La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Cryptmuster]

However, we also have to look at the quality and performance of the current Barcelona team realistically, Barcelona has not played well in the last few matches and there are many things that Xavi must immediately fix to make this team much more solid.
I would not be surprised if Barcelona's next match will reap bad results because in my opinion the current Barcelona team is not very strong, especially their bottom line which has conceded a lot this season, especially in the last 2 matches Barcelona conceded 4 goals, that's not a good thing.
And also Xavi's team is currently not well organized, so if they meet tough opponents, I doubt Barcelona will be able to win, but again, if it's still early in the season, anything is possible.

What exactly do you not like about Barcelona that they conceded 4 goals? So they missed 3 of them in one match with Villarreal and by the way they won this match, but it was the kind of match when the teams went for a counter game, Barcelona rarely allows this. Barcelona sticks to their previous strategy, they play well in defense and do not try to score many goals, their main focus is on the result. Quite a good start to the season, one draw and three wins, so I don’t see any big problems for Xavi’s team.

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[Velvet78]

In the same way I hope to see them achieving a decent success in the Champions League as well. I already see them in last 16. However I think they should be able to reach at least the quarter finals. If they have a solid season like this then I'm pretty sure Simeone would be kept by them.

Atletico Madrid have not been performing well in the Champions League, despite previously reaching the semifinals and even finals under the same management of Diego Simeone. This group stage appears promising to them, and I believe they will advance to the round of 16. After that, I can't say how far they can advance in the competition because we don't know who they'll meet in the round of 16. I hope they can re-create their previous good performance in the UCL, they'll undoubtedly go far, but can they?

Exactly. Especially the previous season performance in the Champions League was really poor as they were able to collect only 5 points and finished at the last position. Atletico Madrid aren't a weak team with a squad like this. They have a much bigger potential in the Champions League like they did in the past.

This season the group stage should be much more comfortable for them. Lazio, Feyenoord and Celtic are all teams that Atletico Madrid can deal with nicely. This is more like a Europa League group actually.    Atletico Madrid should be finishing as the leader.

[marcous]

However, we also have to look at the quality and performance of the current Barcelona team realistically, Barcelona has not played well in the last few matches and there are many things that Xavi must immediately fix to make this team much more solid.
I would not be surprised if Barcelona's next match will reap bad results because in my opinion the current Barcelona team is not very strong, especially their bottom line which has conceded a lot this season, especially in the last 2 matches Barcelona conceded 4 goals, that's not a good thing.
And also Xavi's team is currently not well organized, so if they meet tough opponents, I doubt Barcelona will be able to win, but again, if it's still early in the season, anything is possible.

What exactly do you not like about Barcelona that they conceded 4 goals? So they missed 3 of them in one match with Villarreal and by the way they won this match, but it was the kind of match when the teams went for a counter game, Barcelona rarely allows this. Barcelona sticks to their previous strategy, they play well in defense and do not try to score many goals, their main focus is on the result. Quite a good start to the season, one draw and three wins, so I don’t see any big problems for Xavi’s team.

I think that when compared with Real Madrid performance, Barcelona was indeed less well organized in the four matches they played. However, I think it is natural, because Xavi did not accompany the Barcelona squad directly in the two matches in the second and third weeks, due to the red card he received in the first week when Barca met Getafe. However, Xavi squad was still able to secure full points, even without his presence on the sidelines.

Even though it looks less promising, Barca is unbeaten so far. On the other hand, both Madrid and Barca still need time for the adaptation process of their new players.

[Litzki1990]

Atletico Madrid have started the season very well. Won two and drew one of the first three matches. And watching their performance reminds me of the 2020-21 season. Atlético Madrid have scored 10 goals and conceded just one goal in these three matches. If the team is able to maintain this consistency then they are undoubtedly worthy contenders for this season's title. There is no doubt that Barcelona and Real Madrid are strong teams. However, Atletico Madrid's bar squad is also quite strong. This team has the potential to do well this season. Let's see if Atletico Madrid are able to maintain consistency.

The 2023/2024 season happens to be one of Atletico Madrid's few successful seasons, they have strong good looking squad. Atletico beginning exquisitely with a spectacular performance which indicates additional evidence and competence coming along down the stretch. Diego Simeone is doing a terrific job merely by surviving in Spain and managing Atletico Madrid, which is a competitive club in La Liga and is openly contending for the league title. Los Colchoneros are not compromising in their games, hitting exceedingly hard and maintaining such high scores against their opponents.

