La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Polkeins]

This year, as in the past, competition in La Laga is again at an all-time high. In fact 3 teams Girona, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid can still theoretically catch up with Real and become La Liga champions and if Real didn't have such a fantastic season, the competition would be even higher.

For Girona, this is one of the most important wins in recent times and it is all the more important because previously, starting almost from the 2015/2016 season Girona always lost to Betis and their win broke Betis' winning streak. With this win, Girona are back in the race for the top of La Liga.

The competition isn't really that intense as you are describing it. "at an all-time high". How many La Liga seasons have you been following now to draw the conclusion that this is among the most exciting seasons ever?

Real Madrid is leading by a huge distance and the other teams have no chance to get closer to them as Real Madrid's consistency is impressive and they won't play any worse than they are doing. Now where do you see the buzz here? I can't see it. We can talk about Barcelona and whether they or Girona will go for 2nd place in La Liga, but the title is essentially won by Real Madrid already.

Barcelona's defense is way too bad and Atletico Madrid isn't even close to any of the teams. How can Atletico Madrid catch up with Real Madrid when they are 20 points behind and 8 games to go? Are you looking at the wrong season? Better check season 2023/24.

Barcelona's gap from Real is 7 points and considering that there are still 8 rounds ahead in which the teams can gain theoretically 24 points, Barcelona still have a chance to catch up with Real, and if Barcelona would concede less, the gap would be even smaller, because the difference in goals scored between Real and Barcelona is only 5 goals, but in goals conceded Real is better than Barcelona by 14.

About Atletico really mistaken, I thought that Simeone's team had 65 points like Girona, not 55 as it is now. Here even theoretically everything is very bad, although it has always been usual to see Atletico on 2-3 place, but apparently this season the 3rd place will be a huge success, although again it is possible to win 10 points from Girona, but the chances are not very great, especially after the last victory of Girona.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

There is only one match in Spanish La Liga today. Villareal will play Atletico Madrid at home. Villareal are on a very important streak in the league. They have won their last 4 games in the league. With these results, they are suddenly above the relegation line. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid are fighting to finish in the top 4 teams in the league. They eliminated Inter in the Champions League and reached the quarterfinals. They have also been getting good results in recent weeks. I will bet on both teams to score in this match.

[Farma]

I think Atletico Madrid kept being under pressure. After failing to fight for title race, they now have to fight for the Champions League spot with being chased by Bilbao and Sociedad. This constant pressure put them having no time to take a breath. in this situation, any loss would out more pressure on them with no time to relax while still having to compete in Champions League.

Simeone has to find a solution for this situation. They will not able to afford another loss, because their chance to finish fourth on the standings could be slimmer and slimmer while they have to compete with two clubs, Bilbao and Sociedad. While the chance to finish fourth position is still on their hand, they have to capitalize maximum points in every remaining games. From now, they will be under pressure to win each remaining game, because of the slow start of the season. They have themself to blame for this situation.  

For now, Atletico Madrid is the favorite to finish in the top 4 after Bilbao lost to Real Madrid, so it is very likely that Atletico Madrid will be able to move up to 4th position if they win the match against Villarreal this week.
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Being under pressure is a natural thing, but I think Atletico Madrid has a good enough mentality to compete at the top of the standings and if you look at the performance and quality I have, I'm pretty sure Atletico Madrid can finish in the top 4.
However, currently Atletico Madrid has to divide its focus between the La Liga match and the Champions League match, but it is not completely under pressure, in fact if both run smoothly it will be positive energy for them to be able to produce their best performance.

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Real Madrid didn't allow any surprises when they won yesterday. There is a good match today too. Villarreal, who is in great form, will face Atletico Madrid, who has had a bad run last weeks. Atletico Madrid needs to win to regain fourth place. Winning at El Madrigal is not easy. Villarreal, who scored goals in attack with Sörloth, Moreno and Morales this season, is one of the teams that conceded the most goals in the league. I think there is a high probability that both sides will score. It could be a draw with multiple goals or an Atletico win.

