La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Weawant]

If Girona can become a champion, it's really a huge achievement for them, just like how Leicester City won the Premier League on 2015-2016 season. They can win against weak clubs, but they're struggle when they face a top clubs e.g. Barcelona and Real Madrid. Since they only play in Copa del Rey and La Liga, they should take advantage over this because Barcelona and Real Madrid are participated in Champions League where they're will all out for this.

Girona has really been great this season, sitting at the second position on the table with twenty five points just like Madrid who is at the first with goal difference, is such a great achievement at this time, they have really work hard to have gotten there and it can be said it's deserving, because them achieving such without a star player is really applaudable and their coach aswell needs be commended.

They will now have to continually put up brilliant performance as this to keep up with their position as they still have three bigger teams who will contend the league title with them, Real Madrid, Barcelona and AthletiCo Madrid are strong teams in their good form who can definitely pose a strong opposition at Girona thereby threatening their position and possibility of winning the league title, but of they eventually happen to win, it will be historic that without a notable star player they achieved such, and their coach will be deserving of every commendation given him, but then I doubt the bigger boys will let this play out.

[hyudien]

If Girona can become a champion, it's really a huge achievement for them, just like how Leicester City won the Premier League on 2015-2016 season. They can win against weak clubs, but they're struggle when they face a top clubs e.g. Barcelona and Real Madrid. Since they only play in Copa del Rey and La Liga, they should take advantage over this because Barcelona and Real Madrid are participated in Champions League where they're will all out for this.

If Girona manages to remain consistent until the end of the season and only loses when playing with a strong team, then that will be a surprise in Laliga, and it will be a very sweet history for Girona fans because maybe they never imagined their favorite club could become champions, but unfortunately, something like that will only happen once in the history of a club apart from clubs that are used to winning, and Girona took a very long time to repeat it and maybe it won't even be possible to repeat it again, we see how Sevilla was championed decades ago but after that have never managed to do it again and what is sometimes even more unpleasant is that in the following season after winning, they have difficulty performing well and experience financial problems so that in the end they return to being a mediocre team.

We can see Girona track record very clearly, where in the 2022/23 season they entered La Liga as a promoted team and finished in the top 10, then this season they jumped to 2nd place in the standings. So I think Girona cannot be underestimated, coach Michel's abilities are very high. know very well how to utilize the players you have. Therefore, Barcelona and Real Madrid may still be able to beat Girona's match, but when facing other clubs they are actually able to use the match as an opportunity. Girona doesn't care about losing to Barcelona or Madrid because as long as he can still get points from other matches, it means the club is smart enough. It is important to remember that a promotion club that can be so significant and make so many changes will be very dangerous if taken lightly.

[bitLeap]

El Classico will be so interesting this weekend but Barcelona confirmed will play without some of their players and one of them is Lewandowski and this is home match for Barcelona and according to the head to head statistics i can see Barcelona under Xavi always had good results from Real Madrid but Madrid also has been experience to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou 4-0 last season on Copa Del Rey so this match will be so tight

But indeed from team conditions Real Madrid was more better than Barcelona because this weekend the players such as Bellingham, Vinicius or Rodrygo confirmed will be available and do not forget too they still have Joselu as supersub player who almost be scored goals everytimes he was play so in my opinion Real Madrid had good chances to win the match but Barcelona is slightly the favourite with odds @2.40 and Real Madrid @2.75

It's always difficult to predict who will win in a big match like this, especially since both teams are also in the same situation in my opinion, the only difference is that Barcelona have to lose some of their important players and cannot play in this match.

It's always impatient when that week comes. The chances of both teams to win this match also do not have a very far difference, and indeed usually the host has more advantages in this case. But as you said, Real Madrid also have the ability to win if the match is played at Barcelona's headquarters.