The rise of Atletico Madrid will make competition in La Liga more competitive, so far Simeone's troops are able to show a great game and have not felt defeat. Simeone really understood what he had to achieve with Los Cholconeros even though the challenge was always not easy but he was a typical man who was not easily swayed and was always eager to lead the team. The power in La Liga is very synonymous with Real Madrid and Barcelona which sometimes makes some people feel very bored with the competition and of course some people really hope this season there will be some changes in the competition map to the championship ladder. I really hope that Atletico Madrid is always able to maintain his consistency and be able to compete with the two classic teams.

If you look at the performance of Barcelona and Real Madrid at the start of this season which was not very strong then it is not impossible for Atletico Madrid to be able to create fierce competition at the top this season, and that is not something that rarely happens because in the previous season Atletico Madrid also made such thing.
Simeone has coached Atletic Madrid for a very long time so he really knows what is best for this team and what they did at the start of this season is an improvement from last season, they have managed to improve.

Last season Atlético Madrid finished a season from the third position of the points table but this season so far Atlético Madrid could not reach the third position of the points table. Atlético Madrid is currently at the fourth position of the points table with 7 points. Real Madrid has had a great start to this season as so far Real Madrid have played four matches winning four out of four matches to top the points table with 12 points. While Real Madrid have started the season right, Barcelona have not started the season right so far. Barcelona must come back and win the next matches. Barcelona will not be able to close the points gap with Girona and Real Madrid if they fail to win the next matches.

[Hirose UK]

The good news for Xavi is about Lamine Yamal and he had a good performance playing for his national team against Georgia. Today the game between Georgia and Spain Lamine Yamal was playing for his national team while he was just a 16-year-old palyer, he scored a goal for Spain and while he was the youngest player scoring a goal for Barcelona in La Liga, now he is the youngest palyer scoring a goal for Spain.
I hope to see his palyer continue his good performance and Xavi is lucky to have a palyer like him on the team. He can even have the chance to become a superstar palyer in Barcelona soon.
  

He is a young player who must be looked after well by Barcelona and also given good space to continue to develop according to his age.
I am sure he will not be Barcelona's main player for many matches, he will only be a reserve player and will be played in certain matches such as experienced by Harvey Elliot at Liverpool, who was often used by Klopp in certain matches and it was good that he played quite well for his club.
It is reported that he will miss at least 6 of Barcelona's matches because he will be a player for the Spanish national team to play in the U-17 World Cup. And he should get the playing portion that is appropriate for his age and I think when he reaches 17-18 years it will be the appropriate age for him to play a lot of games for Barcelona and develop into one of the potential star players.

Well, Lamine Yamal is expected by many people to be the superior seed possessed by Barcelona and of course also for Spain, in fact he is considered to be one of the youngest players who can bring Spain or Barcelona to the title.
Lamine Yamal greatness on the field could be a threat to any team that faces them he even has a big chance of becoming one of the best young players for Spain.
Xavi decision to make him a reserve player and only used in certain matches has the aim of ensuring that Lamine Yamal can always perform optimally and avoid unwanted things such as injury because it could be very detrimental to Barcelona if Lamine Yamal is absent from an important match just because he is experiencing injury.

Now that he is only 16 years old it is actually a big proof because at that age he should not have played for a big team like Barcelona or the Spanish national team furthe but thanks to his greatness he in the lyrics and can have the opportunity join to gain experience and be able to develop further better next time.

[Swordsoffreedom]

However, we also have to look at the quality and performance of the current Barcelona team realistically, Barcelona has not played well in the last few matches and there are many things that Xavi must immediately fix to make this team much more solid.
I would not be surprised if Barcelona's next match will reap bad results because in my opinion the current Barcelona team is not very strong, especially their bottom line which has conceded a lot this season, especially in the last 2 matches Barcelona conceded 4 goals, that's not a good thing.
And also Xavi's team is currently not well organized, so if they meet tough opponents, I doubt Barcelona will be able to win, but again, if it's still early in the season, anything is possible.

What exactly do you not like about Barcelona that they conceded 4 goals? So they missed 3 of them in one match with Villarreal and by the way they won this match, but it was the kind of match when the teams went for a counter game, Barcelona rarely allows this. Barcelona sticks to their previous strategy, they play well in defense and do not try to score many goals, their main focus is on the result. Quite a good start to the season, one draw and three wins, so I don’t see any big problems for Xavi’s team.

