La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Docnaster]

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick have told the club's new goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny that he's not guaranteed to always start for the club rather that the former Poland international will have to fight for with Inaki Pena for the goalkeeping position. Do you think this statement by Flick is a way of making Wojciech Szczęsny to be at his best or do you believe that the club's goalkeeping position will be contested for by the two goalkeepers considering Pena's poor performance in the club's first league defeat at Osasuna on Saturday?

[tsaroz]

The match ended with a score of 1-1, the course of the match was very dramatic.
The match was stopped, because Cortois overreacted to the Atletico superter,

Overreacted to violence? Dude! No matter what happens inside the field between players, they are playing football and nothing can justify violence. You can defend the fans for throwing objects which is a very risky and dangerous act for towards the safety of players, just because you don’t like Real Madrid or another team. This aport is built on good spirit and sportsmanship.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid team mentioned that on their social media accounts about the measures taken against those fans which I consider criminals for destroying such good events, from putting players’ lives in danger to wasting minutes of the match and changing the rhythm.

LaLiga has been always like this and in many cases we have seen players getting hit and injured by fans, I believe that authorities should take action against these saboteurs as an example for the future.

People have normalized such behaviour in football which is absolutely disgusting. I too thinks there should be zero tolerance to fans violence in football. It's surprising how big games as La Liga still suffer from such act of violence from the fans. Bundesliga, Latin American leagues, South East Asian leagues too are infamous for it. Everyone of us has emotions and we want our team to win but for that hating others and using violence against each other doesn't make you a real sports fan. Governing bodies should identify the vigilante fans and ban them for life. That would bring some degree of normal sportsmanship in football ground.

[Solokan]

Current points race in standings:
Barcelona 21
Real Madrid 18
Atletico Madrid 16

As early as it seems, the tittle race is already interesting. There is still a long way to go but the earlier Madrid close the gap, the better for them. Madrid derby is now interesting to watch than El classico due to high tense of the game. A draw game that feels like a defeat for Madrid but I blame Ancelotti who ruined the game for himself. He failed to learn from last season mistake against the same Athletico Madrid.

Ancelotti decided to retreat and defend by emptying the midfield and attack which automatically invite pressure because by doing so, you're giving your opponent confidence to get back to the game. He gamble the match and he has equally paid the reward for his mistakes. Despite making awful changes, he still makes it late. It wasn't entirely a bad game but I really expect more than what I watched yesterday despite the little improvement I noticed.

Indeed, if you look at the standings, it is clear that Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are competing and of course this is very interesting. However, what is unique is that last season we saw Girona, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid competing fiercely, but now unfortunately Girona's performance has declined.

But yes, with the Madrid derby match with a draw, it certainly makes the competition in Laliga even more exciting between Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. but of course Barcelona fans definitely want to see Barcelona win and Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid fans also definitely want to which it supports team win and surely like the Madrid derby match there will definitely be some Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid fans who regret the result of the draw but of course there will also be which is just normal.

and of course many Barcelona fans will also be disappointed because Barcelona lost to Osasuna, giving Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid the opportunity to shift Barcelona's position at the top of the standings. Yes, now the season is still early and of course we'll see if there are other clubs that will compete with the top 3 strong teams at the moment and of course I see Bilbao which of course could also compete to reach the top ranking.

[Jossque]

Girona haven't started the season well. There is no sign of Girona, who last season had no difficulty in defeating their opponents. This season it looks like they will finish in mid-table. They drew 1-1 away to Celta Vigo.
Atletich Bilbao hosted Sevilla at home.  After leading 1-0 at half-time, the hosts were unlucky to concede an own goal to Padilla in the dying minutes. Although Sevilla had more possession, both sides had equal chances to score.

[bering]

It was such a balanced derby game right?    Both teams found many goal opportunities. Atletico Madrid scored the equalizer quite late. But in a game like this I think none of the sides are very sad about getting one point.

When it comes to those incidents after Real Madrid's goal... It was a huge disgrace.    What are those supporters thinking? Don't they even care about they can injure Courtois with the things they throw at him? Those people deserve a big punishment. They shouldn't be allowed to enter the stadium for a long time. It is really sad to see this kind of incidents in sports in even the 21st century...

Sorry, but as a Real Madrid fan, this is a pathetic result. It's because we missed a golden opportunity to be closer to our main rival, Barcelona. We led the game until extra time, and we conceded when there were only a few minutes left. We got a horrible ending, and we let go of an easy win.

