La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[HajiBagi]

I mean when talking about Striker vs Midfielder, that's a bit more regarding the position a player is played right? Jude has been played at midfield and scored as much as any striker at La Liga so far, he has 10 goals in 10 games so far with just 2 assists. That doesn't look like "he doesn't have a scoring ability like a striker" type of thing?

It looks like he has all the talent in the world to score like a striker to be fair. And this dude is played at midfield so far, they play either nobody at striker, or they do two up top with Vini and Rodrygo, or sometimes they even used Joselu. But, if they could just put Jude at striker, which isn't really unheard of change, Ronaldo was a winger but turned into striker too, then I would say that Jude at striker is not a bad idea I agree with that logic.

Jude Bellingham is the type of person who is gifted with the act of playing; he is extremely talented and a player who ensures that his team wins every time; he never plays a selfish game; instead, he always plays a mature game that makes the other players like him. Real Madrid is fortunate to have a midfield player like Jude Bellingham who can score goals like a striker. Bellingham has scored 13 goals in 13 games, demonstrating his ability to win Ballon D'or throughout his career. If Jude Bellingham is nominated for Ballon Dior next season, I think voters will choose him because everyone likes him, including the Real Madrid players who support him whenever they see him celebrate a goal.

Real Madrid is still atop the league standings and will play Rayon Vallecano this weekend. I think Real Madrid will win this game handily. However, one of their best players, Tchoumeni, will not be playing due to an injury and I believe he will be out for about two months. Tchoumeni, who plays position 4 for Real Madrid, is a very strong player. Since he began playing this season, no team has defeated Real Madrid. The biggest plus in this matchup between Real Madrid and Rayo Vallenaco is that Arda Guler will be in the squad for the first time. I'm excited to watch him play for Real Madrid for the first time this season.

[BITCOIN4X]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

[Ahli38]

Xavi and his players had to recover after the defeat in El Clasico a few days ago. Barcelona seems ready to do something that can restore their players' confidence after the defeat, but I also believe that Real Sociedad will not be easy to beat. Real Sociedad is playing at home and it seems they also don't want to lose easy points to enter the top four, but Barcelona also doesn't want to lose more points in order to maintain their distance with Real Madrid and other teams.

Barcelona's probability of winning is slightly better than Real Sociedad's, but I can't completely rule out a draw for this match. Real Sociedad are unbeaten at home in their last 6 matches this season, so Xavi seems to have to be ready to do something better if he wants to take 3 points from them.

Real Sociedad can indeed be a very troublesome opponent when they play as hosts. But currently Barcelona's condition in the standings is really quite difficult. Because Barcelona is 4 points behind Girona and Real Madrid. So Barcelona really can't afford to lose points again in the match against Real Sociedad. But this season, Real Sociedad has always been unable to win matches when facing strong teams like Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. Because Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have managed to steal points from Real Sociedad this season. So Barcelona should be able to do it too. But there is a slight difference in this. Because Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid managed to beat Real Sociedad when Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid were the hosts. Well, in this match Real Sociedad is the host so I am also thinking about the possibility that the match will result in a draw. But if that happens, Barcelona must be prepared to be further behind from the top of the standings.

[Sakanwa]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

Real Madrid are unstoppable at the moment,and they have shown that they are a strong contender to the Lalliga Titttle.I was very surprised when they won Barcelona last weekend in an El- classico clash,a game that looked to show the team that is more better than the other.I really loved the way Barca played,but they missed so many chances,and in games like that,you have to make use of the little chances you get because if you don't,you will get punished for not scoring when you are supposed to score.Bellingham buried the game in favour of Madrid as he scored the decisive goal of the game.
Girona in the other hand is another team that have surprised me so far,we will see the weekends result as all the big teams will be facing strong teams.

[Bobrox]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

Current standings have the same points with Girona on second place always have pressure for Real Madrid on every match exactly their top position not completely secure if loss or draw on upcoming match Girona will manage first position. Have another change with current standing if Atletico Madrid winning their postponed match actually will back to the top position depend they have win head to head from Real Madrid.