Barcelona started well. Won 3 out of 4 matches and drew 1. This is certainly a good start . It cannot be said whether Barcelona's defense is weak. They conceded 4 goals in 4 matches. And conceded 3 goals against Villarreal. Barcelona won the match despite conceding 3 goals against Villarreal. Barcelona have also conceded just one of the remaining three matches. So I can't say that Barcelona's defense is too weak. But since Barcelona will also perform in the Champions League. So Xavi should work more on his defense. Because the Champions League teams are very strong.

[Leviathan.007]

However, we also have to look at the quality and performance of the current Barcelona team realistically, Barcelona has not played well in the last few matches and there are many things that Xavi must immediately fix to make this team much more solid.
I would not be surprised if Barcelona's next match will reap bad results because in my opinion the current Barcelona team is not very strong, especially their bottom line which has conceded a lot this season, especially in the last 2 matches Barcelona conceded 4 goals, that's not a good thing.
And also Xavi's team is currently not well organized, so if they meet tough opponents, I doubt Barcelona will be able to win, but again, if it's still early in the season, anything is possible.

What exactly do you not like about Barcelona that they conceded 4 goals? So they missed 3 of them in one match with Villarreal and by the way they won this match, but it was the kind of match when the teams went for a counter game, Barcelona rarely allows this. Barcelona sticks to their previous strategy, they play well in defense and do not try to score many goals, their main focus is on the result. Quite a good start to the season, one draw and three wins, so I don’t see any big problems for Xavi’s team.

I think that when compared with Real Madrid performance, Barcelona was indeed less well organized in the four matches they played. However, I think it is natural, because Xavi did not accompany the Barcelona squad directly in the two matches in the second and third weeks, due to the red card he received in the first week when Barca met Getafe. However, Xavi squad was still able to secure full points, even without his presence on the sidelines.

Even though it looks less promising, Barca is unbeaten so far. On the other hand, both Madrid and Barca still need time for the adaptation process of their new players.

Comparing Barcelona and Real Madrid we should know Real Madrid spent much more in the transfer window and bought many players while they in Barcelona didn't spend a lot and most of the players they bought were for free and on loan, which means Barcelona is a cheaper team than Real Madrid, but still, Barcelona got a team and they had good performance even there is a higher chance for them to win the title in La Liga for another time.
  

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The match against Real Betis is actually not a difficult thing for Barcelona, especially if the match takes place at Barcelona's cage. Apart from the performance that Barcelona is openly superior to, Real Betis itself is also not a team that is more reckoned with by some people this season, even though Real Betis is currently ranked seventh in the standings after having managed to get two wins and one draw and one lost at the start of this season.

Barcelona tends not to have big problems when facing Real Betis because they have always been able to ensure victory in the last few seasons. Last season Barcelona won at home and away against Real Betis, even I don't see any significant difficulties on Barcelona's side.

After all, in the last 4 matches Barcelona has also succeeded in getting the results as expected. They only failed to win their first match against Rayo Vallecano, but the rest of the time they took all the points up for grabs. Meanwhile, Barcelona playing at home will also have a high probability of winning, so I think they will not disappoint in that match.

I don't think Barcelona will allow any team to reduce their points in the remaining matches, because their coach has worked on some areas that is not making them to achieve goals on time. Rayo vallecano really prepared to battle with Barcelona in that match, because the match make Barcelona to look as if they are not complete in the field based on the injury that was affecting one of their defender at the moment that gave Rayo vallecano the opportunity to defeated them. I think, there is a hope in that match because Barcelona know how to use home advantage to reduce the strength of their opponent so that it will be easy for them to gain access to their goalpost to embrace victory at the end of the match.

Barcelona is in third place in the league after Girona, which achieved a surprising second place in the points table. Now he must focus more on each match. If they want to win the championship, they should not lose any points this year, especially in this period when Real Madrid is lacking. Unfortunately, some mistakes cannot be compensated for the championship.

[Jody.Drummer]

Last season Atlético Madrid finished a season from the third position of the points table but this season so far Atlético Madrid could not reach the third position of the points table. Atlético Madrid is currently at the fourth position of the points table with 7 points. Real Madrid has had a great start to this season as so far Real Madrid have played four matches winning four out of four matches to top the points table with 12 points. While Real Madrid have started the season right, Barcelona have not started the season right so far. Barcelona must come back and win the next matches. Barcelona will not be able to close the points gap with Girona and Real Madrid if they fail to win the next matches.