Atletico Madrid must take advantage of the defeat suffered by Athletic Bilbao this week. They must be able to win today's match if they want to return to the top 4 of the standings. They also have to win again after losing in the last 2 matches which left them in 5th place.

However, they also have to be careful because Villarreal are also in very good condition with their winning streak, and also another advantage is that they will play as hosts. It's not an easy thing for Atletico Madrid but it's not impossible either, because in fact the quality of their players is still superior to Villarreal, the only difference is that they can't play consistently this season which makes it difficult for them to compete in the top 4 of the standings. .

[BITCOIN4X]

There is only one match in Spanish La Liga today. Villareal will play Atletico Madrid at home. Villareal are on a very important streak in the league. They have won their last 4 games in the league. With these results, they are suddenly above the relegation line. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid are fighting to finish in the top 4 teams in the league. They eliminated Inter in the Champions League and reached the quarterfinals. They have also been getting good results in recent weeks. I will bet on both teams to score in this match.

The difference in performance of the two teams may be a benchmark in determining the probability of the two, but Atletico Madrid still seems worthy of being the favorite even though their performance has not been as good as Villarreal's in their last few matches. Atletico Madrid have better motivation in this match considering they have the opportunity to take fourth place from Bilbao who lost yesterday to Real Madrid, so it is natural that Villarreal is not the favorite even though they are playing at home.

Today is a big opportunity for Atletico Madrid to return to the top four, so it should not be missed. If Atletico Madrid really fails to live up to expectations in this match, then I don't know if they can end the season in the top four. I think it's going to be a great game from both teams, so I'll be looking forward to it.

[FanEagle]

It is not a shocker that Real is the winner, that is literally what we get 90% of the time, either Real or Barcelona win, very very rarely ATM becomes the title owner, like maybe once a decade, but that's about it. So, having either Real or Barcelona as the winner is not really a newsworthy thing. Last year it was Barcelona's turn, this year it is Real, who knows what will happen next season.

Barcelona doesn't have a bad team, so if they do well enough then I am guessing that they could win it next season again, it wouldn't be unlikely. However, if Real gets Mbappe somehow, I am guessing that things could look a little different for them and it would definitely be something Barcelona should be worried about for sure.

[Mame89]

Rodrygo was a player who finished well in that match, especially when he had opportunities. The first goal was quite neat, the second goal was proof of his calmness when finishing it. However, behind all that, Athletic Bilbao's defense actually had problems in this match. They were not very good defensively so it was quite easy for Real Madrid to explore the space between the Bilbao defenders and they scored.

However, it must be admitted that Rodrygo, who plays on the left wing, always performs well and even always contributes to the team. I slightly think that next season Ancelotti will have a headache with the implementation of the formation. The reason is that Rodrygo is always good when placed on the left side because that is his natural position. He always gave up playing in various positions but as a result his performance declined. Meanwhile next season there will be 3 LW, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Mbappe. Ancelotti's winning options are many but he has to sacrifice one of his players.

Bilbao's defeat will likely be exploited by Atletico Madrid to push into the Champions League zone. Atletico Madrid must win their away match against Villarreal today and that will put them 2 points ahead of Bilbao. Atletico Madrid has a high probability of winning away games, but recently they have also been less consistent with their performance.

Of course, the defeat experienced by Bilbao automatically benefits Atletico Madrid in remaining in the UCL League zone. against Villareal I think Atletico Madrid will be aiming for three points because apart from wanting to overtake Bilbao in fourth place, this victory will also increase their enthusiasm to face Dortmund in the UCL League next week.

[tiCeR]

Yes, I was hoping for some more tension towards the end of the season as it is always amazing to see Real Madrid and Barcelona racing head to head and then the good old clasico takes place. I think everyone of us can remember one of those spectacular games when there was so much on the line in those games. But now with a comfortable 8 points lead I think there will still be a lot going on during that game, but it is quite a different starting position for both teams. Real Madrid doesn't have to win at all cost and they play at home, which makes it very difficult for an inconsistent Barcelona team. I think the La Liga title is already in the hands of Real Madrid.

