La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[red4slash]

Actually this is a very good opportunity for Barcelona with Sevilla's condition which is still uncertain, especially in terms of performance, this can be something very good for them to maximize well.
With the presence of Cancelo and Felix, they have a breakthrough power that has improved again, it's just that in the last 2 matches they always seem to be preoccupied with attacking which actually backfires because they have a large gap in defense because their midfielders and attacking players are in the opponent's area which can be maximized well by the opposing club.
Xavi must anticipate something like this not to happen again because if Xavi can overcome the leak in defense then they will definitely play very comfortably against Sevilla.

Sevilla cannot be underestimated, indeed they have not found their best performance at the start of this season but in terms of quality this team is quite capable so Barcelona will have great difficulty in the match against Sevilla later.
And on the other hand, Barcelona's performance also started to decline and even in their last match they couldn't win the match and the highlight was Barcelona's defense line which was quite weak so this season the Barcelona team conceded a lot.

This weekend's match will be played at Barcelona's home ground, maybe this makes them a little favorite but overall I think Barcelona and Sevilla's chances of winning this match are quite equal and there is even a big possibility that the match will end in a draw.

Actually, it is wrong to say that their performance has decreased just because of 1 match because after all it cannot be used as a benchmark but what I can say in this case is that for now their tiki taka scheme has been too read by several clubs who often get the same attack for Barcelona because they realize that rather than they compensate for the tiki taka that troubles them it is better to wait in defense with focus and let Barcelona play the ball as much as possible.
It's the same situation now with Sevilla just waiting for momentum with their quick counter-attacks.
60 minutes passed even though Barcelona was still very good at controlling the ball but when Sevilla played focused in defense they were very difficult to penetrate the defense from Sevilla.

[Iranus]

I think a draw from Barcelona is worth a win. Sevilla has been getting very bad results in the last matches and the average age is also quite high. When these factors come together, I do not expect them to have a fully productive season. Of course, they may get bad results this season, but they may also get surprising results. I think there is a small chance they can surprise the Barça match, but the more likely part is of course a Barça win.

Sevilla has started to play better in recent matches, and they are gradually rising in the standings. Average age is probably not the best comparison, since Barcelona has Yamal who is only 16 years old, this will affect the statistics, but I don’t really like such comparisons. Today it is important for Barcelona to win in order to get ahead of Girona and regain first place, and for Sevilla I think that even a draw will be good result, but their history of confrontations, especially at the Estalio Olimpico, is not in Seville’s favor. Barca still have more possession of the ball, but this does not give it a big advantage in game.

The match is still tied. Barcelona will take all the risks towards the end of the match because they will not want to lose points. Sevilla can score a goal if they evaluate the counter-attacks well towards the end of the match. If the match ends like this, it seems that they will not be able to beat Girona despite playing many matches and will give them the leadership.

Either way, Barcelona will try their best to get 3 points from this match. But we are not seeing the expected good performance from Barcelona in this match. Barcelona cannot dominate this home match. Sevilla are performing well so far. Barcelona's players were able to launch several good attacks, but Sevilla's defenders successfully blocked every attack. I wouldn't say that Barcelona are playing badly. Barcelona's performance is good enough. They are playing their old tiki taka tricks. But they are not able to succeed against Sevilla. In the second half Xavi should have changed his match strategy and played more attacking. But Barcelona have kept their match strategy unchanged and are yet to score a goal. Sevilla wanted to score 1 point after the match was a goalless draw. This is why it has become more difficult for Barcelona to win. They will play for another 20 minutes. Let's see if Barcelona manage to win.

[Spaceman1000$]

The game is very intense this second half, as Barca has shown much dominance and repeated attacks. Sergio Ramos presence at Sevilla defence is really giving the team some confidence. That's experience in display.
Lewandowski has really shown a great effort to score but the Sevilla goalie is another brilliant keeper mounting egd to edge on the goal post, at 72 minutes and his still keeping a clean sheet on this game with so much pressure from Barcelona.

[Josefjix]

The match is still tied. Barcelona will take all the risks towards the end of the match because they will not want to lose points. Sevilla can score a goal if they evaluate the counter-attacks well towards the end of the match. If the match ends like this, it seems that they will not be able to beat Girona despite playing many matches and will give them the leadership.

