La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[skarais]

Barcelona is still struggling to win the away match against Bilbao. They look very likely to fail to win this match because Bilbao is performing well at home. Barcelona have failed to take advantage of several good opportunities so far, so I don't think they can win if they are not really able to take advantage of their good opportunities.

If Barcelona fails, then it means regretting it as much as possible. They have difficulty taking advantage of opportunities when other teams fail to get full points and this will ultimately make Barcelona fail to compete closely with Real Madrid at the top of the standings. Pedri and De Jong seem to be injured in this match, it is a big loss for Barcelona.

[Majestic-milf]

Valencia are taking the lead over Real Madrid and I'm sure most of the real fans didn't see this coming ESPECIALLY now that Jude Bellingham is in the game. For a club who need the three points, they seem relaxed to me and even though Valencia can be a pain in the neck, I least expected Los Blancos to loose their guard this early. I just hope they get their acts right and turn the game in their favor else if it ends this way, the point gap between them and Girona will reduce to five points and honestly now is not the time to take chances.

The match between Valencia and Madrid has now entered a break, at this time Valencia appeared quite suurprising by being able to score the opening goal in the 27th minute and they even continued to try to increase the tempo of the game which in the end surprised Madrid, and in just a short time they were able to create a second goal to take the lead in the 30th minute, so far Madrid has only been able to get one goal back when the  first time ended and made the score 2-1 for Valencia , the match is not finished, but to be honest, I was quite surprised by Valencia attacks which could easily break through Madrid  defense so far, Madrid controlled the ball almost 71% and their attacks were actually quite dangerous for Valencia but Madrid superior possession of the ball was not commensurate with their defense today.

The scond half has started, and madrid immediately took the initiative to attack, I think maybe later Madrid will be able to get out of the presure and score a goal to equalize the score, but for now girona fans are certainly enjoying the match more and their hope that the match will end soon .

At the end of the day, thanks to Vinicius Madrid were able to secure a point. I didn't really see that game but was following the updates but I guess they played poorly for such a team like Valencia to take the lead so early. Maybe they are this less concerned about winning as they pass Girona with six points, and from the looks of things, the title contenders aren't even serious because if they were they would have struggled to win the game to atleast close the gap a bit.
 I'm still of the mind that Real Madrid should not think they have the title in the bag cause anything can happen. We are seeing fierce competition between Barca, Atletico Madrid and Girona so they need to put in more work.

[GbitG]

Atletic Club or Bilbao as I know it just beat Atletico Madrid without mercy in the 2nd leg of the Copa Del Rey semi-final.
In the Copa Del Rey, Bilbao met Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals because Bilbao managed to get rid of Barcelona.
Nevertheless, my feeling is that I want Barcelona to win against Bilbao because Girona does not deserve to be in second place.

Hmm, I was also thinking about the fact that Athletic Club is just now in too much form and they will be doing all of their best to get the chance to score. Despite this, Barcelona is looking better than it was previously. But I think possiblely this match could possibly be drawn because both players are looking strong. 
 
Barcelona need to place more emphasis on bringing the match to a win. Otherwise, Barcelona will be behind and come to Giro Girona in second place. Barcelona's team play looks a little bit improved from the previous match. But now the match will depend on who expresses the performance. The match is still 0-0 and both team are attacking each other with great force. But no one is seeing the hope of goal. The rest are waiting to see what happens.

[boltz]

The performance of Girona's attacking players was very slow today. This is why they had to be defeated. The team increased the truck badly. They have dropped points in four of their last five matches. Sociedad drew with it. Girona lost against Real Madrid, Athletic Club and Mallorca.

Real Madrid dropped points yesterday and Girona failed to close the gap on the league leaders by loosing thir game to Mallorca, this gives a very huge opportunity to Barcelona to move to second if they win the game.
 Barcelona's line up for the game is very good, Felix and Yamal start from the bench and will probably come in the second half. If Barcelona fail to win this game, it will mean no hope for Barcelona this season to catch up to Real Madrid and win the league.