ATM did dirty to us; they provoked us, then the game paused. It really affects our players' performance. We looked so different before the pause. Things worsened when our coach, Carlo, decided to use his garbage subs. He put a lot of defenders in when Atlético was no longer threatening us.

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Not only El Classico between Barcelona and Real Madrid because in Laliga derby of Madrid also has high tension and it just happend yesterday that 1 red card and 4 yellow card total has been proven this match is very tight and indeed because the match have to paused it makes Real Madrid players lost their focus and even Ancelotti has been admitted that but regardless of Courtois incident Ancelotti says draw is fair result for both teams considering in this match both teams is equally strong and Ancelotti said too the derby always be difficult match for Real Madrid

Recently i have read about Courtois injured update and Real Madrid medical team has been confirmed that Courtois have to absense for at least 1 month or could be more but i think this shouldn't be a big problem because last season Courtois too got the injured even he have to absense for almost whole season but luckily Real Madrid has Andriy Lunin who can replaced Courtois position as a goalkeeper and i think this season too will not so different because Andriy Lunin most likely will be played while Courtois not available

[Palakka]

Girona haven't started the season well. There is no sign of Girona, who last season had no difficulty in defeating their opponents. This season it looks like they will finish in mid-table. They drew 1-1 away to Celta Vigo.
Atletich Bilbao hosted Sevilla at home.  After leading 1-0 at half-time, the hosts were unlucky to concede an own goal to Padilla in the dying minutes. Although Sevilla had more possession, both sides had equal chances to score.

Girona performance this season is actually quite bad if we compare when they had a fantastic start to last season, what happened to them last season we can't deny maybe just one season of luck because so far we don't see any sign of them being able to repeat it this season, starting the season poorly with only two wins from 8 games is definitely not something surprising after they threw away a lot of main players last season in the transfer market, to be honest for now it is likely that Girona will return to their status as a mid-table team in La Liga, while their chances of qualifying for the next round in the Champions League are also very small, what happened to Girona this season is not something surprising even though the season is still long but I never thought they could rise.  

[Jossque]

Real Betis managed to defeat Espanyol at home. We could have seen a different result but Espanyol's goalkeeper had a good game.  In the 85th minute Lo Celso's goal gave Betis their 3rd win.
The most important match of the day was the Madrid derby. Atletico hosted Real at home. In a match where both teams struggled to beat each other, the match ended with a 1-1 score. Although Real scored the first goal, the excitement increased in the last minutes and Atletico managed to get 1 point with a goal in extra time.

[hahay]

The Madrid derby ended in a 1-1 draw and for me, it was still a reasonable result, because I also considered that Real Madrid still needed time to make their squad perform and produce better results. Because so far, Real Madrid has found it very difficult to win even though they only play against mediocre teams, and more often get penalty kicks to score goals, and that's not impressive at all.

With Real Madrid's previous results like that, I personally am not sure Real Madrid won the Madrid derby last night. Sure enough, the final result was a draw even though Real Madrid almost won because Atletico was just able to score a goal in injury time. But in reality, based on the statistics, it also looks like the match was quite balanced, so it's no wonder the result was one point for them who are also still able to threaten Barcelona's position at the top of the standings.

[Majestic-milf]

Girona performance this season is actually quite bad if we compare when they had a fantastic start to last season, what happened to them last season we can't deny maybe just one season of luck because so far we don't see any sign of them being able to repeat it this season, starting the season poorly with only two wins from 8 games is definitely not something surprising after they threw away a lot of main players last season in the transfer market, to be honest for now it is likely that Girona will return to their status as a mid-table team in La Liga, while their chances of qualifying for the next round in the Champions League are also very small, what happened to Girona this season is not something surprising even though the season is still long but I never thought they could rise.  

That's football for you. A team who were extremely awesome last season could be this year's worst flop and I'm actually surprised Girona could come from competing with the likes of Barca, Atletico Madrid and even Madrid in the top position of the table to be scrambling for 12 place with just nine points same as Sevilla who are 13th on the log. There are some clubs I'd say the season is still fairly young and they can catch up but I don't know if I can say the same for Girona because they seem to be worsening instead of getting better I believe no one is beyond repair so maybe they can have a shot.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Overreacted to violence? Dude! No matter what happens inside the field between players, they are playing football and nothing can justify violence. You can defend the fans for throwing objects which is a very risky and dangerous act for towards the safety of players, just because you don’t like Real Madrid or another team. This aport is built on good spirit and sportsmanship.

you know why these players are schooled thoroughly before being admitted to play in pitches like that? We don't even wanna have another bolloteli in the picture -- y'all knew how he ended right? That's what happens when you allow yourself to be over ridden by pride and arrogance.

