La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[hahay]

It's not easy to survive in La Liga because the competition is quite fierce and I think Granada is not ready to compete fiercely in the La LIga competition.
Granada's big defeat is quite reasonable, Real Madrid has a much stronger strength even though they play with their substitute players and also Real Madrid's reserve players want to show their true quality when given playing minutes by Ancelotti so of course they will play to the fullest as shown when match against Granada.

There is nothing to argue about Granada they are the 2nd team confirmed to be relegated, by only collecting 21 points and 3 matches remaining, the maximum points obtained is 30 meanwhile, to get out of the relegation zone they have to collect 35 points so there is no other way. Cadiz is one of the teams in the relegation zone they still have a chance to stay away from relegation but it takes a miracle to do it, winning all the remaining matches is not a guarantee because they hope Celta Vila loses in the next 3 matches.

I agree, that Real Madrid's second tier players will certainly show their quality and potential when they are given playing time. Even though they only played against teams in the relegation zone, but Real Madrid's second tier players also didn't hold back and were still aiming for a good final result too, ofcourse. But at least, today Real Madrid will play at home against Alaves and I'm curious whether Ancelotti will play his second tier players again or not . Because after all,at least Alaves is also a mediocre team and as such, it is likely that Ancelotti will play his second tier players but even so, I personally will still be confident that Real Madrid will still win at the Bernabeu.

[Razmirraz]

Snip.

I will not give an assessment of whether Barcelona's game was good or bad in that match. Generally for me Xavi is not bad in handling Barcelona this season.

Barcelona has experienced many obstacles this season which have made it quite difficult for Xavi to compete since the start of the season. You are right, next season the club needs to pay attention to what the team needs that Xavi wants if Barcelona wants to achieve many achievements.
One of them concerns player spending in the open transfer window.
The defense line is a line that Xavi must improve because this season this line is very vulnerable.

There is always a comparison of the results achieved each season, as a result of failing to defend the La Liga title this season, Xavi performance has come under sharp scrutiny from outside parties. In general, it is quite difficult to handle a large team, there are always demands that are a burden on the coach, when the team is unable to achieve the targets set by management, the coach is the first person to be blamed.

Yes, it's not too bad, Barcelona has only had five defeats since the start of the season and seven draws. Competitive competition from Real Madrid makes it difficult for Barcelona to catch up with their points. This season's failures must be corrected next season, there are several positions that need to be replaced to maintain the stability of the squad. Xavi must be able to make Barcelona win several titles next season to increase the club's income while reducing the financial burden it is facing.

[Ahli38]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

I also can't deny this because I almost have the same thoughts about this club. But miraculously, despite this, we can still see that this club is always one of the second or first strongest. And in fact, if the Arabs then came to control, their fate would actually be better, as has happened to several clubs in other leagues. But one thing that is certain is that this club has been in financial trouble for too long. And actually they need a solution as soon as possible. Maybe they have fixed it little by little but other problems could arise if they don't solve the old problems immediately. But I hope a miracle does come to this club.

[Chilwell]

Osasuna vs Mallorca


Osasuna StartXI: 4-3-3

Aitor Fernández; Rubén Peña; Alejandro Catena; Jorge Herrando; Juan Cruz; Jon Moncayola; Iker Muñoz; Aimar Oroz; Rubén García; Raúl García; José Manuel Arnáiz

Mallorca StartXI: 5-4-1

Predrag Rajković; Nacho Vidal; Giovanni González; Antonio Raíllo; Matija Nastasić; Toni Lato; Dani Rodríguez; Omar Mascarell; Manu Morlanes; Sergi Darder; Cyle Larin

Osasuna had just been lucky with earlier performance the had from the beginning of the season, if not they will find them in relegation zone, because if they started with this their current performance they will not end well that why the earlier the better, they haven't won a single match in their last five matches both home and away. While Mallorca are really running away from relegation zone which their dream are coming true, at least the won their last game, checking their last five matches despite the loss some i was still impressed with their performance, they played against tough team like Real Madrid, which they manage to end the match 0-1, this game really make me to have confidence for Mallorca. The both teams really need this match, it very important for both.