We might be looking at another draw tie for the bluagrana against Sevilla at Camp Nou. We know how important this winning is for Xavi Hernandez who's keen on climbing up with Real Madrid for first position on La Liga table. Moreover Sevilla having a pure defensive game against Barcelona, José Luis Mendilibar might targets a draw tie against the elite side because the performance of the visitors is obviously clear. Perhaps Barcelona will put in more pressure for the purpose to net a goal though they missed big goal scoring opportunities in the first half, time to correct that by making a difference, it's 69th minutes and nothing to separate both sides yet.

[Rockstarguy]

I think a draw from Barcelona is worth a win. Sevilla has been getting very bad results in the last matches and the average age is also quite high. When these factors come together, I do not expect them to have a fully productive season. Of course, they may get bad results this season, but they may also get surprising results. I think there is a small chance they can surprise the Barça match, but the more likely part is of course a Barça win.

Sevilla has started to play better in recent matches, and they are gradually rising in the standings. Average age is probably not the best comparison, since Barcelona has Yamal who is only 16 years old, this will affect the statistics, but I don’t really like such comparisons. Today it is important for Barcelona to win in order to get ahead of Girona and regain first place, and for Sevilla I think that even a draw will be good result, but their history of confrontations, especially at the Estalio Olimpico, is not in Seville’s favor. Barca still have more possession of the ball, but this does not give it a big advantage in game.

Sevilla performance against  Barcelona it so tough , so surprising that Sevilla can be able to play a tough game that is so difficult for Barcelona to score a goal. From the performance of Sevilla and Barcelona so far the game will end up in draws because I don't see Sevilla giving Barcelona the chance to score tonight. If the game ends in with draw will be an advantage to Barcelona because they won't be losing much all the points but gain at least one.

[Mate2237]

In the last two games Barcelona have been struggling to get to that winning ways like a comfortable winning ways.
Barcelona will be hosting Seville a stubborn side is going to be very difficult for the home team and I can't say who's going to win but as it is a draw is certain on this fixture.
Xavi needs to get his team together if they want to win this game because in their last game they played out 2-2 which would have taken them to the top if they had won and always coming from behind won't help them in this fixture if they let Seville to scored first, so I just want to see a great game tonight.

I think about Barcelona's recent problems and the game they have coming up against Sevilla. Its clear that the team is weak because they are always chasing the game. Even though Sevilla hasnt played very well lately, Barcelona cant be relaxed. I think Xavi needs to strengthen the defense to keep things from getting worse. Even though they have skilled players like Cancelo and Felix, they focus too much on attack, which leaves a huge hole in their defense that Sevilla can use to their advantage. I think the mix between attack and defense is very important for a comfortable win. Xavi needs to change his plans so that his team has a strong defense while letting the attackers do their job. If he doesnt, a draw seems likely, doesnt it?

It was when Messi was in Barcelona that the team was playing very well and since the he left the squad is balance again. Now to score is a problem for them and their midfielder is not smart enough to take ball from his opponents. But at last they scored one goal but as for me I was thinking that Barcelona will use Sevilla as work over and things are not done like that, Sevilla is also playing very well. Xavi  is trying his best for the defense but they need more skillful and smart players in the team.

[rendravolt]

The game is very intense this second half, as Barca has shown much dominance and repeated attacks. Sergio Ramos presence at Sevilla defence is really giving the team some confidence. That's experience in display.
Lewandowski has really shown a great effort to score but the Sevilla goalie is another brilliant keeper mounting egd to edge on the goal post, at 72 minutes and his still keeping a clean sheet on this game with so much pressure from Barcelona.

Indeed, since Sergio Ramos has been around, Sevilla's defense line has become much stronger and more difficult to penetrate, but who would have thought that currently Barcelona is 1 goal ahead through an own goal from Sergio Ramos. It seems that we have too high expectations for Sergio Ramos in this match and Barcelona will definitely maintain this advantage until the final minute. I think Sevilla must improve the performance of its players in order to get better results, especially for the attack line which has felt less stable recently to be able to score goals.

[GiftedMAN]

In the last two games Barcelona have been struggling to get to that winning ways like a comfortable winning ways.
Barcelona will be hosting Seville a stubborn side is going to be very difficult for the home team and I can't say who's going to win but as it is a draw is certain on this fixture.
Xavi needs to get his team together if they want to win this game because in their last game they played out 2-2 which would have taken them to the top if they had won and always coming from behind won't help them in this fixture if they let Seville to scored first, so I just want to see a great game tonight.

