La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[tiCeR]

Thanks to a lone goal from Raphinha, Barcelona have been able to maintain their nine point lead at the top of the table. It was looking like a game that would end in a first half draw before Raphinha's shot went past Julen Agirrezabala and straight into the net. The VAR was used twice in the match and on both occasions it was in favor of Barcelona. First it was to over tune the offside call by the linesman for Barcelona's goal and secondly to cancel Bilboa's goal for a handball against Bilboa.
Its one of those games where Barcelona were not at their best but they still managed to win. Now they'll go into the el classico next weekend with a lot of momentum since they would like to extend their lead at the top of the table.

Keeping the lead was their major goal before they meet Real Madrid in the clasico. What saves them right now is the strong defense and one goal is enough to decide the game.

But I am a bit confused about Lewandowski's performances after he had such a great start into the season, when he actually scored nonstop and so many goals. Against Athletic Bilbao it was enough today to have Raphinha score that one goal, but this won't be sufficient against Real Madrid. It is quite surprising that in the last five games they averaged one goal per game.

If they want to have a chance against Real Madrid they will need an offensive line in top shape. I am still wondering whether Ansu Fati is the guy who deserves to wear the number 10 in the team. I think he isn't dangerous enough as a striker. He is not a bad player by any means, but he plays his fourth season for Barcelona now and even though he scores a goal from time to time, those are usually not very important goals.

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[D-law]

Not too many goals this weekend in the Spanish league. And tonight we will also see Barcelona in action, they will not feel a lot of pressure due to the great force majeure and the big lead in points in the competition. But they have already been eliminated from the European competitions, so the focus can be fully on this competition. You can't win that easily at Athletic Bilbao, only in the time that Messi played football at Barcelona did you ever see those things happen.

Barcelona has finally taking the lead and win the game with Athletic Bilbao 0 - 1 Barcelona. Gamblers who played for Barcelona are smiling and the fans of Barcelona are also happy, the Spanish League in the weekend was interesting. Barcelona was only good in the possession of the ball while Athletic Bilbao play more than Barca. It was the goalkeeper of Barcelona that safe them today, because Athletic Bilbao was oppressing to score them but Barca defense and the keeper was good.

I was happy to see that Barcelona were able to put aside their legal crises concerning the payment of match officials from 2001 to 2018 and claimed the much needed maximum three points. Athletic Bilbao weren't creative enough in that game and that was what cost them a home loss today. Real Madrid will surely be unhappy with the result but Barcelona doesn't care at the moment because to them a spanish la liga title is must for them at the end of the season

Even without some important players Barcelona still find ways to win
They are winning the league that I know
Raphina and De Jong all had sweet games today. Even the defense was tight

[GxSTxV]

Barcelona deservedly won this match. The fact that they defeated Balbio at an away match by a goal victory demonstrates how they are not prepared to lose any of their matches.

With 65 points, Barcelona leads the La Liga table, followed by their rival "Real Madrid," which has 56 points. The difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is nine points.

Barcelona's following game is scheduled to take place against Real Madrid. Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the Cup Del Rey; can they do it again? By next week, time will tell to that

Xavi is determined to ensure that this season doesn't end with empty hands for Barcelona especially after missing out on both the Champions League and Europa League. Their main focus is now on LaLiga where they have a great chance of being the champs and they also have a shot at the Copa Del Rey after their recent victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of semi-finals. Although LaLiga still has 13 matches remaining, Barcelona currently holds a 9 point lead over Real Madrid, which means they would need to lose three or more matches to lose their standing. However, given their impressive gameplay, it seems highly unlikely to happen but as you said time will tell us everything

[Doell]

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Victory is mandatory for Barcelona to maintain its 9-point advantage over Real Madrid. But it seems their mission tonight will not be as easy as you might imagine. Bilbao often causes problems for Barcelona's defense and they also tend to appear with good discipline in defense. Of course for me it is a problem that Barcelona must overcome in this away match, but I think that the chances and probability of victory are still in Barcelona's favor.

Now the match has started. Lewandowski has returned to the XI tonight after missing several match through injury. Gavi is also on the main line-up, so I hope a win turns out to be true. Maybe not much score, but for 0-2 it's a good possibility.