[Die_empty]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

I also can't deny this because I almost have the same thoughts about this club. But miraculously, despite this, we can still see that this club is always one of the second or first strongest. And in fact, if the Arabs then came to control, their fate would actually be better, as has happened to several clubs in other leagues. But one thing that is certain is that this club has been in financial trouble for too long. And actually they need a solution as soon as possible. Maybe they have fixed it little by little but other problems could arise if they don't solve the old problems immediately. But I hope a miracle does come to this club.

Coach Xabi Hernandez has successfully managed the players that the club could afford to achieve some level of success. Last season was better because they won a trophy but they have not had a good season currently. If nothing is done, the club will still struggle next season because they have not been able to come out of their financial mess. The Blaugrana still have a high wage bill because they have some top-class players.

The option might be to let some high-earning players leave at the end of the season. Players like Raphinha who earns about €240,000 per week might have to be replaced by younger and cheaper players like Lamine Yamal. The club has also shown the indication of letting Ronald Araújo enable them to raise to  €100 million ($109m) for the sale of the quality centre-back. And it seems Bayern Munich is interested in signing the Uruguay international. Selling some amount of stake to the money bags from the gulf will also be another viable option to safe the club from bankruptcy. 

[KTChampions]

It really saddens me about how bilbao was missing a chance to play in the UCL. I was thinking that if bilbao will able to defend its place but it was wrong about that. Atletico madrid was slowly but surely is always able in getting very good results. The club is now havnig very big chance to qualify for the UCL next season. Have 4 clubs that will be qualified to the UCL.
It sounds good to have girona in the top 4. this is a new history for girona. I never expect this to perform perfectly like this as a midtable club last season who can take a part in the UCL next season. It's always so amazing to see how girona's coach has been always working so hard in order to make his club perform even better.

It's impossible for atletico madrid to be surpassed by bilbao, it has 8 points more. It's obvious bilbao must be feeling satisfied to get the 4th place. Congratulation for girona by qualifiong to the UCL.
This club is performing even better after it was a part of city football group. Girona has talented coach who can give positive progress to the club.

Yes, Bilbao lost their chances of qualifying for the Champions League in sad style. But I would note that there is a sadder thing for La Liga: a very low rating due to the fact that literally only Real Madrid shows good, consistent results in the Champions League. If Barcelona and Atlético were as strong as before, then now it would not be Italy and Germany that had 5 tickets to the Champions League, but La Liga + Italy. Thus Bilbao would get a ticket. But now La Liga is lower than all three competitors (Serie A, Bundesliga, Premier League) and in order to get into the top 2, the other clubs except Real Madrid must also start earning a lot of points in the UEFA rankings.

[ShowOff]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

I also can't deny this because I almost have the same thoughts about this club. But miraculously, despite this, we can still see that this club is always one of the second or first strongest. And in fact, if the Arabs then came to control, their fate would actually be better, as has happened to several clubs in other leagues. But one thing that is certain is that this club has been in financial trouble for too long. And actually they need a solution as soon as possible. Maybe they have fixed it little by little but other problems could arise if they don't solve the old problems immediately. But I hope a miracle does come to this club.

Even with their poor financial status, Barcelona is still almost guaranteed to finish in second place in La Liga this season compared to clubs that have better finances than Barcelona. I admit that there is a decline in the performance of defensive players this season compared to last season, but Barcelona have at least been much more successful in the Champions League even though they only reached the quarter-finals.

I can imagine that Xavi would be more successful than many other La Liga club coaches if Barcelona's financial condition was very good. Xavi is still quite capable of building a team in difficult times, but expecting perfection from him especially this season is clearly unreasonable. A financial solution is clearly expected to come to help Barcelona recover, but it will take a long time for this problem to be resolved.

[Moreno233]

At this time Madrid no longer need points in the league so fielding a reserve squad is certainly the right choice for Ancelotti, so far Ancelotti has exerted the all energy of the main players in every crucial game they face and of course giving them rest time will certainly make them fit enough and have a good performance to face the Champions League final later,  For now the Champions League final is the only important game they have and Ancelotti should focus that the match from now on, Dortmund have quality and performance below them but still the final match will make Dortmund to give everything they can to make things difficult for Madrid.

