La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Jossque]

Cadiz hosted Celta Vigo at home. With both teams in the relegation zone and struggling to win in recent weeks, this match was of great importance for both teams.Celta Vigo scored in the first half to lead 1-0 at half time, but conceded 2 goals in the second half to earn a draw away from home. It's not a bad result for Celta Vigo, but Cadiz needed to win this match against their rival if they wanted to stay in the league.Cadiz's inability to win the match despite playing a more dominant game compared to their opponent is a difference in the quality of their squad.
Real Betis, on the other hand, got an important 3 points by winning 3-1 against Bilbao, the in-form team of the last weeks.Both teams have different goals.Bilbao wants to finish in the top 4 of the league while Betis wants to finish in the top 6.Betis' dominance against Bilbao allowed them to go 2-0 ahead in the first half.In the 40th minute, Nico Williams left his team 10 men, which was the decisive event in the match.

[JeffBrad12]

I agree with you that Barcelona cannot catch up with Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. Real Madrid is leading Barcelona with 8 points, and it will be hard to drop points that will make Barcelona equal or overtake them at the top of the La Liga table.

Actually it could be Barcelona if they are able to play consistently in the next match, but Real Madrid is too strong to expect them to be weak, because they continue to win and draw as if Real Madrid doesn't want to experience defeat in all their matches so it is natural that Barcelona will have difficulty to catch up with Real Madrid's current position, because we can see that Girona was unable to avoid Real Madrid's shadow and in the end Girona fell and ended up in third place in the current La Liga standings.

Today will determine if Girona will end up in third place in the La Liga table. Barcelona is getting back to form, but they cannot be that consistent in overtaking Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. Barcelona will visit Athletic Bilbao in their next match, and if Barcelona doesn't play good football against Athletic Bilbao, they might lose some points there.

The gap is still big to the real madrid and how can the teams under real madrid take over real madrid's position instantly? it doesn't even make sense. I think that if we must be aware about the fact that if barcelona has been trying so hard to give their best but since it will not able to be done instantly and xavi can only told his club to be even more consistent in any game. It's hard to chase real madrid when it will stil perform consistent. Barcelona can only rely upon its luck to see madrid to go down again. Barcelona needs to work even harder to achieve better target than last season. The club can now focus on how to get into teh next stage of UCL.
The club is financially bad and i think that being able to perform better will be helping barcelona to get more money from playing the game. Im feeling that if barcelona will try to prevent xavi to step down as a coach. Even though barcelona struggled with so many things but it can still perform consistently.
The club is now at the second place and it's having big chance to get la liga again as long as real madrid will be missing points continuously. So, barcelona can only perform coonsitently and waiting for real madrid to miss the points. This will help barcelona to climbing up./

[piebeyb]

But about Barcelona I think this team will lose their ranking today if Girona manages to beat Rayo in today's match. because if Girona wins today's match then Girona will climb back to 2nd place and make Barcelona return to 3rd place. Rayo managed to hold Real Madrid to a draw and can they also do the same to Girona? This will be very interesting to watch.

Having experienced two defeats, Girona should have risen from adversity, it is clear that they are starting to feel defeat after a long journey to maintain their consistency at the top of the standings and in the end they fell and made mistakes towards the end of the season, this is what usually happens when a club is consistent but at the end of the season they are starting to get tired and injuries to key players are usually certain reasons for a club not being consistent at the end of the season.

Girona must admit that they cannot completely stay at the top of the standings and win the title this season, it seems that they do not have a winning mentality in the title race, Madrid and Barcelona have more of that mentality so they know better how to win the top position ahead. At the end of the season, it seems that Girona will have to be satisfied with yesterday's results and will have to drop to third place, even though they might be able to face Rayo and win the match to return to second place, at least Girona can finish in the top four, which is more than enough to get a UCL ticket. Next season.

[Marykeller]

Barcelona vs Getafe team match is now half-time break. Barcelona team is leading by 1 goal before half time. I see more chances of winning Barcelona team in today's match. They scored 1 goal in 20 minutes of the game. Now let's see who will score after half time.  Can the Barcelona team. Getafe team can score any goals today or I don't know. The performance of the Getafe team will not be able to win with the Barcelona team if they play this way.