LaLiga has been always like this and in many cases we have seen players getting hit and injured by fans, I believe that authorities should take action against these saboteurs as an example for the future.

if the authorities have not taken actions yet, then they're seriously to be blamed for whatever keeps repeating itself. Just like them pitch invaders, anyone caught throwing any object, regardless of what it is should be made to serve time. Some people can dress up from their different houses just to come screw you up. I believe they all saw the chaos it caused and how much time was wasted.
That aside, I wasn't expecting Madrid to struggle for just a single point in that match.

[KTChampions]

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick have told the club's new goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny that he's not guaranteed to always start for the club rather that the former Poland international will have to fight for with Inaki Pena for the goalkeeping position. Do you think this statement by Flick is a way of making Wojciech Szczęsny to be at his best or do you believe that the club's goalkeeping position will be contested for by the two goalkeepers considering Pena's poor performance in the club's first league defeat at Osasuna on Saturday?

I think that "nobody is guaranteed a starting spot" and "you are not guaranteed a starting spot" are two very different things. And if Flick said the first thing, then these are probably just general words and everyone understands that Szczesny is coming to be the main goalkeeper until Ter Stegen returns to action. In general, this is a rather strange return, since Szczesny ended his career rather strangely - at an early age and without health problems.

[X-ray]

The supporters came prepared as they hide their faces with masks and they couldn't be identified. Masks should be banned in stadium so that people that want to cause disturbance can't hide their faces to do that. All offenders that will be caught have to be punished by fine and bans. The bans should be for many games so that they can't come back to the stadium easily.

One-city team matches are always hot and exciting. In fact, there are always moments when opinions differ between the two teams and always feel disadvantaged. Simeone extorted Coutois was the root of this incident. Because he felt that the Madrid goalkeeper was provoking the supporters. So many supporters were provoked and threw matches. I don't see it clearly, but these two parties should not give a negative response in the era of the football industry. I think the supporters should also be investigated and the players as well, it has to be done so that there is no embarrassing problem. 

It's not only Atletico fans. Their coach, Simeone, blamed Courtois for being provocative in that game. But he doesn't care about the fans' chants mocking Courtois. He's been feeding his team fans with a bad mentality. They totally showed the dark side of football in that game. And i think they should be ashamed.

As for the game, Real Madrid played well, creating several chances. But their poor finishing cost them the win. I was also questioning their coach, Ancelotti. He subbed in some defenders for his attackers.
It's a terrible decision by him. His garbage subs made us lose two points.

[Jegileman]

Girona haven't started the season well. There is no sign of Girona, who last season had no difficulty in defeating their opponents. This season it looks like they will finish in mid-table. They drew 1-1 away to Celta Vigo.

Girona are indeed no where to be found this season. Like last season, they should have by now been doing better than they’re now. They’ve not been good this season and I’m sure it’s going to cost them a lot if they don’t improve their gameplay from now. They’re also participating in the champions league so I expected them to be doing well in the domestic games so that they can prove a great performance in the Champions league when they play.

The Madrid derby ended in a 1-1 draw and for me, it was still a reasonable result, because I also considered that Real Madrid still needed time to make their squad perform and produce better results. Because so far, Real Madrid has found it very difficult to win even though they only play against mediocre teams, and more often get penalty kicks to score goals, and that's not impressive at all.

The Madrid derby was a game that the result speaks for it perfectly well. Both teams did well in their respective possession of the game and also goals on target. The match was played in Atletico’s home and at some point the game needed to stop because of the Atletico Madrid’s fans throwing objects on Real Madrid’s goalkeeper. After the resumption from the break, we saw the equalizer from the Atletico Madrid player and it was indeed a wanted comeback at that point to get the goal and level the match.

[Polkeins]

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick have told the club's new goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny that he's not guaranteed to always start for the club rather that the former Poland international will have to fight for with Inaki Pena for the goalkeeping position. Do you think this statement by Flick is a way of making Wojciech Szczęsny to be at his best or do you believe that the club's goalkeeping position will be contested for by the two goalkeepers considering Pena's poor performance in the club's first league defeat at Osasuna on Saturday?

