La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[bastisisca]

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.

Correct me if I am wrong, the Spanish championship, or La Liga, doesn`t seem very competitive to me. The strongest teams are
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or am I wrong? I honestly expect a performance like this from a team that is among the three strongest in the championship. Or was it overthrown by another, even stronger team?
But for sure the title is contested by two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid

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[Litzki1990]

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.

La Liga's top two teams have one problem in defense and another problem in the strike positions. Real Madrid did not sign any new players after Benzema's departure because Real Madrid thought that the players they had in their squad could fill Karim Benzema's absence. Real Madrid planned with that idea but the injury of Vinicius Junior at the beginning of the season is forcing Real Madrid to think again. Real Madrid's tough rivals Barcelona are not in good form either. Although the midfield and forwards are decent, their defense is in poor condition. If both teams can improve their respective areas of weakness then this season will be a tough competition between these two teams.

[hahay]

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.

Correct me if I am wrong, the Spanish championship, or La Liga, doesn`t seem very competitive to me. The strongest teams are
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or am I wrong? I honestly expect a performance like this from a team that is among the three strongest in the championship. Or was it overthrown by another, even stronger team?
But for sure the title is contested by two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid

No, you are not wrong. Because yes, in reality La Liga is only about these three teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, who can compete strongly in the race for the title. Because after all, the competition between these three teams has been going on for a long time, and even though in the past there was Valencia who could also win the La Liga title. But currently, teams like Valencia, Villarreal, Bilbao also do not have the ability to consistently compete in the top four or in the title race. So, regarding whether La Liga is competitive or not, I think it depends on each individual's assessment because at least La Liga still has several teams that have a chance of winning the title and it's not like the Bundesliga.

[Doell]

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.

Atletico Madrid is a strong team, they can really compete for the La Liga title. If they can consistently collect a lots of points then the title will be in their hands, but there will be a tough job for them against Real Madrid in this month. If Atletico Madrid can win and secure the three points, then they have the opportunity to overtake Real Madrid. In the match vs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid have the advantage because currently Real Madrid is missing their key player.

[naira]

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.

That's right, the start of the season for both Barcelona and Madrid is currently in a period of adjustment, especially preparations for the Champions League competition. If you look at the two clubs in La Liga so far they are still quite safe even though instability has occurred several times. However, this is quite commonplace and in the final minutes of the second half they always have a way to escape the pressure and get points. There's no need to rush and I'm sure the competition between the two will start to get more aggressive in the middle and end of the season.

[indah rezqi]

Atletico Madrid is a strong team, they can really compete for the La Liga title. If they can consistently collect a lots of points then the title will be in their hands, but there will be a tough job for them against Real Madrid in this month. If Atletico Madrid can win and secure the three points, then they have the opportunity to overtake Real Madrid. In the match vs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid have the advantage because currently Real Madrid is missing their key player.

Real Madrid next opponent is Real Sociedad in La Liga, while in the UCL group phase Ancelotti squad will face Union Berlin. Atletico will face Valencia in La Liga, and in the UCL Group Phase Diego Simeone squad will face Lazio.  It is clear that Atletico will have a slightly tough match before meeting their city rivals, while Real Madrid will have a slightly easier match.

This derby will be presented in the sixth week, victory in the fifth week of La Liga and the UCL Group Phase will be capital for both of them to appear more confident. I think Real Madrid will be able to beat Atletico at their home ground, because Rodrygo is back from injury.

[superman184]

Correct me if I am wrong, the Spanish championship, or La Liga, doesn`t seem very competitive to me. The strongest teams are
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or am I wrong? I honestly expect a performance like this from a team that is among the three strongest in the championship. Or was it overthrown by another, even stronger team?
But for sure the title is contested by two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid

This season doesn't seem to be much different from the previous season in La Liga because the three teams you mentioned will always be seen at the top of the standings from the start of the season to the end of the season even though several other teams might make unexpected surprises. But other teams than the three teams you mentioned will only fight for one of the places in the UCL zone because the other three places are more likely to belong to the three teams you mentioned. Although this season I really want to see another team capable of disrupting these three teams in the top standings.

[klidex]

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.

Atletico Madrid is a little lucky to get a group with clubs that are not too strong, but only Lazio will be the toughest challenger for Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, at the moment, statistically speaking, Lazio's performance is slightly worse, experiencing a decline in Serie A matches, while Atletico Madrid has a very good performance. In LaLiga and in the history of this club, it can be recognized as a very strong defense.
It looks like what you said will come true as Atletico Madrid is likely to have a good finish leading in its group and it will be very interesting to watch the match performance of this club and bet on profits.