Barcelona outplayed Getafe at Camp Nou to secure a 4-0 win against Getafe in La Liga. With the 4-0 win, Barcelona has overtaken Girona to occupy second place in the La Liga table. If Girona wins their game at hand against Rayo Vallecano on Monday night, they will re-enter their second-place position in the La Liga table.

Barcelona performed really well in the last match and the performance in the last match gave us so much assurance that Barcelona will have a tough competition with Real Madrid this season. Where at the start of the season we had low expectations of Barcelona, Barcelona have now overtaken Girona and they have secured the second position in the points table. Barcelona must perform well in the upcoming matches. If Barcelona can put up a good performance then they will definitely have a tough fight with Real Madrid to finally win the trophy. But currently there is a considerable difference in the performance of Real Madrid and Barcelona, Real Madrid has secured strong players in every position but Barcelona has failed there. Not every position of Barcelona is strong, they still have considerable weaknesses in midfield and defense.

The points difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona is quite much, and Barcelona needs to win close to three of their matches before they can overtake Real Madrid in the Laliga league lead.

Barcelona had 4 goal win against Gatafe in their last match and that doesn't assure them to overtake Real Madrid because Real Madrid also won their last match against Sevilla, judging by that. If Girona wins their today match against Rayo Vallecano, they will appear in the second position, above Barcelona.

The second and third positions of the Laliga league table are between Barcelona and Girona, not for any of them to top the Real Madrid team in the Laliga table because Real Madrid won't allow that to happen to them to miss out on lifting the Laliga trophy of this season

[skarais]

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I agree with you that Barcelona cannot catch up with Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. Real Madrid is leading Barcelona with 8 points, and it will be hard to drop points that will make Barcelona equal or overtake them at the top of the La Liga table.

Difficult doesn't mean impossible, meaning that as long as Real Madrid can't guarantee the title mathematically, Barcelona and Girona still have a chance to win the title this season. Being 8 points ahead of Barcelona clearly makes Real Madrid very comfortable at the top of the standings without too much interference, but every time they lose points it will increase the pressure.

So far I don't think Real Madrid can win all the games for the rest of the season, meaning they still have the chance to lose points regardless of how low or high the odds they get from the betting books. There are several difficult matches waiting for Real Madrid in the remainder of the season, so I am not completely sure they can secure 3 points in every match.

[Pesona1]

I don't know why a lot of people don't want Madrid to win, and it is not a narrow win for me because Madrid is in form and has shown a very high level of consistency, so, to me, they are doing very well at this point, so what is worth doing is what is doing well, and that is why I am always baking them. When Barcelona was winning, nobody was complaining, and now that it is Madrid, they are making it undeserving for real Madrid, and that is very bad, but that is how other fans behave. Just because it is not favoring them, they will find a fault. and when they wanted to play against Sevilla, there were not too many worries because they were in form.

It seems like you are too sentimental about what other members have expressed here. If you are a Madrid fan, of course it is natural that you want your favorite team to win, but there is nothing wrong with fans of rival teams also hoping that Madrid will lose, right?
If you say that when Barcelona won, no one complained, of course you are wrong because as far as I know, many members here also complained about Barcelona and I think maybe the people who complained were Madrid fans, because the rivalry between the two teams has also affected the fans of both teams.
 
I personally am not a fan of the Spanish league team but to be honest I quite enjoyed the match, winning by a narrow score (1-0) certainly indicates that the match was tough and full of tension throughout the match, if you saw the match of course you know what Modric experience was like able to bring change to the match with his single long-range goal.

[Jossque]

Las Palmas drew 1-1 at home with Osasuna.Las Palmas will want to finish in the top 7 of the league and go to the conference league, but it will be difficult for them, because their opponents are not easy opponents and I don't think they will lose so many points.They will continue to follow as long as they win in the matches they play to try their luck while they are calculating the Europa League among themselves.
The Real Madrid-Sevilla clash was of course won by the hosts. Real Madrid won 1-0 with a goal scored by Vazquez in the 10th minute and I can say that Real Madrid didn't tire themselves too much.With this win, they continued to maintain their point difference with their rivals.They will most likely finish this season as champions.Sevilla is still not out of danger.They are close to the relegation zone and they will need at least 4-5 wins in the remaining 12 weeks of the league to get away from here.

