La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Jegileman]

Only Barcelona have a perfect points so far (9 points from 3 matches), no one would be wrong to expect them to become La Liga champions this season, but that's too soon to say, we haven't even go to the first El Clasico of the season yet, so even though Barcelona are currently having a good run, we can't know how they will be after that.

About Barcelona's match against Rayo Vallecano, I thought Olmo played well, it's a shame he didn't play from the start, maybe if he played earlier we could have seen Barcelona's third and fourth goals.

Olmo came in as a super substitutions and he did well for the team. Playing and winning in your debut match should be something of great joy and encouragement for the player more and also for the team to have more trust on the player. Rayo Vallecano were not an easy opponent to beat but in the end they were able to record two goals against them that gave them victory. Barcelona cannot be predicted to be the La Liga champions just yet, they need to win more games and beaten even bigger team to make one feel so. They still have a long way to go but they’ve really started well in this manner.

[bering]

Sevilla are still in a state of chaos where in their last 3 matches they have never won and this will be the same as previous seasons where they will remain stuck at the bottom of the table. Last night's match was very difficult for them where they only played a goalless draw against Mallorca and even in that match one of their players got a red card.

They are getting frustrated with the current situation and I don't know when this will end for Sevilla. It doesn't feel long before we see the sacking of coach García Pimienta if they continue to get bad results and fans must be aware that their favorite team will fall into the abyss of relegation if they don't get a win in the next match.

A bit shocked why Sevilla have to sell their main striker Youssef En-Nesyri to Fenerbahce because in the last several season Sevilla always be rely on Youssef En-Nesyri for their front lines and now after he leave we can see it based on Sevilla statistics that none of the current players of them who can able to performing well as striker to replace Youssef En-Nesyri position however i can see Sevilla sell Youssef En-Nesyri for 19 million and so far this is expensive sell this summer from them

This season García Pimienta have to working hard to lifted up Sevilla performance and avoiding relegation zone and it won't be easy because he was unable to bought the players he want because Sevilla still facing financial problem and imagined Sevilla only spend 8 million to bought the players this summer and i think the performance of Sevilla this season will not so different compared to last season and not impossible they will changing manager several times just like they did last season

[Adams0001]

Atlético Club vs Valencia the two teams will face each other today although we have seen that the Valencia team is currently at the bottom of the points table. Moreover, Atlético Club has also drawn one match and lost one match, if they lose today's match, they will surely fall far behind. However, I think that if you bet on the victory of Athletico Club against Valencia in today's match, it will be possible for Athletico Club to win. However, today's match will be an exciting battle between the two teams, in which Atlético Madrid can be expected to attack strongly. If Atletico win today's match, Clab will move to a better position in the points table, although they are currently at the bottom.

Athletic Bilbao will do whatever to beat Valencia today so that they may move up the standings. And Valencia has lost almost two matches they don't have any points in the league so I think they will surely give Athletic Bilbao a tough time in the game, I think they game can be a draw because I don't think Valencia will like to lose tonight they will play a defense game to make it a draw to get a point, because if they try to attack Athletic Bilbao are more stronger than them and they will really break the defense and score, and last season Valencia defeated them and they draw in the second leg. so the game can be a draw tonight, is very advisable if you are going to bet on the game should be plus draw for athletic Bilbao because they are playing at home and they will like to secure the game at home to win or draw. Athletico Madrid are in form so I don't think espanyol will get the opportunity to defeat Athletico Madrid.

Until these 3 matches, Barcelona is still strong enough to always get 3 points. Financial problems seem to have not so much made Barcelona ruin the game. The management is also quite clever by taking advantage of the register of injured players replaced by players who have just been bought. Dani Olmo also had a good start. Olmo, who had not been registered, has become a player who immediately looks good because he made a goal.  But Barcelona looks set to have additional injured players. During the win against Rayo Marc Bernal was injured, it is estimated that the injury was in the knee.

I see Barcelona are really trying and am sure they will compete with Real Madrid this season because they are in real good form they have not lost any of their matches this season and they really try against Rayo Vallecano, I thought the game will end in a draw before Olmo comes in and give the Barcelona lead in the game, let see if Barcelona will continue to perform great with this new coach he has not lost any points and he will do anything possible to continue performing. Real Madrid will play tomorrow, and they will be the favorite of the match so I am sure Madrid will get another three point and continue chasing Barcelona in the table, and they will impact real madrid to know get the chance of winning the laliga if Barcelona didn't lose any game but am sure they most lose or draw before the season reach middle.

