La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[slapper]

We didn't see many goals in yesterday's games, but there were important matches and results that will affect the course of the league. Barcelona beat Valencia 1-0 at home.  Barcelona managed to break Valencia's resistance by scoring an early goal, but couldn't reflect this in the second half. A missed penalty early in the second half and a red card afterwards left Valencia in control of the game. But Valencia couldn't find a goal and the match ended 1-0.
The other important match of the day was real Madrid, who drew away to betis. With this loss, the point difference with Barcelona increased to 9 points. It would have been better for them if they had won this match. Betis are a team in form and they play well. It was also difficult to beat them at home and real madrid couldn't do it.

Barcelona did well from this match, because Valencia players really prepared well to disgrace Barcelona by reducing their points but Barcelona coach never allow such thing to happen than to make use of the players that know how to work hard to achieve early goals to start the match. They succeeded to scored one goal in the first half that made them to do everything possible within their power to maintain the one goal till the end of the match, that made people to rate them well. Real Madrid didn't display well in the first half, because Betis players really understood the tactics Real Madrid players were using at the moment that made the match to ended up draw.

Ohhhhkay, let me tell you something, Barcelona did more than just win that game, they put a spell on Valencia! Yes, you heard it here first, their coach must be a wizard or something, because he prevented the other team from even showing up! And Barcelona, they just keep getting stronger, don't they? Maybe they should teach other teams their secret potion so they can win every game without even breaking a sweat!

[rahmad2nd]

~snip~

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Armed with the H2H history of these two teams, Athletic Bilbao was slaughtered by a crushing score over Barcelona in its last two matches. however, in this fight the situation would be different. because, Barcelona will not be strengthened by the pillars of their core players. automatically, Xavi will only take advantage of the other available players. but in truth, Xavi can still rely on Raphina, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. meaning, Barcelona's chance is still great to overthrow the home team.

Meanwhile, Bilbao's situation is in a performance that cannot be said to be good. because, they have experienced a series of unsatisfactory results in their last three matches in La Liga. in the match later, Enesto Valverde's squad must maximize the team to get full points over Barcelona. because after all, Barcelona's current situation is not strengthened by some of their core players.

but by the way, this fight will not present an interesting match. but if Barcelona is able to get maximum points in this match. meaning, Barcelona's pace of winning trophies this season is getting wide open.

[Leviathan.007]

Player	Goal
Lewandowski R.	15
Benzema K.	11
Joselu	11
Muriqi V.	10
Ünal E.	10
Iglesias B.	10
Sørloth A.	9
Aspas I.	9
Morata Á.	9
Sancet O.	8
Gabri Veiga	8
Braithwaite M.	8
Griezmann A.	8
Méndez B.	7
Chimy Avila	7
Valverde F.	7
Vinícius Júnior	7
Milla P.	6
Mayoral B.	6
Castellanos V.	6
Touré E.	6
Pedri	6

Like previous week
Lewandowsky 15 and Benzema 11

anyone have news about Robert injury?

Here: https://www.besoccer.com/new/barca-s-lewandowski-might-be-back-for-bilbao-game-1235098
There is a chance for Lewandowski to get back on the field during the game between Barcelona and Bilbao in the next week but still, we cannot be sure about it until we see him on the field even if he returns to the game I guess he won't start the game while playing a full 90 minutes for Barcelona because of his situation, otherwise Benzema can havethe chance to get himself closer.

[mamesso]

Like previous week
Lewandowsky 15 and Benzema 11

anyone have news about Robert injury?

Benzema failed to add to his goal collection when Real Madrid against Real Betis. Benzema had scored a goal against Real Betis in the 12th minute, but the goal was disallowed because the ball had hit Antonio Rudiger hand. Lewandowski presence is a threat for Benzema to become La Liga Top Score again. Benzema performance is also not as fierce as last season, he has also been injured very often this season.
It is very interesting to see the competition between the two to become the Top Scorer this season.

It is not yet known how long Lewandowski will be absent, according to a report by one of the Spanish media Relevo, Lewandowski will be absent for approximately two weeks. The estimated time is based on the fastest time for Lewandowski to completely recover from the injury that happened to him.