Very strange statement from Flick, especially given the injury of Ter-Stegen and the absence of other goalkeepers except Pena and Szczesny and could have said something nicer for both goalkeepers, saying, for example, that we have the strongest goalkeepers in the squad and we will choose a goalkeeper based on the readiness of each to the matches, and so Flick rather just hints that put in the lineup will still Pena, only if he does not make a lot of mistakes.
In general, I remember Flick's career in the German national team, when suddenly the national team after a good period lost games unexpectedly, as now Barcelona and many players of the German national team also apparently did not always understand Flick's decisions.

[Frankolala]

Current points race in standings:
Barcelona 21
Real Madrid 18
Atletico Madrid 16

As early as it seems, the tittle race is already interesting. There is still a long way to go but the earlier Madrid close the gap, the better for them. Madrid derby is now interesting to watch than El classico due to high tense of the game. A draw game that feels like a defeat for Madrid but I blame Ancelotti who ruined the game for himself. He failed to learn from last season mistake against the same Athletico Madrid.

Ancelotti decided to retreat and defend by emptying the midfield and attack which automatically invite pressure because by doing so, you're giving your opponent confidence to get back to the game. He gamble the match and he has equally paid the reward for his mistakes. Despite making awful changes, he still makes it late. It wasn't entirely a bad game but I really expect more than what I watched yesterday despite the little improvement I noticed.

Indeed, if you look at the standings, it is clear that Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are competing and of course this is very interesting. However, what is unique is that last season we saw Girona, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid competing fiercely, but now unfortunately Girona's performance has declined.

But yes, with the Madrid derby match with a draw, it certainly makes the competition in Laliga even more exciting between Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. but of course Barcelona fans definitely want to see Barcelona win and Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid fans also definitely want to which it supports team win and surely like the Madrid derby match there will definitely be some Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid fans who regret the result of the draw but of course there will also be which is just normal.

and of course many Barcelona fans will also be disappointed because Barcelona lost to Osasuna, giving Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid the opportunity to shift Barcelona's position at the top of the standings. Yes, now the season is still early and of course we'll see if there are other clubs that will compete with the top 3 strong teams at the moment and of course I see Bilbao which of course could also compete to reach the top ranking.

It was only last season that we saw Girona in competition with these three clubs, apart from that most times it has always been Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico all the way. So I am not surprised because these three clubs bought new players quality players to strengthen their team and improve their performance but Girona sold their best players and currently they are struggling to draw most of their matches.

Yesterday match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was a torque of war and after so much drama on the pitch, Atletico Madrid was able to equalize the goal and that got Real Ma7drid disappointed because they thought that they have already won the match in order for them to have all three points. But they don't have any other option than to share points.

[Smack That Ace]

Barcelona must have been the happiest that this match ended in a draw. Because if any team had won, they would have come very close to Barcelona, ​​but in this case, both teams came close to Barcelona by only one point each. They did not lose much this week when Barcelona lost to Osasuna. If Barcelona had beaten Osasuna, then we could have said the championship was lost. Because Barcelona has a significant point difference to the other teams. Real Madrid, on the other hand, got their third draw since the beginning of the year. This is an unexpected score from them.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are the top contenders for La Liga this season, we solely understand the close range competitive run they've consistently had for decades and counting. This season, both parties have the odds to win games but Real Madrid have been exceptionally good with brilliant performance, they're yet to record a loss while Barcelona on the other hand have gained confidence, topping the league table but have already recorded humiliating defeats.

Time for Real Madrid and Barcelona to rechecked their strategy because the oppositions doesn't make La Liga look easy for them. You talked about Barcelona happy at the moment? Ofcourse they're happy, atleast they remained top of the table but points gap reduced, that will do. Barcelona need to fixed their club because they conceded 4 goals from an average side in La Liga, Osasuna. Barcelona are competitive and strong enough to withstand their oppositions, but when it comes elite tournaments, they just ghost.

Real Madrid was about to get away with three points from this match and if that had happened, Barcelona would have been under pressure for sure. Not saying that Barcelona is not under pressure right now. The point difference is definitely not a month between Barcelona and Real Madrid right now.

By the way, Barcelona had a great chance to win against Osasuna. At least that’s what it looked like on paper. If Barcelona had been able to win that match, they would have been ahead by more points and could have had themselves a lot more breathing space. I understand that Barcelona is happy right now because they have been able to stay at the first position of the table. But they definitely should not be happy after the loss in the last match against Osasuna.

