La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

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Both teams had many scoring chances. But it was their unlucky day and they couldn't score a goal. I really liked Alaves' play in the first half, if they had scored a goal they would have played much more comfortably in the match.
I think Villarreal was very bad, they couldn't play good football except for 2-3 positions. Thanks to the penalty, they equalized the match and managed to earn 1 point. The opportunities and freekick Alaves found from distance towards the end of the match were nice

[kro55]

In just few minutes Barcelona will have a great chance to get closer from first place in standings, among two teams who share the first place, Real Madrid and Girona. And possibly Atletico madrid that has a late match, if they also won it they will have the same 25 points. Barcelona with 21 points now is facing Atletico Bilbao, not an easy opponent I would say, they are in 6th place this season and performing well and may create a difficulty against Barcelona.
Barca, they still play with too many absences and injured player which making it always harder especially their midfielder and from previous matches we noticed how easily Barcelona receives goals due to the weak of that line. Every counter attack against them create a big danger. Now, they have a good option to correct it before the Classico. If they managed to win today they will have better motivation to win El Classico.

And about the odds, is 1.8 for Barcelona a good betting chance for you guys?

Although Atheltic Bilbao team can be said to be a bit weaker than Barcelona, this team is quite strong. And if Barcelona's players don't play well, they are likely to lose. Barcelona have won their last two matches against Athletic Bilbao. They were able to perform quite well.

Barcelona's main weakness in this match is that several players in their squad are out of the squad due to injuries. Lewandowski. Kounde, Raphinha, de Jong and Pedri are injured. And each is an important player in the Barcelona squad. Xavi has formed his squad today without so many important experienced players. It will be very difficult for Barcelona to beat a well-performing Bilbao team today.

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Athletic Bilbao are in fifth place in the standings and are not an easy club for Barcelona... Bilbao do not play away games badly and I think that today they are able to score a goal... I would bet on corners in this match, because both teams need to gain points... I don't exclude that a draw can happen...

Barcelona should be able to beat Bilbao in this match instead of drawing. Bilbao cannot be favored against Barcelona because the meeting record between the two teams is too favorable to Barcelona, ​​especially in the last 5 matches. Barcelona had injury problems in this match and of course that made Xavi lose many options for substitutions.

I have big doubts about saying this match will end in a draw, that's because Barcelona has a home advantage that can be exploited. Moreover, since Real Madrid drew against Sevilla yesterday, Barcelona must be able to win this match to cut the point gap to 1 point with Real Madrid and also Girona.

[GiftedMAN]

In just few minutes Barcelona will have a great chance to get closer from first place in standings, among two teams who share the first place, Real Madrid and Girona. And possibly Atletico madrid that has a late match, if they also won it they will have the same 25 points. Barcelona with 21 points now is facing Atletico Bilbao, not an easy opponent I would say, they are in 6th place this season and performing well and may create a difficulty against Barcelona.
Barca, they still play with too many absences and injured player which making it always harder especially their midfielder and from previous matches we noticed how easily Barcelona receives goals due to the weak of that line. Every counter attack against them create a big danger. Now, they have a good option to correct it before the Classico. If they managed to win today they will have better motivation to win El Classico.

And about the odds, is 1.8 for Barcelona a good betting chance for you guys?

Athletic Bilbao are in fifth place in the standings and are not an easy club for Barcelona... Bilbao do not play away games badly and I think that today they are able to score a goal... I would bet on corners in this match, because both teams need to gain points... I don't exclude that a draw can happen...

Please edit, Athletic Bilbao are 6th in the table not 5th as you said. They may not be so easy to be defeated in this game against Barcelona but going with their head to head statistics Barcelona has been a better team in terms of winnings while Bilbao have only recorded few wins against Barcelona. Looking at the performance of Barcelona this season at home Barcelona has a winning streak of 6 games even though they are still 4th on the table and their key man Robert Lewandoski is likely not to play I still believe they will win the match.

