La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[nurilham]

One thing that is way too obvious for Real is that they needed a striker. It is not going to cut it to go with Joselu in many games, and even though he scored one goal, it wasn't really a big deal, it was a free goal basically, he is just not good enough for Real Madrid level.

Indeed. Real Madrid is in urgent to sign a top striker. So far, Real Madrid still can rely on Bellingham for scoring goals because they still don't play against strong teams. The situation may be different when Real Madrid will play in El Classico (against Barcelona) or against strong teams in UCL. In the last El Classico, Bellingham couldn't score goals and Real Madrid was defeated by Barcelona. This can happen again because Barcelona knows how to stop Bellingham. They know stopping him from scoring is the way to defeat Real Madrid.

Regarding Joselu, it is not so different like Bellingham. I don't think Joselu has proven himself as a suitable striker for Real Madrid. He only can score in the match against small team, he still can't score against a strong team like Barcelona.

Everyone praises how Jude is scoring so many goals, which is true and he should be praised for sure but nobody questions why he is the one that scores so many goals, he is not even the striker for that team, put him at the striker position and he would be better than anyone else they have at striker that's why. This is a problem and I bet that it will cause some trouble for them without a doubt. I think it is quite important to make it work one way or another.

Bellingham isn't positioned as a striker, he is an attacking midfielder. Actually, we can't rely on Bellingham only for scoring goals. It is not his ideal position, he may get difficulty when it is in a big match.

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In fact, it was a difficult game for Barcelona. I don't see Barcelona winning this game easily even though they have a quality squad. Lewandowski and company failed to take advantage of many opportunities throughout the match, but their hard work yielded positive results. Even though Barcelona controlled the game, Osasuna, who appeared at home, was really able to pose a threat to Barcelona's defense. But unfortunately, they were unable to beat Barcelona who then took the lead after Lewandowski's penalty.

Something special in this match is that Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix have made their debut. Even though they didn't play fully from the first half, this victory was expected. A sweet debut for both because Barcelona won, but Barcelona really struggled to break into the Osasuna defense today.

Barcelona managed to secure full points in this match even though they faced tough resistance from the host. Osasuna was able to fire a lot of shots in this match but unfortunately many shots were far off the mark. Barcelona was favored enough before the match started and in fact the bettors were able to make an advantage in this match. Indeed, the course of the match Osasuna was able to apply some pressure which was quite difficult for the Barcelona defense area and of course it was a pretty good start for Osasuna. But Barcelona is not an easy opponent for them to beat because in this match Barcelona played with their best squad.

I think it's quite a dramatic victory and deserves to be greeted with joy by the fans. An additional 3 points reopened the opportunity for Barcelona to continue to stick to Real Madrid on the standings. Currently, Barcelona and Girona collected 10 point and these two teams are 2 points adrift of the leaders.

[Velvet78]

The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.

But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.

[JeromeTash]

Real Madrid did a good job signing Bellingham who saved them almost in all their games. Getafe was about to get a point from them and hopefully Bellingham was able to score in extra time. Real Madrid need someone to replace Bellingham in case of injury for real.

What you are indirectly saying is Real Madrid need a top class Centre forward. Bellingham is not a center forward and without him or his instincts, Real Madrid would have lost a number of points by now.

A whole season awaits. Will Real Madrid make it through to the top at the end? Time will tell.

[militiariko]

It's not the best comparison though. Playing against Osasuna and Real Madrid are completely different things.
I didn't like how Barca played today. They should've been more productive. Lewa doesn't look like he's concentrated in the games this season. The red card and penalty saved them. It could've been unnecessary two points loss. Xavi should use international break to fix problems.

I think the Barcelona problem is creativity related; and with recent injuries to talisman; it is becoming difficult for Xavi guys to create more chances for Lewandoski. With Cancelo at the helm of affairs'; their performances will only improve. I won't blame Lewandoski solely because he isn't getting any creativity or chances until Cancelo first cross today. It will definitely get better for Barcelona.

[Docnaster]

The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.
But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.