True. The only winner from this battle could have been Barcelona but yet they are 0-0 with Bilbao with only 3 minutes before the end so a draw should be the final result here and a big chance lost by them.

Pleased to see Betis back on top 6 as this team showed that they deserve to play in Europa or Conference League but battle with Sociedad won't be easy , especially if somehow Valencia will make their way to top6 because we clearly saw how good Valencia really is when they played against Real Madrid.

[Weawant]

Barcelona performed really poorly against atletico Bilbao and this game was supposed to be an important game for them where they were expected to win and get three points with which they could have been able to strengthen their position to the second spot on the table but they drew and have to share points with Bilbao who is at the fifth position with fifty points, Bilbao actually performed much better as compared to the performance of Barcelona and it Really gat me thinking why xavi decide to use the tactics he did used today because he has applied this same tactics and it hasn't worked for him in previous games, the moment he made a change and brought in yamal there was some good changes in the movement around that wing, I then had to imagine what this guy would have done if he was brought in early enough but then bringing him quiet late has been xavis style.

This also applies to Felix, the usage of your players when playing against such teams as this will have a very good effect on the team and help the team to get the kind of desired results they aim to get but then it has always appeared that xavi has rather go with his tactics than change it, when playing against energetic teams like this the younger players will help a long way.

[TelolettOm]

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This was also the funniest thing we can see. What's the matter with the referee?
No wonder Real Madrid became very disappointed and angry with this match, especially with various refereeing decisions, because it did cause controversy. Maybe we have just been shown this very strange referee's decision. New history? ha ha
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A very controversial match. because the referee blew the whistle after the match when real madrid was in an attacking position and made a gastric pass which was executed into a goal scored by jude bellingham. this caused real madrid players to protest which had the effect of getting a red card.

The referee, Jesus Gil Manzano, has also given controversial decisions before. Like the connection with Messi, Barcelona, and several big stars of the league. So, the incident at Mestalla added to the list of controversies he created. And this is one of Ancelotti's responses:

"This has never happened to me before. We will still sleep well tonight; we are La Liga leaders. There is not much to say; something unprecedented happened. Bellingham didn't insult the referee. He told him in English, 'It's a f*cking goal.'"

Source: Ancelotti's responses

If Barcelona fails, then it means regretting it as much as possible. They have difficulty taking advantage of opportunities when other teams fail to get full points and this will ultimately make Barcelona fail to compete closely with Real Madrid at the top of the standings. Pedri and De Jong seem to be injured in this match, it is a big loss for Barcelona.

Bilbao vs Barcelona: 0  -   0
Real Madrid and Girona failed to get full points in the match and  surely Barcelona should be benefited from this situation. But, in fact, Barcelona also couldn't take any advantage of this situation.

Source: Athletic Club vs Barcelona

[GiftedMAN]

Valencia are taking the lead over Real Madrid and I'm sure most of the real fans didn't see this coming ESPECIALLY now that Jude Bellingham is in the game. For a club who need the three points, they seem relaxed to me and even though Valencia can be a pain in the neck, I least expected Los Blancos to loose their guard this early. I just hope they get their acts right and turn the game in their favor else if it ends this way, the point gap between them and Girona will reduce to five points and honestly now is not the time to take chances.

The match between Valencia and Madrid has now entered a break, at this time Valencia appeared quite suurprising by being able to score the opening goal in the 27th minute and they even continued to try to increase the tempo of the game which in the end surprised Madrid, and in just a short time they were able to create a second goal to take the lead in the 30th minute, so far Madrid has only been able to get one goal back when the  first time ended and made the score 2-1 for Valencia , the match is not finished, but to be honest, I was quite surprised by Valencia attacks which could easily break through Madrid  defense so far, Madrid controlled the ball almost 71% and their attacks were actually quite dangerous for Valencia but Madrid superior possession of the ball was not commensurate with their defense today.

The scond half has started, and madrid immediately took the initiative to attack, I think maybe later Madrid will be able to get out of the presure and score a goal to equalize the score, but for now girona fans are certainly enjoying the match more and their hope that the match will end soon .