[laurenB7742]

In just few minutes Barcelona will have a great chance to get closer from first place in standings, among two teams who share the first place, Real Madrid and Girona. And possibly Atletico madrid that has a late match, if they also won it they will have the same 25 points. Barcelona with 21 points now is facing Atletico Bilbao, not an easy opponent I would say, they are in 6th place this season and performing well and may create a difficulty against Barcelona.
Barca, they still play with too many absences and injured player which making it always harder especially their midfielder and from previous matches we noticed how easily Barcelona receives goals due to the weak of that line. Every counter attack against them create a big danger. Now, they have a good option to correct it before the Classico. If they managed to win today they will have better motivation to win El Classico.
And about the odds, is 1.8 for Barcelona a good betting chance for you guys?

Athletic Bilbao are in fifth place in the standings and are not an easy club for Barcelona... Bilbao do not play away games badly and I think that today they are able to score a goal... I would bet on corners in this match, because both teams need to gain points... I don't exclude that a draw can happen...

Please edit, Athletic Bilbao are 6th in the table not 5th as you said. They may not be so easy to be defeated in this game against Barcelona but going with their head to head statistics Barcelona has been a better team in terms of winnings while Bilbao have only recorded few wins against Barcelona. Looking at the performance of Barcelona this season at home Barcelona has a winning streak of 6 games even though they are still 4th on the table and their key man Robert Lewandoski is likely not to play I still believe they will win the match.

Barcelona's past record against Athletic Bilbao is quite good. Barcelona is capable of playing well against this team. And today's match is also Barcelona's home match. Barcelona can be considered favorites considering the home match. However, Barcelona's main weakness in this match is their attacking and midfield key players, lewa,raphinha and de jong are not in the squad. I am not sure if Barcelona can play well without these three important players. There is no doubt that the match will be very competitive. But it cannot be said for sure whether Barcelona will win. Barcelona has the possibility of losing points in this match.

[Oluwa-btc]

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Athletic Bilbao are in fifth place in the standings and are not an easy club for Barcelona... Bilbao do not play away games badly and I think that today they are able to score a goal... I would bet on corners in this match, because both teams need to gain points... I don't exclude that a draw can happen...

Barcelona should be able to beat Bilbao in this match instead of drawing. Bilbao cannot be favored against Barcelona because the meeting record between the two teams is too favorable to Barcelona, ​​especially in the last 5 matches. Barcelona had injury problems in this match and of course that made Xavi lose many options for substitutions.

I have big doubts about saying this match will end in a draw, that's because Barcelona has a home advantage that can be exploited. Moreover, since Real Madrid drew against Sevilla yesterday, Barcelona must be able to win this match to cut the point gap to 1 point with Real Madrid and also Girona.

Fifteen minutes gone and Atletico Bilbao have proved to be stubborn. They're defending well as well attacking from left to right. Another night to watch the Williams brothers hurt Barcelona defender's from the wings.
There'll be problem honestly if anything happens to this Barcelona players currently playing, their list of players on the bench are all low standard players. They don't have depth for this game so they will have to make good use of the chances they get.

They should win to close down points with Real Madrid, the El Classico would be next week. Good they'll be having yhose players back.

[bbigtart]

Honestly Real just didn't play that good, it wasn't regarding Ramos, as usual it felt like Ramos should have seen like 5 yellow cars, it wasn't really a talent, he just kicked people around to be fair and not really did anything magnificent. But at his age, that is all you can ask from him, he is still smart and he knows how to position himself very well, I think it was good enough. Real is still severely lacking a striker that can finish, and it was obvious on this game but the good thing is they are still leading the league and that's more than enough for them.