Upcoming match between Real Madrid and Girona looks have easily opponent teams but its can't predictable with Real Madrid or Girona easily take three points, Real Sociedad is Barcelona opponent team next match and looks not easy to get three points actually after losing on El Clasico match make Barcelona have dropped with their confidence performance.

[topbitcoin]

Yes, even though Barcelona is still the favorite when they play away against Real Sociedad, there is a little worry when Lewandowski has suffered an injury and if the upcoming match Lewandowski is not the main player it looks like it will be difficult to win or will only end in a draw and I say this does not mean I doubt Barca performance but Lewandowski is a very important player for Xavi he is one of the players who can convert every pass into a goal and if you only rely on other players a little it will be difficult or if not it will end in a draw and in that match I will avoid betting because if I doubt like this it will usually result in my bet being lost.

Looking at the contribution Lewandowski is making right now I think even if it does affect the attacking line but in the end they can still prioritize the speed of the players on their flanks.
Currently, Raphinha is already in the squad besides Joao Felix who can be maximized on the left wing.
The problem with Lewandowski's absence is that this will indirectly hamper the formation for pure strikers because Barcelona no longer has a pure striker and will likely feature 2 strikers where Joao and Ferran are used as alternatives or maximize Ferran as a striker in the middle flanked by Raphinha / Yamal with Joao on both sides.
I think this is most likely to happen and indeed this is still favorable for Barcelona and I still feel this can be a victory for them.

[dzungmobile]

Current standings have the same points with Girona on second place always have pressure for Real Madrid on every match exactly their top position not completely secure if loss or draw on upcoming match Girona will manage first position. Have another change with current standing if Atletico Madrid winning their postponed match actually will back to the top position depend they have win head to head from Real Madrid.

It is already massive success for Girona by having 28 points from 9 wins, 1 draw, 1 lost after 10 matches of La Liga so far. They have same total points of Real Madrid, 4 points more than Barcelona and 3 points more than Atletico Madrid but Atletico has one more match. If Atletico Madrid win it, there will be three clubs with same 28 points totally.

Girona, if we look deeper, don't have too good defense compares to Real Madrid. They got 13 conceded goals so far but their attacking power is amazing. They have 25 goals and is a most goal productive in top five of La Liga, even more than Real Madrid.

Upcoming match between Real Madrid and Girona looks have easily opponent teams but its can't predictable with Real Madrid or Girona easily take three points, Real Sociedad is Barcelona opponent team next match and looks not easy to get three points actually after losing on El Clasico match make Barcelona have dropped with their confidence performance.

Girona is a small club and nobody considered them as an underdog in La Liga before the season started. So far they got massive success and without pressure, they will start a match with Real Madrid with lot of optimistic. It will bring challenge to Real Madrid but if Girona players begin it too naively, Real Madrid and their coach are experienced enough to exploit Girona naive tactic and take three points.

[Xcode7]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

This season's journey is still very long and we don't yet know which team can maintain its consistency. Real Madrid is currently having good performance but Ancelotti's team still has many shortcomings so I also think that they will not be comfortable at the top of the standings.
While Girona are still amazing, we will never know how far they will surprise this season.
And so far the team that has made good progress is Atletico Madrid, they have continued to improve since the start of the season and all of this is the result of the improvements they have made for this season after slumping in the previous season.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

Barcelona only needs to focus on their team's performance, and they have to ensure they don't lose points in every match. Barcelona's current performance has really declined due to the injuries of many of their main players, so I think if Barcelona succeeds in improving their performance then the difference will be 4 points. It's not a difficult thing to catch up, especially since there are still so many games remaining for this season.

[tiCeR]

Even if Real Madrid successfully bring Mbappe, it will not reduce the influence that Jude Bellingham has already created on this team and it will not stop him from scoring because it looks like he's already becoming used to scoring goals for Real Madrid. With Mbappe, Jude and Vini who just extended his contract in Real Madrid, Real Madrid will become very formidable again in how they attack. Mbappe is the last piece of the puzzle to complete this Real Madrid team.