[rendravolt]

Osasuna failed to win at home against Celta Vigo. As far as the match, Osasuna had completely controlled the game with 64% ball possession, but Celta Vigo's defense played pretty well and Osasuna made 5 shots on target from none of which resulted in a goal. The final result of 0-0 meant that both teams had to share 1 point in this match.

[Cryptmuster]

Benzema failed to add to his goal collection when Real Madrid against Real Betis. Benzema had scored a goal against Real Betis in the 12th minute, but the goal was disallowed because the ball had hit Antonio Rudiger hand. Lewandowski presence is a threat for Benzema to become La Liga Top Score again. Benzema performance is also not as fierce as last season, he has also been injured very often this season.
It is very interesting to see the competition between the two to become the Top Scorer this season.

It is not yet known how long Lewandowski will be absent, according to a report by one of the Spanish media Relevo, Lewandowski will be absent for approximately two weeks. The estimated time is based on the fastest time for Lewandowski to completely recover from the injury that happened to him.

It seems to me that Benzema is missing more games this season due to injuries, which is why he is behind Lewandowski. Benzema and Lewandowski are about the same age, so their strengths can be considered approximately equal. Two weeks is not much, I wish him a speedy recovery, I doubt that Benzema will be able to score 4 goals in two weeks, and match Lewandowski.

[Cookdata]

We didn't see many goals in yesterday's games, but there were important matches and results that will affect the course of the league. Barcelona beat Valencia 1-0 at home.  Barcelona managed to break Valencia's resistance by scoring an early goal, but couldn't reflect this in the second half. A missed penalty early in the second half and a red card afterwards left Valencia in control of the game. But Valencia couldn't find a goal and the match ended 1-0.
The other important match of the day was real Madrid, who drew away to betis. With this loss, the point difference with Barcelona increased to 9 points. It would have been better for them if they had won this match. Betis are a team in form and they play well. It was also difficult to beat them at home and real madrid couldn't do it.

Barcelona did well from this match, because Valencia players really prepared well to disgrace Barcelona by reducing their points but Barcelona coach never allow such thing to happen than to make use of the players that know how to work hard to achieve early goals to start the match. They succeeded to scored one goal in the first half that made them to do everything possible within their power to maintain the one goal till the end of the match, that made people to rate them well. Real Madrid didn't display well in the first half, because Betis players really understood the tactics Real Madrid players were using at the moment that made the match to ended up draw.

I have just searched some records of Valencia and I couldn't see any recent records where they were able to beat Barcelona, it is either their draw or loss to Barcelona which they still repeat the same thing in their last encounter. It is going to be the first time after 13 years of Valencia going to the relegation zone, this is something I don't want to see them end up like this, 9 points from 3 matches before the end of the season will shift them out of that zone and qualufy for next season but I doubt if that will be possible because they have only win 2 matches out of the 24 played, they seriously have not been in good form.

[Porfirii]

The La Liga is the biggest tournament Barcelona have in their hands from now on. Their main target is to win the league title no matter what and they are very good at it so far.

Their next game is going to be an away one against Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao are in bad shape so they wouldn't be a big obstacle for Barcelona. I'm just not happy with the current situation in the league. Because I was expecting to see a big fight between Barcelona and Real Madrid until the end of the season. But Barcelona look like they have finished the season early.

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Athletic de Bilbao started the League really well, to the point that they were in the third position of the table just before the Qatar World Cup. Their luck and performance has gotten worse since then, but Barça shouldn't underestimate a team that is known for how difficult it is to win on their field, San Mamés (aka the Cathedral).

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I think it is likely because the number of points have increased in difference to Barcelona and now Real Madrid knows that they stand no chance to win La Liga as the number of games to be played is always smaller.That is why now they most likely will be focusing on the Champions League where so far they have been performing really well and that is why they will continue to focus only there to keep doing better and be a strong contender to the Champions League title.

For the La Liga I think Barcelona has already won the title based on the number of games left and points difference between the two teams.