At the end of the day, thanks to Vinicius Madrid were able to secure a point. I didn't really see that game but was following the updates but I guess they played poorly for such a team like Valencia to take the lead so early. Maybe they are this less concerned about winning as they pass Girona with six points, and from the looks of things, the title contenders aren't even serious because if they were they would have struggled to win the game to atleast close the gap a bit.
 I'm still of the mind that Real Madrid should not think they have the title in the bag cause anything can happen. We are seeing fierce competition between Barca, Atletico Madrid and Girona so they need to put in more work.

The game was full of surprises as Real Madrid didn't give up until the got an equaliser through the same man who got the first goal for them V Junior, for the record the Real Madrid team made a defensive mistake in the first half so the home team took advantage of it to score two early goals but thanks for V Junior for being the saviour of the team as they shared 1:1 point to keep the league title hope alive.

Real Madrid came back in the game in the second half but it was very difficult for them to get the third goal but doesn't made them unserious, hope you watched the game today cause Girona lost from away and Barcelona was held to a goalless draw by Bilbao.

[GbitG]

Barcelona vs Athletic club:
 
The match is over, and Barcelona gets back disappointed. The match was so tough. Bath Club are doing well and impressively, but no one found the back of the net. It was just disappointing for the Xavi and their that they didn't seek any solution or chance to get the victory for 2nd place. Naw Girona are on the second place in the league table despite Real Madrid being at the top, and now Real Madrid have made much more of a difference with the 2nd place club. Anyone who knows the thing knows that Real Madrid have nothing more to stop them from being league champions. Now it's will be totally depends on Real Madrid how they will be trying to figure out all the points for getting back to the Champions.
 
What did you think guys? it is now sure whether real Madrid are the champions of La Liga or not.
 
Share your opinion with us?

[BABY SHOES]

Barcelona is still struggling to win the away match against Bilbao. They look very likely to fail to win this match because Bilbao is performing well at home. Barcelona have failed to take advantage of several good opportunities so far, so I don't think they can win if they are not really able to take advantage of their good opportunities.

If Barcelona fails, then it means regretting it as much as possible. They have difficulty taking advantage of opportunities when other teams fail to get full points and this will ultimately make Barcelona fail to compete closely with Real Madrid at the top of the standings. Pedri and De Jong seem to be injured in this match, it is a big loss for Barcelona.

The target on shoot statistics are the same but the chances are better it is indeed from Barcelona but they do not take good advantage but that is the reality that Barcelona is now difficult to compete with Real Madrid they will not be able to catch up because for me this team has started to falter.

Girona didn't get a point for losing
Barcelona drew with a point, the same with Real Madrid who drew with controversy but interestingly their points are still far to go.

Pedri and De Jong's injuries add to the bad record for Barcelona because some players are important sometimes when some players are absent Barcelona's game is less aggressive again.

[arimamib]

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The description of Week 24 of La Liga is full of competition, Atletico will face Sevilla, while Bilbao will face Almeria. On paper these two teams will secure full points, ATM competition with Bilbao to win tickets to the UCL is very interesting. Three points adrift is still very possible to be trimmed, ATM must be wary of Bilbao improving performance in La Liga, they could be evicted if they lose points when facing Sevilla.

I also didn't expect ATM to lose in the Copa del Rey, Bilbao this season was as surprising as Girona. However, there is still one more leg for ATM to prove its capacity, and of course they don't want to end the season empty-handed. On the other hand, it looks like ATM can lock in tickets to the UCL this season, even though their performance is a little unstable, almost the same as Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid finds themselves in a tight race with Bilbao for a coveted spot in the UEFA Champions League. Week 24 of La Liga promises to be filled with excitement and competition, particularly with key matchups like Atletico Madrid facing Sevilla and Bilbao taking on Almeria. With only three points separating them, every match becomes crucial in their pursuit of securing qualification. They must remain vigilant against potential slip-ups, especially against Sevilla that is fighting to gain their form back.