[poodle63]

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...

Even though you are feeling quite bad with barcelona's performance but it's still consistently winning the game till now. Barcelona can move up again easily. The season was just starting and there will be so many matches to come soon.
Real madrid looked like a solid club but you forgot that if real madrid can only rely upon benzema at this moment. None of player in the club who would able to play as good as him at this moment.
The main weapon of real madrid already injured. Madrid needs to pass a hard time.

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.

True. Just wait and see. Everything will be fine for barcelona to come back again at the top. Barcelona has found some best players in its academic. Yamal has been attracting so many eyes right now.
He was able to perform with senior spain squad for european qualified. There is a new young super star in Barcelona who has the potential to outperform Dembele.

[rendravolt]

Of the three La Liga promotion teams so far, perhaps only Alaves has had pretty good results. They collected 6 points from 4 matches and when compared to Granada or Las Palmas who only collected 3 and 2 points, it is clear that Alaves is still ahead of both of them. Moreover, Alaves' victory beat two veteran teams in the league such as Sevilla and Valencia, so this time they will be considered the underdog team this season. However, what is clear is that Alaves will not be able to go far into the top 4 positions and they will more likely dominate the middle of the table this season.

[rahmad2nd]

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.

Ronald Araujo's absence due to injury, and Christensen's inconsistency in several matches, plus, Xavi is still trying to play his second tier players such as Sergi Roberto, making Barcelona's defense a little slack. In the end, in four matches they also conceded four goals. Of course, Xavi has work to do to improve his defensive line, and fortunately Barcelona now has Joao Cancelo. It is very likely that Joao Cancelo will be included in Barcelona's starting eleven in the future, while waiting for Araujo to recover from his injury. at least Xavi has a solution for his defense line, he just needs to improve the consistency of his players.

On the other hand, Madrid's condition is not so good. they have many injured players, starting from the main goalkeeper, Ceballos, Militao and Vini Jr. If one of the Madrid players gets injured in the next match, this will be a big problem for them. and yes, referring to what you said, Don Carlo cannot continue to only depend on Bellingham up front. In the last match, Madrid had quite a hard time beating their opposing team.
Next, the competition will be even more difficult for both Madrid and Barcelona. because after the Champions League competition starts, their match schedule will be quite busy. and we will see, which team will remain consistent.

[Adams0001]

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.

If it is about performance from this two teams, I don’t always think too much about their success in the league. They also face hard time like other teams but it does not always affect them too much to the depth that they won’t be able to compete for the title race. The title race always remains between the two of them and sometimes Atletico Madrid also tries their best but not as much as the two of them do compete with each other. Their lack of consistency maybe in the defence or attacking line won’t be a big issue for them because it can easily be fixed between now and their next match which I am certain they will both perform better and excellently well.

[MuffinMaster]

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.

If it is about performance from this two teams, I don’t always think too much about their success in the league. They also face hard time like other teams but it does not always affect them too much to the depth that they won’t be able to compete for the title race. The title race always remains between the two of them and sometimes Atletico Madrid also tries their best but not as much as the two of them do compete with each other. Their lack of consistency maybe in the defence or attacking line won’t be a big issue for them because it can easily be fixed between now and their next match which I am certain they will both perform better and excellently well.

Barcelona team is in very good form in La Liga. Having won the title last season and this season the team will be looking to do well in La Liga as well as the Champions League due to which they have added several new players to the team.

[BITCOIN4X]

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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 was really worried in the match against Villareal where currently the quality of Barcelona's defense is having problems. Barcelona conceded 3 goals in that match, which also indicates that there are problems that need to be fixed in defense. Meanwhile, in the next match, Barcelona only conceded 1 goal against Osasuna and in that match Barcelona's defense looked quite good.

Barcelona has a good right-back at the moment, which is definitely useful considering that so far Barcelona doesn't have a good right-back. Cancelo and Balde will likely be the main choices in most matches, while Araujo (currently still injured) and Kounde will play as central defenders. This could solve Barcelona's defensive problems, but Barcelona must do it carefully.