[marcous]

Of course we expect a better performance from Real Madrid. Real Madrid are a top level team in Europe and should have done better against Sevilla. In this match most of the gamblers bet big amount for Real Madrid because the result of this type of match is certain but we have to wait a long time for this result to come in favor of Real Madrid and for a time it seemed that Real Madrid might fail to win. The way Modric scored at the last minute reminded me of his performance in 2018. The kind of performance we saw from him in the 2018 World Cup, the kind of goal we saw the team need in 2024.

Personally, I was a little surprised by Sevilla, why they could play that well when facing Madrid, they could be in the top four of the standings if they played that well from the start of the season. But Madrid is still a different team, Ancelotti alwasy just had the wit to break the deadlock, an old man who relied on old players, the result did not disappoint the audience at all. Ramos was warmly welcomed by Los Blancos fans, he deserved respect as a legend, but could not make Sevilla steal points at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Maybe this is Modric last season with Los Blancos and the goal against Sevilla will always be remembered, a beautiful goal that helped Madrid comfortably at the top of the La Liga standings. if I remember correctly, the goal Modric scored against Sevilla was almost the same as the one he scored against Argentina in 2018. Now it quite reasonable why Ancelotti kept him even though he was 38 years old, there are certain moments that really require Modric, his leg magic is still very special.

Apart from all that, a narrow win is not a big problem, the most important thing is being able to pocket an additional 3 points. Barcelona and Girona are still pressing from the bottom, but we'll see what the final result of the Girona versus Rayo match is, whether Michel fleet is able to overtake Barcelona and move up to 2nd in today standings.

[Bitcoin_people]

Real Madrid are reigning at the top of the La Liga points table and are currently leading the race for the title. Real Madrid are currently in the top position of the table with 67 points after winning the match against Sevilla, they are currently so excited that they are not including Barcelona and Girona in their rivalry but Madrid are many points ahead of them. Real Madrid is the strongest team this season and they are fighting hard to win the title and they have lost only one match so far. I believe Real Madrid will be champions this season and the performance and feeling of their current game is definitely enough to win them the title. And Real Madrid coach Ancelotti is currently doing great for the team, we can say that Real Madrid will win the La Liga trophy this season.

[Velvet78]

I thought Real Madrid would win easier than this despite not having Bellingham because of an injury. However the winning goal came quite late in the game and it was thanks to Modric's really nice finesse shot. 

Modric scored only 6 minutes after entering the game. He is 38 years old maybe but the quality is really permanent.    Especially Vinicius Junior tried really hard in this game and he was the man of the match I believe. He had really nice goal attempts with nice shots but he was just on his unlucky day. By the way there was a really critical save by Lunin in the game which could also be one like a turning point for Real Madrid. Otherwise it might have been more difficult to win here.

[hahay]

I thought Real Madrid would win easier than this despite not having Bellingham because of an injury. However the winning goal came quite late in the game and it was thanks to Modric's really nice finesse shot. 

Modric scored only 6 minutes after entering the game. He is 38 years old maybe but the quality is really permanent.    Especially Vinicius Junior tried really hard in this game and he was the man of the match I believe. He had really nice goal attempts with nice shots but he was just on his unlucky day. By the way there was a really critical save by Lunin in the game which could also be one like a turning point for Real Madrid. Otherwise it might have been more difficult to win here.

However, if for example Sevilla had scored first, then perhaps Real Madrid would have been able to play with greater effort to turn things around and make the match more interesting. But yes, because the match was tough, so the match ended with only a narrow victory score for Real Madrid despite playing at home . But indeed,basically I also believe this match will be tough because after all, Sevilla can also play very well sometimes and after all, recently Sevilla also got good results too. Therefore, it does not seem to be a surprising result if for example this match ends with a draw because of course, Sevilla will maximize their defense . But yes, in the end Real Madrid still managed to beat Sevilla after being held to a draw in their first meeting this season.