Barcelona of a truth won their Spanish La Liga match against Osasuna tonight and took home all three points from the game but I think they weren't convincing with their performance tonight and if not for Alejandro Catena's in 84th minute of the game, the result of the game would've been different from what we saw.
If Barcelona plays against big team who are good in converting their chances like they played against Osasuna, they'll be thrashed by such club. Xavi Hernandez must improve his team's performance if he really want to have a good season with his Barcelona set up

[X-ray]

The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.

Impossible for barcelona to get full points without getting a penalty as a reward from the red card. Lewandowski has been successfully executing it. Osassuna has a solid defensive line. Barcelona feels so hard in breaking the osassuna's defensive line.
Osassuna was not playing as good as barcelona but it has almost the same goal attempts like barcelona. I must say barcelona is still having its defensive line as the main problem. Counter attack is again become the main weakness of barcelona.

But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.

Osassuna was always a strong opponent for barcelona. The gap between barcelona and osassuna in term of quality was very big but i remind you if osassuna was almost stealing points from barcelona if its player didnt make unnecessary foul that result a red card for osassuna.
GGWP for barcelona. Lewandowski is again putting his name on the score board.

[arimamib]

Exactly, Real Madrid's purchase of Bellingham is truly satisfying. It was not in vain that Real Madrid spent a lot of money to bring in Bellingham. At first it was doubtful that he could quickly make Real Madrid strong, especially to replace Benzema. However, it turns out that so far, his performance has been very convincing, and he can immediately work together very well and solidly within the team. in fact, he always contributes to goals in every match. Indeed, it might be too early to judge his performance while at Real Madrid. But at least, he is starting to see his contribution to the club getting better, and the hope is that he can really strengthen Real Madrid, which in fact really needs sharp forward players.

Bellingham is the best recruitment made by Real Madrid in this transfer window because Bellingham has made a big contribution in consecutive Laliga matches by scoring goals and leading Real Madrid to victory. I think he is one of the most influential players in Real Madrid's game this season.

Vinicius' injury was a big obstacle for Real Madrid but with Bellingham it wasn't a big problem because he managed to build a big change in every match he played. For now he is in top 1 as the best midfielder owned by real madrid.

[n00ber]

The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.
But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.

Barcelona of a truth won their Spanish La Liga match against Osasuna tonight and took home all three points from the game but I think they weren't convincing with their performance tonight and if not for Alejandro Catena's in 84th minute of the game, the result of the game would've been different from what we saw.
If Barcelona plays against big team who are good in converting their chances like they played against Osasuna, they'll be thrashed by such club. Xavi Hernandez must improve his team's performance if he really want to have a good season with his Barcelona set up

Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.

[borovichok]

Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.

Xavi Hernandez fighting to meetup his early priorities this season, there's absolutely no time for reluctance performances. This is the time for the blaugrana to put in everything in their forthcoming games, because Real Madrid are not backing down, ready to push up their game to the next level. Barcelona are definitely going to defend their La Liga title this season, it's going to be really tough competition between Real Madrid and them. Regarding yesterday's game for the  blaugrana, everything planned out really good. Osasuna were obviously fighting for a draw tie in Estadio El Sadar but it was too late because they made a big mistake by recording on a red card from the referee, Ortiz Arias Miguel Angel.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.

It is a hard question and Barcelona will have bigger challenge from Real Madrid than in the past season. Real Madrid bought some players in the summer and most noticeable Jude Bellingham who has been performing so outstanding for them. Scoring five goals so far for Real Madrid is a very impressive stats from the English midfielder and it looks more similar to a stat for a striker.

Barcelona are not in their best form and their striker Lewandowski still have troubles in early matches. He has yet warmed up enough but we must know that in this season, Lewandowski is one more year older than the past one. Barcelona and Xavi will have to prepare for decreasing performance of Lewandowski in this season or next one or two seasons.

[makishart]

Exactly, Real Madrid's purchase of Bellingham is truly satisfying. It was not in vain that Real Madrid spent a lot of money to bring in Bellingham. At first it was doubtful that he could quickly make Real Madrid strong, especially to replace Benzema. However, it turns out that so far, his performance has been very convincing, and he can immediately work together very well and solidly within the team. in fact, he always contributes to goals in every match. Indeed, it might be too early to judge his performance while at Real Madrid. But at least, he is starting to see his contribution to the club getting better, and the hope is that he can really strengthen Real Madrid, which in fact really needs sharp forward players.