I think it's too early to talk about where they might be now, because the league has just started and there's still a long way to go. Yes now maybe Atletico Madrid are in 4th place, but they still have 1 more match, precisely meeting Sevilla which should have been done in week 4 ago. Assuming that they win that game, then they will have the same points as Barcelona and Girona.
I don't think there will be too much change for positions 1, 2 and 3, which will put Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, regardless of which team will occupy where.

[Silence Scream]

Last season Atlético Madrid finished a season from the third position of the points table but this season so far Atlético Madrid could not reach the third position of the points table. Atlético Madrid is currently at the fourth position of the points table with 7 points. Real Madrid has had a great start to this season as so far Real Madrid have played four matches winning four out of four matches to top the points table with 12 points. While Real Madrid have started the season right, Barcelona have not started the season right so far. Barcelona must come back and win the next matches. Barcelona will not be able to close the points gap with Girona and Real Madrid if they fail to win the next matches.

I think it's too early to talk about where they might be now, because the league has just started and there's still a long way to go. Yes now maybe Atletico Madrid are in 4th place, but they still have 1 more match, precisely meeting Sevilla which should have been done in week 4 ago. Assuming that they win that game, then they will have the same points as Barcelona and Girona.
I don't think there will be too much change for positions 1, 2 and 3, which will put Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, regardless of which team will occupy where.

I think the top three teams of the league will be the same, but the rankings may change among themselves. I think Atletico is a little better this year compared to last year. If they can recover a little better, they can make good use of their point losses. Real Madrid is already dealing with injuries. Barcelona is trying to become a team. If Atlético is successful this year, a boring routine will be over.

[Rockstarguy]

The good news for Xavi is about Lamine Yamal and he had a good performance playing for his national team against Georgia. Today the game between Georgia and Spain Lamine Yamal was playing for his national team while he was just a 16-year-old palyer, he scored a goal for Spain and while he was the youngest player scoring a goal for Barcelona in La Liga, now he is the youngest palyer scoring a goal for Spain.
I hope to see his palyer continue his good performance and Xavi is lucky to have a palyer like him on the team. He can even have the chance to become a superstar palyer in Barcelona soon.

Good record for Yamal. 16 years and 1 goal for Spain. Two records at once he got. This record is a new record for Spain and replaces Gavi the previous record owner. Last night was of course also a tough decision because the Spanish coach dared to play him. But his decision became a very good result. He is a long-term asset for Barcelona and Spain.

In one of the games he played for Barcelona last season that I watched he  really performed so good for Barcelona,  his performance was outstanding and I don't know why Xavi don't normally use  him. The young player is very good and I think Barcelona needs him frequently,  with the way he performs I believe he will always deliver good performance,  his football take looks so original. Yamal is good player that Barcelona don't need to take for granted.

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The good news for Xavi is about Lamine Yamal and he had a good performance playing for his national team against Georgia. Today the game between Georgia and Spain Lamine Yamal was playing for his national team while he was just a 16-year-old palyer, he scored a goal for Spain and while he was the youngest player scoring a goal for Barcelona in La Liga, now he is the youngest palyer scoring a goal for Spain.
I hope to see his palyer continue his good performance and Xavi is lucky to have a palyer like him on the team. He can even have the chance to become a superstar palyer in Barcelona soon.
  

Breaking records and scoring for Spain at 16. This kid is a star player! Barcelona must be beaming with their diamond in the rough.

Picture Xavi sitting there with a smile broader than the Camp Nou, thinking, "I've got myself a future superstar!" It's like carrying a winning lotto ticket. Barcelona is known for its football legends. Yamal might be Messi or Ronaldo, and I'm not joking.

I'm excited to watch this youngster dominate in the majors. Watch out: he's about to become famous!

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The match against Real Betis is actually not a difficult thing for Barcelona, especially if the match takes place at Barcelona's cage. Apart from the performance that Barcelona is openly superior to, Real Betis itself is also not a team that is more reckoned with by some people this season, even though Real Betis is currently ranked seventh in the standings after having managed to get two wins and one draw and one lost at the start of this season.