[klidex]

17 years old and made one winning goal. Yes, I am quite amazed by this young man. Marc Guiu came on and in the 33rd second he scored, this was his senior debut game. This goal also gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. Perhaps this is also the luck of the injured Robert Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong. Marc Guiu took Xavi off his players and gave him minutes in place of Fermin Lopez. I don't think Xavi and Guiu are lucky, but this gives Guiu a lot of confidence.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67190337

Soon we are going to have Barcelona against Real Madrid and this game is very important for both teams because this time Real Madrid is in a better situation than Barcelona and they got expensive players like Jude Bellingham who is really talented and he even scored goals for this team instead of the forwards.
But the situation for Barcelona is not good at all and since Lewandowski is injured, Xavi asked the teams to make this player ready for this great match they are going to have against Real Madrid.



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We still do not know which player will return back to the list of players for the Champions league  match at home today for Barcelona and same for El Clasico  to be held during the week. Among this list absentee are players like Lewandowski, De Jong,  Raphina and Pedri.
Tonight doesn't look good for them to be back playing for hopes are now on the game against Real Madrid.
Xavi has said no excuses would be given when they play today and weekend during the press conferences. If Barcelona players won't return the players who Xavi used against Bilbao will not be bake to win Madrid.

Today Barcelona will compete with Shakhtar in the Champions League. If Barcelona can win the match, I think Xavi can still rely on his players to face Real Madrid.
but we don't know to what extent Barcelona is able to handle Real Madrid's playing style because what we know is that Real Madrid's condition is much better than Barcelona in terms of players, and Real Madrid players such as Vinicius jr, bellingham, Rodrygo currently in their best performance so I I think Barcelona will have a little difficulty without Lewandowski in the upcoming El Clasico match.

[tusandii]

I understand that age is catching up with him finally. But if he truly wants to still play for Real Madrid, I don't think we can say anything bad about that as well. Because if he actually wants to do that, I believe he has earned the right to say that as well. But if we actually look at his body and the amount of time he has given in his career, I think we can easily say that he should be looking towards some other league that is less competitive or he should be thinking about retiring. Just imagine him getting tackled badly by someone like Sergio Ramos. That can end pretty badly for him. I know that is probably not gonna happen, at least not by Sergio Ramos.

However, the Real Madrid coach also has to think about the future and the team's current performance, and now it has been proven that Ancelotti is no longer giving Modric regular time. The coach wants there to be regeneration in the team to continue to have quality players in the midfield, and Real Madrid already has it.
At the age of 38, it is appropriate for Modric to retire and if not, perhaps he should go to a non-competitive league such as the Saudi Arabian league or MLS.

Yes, but in my opinion you don't have to let go of Luka Modric because this player has been at Real Madrid for a very long time and he also certainly knows what history can give him a big opportunity to get a trophy in the Champions League even though young players are more efficient at turning their performance into a stronger one but Young players need senior players to appear stronger.
But if Ancelotti has to let go of this player and chooses to keep the young player, that would be the best decision because Ancelotti carries out a policy like this usually has a very good plan for the future.

[shinratensei_]

I understand that age is catching up with him finally. But if he truly wants to still play for Real Madrid, I don't think we can say anything bad about that as well. Because if he actually wants to do that, I believe he has earned the right to say that as well. But if we actually look at his body and the amount of time he has given in his career, I think we can easily say that he should be looking towards some other league that is less competitive or he should be thinking about retiring. Just imagine him getting tackled badly by someone like Sergio Ramos. That can end pretty badly for him. I know that is probably not gonna happen, at least not by Sergio Ramos.

However, the Real Madrid coach also has to think about the future and the team's current performance, and now it has been proven that Ancelotti is no longer giving Modric regular time. The coach wants there to be regeneration in the team to continue to have quality players in the midfield, and Real Madrid already has it.
At the age of 38, it is appropriate for Modric to retire and if not, perhaps he should go to a non-competitive league such as the Saudi Arabian league or MLS.

I hope he will give a chance for another player to fill his position. Ancellotti was also rarely putting him into the main squad. This is the fact. I have seen that many times modric was starting from the bench. It proves that if real madrid doesn't really need him again at this moment.
He was good but his age was everything in the football. How long he can still play for manchester united? 5 years or another 10 years? he was only able to play till he will be 40 years old which is very old.
Realmadrid needs to give a chance for the young player instead of extending grandpa's contract. Modric shall also try to consider to retire from the football after his contract with real madrid will end.
I hope that ancellotti will try to see this as a thing that needs to be concerned. Moadric is not as good as what he used to be. he shall accept it's not the time for him anymore to play in real madrid. The club needs a young talented player like bellingham.