Bellingham is the best recruitment made by Real Madrid in this transfer window because Bellingham has made a big contribution in consecutive Laliga matches by scoring goals and leading Real Madrid to victory. I think he is one of the most influential players in Real Madrid's game this season.

Bellingham is Madrid's most successful transfer this season and he is proving his worth despite initial skepticism, even from Kroos. Real madrid helped by him in getting perfect results since the first week. I can't imagine if this guy will injury but i hope that will never happen.
Madrid without vini was nothing but after bellingham has been coming and he was changing the atmosphere in the club a lot. Bellingham has been coming with so many positive energy.
He was also praising kepa as a new player that signed from chelsea even as a loan. Im sure that this guy will compete with lewandowski in the stop scorer board even though he was just attackin midfielder.

Vinicius' injury was a big obstacle for Real Madrid but with Bellingham it wasn't a big problem because he managed to build a big change in every match he played. For now he is in top 1 as the best midfielder owned by real madrid.

That's why madrid can only rely on him. Joselu was also nothing without bellingham. Bellingham can be considered as urgent striker owned by real madrid. He played as an attacking midfielder and at the same time become a striker who is always scoring a goal in any match.
He is not best midfielder as for now caused by there was still modric and kroos. If he is the best player who can play two roles at the same time as striker and attacking midfielder. Madrid needs to pick the versatile player like him.

[coinerer]

The penalty and the red card made things much better for Barcelona to win against Osasuna. However the second half performance of the team was really horrible. I mean there was a dominance in ball possession as usual but there was only one goal attempt. If it weren't for that penalty maybe they weren't going to score the winning goal.
But I still want to understand this because of Osasuna's not being an easy opponent. Still Barcelona should have had more goal attempts than that. In the end there is still a big quality gap. It was nice to see Lewandowski scoring another goal and hopefully he can be better in time.

Barcelona of a truth won their Spanish La Liga match against Osasuna tonight and took home all three points from the game but I think they weren't convincing with their performance tonight and if not for Alejandro Catena's in 84th minute of the game, the result of the game would've been different from what we saw.
If Barcelona plays against big team who are good in converting their chances like they played against Osasuna, they'll be thrashed by such club. Xavi Hernandez must improve his team's performance if he really want to have a good season with his Barcelona set up

Can Barcelona defend its title this season?
Yes, we are witnessing the hard struggle of the La Liga champions. Barcelona could only win all 3 points against home team Osasuna thanks to a penalty. I wonder how they can play poorly when they have a perfect squad in every position. But no matter what, Xavi and his team won 3 points to continue chasing their great rival Real Madrid on the La Liga rankings this season.

Barselona almost drew the match but the penalty shootout was a huge opportunity for them as the match was 1-1 until the 84th minute. Barcelona won today's match and got total 10 points and on the other hand Girona is in 2nd position with 10 points and Real Madrid is in 1st position with 12 points.  Barcelona will be in position to overtake Girona if they win their next match.  And then Real Madrid will be their only rival

[Swordsoffreedom]

Who would have thought this move will turn out this way. Jude Bellingham blended so well with the team immediately like he has been training with them for a year or two before making an official move. IMO Real Madrid are so lucky to have signed a gem to their team. They ate struggling a bit without Vinicius Junior but Bellingham’s performance this season brings that feeling of hope and assurance to the squad. Real Madrid will be celebrating signing him for whatever fee they paid for him.

Jude Bellingham was very fortunate to have the opportunity to contribute to Real Madrid by scoring a goal in the dying minutes of the game. Jude Bellingham's goal added value in the eyes of Carlo Ancelotti, and there is likely to be a special direction for Jude Bellingham when he plays again on September 18 against Real Sociedad. Real Madrid must maintain this strength so that its position at the top of the standings remains in first place until the end of La Liga.

Bellingham is a fantastic player. There is no mistake in recognizing Real Madrid pearls. They have found the right player for their squad. Luka Modric is old enough now. We probably won't see Modrich with Madrid next season. Bellingham is going to be a worthy replacement for Modrich. He is performing well in every match. Due to Bellingham's consistent performances, Real Madrid have not been lacking Benzema in the squad so far. Real Madrid won 4 out of 4 matches. Bellingham played 4 matches in La Liga in Real Madrid jersey. He scored 5 goals and an assist in 4 matches. Bellingham was instrumental in Real Madrid's victories in every match.

