La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[ancafe]

In the first match of La Liga, Barcelona could not secure the victory despite a great effort, the match was a draw, then in the second match, they finally managed to score two goals after 80 minutes to secure the victory that the team desperately needed.

That means Xavi still hasn't found the right scheme to play against a total defensive team and he needs a solution when strikers like Lewandowski can't score. In the second week of the match at Camp Nou, Xavi also found it difficult to keep up with the Cadiz defense which was so solid and fortunately they had Gundogan who was able to provide a cross for Pedri which was completed into a goal.

Barcelona won this match, but to tell the truth, Barcelona is always the favorite in the matches played at the Camp Nou. Cadiz was already a team that was not a favorite against Barcelona. I don't think this win came as a surprise. I expected them to score more goals, but the match ended 2-0. The score doesn't matter for now, as 3 points are important.

There are many weaknesses that Xavi needs to fix and they had quite a hard time in the previous two matches to be able to score goals because they faced a team that defended by relying on tight pressing. Even eventually though Barcelona were able to get full points against Cadiz, in my opinion there are many things that need to be fixed, especially when facing a team that is no the favorite and they should be able to win the match with a much bigger score

[borovichok]

In the first match of La Liga, Barcelona could not secure the victory despite a great effort, the match was a draw, then in the second match, they finally managed to score two goals after 80 minutes to secure the victory that the team desperately needed.

Xavi Hernandez working on his squad inother to strengthen them to start scoring goals and earning crucial points in league games. The bluagrana possessed good set of players who are ready to take the team performance to next level, confidently they're contenders for the La Liga title, it would define be a long run between Los Blancos and the blaugrana. Barcelona failed to grab the winning points in the first La Liga game this season, recording a draw, perhaps they're back this season after thrashing Cadiz 2 nil. That's basically a good way to start a winning.

[len01]

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Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is the top scorer in La Liga temporarily with 3 goals, followed by Kike Garcia striker Alaves with 2 goals and Cristian Stuani striker Girona with the same number. Meanwhile, Lewandowski last season's top scorer has not scored in two matches this season.

I'm happy with Jude Bellingham's goalscoring record in Real Madrid's last two games in La Liga, but I can't fully expect Bellingham to be top scorer this season because he's not a striker but a midfielder. It's rare for a midfielder to become top scorer at the end of a season, because in most cases, strikers and wingers are the two players who often win it.

So far I know Jude Bellingham's role in a game more than a midfielder, he is an attacking midfielder who is expected to also be able to score goals when other strikers are struggling. It's similar to De Bruyne's situation at Manchester City, but he was never top scorer.

IMO, it does not matter even though Bellingham is only a midfielder but if he can really get top scorer it actually proves that Bellingham has an increase in his talent so there is no rules if it has to be a striker who is allowed to score the most. I think Madrid goal is to get Bellingham because you know how talented Bellingham has so that Real madrid is trying to redeem this player to replace Benzema even though he is not a reliable striker.

[Sebas.tian]

Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid on Friday will going to be a tough match, because Celta Vigo will feel like using home strategies to disappoint those that will predict for the favour of Real Madrid because they are capable to defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to improve their points. If Real Madrid manager can work on their strikers in this match, it may end up draw 1-1 because Celta Vigo are very ready to battle with Real Madrid in this competition. There is a rumors that PSG management are ready to release kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid now before the end of this month, which I believe it will make the team performance in this season positive through out because Kylian Mbappe is the only player that can handle that Karim Benzema position very well in a way Real Madrid will start swimming from victory to victory in this season.

[bitcampaign]

I was quite surprised by Xavi's trust in Lamine Yamal. He had just turned 17, but already had 99 minutes of playing time with the senior team. Lamine Yamal played very well against Cadiz. He even made one shot on goal. Although still young he is brave to hold the ball and clever in reading the situation of the game. Lamine became the first choice perhaps after Dembele's departure to PSG.

