La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[wmaurik]

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.

In the next match, Barcelona must also be able to win at home to Villarreal, even though they have to fight hard because Villarreal is also not a weak team, even though Barcelona often wins against Villarreal. So Xavi Hernandez's task is still quite a lot and difficult because he must be able to maintain the appearance of his team in order to be able to continue to get points at the start of this season so that he can become a champion candidate in La Liga again. Because Real Madrid has also started to perform well again now.

[giammangiato]

Player	Goal
Bellingham J.	3
Stuani C.	2
Raíllo A.	1
Depay M.	1
Gómez M.	1
Rubén García	1
Pérez A.	1
San Emeterio F.	1
Llorente M.	1
Iñaki Williams	1
Diakhaby M.	1
Dovbyk A.	1
Kubo T.	1
Guruzeta G.	1
Pepelu	1
Torres F.	1
Herrera Y.	1
En-Nesyri Y.	1
Mingueza Ó.	1
Cuenca J.	1
Vinícius Júnior	1
Isi Palazón	1

Bellingham start with 3 goals, amazing. I think we see great stuff about this player.

[rahmad2nd]

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..

This kid seems to have a good future that's why Xavi gave him the chance to play, especially the game against Cadiz. Raphinha's absence due to a red card suspension in the Getafe match, finally Lamine Yamal was trusted to be the main starter against Cadiz. this kid did quite well, in fact he was given the opportunity to play for 85 minutes. he has a pretty good statistical value, 58 touches, 34 accurate passes, 1 chance and 2 shots on target. at such a young age, it is undeniable that he plays very well.

Well, as we agreed. to fill the void after the departure of Dembele, the absence of Raphinha, it would not be wrong if Xavi gave their young talents a chance. it's just that, at a very young age he will really need a lot of experience. plus, shaping his mentality.  Lamine Yamal's journey is still very long, especially he has to shape himself to keep playing consistently, and this is not an easy job. but at least, Xavi can make him a supersub player. thus, this brat could develop further and further.

[temple]

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.

In recent years, almost in all European leagues, many teams have financial problems and debts. Player salaries have now reached insane figures! stadium revenues don't even cover 1/4 of the wage bill and winning trophies often only serves to reduce debt. See for example in Italy, Inter despite having played the Champions League final and collected more than 100 million from UEFA still has more than 200 million debts which, if not paid by May 2024, will be forced to sell shares to Oakthree. so I'm not surprised that Sevilla sail in the same waters, despite the victory of the Europa League they continue to have their accounts in the red. it's a shame because in any case we are talking about a team that has 7 Europa Leagues on its bulletin board.

Yes but this is what makes financial fair play so incredibly complicated in most of the leagues. As soon as the big clubs have massive debt they can just go and find a huge investor and they are good to go. But there is also another problem when the most renowned clubs have financial issues. When the authorities were to give penalties, it is also possible that they harm their own national leagues when the best clubs aren't participating in European competitions. It is tough to create a level-playing field and make it more fair. But I would like if they all had to compete under the same conditions, though this is a dream that won't come true. The refinancing potential of the clubs that are already big is so much higher than that of other clubs.

The relation between the success of a club and their cost structure should be stronger. As you said they can't even pay off their costs/debt when a club were to win the Champions League, the domestic league and the stadium would be sold out 100% of the time. It is still by far not enough to pay the salaries, which is weird. No other business with real production factors would work like that. It's all a big fat bubble and the players enjoy it of course.

[Marvell1]

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

Let’s be honest, Barcelona is not going to find a proper squad with the financial troubles that they are currently going through. If Barcelona wants to have a squad that is going to be great, they will have to spend. And I think it is foolish to expect a squad that is going to be as great as the Barcelona squad of 2014/15 right now.

The experience of Xavi Hernandez is also not anything close to someone like Guardiola. And even in this short time, he has actually been able to win the La Liga title under some extreme conditions. I understand that Barcelona did provide him with some decent amount of money to be honest. But if Barcelona wants more, they will have to spend more. And that is something Barcelona cannot do right now.