Bellingham was about as good as it could get for Real Madrid as a transfer. Yes they have been trying for so long to sign Mbappe, but the Bellingham transfer somehow makes up for the failed transfer so far. But it's not to forget yet that the really hard games are yet to come. This is La Liga and Bellingham is playing for the superior team and making clever use of that and scoring his goals, but in the Champions League I think there might be games when at Madrid they will be thinking that thr Mbappe transfer would have added again an element of power to their game that could have intensified their attack pace and power.

I have noticed Bellingham has been playing very well in every match, right? this is the main reason why Real Madrid has won every match in La Liga, however it is true that most of the opponents were not too strong either. Actually I'm still confused how the Madrid squad will fare against a strong team. Next match Real Madrid will play against Real Sociedad, you know this team is quite strong, but the thing is they won only 1 out of 4 matches and drew in all three matches. However I expect the match between Madrid and Sociedad will be competitive and you know the match is very important for Real Madrid too.

Chart says Madrid are in a relatively easy group in the Champions League, actually winning against Napoli, Union Berlin, and Braga will not be a tough task for an experienced team like Madrid.

[Polkeins]

Real started this season with 4 wins in a row and such a thing has only happened in the 1960s. Taking into account the weakening of Barcelona and Simeone's lack of good transfers, we can assume that just this year Real should take the championship quite calmly. The successful transfer of Bellingham only reinforces the generational change at Real and creates a foundation for the future. So just this year there is no need to doubt their leadership in La Liga.  

I am impressed with their great start this season since they were able to win their first four games; all I said is that I don’t have too much confidence in the team since they don’t have a reliable top scorer that can lead the team because we know that Real Madrid's style of play is always contact attacking, therefore they need a standing striker to be able to balance the team.

There is no doubt that Jude Bellingham has come to rescue the team because, without him this season, Real Madrid could have drawn two out of the four matches they have won so far in the league. I wish all their injured players a quick recovery so they can come back and strengthen their team against the Champions League.

Yes I agree that Real Madrid have almost no strikers, because formally both Bellingham and Vinicius are midfielders, in general Real Madrid's midfield is basically the offense, because Joselu is almost a veteran, but he can score and if there are no injuries, he should score his 10-15 goals, but Alvaro Rodriguez is a 19-year-old youngster, who is not sure that he can play at such a high level, so Kroos, Modric, Vinicius and Bellingham have to work for two.

In the summer Ancelotti said that Real do not need strikers, apparently he is satisfied with everything and therefore Real did not strengthen strikers in this transfer window.
However, so far the Bellingham transfer is paying off, just 100% on target.  

Real Madrid do not need a main striker in their squad with all the players they have injury free but for Real Madrid this is a problem at the moment with several players suffering from injuries. At the moment the most important player of the team Vinicius Junior is injured, his injury problem is causing the club a lot of tension at the moment because Vinicius Junior is an important star in Real Madrid so the formation of the team without him is a bit of a weakness for Madrid. Although Vinicius Junior's replacement is in the squad, if a different striker was in the squad at the moment, Real Madrid would not have had to think so much about the squad.

I think actually Ancelotti said that he didn't need strikers simply because he had no other choice. Apparently the team's finances don't allow to buy a good striker and the choice was between Bellingham or a couple of average players and they chose Bellingham and did not fail. Nevertheless, Madrid could use at least one more striker, just in case of team injuries and as you have rightly noticed an injury to Vinicius or Bellingham would have a big impact on the team and its attacking potential.

[davis196]

Real Madrid should be thankful to Getafe's goalkeeper for their win. Bellingham was simply in the right place at the right time.
I really don't know how Real will be able to compete against Barca for the La Liga trophy in this season. Real is having difficulties scoring goals against teams that aren't very strong. Barca scored 4 goals against Villareal, but they have troubles in defense and allowed the yellow team to score three goals. I'm not impressed by Lewandowski's performance. He scored the winning goal, but that was a pretty easy goal.