Ramos remains professional and wants to prove to Real Madrid that he is not finished and is a big problem for Real Madrid. Ramos doesn't care about his opponents or friends when he is on the field, let alone the current Real Madrid players, especially Rudiger. His compatriots and seniors didn't really care about Puyol, at that time only Pique persisted with Ramos and was even invited to a duel outside the field. It must be admitted that Sevilla's success in holding Real Madrid to a draw cannot be separated from Ramos' role in Sevilla's back line. Maybe this is one of the reasons why Ramos wants to return to Sevilla because the stadium atmosphere is extraordinary.

Ancelotti must be proud of the team he built before leaving, add in just a single striker and suddenly you have a team that can dominate the league for years, and he will be leaving them with his own terms without being a bad manager that got fired, that is still a good thing for a manager and he must be happy about what he has achieved there during the time he stayed there.

It must be admitted that Ancelotti is a coach who can utilize player material without Real Madrid's game strikers still dominating the game. But what makes me a little disappointed with the Real Madrid coach is why he didn't play striker Joselu from the start? Even though he is really needed when Real Madrid meets a low block club like Sevilla, he has strong defenders.

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Fifteen minutes gone and Atletico Bilbao have proved to be stubborn. They're defending well as well attacking from left to right. Another night to watch the Williams brothers hurt Barcelona defender's from the wings.
There'll be problem honestly if anything happens to this Barcelona players currently playing, their list of players on the bench are all low standard players. They don't have depth for this game so they will have to make good use of the chances they get.

They should win to close down points with Real Madrid, the El Classico would be next week. Good they'll be having yhose players back.

Bilbao had several chances, but Ter Stegen was still able to handle them perfectly. Barcelona also had several chances and Unai Simón has also been a good barrier so far for Barcelona's attackers. Felix and Fermin had a good chance, but they still had no luck.

You are right, the depth of Barcelona's squad today is compromised. Lewandowski, Pedri, Raphinha, De Jong and Sergi Roberto are still injured, as is Kounde. Bilbao have defended well so far, but it looks like Barcelona can win this match from the way they build their attacks.

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Fifteen minutes gone and Atletico Bilbao have proved to be stubborn. They're defending well as well attacking from left to right. Another night to watch the Williams brothers hurt Barcelona defender's from the wings.
There'll be problem honestly if anything happens to this Barcelona players currently playing, their list of players on the bench are all low standard players. They don't have depth for this game so they will have to make good use of the chances they get.
They should win to close down points with Real Madrid, the El Classico would be next week. Good they'll be having yhose players back.

Bilbao had several chances, but Ter Stegen was still able to handle them perfectly. Barcelona also had several chances and Unai Simón has also been a good barrier so far for Barcelona's attackers. Felix and Fermin had a good chance, but they still had no luck.
You are right, the depth of Barcelona's squad today is compromised. Lewandowski, Pedri, Raphinha, De Jong and Sergi Roberto are still injured, as is Kounde. Bilbao have defended well so far, but it looks like Barcelona can win this match from the way they build their attacks.

Neither team could score in the first half. Even though it is a home match for Barcelona, their performance is not good today. They are not attacking much. I was sure we would see a performance like this from Barcelona. Because almost 5/6 players of Barcelona's main squad are out of the squad today due to injuries. There are no experienced players in Barcelona's attack today. Lopez, Felix and Torres are talented players but not experienced enough. Barcelona is playing a bit defensively. Barcelona made only 3 shots in the first half. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao made 8 shots. Bilbao players are playing very well today. They managed to put Barcelona players under pressure.

[GxSTxV]

Barcelona against Atletico Bilbao first half

Both teams had their fair share of chances and posed a threat to each other especially the first 20 minutes and last minutes of this first half. Unfortunately, Atletico Bilbao lost a good left back defender Yuri to injury just in first minutes. But, they managed to maintain their defensive lines solid and even outperformed Barcelona by creating more opportunities. So in my opinion Barcelona was significantly affected by their absences, especially in midfield which appeared quite weak today and worse than usual which allowed Bilbao more chances if not for Ter Stegen's savings they would receive many goals.