[Polkeins]

-snip-

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.

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.

Bellingham had a great debut and in the match against Almeria 2 goals and one assist was also a great result. It is strange that Kroos' goal was not counted, so the victory would have been even more convincing. In any case, so far Real have found someone who will score with his head instead of Benzema, plus Kroos and Modric are still playing well, creating creativity in attack. I have to give credit to Real's selection department, the purchase of Bellingham looks very successful so far, despite the transfer fee.  

[RaltcoinsB]

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.

In the next match, Barcelona must also be able to win at home to Villarreal, even though they have to fight hard because Villarreal is also not a weak team, even though Barcelona often wins against Villarreal. So Xavi Hernandez's task is still quite a lot and difficult because he must be able to maintain the appearance of his team in order to be able to continue to get points at the start of this season so that he can become a champion candidate in La Liga again. Because Real Madrid has also started to perform well again now.

Real Madrid made an important start to the league by collecting points one after another. Barcelona fell behind and has to make up for it. Although Villarreal is a strong team, Barcelona wins in general, but this doesn't mean they can't win this time. If Villarreal wins, Barcelona's situation in the league will get worse.

[borovichok]

Real Madrid made an important start to the league by collecting points one after another. Barcelona fell behind and has to make up for it. Although Villarreal is a strong team, Barcelona wins in general, but this doesn't mean they can't win this time. If Villarreal wins, Barcelona's situation in the league will get worse.

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

[OcTradism]

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

Real Madrid and Barcelona will still be two strongest competitors for La Liga title and they will compete directly to take the trophy. Real Madrid will focus more on La Liga after losing it to Barcelona in the past season because of so much concentration for Champions League as well as impacts from World Cup 2022 in the last winter. Before the break by World Cup 2022, Real Madrid and Barcelona were very closely with each other on La Liga ranking table. After that tournament, Real Madrid had bad streak and quickly gave up their race with Barcelona.

Maybe Barcelona will focus more on Champions League as they failed early in the last season and it will be good chance for Real Madrid as they still have good quality squad. If Xavi and Barcelona won't be carefull and give enough resource for La Liga, they will lose the crown to Real Madrid.

[QueenVera]

Real Madrid and Barcelona will still be two strongest competitors for La Liga title and they will compete directly to take the trophy. Real Madrid will focus more on La Liga after losing it to Barcelona in the past season because of so much concentration for Champions League as well as impacts from World Cup 2022 in the last winter. Before the break by World Cup 2022, Real Madrid and Barcelona were very closely with each other on La Liga ranking table. After that tournament, Real Madrid had bad streak and quickly gave up their race with Barcelona.

Maybe Barcelona will focus more on Champions League as they failed early in the last season and it will be good chance for Real Madrid as they still have good quality squad. If Xavi and Barcelona won't be carefull and give enough resource for La Liga, they will lose the crown to Real Madrid.

Those two clubs have been the most dominant in the league of the years and their el clasico viraly match have been very interesting and one of the things that's attracted viewers to the league, they've both produced the world best players in old and recent times and the league even made the rivalry of the famous G.O.A.T.S Messi and Ronaldo very interesting for fans to talk about, these two clubs are the strongest in the league and it might take a while before other clubs attain dominance in the league, according to their past record in the el clasico Barcelona have won more times with 124 wins and Realmadrid 106  with 64 draws for both.
 About last season Barcelona dominated the league leaving Realmadrid to challenge better in the Champions League though Realmadrid lost in the finals against Manchester City, but I think they look different this season and with a better squad and more enhanced midfield therefore would be very dominant in both league and champions league this season.

[shogun47]

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

Real Madrid and Barcelona will still be two strongest competitors for La Liga title and they will compete directly to take the trophy. Real Madrid will focus more on La Liga after losing it to Barcelona in the past season because of so much concentration for Champions League as well as impacts from World Cup 2022 in the last winter. Before the break by World Cup 2022, Real Madrid and Barcelona were very closely with each other on La Liga ranking table. After that tournament, Real Madrid had bad streak and quickly gave up their race with Barcelona.