[Strongkored]

Barselona almost drew the match but the penalty shootout was a huge opportunity for them as the match was 1-1 until the 84th minute. Barcelona won today's match and got total 10 points and on the other hand Girona is in 2nd position with 10 points and Real Madrid is in 1st position with 12 points.  Barcelona will be in position to overtake Girona if they win their next match.  And then Real Madrid will be their only rival

Barcelona still hasn't shown a convincing performance, the victory this time was quite helped because of the penalty prize, and fortunately, Lewandowski managed to execute the penalty well, the previous match they also almost lost to Villareal because they were behind by the home team, and it looks like they are having quite a problem in the away game because from 3 away matches they have had difficulties if Xavi Hernandez hard to finds their weak points and fixes them immediately then Real Madrid will be very comfortable staying at the top.

Seeing that Girona has not been defeated in the 4 matches they have played is quite surprising, last season Girona was not too special and managed to finish in 10th place, and in the future many things could happen including Girona losing and the top four will be filled by teams that are indeed used to being in that position, unless Girona is able to maintain their appearance well to continue to get good results.

[piebeyb]

Barcelona are not in their best form and their striker Lewandowski still have troubles in early matches. He has yet warmed up enough but we must know that in this season, Lewandowski is one more year older than the past one. Barcelona and Xavi will have to prepare for decreasing performance of Lewandowski in this season or next one or two seasons.

Yes, you are right, last month he was 35 years old, actually that's not old, he's still relatively young, but at that age his performance usually declines, that's why Madrid bought a lot of young players because as we know, there is a golden age where great players have to retire or earn money in the Arab league, giving quota to young players to exist in the European league.

I think Xavi is also thinking about this, that of course there is nothing Lewandowski can hope for this season because looking at last night's match he only contributed goals from penalty kicks and was not productive in scoring goals for Barcelona last night, but apart from that Xavi is still satisfied with the results Barcelona were able to get three points from this game and strengthen their position in Laliga as well.

[shogun47]

Barcelona are not in their best form and their striker Lewandowski still have troubles in early matches. He has yet warmed up enough but we must know that in this season, Lewandowski is one more year older than the past one. Barcelona and Xavi will have to prepare for decreasing performance of Lewandowski in this season or next one or two seasons.

Yes, you are right, last month he was 35 years old, actually that's not old, he's still relatively young, but at that age his performance usually declines, that's why Madrid bought a lot of young players because as we know, there is a golden age where great players have to retire or earn money in the Arab league, giving quota to young players to exist in the European league.

I think Xavi is also thinking about this, that of course there is nothing Lewandowski can hope for this season because looking at last night's match he only contributed goals from penalty kicks and was not productive in scoring goals for Barcelona last night, but apart from that Xavi is still satisfied with the results Barcelona were able to get three points from this game and strengthen their position in Laliga as well.

Come on really 35 years old is still relatively young? I am sure that I could bombard this with statistics discussing performance-age correlations, but I don't think that is necessary as everyone knows that a 35 years old striker is not as good as a 28 years old striker in 95% of the time. There are a few exceptions, but even Ronaldo or actually any other world class striker was at its best when they were significantly younger than 35. Benzema did ver well at quite a high age and Ibrahimovic as well, and yet they wouldn't claim they were better than at age 30 or younger than that. Benzema is one exception as I said.

[asriloni]

Real Madrid should be thankful to Getafe's goalkeeper for their win. Bellingham was simply in the right place at the right time.
I really don't know how Real will be able to compete against Barca for the La Liga trophy in this season. Real is having difficulties scoring goals against teams that aren't very strong. Barca scored 4 goals against Villareal, but they have troubles in defense and allowed the yellow team to score three goals. I'm not impressed by Lewandowski's performance. He scored the winning goal, but that was a pretty easy goal.

Joselu is still far from my expectations and real madrid can only rely upon bellingham to win the game. Modric will be the only competent midfielder used by madrid to face barcelona. The performance of the secondary midfielders like camavinga is still far from good. I do agree with you that real madrid will face difficulty competing in the barcelona on el classico. The major problem is real madrid always lost against barcelona since last season.
The defensive line of real madrid felt so hard to defend from barcelona attacker. This must be bolded by ancellotti. Real madrid can't always rely on bellingham.
The club will face a disaster once bellingham will unable to play due to the injury. This problem needs to be addressed by real madrid at this moment.