Regards

Duke

[Docnaster]

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick have told the club's new goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny that he's not guaranteed to always start for the club rather that the former Poland international will have to fight for with Inaki Pena for the goalkeeping position. Do you think this statement by Flick is a way of making Wojciech Szczęsny to be at his best or do you believe that the club's goalkeeping position will be contested for by the two goalkeepers considering Pena's poor performance in the club's first league defeat at Osasuna on Saturday?

I think that "nobody is guaranteed a starting spot" and "you are not guaranteed a starting spot" are two very different things. And if Flick said the first thing, then these are probably just general words and everyone understands that Szczesny is coming to be the main goalkeeper until Ter Stegen returns to action. In general, this is a rather strange return, since Szczesny ended his career rather strangely - at an early age and without health problems.

"Everyone understands that Szczesny is coming to be the main goalkeeper until Ter Stegen returns to action" you said, but this statement of yours I don't think should be generalized because if Hansi Flick was well convinced that Szczęsny was going to be the clubs first choice goalkeeper, he'll not be making the statement that no position in the club is guaranteed for anyone when he was asked by the press about the club's goalkeeping position. Well the thing is since Szczęsny have arrived, we'll see if Flick will always use him as the club's first choice goalkeeper or still give Inaki Pena the opportunities to fight for a starting shirt.

[Adiljutt156]

It is not easy for Real Madrid to beat Atletico because we all know how they have performed so far so I also do not choose between them who will win this match because a draw is likely to happen as both clubs do not want to lose points completely.
I bet on BTTS and I think Real Madrid will win in the final minutes because I have not seen any signs of Atletico equalizing but who would have thought in the extra time Atletico Madrid took advantage of Madrid's carelessness and managed to score an equalizer before the end of the half and one of Atletico's players got a red card and in the end my bet was right both teams scored goals although no one won here.

Both teams gave good performance in this match and score was level because these are teams of same level. Real Madrid football team has second position on points table and Atlético de Madrid football team has third position and it got 16  points with 8 GD and Real Madrid got 18 points with 11 GD . Militão did first goal of the match and nobody could do another goal from his team after his goal but struggle was continued and we saw another goal in last minutes and that was from Correa who was the member of Atlético de Madrid team but both teams fans were disappointed because no team could win this match. Both teams defenders were active and they tried to stop every goal and they became successful and we saw low goals match.

[stompix]

Turns out the derby was more about drama than football!
I don't get why some say it was such a disputed and great match, maybe they have watched a different game but there were exactly 3 goal opportunities for both teams in one hour of play, hardly spectacular, and a lot of broken play with a ton of missed opportunities to even build on something.

If it weren't for the drama with the supporters and the interruption it could have been a match to be forgotten easily!

Meanwhile, the fan who threw the lighter is going to be banned for life, police say they re still trying to identify the others who have thrown objects and Atletico is bent on banning every single one of them:
https://www.goal.com/en/lists/atletico-madrid-fan-banned-for-life-projectiles-thibaut-courtois-real-madrid-derby/blta649c6526d3cba1d
On Wednesday it's going to be held a meeting to see if Ateltco gets one match with a closed stadium as punishment, probably 100%

Irony, Courtois didn't get injured by the objects but still got injured in play, at least one week on the bench!

[fullhdpixel]

The supporters came prepared as they hide their faces with masks and they couldn't be identified. Masks should be banned in stadium so that people that want to cause disturbance can't hide their faces to do that. All offenders that will be caught have to be punished by fine and bans. The bans should be for many games so that they can't come back to the stadium easily. Vinicius jnr has always been the receiver of racist chants but the type of racist activities that happened in the game between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was too much and the Atletico fans could have hurt the players leading to a long injuries that might have cost them their career.

There are situations like that in la liga that happens constantly because the league doesn't do much about it. For example the FA in England solved that issue mostly, not completely of course there are still some idiots but back in the day, specially in the 90's (no idea why it was more specially then) there were so many hooligans and the problem was there were people dying, some crazy stuff, like "oh he waved a banana to black player" is morally wrong and should stop but this is people DYING, much worse.

Eventually, they figured it out, mostly by just making those people not be able to enter any games and banned them from the games, and when those couldn't go to the game, over years, the other calm heads started to be doing better, not right away but after a few years it became better and better.