[Fiatless]

Yes, but in my opinion you don't have to let go of Luka Modric because this player has been at Real Madrid for a very long time and he also certainly knows what history can give him a big opportunity to get a trophy in the Champions League even though young players are more efficient at turning their performance into a stronger one but Young players need senior players to appear stronger.
But if Ancelotti has to let go of this player and chooses to keep the young player, that would be the best decision because Ancelotti carries out a policy like this usually has a very good plan for the future.

Letting players leave a club depends on some factors which include the coach's plans, financial standing,  competent replacement, and of course the player's quality. In terms of quality, Luka Modric's performance is not that impressive because of his age. He might not be too strong to give the team the needed support like he used to do when he was younger. The club has a very qualified replacement who is at his best currently, Jude Bellingham is one of the best midfielders in La Liga. No coach will keep such player on the bench for Luka.

Coach Ancelotti has made it clear that Luka is part of his plans, so he is still important to the club. But the truth remains that Luka will only serve as a substitute to Jude. I don't think Real Madrid is going through any financial stress so they can be able to afford his pay. The Croatian has to patiently wait for him to be given chances to feature in games or he could move to another club.

[Oneandpure]

If Girona can become a champion, it's really a huge achievement for them, just like how Leicester City won the Premier League on 2015-2016 season. They can win against weak clubs, but they're struggle when they face a top clubs e.g. Barcelona and Real Madrid. Since they only play in Copa del Rey and La Liga, they should take advantage over this because Barcelona and Real Madrid are participated in Champions League where they're will all out for this.

I don't sure with Girona have great opportunity for winning La Liga season 2023/24, although their position on top standings under Real Madrid but they have winning mentality and will drop on second half season. There are many time have impressive performance on first half season but they can keep consistence and loss compete exactly when crucial match second half season. But its most amazing if Girona can destroy with Real Madrid and Barcelona dominance by winning La Liga tittle. Upcoming until five matches later in La Liga, Girona face with mediocre teams and looks they have advantage take first standings position if el clasico match between Barcelona vs Real Madrid next week have draw.

Girona have advantage with absent in Europe competition, they have more time getting rest than Barcelona, Real Madrid participants in Champion League and they less time for rest.

[KTChampions]

El Classico will be so interesting this weekend but Barcelona confirmed will play without some of their players and one of them is Lewandowski and this is home match for Barcelona and according to the head to head statistics i can see Barcelona under Xavi always had good results from Real Madrid but Madrid also has been experience to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou 4-0 last season on Copa Del Rey so this match will be so tight

But indeed from team conditions Real Madrid was more better than Barcelona because this weekend the players such as Bellingham, Vinicius or Rodrygo confirmed will be available and do not forget too they still have Joselu as supersub player who almost be scored goals everytimes he was play so in my opinion Real Madrid had good chances to win the match but Barcelona is slightly the favourite with odds @2.40 and Real Madrid @2.75

I still don't understand this skewed odds. Barcelona only lost one point more than Real Madrid, but they did so against much weaker opponents. The home field factor will not play a big role and may not even be in favor of Barcelona since they will not be able to play in front of their fans in bus (as they had to do once last season), and in an open game Real will look more dangerous.

[imamusma]

El Classico will be so interesting this weekend but Barcelona confirmed will play without some of their players and one of them is Lewandowski and this is home match for Barcelona and according to the head to head statistics i can see Barcelona under Xavi always had good results from Real Madrid but Madrid also has been experience to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou 4-0 last season on Copa Del Rey so this match will be so tight

But indeed from team conditions Real Madrid was more better than Barcelona because this weekend the players such as Bellingham, Vinicius or Rodrygo confirmed will be available and do not forget too they still have Joselu as supersub player who almost be scored goals everytimes he was play so in my opinion Real Madrid had good chances to win the match but Barcelona is slightly the favourite with odds @2.40 and Real Madrid @2.75

It's always difficult to predict who will win in a big match like this, especially since both teams are also in the same situation in my opinion, the only difference is that Barcelona have to lose some of their important players and cannot play in this match.