Finally this match has been ended with Barcelona victory Sir, I'm happy to see it, but you're right it is not easy for Barcelona to win at there. Now Xavi and friends will rest comfortably because they have succeeded to get three points from home team Bilbao tonight, I hope that for next match Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be an interesting game with lots of goals in both, but statistically it seems that Barcelona will be the favorites in that match.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona didn't have their best game maybe but it was still enough for a victory against Athletic Bilbao by 1-0.

I was expecting Lewandowski to score as well but he didn't. Instead Raphinha was the savior of the team there. Barcelona were just having problems with finding the target as there were only 2 shots on target in the whole game. Their opponent had so many opportunities as well but they were lacking in finishing. Barcelona had better improve this game a little more if they want to win more comfortably. After the Valencia game this was another one they couldn't have full control.

[TopT3ns]

So far the score is still 0-1 but the two teams are only playing the same as in the first half even though this is still very good to watch but seeing the opportunities they have I think this is too monotonous for Barcelona because indeed they are still a little difficult with almost possession of the ball They had 70 per cent in this game.

Finally, the match ended and Barcelona's score remained at 1-0, even though the victory they got was very narrow, which meant a lot because Barcelona did not field their best players like Robert Lewandowski and other attackers. With this victory, at least, Barcelona were still able to secure first place at the top of the standings and points from second place getting further.

[Z-tight]

Even the defense was tight

Barcelona's defense in La Liga has been very strong and tight this season, it is very hard for many teams to score a goal against Barcelona, in the La Liga Barcelona have conceded only 8 goals, no club in La Liga has conceded as low as that, even Real madrid have conceded 19 goals. Barcelona are not only strong in defense, but also in attack as they have scored 47 goals, only Real Madrid have scored more than them and they have scored 50 goals. I feel Barcelona are so ready to win the La Liga this season, they are strong in both attack and when they are defending too, they have a 9 points gap and i trust them to hold their lead until the league is over.

[snipie]

Even the defense was tight

Barcelona's defense in La Liga has been very strong and tight this season, it is very hard for many teams to score a goal against Barcelona, in the La Liga Barcelona have conceded only 8 goals, no club in La Liga has conceded as low as that, even Real madrid have conceded 19 goals. Barcelona are not only strong in defense, but also in attack as they have scored 47 goals, only Real Madrid have scored more than them and they have scored 50 goals. I feel Barcelona are so ready to win the La Liga this season, they are strong in both attack and when they are defending too, they have a 9 points gap and i trust them to hold their lead until the league is over.

La Liga title is almost in Barcelona's hands.
Barcelona rarely receives points as you mentioned, thus rarely lose. We are talking about 2 defeats and 2 draws only in 25 games.. In the other hand, Real Madrid receive many points and missed many points. If we projet the actual results until the end, then Barcelona will be the winner.
The only hope for Real Madrid is to see Barcelona getting sanctioned or seeing them losing several matches, the ManU way.

[Ratash]

Even the defense was tight

Barcelona's defense in La Liga has been very strong and tight this season, it is very hard for many teams to score a goal against Barcelona, in the La Liga Barcelona have conceded only 8 goals, no club in La Liga has conceded as low as that, even Real madrid have conceded 19 goals. Barcelona are not only strong in defense, but also in attack as they have scored 47 goals, only Real Madrid have scored more than them and they have scored 50 goals. I feel Barcelona are so ready to win the La Liga this season, they are strong in both attack and when they are defending too, they have a 9 points gap and i trust them to hold their lead until the league is over.

Yeah their performance in laliga is top notch, i think they have already secured the trophy, they rarely lose points, i think they might even break the record of the best defense in laliga which is 15 goals but we're aproaching the end of the season with only 13 games left things will become much difficult especially when facing relegation teams.

[Velvet78]

Now there is only one game left on this week which is Girona - Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid are clear favourite to win of course. They are still unbeaten for so many weeks in the league. This can surely be another game added to this series. It depends on how solid they will play this time. Girona can be a quite interesting team from time to time. They are weak at defending for sure but their scoring potential is quite big. They have the same number of goals scored with Atletico Madrid I mean. Atletico Madrid should play very carefully. I expect both teams to score here.

[rendravolt]

Barcelona didn't have their best game maybe but it was still enough for a victory against Athletic Bilbao by 1-0.

I was expecting Lewandowski to score as well but he didn't. Instead Raphinha was the savior of the team there. Barcelona were just having problems with finding the target as there were only 2 shots on target in the whole game. Their opponent had so many opportunities as well but they were lacking in finishing. Barcelona had better improve this game a little more if they want to win more comfortably. After the Valencia game this was another one they couldn't have full control.

