La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[MainIbem]

When a player leaves his old club and joins a new club, naturally there is some weakness in his performance, maybe not above Mbappe.

Mbappe has been at PSG for a long time and when he left PSG to join Real Madrid, naturally, his current manager's tactics and good understanding with his teammates will be a little less, so we will see some weakness in his performance. But there is no doubt that this player will do well for Real Madrid. You mentioned here that Mbappe scored more goals in La Liga than his penalty kicks, I would say penalty kicks are a skill and not all players can do that.
Trust Real Madrid management as well as Mbappe they will not let you down at all.

I understand what you're trying to say but that statement shouldn't be generalised and you should've rather use to word (some) players, take for example, Cristiano Ronaldo, when he left Manchester United to Real Madrid, he didn't find it tough and blended immediately, even Jude Bellingham who just concluded his debut season was amazing upon arrival, it's understandable if Mbappe is not finding it easy, fans might complain and try to kill his confidence but it shouldn't get to him cause players like Hazard didn't find it easy too but the good thing about Mbappe is that he's not as injury prone compared to Hazard who didn't last at Madrid due to injury. Mbappe is a brilliant player and I'm very sure we'll see the best of him soon when he's finally got to understand the new teams tactics and blend well with his teammates. I wonder why some people disregard penalty kicks as if it's not part of football, if it's very easy as some people think then why do some world class players still miss it. It takes good skills to outsmart a goal keeper one on one a find the back of the net, the slightest distraction from the keeper or crowd could make a player miss it.

[hyudien]

Espanyol must be regretful for scoring that goal first.    That was the thing to fire up Real Madrid players to win by a big score like 4-1. By the way I think the last penalty call was just ridiculous. The defender started to pull Endrick from the shirt way before and even Endrick started to fall outside of the penalty area. What is this nonsense decision?  

Yeah maybe Real Madrid were still going to be the winner most probably. But I just want to underline the importance of referee decisions. Even in VAR's existence this kind of huge mistakes are still made, such a disgrace...

Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

[mv1986]

Espanyol must be regretful for scoring that goal first.    That was the thing to fire up Real Madrid players to win by a big score like 4-1. By the way I think the last penalty call was just ridiculous. The defender started to pull Endrick from the shirt way before and even Endrick started to fall outside of the penalty area. What is this nonsense decision?  

Yeah maybe Real Madrid were still going to be the winner most probably. But I just want to underline the importance of referee decisions. Even in VAR's existence this kind of huge mistakes are still made, such a disgrace...

Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

I think that was not the point, that point was that Real Madrid wasn't delivering the same way every Real Madrid was expecting them to deliver. They have signed the seemingly best striker in the world. But Mbappe can't score, he can't. Now people start wondering why Ronaldo scored all the time and he doesn't. He took almost a billon dollars from PSG management, isn't it his duty to pay back?

[Swordsoffreedom]

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This is going to be probably one of Hansi Flick's test as Barcelona seek to tackle Villarreal at the El Madrigal today. So far this season Barcelona have done exceptionally brilliant against all their opponents in the la Liga winning all their games both home and away and even beating bitter rivals Girona by 4 goal to 1 last Sunday when they both met at Girona, though  they couldn't get a win at Monaco were they had one of their player sent off in the first half thereby losing the game by 2 goals to 1, but against Villarreal today they would be looking forward to getting back to winning ways, I think it's going to be a very tedious match for Barcelona because Villarreal always makes it difficult for Barcelona especially when they play at home and today wouldn't be an exception and they may share the point if they can stop Barcelona's fiery attacking line up.

Barcelona has played well in La Liga matches. Barcelona had easy wins against teams like Athletic Club and Girona. Barcelona won by a huge margin of 7-0 against Valladolid. However, Barcelona lost the first match of the Champions League. The match was very important for Barcelona. Even then, Barcelona could not win the match. However, Barcelona was unlucky in this match. So they were defeated in this match. The result might have been in Barcelona's favor if Garcia had not received the red card.

It will be difficult for Hansi Flick to do well against Villarreal. First, Barcelona players lost confidence after the defeat against Monaco. So Hansi Flick has to make the players confident again. Otherwise, it will not be possible for Barcelona to win against a team like Villarreal. Hansi Flick has to prove his mettle now.

[el kaka22]

Real Madrid definitely got a great win again, they are on a roll and doing very well, I think whatever was missing from the team at the start of the season, they are getting better. Jude is back as well, which is awesome for them and I am sure that they are going to end up with a great contribution from him as well. They are playing some young kids like Guler and Endrick as well at times and getting some decent contributions from them too, so I am assuming that we are going to see this team changing on the long run, and will be a great situation for Real Madrid.