It's always impatient when that week comes. The chances of both teams to win this match also do not have a very far difference, and indeed usually the host has more advantages in this case. But as you said, Real Madrid also have the ability to win if the match is played at Barcelona's headquarters.

El Clasico matches are difficult to predict because there are so many surprises that can happen, looking at previous performance, the condition of the squads of the two clubs and the mentality of the players can give us a little general idea. This time, for the first time, Barcelona will act as hosts, I think this is very beneficial for Xavi squad, because it will get full support from the fans. But of course that won't have much effect on a club as big as Madrid, Ancelotti's squad has everything to win the three points and take advantage of the slightest opportunities.

Xavi was faced with an unexpected reality, several of his mainstay players were still in the treatment room due to injuries. Meanwhile, Ancelotti has a squad that is considered more complete, only two key players are injured. Despite these facts, it is very difficult to predict the outcome of the match, what is clear is that the match will be very fierce.

[Doell]

Today Barcelona will compete with Shakhtar in the Champions League. If Barcelona can win the match, I think Xavi can still rely on his players to face Real Madrid.
but we don't know to what extent Barcelona is able to handle Real Madrid's playing style because what we know is that Real Madrid's condition is much better than Barcelona in terms of players, and Real Madrid players such as Vinicius jr, bellingham, Rodrygo currently in their best performance so I I think Barcelona will have a little difficulty without Lewandowski in the upcoming El Clasico match.

Shakhtar is not the favorite team so I think today at UCL match Barcelona will no have difficulty to got winning, athough without Lewandowski.
But yes against Real Madrid, in my opinion Barcelona might have difficulty. They have several key players injured apart from Lewandowski, so there is little chance for Barcelona to win that match. Even though they will be playing at home, moreover also Real Madrid players currently in their best performance.

[topbitcoin]

If Girona can become a champion, it's really a huge achievement for them, just like how Leicester City won the Premier League on 2015-2016 season. They can win against weak clubs, but they're struggle when they face a top clubs e.g. Barcelona and Real Madrid. Since they only play in Copa del Rey and La Liga, they should take advantage over this because Barcelona and Real Madrid are participated in Champions League where they're will all out for this.

If Girona manages to remain consistent until the end of the season and only loses when playing with a strong team, then that will be a surprise in Laliga, and it will be a very sweet history for Girona fans because maybe they never imagined their favorite club could become champions, but unfortunately, something like that will only happen once in the history of a club apart from clubs that are used to winning, and Girona took a very long time to repeat it and maybe it won't even be possible to repeat it again, we see how Sevilla was championed decades ago but after that have never managed to do it again and what is sometimes even more unpleasant is that in the following season after winning, they have difficulty performing well and experience financial problems so that in the end they return to being a mediocre team.

Yeb, I agree with this cause however seeingi from their current condition the big expectation are clearly  very visible for them to be able to be a surprise but it does depend on how consistentthey are, as long as they can maintain the current condition even though they lose to several strong clubs it doesn't matter because they will also definitely find obstacles because La Liga is not that smooth in one season.  With their current situation that even has better goal productivity than Barcelona and Madrid for the time being even though their defense is not too good, it will be worth seeing what future developments will be like.

Some names like Savio and Artem Dobvyk are also among the players who should be anticipatd from Girona at this time which make them more able to secure the midfield and attack better and allows this to be a threat to the top 4 last season because  with its current performance as long as Girona can still create stability in the team then they will not be unstoppable by club of the same level as them.

[hahay]

Today Barcelona will compete with Shakhtar in the Champions League. If Barcelona can win the match, I think Xavi can still rely on his players to face Real Madrid.
but we don't know to what extent Barcelona is able to handle Real Madrid's playing style because what we know is that Real Madrid's condition is much better than Barcelona in terms of players, and Real Madrid players such as Vinicius jr, bellingham, Rodrygo currently in their best performance so I I think Barcelona will have a little difficulty without Lewandowski in the upcoming El Clasico match.