[Renampun]

Real Madrid are reigning at the top of the La Liga points table and are currently leading the race for the title. Real Madrid are currently in the top position of the table with 67 points after winning the match against Sevilla, they are currently so excited that they are not including Barcelona and Girona in their rivalry but Madrid are many points ahead of them. Real Madrid is the strongest team this season and they are fighting hard to win the title and they have lost only one match so far. I believe Real Madrid will be champions this season and the performance and feeling of their current game is definitely enough to win them the title. And Real Madrid coach Ancelotti is currently doing great for the team, we can say that Real Madrid will win the La Liga trophy this season.

If last season Barcelona won La Liga then this season Madrid will take it, But what an interesting thing happened in La Liga, to be honest, I was quite surprised by what happened to Girona, at first they performed brilliantly but when they faced Madrid, they immediately showed a bad performance, even against Bilbao they were also unable to win, Girona will definitely get worse until the end of the season, their hopes of becoming La Liga champions have been dashed, Barcelona is also getting stronger in position 2, it is difficult for Girona to return to position 2.

[deathcode]

Real Madrid are reigning at the top of the La Liga points table and are currently leading the race for the title. Real Madrid are currently in the top position of the table with 67 points after winning the match against Sevilla, they are currently so excited that they are not including Barcelona and Girona in their rivalry but Madrid are many points ahead of them. Real Madrid is the strongest team this season and they are fighting hard to win the title and they have lost only one match so far. I believe Real Madrid will be champions this season and the performance and feeling of their current game is definitely enough to win them the title. And Real Madrid coach Ancelotti is currently doing great for the team, we can say that Real Madrid will win the La Liga trophy this season.

Madrid's position does not seem to be disturbed by other teams below it. and automatically, now the fight will be exciting for tickets to the European zone and the relegation zone. but looking at the teams that are in the relegation zone, it looks like there will be no changes until the end of the season and there are 3 teams that are currently finding it very difficult to develop their game. maybe they have to surrender this season to their current performance.

[TopT3ns]

We still can't confirm who will be the champion, we have only run 14 matches out of 38 matches until the end of the season, it's too early to believe that Madrid lost to Barca in the hunt for the La Liga trophy this season

the season will start again next year, if nothing changes then madrid will continue to annoy barca at the top, hopefully barca doesn't make mistakes because both (madrid and barca) have only lost 1 time

It is true that they still have several matches to come, but Barcelona's current condition is not good because they have internal problems that make Barcelona's performance not like last season. Even though they are already in second place at the top of the standings, they still have a point gap between their positions. first and second are quite far away and need up to three wins in the next few matches to be able to catch points from Real Madrid.

[shinratensei_]

We still can't confirm who will be the champion, we have only run 14 matches out of 38 matches until the end of the season, it's too early to believe that Madrid lost to Barca in the hunt for the La Liga trophy this season

the season will start again next year, if nothing changes then madrid will continue to annoy barca at the top, hopefully barca doesn't make mistakes because both (madrid and barca) have only lost 1 time

It is true that they still have several matches to come, but Barcelona's current condition is not good because they have internal problems that make Barcelona's performance not like last season. Even though they are already in second place at the top of the standings, they still have a point gap between their positions. first and second are quite far away and need up to three wins in the next few matches to be able to catch points from Real Madrid.

I think that is not true at all. Look at how barcelona was able climbing up again. It's now still placing at the second place but girona would be surpassing it as long as michel's squad will take three points. Barcelona is surely moving up and this is a good progress that needs to be appreciated. I give all of my credits to the some players like felix which was getting paid very small compared to the salary he received from atletico madrid. Barcelona is still in so many troubles but i think the the club must also aware if its players need fuckin attention. Barcelona must be getting some money at the end of season or it will be on another disaster. It doesn't matter a lot as long as barcelona win UCL spot.
This is the only way to help club to gather more money. It can be said that if barcelona is likely trying so hard in defending its position. Getting la liga trophy will be a bonus for the club but xavi needs to put UCL spot as the main target for the club.