I think about Barcelona's recent problems and the game they have coming up against Sevilla. Its clear that the team is weak because they are always chasing the game. Even though Sevilla hasnt played very well lately, Barcelona cant be relaxed. I think Xavi needs to strengthen the defense to keep things from getting worse. Even though they have skilled players like Cancelo and Felix, they focus too much on attack, which leaves a huge hole in their defense that Sevilla can use to their advantage. I think the mix between attack and defense is very important for a comfortable win. Xavi needs to change his plans so that his team has a strong defense while letting the attackers do their job. If he doesnt, a draw seems likely, doesnt it?

It was when Messi was in Barcelona that the team was playing very well and since the he left the squad is balance again. Now to score is a problem for them and their midfielder is not smart enough to take ball from his opponents. But at last they scored one goal but as for me I was thinking that Barcelona will use Sevilla as work over and things are not done like that, Sevilla is also playing very well. Xavi  is trying his best for the defense but they need more skillful and smart players in the team.

I disagree with what you said, first of all Barcelona team was built on the shoulder of Messi so when he left the club to PSG the Barcelona team was affected which is what a team that depended so much on a particular player should be but Barcelona still got back on their feet as they recorded the Laliga trophy last season with a superb performance when everyone wasn't expecting it because of the financial crisis going on in the team. The performance of Barcelona was affected since Messi left no doubt but the team has regained it's status with the arrival of Xavi as the head coach and the team has gone back to the good shape they were when Messi was still in the team.

Reacting to the performance of Barcelona against Seville this night I think Barcelona is playing well even though they managed to get just one goal which was scored by the Sevilla player in his own post, I think Sevilla is not a weak team this season as they have improved in their performance and Barcelona has find it difficult to penetrate their box to score but hopefully they can secure the one goal to take the three points.

[Weawant]

Barcelona's performance tonight didn't impress me I must say as I expected more from them, although I know for sure that Sevilla is not a weak team either but then Barcelona has been In an excellent form recently which could make me confident enough to say they will win the game against Sevilla with a good goal margin, I expected they get at least two goals but sadly they got just one.

With the recent performance Barcelona has put up in the past two games it possible to say Barcelona may be gradually getting to a decline phase this season, earlier they had two matches won with five goals difference each and this was done back to back, that time could be considered the peak of their play this season as after then there have been a record of decline in the number of goals they score.

Their last game before today's game they had two goals and today that had just one maybe by their next game they may get none and then it will be obvious that a decline could possibly be happening with Barcelona. The come back they had in their last two game where they came from two goals down to wining 3-2 was one that built a very strong confidence on them by their fans but sadly the story seem to be changing now.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The game is very intense this second half, as Barca has shown much dominance and repeated attacks. Sergio Ramos presence at Sevilla defence is really giving the team some confidence. That's experience in display.
Lewandowski has really shown a great effort to score but the Sevilla goalie is another brilliant keeper mounting egd to edge on the goal post, at 72 minutes and his still keeping a clean sheet on this game with so much pressure from Barcelona.

Indeed, since Sergio Ramos has been around, Sevilla's defense line has become much stronger and more difficult to penetrate, but who would have thought that currently Barcelona is 1 goal ahead through an own goal from Sergio Ramos. It seems that we have too high expectations for Sergio Ramos in this match and Barcelona will definitely maintain this advantage until the final minute. I think Sevilla must improve the performance of its players in order to get better results, especially for the attack line which has felt less stable recently to be able to score goals.

I have seen before that Ramos was Barcelona's biggest enemy in La Liga, but today Ramos has become Barcelona's friend. just kidding
Barcelona won the match 1-0. And Barcelona's only goal was a mistake by Ramos. I don't see Ramos' fault here. Lamine Yamal had a nice header, and it accidentally hit the feet of Ramos. However, Barcelona were lucky. Ramos played well throughout the match. But in the end, it was Ramos who lost Sevilla.
Sevilla's performance in this match impressed me. Because in the past matches we have seen a messy performance from Sevilla. Sevilla's overall performance in today's match was quite good. If the team can improve a bit in attack, Sevilla will be able to move towards the top of the points table.