Shakhtar is not the favorite team so I think today at UCL match Barcelona will no have difficulty to got winning, athough without Lewandowski.
But yes against Real Madrid, in my opinion Barcelona might have difficulty. They have several key players injured apart from Lewandowski, so there is little chance for Barcelona to win that match. Even though they will be playing at home, moreover also Real Madrid players currently in their best performance.

On paper of course Barcelona will win against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League match but yes, because Barcelona must have good preparation also to play against Real Madrid. So it is possible, Barcelona will also rotate players in today match against Shakhtar Donetsk and if that happens, then Barcelona also cannot guarantee to win. Because anyway, the distance to play against Real Madrid is not far, because the match will be played this weekend so Barcelona also does not have a long break to prepare for the match against Real Madrid in La Liga. Therefore, I personally will skip to bet on Barcelona in the match against Shakhtar Donetsk, because I think it will be risky because of course, Barcelona will prioritize its team to stay fit to play in El Clasico later.

[Tony116]

17 years old and made one winning goal. Yes, I am quite amazed by this young man. Marc Guiu came on and in the 33rd second he scored, this was his senior debut game. This goal also gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. Perhaps this is also the luck of the injured Robert Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong. Marc Guiu took Xavi off his players and gave him minutes in place of Fermin Lopez. I don't think Xavi and Guiu are lucky, but this gives Guiu a lot of confidence.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67190337

Soon we are going to have Barcelona against Real Madrid and this game is very important for both teams because this time Real Madrid is in a better situation than Barcelona and they got expensive players like Jude Bellingham who is really talented and he even scored goals for this team instead of the forwards.
But the situation for Barcelona is not good at all and since Lewandowski is injured, Xavi asked the teams to make this player ready for this great match they are going to have against Real Madrid.



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We still do not know which player will return back to the list of players for the Champions league  match at home today for Barcelona and same for El Clasico  to be held during the week. Among this list absentee are players like Lewandowski, De Jong,  Raphina and Pedri.
Tonight doesn't look good for them to be back playing for hopes are now on the game against Real Madrid.
Xavi has said no excuses would be given when they play today and weekend during the press conferences. If Barcelona players won't return the players who Xavi used against Bilbao will not be bake to win Madrid.

Xavi will have to be careful about which player he is going to play. Of course, he is going to have some problems regarding which player he will have available. I believe the Champions League match is not going to be harder compared to the El Clásico, to be honest. Barcelona will probably be able to win the Champions League match easily compared to the match against Real Madrid. And I actually think even though Barcelona will probably not have all the players available, they will still be able to win the Champions League match. But I am really not that confident about Barcelona being able to win against Real Madrid.

[piebeyb]

But yes against Real Madrid, in my opinion Barcelona might have difficulty. They have several key players injured apart from Lewandowski, so there is little chance for Barcelona to win that match. Even though they will be playing at home, moreover also Real Madrid players currently in their best performance.

Apart from Barcelona having difficulty winning, it seems that Madrid, even though they are at their best, will still have difficulty winning against Barcelona at home, I'm sure they will play as hard as possible not to lose points, I think a draw will be possible from this El Clasico match, because both of them will certainly play as well as possible to show who is the strongest in Laliga this season.

Without key players of course Xavi will arrange other strategies to play defensively or play fast counter attacks to face Madrid, because I am not sure about their front line without Lewandowski, I think they can have a chance when they get a gap, I hope this week's El Clasico match will be became an interesting match to watch even though Barcelona did not play several key players.

[JeffBrad12]

El Classico will be so interesting this weekend but Barcelona confirmed will play without some of their players and one of them is Lewandowski and this is home match for Barcelona and according to the head to head statistics i can see Barcelona under Xavi always had good results from Real Madrid but Madrid also has been experience to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou 4-0 last season on Copa Del Rey so this match will be so tight

But indeed from team conditions Real Madrid was more better than Barcelona because this weekend the players such as Bellingham, Vinicius or Rodrygo confirmed will be available and do not forget too they still have Joselu as supersub player who almost be scored goals everytimes he was play so in my opinion Real Madrid had good chances to win the match but Barcelona is slightly the favourite with odds @2.40 and Real Madrid @2.75

It's always difficult to predict who will win in a big match like this, especially since both teams are also in the same situation in my opinion, the only difference is that Barcelona have to lose some of their important players and cannot play in this match.