It will be another disaster if barcelona will not play in UCL next season caused by club will have no additional money to be used as its income for the upcoming season. Barcelona is in the financial crisis and any dollars meant a lot for the club. Some are thinking this club will be fucking bankrupt but im yet to seeing it.
Xavi will leave soon but barcelona has not yet found the best replacement for him. Well, this is another problem that has not yet solved by laporta and his management. Barcelona is back again now with a better performance.

It will be disappointed me if barcelona to bottle UCL spot. No more excuse for xavi when his team suffering the lost against other club. Barcelona's lose = Xavi's mistake. 

[Docnaster]

We still can't confirm who will be the champion, we have only run 14 matches out of 38 matches until the end of the season, it's too early to believe that Madrid lost to Barca in the hunt for the La Liga trophy this season

the season will start again next year, if nothing changes then madrid will continue to annoy barca at the top, hopefully barca doesn't make mistakes because both (madrid and barca) have only lost 1 time

It is true that they still have several matches to come, but Barcelona's current condition is not good because they have internal problems that make Barcelona's performance not like last season. Even though they are already in second place at the top of the standings, they still have a point gap between their positions. first and second are quite far away and need up to three wins in the next few matches to be able to catch points from Real Madrid.

Barcelona's inconsistency this season I think is caused by the unending injury crises at the club since the start of the season and also the club management's inability to sign high profile players last summer and even during the winter transfer window because of the financial crises at the club. But despite the ups and downs, the club manager Xavi Hernandez haven't allowed any of those things to stop him from helping the club remain in the top three of the league table. With what I've seen so far from Barcelona thus season, I think they would've done better than whatever been able to achieve so far in the Spanish La Liga if they had signed big players in the last two transfer windows or if they didn't have much injury concerns. It is because of the difficulties at the club that made the club manager Xavi Hernandez to decide to leave the club at the end of the current season and should he leave the club after the expiration of the current season, Barcelona would surely struggle to get a manager that'll be as impactful as Xavi Hernandez if you ask me.

In Barcelona's recent matches in the Spanish La Liga, they've been able to get good results that has helped them to climb to the second position of the Spanish league. However, their stay at the top of the league will be short-lived if Girona succeeds to beat Rayo Vallecano later tonight at the Montilivi stadium

[KTChampions]

I thought Real Madrid would win easier than this despite not having Bellingham because of an injury. However the winning goal came quite late in the game and it was thanks to Modric's really nice finesse shot. 

Modric scored only 6 minutes after entering the game. He is 38 years old maybe but the quality is really permanent.    Especially Vinicius Junior tried really hard in this game and he was the man of the match I believe. He had really nice goal attempts with nice shots but he was just on his unlucky day. By the way there was a really critical save by Lunin in the game which could also be one like a turning point for Real Madrid. Otherwise it might have been more difficult to win here.

Yes, Vinii doesn’t score as often as the strikers, but he does a great job on the flank destroying the opponents’ defense. He remains the player on whom the most fouls are erned, and is probably a nightmare for any defender. Even if he didn’t make an assist or score a goal in a particular game, his contribution is always very great.
In general, the game was under complete dominance of Real, but they couldn’t score a goal until Modric came on, it’s good that he scored immediately and we didn’t see the nervous ending.

[mammusu]

We still can't confirm who will be the champion, we have only run 14 matches out of 38 matches until the end of the season, it's too early to believe that Madrid lost to Barca in the hunt for the La Liga trophy this season

the season will start again next year, if nothing changes then madrid will continue to annoy barca at the top, hopefully barca doesn't make mistakes because both (madrid and barca) have only lost 1 time

It is true that they still have several matches to come, but Barcelona's current condition is not good because they have internal problems that make Barcelona's performance not like last season. Even though they are already in second place at the top of the standings, they still have a point gap between their positions. first and second are quite far away and need up to three wins in the next few matches to be able to catch points from Real Madrid.

Girona has the opportunity to displace Barcelona again in second place in the standings, because Michel squad will face Rayo Vallecano, which in my opinion can give Girona an additional three points. Therefore, Barcelona efforts to continue approaching Real Madrid will face major obstacles from Girona. Apart from that, it is only possible to reduce the difference in points that has been formed when Barcelona continues to be consistent and Real Madrid suffers defeat. That is where the difficulty lies in Barcelona returning to the top of the standings to defend the La Liga championship trophy.