I agree with you on the need to use reserve in the match tonight because of the match they have with Borussia Dortmund which is more important than the already concluded La Liga match. The advantages of using the reserve is high such as avoidance of injuries for any of the major players and avoidance of fatigue. If the players have enough rest from strenuous physical outings, they will be in their top energy during the final. Unfortunately, I don't Ancelotti will chose this option because he is not fond of reserving players. Unless he changes from his old ways, he will use his best sqard tonight and that will mean serious problems for their visitors.

[tusandii]

Unfortunately, I don't Ancelotti will chose this option because he is not fond of reserving players. Unless he changes from his old ways, he will use his best sqard tonight and that will mean serious problems for their visitors.

In fact, in several previous matches, Ancelotti preferred to keep the main players to avoid injury, but who knows what Ancelotti is planning in today's match, we can see if Ancelotti uses the main players to face Alaves.
Meanwhile, Alaves is actually not a club that is too strong for Real Madrid, but I am a little confused about Ancelotti's goal in this match using Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinic as the first players who will compete today.
In fact, if Ancelotti uses reserve players in this match, the result will still be a win because Real Madrid's reserve players also have very good talent and even though the results are bad it will not make any changes to Real Madrid's position.

Looking at the current formation, it looks like Real Madrid will score a big score in this match and maybe Ancelotti can't rest the main players for too long and chooses to warm up the main players so they can still have good physical condition but maybe they will only appear in the first half.

[Salahmu]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

Yeah indeed their behavior in regards to their financial management is quite not encouraging because the club is being affected by it if not that with the help of their coach who was able to revive the club when they almost lost hope of going far on this season because with their performance then they never imagine themselves to get to the points they are now however what Barcelona needs is more good investors that would invest huge on the club just like PSG so that they will be able buy any players of their choice.

Although i believe that the management will be working on how to improve the club next season and even if they are not financially stable I believe that their could be chance for them to improve more because like you said if they have some Arabian Putting money on the club they would surely start making a very good impact more than the way they are now.

[Uruhara]

I agree with you on the need to use reserve in the match tonight because of the match they have with Borussia Dortmund which is more important than the already concluded La Liga match. The advantages of using the reserve is high such as avoidance of injuries for any of the major players and avoidance of fatigue. If the players have enough rest from strenuous physical outings, they will be in their top energy during the final. Unfortunately, I don't Ancelotti will chose this option because he is not fond of reserving players. Unless he changes from his old ways, he will use his best sqard tonight and that will mean serious problems for their visitors.

Ancelotti seems to prefer to secure victory even though Real Madrid are confirmed to be champions this season. And maybe the goal is so that the main players don't lose their sharpness. because sometimes being on the bench too much can make a player lose his sharpness on the field. And there are still about two weeks before the Champions League Final match. And maybe the main players won't play the full time in today's match. They just need to secure a goal early in the match or something and pull it out later.

[Chilwell]

Real Madrid vs Alaves


Real Madrid StartXI: 4-3-3

Thibaut Courtois; Daniel Carvajal; Nacho Fernández; Éder Militão; Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde; Eduardo Camavinga; Toni Kroos; Rodrygo; Jude Bellingham; Vinícius Júnior

Alaves StartXI: 4-3-3

Jesús Owono; Andoni Gorosabel; Abdelkabir Abqar; Rafa Marín; Rubén Duarte; Ander Guevara; Antonio Blanco; Ianis Hagi; Álex Sola; Samuel Omorodion; Luis Rioja

[BALIK]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

I also can't deny this because I almost have the same thoughts about this club. But miraculously, despite this, we can still see that this club is always one of the second or first strongest. And in fact, if the Arabs then came to control, their fate would actually be better, as has happened to several clubs in other leagues. But one thing that is certain is that this club has been in financial trouble for too long. And actually they need a solution as soon as possible. Maybe they have fixed it little by little but other problems could arise if they don't solve the old problems immediately. But I hope a miracle does come to this club.

Coach Xabi Hernandez has successfully managed the players that the club could afford to achieve some level of success. Last season was better because they won a trophy but they have not had a good season currently. If nothing is done, the club will still struggle next season because they have not been able to come out of their financial mess. The Blaugrana still have a high wage bill because they have some top-class players.