Barcelona on the other hand failed to win against Monaco, if they end up doing the same thing at La Liga, they may actually lose their advantage over Real Madrid and put themselves at risk.

[reagansimms]

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Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

Maybe the organizers (La Liga) should just give the trophy to Real Madrid so they don't waste too much energy in an unfair competition. That's the opinion of rival fans who protested about the advantages always given to Real Madrid, including the controversial penalty goal when hosting Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It should be noted, before Endrick fell in the penalty box, Real Madrid were already leading 3-1 and the referee's decision to award a penalty was near the end of the match, so I don't think the incident made Espanyol players stressed or had an impact on their mentality, even though Mbappe failed to execute the penalty perfectly, it would not have changed the result of the match. The fans are also not too happy with the number of penalties that Real Madrid received, they have protested because Madrid received more penalties in the first 6 matches of La Liga. It is recorded that Madrid has received 5 penalties from 6 matches since the season began.

[skarais]

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Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

Only some users consider the referee's decision when giving a penalty in each Real Madrid match recently to be controversial, while others consider it normal. Real Madrid have received 6 penalties in their last 4 matches in La Liga, starting when they were forced to draw against Las Palmas 1-1.  They won their matches against Real Betis and Real Sociedad with two penalties each, while the other was against Espanyol. Maybe in future matches some gamblers will consider the odds on penalty options, they could win because of it.

So so far we can conclude that Real Madrid has scored 6 goals from penalties out of a total of 13 goals they have scored in the last 6 matches. This is probably the highest number of penalties received by a team in 4 consecutive matches since this season started, of course I don't know which other team has received more than Real Madrid in the last 4 matches.

It is recorded that Madrid has received 5 penalties from 6 matches since the season began.

You're wrong, try counting Real Madrid's last 4 matches in La Liga. How many penalties have they received?
1 penalty in the match against Las Palmas.
2 penalties against Real Sociedad.
2 penalties against Real Betis.
1 penalty against Espanyol.

[Chilwell]

Villarreal vs Barcelona

Villarreal (confirmed lineup): Diego Conde, Kiko, Eric Bailly, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Ayoze Perez, Nicolas Pepe.

Barcelona (confirmed lineup): Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jules Kounde, Sergi Dominguez, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin, Pablo Torre, Eric Garcia, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski.

Yesterday Real Madrid host Espanyol in their own home and end the match with 4-1 which is not surprising at all because they are much confident when playing home matches, Barcelona are going to start in a few minutes against Villarreal at El Madrigal which is Villarreal home and currently Barcelona are leading Madrid with a point which is still dangerous for them to joke with any game, I still have confident in Barcelona despite they are playing away because of the strength and also consistency in winning, let see if the four point gap will still continue after this match.

[Pandu Geddon]

Villarreal vs Barcelona

Villarreal (confirmed lineup): Diego Conde, Kiko, Eric Bailly, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Ayoze Perez, Nicolas Pepe.

Barcelona (confirmed lineup): Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jules Kounde, Sergi Dominguez, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin, Pablo Torre, Eric Garcia, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski.

Yesterday Real Madrid host Espanyol in their own home and end the match with 4-1 which is not surprising at all because they are much confident when playing home matches, Barcelona are going to start in a few minutes against Villarreal at El Madrigal which is Villarreal home and currently Barcelona are leading Madrid with a point which is still dangerous for them to joke with any game, I still have confident in Barcelona despite they are playing away because of the strength and also consistency in winning, let see if the four point gap will still continue after this match.

Barcelona should be able to get a full 3-point victory. In their 5 meetings, Barca only lost 1 time, and the others they won. But what must be watched out for in the match later, is Barcelona always conceded when playing away this season. They just lost in the Champions League and didn't have much time to rest before the match against Villarreal. This could be a factor that will affect Barcelona's game later. But I hope they will continue to play optimally and get 3 points.

[Jossque]

Getafe hosted Leganes. We know that neither team has had a good start in the league. With Getafe yet to win in 5 games, their first goal was to win at home but they failed. Getafe drew 1-1 at home against Leganes, their 4th draw in 6 games.
Athletic Bilbao continues to win. Hosting Celta Vigo at home, Bilbao defeated their opponent 3-1 and managed to get 3 points. Even though the opponent had more of the ball, they were an effective team in front of goal and that won them the match. Guruzeta was the star of the match.

[Leviathan.007]

The match that will take place between Real Madrid and Espanyol can be exciting, because I think Real Madrid will start their career to overtake Atletico and Barcelona's rankings, besides that, Real Madrid's chances of winning are greater with this they can overtake Atletico if they can win this match, I also think that with the long season, Real Madrid still has a chance to be at the top of the standings, with as far as I know Real Madrid is undoubtedly in their performance, maybe they can catch up to the top ranking in the middle of the season.
I might bet on Real Madrid who do have a greater chance of winning, but that is not certain because no one knows what will happen because the ball is round so even though Real Madrid has good performance, it doesn't mean they can't be defeated. I will wait for the final result.