Of course, the presence of Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid, if that happens, will not make Jude Bellingham look weak, but as a team it should actually make Real Madrid an even more dangerous team for any team that will be their opponent, both in Laliga and in other European competitions, because these two players will be the best combination that will make Real Madrid win many titles again.
Seeing how these two young players are in their respective clubs at the moment where they play quite consistently will provide benefits for the club plus if the club has an experienced coach so this will be able to give Real Madrid back the glory days they experienced some time ago, but we all still have to wait to see whether Klyian Mbappe will actually go to Real Madrid.
Developments are still unclear and anything is still possible, but if Mbappe doesn't go to Real Madrid, it shouldn't be a disappointment for Real Madrid, whose condition looks very good this season.

But do you think they would play a new formation like 4-2-1-3 where Bellingham is a mix between offensive midfielder and defensive center forward whereas Mbappe will be positioned in front of him in the center as well? Or do you think they would let Rodrygo sit on the bench and play two semi-center forwards with Vinicius Junior and Mbappe and Bellingham keeps the mixed position of offensive midfielder + defensive center forward?

I don't know what the best solution would be, but right now this game seems to get the most out of Bellingham as he has the freedom to transition into the center forward position whenever he thinks the moment allows for it or even requires him to do it. If he had one player right in front of him, it may cut down on the scope of possibilities he now has and he now also perfectly exploits.

[hyudien]

Current standings have the same points with Girona on second place always have pressure for Real Madrid on every match exactly their top position not completely secure if loss or draw on upcoming match Girona will manage first position. Have another change with current standing if Atletico Madrid winning their postponed match actually will back to the top position depend they have win head to head from Real Madrid.

It is already massive success for Girona by having 28 points from 9 wins, 1 draw, 1 lost after 10 matches of La Liga so far. They have same total points of Real Madrid, 4 points more than Barcelona and 3 points more than Atletico Madrid but Atletico has one more match. If Atletico Madrid win it, there will be three clubs with same 28 points totally.

Girona, if we look deeper, don't have too good defense compares to Real Madrid. They got 13 conceded goals so far but their attacking power is amazing. They have 25 goals and is a most goal productive in top five of La Liga, even more than Real Madrid.

Upcoming match between Real Madrid and Girona looks have easily opponent teams but its can't predictable with Real Madrid or Girona easily take three points, Real Sociedad is Barcelona opponent team next match and looks not easy to get three points actually after losing on El Clasico match make Barcelona have dropped with their confidence performance.

Girona is a small club and nobody considered them as an underdog in La Liga before the season started. So far they got massive success and without pressure, they will start a match with Real Madrid with lot of optimistic. It will bring challenge to Real Madrid but if Girona players begin it too naively, Real Madrid and their coach are experienced enough to exploit Girona naive tactic and take three points.

This is Girona second season in La Liga after a long time in the 2018 season. Just look at last season, they were able to finish in 10th position. So it is not surprising that this season they have managed to improve their performance again and have been consistent in the 11 matches they have played, only losing once to Madrid. Girona cannot be underestimated by any club. The point productivity alone shows Girona's seriousness.

In fact, Girona doesn't need to have many good players, therefore the coach perfects his players to cover their respective weaknesses. Girona does not need to be compared with Real Madrid because it is clearly not comparable. Maybe with other clubs like Atletico Madrid, it would still be worth doing.

I am sure that this season Girona will be eyeing the opportunity to compete for Champions League tickets.

[borovichok]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

I can not predict the possible outcome of the present La  Liga Champions, we're still watching. I'm finding it interesting to watch La Liga games, because every clubs are competing with their best performance, there's strong challenge among teams. Real Madrid is sitting top of the La Liga table with 28 points, the exact same point with Girona. I don not consider the stats or possibility of Girona surpassing Los Blancos on the table, Girona won't survived among big teams, they just have this morale to boost at the moment, but lacking the consistent qualities to compete in the long race for long-term.

[Velvet78]

I think there is a big opportunity to bet on Atletico Madrid for the new game week. In two days they are going to be playing against Las Palmas away. Interestingly their odds are around 1.60. I wouldn't have expected them to have odds more than like 1.40 or maybe 1.45. When I checked the information about injuries and suspensions I didn't see anything different than the last game.

I believe Atletico Madrid would continue on their way with another win. Las Palmas are having a hard time against big teams. Besides Atletico Madrid have always been winning against them no matter home or away.