The unexpected loss in the Copa del Rey might have been disappointing for Atletico Madrid, but they still have an opportunity to showcase their capabilities in the remaining matches. They should focus on delivering strong performances and achieving positive results. Despite their occasional fluctuations in form, Atletico Madrid appears well-positioned to secure a Champions League spot.

[Roseline492]

Girona didn't get a point for losing
Barcelona drew with a point, the same with Real Madrid who drew with controversy but interestingly their points are still far to go.

This was unlike Girona because watching there performance today surprises me and also seeing how they miss all there scoring opportunities against Mallorca, funny enough they even had more performance and chances than Mallorca because they dominated the match very well but the only thing they lack was the ability to score, I was even shock because the Girona I use to know is very consistent in terms of scoring, however it would have been very good for them if they had win this match because they would have gotten more higher points than Barcelona on the table because Barcelona also draw there match today.

[Slow death]

In this round there were results that caused surprise, the first of them was the Real Madrid game against Valencia, I bet on Real Madrid because I was convinced that as many good Real Madrid players who were injured healed, so it would be a game in which Real Madrid I would play with full force then they would win the game, but from what I could see, Real Madrid couldn't win, they had difficulty, once again they showed how they need a player like Mbappe, there are people who kept arguing that Real Madrid don't need Mbappe , but the last 5 games show the opposite with real madrid having only managed 2 wins in the last 5 games, I usually say that real madrid is at the top of the league because barcelona is a shit team

If Barcelona were strong then Real Madrid would be in second place and it's not good for Real Madrid to depend on luck and there is a difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona: coach. while real madrid has a good coach who doesn't change the composition of the best team, on the other hand we have the barcelona coach who is always changing the composition of the best team and with that makes the team draw or lose, if barcelona has good coach, they can win a lot, because they have good players, while real madrid has a good coach but lacks a good striker which could be solved with the arrival of mbappe

Atlético Madrid won thanks to an own goal, although in the game the victory is what matters, I still see Atletico Madrid as a team that could start thinking about fighting for the title, every season they settle for positions below number 2 and in this one we will even go to number 4, something close. Another game that shocked me was the Girona game, it seems that the Girona are going back to the past, in 5 games they only won 1 game, had 3 defeats and 1 draw, this is something terrible for a team that since the beginning of the season was going well and now that there are only a few games left until the end of the season they are declining very quickly

[bering]

In the last 5 matches in Laliga, Girona was only able to record 2 wins and suffered 3 defeats. Of course, their recent decline in performance has made them fail to compete with Real madrid. For Barcelona, ​​of course they have the opportunity to take second place from Girona if Barcelona succeeds in beating Bilbao in today match.

In 2023 Girona was rocking and with the new year coming, bad results start to pop-up which continues to affect the team position in the table. With that defeat against Mallorca, they allowed Real Madrid to increase the gap with a point and gave Barcelona to take their position once they wik against Athletic Bilbao.
The only positive news for Girona players and fans, is that Barcelona result is still 0-0 vs Bilbao with almost 15 minutes left from the end of the game including injury time.

You says is true that since entering 2024 Girona performance is starting not too consistent and since January this year Girona have already to gets 3 loses including the loses from Mallorca today and compared to 2023 at that time Girona only gets 1 loses so these records is proven Girona failed to managed their consistency in this year but they are lucky because Barcelona only able to playing draw from Bilbao so this make Girona still at 2nd place but they only have 1 difference point above to Barcelona

And about the match Bilbao vs Barcelona before the match begin i was beware of Bilbao because this team was very consistent compared to their performance last season and now it is true that after in the first meeting Barcelona lost and today they can only get a draw from Bilbao and this result is make them failed to taking over 2nd place from Girona and for other hand after several times gets poor results Atletico Madrid finally can return to the winning ways again today that they can beat Betis with narrow scores and although playing without Griezmann but Atletico Madrid still can able to performing well but i can see the combination between Morata and Depay was became an the players who hard to guarded by Betis players today and the result is they can bringing Atletico Madrid to collect 3 points from this match

[Chilwell]

~Snip

Neither team could score a goal in the second half. Mallorca won the match 1-0. Girona team lost another match. This team has no chance of occupying the top spot in the table. If they win today's match, they would be able to reduce the points gap with Madrid. Girona would have been behind Madrid by only 4 points if they had won the match. Now the team is 7 points behind Madrid. If Barcelona wins today's match, Girona will move to third place in the table.