Yes, I still remember the old days when the battle for who will become champions in La Liga between Real Madrid and Barcelona was very difficult to predict due to the performance between the both teams and their points likewise the caliber of players they have in the team and it was always interesting to watch the two teams Play each other because you could easily expect a big fight between the defenders and Ronaldo and Messi was the focus in the game and they were always doing their best but lately the performance of Barcelona dropped and the team has managed to get back a little on their feet but with the 8 points difference between them and Real Madrid, I hink Xavi may need to get more better players that can match Real Madrid team if they want to compete with them next season cause 8 points should give them the league already.

Yees and then you sometimes had Atletico Madrid in the middle of Real Madrid and Barcelona. When all of these three teams had their best years like a decade ago, La Liga was a hell of fun to follow and watch and needless to say that El Clasico was the biggest game in football globally. Sometimes it was even better than any Champions League game because Real Madrid and Barcelona were so close in the table and I recall the heat during those games. Pepe and Ramos trying to stop Messi. Or on the other side the defense trying to stop Ronaldo and yet these unique strikers found their ways to score so many goals regardless of how strong the defense was. Regrettably, we are definitely talking about the past here and I am very doubtful that we will get to see another duel of that category like Messi against Ronaldo. But it wasn't only these two players, the whole squads of both teams were insanely good.

[Z_MBFM]

Real Madrid didn't allow any surprises when they won yesterday. There is a good match today too. Villarreal, who is in great form, will face Atletico Madrid, who has had a bad run last weeks. Atletico Madrid needs to win to regain fourth place. Winning at El Madrigal is not easy. Villarreal, who scored goals in attack with Sörloth, Moreno and Morales this season, is one of the teams that conceded the most goals in the league. I think there is a high probability that both sides will score. It could be a draw with multiple goals or an Atletico win.

It was an easy win for Real Madrid and it would be more accurate to say for Rodrygo that he was the best player of the match by scoring two goals. Rodrygo proved in this match how well he can play on the left side. In fact, he can flow very easily on the left side and open the game vertically, just like Vinícius júnior. With this win, Real Madrid increased its points to 75.

They are quite comfortable in the league for now.

No it was not easy win for real madrid against Athletic Club. Athletic Club is also a good team like Real madrid and they are in 4th position in the point table. Real Madrid played the match with great importance from the beginning of the game.  Rodrygo got a great chance and scored a goal in the first 8 minutes of the game for Real Madrid. After that, there was a lot of tussle and in the 73rd minute, Real Madrid player Rodrygo got another chance and he alone scored 2 great goals and Real Madrid won the match 2-0. Real Madrid are now leading by many points so they are a strong team in the points table also in the field.

[GxSTxV]

Villarreal - Atletico Madrid

This game might seem as not important as the other coming matches between leaders of the standings, however, Atletico Madrid is required to win today and get the 3 points back home otherwise they may suffer from losing their chances to play in UCL next season if they don’t take back the 4th place in standings which is currently and temporary taken by Ath Bilbao.

Villarreal is not an easy opponent for them since they must have felt that the timing of the international break wasn’t good result of their recent form. They have been on a winning streak winning in their last four league matches, which extends their unbeaten run in La Liga to nine games; five wins and four draws. This impressive run may put the visitors in a bad situation tonight.

While Atletico lost 3-0 to Barcelona before the international break for their 8th league loss this season so they are out of the top four and could be looking at the gap getting bigger if they don’t win tonight.