Atletico Madrid is a good game for Real Madrid to see if they can have a good performance with their new player Mbappe in the great games because Atletico Madrid is a little bit stronger than other teams they played against them so far. Also the other thing about this match is about Camavinga the player of Real Madrid.
Camavinga was one of the effective players of Real Madrid but he got injured hard against Atalanta and they said he is going to be out for two months.
Now it seems the game against Atletico Madrid is a good chance for Camavinga to see if he is in the good form to play for his team again.

[hahay]

Villarreal vs Barcelona

Villarreal (confirmed lineup): Diego Conde, Kiko, Eric Bailly, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Ayoze Perez, Nicolas Pepe.

Barcelona (confirmed lineup): Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jules Kounde, Sergi Dominguez, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin, Pablo Torre, Eric Garcia, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski.

Yesterday Real Madrid host Espanyol in their own home and end the match with 4-1 which is not surprising at all because they are much confident when playing home matches, Barcelona are going to start in a few minutes against Villarreal at El Madrigal which is Villarreal home and currently Barcelona are leading Madrid with a point which is still dangerous for them to joke with any game, I still have confident in Barcelona despite they are playing away because of the strength and also consistency in winning, let see if the four point gap will still continue after this match.

It looks like Barcelona will still manage to have a good result in La Liga with its winning streak, although Villarreal is also not a weak team and in fact, Villarreal also has a good start in this moment. But still, the truth is that Barcelona is still very strong for its opponents in La Liga although indeed, in the Champions League Barcelona got bad results but the truth is that Barcelona also only played with 10 players in the Champions League match yesterday against Monaco, and the truth is that Barcelona is still in a good trend.

In this away match against Villarreal too, that Barcelona managed to score first and managed to win with a score of 1-2 at half time. I personally am still surprised about Barcelona who can still be consistent like this. If Barcelona can still score in the second half or just secure this 1-2 score, then of course Barcelona is still very strong at the top of the La Liga standings.

[LGD2Business]

Barcelona are playing very superior and they scored 4 goals, but it could have been much more. Villarreal also have a lot of scoring chances especially in the first half. Lewandowski is finally starting to play like he did at Bayern, last season he didn't get many balls he wanted. This year the playing system suits him better. Raphinha is very effective on the left and productive in attack, he's having his best season. It looks like a win for Barca with plenty of goals, as expected.

[Palakka]

Villarreal vs Barcelona

Villarreal (confirmed lineup): Diego Conde, Kiko, Eric Bailly, Logan Costa, Sergi Cardona, Yeremi Pino, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Ayoze Perez, Nicolas Pepe.

Barcelona (confirmed lineup): Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jules Kounde, Sergi Dominguez, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin, Pablo Torre, Eric Garcia, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski.

Yesterday Real Madrid host Espanyol in their own home and end the match with 4-1 which is not surprising at all because they are much confident when playing home matches, Barcelona are going to start in a few minutes against Villarreal at El Madrigal which is Villarreal home and currently Barcelona are leading Madrid with a point which is still dangerous for them to joke with any game, I still have confident in Barcelona despite they are playing away because of the strength and also consistency in winning, let see if the four point gap will still continue after this match.

The match has entered the 79th minute with a 4-1 victory  Barcelona over Villareal, Barcelona who suffered a defeat in the previous UCL match tried to bounce back today and as usual they will continue to dominate the game with their current style of play, Barcelona started the match impressively and continued to press Villareal who are still struggling to develop their game,   Playing at Villareal's home, Barcelona was able to show their toughness today by continuing to surround the Villareal defense, Lewandowski who last season was less than impressive is starting to prove himself as a great striker today although he is no longer young, yes, Lewandowski has scored two goals against Barcelona and unfortunately he failed to create a hat trick in the match after he failed to score through a penalty,  I think with a score of 4-1 and In a position that continues to dominate the match, it is likely that 3 points will belong to Barcelona at the end of the match.

[RockBell]

I think that was not the point, that point was that Real Madrid wasn't delivering the same way every Real Madrid was expecting them to deliver. They have signed the seemingly best striker in the world. But Mbappe can't score, he can't. Now people start wondering why Ronaldo scored all the time and he doesn't. He took almost a billon dollars from PSG management, isn't it his duty to pay back?