If we don't see Xavi making tactical adjustments and strengthening the midfield, I would bet that Barcelona might concede at least one goal and probably lose the match today.

[Frankolala]

Barcelona against Atletico Bilbao first half

Both teams had their fair share of chances and posed a threat to each other especially the first 20 minutes and last minutes of this first half. Unfortunately, Atletico Bilbao lost a good left back defender Yuri to injury just in first minutes. But, they managed to maintain their defensive lines solid and even outperformed Barcelona by creating more opportunities. So in my opinion Barcelona was significantly affected by their absences, especially in midfield which appeared quite weak today and worse than usual which allowed Bilbao more chances if not for Ter Stegen's savings they would receive many goals.

If we don't see Xavi making tactical adjustments and strengthening the midfield, I would bet that Barcelona might concede at least one goal and probably lose the match today.

Yet Stegen has been the savior of Barcelona if not they would have conceded up to two goals as Athletic keep on pressuring Barcelona defense but William keeps missing his opportunity to net the post. I didn't believe that Athletic will be able to play Barcelona with confidence to the point of creating good chances of scoring.

Barcelona performance is poor in the first half and if they don't wake up and change their game pattern, if they continue like this in the second half, they might lose to Athletics. I believe when David make some changes in the second half, they will be able to make chances to break the deadlock. The deadlock hasn't been broken yet and it is still 0-0.

[Slow death]

In just few minutes Barcelona will have a great chance to get closer from first place in standings, among two teams who share the first place, Real Madrid and Girona. And possibly Atletico madrid that has a late match, if they also won it they will have the same 25 points. Barcelona with 21 points now is facing Atletico Bilbao, not an easy opponent I would say, they are in 6th place this season and performing well and may create a difficulty against Barcelona.
Barca, they still play with too many absences and injured player which making it always harder especially their midfielder and from previous matches we noticed how easily Barcelona receives goals due to the weak of that line. Every counter attack against them create a big danger. Now, they have a good option to correct it before the Classico. If they managed to win today they will have better motivation to win El Classico.

And about the odds, is 1.8 for Barcelona a good betting chance for you guys?

Looking at the squad that is playing at the moment, I would say that Barcelona's attack is very weak and that because of this, betting only on Barcelona's victory would be a high risk. If a bet was on the draw or Barcelona market then it would make sense, but the problem is that in this draw or Barcelona market the odds value is very low and does not pay off and in the goals market there would only be a profit if the person had placed a bet before the game starts and with that the person could have bet on the under goal and the odds would be decent. But if you bet on Barcelona to win in this game, then the chances of losing money will be very high.

From what I see in the squad that is playing, in attack we have Joao Felix replacing Lewandoski and it will definitely be very difficult for him to be able to replace lewandowski, then we have Ferran Torres and Fermín López. This is Barcelona's attacking trio for this game, it's currently 55 minutes into the game and I'm not seeing any great things that would lead me to think that we'll see a lot of goals in this game. the problem is that barcelona needs a victory in this game to not leave a large points gap in relation to real madrid, but with so many attacking players being injured and the games that barcelona have ahead of them are very important games

so the best option is for barcelona to spare players in this game and fight for a draw, while hoping that their other players are healed for the remaining games that they will have, they need to do well in the next game of the european champions league and then in the game against real madrid. while real madrid is in a good situation, with good players ready to play, so they will play 100% in form in the next game against barcelona

[ShowOff]

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Yet Stegen has been the savior of Barcelona if not they would have conceded up to two goals as Athletic keep on pressuring Barcelona defense but William keeps missing his opportunity to net the post. I didn't believe that Athletic will be able to play Barcelona with confidence to the point of creating good chances of scoring.

Barcelona performance is poor in the first half and if they don't wake up and change their game pattern, if they continue like this in the second half, they might lose to Athletics. I believe when David make some changes in the second half, they will be able to make chances to break the deadlock. The deadlock hasn't been broken yet and it is still 0-0.