I totally agree with Xavi, he dared to give Lamine Yamal full playing time in order to raise his confidence for more flying hours, of course there will be a purpose in lowering Lamine Yamal's confidence to play full time, at least Xavi knows what their young players will need and this condition a lot of big clubs out there do it, if Xavi succeeds in elevating the mentality of young players then later it will benefit the club in terms of sales and assets owned by Barcelona to fruition, it could also be that Lamine Yamal's way of playing can help attack power and fill the void after being transferred leave Dembele to PSG, this is just my speculation in terms of perspective on Xavi..

[Bobrox]

Well that's right. But if Jude Bellingham can maintain the form he has and he is still good at positioning himself to score more goals. So I thought that would be a great thing. And so far Jude Bellingham has succeeded in realizing everyone's expectations about him. Before the season started I personally hoped that Vinicius Jr could be more aggressive in scoring goals. But in these two matches Vini jr only scored 1 goal. Meanwhile, Bellingham has scored 3 goals. And what I see from a Bellingham is that he can always put himself in a position where it is easy to receive a pass and score a goal. So I think he has the potential to score more goals this season.

Jude Bellingham play as attacking midfielder with Real Madrid and easily for him scoring three goals from two matches in La Liga, its can't stoppable for Jude Bellingham scoring many goals again in La Liga or UEFA Champion League upcoming match if Carlo Ancelotti not change his position as attacking midfielder. Jude Bellingham success close with Real Madrid weakness in attacking line, there are not problem with Madrid's goal productivity after scoring 5 goals from two matches.

So far from last two matches in La Liga, Real Madrid goal scoring from

Jude Bellingham 3 goals
Vinicius Junior 1 goals
Rodrygo 1 goals

[Litzki1990]

In the first match of La Liga, Barcelona could not secure the victory despite a great effort, the match was a draw, then in the second match, they finally managed to score two goals after 80 minutes to secure the victory that the team desperately needed.

Xavi Hernandez working on his squad inother to strengthen them to start scoring goals and earning crucial points in league games. The bluagrana possessed good set of players who are ready to take the team performance to next level, confidently they're contenders for the La Liga title, it would define be a long run between Los Blancos and the blaugrana. Barcelona failed to grab the winning points in the first La Liga game this season, recording a draw, perhaps they're back this season after thrashing Cadiz 2 nil. That's basically a good way to start a winning.

The new season has only just started and there is still a long time to determine who will be in position for the rest of the season. Barcelona have played two matches so far where they have drawn the first match and won the next match meaning they have four points. If Barcelona won the first match, the number of points could have been 6 instead of 4, while Barcelona's position would have been number one or number two in the points table. As the season has just started, they must perform well from the start. If they fall behind in points compared to other teams in the beginning, Barcelona will not be able to make up those points towards the end of the season so they will have to try to perform well from the start.

[FanEagle]

Sevilla literally won the europa title and played at the super cup and they are still in financial trouble? I mean what could a small club like that would have financially that would be so bad that they would play a whole season with a title and still not be able to repay it back or do better this season?

I would guess that they would be doing much better this season because of the success that comes from last year. In any case, Real is the one I am worried about this year, they lost their amazing goalkeeper, they lost their defender and we all know they didn't get any strikers at all for some reason. These all combined makes it a very very difficult season for them, I do not know what's going to happen with them this year.

[poodle63]

I was quite surprised by Xavi's trust in Lamine Yamal. He had just turned 17, but already had 99 minutes of playing time with the senior team. Lamine Yamal played very well against Cadiz. He even made one shot on goal. Although still young he is brave to hold the ball and clever in reading the situation of the game. Lamine became the first choice perhaps after Dembele's departure to PSG.

It's likely xavi is willing to give him more time to play in la liga. Yamal never had an experience play in la liga. The match against cadiz already expected xavi to let him play. It's caused by cadiz was not a strong opponent. The pressure was not bit and xavi belief if he would able to play so well against cadiz. I don't think xavi will let him to play in the important match like against atletico madrid or real madrid. Xavi knew that if he shall give him a chance to play in the main squad as it will help him to develop himself to be even better.

[Republikcoin.com]

I was quite surprised by Xavi's trust in Lamine Yamal. He had just turned 17, but already had 99 minutes of playing time with the senior team. Lamine Yamal played very well against Cadiz. He even made one shot on goal. Although still young he is brave to hold the ball and clever in reading the situation of the game. Lamine became the first choice perhaps after Dembele's departure to PSG.