[Joca97]

The game is very intense this second half, as Barca has shown much dominance and repeated attacks. Sergio Ramos presence at Sevilla defence is really giving the team some confidence. That's experience in display.
Lewandowski has really shown a great effort to score but the Sevilla goalie is another brilliant keeper mounting egd to edge on the goal post, at 72 minutes and his still keeping a clean sheet on this game with so much pressure from Barcelona.

Indeed, since Sergio Ramos has been around, Sevilla's defense line has become much stronger and more difficult to penetrate, but who would have thought that currently Barcelona is 1 goal ahead through an own goal from Sergio Ramos. It seems that we have too high expectations for Sergio Ramos in this match and Barcelona will definitely maintain this advantage until the final minute. I think Sevilla must improve the performance of its players in order to get better results, especially for the attack line which has felt less stable recently to be able to score goals.

I have seen before that Ramos was Barcelona's biggest enemy in La Liga, but today Ramos has become Barcelona's friend. just kidding
Barcelona won the match 1-0. And Barcelona's only goal was a mistake by Ramos. I don't see Ramos' fault here. Lamine Yamal had a nice header, and it accidentally hit the feet of Ramos. However, Barcelona were lucky. Ramos played well throughout the match. But in the end, it was Ramos who lost Sevilla.
Sevilla's performance in this match impressed me. Because in the past matches we have seen a messy performance from Sevilla. Sevilla's overall performance in today's match was quite good. If the team can improve a bit in attack, Sevilla will be able to move towards the top of the points table.

Didnt expect that this own goal by Ramos would decide the match. Was expecting a lot more goals from all of this big chances that happened in the match. Barcelona got a hard win barely and is doing really well in the laliga and they are the main favorites to win the title.

[Vaskiy]

Finally Barcelona have moved to the top of the points table with 20 points and Girona with 19 points, followed by Real Madrid having 18 points. The expectation hadn't got fulfilled, and somehow Barcelona won the match. In simple, Barcelona was lucky and Sevilla is unlucky. Own goal is really hurting, because to keep things in much control and a mistake causing everything get collapsed is really unacceptable. It has happened in today's match.

It had happened in the 76^th minute. Till that unable to have a goal means, how good Sevilla had played. Another thing it have come out of the Sergio Ramos who is the star player for Sevilla. The legendary player at the wrong place and the header from Yamal slides through the defenders leg reaches the own net and opens the goal count for Barcelona 1-0 and the match ends with the same goal count.

[Leviathan.007]

Lamine Yamal is a young and effective palyer for Barcelona at the same time, his performance in Barcelona was amazing and since he is still a young palyer in this team, there is a possibility for this young talent to get offers from other teams but so far he is very much near to sign another contract with Barcelona.
Currently the contract of Yamal will expire in 2024 but he is about to sign another contract until 2026.

https://www.football-espana.net/2023/09/29/lamine-yamal-sign-barcelona-extension-2026

[Rengga Jati]

Barcelona playing on Friday night for the first time in a very long time and the score is 0 - 0 despite some big chances from both sides, with Ocampos missing for Sevilla and Fermin as well as Felix missing for Barcelona.

Barcelona vs Sevilla
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After their long struggle, Barcelona finally got 1 goal because of Ramos' OG. This is a lucky break. because the match went pretty tough. Sevilla also played quite well, but unfortunately they made a fatal mistake which resulted in defeat.

[Ruttoshi]

Lamine Yamal is a young and effective palyer for Barcelona at the same time, his performance in Barcelona was amazing and since he is still a young palyer in this team, there is a possibility for this young talent to get offers from other teams but so far he is very much near to sign another contract with Barcelona.
Currently the contract of Yamal will expire in 2024 but he is about to sign another contract until 2026.

https://www.football-espana.net/2023/09/29/lamine-yamal-sign-barcelona-extension-2026

He is the youngest player that Barca has ever had since history and he is also the youngest player that have scored for Barca ever since history too. He is a very talented and skillful player.

I know that in the nearest future he will be pulling waves and winning trophies. I don't think that Barca will let him go by 2026 because he still has a lot which they need him for in the club. Barca were lucky that they won Sevilla in tonight game.

[Alpha Marine]

Barcelona vs Sevilla
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After their long struggle, Barcelona finally got 1 goal because of Ramos' OG. This is a lucky break. because the match went pretty tough. Sevilla also played quite well, but unfortunately they made a fatal mistake which resulted in defeat.

Despite Sevilla's compactness, I think Barcelona were very unlucky in this game. They had a lot of chances and they should have scored like 3 goals aside the own goal by Ramos. They just kept of missing so many golden chances.