Due to the storm of injuries experienced by Barcelona, ​​of course their performance is not as usual. But even so, Barcelona is also able to pose a threat to Unai Simon, who has made 4 saves so far. Both teams played evenly, even though Bilbao really made Barcelona's defense difficult today, but so far neither team has conceded.

Xavi really struggled to find players capable of making an impact on the game, but I hope Lamine Yamal can provide something good in the second half. Barcelona still seems unlucky with some good chances, but I think they can win this match in the end.

[BIT-BENDER]

Looking at the squad that is playing at the moment, I would say that Barcelona's attack is very weak and that because of this, betting only on Barcelona's victory would be a high risk.

Betting on Barcelona recently to win has been risky and the times I have done so I had my confidence in their victory go down during the match. I must say Barcelona even with lewandowsky hasn't been at their very best and now it would be worse. In addition atletico Bilbao is not a push over team and the are going to cause Barcelona troubles and they aren't easy to win so it's not a good bet to go with Barcelona outright win.

[CryptoBuds]

Looking at the squad that is playing at the moment, I would say that Barcelona's attack is very weak and that because of this, betting only on Barcelona's victory would be a high risk.

Betting on Barcelona recently to win has been risky and the times I have done so I had my confidence in their victory go down during the match. I must say Barcelona even with lewandowsky hasn't been at their very best and now it would be worse. In addition atletico Bilbao is not a push over team and the are going to cause Barcelona troubles and they aren't easy to win so it's not a good bet to go with Barcelona outright win.

I refrained from betting on Barcelona to win today's match. The reason is that Barcelona's squad is not strong enough today. It would not be wrong to call this team Barcelona's bench team. And so Barcelona will not be able to do as well as in the previous matches, it has already been predicted. Barcelona's attack today is quite weak. Despite several attacks, they failed to score. Despite playing defensively in the first half, they are not playing defensively in the second half. However, the match seems more likely to be a draw.

[Bananington]

Betting on Barcelona recently to win has been risky and the times I have done so I had my confidence in their victory go down during the match. I must say Barcelona even with lewandowsky hasn't been at their very best and now it would be worse.

Some minutes into the second half and Barcelona have been able to score one goal by Marc Guiu on Felix's assist. I expected more at this stage, but the three points still will be enough for this tough game for them so they can close the distance with Real Madrid. It is a slender lead, and if they do not defend well, they can throw it away which will be very painful. Barcelona need to improve from this performance before their champions league game later this week and also if they plan to keep up with Girona and Real Madrid.

[Ojima-ojo]

Looking at the squad that is playing at the moment, I would say that Barcelona's attack is very weak and that because of this, betting only on Barcelona's victory would be a high risk.

Betting on Barcelona recently to win has been risky and the times I have done so I had my confidence in their victory go down during the match. I must say Barcelona even with lewandowsky hasn't been at their very best and now it would be worse. In addition atletico Bilbao is not a push over team and the are going to cause Barcelona troubles and they aren't easy to win so it's not a good bet to go with Barcelona outright win.

I refrained from betting on Barcelona to win today's match. The reason is that Barcelona's squad is not strong enough today. It would not be wrong to call this team Barcelona's bench team. And so Barcelona will not be able to do as well as in the previous matches, it has already been predicted. Barcelona's attack today is quite weak. Despite several attacks, they failed to score. Despite playing defensively in the first half, they are not playing defensively in the second half. However, the match seems more likely to be a draw.

But this moments, Barcelona os leading the match with 1:0 and the game is already in 90+ which means that the game is now in extra time and can end any moment from now, and if you have bet that Barcelona will lose then at this point your ataked amount is almost gone and should accept that, how can you under rate a club like Barcelona even though Athletico madrid also is another strong club but that doesn't mean we can underate Barcelona in any ways.