The performance of Girona's attacking players was very slow today. This is why they had to be defeated. The team increased the truck badly. They have dropped points in four of their last five matches. Sociedad drew with it. Girona lost against Real Madrid, Athletic Club and Mallorca.

Real Madrid drew, Girona lost, and it was time for Barcelona to take a chance. Barcelona plans to take advantage when the top two teams fail to win this week's match, but Bilbao is not a weak team that is easy to beat. Barcelona should be able to take advantage and win the match so they can return to two place in the standings with a 6 point gap from Real Madrid, but I'm sure it won't be easy.

Bilbao played well in the previous match against Atletico Madrid in the Copa De Rey. Bilbao won the match with a score of 3-0 at home and that will give the players a lot of confidence to face Barcelona today. But in any case, Barcelona's probability of winning today is slightly better than Bilbao's, it's just that Bilbao is very different when playing at home.

Today's match is very important for Barcelona. With Madrid and Girona dropping points, Barcelona now have a chance to grab second place in the table. If they win today's match, Barcelona will be able to occupy the second place in the table.

Athletic Bilbao is also strong in home matches. Athletic Bilbao won their last home match against Barcelona 4-2. So it cannot be said that Barcelona will win today's match. Athletic Club is a good enough team. Barcelona are playing very carefully today. They did not attack much in 25 minutes. But if Lewandowski plays well, Barcelona will win. Barcelona's overall performance depends on Lewandowski's performance.

This weekend is not funny for the three clubs among the top four in the table, only Atletico Madrid succeeded in securing a victory by earning three points completely which make the point gap reduced and also Barcelona helps than in reducing the gap as well by drawing against the Bilbao, only Girona that lost all the three points while Barcelona and Real Madrid only share their points, Real Madrid have increased in point gap between them and Girona, this three teams really need to improve and concentrate on win only even loss is not an option to avoid future disappointment. Barcelona game really surprised me despite the fact that Bilbao are playing home games I didn't expect the march to end 0-0 at least even though it will end it should be 1-1 or 2-2, Bilbao really defended because that they can be able to even register a single big chance while Barcelona only have one chance and they dominate the ball possession.

[BABY SHOES]

Girona didn't get a point for losing
Barcelona drew with a point, the same with Real Madrid who drew with controversy but interestingly their points are still far to go.

This was unlike Girona because watching there performance today surprises me and also seeing how they miss all there scoring opportunities against Mallorca, funny enough they even had more performance and chances than Mallorca because they dominated the match very well but the only thing they lack was the ability to score, I was even shock because the Girona I use to know is very consistent in terms of scoring, however it would have been very good for them if they had win this match because they would have gotten more higher points than Barcelona on the table because Barcelona also draw there match today.

Such are the underdogs they won't last long during their winning streak, is this perhaps where Girona will start to slip?

I'm not so sure when a team that was in the middle of the table last season can compete for the title even though it's still a long way off, but I'm grateful that Girona have done well this season despite not winning the title because for me that would be impossible.

Let's see... will Girona be able to win a ticket to the champions league? Broadly speaking they should be able to but LaLiga is still long anything can happen if they continue to decline then they could lose that position.

[legendbtc]

In the context of Real Madrid's early match, they were robbed of a victory against Valencia and only left the Mestalla stadium with a 2-2 draw. Girona unexpectedly lost to Mallorca with a score of 0-1. That is a good opportunity for Barcelona to take second place from Girona, and they have the chance to do so. However, Barcelona could not take advantage of that opportunity. They could not overwhelm Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona's finishing is problematic. In this match, Barcelona controlled the ball 60%, launched a total of 9 shots, but only two of them hit the target. On the other side of the front line, Bilbao players had 8 finishes and only hit the target twice. There weren't many opportunities created by players from both sides towards each other's goal.