It's likely xavi is willing to give him more time to play in la liga. Yamal never had an experience play in la liga. The match against cadiz already expected xavi to let him play. It's caused by cadiz was not a strong opponent. The pressure was not bit and xavi belief if he would able to play so well against cadiz. I don't think xavi will let him to play in the important match like against atletico madrid or real madrid. Xavi knew that if he shall give him a chance to play in the main squad as it will help him to develop himself to be even better.

What Xavi did got a lot of praise and Lamine Yamal also gave quite an impressive performance, he is expected to become a great player in the future, that's only natural and for sure Xavi can see the quality that this young player has so he dares to give playing time for the player.
And the limitations of the players owned by the Barcelona team also have an effect here, Dembele's departure leaving an empty spot, between compulsion and also prospects for the future so they choose to launch young players, I hope that will maintain the stability of the team.

[fuguebtc]

Bellingham is a great player I know. I saw a great performance from Bellingham last season. But I don't think he will adapt so quickly to the Madrid squad. Bellingham is still a young player. Still he is doing great performance in every match. This is truly commendable. He scored three goals in 2 matches in La Liga. And because of Bellingham's excellent performances, Benzema's void in the squad is still not well understood. If Bellingham can continue this performance, as well as the performance of Vini and Rodrygo if there is stability, then Real Madrid will dominate La Liga this season. Madrid coach Ancelotti is very experienced. Ancelotti's match strategy is helping to keep Madrid's performances consistent.

In general, I would not rush to conclusions and try to extrapolate the 2 starting rounds for the whole season. A successful start does not mean at all that this will continue throughout the season, especially since the player is young and some downturns during the season are simply inevitable. Plus, there may be injuries like the one that did not allow the player to participate in the last round of the German championship and in my opinion, Borussia Dortmund missed the championship largely because of this. On the other hand, I certainly wish Bellingham to avoid these troubles, because he is undoubtedly a talented player and greatly strengthened the Real Madrid game.

Bellingham is a great player and very talented no doubt. He is capable of great performance. His performance was quite good in the last season as well. But you're right that just because he's off to a good start doesn't mean he'll play well the entire season. Since Bellingham is still young, there is a possibility of losing consistency of performance. Bellingham's fitness is good enough. Also, since Ancelotti is the coach of Real madrid, he is very well aware of the condition of his players. So if Bellingham doesn't suffer an injury, my guess is that his performance won't be erratic, even if he doesn't perform well in 2/1 games, it won't last long. I think so.  I also have faith in coach ancelotti. He cares about every player in the squad. It is unlikely that the performance of the players will deteriorate too much.

[babo]

This is a bad story, I'm very sorry, but hadn't they won the Europa League? How come they got reduced with all these debts? I always say that modern football is too tied to money, that players get too much money and that they are sold for exaggerated prices

Most of the clubs in La Liga are in debt and I believe that this probably is the same for almost any club in any league...

But when you search for the details, their debt seems to be relatively low. It says that they have 90m euros in debt, which I think should still be manageable for them.

Winning trophies doesn't really change that much I think. If you consider the salaries that are being paid to top players, it is almost as if they could pay two or three of their best players with the revenue they made from winning the Europa League. It is a great example that shows how weird everything is when a club can't even ay the players with the money they get from winning trophies.

I disagree with you that winning trophies counts for nothing. When you win trophies there are sponsors, there are dividends on ratings. It is no coincidence that the teams fight each other to be able to reach the Champions League, because this brings a lot of money.

On the other hand, you are absolutely right about the fact that they are all in debt, this type of football is too dependent on too many and too much money. Not good in my opinion.

[Litzki1990]

Bellingham is a great player I know. I saw a great performance from Bellingham last season. But I don't think he will adapt so quickly to the Madrid squad. Bellingham is still a young player. Still he is doing great performance in every match. This is truly commendable. He scored three goals in 2 matches in La Liga. And because of Bellingham's excellent performances, Benzema's void in the squad is still not well understood. If Bellingham can continue this performance, as well as the performance of Vini and Rodrygo if there is stability, then Real Madrid will dominate La Liga this season. Madrid coach Ancelotti is very experienced. Ancelotti's match strategy is helping to keep Madrid's performances consistent.