But if all things being equal is already a big win for the Barcelona already and foing forward we should ve looking forward to seeing alot of improvement and their meet ofher strong clubs like Real Madrid and the rest in inbrhe La Liga series.

[ShowOff]

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Some minutes into the second half and Barcelona have been able to score one goal by Marc Guiu on Felix's assist. I expected more at this stage, but the three points still will be enough for this tough game for them so they can close the distance with Real Madrid. It is a slender lead, and if they do not defend well, they can throw it away which will be very painful. Barcelona need to improve from this performance before their champions league game later this week and also if they plan to keep up with Girona and Real Madrid.

Xavi has no other choice but to try his luck with the young players. Fermin Lopez failed to take advantage of the opportunity, Felix and Lamine Yamal too, but Marc Guiu who got the chance immediately scored his debut goal for the Barcelona first team this season.

Marc Guiu was the supersub in this match, but I think Barcelona deserved to win this match. He was the MVP for this game and I admit that their task is never easy against Bilbao, but in the end those 3 points were worth it. Marc Guiu needs to get more opportunities this season and he definitely deserves it after setting a new record for Barcelona's dramatic win. Marc Guiu 1 match, 1 goal, 1 yellow card and 1 MVP.

[borovichok]

Xavi has no other choice but to try his luck with the young players. Fermin Lopez failed to take advantage of the opportunity, Felix and Lamine Yamal too, but Marc Guiu who got the chance immediately scored his debut goal for the Barcelona first team this season.

Marc Guiu was the supersub in this match, but I think Barcelona deserved to win this match. He was the MVP for this game and I admit that their task is never easy against Bilbao, but in the end those 3 points were worth it. Marc Guiu needs to get more opportunities this season and he definitely deserves it after setting a new record for Barcelona's dramatic win. Marc Guiu 1 match, 1 goal, 1 yellow card and 1 MVP.

Xavi Hernandez have this lucrative idea of using young players in his game, and this have aided in boosting his game plans and the team this season. With the absence of the important players in the team due to crucial injuries, there's only backup players that's doing the dirty job for the main players. Barcelona had a narrow win against Athletic club, if the blaugrana have lost, I wouldn't blame them because they're one of the struggling elite team that seems to be very upset without the keymen in the starting lineup. Marc Guiu is definitely what we describe as super-sub, coming off from the bench in the second half and netting a late goal to give Barca the leading points.

[nurilham]

Finally, Ramos became a solid wall for Real Madrid players. Ramos is doing very well, and actually maybe he still deserves to play for Madrid. In addition, Anceloti seems to be a little regretful about letting Ramos go. There were not many Madrid chances, they were not able to control the game well. Even Sevilla was able to make Madrid difficult, Bellingham was not able to perform optimally. Luckily they were able to make one goal so as to avoid defeat. Losing 2 points is enough to make it difficult for them to keep their distance from the 2nd and 3rd ranks.

It is ironic that Sergio Ramos became the obstacle for Real Madrid to win the match now. Wherewas when he was in Real Madrid, Ramos often became the hero for Real Madrid in many matches. He scored several winning goals for Real Madrid. He was a productive defender besides he was a captain and a solid defender. That's why Ramos became one of the iconic players of Real Madrid previously.

In this match Ramos showed that he knows well Real Madrid tactics. He made Real Madrid attackers be difficult to score, even Bellingham could perform in their best level. This also indicates that the current Real Madrid attackers aren't enough strong to win the match against a team with solid defenders. The solution is Real Madrid must sign a new top striker in the next transfer window.

Anyway, losing 2 points in this match make there is no point gap between Real Madrid points and Girona points. Barcelona also succeed to cut the point gap to be 1 point only now. It is very unfortunate that Real Madrid failed to widen the point gap. They are possible to overtake by Girona and Barcelona if they get a loss in the next match (El Clasico match).