[Chilwell]

Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid

Villarreal StartXI: 4-3-3

Filip Jörgensen; Yerson Mosquera; Aïssa Mandi; Raúl Albiol; Jorge Cuenca; Étienne Capoue; Dani Parejo; Francis Coquelin; Gerard Moreno; Alexander Sørloth; Gonçalo Guedes

Atletico Madrid StartXI: 3-4-3

Jan Oblak; José María Giménez; Axel Witsel; Reinildo Mandava; Marcos Llorente; Koke; Pablo Barrios; Samuel Lino; Antoine Griezmann; Memphis Depay; Rodrigo Riquelme

Atletico Madrid has faced defeat in their last game against Barcelona and tonight they are facing Villarreal who have good performances then Atletico Madrid, Villarreal last five matches was incredible and impressive, they have have four wins and one lose, while Atletico Madrid only have two wins and 3 lose. Checking their head to head in their last five meetings Villarreal have the highest wins both home and away while Villarreal only had single wins. Let see can Villarreal continue with the record or Atletico Madrid will put end to that, currently Villarreal are more consistent in terms of performance than Atletico Madrid, what do you think?

[skarais]

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It was an easy win for Real Madrid and it would be more accurate to say for Rodrygo that he was the best player of the match by scoring two goals. Rodrygo proved in this match how well he can play on the left side. In fact, he can flow very easily on the left side and open the game vertically, just like Vinícius júnior. With this win, Real Madrid increased its points to 75.

They are quite comfortable in the league for now.

In my opinion, Real Madrid can safely hope for the title, so they are no longer in danger of losing it. Maybe Real Madrid can lose a few points in the remainder of this season, but because the points difference with Barcelona is too high, it can be said that Real Madrid will win the title. Barcelona is finding it very difficult to make title competition at the moment, so they will only focus on getting tickets to the Champions League next season.

Real Madrid played well at home, in fact I didn't find Bilbao really threatening throughout the match. There were indeed several good opportunities, but none of the players could score from 3 shots on target. Without Vinicius, Real Madrid's performance was just as good, that's because Rodrygo was impressive.

[armanda90]

In my opinion, Real Madrid can safely hope for the title, so they are no longer in danger of losing it. Maybe Real Madrid can lose a few points in the remainder of this season, but because the points difference with Barcelona is too high, it can be said that Real Madrid will win the title. Barcelona is finding it very difficult to make title competition at the moment, so they will only focus on getting tickets to the Champions League next season.

Real Madrid played well at home, in fact I didn't find Bilbao really threatening throughout the match. There were indeed several good opportunities, but none of the players could score from 3 shots on target. Without Vinicius, Real Madrid's performance was just as good, that's because Rodrygo was impressive.

I have the same viewed with your how near future with Real Madrid opportunity for winning La Liga tittle in this season behind 8 matches left faced not really difficult opponent teams except El Clasico match on games week 32. Indeed loss three points in this match Real Madrid keep leading the top position standings behind 5 points remaining from Barcelona. Actually has match left against Barcelona is great opportunity for Madrid to make over for La Liga tittle race if can win on El Clasico match and has 11 difference points.

Real Madrid matches left

• Real Mallorca
• Barcelona
• Sociedad
• Cadiz
• Granada
• Alaves
• Villareal
• Betis

Seems difficult any above opponent team can's stopping Madrid securing three points, I don't think problem for Carlo Ancelotti for winning all matches left and has chance to win La Liga as soon possibility.

[Falconer]

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Barcelona's gap from Real is 7 points and considering that there are still 8 rounds ahead in which the teams can gain theoretically 24 points, Barcelona still have a chance to catch up with Real, and if Barcelona would concede less, the gap would be even smaller, because the difference in goals scored between Real and Barcelona is only 5 goals, but in goals conceded Real is better than Barcelona by 14.

About Atletico really mistaken, I thought that Simeone's team had 65 points like Girona, not 55 as it is now. Here even theoretically everything is very bad, although it has always been usual to see Atletico on 2-3 place, but apparently this season the 3rd place will be a huge success, although again it is possible to win 10 points from Girona, but the chances are not very great, especially after the last victory of Girona.

My advice, try recalculating the points gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid, maybe you are wrong.
Based on my calculations, the points gap between the two teams is 8 points with 8 games remaining until the end of the season. Of course there are 24 points up for grabs and so far I have no doubts in saying that Real Madrid will be the one to lift the La Liga trophy instead of Barcelona.