In general, I would not rush to conclusions and try to extrapolate the 2 starting rounds for the whole season. A successful start does not mean at all that this will continue throughout the season, especially since the player is young and some downturns during the season are simply inevitable. Plus, there may be injuries like the one that did not allow the player to participate in the last round of the German championship and in my opinion, Borussia Dortmund missed the championship largely because of this. On the other hand, I certainly wish Bellingham to avoid these troubles, because he is undoubtedly a talented player and greatly strengthened the Real Madrid game.

Bellingham is a great player and very talented no doubt. He is capable of great performance. His performance was quite good in the last season as well. But you're right that just because he's off to a good start doesn't mean he'll play well the entire season. Since Bellingham is still young, there is a possibility of losing consistency of performance. Bellingham's fitness is good enough. Also, since Ancelotti is the coach of Real madrid, he is very well aware of the condition of his players. So if Bellingham doesn't suffer an injury, my guess is that his performance won't be erratic, even if he doesn't perform well in 2/1 games, it won't last long. I think so.  I also have faith in coach ancelotti. He cares about every player in the squad. It is unlikely that the performance of the players will deteriorate too much.

Any player at Real Madrid but not an auto choice who is in the regular XI has all performed well and then made the regular XI. Bellingham is an excellent midfielder, impressed with the young footballer's game, Real Madrid signed him and made his place in the squad based on his best performances. Ancelotti keeps a good eye on each player and if a player doesn't perform consistently, a consistent player is replaced in the team, so I don't think we should doubt Ancelotti's experience. Barring injury, Bellingham is certain to play in Real Madrid's starting line-up for the entire season as the young midfielder's performances over the last few games suggest he will never lose his form barring injury.

[Warkop]

I'm happy with Jude Bellingham's goalscoring record in Real Madrid's last two games in La Liga, but I can't fully expect Bellingham to be top scorer this season because he's not a striker but a midfielder. It's rare for a midfielder to become top scorer at the end of a season, because in most cases, strikers and wingers are the two players who often win it.

So far I know Jude Bellingham's role in a game more than a midfielder, he is an attacking midfielder who is expected to also be able to score goals when other strikers are struggling. It's similar to De Bruyne's situation at Manchester City, but he was never top scorer.

Real Madrid have poor performance in La Liga last season, but Carlo Ancelotti working tirelessly on getting the team back to form this season. Los Blancos signed good players this summer inother to strengthen the club and becoming potential contenders for La Liga title this new season. With the look of things, they might achieved their primary target. Jude Bellingham is an amazing player and making exceptional performance at Santiago Bernabeu in his first appearance. He's adapting quite good and fast with his new teammates.

I agree with this point, Carlo Ancelotti deserves credit for his excellent effort in turning Real Madrid around after their disappointing La Liga season the previous year. It seems the impetus that was lost this summer had a major positive impact. Los Blancos' squad has been strengthened by the addition of elite players, and they are now strong favorites to win La Liga this year. Of course, there's still a long way to go in this season, and the opponents will only get more difficult as time goes by. However, considering Ancelotti's energy and performance, the players including Bellingham and the support of the fans, Real Madrid has the opportunity to appear as a major player in the race for the La Liga title this season.

[topbitcoin]

It is probably too early to draw conclusions about the position of the teams in the standings. There were only two matches. Yes, Sevilla failed to pick up points in these two games and they started this season very badly, but maybe they can improve in the future.

I hope so but let this club try to rebuild the club after it was facing financial trouble. I would not blame sevilla as the club is still in a difficult position right now. Even sevilla was declaring to sell all of players on its main squad to raise at least 81 millions - 100 millions to pay off the debt.
Sevilla needs to start from the bottom again. The club already sold some important players which were affecting the performance of the club. Sevilla deserves more chance to compete with another club in sevilla.
It's so annoying to see the performance from sevilla has been decreasing so hard. I expect sevilla to come back again as soon as possible. Sevilla needs to play in UCL as well.