Currently the point difference between the two is getting bigger while Barcelona is more focused on facing La Liga going forward, while Real Madrid are still playing in the Champions League and in the second leg they will face Liverpool at home. Speaking of opportunities, Real Madrid will find it very difficult to keep up with the current tight match, especially since the players are not in good condition with some unsatisfactory results.

Nine points difference with Barcelona at this time and mathematically Real Madrid's chances of catching up with Barcelona are far from possible, so focusing on the Champions League and not losing in La Liga is enough to close the season in runners-up.

[shinratensei_]

Osasuna failed to win at home against Celta Vigo. As far as the match, Osasuna had completely controlled the game with 64% ball possession, but Celta Vigo's defense played pretty well and Osasuna made 5 shots on target from none of which resulted in a goal. The final result of 0-0 meant that both teams had to share 1 point in this match.

The match was not so funny. Osasuna was dominating the match will more ball possessions combined with 5 shots on goal but i don't know what's wrong with the attacking line of osasuna. Osasuna got chances so many times but header, shooting is always aiming for the keeper. The first shot can be converted into goal one it will be controlled carefully. Osasuna's player was always trying to shoot as soon as they got the ball without trying to aim for the right target to pass the keeper.
That's very disappointing result for osasuna caused by it was losing against celta vigo which can't even make a single shot on target.

[Smack That Ace]

Benzema failed to add to his goal collection when Real Madrid against Real Betis. Benzema had scored a goal against Real Betis in the 12th minute, but the goal was disallowed because the ball had hit Antonio Rudiger hand. Lewandowski presence is a threat for Benzema to become La Liga Top Score again. Benzema performance is also not as fierce as last season, he has also been injured very often this season.
It is very interesting to see the competition between the two to become the Top Scorer this season.
It is not yet known how long Lewandowski will be absent, according to a report by one of the Spanish media Relevo, Lewandowski will be absent for approximately two weeks. The estimated time is based on the fastest time for Lewandowski to completely recover from the injury that happened to him.

It seems to me that Benzema is missing more games this season due to injuries, which is why he is behind Lewandowski. Benzema and Lewandowski are about the same age, so their strengths can be considered approximately equal. Two weeks is not much, I wish him a speedy recovery, I doubt that Benzema will be able to score 4 goals in two weeks, and match Lewandowski.

In this match, Real Madrid got a lot of chances. Benzema did score in this match from a free kick. But it got ruled out because it hit a Real Madrid player on the hand on its way to the goalpost. Real Madrid really should have been the winner in this match. I cannot say Real Madrid was unlucky. Because they got a lot of chances and honestly it was the finishing that was missing from Real Madrid.

Right now it honestly feels like the La Liga title is slipping away further and further from Real Madrid. Because Barcelona has got a really good lead right now over them.

Duke Khan

[BRINIRHA]

To be honest with this there are some things that are very different from Barcelona when it comes to their era from last season and this season.
I was initially a little skeptical of what they were doing, especially with their difficult financial condition but they still forced players to spend, but even though it was risky, now they can prove that what they did was not wrong.
On the other hand, Barcelona is now well coordinated. The tiki taka scheme that has been a hallmark and lost in the Koeman era is now being returned by Xavi, which of course is something very good.

Barcelona in the player transfer market is indeed very brave in making high offers in order to get the desired player. And now these steps have indeed borne fruit. Now Barcelona is getting stronger at the top of the standings. the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is also widening at this time. a difference of 9 points is a pretty high number. and If Barcelona continue to maintain their best form. then getting the title this season is very possible and no doubt.

[Luzin]

Barcelona in the player transfer market is indeed very brave in making high offers in order to get the desired player. And now these steps have indeed borne fruit. Now Barcelona is getting stronger at the top of the standings. the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is also widening at this time. a difference of 9 points is a pretty high number. and If Barcelona continue to maintain their best form. then getting the title this season is very possible and no doubt.