[Frankolala]

As long as Barcelona are leading by less than three points and until they meet Real Madrid head-to-head, bookmakers will continue to rate them as clear underdogs against Real Madrid (which are still priced at ~1.50 even after dropping points). The fact that they have 9 points is not bad, but you can’t say that they are winning confidently - three minimal victories and in every game they are conceding goals.

Expect competitive run for the La Liga title this season, it's going to be amazing one because we have Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, these clubs didn't sleep on because they made tough signings in the transfer window. Conceding a goal this time, it would be a top challenge for any Barcelona opponents because Barca is build with formidable qualities and tactics. Hansi Flick knows exactly what he's doing and not stopping. Barcelona will continue to lead on top of the La Liga table because they've the required positioning stands, with Hansi Flick empowering the squad with the fiercest game style, a more comfortable condition for La Blaugrana.

The season has just begun and we cannot conclude who will be topping the table because there are so many surprises that at e yet to come. Barcelona was able to win their two matches doesn't mean that they will continue like that till the end of the season.

There are some clubs that when Barcelona meets will make them drop points and other clubs will take over topping the table from them. Flickr is a good coach no doubt but I have not seen the best of him yet until in El Clasico.

[Abu-Naim]

Nico Williams is again not in the starting lineup of Athletic Bilbao... I don't get the manager about this decision. He is the most valuable player in your squad not only in terms of market value but also talent. Why would you do this? 

There were rumours about him to leave the team before. But there isn't anymore as far as I know. If I'm wrong about it please correct me. He should be able to concentrate on his game easily as a result.

Anyways, I hope Athletic Bilbao get their first win of the season against Valencia. Probably we would see Nico on the pitch in the second half. Because the youngster Olabarrieta hasn't been playing well so far.

Him staying out of the squad should not he a big deal and it has nothing to do with the coach, maybe the coach wanted to try other players that plays the same position with him so that they can know their stand against injuries and others, he must not start just because he is a star player.
There are other valuable players in the team, and for the team to convince him to stay in the club again for another season, it is good for him due to his age and I am sure he will have good development and the team will make money if they were able to give him more contract to stay because he is a star player that is worthy of investing in.

Bilbao has already taking the lead, and they are dominating the game and they can get their first win today.

[MAAManda]

Only Barcelona have a perfect points so far (9 points from 3 matches), no one would be wrong to expect them to become La Liga champions this season, but that's too soon to say, we haven't even go to the first El Clasico of the season yet, so even though Barcelona are currently having a good run, we can't know how they will be after that.

About Barcelona's match against Rayo Vallecano, I thought Olmo played well, it's a shame he didn't play from the start, maybe if he played earlier we could have seen Barcelona's third and fourth goals.

Olmo has fit into the team very well, I even remember him more for his long-range shot into the crossbar, it was very beautiful, and Lewandowski is also in good shape by the way. 9 points is good, it is too early to draw any conclusions, but it is good that they are moving so confidently, and Real will go to Las Palmas tomorrow, an unyielding opponent, especially at home.

Everyone was impressed with Olmo's debut, especially when he scored the winning goal for Barcelona. It seems that he's the type who adapts easily, after seeing his club's track record, I was quite surprised to see the initial club in his senior career. He played in the Croatian league (HNL) with Dinamo Zagreb, it was an unimaginable thing that then went to Leipzig before finally going to Barcelona.

Next is Real Madrid, I think because of the good results that Barcelona got, Real Madrid will not easily give anything to Las Palmas, I'm sure Real Madrid will get 3 points even if they play away.

[beerlover]

The Girona team made a big mistake for letting one of their best player for last season leave the club when they know how important this season will be for them as they are going to be involved in the champions league competition which they have not had the opportunity to play for a long time, after watching their performance in their  first match I made a conclusion that they were not going to be like the team we saw last season that was winning games and scoring goals in every match..

on the other hand it could be that selling out their best players after that  performed exquisite for the club at the end of the season wasn't in their original agenda but as a means to recoup money for the club where it's lacking some of these growing clubs have to be forced to sell their best players especially when they are faced with a juicy offer from the elite clubs. And it's not that simple to quickly get a replacement, which is what makes them inconsistent with performance with each season.  It would definitely be a challenging season for Girona as they will grapple to maintain a considerable form both in the champions league and their domestic league, and it's really going to affect their chances of making it far especially in the champions league where it's very competitive.