Maybe Barcelona will focus more on Champions League as they failed early in the last season and it will be good chance for Real Madrid as they still have good quality squad. If Xavi and Barcelona won't be carefull and give enough resource for La Liga, they will lose the crown to Real Madrid.

I don't think that any team distributes their focus already as if they were to concentrate more on one competition than on others.

But regardless, I believe that Real Madrid has the strongest team in La Liga for now. Nobody can tell yet whether Belingham can keep that level of performance, but if he can then he was the perfect player to be added and who fits very well into the attacking line with Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo. I think they are better than Barcelona. It can't be said yet how Atletico Madrid will be doing, but they are good enough yet to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona for a whole season remains to be seen.

[Mustang Shelby]

Real Madrid made an important start to the league by collecting points one after another. Barcelona fell behind and has to make up for it. Although Villarreal is a strong team, Barcelona wins in general, but this doesn't mean they can't win this time. If Villarreal wins, Barcelona's situation in the league will get worse.

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

It is not difficult to predict that the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid will continue this year. Both teams have been in constant competition with each other until now. Occasionally, Atletico Madrid participated in this race, but I think we will watch a championship race between Barça and Real Madrid this year. More than anything, I want it to be a year where we will watch good and enjoyable football.

[makishart]

In the next match, Barcelona must also be able to win at home to Villarreal, even though they have to fight hard because Villarreal is also not a weak team, even though Barcelona often wins against Villarreal. So Xavi Hernandez's task is still quite a lot and difficult because he must be able to maintain the appearance of his team in order to be able to continue to get points at the start of this season so that he can become a champion candidate in La Liga again. Because Real Madrid has also started to perform well again now.

It's a tough match for barcelona. Even though im sure barcelona will be winning the game with small scores against villareal but i think that draw may also be possible to happen. We didn't even know how strong villareal right now. Xavi needs to chase duo madrid.
Xavi may not use the young players against villareal caused by the points are very important at this moment for barcelona. The club has a target to win la liga again. It's likely that barcelona gonna try so hard to win this match.
The club shall not miss three points again. It will be a disaster for barcelona to miss it. Xavi will use its main squad. Playing without dembele was giving a lot of impact for barcelona.
Dembele has always become a key for barcelona to take la liga trophy last season. Gavi is not able controlling his emotion.

[tusandii]

Real Madrid made an important start to the league by collecting points one after another. Barcelona fell behind and has to make up for it. Although Villarreal is a strong team, Barcelona wins in general, but this doesn't mean they can't win this time. If Villarreal wins, Barcelona's situation in the league will get worse.

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

The moment of the new season will usually surprise us all where clubs that are usually at the bottom will perform optimally and occupy the top positions as has happened in several other leagues.
But for La Liga it is very different because Real Madrid is the place for the top position, before the start of the season we have a lot of belief that Barcelona is superior because it only has a schedule of matches against clubs that are far below them but in reality Barcelona cannot be better than Real Madrid, the start of the season are running two matches each.

When looking at the game and also the players used by each club, it seems that Real Madrid really is the superior one.
But we can't just look at it at the start of the season because the transfer market is still running and there are opportunities for other clubs, especially Barcelona, to be able to recruit several players who can strengthen their club.

[Lillominato89]

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.

In recent years, almost in all European leagues, many teams have financial problems and debts. Player salaries have now reached insane figures! stadium revenues don't even cover 1/4 of the wage bill and winning trophies often only serves to reduce debt. See for example in Italy, Inter despite having played the Champions League final and collected more than 100 million from UEFA still has more than 200 million debts which, if not paid by May 2024, will be forced to sell shares to Oakthree. so I'm not surprised that Sevilla sail in the same waters, despite the victory of the Europa League they continue to have their accounts in the red. it's a shame because in any case we are talking about a team that has 7 Europa Leagues on its bulletin board.