The option might be to let some high-earning players leave at the end of the season. Players like Raphinha who earns about €240,000 per week might have to be replaced by younger and cheaper players like Lamine Yamal. The club has also shown the indication of letting Ronald Araújo enable them to raise to  €100 million ($109m) for the sale of the quality centre-back. And it seems Bayern Munich is interested in signing the Uruguay international. Selling some amount of stake to the money bags from the gulf will also be another viable option to safe the club from bankruptcy. 

Even at the stage where Barcelona does not have much money to work with they are still spending a lot of money for the wages of the players. Actually, they could easily reduce that. Real Madrid is currently the best squad in La Liga. there is no reason Real Madrid spends as much money as Barcelona for the players' wages. But they're still bringing in really good results. And it's also not like that players are also feeling discouraged to go to Real Madrid.

On the other hand, we have Barcelona. They were the biggest earners among all the football clubs. But now that is just history. Barcelona will have to start giving players lower wages. Another problem is that the situation in Barcelona is already not very good. And if Barca starts giving players lower wages I think certain players are going to be discouraged from joining Barcelona. If we give Barcelona enough time and if Barcelona makes some right decisions in the future, they are not going to go bankrupt.

[Uruhara]

Real Madrid vs Alaves


Real Madrid StartXI: 4-3-3

Thibaut Courtois; Daniel Carvajal; Nacho Fernández; Éder Militão; Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde; Eduardo Camavinga; Toni Kroos; Rodrygo; Jude Bellingham; Vinícius Júnior

Alaves StartXI: 4-3-3

Jesús Owono; Andoni Gorosabel; Abdelkabir Abqar; Rafa Marín; Rubén Duarte; Ander Guevara; Antonio Blanco; Ianis Hagi; Álex Sola; Samuel Omorodion; Luis Rioja

Soon the match will start. And I think we can already guess how the match will go with the starting eleven that Madrid used in that match. I hope there are no unexpected match results in this match. Because I will bet on Real Madrid. Because I believe they can score at least 2 goals in this match. Even though Real Madrid has secured victory, I believe Ancelotti will still not let their team lose. because Real Madrid must continue to win in order to maintain the players' mentality so that they remain good ahead of the Champions League final.

[Chilwell]

Girona vs Villarreal


Girona StartXI: 4-5-1

Paulo Gazzaniga; Eric García; David López; Daley Blind; Miguel Gutiérrez; Viktor Tsygankov; Yangel Herrera; Aleix García; Iván Martín; Sávio; Artem Dovbyk

Villarreal StartXI: 4-4-2

Filip Jörgensen; Kiko Femenía; Yerson Mosquera; Eric Bailly; Jorge Cuenca; Bertrand Traoré; Santi Comesaña; Dani Parejo; Alejandro Baena; Gonçalo Guedes; Alexander Sørloth

[Falconer]

-snip-

Soon the match will start. And I think we can already guess how the match will go with the starting eleven that Madrid used in that match. I hope there are no unexpected match results in this match. Because I will bet on Real Madrid. Because I believe they can score at least 2 goals in this match. Even though Real Madrid has secured victory, I believe Ancelotti will still not let their team lose. because Real Madrid must continue to win in order to maintain the players' mentality so that they remain good ahead of the Champions League final.

Real Madrid can win this game easily, in fact I don't see any reason why Alaves can score at the Santiago Bernabeu. Ancelotti put in his best line-up in the first half and as a result they were 2-0 ahead of Alaves in 27 minutes. Jude Bellingham and Vinicius put Real Madrid ahead in the first half and the scoreline will only increase as I truly believe they can score at least 4 goals in this home game.

Ancelotti is likely to rotate his main players in the second half considering that they are almost certain to win the match. Arda and Brahim Diaz will find their place on the pitch and prove their quality again, but before that I still hope that many of the main players are retained in the second half.

[hahay]

Yes Barcelona behavior at financial level is pure trahs, they are like the goverments, they keep sepnding and acumulating more and more debt without any plan to pay that debt, only wants to win something and have one magic transfer who saves them, and that is gonna end wrong clearly.

I can see some arabian guy putting money or owning Barcelona in a near future.