I would guess that it is a common thing for teams that are normally small but end up with a good result, they got some loans like savio that left, and they sold some players which means that they are not as good as last season but they are not in financial trouble.

All these smaller clubs end up doing the same thing, and I feel like they are really looking for something more sustainable, which is why they try to sell their players, because if they make money and use that money for further income, that means they can have a squad one day that they can afford and could be good. This period isn't that time just yet, but since they got taken over by City group, they are doing fine and I bet that they will continue to do well for a while longer.

[Chilwell]

Real Sociedad vs Alavés
Real Sociedad (confirmed lineup): Alex Remiro, Hamari Traore, Igor Zubeldia, Jon Pacheco, Javi Lopez, Takefusa Kubo, Martin Zubimendi, Brais Mendez, Sergio Gomez, Sheraldo Becker, Mikel Oyarzabal.

Alavés (confirmed lineup): Antonio Sivera, Hugo Novoa, Abdelkabir Abqar, Adrian Pica, Moussa Diarra, Jon Guridi, Carlos Benavidez, Ander Guevara, Carlos Vicente, Asier Villalibre, Abderrahman Rebbach.


Atlético Madrid vs Espanyol
Confirmed Lineups
Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Robin Le Normand, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Rodrigo Riquelme, Julian Alvarez, Alexander Soerloth.

Espanyol (confirmed lineup): Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Marash Kumbulla, Carlos Romero, Alvaro Tejero, Alex Kral, Jose Gragera, Alvaro Aguado, Javier Puado, Alejo Veliz.

[skarais]

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Robert Lewandowski is unleashed, already with 3 goals in 2 games.

I think Lewandowski can score more than 3 goals in the last 2 matches, but he often finds it difficult to finish. He has quality and sharpness, his goal instinct is no less good than other young center forwards. So far Lewandowski leads La Liga's top scorer, he can certainly maintain his position if he consistently scores goals in every match.

I haven't seen Kylian Mbappe score a goal in his last 2 matches. He has appeared to struggle to find his first goal in La Liga, but Mbappe can easily find his way to the top when he is on fire. Well, I hope Lewandowski and Mbappe can compete closely at the top of the top scorer standings this season, but Bellingham seems to be losing more and more of his role.

[Antotena]

A little assessment of Girona who lost to Atletico Madrid without reply made me think that the dominance of this club last season cannot be repeated. I personally expect too much from Girona, especially since Dovbyk left which made Girona without a spearhead in the front line. Throughout the 90 minutes Atletico did not experience dangerous difficulties, Simeone troops enjoyed this match with full ambition considering the last match last season Atletico Madrid lost to Girona 4-3.

Is Girona best time gone or can it return? share your thoughts and how far will Girona be in the UCL if the situation is no longer like last season?

If not for last season that Girona had some luck and did well, there last 6 games proves that Atletico Madrid is bigger than them. The last one they had in January, Girona gave them a goal difference of 1 with 4-3, Atletico gave them good counter attack but they still manage to slip through and now they are paying back for their sins as Dovbyk ha left them for another pasture, I'm not sure if they are going to near the top 4 but it's still early to say.

Top 4 hasn't been stablize, Barcelona is the only top leading team that I can say they can remain there and as Girona, things doesn't look good for that team, they can't repeat what they did last season because they fell off even at the half of the season. It took some grsce and hard work before they finally settled for where they are because the performance was getting worse and worse.

[BITCOIN4X]

Atlético Madrid vs Espanyol
Confirmed Lineups
Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Robin Le Normand, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Rodrigo Riquelme, Julian Alvarez, Alexander Soerloth.

Espanyol (confirmed lineup): Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Marash Kumbulla, Carlos Romero, Alvaro Tejero, Alex Kral, Jose Gragera, Alvaro Aguado, Javier Puado, Alejo Veliz.