At the moment Barcelona is more fortunate because it can concentrate in the league and the copa del rey. Real Madrid is currently busier, because it is still in the UCL. In addition to the problem of the game, Real Madrid did not do much Big transfer. This leaves Anceloti with not having many player options.
Maybe that's not a good reason, but indeed at this time they should come to their senses immediately. The players have begun to age. Anceloti harua immediately laid out plans for next season if he is still with Real Madrid. My hope is that Real Madrid can still get another trophy.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The good thing about all this is that Real Madrid had an incredible goal festival, and I don't really know what happened to Liverpool, but for the second leg I don't think they can come back, although nothing is impossible.

In the second leg Liverpool just have to realize that Santiago Bernabéu is our home. This means that whatever mission Liverpool brings will be difficult to achieve because Real Madrid is only focused on maintaining its advantage. There are always bad possibilities, but things like that must be avoided as best as possible after the goal feast in the first leg.

In fact, I hope that Real Madrid can maintain their good record again in the second leg with a win. I only care that Liverpool shouldn't be given chances, and we shouldn't make big mistakes at home.

Real Madrid is a team that has always done well in the UCL and I don't know why but they are so inspired, maybe they want to win the "Orejona" and I understand them, the prestige that winning another UCL cup gives is something that he commands a lot of respect, the Real Madrid club has a lot of history, and one of the reasons why they have not dispensed with Ancelotti's services is because they are doing well in the UCL, and if they win they win, Ancelotti would be securing one more season with the team, however, as they are they must already have a possible replacement ready for him.


Real Madrid have to raise their heads quickly in the League:

Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Junior has suffered further racial abuse, after footage was found of a Real Betis fans shouting ‘monkey’ at the Brazilian.

The Real Madrid star has been criticised heavily this season, by fans, players and press alike, and perhaps it is no coincidence that a sharp spike in racial abuse towards Vinicius has been seen too. The latest was Betis player Aitor Ruibal, who claimed that it was normal for people to insult Vinicius after the match, although at no point did he condone racist abuse.

In the 64th minute, as Dani Ceballos and Nacho Fernandez prepared to come on, Vinicius had the ball by the touchline waiting for the throw-in. On footage provided by El Golazo de Gol, a fan can clearly be heard shouting ‘monkey’ on two occasions.

This would be the eighth such incident recorded by La Liga, as they try to get to grips with what is now undeniably a serious issue for La Liga and Spanish football. In previous cases, fans have been fined €4k and been banned from sporting events for a year.

Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/03/06/further-shouts-of-monkey-directed-vinicius-junior-from-real-betis-fan-on-another-dark-day-for-la-liga

[uchegod-21]

The La Liga is the biggest tournament Barcelona have in their hands from now on. Their main target is to win the league title no matter what and they are very good at it so far.

Their next game is going to be an away one against Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao are in bad shape so they wouldn't be a big obstacle for Barcelona. I'm just not happy with the current situation in the league. Because I was expecting to see a big fight between Barcelona and Real Madrid until the end of the season. But Barcelona look like they have finished the season early.

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Barcelona caoch Xavi must have a good focus on the Laliga because that is the only trophy for now that he could look unto and smile at and have a great conviction to soldier on.
Altletic bilbao is not a conder for the title and does not win always but they have the capability of making you not to win. But we have nothing to bother about because even Barcelona rivalry is not serious to overtake Barcelona.

[ShowOff]

Currently the point difference between the two is getting bigger while Barcelona is more focused on facing La Liga going forward, while Real Madrid are still playing in the Champions League and in the second leg they will face Liverpool at home. Speaking of opportunities, Real Madrid will find it very difficult to keep up with the current tight match, especially since the players are not in good condition with some unsatisfactory results.

Nine points difference with Barcelona at this time and mathematically Real Madrid's chances of catching up with Barcelona are far from possible, so focusing on the Champions League and not losing in La Liga is enough to close the season in runners-up.

You know, I think something different is still in the minds of every Real Madrid supporter, the coach and all the players.
You can never lose anything in La Liga if you still have the desire to do better. At least that's what Ancelotti thinks at the moment, and he has vowed to try.

However, being 9 points ahead of Real Madrid makes me happy, of course the days will be even harder to always hope that Barcelona loses and slips. Apart from having to win all the matches, expecting Barcelona to lose and slip up is what Real Madrid will do now. I hope Barcelona realize what Madrid wants them to do, so Xavi and his players have to be careful.