I think that barcelona is in disadvantage this time. Barcelona will be playing without some important players. I think that the match against bilbao could give us a small insight regarding the result from this match.
Real madrid is obviously having more advantage caused by it will be coming against barcelona with full squad. I remind you that how strong real madrid is.

real is having a new benzema this time while barcelona was struggling to win against bilbao by putting felix as a replacement for lewandowski. That's it. I think that barcelona needs to put more effort in winning the game against real madrid this time.
real madrid is also trying to do revenge against barcelona after it was lost so many times last season. It's time for real madrid to make the gap to be even bigger.

It's always impatient when that week comes. The chances of both teams to win this match also do not have a very far difference, and indeed usually the host has more advantages in this case. But as you said, Real Madrid also have the ability to win if the match is played at Barcelona's headquarters.

People are always waiting for this match. el classico has always become the hottest match in la liga. There's no other derby in this league that can be as big as when barcelona meet real madrid.
This is happening since a long time ago.

[Litzki1990]

I understand that age is catching up with him finally. But if he truly wants to still play for Real Madrid, I don't think we can say anything bad about that as well. Because if he actually wants to do that, I believe he has earned the right to say that as well. But if we actually look at his body and the amount of time he has given in his career, I think we can easily say that he should be looking towards some other league that is less competitive or he should be thinking about retiring. Just imagine him getting tackled badly by someone like Sergio Ramos. That can end pretty badly for him. I know that is probably not gonna happen, at least not by Sergio Ramos.

However, the Real Madrid coach also has to think about the future and the team's current performance, and now it has been proven that Ancelotti is no longer giving Modric regular time. The coach wants there to be regeneration in the team to continue to have quality players in the midfield, and Real Madrid already has it.
At the age of 38, it is appropriate for Modric to retire and if not, perhaps he should go to a non-competitive league such as the Saudi Arabian league or MLS.

Yes, but in my opinion you don't have to let go of Luka Modric because this player has been at Real Madrid for a very long time and he also certainly knows what history can give him a big opportunity to get a trophy in the Champions League even though young players are more efficient at turning their performance into a stronger one but Young players need senior players to appear stronger.
But if Ancelotti has to let go of this player and chooses to keep the young player, that would be the best decision because Ancelotti carries out a policy like this usually has a very good plan for the future.

No player is permanent at the club. It is a rule that a new player will come to the club, give good service for the club for a long time and at some point he will leave the club. Luca Madrid is not the first person who has performed well for Real Madrid but before that several stars including Karim Benzema Ronaldo have performed well for the club but they too had to leave the club. Luca Madrid is an important player in the club and he has contributed a lot to the club, but Real Madrid may be forced to let him go next season. As long as you perform well for a club, you are highly valued by that club, but when your performance drops, the club will look for alternatives. If Luca Madris leaves the club, maybe the club management or Luca Madris will be very emotional but even if they are emotional, the club management and Luca Madris have to accept this reality.

[Doell]

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On paper of course Barcelona will win against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League match but yes, because Barcelona must have good preparation also to play against Real Madrid. So it is possible, Barcelona will also rotate players in today match against Shakhtar Donetsk and if that happens, then Barcelona also cannot guarantee to win. Because anyway, the distance to play against Real Madrid is not far, because the match will be played this weekend so Barcelona also does not have a long break to prepare for the match against Real Madrid in La Liga. Therefore, I personally will skip to bet on Barcelona in the match against Shakhtar Donetsk, because I think it will be risky because of course, Barcelona will prioritize its team to stay fit to play in El Clasico later.