The second half had been going on for several minutes, but the score had not changed. Atletico Madrid really dominated the attack and pressed Espanyol intensively, but they still had difficulty scoring goals and both were still playing at 0-0. Atletico Madrid has a big chance of winning in their home match, but Espanyol's ability to defend means that Diego Simeone's men have not managed to break through the goal.

Julian Alvarez was replaced at the start of the second half, who was then replaced by Antoine Griezmann. Alvarez is also still having difficulty getting his debut goal with Atletico Madrid so far, but of course people need to be patient because the player's adaptation process is sometimes longer.

[Ahli38]

Nico Williams is again not in the starting lineup of Athletic Bilbao... I don't get the manager about this decision. He is the most valuable player in your squad not only in terms of market value but also talent. Why would you do this?  

There were rumours about him to leave the team before. But there isn't anymore as far as I know. If I'm wrong about it please correct me. He should be able to concentrate on his game easily as a result.

Anyways, I hope Athletic Bilbao get their first win of the season against Valencia. Probably we would see Nico on the pitch in the second half. Because the youngster Olabarrieta hasn't been playing well so far.

In previous matches, such as the match against Barcelona, ​​we saw Nico as the starting xi, but in this match Nico Williams was not included in the Starting XI. But this player came on from the bench. This is different from last season when Nico was played more from the start. This season is a little different, but in the end Nico is always played, even though not from the start. And the Bilbao vs Valencia match has also finished and as a result Bilbao won with a narrow score of 1-0.

The matches currently underway are the Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol match with the score still 0-0 and then the Real Sociedad vs Alaves match with the score 1-1. And the remaining matches in week 3 are Girona vs Osasuna and Las Palmas vs Real Madrid. The remaining two matches will be played tomorrow.

[Stepstowealth]

Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Robin Le Normand, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Rodrigo Riquelme, Julian Alvarez, Alexander Soerloth.

Julian Alvarez looked lively in the first half, had some chance to score, but could not. Atletico Madrid coach has replaced in with a more familiar option of Griezmann and just some few minutes into the second half atletico Madrid scored a goal but has had the goal cancelled for offside, a relief for Espanyol. atletico Madrid have the dominant position in this game not just because they are the home team but because their players have shown more quality. it will be a very big and bad results for them if they did not win this game. There is still plenty of time to win it.

[ginsan]

Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Robin Le Normand, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Rodrigo Riquelme, Julian Alvarez, Alexander Soerloth.

Julian Alvarez looked lively in the first half, had some chance to score, but could not. Atletico Madrid coach has replaced in with a more familiar option of Griezmann and just some few minutes into the second half atletico Madrid scored a goal but has had the goal cancelled for offside, a relief for Espanyol. atletico Madrid have the dominant position in this game not just because they are the home team but because their players have shown more quality. it will be a very big and bad results for them if they did not win this game. There is still plenty of time to win it.

It seems like Atletico Madrid will be unlucky in today's match because they got quite a lot of chances but none of them were successfully completed into goals. But there is still time for Atletico Madrid to score goals, Griezmann must be able to maximize the opportunities he gets to be completed into goals because I see no great effort from Espanyol in attacking because Atletico Madrid was able to control the course of the match in today's match.

Now talking about Alvarez, of course he had some good chances but his kicks were still blocked by Garcia. In another match, Real Sociedad seems to be quite difficult to maintain a draw for the time being because they are short of one player because Oyarzabal got a red card in the 29th minute. I think Alaves must be able to take advantage of this opportunity to find their first win this season.

[Leviathan.007]

Barcelona is giving some other players on loan and maybe they do that to make these players more experienced and then they will have better players but in some cases, they do that because of the interest in players to leave or play for the other teams.
Clément Lenglet the player of Barcelona didn't have much chance to play he was about to leave. Now it seems Atletico Madrid is interested in hiring this player and that's why Clément Lenglet is going to play for this team on loan.

[Egii Nna]

Barcelona is giving some other players on loan and maybe they do that to make these players more experienced and then they will have better players but in some cases, they do that because of the interest in players to leave or play for the other teams.
Clément Lenglet the player of Barcelona didn't have much chance to play he was about to leave. Now it seems Atletico Madrid is interested in hiring this player and that's why Clément Lenglet is going to play for this team on loan.