This is a bad story, I'm very sorry, but hadn't they won the Europa League? How come they got reduced with all these debts? I always say that modern football is too tied to money, that players get too much money and that they are sold for exaggerated prices

Most of the clubs in La Liga are in debt and I believe that this probably is the same for almost any club in any league...

But when you search for the details, their debt seems to be relatively low. It says that they have 90m euros in debt, which I think should still be manageable for them.

Winning trophies doesn't really change that much I think. If you consider the salaries that are being paid to top players, it is almost as if they could pay two or three of their best players with the revenue they made from winning the Europa League. It is a great example that shows how weird everything is when a club can't even ay the players with the money they get from winning trophies.

But with this I feel deJavu with Sevilla's current condition which is almost the same condition as Barcelona a few seasons ago and Milan in Serie A season 2022 where after they won the trophy they had a big problem with their finances.

With the difficult conditions of almost every club in financial management, they have to think extra and things like this can happen if there is no good management for the club management.
I hope that this will not further aggravate their condition and make them destroyed because conditions like this can already be said they are dying from a financial point of view.

[X-ray]

Well that's right. But if Jude Bellingham can maintain the form he has and he is still good at positioning himself to score more goals. So I thought that would be a great thing. And so far Jude Bellingham has succeeded in realizing everyone's expectations about him. Before the season started I personally hoped that Vinicius Jr could be more aggressive in scoring goals. But in these two matches Vini jr only scored 1 goal. Meanwhile, Bellingham has scored 3 goals. And what I see from a Bellingham is that he can always put himself in a position where it is easy to receive a pass and score a goal. So I think he has the potential to score more goals this season.

Jude Bellingham play as attacking midfielder with Real Madrid and easily for him scoring three goals from two matches in La Liga, its can't stoppable for Jude Bellingham scoring many goals again in La Liga or UEFA Champion League upcoming match if Carlo Ancelotti not change his position as attacking midfielder. Jude Bellingham success close with Real Madrid weakness in attacking line, there are not problem with Madrid's goal productivity after scoring 5 goals from two matches.

So far from last two matches in La Liga, Real Madrid goal scoring from

Jude Bellingham 3 goals
Vinicius Junior 1 goals
Rodrygo 1 goals

I could not even believe it. Even joselu contributed nothing to the club. It looks like madrid bought him to be a secondary striker aka backup for rodrygo. Madrid was rarely putting joselu as the main starter due to the his performance. In my opinoin, bellingham is performing even better compared with striker of real madrid. His positioning, assist and even he can adapt to the club easily without any problem. I shall say if bellingham has become one of successful transfer by real madrid.

Bellingham has been running his role as attacking midfielder perfectly. Instead of giving a direct pass to the striker which is guarded by so many defenders from its opponent. Attacking midfielder can be a threat as long as he has good positioning.
Bellingham has been showing it. Another attacking midfielder shall try to learn from him. One of key in pressing the opponent.

[Velvet78]

Villarreal seem not ready for the new season yet. First the loss against Betis home and after that they had difficulties in beating Mallorca away comfortably. This can be an opportunity for Barcelona to beat them away in their next fixture. Barcelona have already had a superiority to Villarreal in this stadium in the recent years.

I think they will keep up this superiority by this game as well. But maybe it would be a win by one goal. Because Barcelona also don't seem very good at winning in a comfortable way. They just dominate in statistics. But as long as they continue a winning streak they can get better.

[Strongkored]

Bellingham is a great player and very talented no doubt. He is capable of great performance. His performance was quite good in the last season as well. But you're right that just because he's off to a good start doesn't mean he'll play well the entire season. Since Bellingham is still young, there is a possibility of losing consistency of performance. Bellingham's fitness is good enough. Also, since Ancelotti is the coach of Real madrid, he is very well aware of the condition of his players. So if Bellingham doesn't suffer an injury, my guess is that his performance won't be erratic, even if he doesn't perform well in 2/1 games, it won't last long. I think so.  I also have faith in coach ancelotti. He cares about every player in the squad. It is unlikely that the performance of the players will deteriorate too much.