Yes but this is what makes financial fair play so incredibly complicated in most of the leagues. As soon as the big clubs have massive debt they can just go and find a huge investor and they are good to go. But there is also another problem when the most renowned clubs have financial issues. When the authorities were to give penalties, it is also possible that they harm their own national leagues when the best clubs aren't participating in European competitions. It is tough to create a level-playing field and make it more fair. But I would like if they all had to compete under the same conditions, though this is a dream that won't come true. The refinancing potential of the clubs that are already big is so much higher than that of other clubs.

The relation between the success of a club and their cost structure should be stronger. As you said they can't even pay off their costs/debt when a club were to win the Champions League, the domestic league and the stadium would be sold out 100% of the time. It is still by far not enough to pay the salaries, which is weird. No other business with real production factors would work like that. It's all a big fat bubble and the players enjoy it of course.

Exactly! you said very well ... it's a big bubble! and this bubble will burst sooner or later, this type of business won't hold up for long, the players for the moment are bathing in the big salaries they receive, and having fun! lucky them. I also want to see the Arabs in about ten years if they continue to give stratospheric salaries to top players without having a financial return that can cover their economic expenditure

[longyenthanh]

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.

In recent years, almost in all European leagues, many teams have financial problems and debts. Player salaries have now reached insane figures! stadium revenues don't even cover 1/4 of the wage bill and winning trophies often only serves to reduce debt. See for example in Italy, Inter despite having played the Champions League final and collected more than 100 million from UEFA still has more than 200 million debts which, if not paid by May 2024, will be forced to sell shares to Oakthree. so I'm not surprised that Sevilla sail in the same waters, despite the victory of the Europa League they continue to have their accounts in the red. it's a shame because in any case we are talking about a team that has 7 Europa Leagues on its bulletin board.

Yes but this is what makes financial fair play so incredibly complicated in most of the leagues. As soon as the big clubs have massive debt they can just go and find a huge investor and they are good to go. But there is also another problem when the most renowned clubs have financial issues. When the authorities were to give penalties, it is also possible that they harm their own national leagues when the best clubs aren't participating in European competitions. It is tough to create a level-playing field and make it more fair. But I would like if they all had to compete under the same conditions, though this is a dream that won't come true. The refinancing potential of the clubs that are already big is so much higher than that of other clubs.

The relation between the success of a club and their cost structure should be stronger. As you said they can't even pay off their costs/debt when a club were to win the Champions League, the domestic league and the stadium would be sold out 100% of the time. It is still by far not enough to pay the salaries, which is weird. No other business with real production factors would work like that. It's all a big fat bubble and the players enjoy it of course.

Exactly! you said very well ... it's a big bubble! and this bubble will burst sooner or later, this type of business won't hold up for long, the players for the moment are bathing in the big salaries they receive, and having fun! lucky them. I also want to see the Arabs in about ten years if they continue to give stratospheric salaries to top players without having a financial return that can cover their economic expenditure

I agree with whoever discussed Sevilla, Sevilla should be given the opportunity to play in the Champions League. Judging from the side of the team, Sevilla team will be able to perform better than PSG.

[Furious 7]

In the next match, Barcelona must also be able to win at home to Villarreal, even though they have to fight hard because Villarreal is also not a weak team, even though Barcelona often wins against Villarreal. So Xavi Hernandez's task is still quite a lot and difficult because he must be able to maintain the appearance of his team in order to be able to continue to get points at the start of this season so that he can become a champion candidate in La Liga again. Because Real Madrid has also started to perform well again now.

It's a tough match for barcelona. Even though im sure barcelona will be winning the game with small scores against villareal but i think that draw may also be possible to happen. We didn't even know how strong villareal right now. Xavi needs to chase duo madrid.
Xavi may not use the young players against villareal caused by the points are very important at this moment for barcelona. The club has a target to win la liga again. It's likely that barcelona gonna try so hard to win this match.
The club shall not miss three points again. It will be a disaster for barcelona to miss it. Xavi will use its main squad. Playing without dembele was giving a lot of impact for barcelona.
Dembele has always become a key for barcelona to take la liga trophy last season. Gavi is not able controlling his emotion.