Barcelona can be said to have always been lucky because in every game they always win with an average of 1 goal and if this continues then one day Barcelona will definitely experience difficulties when their opponent can score more than 2 goals. Several other La Liga clubs and the appearance of goalkeeper Ter Stegen also deserve appreciation because they managed to make 4 saves in this match.

[hd49728]

Barcelona's defense in La Liga has been very strong and tight this season, it is very hard for many teams to score a goal against Barcelona, in the La Liga Barcelona have conceded only 8 goals, no club in La Liga has conceded as low as that, even Real madrid have conceded 19 goals.

They have good defense system in La Liga but it is contributed by their strong midfielders as well. Those two systems (defense and midfield) are helpful for Barcelona to have great ball possession that eliminate most of risk to their goalkeeper and both contributed to impressive stats for their club in La Liga with only 8 conceded goals.

When Barcelona have to move to Europe to play in Champions League and Europa League, their young players are no longer be able to maintain similar dominating ball possession. Consequently their goalkeeper has to face with more attacking risks from opponents and they have more conceded goals as well as lost matches in Europe.

Barcelona are not only strong in defense, but also in attack as they have scored 47 goals, only Real Madrid have scored more than them and they have scored 50 goals. I feel Barcelona are so ready to win the La Liga this season, they are strong in both attack and when they are defending too, they have a 9 points gap and i trust them to hold their lead until the league is over.

Barcelona have better results than Real Madrid in La Liga even they have less goals than Real Madrid. They are more sustainable with performance and better collecting points from other clubs. Real Madrid played not too bad but they can win big but have disappointed draws as well. Real Madrid failed to score a single goal to win some matches that all made them have 9 points less than Barcelona on the table.

[Prince Malik]

Another important win for Barcelona against atleteco belbao, the win wasn't easy and belbao really did a very good second half, they even scored a goal but unfortunately iniaki Williams touched the ball with his hand, Barcelona team is running straight to the trophy and i think it's really hard for Madrid to catch them now

[Fakhrulenclix]

Another important win for Barcelona against atleteco belbao, the win wasn't easy and belbao really did a very good second half, they even scored a goal but unfortunately iniaki Williams touched the ball with his hand, Barcelona team is running straight to the trophy and i think it's really hard for Madrid to catch them now

Barcelona won this victory with difficulty, this is an important point for them to keep their distance from Real Madrid.
it is undeniable that if Barcelona continues to be consistent, it is very likely that they will get the La Liga trophy, a difference of 9 points is not an easy thing to chase, especially Real Madrid is still not consistent.
but I think that Barcelona's success this season, which until now still leads the temporary La Liga standings, cannot be separated from Real Madrid's poor performance this season so that this is being put to very good use by the Barcelona team.

[Jody.Drummer]

In less than an hour the match between Atletico Bilbao will start soon. In this match, Barcelona had the opportunity to widen their points gap again with Real Madrid, in which in this week's match they were able to win the match and win again after their last 2 matches ended in a draw. But it's not an easy task for Barcelona to be able to win in this match, because Atletico Bilbao is also not a team that can be underestimated, moreover they will play this game at home which will motivate them even more to win, even if they don't win at least 1 point they can get .
In the match that just ended, Villarreal shared points with Real Betis.

Actually Athletic Bilbao is not in good condition at the moment. We can see from the history of Bilbao's matches that in recent weeks they haven't won their victory again. they keep losing. And finally they were able to get a draw against Rayo. so that Barcelona in this match should really be the underdog. and the game has just started.

The match met everyone's expectations because indeed Barcelona managed to get back 3 points in this match, even though the current conditions were only a 1 goal win but still this was a win for them.
Now the Gap is still the same as its strongest competitor, namely Madrid and this is a good thing for Barcelona even though in some conditions now Internal problems are starting to come upon several accusations directed at Barcelona.

[yudi09]

Another important win for Barcelona against atleteco belbao, the win wasn't easy and belbao really did a very good second half, they even scored a goal but unfortunately iniaki Williams touched the ball with his hand, Barcelona team is running straight to the trophy and i think it's really hard for Madrid to catch them now

Athletic Club Bilbao is always a team that makes it difficult for Barcelona in every match. Barcelona's 0-1 win at San Mames Barria last night seemed to confirm that to be true.
Although it was a tight game, Barcelona managed to get an important point to secure their championship path this season.