It is quite surprising that at such a young age he was already a brilliant player and was able to adapt well to his new club, it seems that the process of moving quickly to Real Madrid gave him the advantage to be able to be in the training camp longer before the league matches started. By scoring 3 goals, he managed to answer doubts about his club because Real Madrid was considered to have not found a replacement for Karim Benzema.
Real Madrid's third-week match will face Celta Vigo, my prediction is that Real Madrid will continue their positive trend by getting 3 points again even though this is an away game.
Celta Vigo will probably adopt a similar pattern of play when they managed to draw against Barcelona, but the Real Madrid midfielder will again be creative to break down the Celta defense to provide an assist for their strikers up front to score, and it's possible for Jude Bellingham to score. in this match because he has the ability to do so.

[rendravolt]

Bellingham is a great player and very talented no doubt. He is capable of great performance. His performance was quite good in the last season as well. But you're right that just because he's off to a good start doesn't mean he'll play well the entire season. Since Bellingham is still young, there is a possibility of losing consistency of performance. Bellingham's fitness is good enough. Also, since Ancelotti is the coach of Real madrid, he is very well aware of the condition of his players. So if Bellingham doesn't suffer an injury, my guess is that his performance won't be erratic, even if he doesn't perform well in 2/1 games, it won't last long. I think so.  I also have faith in coach ancelotti. He cares about every player in the squad. It is unlikely that the performance of the players will deteriorate too much.

It is quite surprising that at such a young age he was already a brilliant player and was able to adapt well to his new club, it seems that the process of moving quickly to Real Madrid gave him the advantage to be able to be in the training camp longer before the league matches started. By scoring 3 goals, he managed to answer doubts about his club because Real Madrid was considered to have not found a replacement for Karim Benzema.
Real Madrid's third-week match will face Celta Vigo, my prediction is that Real Madrid will continue their positive trend by getting 3 points again even though this is an away game.
Celta Vigo will probably adopt a similar pattern of play when they managed to draw against Barcelona, but the Real Madrid midfielder will again be creative to break down the Celta defense to provide an assist for their strikers up front to score, and it's possible for Jude Bellingham to score. in this match because he has the ability to do so.

Even occasionally, Bellingham feels very mature when he is on the field and every time his colleagues protest to the referee, he always tries to calm him down. It seems that he is ready to become a Real Madrid legend in more than 5 years, considering that his quality and composure have always been the key to victory for Real Madrid. Regarding the match against Celta Vigo, we don't need to doubt Real Madrid and of course they will continue to try their best to steal points even though this is not an easy match.

In the previous meeting which was also on the road last season, Real Madrid managed to beat Celta Vigo with a score of 1-4 and at that time there was still Karim Benzema who was the main striker in Real Madrid's attack line. This time it will feel different because Real Madrid will not use a pure striker because as usual Bellingham will play a false nine and also as a box to box midfielder in front of the opponent's goal. So I think a 0-2 win at home is good enough for Real Madrid later.

[Distraction]

Villarreal seem not ready for the new season yet. First the loss against Betis home and after that they had difficulties in beating Mallorca away comfortably. This can be an opportunity for Barcelona to beat them away in their next fixture. Barcelona have already had a superiority to Villarreal in this stadium in the recent years.

I think they will keep up this superiority by this game as well. But maybe it would be a win by one goal. Because Barcelona also don't seem very good at winning in a comfortable way. They just dominate in statistics. But as long as they continue a winning streak they can get better.

I think a similar thing is happening to Barcelona this season. Their start to last season was also not very satisfying. They weren't getting very comfortable results. But in time the team started to get much readier for the rest of the season and we watched a great job by them which ended up with a La Liga championship.

Maybe this season will also continue much better for Barcelona as of the upcoming matches. But even if it happens they can find a big competition against themselves this time - Real Madrid.

Real Madrid have started amazingly despite playing with a different formation like 4-3-1-2. It looks like Ancelotti has found a working strategy for the current squad. Maybe Atletico Madrid would also join these two in the championship race later on we never know.