I also can't deny this because I almost have the same thoughts about this club. But miraculously, despite this, we can still see that this club is always one of the second or first strongest. And in fact, if the Arabs then came to control, their fate would actually be better, as has happened to several clubs in other leagues. But one thing that is certain is that this club has been in financial trouble for too long. And actually they need a solution as soon as possible. Maybe they have fixed it little by little but other problems could arise if they don't solve the old problems immediately. But I hope a miracle does come to this club.

But strangely, even though Barcelona has poor finances, the reality is that top players are still willing to play for Barcelona even though their salaries are reduced and even paid in installments. Honestly, I think paying salaries in installments is not very good but in reality, players who are treated like that can still accept that decision. So yes, if for example Barcelona were not owned by Arabs in the future, then I think Barcelona would continue to experience financial problems and of course, these problems would clearly have a bad impact on the team. I thought,Barcelona had such a big debt but strangely, Barcelona was still not given any punishment. If Barcelona were in Serie A, I'm sure Barcelona would have received punishment such as being relegated to the lower division or other punishment, but in La Liga in reality Barcelona is still fine and safe.

[Baki202]

Real Madrid can win this game easily, in fact I don't see any reason why Alaves can score at the Santiago Bernabeu. Ancelotti put in his best line-up in the first half and as a result they were 2-0 ahead of Alaves in 27 minutes. Jude Bellingham and Vinicius put Real Madrid ahead in the first half and the scoreline will only increase as I truly believe they can score at least 4 goals in this home game.

Ancelotti is likely to rotate his main players in the second half considering that they are almost certain to win the match. Arda and Brahim Diaz will find their place on the pitch and prove their quality again, but before that I still hope that many of the main players are retained in the second half.

Just in the first half, Madrid has two goals already and Madrid is using this game as a preparation for the finals in the Champions League, Let us just imagine that in the second half, Madrid would have scored another two goals. and even before I completed the sentence, they had closed the first half with three goals. so we should expect more goals during the second half. I am not surprised by this kind of play. Madrid is a big club that is in form and they know how to devour their prey. J. Bellingham scored the first goal and at the same time gave one assist and I was certain that Vinicius Junior would score. That is how interesting it can be.

Ancelotti rotating is not a bad idea at all. The man doesn't want to overwork his main players and since they have already scored three goals, there is nothing left in this game anymore so anything he decides will be in the interest of the finals.

[Antotena]

Thibaut Courtois; Daniel Carvajal; Nacho Fernández; Éder Militão; Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde; Eduardo Camavinga; Toni Kroos; Rodrygo; Jude Bellingham; Vinícius Júnior

Courtois came back like a Prodigal son that was given a second chance to demonstrate his new change, he has done a cleansheet on 3 games on his appearances, this is a comfirmation that Lunin will not start on the final match between Dortmund and Real Madrid in the Champions League but it's cool, he is experienced, he is fast and doesn't give chances but I'm sure Lunin will be recognized in the end of the league.

Vinicious might be underrated with low number of goals but I think man deserves a place for the Balon D'or this season and if they win the Champions League, it's another assurance and confirmation for the Ballom D'or, the only close person from another club is Haaland.

[Jaycoinz]

Thibaut Courtois; Daniel Carvajal; Nacho Fernández; Éder Militão; Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde; Eduardo Camavinga; Toni Kroos; Rodrygo; Jude Bellingham; Vinícius Júnior

Courtois came back like a Prodigal son that was given a second chance to demonstrate his new change, he has done a cleansheet on 3 games on his appearances, this is a comfirmation that Lunin will not start on the final match between Dortmund and Real Madrid in the Champions League but it's cool, he is experienced, he is fast and doesn't give chances but I'm sure Lunin will be recognized in the end of the league.

Vinicious might be underrated with low number of goals but I think man deserves a place for the Balon D'or this season and if they win the Champions League, it's another assurance and confirmation for the Ballom D'or, the only close person from another club is Haaland.

This winning mentality that Real Madrid are currently on will definitely boost their moral towards the final especially the aspect of keeping a clean sheet because that will be very vital when they played because I believe its better to not be scored than to scored and also concede alot of goals by your opponent. When it comes to the champions league final and experience, I think courtois is better than lunin so he will definitely be a good start in the game.