I don’t think Barcelona will give their players out for loan for only the sake of experience for the players. I mean, clement Lenglet is not capable, but Barcelona needs to do that based on their present financial situation. That is the main reason why they will have to give some of the players on loan. Because this season's Barcelona performance is not getting that good, they still have some challenges in their performance that they need to rectify. But you can see their faults because they need to have financial stability in order to have a smooth running of the team, so to me, the main reason for them giving out their players on loans is due to their finances. 

[Ryu_Ar1]

Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Robin Le Normand, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nahuel Molina, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Rodrigo Riquelme, Julian Alvarez, Alexander Soerloth.

Julian Alvarez looked lively in the first half, had some chance to score, but could not. Atletico Madrid coach has replaced in with a more familiar option of Griezmann and just some few minutes into the second half atletico Madrid scored a goal but has had the goal cancelled for offside, a relief for Espanyol. atletico Madrid have the dominant position in this game not just because they are the home team but because their players have shown more quality. it will be a very big and bad results for them if they did not win this game. There is still plenty of time to win it.

A little unfortunate in the end this match had to end goalless even though Atletico had a great chance to get 3 points in today's match only they were unable to do so.

Finishing became a problem that seemed inevitable in this match especially with Espanyol who did a good defensive scheme making Atletico's chances and the dominance they created did not make them gain an advantage in today's match.

There were so many wasted opportunities for Atletico that today's match had to end in a draw.
Honestly these 2 draws actually seem normal for Atletico at the start of the season but I don't like to see this especially after Sorloth and Julian are in the squad.

[Weawant]

The season has just begun and we cannot conclude who will be topping the table because there are so many surprises that at e yet to come. Barcelona was able to win their two matches doesn't mean that they will continue like that till the end of the season.

There are some clubs that when Barcelona meets will make them drop points and other clubs will take over topping the table from them. Flickr is a good coach no doubt but I have not seen the best of him yet until in El Clasico.

Actually any team can top the table currently but it's not a guarantee they will be there long enough, stay there the longest is the biggest of all the struggles so if any team is at the top now, we can say they are topping temporarily but if they are able to hold on to the position for a period of at least 4weeks then they have got the title race opportunity, but what we know often is the temporarily nature of people who gets to the top of the table at the beginning of the season as it's no news but it will be on the record that at a time in the new season, they did stayed at the top of the table. Barcelona may be able to top now but how well they can maintain it is the problem because even other teams may at some point get them displaced.

[Alpha Marine]

This Alvarez situation, I feel like I'm the only one who wouldn't have liked him to join Athletico Madrid. I feel like he made the wrong decision to leave Manchester City. There was no reason for him to leave, he just listened to people who felt he should leave. He was seeing minutes at Manchester City. Yeah, he was not a starter but he was playing and he was scoring goals, and important goals too, to top that all up he was winning trophies.

Joining Athletico Madrid is not a bad decision either, but if there were any ideas in his head that he was going to have it easy without competition in Madrid he was wrong. Sorloth is going to be a top contender for their striker position. I know they both play together with Griezmann behind them but if he (Alvarez) doesn't start becoming sharp and scoring goals he might be dropped and then he will go back to the same position he was running from at City, the second striker.

[TelolettOm]

Not only that, even Dani Olmo scored the winning goal for Barcelona in his debut at the club. He proved that his signing at Barcelona at least produced good results in his first match.

Pedri scored the first goal for the Barcelona team, he tried hard enough to score from the start. And the second goal was scored by Dani Olmo, another young player of the Barcelona team. He helped the Barcelona team to win. In this match, the Barcelona team made 22 kicks on the goal post and Rayo Vallecano team made a total of 8 kicks.

Barcelona's efforts so far at the beginning of the season are indeed that serious and they prove that they are capable. It was not easy for them, but all is solid. Barcelona's success in defeating Rayo made them lead the La Liga standings for the time being. And this is an amazing early achievement, because, previously, Many parties even doubted Barcelona this season.

There were so many wasted opportunities for Atletico that today's match had to end in a draw.
Honestly these 2 draws actually seem normal for Atletico at the start of the season but I don't like to see this especially after Sorloth and Julian are in the squad.

Really, ineffective attacks,
a goal disallowed for offside,
and missed so many chances,
25 shots! it's 25 and 7 on target!
this time, Atletico just played beautifully and dominated, but not deadly.