The last time Atletico Madrid played in Gran Canaria, they even managed to destroy Las Palmas with a score of 1 - 5. You also said that Atletico Madrid doesn't have a detrimental record in terms of injuries or suspensions. This should be a suspicion for us, why could this happen? For me, it is better to avoid betting on this match, even though the odds given are quite good.

It is really difficult to predict what bookmakers are up to. This match can be a great example for that. There is nothing different than the last game week but Atletico Madrid have strangely high odds. In this kind of situations there might be some plot twist as well.    I mean it might seem like dangerous and so we would avoid betting on them.

However Atletico Madrid still win the game and here is the twist. I have seen so many examples of this situation. For example Porto had really high odds against Antwerp away in the Champions League you know. But they destroyed Antwerp anyway.

[X-ray]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Madrid vs girona = madrid won
Madrid vs barcelona = madrid won

As Real Madrid has consistently faced difficulties in defeating Atletico Madrid, it is becoming increasingly clear that Atletico is emerging as their most formidable competitor. I don't really care with girona and barcelona to be competitors for madrid in the title race. It's caused by madrid has been showing the capability of club in destroying all of them.
The second leg will be that easy for madrid to farm 6 points from barcelona and girona. The only problem is now atletico madrid caused by it's so hard for el real in beating simeone's club.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

Barcelon may be struggling in the upcoming match. We need to be patience. Madrid is also having intention to leave barcelona behind with huge gap. There is still also for barcelona to lose against some clubs in la liga like girona.
Madrid looks like strongest candidate to win the la liga title this season.

Bellingham is also being very consistently in putting his name on the score board. This guy was so amazing.

[bering]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

There is no team who compeletely safe in the top 4 because the difference points between Girona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is not too far so if some of them losing points from upcoming matches then the position on standings league will be changes and Barcelona also had good chances to overtake Madrid or Girona position because they had 4 difference points below to Real Madrid and everything still possible to happend because Laliga still entering week 11

This weekend Girona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will facing easy matches because Girona will fight against Osasuna and Real Madrid only fight against Rayo and on the paper whether it Girona or Real Madrid will be able to beat their opponents but Barcelona had facing hard match because recently Sociedad has been displayed impressive performance and it's not easy to beat them especially currently Sociedad will playing at their home ground

[rendravolt]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1720059884333306357

As previously revealed, Real Madrid has extended the contract of one of their Brazilian strikers Rodrygo until 2028. This is the same long-term contract as Vinicius Jr, Camavinga and Valverde. We know that Rodrygo has always been Ancelotti's first choice in all matches this season, but in terms of contribution he still hasn't proven significantly good results like the previous season.

He only scored 1 goal in the opening match against Bilbao and the last time he scored 1 goal against Braga in the Champions League. Those are very bad statistics for a striker in a big team like Real Madrid and I hope that with this contract renewal he will work even harder to score goals in the future, especially as Ancelotti always believes in him.

[Leviathan.007]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

Right now Barcelona is 4 points behind Real Madrid and Girona, but there are many people who believe that Barcelona can close the point gap when the team above them slips. I don't know which team can beat the current leaders besides Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid cannot underestimate Rayo Vallecano in the next match.

I don't really agree with you. I think there is currently no team to race with Real Madrid. In fact, Girona had good performances so far but compared to Real Madrid they do have not enough potential and I don't expect them to take the first pale in the La Liga from Real Madrid. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid is not in good form yet and the only team to race with Real Madrid is Barcelona while there is a four-point gap between these two teams.
    

[JeffBrad12]

Source: Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1720059884333306357

As previously revealed, Real Madrid has extended the contract of one of their Brazilian strikers Rodrygo until 2028. This is the same long-term contract as Vinicius Jr, Camavinga and Valverde. We know that Rodrygo has always been Ancelotti's first choice in all matches this season, but in terms of contribution he still hasn't proven significantly good results like the previous season.

He only scored 1 goal in the opening match against Bilbao and the last time he scored 1 goal against Braga in the Champions League. Those are very bad statistics for a striker in a big team like Real Madrid and I hope that with this contract renewal he will work even harder to score goals in the future, especially as Ancelotti always believes in him.

