for Real Betis which has been successful in playing very well against Real Madrid and they can get one point, and that point will be very important for Real Betis because their current target is fourth place. It seem Real Betis will also be able to maximize their gameplay on next match against Villarreal, hopefully. But Real Betis must fly to Old Trafford and play against Manchester United at there first, because the europa league schedule is already available for them.

Real Betis are really doing well this season,  for real Betis not allowing  Real Madrid to win the game , they have done well. I was thinking Real Madrid will achieve a full point from this game but the outcome of the game was a draw.  The draw game is another opportunity for Barcelona to have more gap.

[mamesso]

Congrats for Real Betis which has been successful in playing very well against Real Madrid and they can get one point, and that point will be very important for Real Betis because their current target is fourth place. It seem Real Betis will also be able to maximize their gameplay on next match against Villarreal, hopefully. But Real Betis must fly to Old Trafford and play against Manchester United at there first, because the europa league schedule is already available for them.

The bluntness of Madrid's front line in breaking into Betis' goal made the efforts of Real Madrid players fruitless, Real Madrid were forced to share points which made them fail to keep their distance from Barcelona. An additional point makes Real Madrid 9 points behind Barcelona, this result also makes it difficult for Real Madrid to catch Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title.

Real Madrid, who appear less consistent in La Liga, makes the chances of getting the La Liga trophy even smaller, in the previous match they also lost in the first leg of the CDR to Barcelona. Little hope of winning the La Liga title made Ancelotti have to shift his focus on the Champions League, Real Madrid has the opportunity to qualify for the next round after a satisfactory result in the first leg over Liverpool.

[onecall123]

Real Madrid pushed hard but couldn't score. Betis defended well and gained 1 point. Benzema's free kick goal was great, but because the ball hit Rüdiger's hand, VAR canceled the goal. It's not enough to play well all the time, it's necessary to score goals. If you fail to do this, you cannot get 3 points.
Although it was a goalless match, it was a high pleasure to watch. It was definitely not a boring match. Especially the last minutes were very exciting.
Before the match, I thought about taking the over 2.5 goals bet, but then I decided not to play. Good thing I didn't bet on that.
Real Madrid fell further behind in the title race. Barcelona made 9 points gap and reached a comfortable position. After that, Real Madrid didn't have the luxury of losing points.

Both teams played well and there should be at least 2 goals in this kind of marches. It just surprises me how a game like this ended in a scoreless draw. It's a game where both team were not totally defensive and even when either teams was defensive for a minute they are usually very dangerous on the counter attack.
The draw itself didn't surprise me, I know the kind of team Betis is and they are always likely to cause trouble for teams, it's the fact that there were no goals in the match.

With yesterday's results I think Madrid should forget about the league because Barcelona have suffered through a difficult period and they somehow managed to extend the lead, thanks to Madrid's inconsistency. Now all Barcelona players are returning and that will only make them stronger.

Real Betis 0-0 Real Madrid
What is going on with Real Madrid these days? Their performances have been very inconsistent, which putting them in deeper trouble. There's no catching up here - they're just facing reality. The problem with Ancelotti is that he uses the same tactical approach for every game, which is now easily visible and readable by other teams. Madrid desperately needs reinforcements. I wonder why Ancelotti is finding it difficult to substitute Vini Jr and Karim Benzema when they're playing so poorly.

It's understandable that every club experiences struggles sometimes, but this is a particularly difficult period for Madrid and it seems they won't be able to bounce back this time. I mean there's nothing to do rather just watching Barca celebrate their league title.

[G_Besar]

Congrats for Real Betis which has been successful in playing very well against Real Madrid and they can get one point, and that point will be very important for Real Betis because their current target is fourth place. It seem Real Betis will also be able to maximize their gameplay on next match against Villarreal, hopefully. But Real Betis must fly to Old Trafford and play against Manchester United at there first, because the europa league schedule is already available for them.

The bluntness of Madrid's front line in breaking into Betis' goal made the efforts of Real Madrid players fruitless, Real Madrid were forced to share points which made them fail to keep their distance from Barcelona. An additional point makes Real Madrid 9 points behind Barcelona, this result also makes it difficult for Real Madrid to catch Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title.

Real Madrid, who appear less consistent in La Liga, makes the chances of getting the La Liga trophy even smaller, in the previous match they also lost in the first leg of the CDR to Barcelona. Little hope of winning the La Liga title made Ancelotti have to shift his focus on the Champions League, Real Madrid has the opportunity to qualify for the next round after a satisfactory result in the first leg over Liverpool.

Yes, the goalless draw didn't help Real Madrid much in chasing Barcelona in the hunt for the Spanish La Liga title. Now they are left far enough from the top standings. Los Blancos are also winless since beating Liverpool, having drawn 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the league and lost 1-0 to Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final.

Madrid is experiencing a rapid decline on the front lines, they have only scored one goal in the last three matches, this is of course a concern for Ancelotti. If performance does not change, then it is very unlikely that Madrid will be able to bring home one of the titles this season. In La Liga, Madrid is getting more and more difficult to catch up to Barcelona, a difference of 9 points is not an easy thing to match. In the Copa del Rey, Madrid's steps were also very difficult, although they still have the opportunity to reply later in the Champions League, the journey is still quite long.