The problem for Barcelona and Villarreal for the first 2 matches is still the same with poor finishing so if you look at this situation I think if it is not improved, the conditions will remain the same with even if someone wins, it is likely that this is only a narrow victory.
Barcelona are still unable to maximize their finishing, on the other hand Lewandowski also seems to be a little troubled by some new things, especially for the attacking scheme because at this time he is a lone striker in contrast to before Barcelona always gave 3 strikers in front with a 4-3-3 formation.
Another advantage for Barcelona is that Raphinha can return to the squad which can foster confidence.

As for Villarreal they are quite good for chances just like Barcelona their finishing is poor and this can be very dangerous if the opponent is Barcelona.

[hahay]

Real Madrid made an important start to the league by collecting points one after another. Barcelona fell behind and has to make up for it. Although Villarreal is a strong team, Barcelona wins in general, but this doesn't mean they can't win this time. If Villarreal wins, Barcelona's situation in the league will get worse.

Definitely going to enjoy every moment in the new season with more actions to display this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona will match up strength again for the La liga title race this season, but with the present game statistics of Los Blancos, they're weigh better than the blaugrana. Carlo Ancelotti will face Xavi Hernandez this season, pushing through good rivals and entertainment this season. Leave all these panicking results made by elite and average clubs in La Liga because we already know the club's that would be preeminent contenders for the title, that's facts.

It is not difficult to predict that the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid will continue this year. Both teams have been in constant competition with each other until now. Occasionally, Atletico Madrid participated in this race, but I think we will watch a championship race between Barça and Real Madrid this year. More than anything, I want it to be a year where we will watch good and enjoyable football.

Basically, it seems that at this moment Villarreal still hasn't gotten their best form. So yes, in my personal prediction it seems Villarreal will be difficult to provide good resistance when Villarreal plays against Barcelona in the next match. By still not having a good form, then of course Barcelona will maximize these weaknesses to still beat Villarreal in the away match for Bacelona in the next match. Maybe if Barcelona fails to win, at least a draw is still very likely to happen.

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The experience of Xavi Hernandez is also not anything close to someone like Guardiola. And even in this short time, he has actually been able to win the La Liga title under some extreme conditions. I understand that Barcelona did provide him with some decent amount of money to be honest. But if Barcelona wants more, they will have to spend more. And that is something Barcelona cannot do right now.

Xavi has been with Guardiola.  If you look at the games, they have the same philosophy. You have to remember Guardiola takes a long time. He is also building a team, with his long period as coach unfairly comparing Xavi and Guardiola. I think Xavi is quite a genius, he has the potential to have achievements like Pep Guardiola.  He still has quite a long time to be a coach at the current age. Regarding players, maybe they have limited funds due to economic circumstances. Even yesterday I heard that they still have some players who have not made the official list in this season's competition.

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It was a surprised to me how Sevilla lost to a weaker team like Alaves last night, after a tough game against Manchester city in the mid week. Same mistake they made last season, losing so many points at the beginning of the league is not a good result for a team like Sevilla. To be Frank they have not been impressive this season. Their starting poorly and will affect them ,when they need these points to qualify for Champions league next season.

I'm aware of the financial situation of the club right now, in the summer they didn't make good signing as other because of the financial changes in the club, but no fans will understand that, they wants the team to win every week, which they must do to keep the fans happy.

I don't want to highlight Sevilla qualifying for the Champions League next season at this time because the fight has only lasted two matches, on several occasions they have qualified for the Champions League through the Europa League because they came out as champions. You could say that this team is a little unique in La Liga and it is indeed difficult to make predictions for this Europa League king. Losing two matches and placing them at the bottom of the standings is not a good condition as it would make it difficult for them to stay in the top five.

Lots of football clubs are currently experiencing financial problems so they can't do much in the transfer market. For a team like Sevilla it should be a lesson, that if you can't play well and secure full points in every game then that will make condition much worse. There is no chance of competing for the La Liga title if it is not supported by satisfactory results in every match and this is a big problem for them.