[hahay]

The La Liga is the biggest tournament Barcelona have in their hands from now on. Their main target is to win the league title no matter what and they are very good at it so far.

Their next game is going to be an away one against Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao are in bad shape so they wouldn't be a big obstacle for Barcelona. I'm just not happy with the current situation in the league. Because I was expecting to see a big fight between Barcelona and Real Madrid until the end of the season. But Barcelona look like they have finished the season early.

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Barcelona caoch Xavi must have a good focus on the Laliga because that is the only trophy for now that he could look unto and smile at and have a great conviction to soldier on.
Altletic bilbao is not a conder for the title and does not win always but they have the capability of making you not to win. But we have nothing to bother about because even Barcelona rivalry is not serious to overtake Barcelona.

If you remember about the previous Bilbao which was in the top five and now Bilbao is in ninth position, then of course the performance of a team like Bilbao will not be able to stop Barcelona. What's more, at this moment Barcelona really only has hope in La Liga after being eliminated from the Europa League, so of course Barcelona will continue to try to be able to win in every match it plays in La Liga.

Even though, for example, at this moment there is a strong team competing in the La Liga title race, I personally still believe that Barcelona under Xavi's coaching is indeed very promising for good results in La Liga. So yes, I personally will not doubt Barcelona in the next away match against Bilbao.

[Leviathan.007]

The La Liga is the biggest tournament Barcelona have in their hands from now on. Their main target is to win the league title no matter what and they are very good at it so far.

Their next game is going to be an away one against Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao are in bad shape so they wouldn't be a big obstacle for Barcelona. I'm just not happy with the current situation in the league. Because I was expecting to see a big fight between Barcelona and Real Madrid until the end of the season. But Barcelona look like they have finished the season early.

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Barcelona caoch Xavi must have a good focus on the Laliga because that is the only trophy for now that he could look unto and smile at and have a great conviction to soldier on.
Altletic bilbao is not a conder for the title and does not win always but they have the capability of making you not to win. But we have nothing to bother about because even Barcelona rivalry is not serious to overtake Barcelona.

As of now, Barcelona has a good situation in La Liga, and is still safe at the top of the table, while as of right now, after they lost their game against Manchester United in the Europa League, they will have more time to spend in La Liga where they are currently the only hope for the title. Additionally, even if some of the players are unable to play in the field at the moment, they will still be able to give some rest to the players and still be able to perform better in the second half of the season.

[nicolas1979]

do not underestimate Athletic Bilbao, they can surprise Barcelona for sure, but speaking on the winner of La liga, Barca seem to be so close that i could say they won it, before even the season ends, they already have a foot in and Real Madrid are not showing a good pace so far.

Even though Athletic Bilbao won the match, it did not affect Barcelona being at the top of the table. The difference of 9 points is a big number. The team seems to be comfortable in their respective positions, and it is difficult to pursue positions above.

[rendravolt]

Osasuna failed to win at home against Celta Vigo. As far as the match, Osasuna had completely controlled the game with 64% ball possession, but Celta Vigo's defense played pretty well and Osasuna made 5 shots on target from none of which resulted in a goal. The final result of 0-0 meant that both teams had to share 1 point in this match.

The match was not so funny. Osasuna was dominating the match will more ball possessions combined with 5 shots on goal but i don't know what's wrong with the attacking line of osasuna. Osasuna got chances so many times but header, shooting is always aiming for the keeper. The first shot can be converted into goal one it will be controlled carefully. Osasuna's player was always trying to shoot as soon as they got the ball without trying to aim for the right target to pass the keeper.
That's very disappointing result for osasuna caused by it was losing against celta vigo which can't even make a single shot on target.

Even though in the previous match Osasuna performed very well by beating Bilbao in the CDR competition and beating Sevilla in the previous La Liga game. This is a result that is difficult for the fans to accept, and of course they are very disappointed because if Osasuna wins, they can shift Rayo Vallecano's position in the standings.