Moreover, I'm not sure Barcelona can threaten Real Madrid's position at the top of the standings. Barcelona always has difficulty maintaining their good performance, and they even tend to have difficulty winning easy matches for the rest of the season. Real Madrid is still very likely to create a bigger points gap than Barcelona, ​​but this might happen in the next El Clasico.

[Baki202]

Real Madrid managed to beat Atletico Bilbao with a score of 2-0. The 2 goals were created by Rodrygo in the 8th minute and also the 73rd minute which succeeded in bringing Real Madrid to 3 points from this match. Indeed, from the start, Real Madrid were the main favorites in this match and they were able to respond to the trust placed in them.
Actually there was nothing special in this match, because the match went as predicted. Atletico Bilbao were actually also able to put up resistance, but they couldn't penetrate the defense built by Real Madrid, so they couldn't score a single goal.
This result makes Real Madrid's position still the same as before, but this is a threat for Atletico Bilbao, because it is very likely that this defeat will make them lose 4th position in the standings. Atletico Madrid will be prepared to take that position as long as they can win when they face Villarreal in the next match. Atletico Madrid has a great opportunity to return to the top 4 in the standings.

if they got superpowers or not because their game against Atletico Bilbao was interesting because the first attempt even came from Real Madrid, which was a goal and a direct goal for that matter. It was as if they were prepared and wanted to flex their muscles and show their dominance and the way Madrid was operating from all angles was impressive, and the shots on target were almost looking like goals, with Rodríguez scoring the two goals. He was the man of the match, and Madrid showed that they did not have high hopes for the Champions League they already had high chances of winning the match, and Madrid showed that they did not have high hopes for the Champions League; they already had high chances of winning La Liga, so they should stick to that.  It was not special but it added another point to Madrid and that way, it made the whole thing outstanding. Madrid is already a threat to a lot of clubs but, like I said, not to us, the city.

[Altryist]

Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid

Villarreal StartXI: 4-3-3

Filip Jörgensen; Yerson Mosquera; Aïssa Mandi; Raúl Albiol; Jorge Cuenca; Étienne Capoue; Dani Parejo; Francis Coquelin; Gerard Moreno; Alexander Sørloth; Gonçalo Guedes

Atletico Madrid StartXI: 3-4-3

Jan Oblak; José María Giménez; Axel Witsel; Reinildo Mandava; Marcos Llorente; Koke; Pablo Barrios; Samuel Lino; Antoine Griezmann; Memphis Depay; Rodrigo Riquelme

Atletico Madrid has faced defeat in their last game against Barcelona and tonight they are facing Villarreal who have good performances then Atletico Madrid, Villarreal last five matches was incredible and impressive, they have have four wins and one lose, while Atletico Madrid only have two wins and 3 lose. Checking their head to head in their last five meetings Villarreal have the highest wins both home and away while Villarreal only had single wins. Let see can Villarreal continue with the record or Atletico Madrid will put end to that, currently Villarreal are more consistent in terms of performance than Atletico Madrid, what do you think?

Victory in this match is more important for Atletico, but for Villarreal this match does not solve anything, since they are in the middle of the standing, and have very few opportunities to rise higher. But Atletico only needs a victory so that they can rise to the top 4, and so far at the end of the first half they succeed and win 0:1. And Villarreal was able to make only two shots against Atletico and not a single shot on target. Perhaps in the second half Simione will be more focused on defense.

[skarais]

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I have the same viewed with your how near future with Real Madrid opportunity for winning La Liga tittle in this season behind 8 matches left faced not really difficult opponent teams except El Clasico match on games week 32. Indeed loss three points in this match Real Madrid keep leading the top position standings behind 5 points remaining from Barcelona. Actually has match left against Barcelona is great opportunity for Madrid to make over for La Liga tittle race if can win on El Clasico match and has 11 difference points.

Real Madrid matches left

• Real Mallorca
• Barcelona
• Sociedad
• Cadiz
• Granada
• Alaves
• Villareal
• Betis

Seems difficult any above opponent team can's stopping Madrid securing three points, I don't think problem for Carlo Ancelotti for winning all matches left and has chance to win La Liga as soon possibility.