I have to say the people that train the boys in that Barcelona Academy are actually very good. How do they manage to bring up young boys that are very God at what they do. They've added Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal to their squad. They still have Pedri, Gavi and Balde.
I don't think there's any academy in the world that does what La Masia of Barcelona is doing. Very impressive job.
This was the same academy that gave us Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquest, Puyol. Impressive work.

[Asiska02]

Indeed, since Sergio Ramos has been around, Sevilla's defense line has become much stronger and more difficult to penetrate, but who would have thought that currently Barcelona is 1 goal ahead through an own goal from Sergio Ramos. It seems that we have too high expectations for Sergio Ramos in this match and Barcelona will definitely maintain this advantage until the final minute. I think Sevilla must improve the performance of its players in order to get better results, especially for the attack line which has felt less stable recently to be able to score goals.

The attack line needs to improve their play seriously, they had a lot of chances but were not able to convert any into any goal. Some of this chances comes but once in a game and if you don’t utilize them early and your opponents do, in a fierce match like this, it will be very hard to equalize and get back fully into the game again. I have no issues with Sergio Ramos, he really played well and coordinated the defense well also. The home goal came, it could have been any player so I have no negative notion about him towards that.

Barcelona vs Sevilla
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After their long struggle, Barcelona finally got 1 goal because of Ramos' OG. This is a lucky break. because the match went pretty tough. Sevilla also played quite well, but unfortunately they made a fatal mistake which resulted in defeat.

It was so sad that after a very good performance from Sevilla they still lost to Barcelona in the final minutes. It was an error uncalled for, but it happens in football, so no need for blame games now. They just need to do more in their next match in order to secure a victory in that match. Sevilla are now sitting on 12th place in the table with 7 games and 7 points. They still have enough days to prepare against their next match in the champions league with PSV and also in the La Liga with Vallecano.

[EL MOHA]

Didnt expect that this own goal by Ramos would decide the match. Was expecting a lot more goals from all of this big chances that happened in the match. Barcelona got a hard win barely and is doing really well in the laliga and they are the main favorites to win the title.

Definitely a big blow to Sevilla in this match after they had fought well, they deserved to go home with at least a point. In the past seasons most especially when Messi was around Sevilla has always use to have a batter by Barcelona. This season I was predicting the worst because they have started poorly and have gotten just seven points from there first seven games. But it is a vital win for Barcelona knowing that either of the two clubs Girona or Madrid will drop points as the face off against each other. But the big blow to Barcelona is the injury scare of Raphinha, he joins a list of some of the first team players and he would be missed but hopefully Ferran Torres would fill the gap perfectly. He Torres has always been begging for a chance and this is the perfect time to show the club his worth

[boltz]

Funny how Sergio Ramos said a couple days ago that he wants to score against Barcelona ...well ...he did score ...but too bad it was against his team  . Overall , Barca kinda deserved to win today but Sevilla looked way more stable than last 3 games so that should be a good sign for them in the coming games.

[nurilham]

Barcelona vs Sevilla
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After their long struggle, Barcelona finally got 1 goal because of Ramos' OG. This is a lucky break. because the match went pretty tough. Sevilla also played quite well, but unfortunately they made a fatal mistake which resulted in defeat.

I guessed the match will end up with a draw result because Sevilla defense looked good before the own goal made by Ramos. Sadly, that own goal changed the result, Barcelona could win the match although they didn't score any goal.  

It is pity for Sergio Ramos, he made a mistake in his debut. I'm sure Sevilla management really expects that Sergio Ramos to strengthen Sevilla defense. Instead, he did something that was detrimental to his own team.

Funny how Sergio Ramos said a couple days ago that he wants to score against Barcelona ...well ...he did score ...but too bad it was against his team  .

Yes, he actually did it. He scored 1 goal but he scored to the wrong direction. 
He is a hero on the match, but the hero for the opponent team, Barcelona. I believe all Barcelona fans will thanks to him.

Overall , Barca kinda deserved to win today but Sevilla looked way more stable than last 3 games so that should be a good sign for them in the coming games.

Indeed. Barcelona played better, it can be seen from the stats (more shot attempts, more ball possessions).
However, Barcelona needs to evaluate their attackers. They don't perform good enough, specifically for Lewandowski. Again Lewandowski failed to score.