Xavi Hernandez has expressed his intention to resign as head coach when the season ends, with the hope that Barcelona can improve again under a new coach next season. In my opinion, the setback experienced by Barcelona this season is not entirely the coach fault, several other factors also played a role in the team decline. Also another thing is, Real Madrid this season appeared more impressive than the previous season, thanks to the depth of the squad they built in the transfer window last summer. Girona also gives a different impression this season, increasing the competition in the top four of the standings, making Barcelona look unstable and not like last season.

[Falconer]

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It seems like you are too sentimental about what other members have expressed here. If you are a Madrid fan, of course it is natural that you want your favorite team to win, but there is nothing wrong with fans of rival teams also hoping that Madrid will lose, right?
If you say that when Barcelona won, no one complained, of course you are wrong because as far as I know, many members here also complained about Barcelona and I think maybe the people who complained were Madrid fans, because the rivalry between the two teams has also affected the fans of both teams.
 
I personally am not a fan of the Spanish league team but to be honest I quite enjoyed the match, winning by a narrow score (1-0) certainly indicates that the match was tough and full of tension throughout the match, if you saw the match of course you know what Modric experience was like able to bring change to the match with his single long-range goal.

Yes, I think that is common among both fans. The bad side of both teams will always be there for their respective fans because basically their rivalry affects many things. I am a Real Madrid fan without hating Barcelona as a competitor, however some Real Madrid fans hate Barcelona regardless of what they have achieved in different seasons.

I would call them hardcore fans who absolutely do not want any better team than the one they support. I tend to be neutral about a match and enjoy it instead of worrying about trivial matters. Barcelona and Real Madrid are two great teams in La Liga, both dominate La Liga with titles and that is why I love La Liga.

[TelolettOm]

If you checked the players in Real Madrid lineup, you will understand why Real Madrid is decreasing their performance. They have no Bellingham in the lineup, he is the player who contributed a lot for Real Madrid attacking. Bellingham is also one of the player who has a great accuracy in scoring goal. So when he is absent, there should be a drop in the goal productivity.

Yes, Sevilla played confidently and caused many difficulties for the home team with a highly uncomfortable defensive style of play. Rodrygo and Vinicius had good opportunities but could not convert them into goals. These two players are Real Madrid's main strikers, but they were not brave enough to help the home team win. This is a result that fans are not too satisfied with. Real Madrid is a team with all the stars, but they struggled to win against Sevilla. They cannot rely solely on Bellingham. And it took Modric's long-range shot to help Real Madrid win. The veteran midfielder reacted very quickly to a poor header by the away team's defense and fired a quality shot from outside the penalty area to open the score for Real Madrid. Modric is still an indispensable factor when young players are stuck.

That is why Real Madrid needs sharper forward player, because Real Madrid cannot just rely on Bellingham in this matter. Luckily the opponent was Sevilla, if it was a top class club that also had a very strong attack line, this would also endanger Real Madrid's position. It's true, Real Madrid had so many opportunities to score goals, but unfortunately, many opportunities were missed. The lack of sharpness in the combination attacks of Diaz, Rodrygo and Vini was very visible here. We could say that Ancelotti was very lucky to finally include Modric in the squad who ultimately scored the only goal that won for Real Madrid. Although it is true, their first position in La Liga is quite safe, but they must continue to maintain victory after victory in every match.

Sevilla used a defensive formation, that is also one of the factors why Real Madrid got difficulty in scoring goals today. We can see that they used 5 defenders, they only used 3 players in the midfield line. With this formation, Real Madrid was very difficult to attack from the wing side.

Playing defensively will be the right strategy when facing a strong team that is calculated to be difficult to beat, because by playing defensively Sevilla might be able to win one point even though in the end Sevilla failed to get it because Luca Modrid succeeded in making his team get three points.

And this tactic really worked to withstand Real Madrid's combination trio attacks yesterday. In fact, it made them frustrated because attack after attack launched by them had not been able to penetrate the defense built by Sevilla which was considerably strong and dense enough at that match. Sevilla knew  how Real Madrid, that is why they might have been aiming for a draw, at least they didn't concede many goals.