Yeah You are right, it is possible that Xavi will rotate his players in tonight's match. Considering that there is a very important match against Real Madrid at next match, so indeed Barcelona cannot guarantee victory in this match. Even, there is a possibility that the final result will end in a draw, but for Barcelona lose to be honest I doubt Shakhtar Donetsk can beat them. In addition, this is also an important match for Barcelona, for qualify the next round of the UCL events.

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Apart from Barcelona having difficulty winning, it seems that Madrid, even though they are at their best, will still have difficulty winning against Barcelona at home, I'm sure they will play as hard as possible not to lose points, I think a draw will be possible from this El Clasico match, because both of them will certainly play as well as possible to show who is the strongest in Laliga this season.

Without key players of course Xavi will arrange other strategies to play defensively or play fast counter attacks to face Madrid, because I am not sure about their front line without Lewandowski, I think they can have a chance when they get a gap, I hope this week's El Clasico match will be became an interesting match to watch even though Barcelona did not play several key players.

These both teams are strong teams in La Liga, they are eternal rivals. So indeed there is still the possibility of a draw result in that big match, but it would be interesting if Barcelona could win. So the standings in the next week will change, I personally hope that's the case because La Liga will be more interesting if see changes in ranking positions every week.

[QueenVera]

No player is permanent at the club. It is a rule that a new player will come to the club, give good service for the club for a long time and at some point he will leave the club. Luca Madrid is not the first person who has performed well for Real Madrid but before that several stars including Karim Benzema Ronaldo have performed well for the club but they too had to leave the club. Luca Madrid is an important player in the club and he has contributed a lot to the club, but Real Madrid may be forced to let him go next season. As long as you perform well for a club, you are highly valued by that club, but when your performance drops, the club will look for alternatives. If Luca Madris leaves the club, maybe the club management or Luca Madris will be very emotional but even if they are emotional, the club management and Luca Madris have to accept this reality.

Just like other great stars that have come and gone Luca Modric would be missed by the fans and be remembered as a legend for his good efforts to make the club successful over the years,Modric has contributed a very good role in Realmadrid winning many trophies and it was his good performance that made him with the Ballon D'or title at Realmadrid, and just like Ronaldo who ones played for the club, age is just a number for Modric, he still performs and give good passes.

 However it don't think he'll last forever in the club cause his days are numbered However Realmadrid fans and his teammates have to enjoy every moment they spend with him at the club for now, Modric really loves Madrid and would love to stay for more years if he could but based on his age Madrid have already got  new replacement between Guller or Bellingham.

[Leviathan.007]

Today Barcelona will compete with Shakhtar in the Champions League. If Barcelona can win the match, I think Xavi can still rely on his players to face Real Madrid.
but we don't know to what extent Barcelona is able to handle Real Madrid's playing style because what we know is that Real Madrid's condition is much better than Barcelona in terms of players, and Real Madrid players such as Vinicius jr, bellingham, Rodrygo currently in their best performance so I I think Barcelona will have a little difficulty without Lewandowski in the upcoming El Clasico match.

Shakhtar is not the favorite team so I think today at UCL match Barcelona will no have difficulty to got winning, athough without Lewandowski.
But yes against Real Madrid, in my opinion Barcelona might have difficulty. They have several key players injured apart from Lewandowski, so there is little chance for Barcelona to win that match. Even though they will be playing at home, moreover also Real Madrid players currently in their best performance.

On paper of course Barcelona will win against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League match but yes, because Barcelona must have good preparation also to play against Real Madrid. So it is possible, Barcelona will also rotate players in today match against Shakhtar Donetsk and if that happens, then Barcelona also cannot guarantee to win. Because anyway, the distance to play against Real Madrid is not far, because the match will be played this weekend so Barcelona also does not have a long break to prepare for the match against Real Madrid in La Liga. Therefore, I personally will skip to bet on Barcelona in the match against Shakhtar Donetsk, because I think it will be risky because of course, Barcelona will prioritize its team to stay fit to play in El Clasico later.

Barcelona has enough players to even save some potential for the next match they have against Real Madrid and get a good result in the Champions League match they have against Shakhtar Donetsk at the same time.
Considering two other games Barcelona had in this group and they won both games, I think if they win this game today there is a much higher chance for Xavi and his players to win this match today.