[hahay]

Of the three La Liga promotion teams so far, perhaps only Alaves has had pretty good results. They collected 6 points from 4 matches and when compared to Granada or Las Palmas who only collected 3 and 2 points, it is clear that Alaves is still ahead of both of them. Moreover, Alaves' victory beat two veteran teams in the league such as Sevilla and Valencia, so this time they will be considered the underdog team this season. However, what is clear is that Alaves will not be able to go far into the top 4 positions and they will more likely dominate the middle of the table this season.

In fact, Alaves had to go through the play offs first to be promoted to LaLiga this season. Also, if we compare with Granada who won the LaLiga2 title last season, and Las Palmas who became the runner up. So at least, it is not easy for Alaves to become a promoted team with the process it went through in the play offs. But anyway, at this moment at least Alaves managed to be the best compared to Granada and Las Palmas. But even so, at least any result can still happen from time to time, and there is no strong guarantee for Alaves to be stable in the middle zone in the La Liga standings this season.

[bitgolden]

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 do agree that they are fine, and looking at their results so far this season, they have been fine without a doubt, just because they got some goals scored on them doesn't mean that they are bad, when you look at the results you see how good they are.

Xavi is doing something that is systematic change, and I feel like that is going to take some time and requires the team to get some adjustments to it, and because of that we are going to end up seeing it change a lot, and may have some hard times. Just because they won it last year doesn't mean that they are going to keep winning neither, it is going to end up changing a lot until they find the perfect balance, last year was pure talent, this year it will be the strategy that makes them win.

[Doell]

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Real Madrid next opponent is Real Sociedad in La Liga, while in the UCL group phase Ancelotti squad will face Union Berlin. Atletico will face Valencia in La Liga, and in the UCL Group Phase Diego Simeone squad will face Lazio.  It is clear that Atletico will have a slightly tough match before meeting their city rivals, while Real Madrid will have a slightly easier match.

This derby will be presented in the sixth week, victory in the fifth week of La Liga and the UCL Group Phase will be capital for both of them to appear more confident. I think Real Madrid will be able to beat Atletico at their home ground, because Rodrygo is back from injury.

Indeed Real Madrid opponent is a slightly easier rather than opponent Atletico Madrid, so yes there is a chance for Real Madrid to get points against Atletico Madrid. Because yeah there is a possibility Diego Simeone squad is tired, but in the last few matches Atletico Madrid have a good performance. Anyhow, Diego squad looks solid I doubt Real Madrid can win, but be expected Ancelotti can find a suitable tactic in that match at least to surive for draw result.

[borovichok]

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.

Regarding Villarreal's standing as an elite category team, they will face more difficult games forthcoming campaign. Three goals against Barcá were usually the result of Xavi's men's tentative defending queues. Barcelona has to deal with some challenging impediments in league games; the squad is erratic and finds it hard to maintain consistency in games. Xavi Hernandez is experimenting with different methods for his squad, but nothing is permanent as he continues to repeat transitory statistics as a means to understand techniques that is appropriate for the blaugrana. 

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In fact, Alaves had to go through the play offs first to be promoted to LaLiga this season. Also, if we compare with Granada who won the LaLiga2 title last season, and Las Palmas who became the runner up.

In comparison to Las Palmas and Granada, Alaves had to go through a complicated process to qualify for the Laliga this season, but with their present results, they appear to be more successful because they aim to stay in the Laliga and avoid relegation.

So at least, it is not easy for Alaves to become a promoted team with the process it went through in the play offs. But anyway, at this moment at least Alaves managed to be the best compared to Granada and Las Palmas. But even so, at least any result can still happen from time to time, and there is no strong guarantee for Alaves to be stable in the middle zone in the La Liga standings this season.

They have won two of the four Laliga matches they have played so far, which is an excellent start compared to Las Palmas, which has yet to win a single match, and Granada, which has won one match and lost the other three.

Alaves have some experience in the Laliga because they were always difficult to defeat by Barcelona and other great teams back then. I am hopeful that they will remain competitive this season, although staying in the middle of the table will be challenging, but they will undoubtedly avoid the relegation zone.

[Ryu_Ar1]

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 prefer to think that they are struggling to score goals rather than not trying to score many goals in a match because looking at their condition for the beginning of this season it seems very difficult for them to score more than 2 goals in 1 match.
There still needs to be some familiarisation when trying out some of the younger players and Lewandowski's performance is still hampered by the opposition's marking which makes it difficult for Barcelona to find many goals in their matches.

Despite this the chances of them winning definitely remain as they are the favourites and the worst possibility is a draw although this would be difficult for Betis to force a draw.