Real Madrid's fans are grumbling about the team because they are not doing anything right, and part of the reason for this is because their plans are not working well at the moment. Although Mbappe's signing does not guarantee that they will begin winning, what worries me is the contrast between their performance prior to Mbappe's signing with Real Madrid and their current situation with Mbappe on the club. First of all, Mabppe is not Ronaldo; rather, he views Ronaldo as an icon and aspires to achieve his goals in the same manner that Ronaldo did. Even if he is successful in doing so, he must begin working toward his goals early.

He was even a better performer when he was in psg and I don't think he owes psg anything, he Performed his duty when he was there just that him leaving their people so potential in him and they believed that mbappe will be the next Ronaldo and their is little delay with the expected out from him.  Maybe he still needs time to be able to actually adapt to la Liga,

[Adams0001]

Espanyol must be regretful for scoring that goal first.    That was the thing to fire up Real Madrid players to win by a big score like 4-1. By the way I think the last penalty call was just ridiculous. The defender started to pull Endrick from the shirt way before and even Endrick started to fall outside of the penalty area. What is this nonsense decision?  

Yeah maybe Real Madrid were still going to be the winner most probably. But I just want to underline the importance of referee decisions. Even in VAR's existence this kind of huge mistakes are still made, such a disgrace...

Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

Real madrid do well against Espanyol and they deserve to win the match, the game as not even reach 60 minutes they just win madrid one goal and started defending stronger that is why madrid have more opportunities and win many goals in the match, I see without vin Jr real madrid can't win math because since from the first half madrid didn't get chance of winning, is when Ancelotti substitute Guler and put vini Jr that is when the game change and give one assist and score goals what a great player for Madrid and am sure he will won the Ballon d'Or next month because he as done everything for Real madrid he won the league and even champion league, Barcelona are leading against Villarreal 2-1 first half so Barcelona will do anything do not lose the game tonight because they have not lose any match in the league they will do anything possible to secure the league and continuing topping the league table.

[Dickiy]

Real Madrid definitely got a great win again, they are on a roll and doing very well, I think whatever was missing from the team at the start of the season, they are getting better. Jude is back as well, which is awesome for them and I am sure that they are going to end up with a great contribution from him as well. They are playing some young kids like Guler and Endrick as well at times and getting some decent contributions from them too, so I am assuming that we are going to see this team changing on the long run, and will be a great situation for Real Madrid.

Barcelona on the other hand failed to win against Monaco, if they end up doing the same thing at La Liga, they may actually lose their advantage over Real Madrid and put themselves at risk.

Real Madrid's performance continues to improve, slowly they are starting to find the pattern of play that Ancelotti wants. Jude's return makes Madrid's attack line very solid. He played a big role in yesterday's match. Regardless of the controversy over the penalty given by the referee, Ancelotti's squad will still win this match. Spain was powerless to withstand the attacks launched by El Real, and if Madrid continues to be consistent like this in the future, it is not impossible that they will overtake Barcelona in the standings.

On the other hand, Barcelona's failure in the UCL was purely the goalkeeper's fault which made Barca have to play with 10 men in the first half, and now they are paying for that mistake with a landslide score of 4-1 over Villarreal which is currently taking place in the La Liga competition. Lewandowski really became a goal machine in this match.

[samuraijin]

I think that was not the point, that point was that Real Madrid wasn't delivering the same way every Real Madrid was expecting them to deliver. They have signed the seemingly best striker in the world. But Mbappe can't score, he can't. Now people start wondering why Ronaldo scored all the time and he doesn't. He took almost a billon dollars from PSG management, isn't it his duty to pay back?

Maybe this is Real Madrid's biggest ambition in bringing Mbappe to their squad, and indeed in terms of tactics and role Mbappe does not fit Ancelotti's playing pattern, this is what Real Madrid and of course Ancelotti must pay attention to in placing Mbappe in a position that suits his position so that he is able to score goals in important matches, hopefully Ancelotti can find a more ideal formation for his expensive player.

[promise444c5]

Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

Firstly from the what I watched I think the ball was out at the corner kick area before endrick progress to the goal box area and the player did indicated /notify that but I think it was overlooked or maybe I didn't see it very well . After that scenario, was when one of Espanyol defender tried to stop him(endrick) probably from what happened or let's just say he only tried to stop him, the pulling and release happened before the line and it was obvious that it wasn't suppose to be a penalty... they won already either with penalty or not but its totally sucks to see that.

[Jossque]

Barcelona scored a goal against Villarreal. Barcelona, who managed to win 5-1 away from home, managed to maintain their lead by making 6 out of 6. Lewandowski scored 2 goals and converted 1 penalty and Rapinha scored 2 goals in the match.
In the last match of the day, Vallecano hosts Atletico Madrid at home. Even though Atletico Madrid are the favorites, I think it's a tough away game and Vallecano might get a draw.