Not all of these matches can be won by Real Madrid easily, so I remain confident that there will be several matches that are difficult to win, including the El Clasico match against Barcelona. Mallorca may be underrated, but who knows the result of the match?

Of course there are many easy games where Real Madrid are the favorites, but there are always surprises to be expected towards the end of the season even against teams that seem relatively easy. It is clear that Mallorca, Cadiz, Granada and Alaves are underestimated against Real Madrid, but maybe the result of the match will be different and not as expected. A draw or loss is still possible for Real Madrid in the remainder of the season, but they are very likely to win the title.

[red4slash]

Victory in this match is more important for Atletico, but for Villarreal this match does not solve anything, since they are in the middle of the standing, and have very few opportunities to rise higher. But Atletico only needs a victory so that they can rise to the top 4, and so far at the end of the first half they succeed and win 0:1. And Villarreal was able to make only two shots against Atletico and not a single shot on target. Perhaps in the second half Simione will be more focused on defense.

The current situation is still possible for them to win, but seeing from Villarreal's attack pattern where their fast counter-attacks are quite troublesome, it seems that this is still a difficult situation for Atletico, especially they are still not too good when attacking.
This is still difficult for Atletico to win even though they are the current favourites because seeing from Villarreal's fighting spirit now when playing at El Madrigal, which incidentally is their own home, there is definitely a great confidence because they play with the full support of their supporters.

Time is still long enough now for Atletico to be able to outperform Villarreal again but indeed this will not be easy especially with Villarreal who could equalise the score some time ago making their confidence definitely increased and this could be a problem for Atletico.

[Antotena]

It was an easy win for Real Madrid and it would be more accurate to say for Rodrygo that he was the best player of the match by scoring two goals. Rodrygo proved in this match how well he can play on the left side. In fact, he can flow very easily on the left side and open the game vertically, just like Vinícius júnior. With this win, Real Madrid increased its points to 75.

They are quite comfortable in the league for now.

Real Madrid is one of the teams in Spain with the most complete players and yet I don't know how they manage to succeed without a striker, since Benzema exited that team Rodrigo has manifested a lot of goals like a true striker but I don't know why Anceloti hasn't converted him like they did converted Benzema because I remember he used to be a winger, like the way Vinicious is doing well now for the club but the focus all went to Bellingham.

Real Madrid knows how to get good players but they use them in their own ways, if Rodrigo has been in another team, I'm very sure they would be using him constantly as striker. Who knows if Real Madrid has another plan to even bring a new striker apart from Mbape deal that is going on underground.

[Justbillywitt]

Victory in this match is more important for Atletico, but for Villarreal this match does not solve anything, since they are in the middle of the standing, and have very few opportunities to rise higher. But Atletico only needs a victory so that they can rise to the top 4, and so far at the end of the first half they succeed and win 0:1. And Villarreal was able to make only two shots against Atletico and not a single shot on target. Perhaps in the second half Simione will be more focused on defense.

The current situation is still possible for them to win, but seeing from Villarreal's attack pattern where their fast counter-attacks are quite troublesome, it seems that this is still a difficult situation for Atletico, especially they are still not too good when attacking.
This is still difficult for Atletico to win even though they are the current favourites because seeing from Villarreal's fighting spirit now when playing at El Madrigal, which incidentally is their own home, there is definitely a great confidence because they play with the full support of their supporters.

Time is still long enough now for Atletico to be able to outperform Villarreal again but indeed this will not be easy especially with Villarreal who could equalise the score some time ago making their confidence definitely increased and this could be a problem for Atletico.

Both teams are playing with so much intensity, but if this game ends like this it will be good for Atlético Madrid. They will get back to the top 4 should the game ends in this way. Villarreal are really playing very good and they might go ahead to draw this match. Atlético Madrid really needed to win this match. Atlético Madrid have lost form lately and this has resulted to them losing their top 4 status, this game would  a perfect way for them to get back to the top 4, but so far they are still struggling winning by 2 goals to 1. I just hope it ends this way for them.