Barcelona tends not to have big problems when facing Real Betis because they have always been able to ensure victory in the last few seasons. Last season Barcelona won at home and away against Real Betis, even I don't see any significant difficulties on Barcelona's side.

After all, in the last 4 matches Barcelona has also succeeded in getting the results as expected. They only failed to win their first match against Rayo Vallecano, but the rest of the time they took all the points up for grabs. Meanwhile, Barcelona playing at home will also have a high probability of winning, so I think they will not disappoint in that match.

I don't think Barcelona will allow any team to reduce their points in the remaining matches, because their coach has worked on some areas that is not making them to achieve goals on time. Rayo vallecano really prepared to battle with Barcelona in that match, because the match make Barcelona to look as if they are not complete in the field based on the injury that was affecting one of their defender at the moment that gave Rayo vallecano the opportunity to defeated them. I think, there is a hope in that match because Barcelona know how to use home advantage to reduce the strength of their opponent so that it will be easy for them to gain access to their goalpost to embrace victory at the end of the match.

Barcelona's recent matches have not been good, although they have won three of their four games and drawn one... Barcelona are conceding a lot of goals at the moment, which indicates problems in defence... Of all the La Liga clubs, only Real look very good right now... I think that this season Barcelona will have more problems than last season, when they became champions...

[QueenVera]

Breaking records and scoring for Spain at 16. This kid is a star player! Barcelona must be beaming with their diamond in the rough.

Picture Xavi sitting there with a smile broader than the Camp Nou, thinking, "I've got myself a future superstar!" It's like carrying a winning lotto ticket. Barcelona is known for its football legends. Yamal might be Messi or Ronaldo, and I'm not joking.

I'm excited to watch this youngster dominate in the majors. Watch out: he's about to become famous!

He's a very good prospect no doubt and I'm very impressed with his performance, and I know the Barcelona fan would be more happier because he gives them hope for a brighter future and performing so brilliantly at his age means we're yet to see more from him when he yets older and more experienced than he is currently.
 But I'm not too quick to compare him with Messi or Ronaldo cause there are several stars that's impressed for their club and Country at a tender age but didn't keep up when they grew older, so I like to watch him for a season or two and allow him prove himself worthy before comparing him to Messi, I remember saying same thing about Fati when he introduced into the first team but he couldn't leave up to stand due to numerous injuries.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Barcelona's recent matches have not been good, although they have won three of their four games and drawn one... Barcelona are conceding a lot of goals at the moment, which indicates problems in defence... Of all the La Liga clubs, only Real look very good right now... I think that this season Barcelona will have more problems than last season, when they became champions...

It's still early in the season and there's still a lot of time for the teams to improve, Barcelona currently looks weak in terms of defense but Real Madrid also has problems in the front line, in the last few matches Real Madrid has had quite a hard time scoring goals.
So I think these two top La Liga teams have different problems now, but how these teams can handle them and get out of these problems will be profitable for them to be able to chase the title this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Last season Atlético Madrid finished a season from the third position of the points table but this season so far Atlético Madrid could not reach the third position of the points table. Atlético Madrid is currently at the fourth position of the points table with 7 points. Real Madrid has had a great start to this season as so far Real Madrid have played four matches winning four out of four matches to top the points table with 12 points. While Real Madrid have started the season right, Barcelona have not started the season right so far. Barcelona must come back and win the next matches. Barcelona will not be able to close the points gap with Girona and Real Madrid if they fail to win the next matches.

I think it's too early to talk about where they might be now, because the league has just started and there's still a long way to go. Yes now maybe Atletico Madrid are in 4th place, but they still have 1 more match, precisely meeting Sevilla which should have been done in week 4 ago. Assuming that they win that game, then they will have the same points as Barcelona and Girona.
I don't think there will be too much change for positions 1, 2 and 3, which will put Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, regardless of which team will occupy where.

I think the top three teams of the league will be the same, but the rankings may change among themselves. I think Atletico is a little better this year compared to last year. If they can recover a little better, they can make good use of their point losses. Real Madrid is already dealing with injuries. Barcelona is trying to become a team. If Atlético is successful this year, a boring routine will be over.

Just like I said before, the top 3 teams will be the same, but the positions will change according to what they can do this season. Interestingly in the last 3 seasons the 3 club we are talking about are 3 clbs that take turns to win the title, in the 2020/2021 Atletico Madrid season, the 221/2022 Real Madrid season and the last season was Barcelona. with such a record shows that the dominance of these 3 clubs is still a tight competition, regardless of who dominates more, but the fact is they always pose a serious threat to anyone who is a challenger with a great chance of winning the title.