I have heard some news said that if rodrygo would be sold by real madrid to give mbappe a space in the club but it seems like that this news was not true as rodrygo has extended his contract with real madrid. Real madrid is not willing to take the risk by let rodrygo leaves from the club with free agent. The club can sell him with very high price as rodrygo's quality has been proven in so many matches. Im not even feeling doubt with this guy. Seeing him agreed to extend his contract is a good news.
Despite his bad statistic and i can still trust him as rodrygo is still young enough in developing himself as a great striker. Trust the process and try to give him more time. I think he will be paying off.
People shall try to be patience waiting for him to have his best performance with real madrid. Madrid is slowly moving forward. I give applause for marid to be patience for him.

[Razmirraz]

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I don't really agree with you. I think there is currently no team to race with Real Madrid. In fact, Girona had good performances so far but compared to Real Madrid they do have not enough potential and I don't expect them to take the first pale in the La Liga from Real Madrid. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid is not in good form yet and the only team to race with Real Madrid is Barcelona while there is a four-point gap between these two teams.
    

Atletico Madrid have done a very good job so far, their statistics are not much different from Real Madrid. Diego Simeone has the opportunity to bring Atletico to match the points collected by Real Madrid, Atletico still has one match remaining to reach the points collected by Real Madrid and Girona. I am very impressed with Atletico Madrid performance this season, especially when they destroyed Real Madrid 3-1 some time ago.
This season's competition is more competitive than the previous season, the difference in points in the top four positions is very close. There will be a change of position in the next match if they get a different result, Real Madrid is of course still the favorite, but surprises can still happen because there are still many matches yet to be played.

[Jody.Drummer]

Real Madrid is not completely safe from leading the standings even though they currently have several points ahead of Barcelona. Girona are level on points with Real Madrid, as are Atletico Madrid if they win their postponed match. Game by game it will be tough for all the teams although for now Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid look unstoppable, but yes they may still drop points in some of their other games in November or December.

I can not predict the possible outcome of the present La  Liga Champions, we're still watching. I'm finding it interesting to watch La Liga games, because every clubs are competing with their best performance, there's strong challenge among teams. Real Madrid is sitting top of the La Liga table with 28 points, the exact same point with Girona. I don not consider the stats or possibility of Girona surpassing Los Blancos on the table, Girona won't survived among big teams, they just have this morale to boost at the moment, but lacking the consistent qualities to compete in the long race for long-term.

It's too early to talk about who will win La Liga this season. Real Madrid may be the leaders, but there are still a lot of games left in the season and it's still a long way to go.
Girona is a club that is unexpectedly in the ranks of clubs that are used to being there, I don't know if they will be that consistent to be a contender for the big clubs. There is usually a drop off as the season draws to a close and that could very well be the case for Girona this season. We have a long way to go to see who will be consistent.

[SUPERSAIAN]

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I don't really agree with you. I think there is currently no team to race with Real Madrid. In fact, Girona had good performances so far but compared to Real Madrid they do have not enough potential and I don't expect them to take the first pale in the La Liga from Real Madrid. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid is not in good form yet and the only team to race with Real Madrid is Barcelona while there is a four-point gap between these two teams.
    

Atletico Madrid have done a very good job so far, their statistics are not much different from Real Madrid. Diego Simeone has the opportunity to bring Atletico to match the points collected by Real Madrid, Atletico still has one match remaining to reach the points collected by Real Madrid and Girona. I am very impressed with Atletico Madrid performance this season, especially when they destroyed Real Madrid 3-1 some time ago.
This season's competition is more competitive than the previous season, the difference in points in the top four positions is very close. There will be a change of position in the next match if they get a different result, Real Madrid is of course still the favorite, but surprises can still happen because there are still many matches yet to be played.

Even though the points in the top 4 are very close, I think this point will open in the coming weeks and the teams that will open the points above will be Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid were not bad last season, but they are great this season. Griezzman and Morata are very dangerous up front, we are talking about a duo with extreme goal-scoring potential.

Depay has a muscle injury, his return is unknown, but for now there is no problem, maybe he will even return when there is an alternative. Atletico Madrid has a match against Las Palmas ahead of them and they will not lose any points in this match. I remember they beat Real Madrid 3-1 and it really had an impact.