There were plenty of chances that could have been goals, but ter Stegen did well to keep Barcelona from conceding.
From the video highlights, Barcelona performed with their usual style of play and almost all the players performed well only constrained by the final finish.

[MoonOfLife]

Another important win for Barcelona against atleteco belbao, the win wasn't easy and belbao really did a very good second half, they even scored a goal but unfortunately iniaki Williams touched the ball with his hand, Barcelona team is running straight to the trophy and i think it's really hard for Madrid to catch them now

Athletic Club Bilbao is always a team that makes it difficult for Barcelona in every match. Barcelona's 0-1 win at San Mames Barria last night seemed to confirm that to be true.
Although it was a tight game, Barcelona managed to get an important point to secure their championship path this season.
There were plenty of chances that could have been goals, but ter Stegen did well to keep Barcelona from conceding.
From the video highlights, Barcelona performed with their usual style of play and almost all the players performed well only constrained by the final finish.

Athletic Bilbao were no weak opponents. Bilbao was expected to try their hardest to get points against Barcelona. Athletic Bilbao's performance was very good. And I would say very lucky that they managed to get 3 points in this match. Although Barcelona had 37% of the ball possession, Bilbao's players made a total of 15 shots in this match. On the other hand, Barcelona made 10. Barcelona's defense was very strong. Also, Ter Stegen played very well in this match. However, I expected a good performance from Lelandowski in this match. Lewandowski's performance was not good.

[Razmirraz]

Actually Athletic Bilbao is not in good condition at the moment. We can see from the history of Bilbao's matches that in recent weeks they haven't won their victory again. they keep losing. And finally they were able to get a draw against Rayo. so that Barcelona in this match should really be the underdog. and the game has just started.

The match met everyone's expectations because indeed Barcelona managed to get back 3 points in this match, even though the current conditions were only a 1 goal win but still this was a win for them.
Now the Gap is still the same as its strongest competitor, namely Madrid and this is a good thing for Barcelona even though in some conditions now Internal problems are starting to come upon several accusations directed at Barcelona.

One goal that Barcelona scored against Bilbao made Barcelona manage to earn three points while at the same time keeping the distance from Real Madrid, who became its closest competitor. Bilbao defended well in this match, several attempts made by Barcelona could not penetrate the solid defense built by Bilbao.

After Raphinha gave an advantage at the end of the first half, Barcelona were still trying to find additional goals in the second half. Not a single goal was created in the second half, Bilbao occasionally tried to build attacks to equalize, but every opportunity they got could not be put to good use.

Having a 9 point lead over Real Madrid is very profitable for Barcelona for the next few matches, Barcelona is still firmly at the top of the standings without having to be pressured. This victory is a good capital for Barcelona who will face Real Madrid in the next match, while Real Madrid must face Liverpool in the UCL second leg before continuing an important match entitled El Clasico.

[Bobrox]

Indeed Barcelona victory against Athletic Bilboa not easy but three points achievement make them keep comfortable on first standing position and enjoyed with La Liga tittle race from Real Madrid behind 9 points left. Barcelona have quit well performance than Real Madrid in La Liga despite have losing tittle chance in Champion League or Europe League but winning La Liga tittle in this season seems enough how to answer public's doubt with Xavi reputation.

Up coming next games become important for Barcelona because against Real Madrid and could be start for getting La Liga tittle in this season, winning on el clasico match make Barcelona close with La Liga tittle after waiting more than four years.

[yudi09]

Athletic Bilbao were no weak opponents. Bilbao was expected to try their hardest to get points against Barcelona. Athletic Bilbao's performance was very good. And I would say very lucky that they managed to get 3 points in this match. Although Barcelona had 37% of the ball possession, Bilbao's players made a total of 15 shots in this match. On the other hand, Barcelona made 10. Barcelona's defense was very strong. Also, Ter Stegen played very well in this match. However, I expected a good performance from Lelandowski in this match. Lewandowski's performance was not good.

Backwards...
Barcelona controlled 63% ball possession and Athletic Club Bilbao 37% based on match statistics.
It would be inaccurate if the victory obtained by Barcelona was called due to the luck factor because they worked hard so that 3 points could be obtained.

Athletic Club Bilbao also tried not to lose points with the various efforts they made throughout the match. Maybe their statistics for 90 minutes of normal time will give you an idea, starting from the number of shoots to the percentage of duels won, including successful dribbles.