The opportunity to compete for the championship with Real Madrid is increasingly remote for Barcelona.

[odunybiz]

Let's see... will Girona be able to win a ticket to the champions league? Broadly speaking they should be able to but LaLiga is still long anything can happen if they continue to decline then they could lose that position.

This may not be possible if they remain inconsistent as they are presently. Just has you have said, the league is still long and if they continue to lose, they may lose their slot to qualify for the champion league. I never imagine they can lose to Mallorca today. They really miss out, at least they should have tried to secure a draw than losing the whole 3 points.

[temple]

In the context of Real Madrid's early match, they were robbed of a victory against Valencia and only left the Mestalla stadium with a 2-2 draw. Girona unexpectedly lost to Mallorca with a score of 0-1. That is a good opportunity for Barcelona to take second place from Girona, and they have the chance to do so. However, Barcelona could not take advantage of that opportunity. They could not overwhelm Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona's finishing is problematic. In this match, Barcelona controlled the ball 60%, launched a total of 9 shots, but only two of them hit the target. On the other side of the front line, Bilbao players had 8 finishes and only hit the target twice. There weren't many opportunities created by players from both sides towards each other's goal.

The opportunity to compete for the championship with Real Madrid is increasingly remote for Barcelona.

I am not sure I would say that they got robbed. They have allowed Valencia a ton of chances and it was a question of time until that would backfire. This is what now happened. On the good side of things both Girona and Barcelona couldn't win their games. It's not that exciting this season as I doubt that Barcelona or Girona can start a winning streak and win maybe six or seven games in a row. Unless that happens Real Madrid will be safe. It is not very likely that Real Madrid will drop a lot of points until the end of the season.

Or let me reiterate and yes you could say that the last attack was robbery by the referee. I honestly missed that scene, but now that I watched it again, wow. I think I have never seen a referee blow the final whistle in such a situation. Nevertheless, Real Madrid should have avoided many of the mistakes during the game. It wasn't their best performance, but ok.

The red card was a joke against Bellingham because as far as I know he didn't even insult the referee...

[Belarge]

Atletic Club or Bilbao as I know it just beat Atletico Madrid without mercy in the 2nd leg of the Copa Del Rey semi-final.
In the Copa Del Rey, Bilbao met Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals because Bilbao managed to get rid of Barcelona.
Nevertheless, my feeling is that I want Barcelona to win against Bilbao because Girona does not deserve to be in second place.

An important and Atletico Madrid lost both home and away. It was a deserved victory for Athletico Club, they did everything to end up on the winning side and keeping clean sheet against Los Colchoneros was a big question on the team's performance. Diego Simeone was frustrated and couldn't believe his eyes. After watching how Athletic Club eliminates Atletico Madrid from the Copa del Rey tournament, I've started to give strong hope for these mediocre teams. I believe these teams know how to handle the top sides more balance than their fellow average sides.

[TopT3ns]

At the end of the day, thanks to Vinicius Madrid were able to secure a point. I didn't really see that game but was following the updates but I guess they played poorly for such a team like Valencia to take the lead so early. Maybe they are this less concerned about winning as they pass Girona with six points, and from the looks of things, the title contenders aren't even serious because if they were they would have struggled to win the game to atleast close the gap a bit.
 I'm still of the mind that Real Madrid should not think they have the title in the bag cause anything can happen. We are seeing fierce competition between Barca, Atletico Madrid and Girona so they need to put in more work.

It was clear that Real Madrid were playing with a lot of emotion because in the final round Real Madrid got a red card and of course this is what made Real Madrid fail to win because they couldn't control their emotions and played with a cool head, because sometimes when they were on the field they were full of anger then often make wrong decisions.