Maybe it will be more interesting if this season, Atletico M can win the title again. But we also still have to see their performance which must continue to improve if they want to reclaim the title.

[JeffBrad12]

I don't think Barcelona will allow any team to reduce their points in the remaining matches, because their coach has worked on some areas that is not making them to achieve goals on time. Rayo vallecano really prepared to battle with Barcelona in that match, because the match make Barcelona to look as if they are not complete in the field based on the injury that was affecting one of their defender at the moment that gave Rayo vallecano the opportunity to defeated them. I think, there is a hope in that match because Barcelona know how to use home advantage to reduce the strength of their opponent so that it will be easy for them to gain access to their goalpost to embrace victory at the end of the match.

Rayo vallecano could be considered as a strong team when it was facing barcelona. Barcelona was not always able getting perfect result against this club last seasons but with only small margin. I expect the same result for the upcoming match.
I would like to bet less than 2.5 goals and barcelona will win the game. Sometimes, vallecano can also prevent barcelona to take the full scores. This club was always performing the defensive strategy against barcelona.

Barcelona has faced vallecano a few months ago but vallecano was able beating barcelona with 2-1 as the final result from the match.
I'm not entirely convinced that Barcelona will have an easy time defeating this team, as I have some doubts about their ability to do so. Felix may be playing against vallecano.

Vallecano was not a weak team. Barcelona is always struggling when play against this club.

[Franctoshi]

In one of the games he played for Barcelona last season that I watched he  really performed so good for Barcelona,  his performance was outstanding and I don't know why Xavi don't normally use  him.

football take looks so original. Yamal is good player that Barcelona don't need to take for granted.

Most times this happens if the manager don't really like the player as a person or being that the coach has a personal issue with that particular player and decides to keep benching the player as a form of punishment and not because of the player's poor performance.
We see this happen a lot of time between players and their coach,  using Christiano's issue with Ten Hang for instance, and even during the time Conte and Diego Costa were at Chelsea, they were being kept on bench even when they were fit to play.

[borovichok]

I don't think Barcelona will allow any team to reduce their points in the remaining matches, because their coach has worked on some areas that is not making them to achieve goals on time. Rayo vallecano really prepared to battle with Barcelona in that match, because the match make Barcelona to look as if they are not complete in the field based on the injury that was affecting one of their defender at the moment that gave Rayo vallecano the opportunity to defeated them. I think, there is a hope in that match because Barcelona know how to use home advantage to reduce the strength of their opponent so that it will be easy for them to gain access to their goalpost to embrace victory at the end of the match.

Rayo Vallecano are not facing Barcelona anytime soon, so it's more good opportunities for Los Franjirrojos to enchance their standing forms this season. They did have good winning records against the blaugrana but I think this season would be entirely different, because La Liga is coming more competitive and tougher by the day. I can forecast predictions  for the coming games, we should wait patiently for the game. Francisco Rodríguez hoping to get his team together, it's definitely a challenging task for him, not after his team conceding 7 goals from Los Colchoneros in their previous game.  

[Razmirraz]

Barcelona's recent matches have not been good, although they have won three of their four games and drawn one... Barcelona are conceding a lot of goals at the moment, which indicates problems in defence... Of all the La Liga clubs, only Real look very good right now... I think that this season Barcelona will have more problems than last season, when they became champions...

It's still early in the season and there's still a lot of time for the teams to improve, Barcelona currently looks weak in terms of defense but Real Madrid also has problems in the front line, in the last few matches Real Madrid has had quite a hard time scoring goals.
So I think these two top La Liga teams have different problems now, but how these teams can handle them and get out of these problems will be profitable for them to be able to chase the title this season.

Barcelona and Real Madrid have problems in different positions, Real Madrid has not found a suitable player to replace Benzema, Ancelotti can only rely on Vinicius as the main striker but he is currently injured. Barcelona's defense is not yet completely unified, they have not found their best form like last season, but Xavi has enough players to carry out several experiments to find good connections between the defenders.

There is still time for Real Madrid and Barcelona to improve. Real Madrid only needs one player who can be relied on in the striker position, Ancelotti must encourage Real Madrid management to immediately bring in a player who is worthy of filling the main striker position in order to maintain opportunities in the Champions League.