La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[asriloni]

Mbappe was unfocused in the recent El Clasico; he missed key opportunities to score, and when he did find the net, he was offside. A player of his level should be more aware of how to position himself to support his teammates. It feels like Mbappé struggles to adapt his playstyle in challenging matches. He had two goals ruled out for offside and found himself offside too often throughout the game. He needed to learn from these situations, but it seems he wasn’t able to.

Now, Ancelotti and Mbappe have things to work on. Additionally, Kroos's departure has had a major impact on Real’s game. Over the summer, there was a lot of focus on bringing in Mbappé, but perhaps the club paid too little attention to finding someone who could replace Kroos.

The worst part is that some of Mbappe's offsides were rookie mistakes. Also, almost half his offsides came from his amateurish run. It's unacceptable for someone labeled the "GOAT." It's very sad to say all of his offsides were avoidable, but i dunno what's wrong with him.

In the end, i'm hoping him to learn that if offside in Spain is totally different when he played on France.

[bering]

Just relying on the existing players, the coach was able to make big changes and it could go quite well in La Liga and the Champions League even though he had to lose some important players before. The quality of the front players in scoring goals is indeed extraordinary where they can prove the number of goals scored in the last few matches. This will be a warning to other clubs that they should never underestimate Barcelona even though they don't have many great players.

The polish of Hansi Flick's hands and smart ideas have really made the Barcelona squad extraordinary this season because Barcelona was able to win a lot against big teams like Munich and Madrid in very different competitions. So there is no reason whatsoever to judge Barcelona as not good this season because the evidence is very clear that Barcelona is very worthy for us to consider as a strong candidate to win La Liga and also in the UCL because Barcelona will also continue to fight in the UCL this season until the final.

I think one of the biggest factor why Barcelona performance is so fantastic is because in the hand of Hansi Flick some of players who performing poor when Barcelona under Xavi can able to in form again and we can see it the performance of Lewandowski and Raphinha that last season they were unable to in form even Lewandowski is very often to gets the injury and his goals records is decrease but this season these players is very different and for almost every matches both players can scores especially Lewandowski that i thought he has spend because Lewandowski is old so Barcelona have to look for the replacement of him but this season he has surprising me because with his current age Lewandowski can being an Barcelona and Laliga top scorer

[Leviathan.007]

Just relying on the existing players, the coach was able to make big changes and it could go quite well in La Liga and the Champions League even though he had to lose some important players before. The quality of the front players in scoring goals is indeed extraordinary where they can prove the number of goals scored in the last few matches. This will be a warning to other clubs that they should never underestimate Barcelona even though they don't have many great players.

The polish of Hansi Flick's hands and smart ideas have really made the Barcelona squad extraordinary this season because Barcelona was able to win a lot against big teams like Munich and Madrid in very different competitions. So there is no reason whatsoever to judge Barcelona as not good this season because the evidence is very clear that Barcelona is very worthy for us to consider as a strong candidate to win La Liga and also in the UCL because Barcelona will also continue to fight in the UCL this season until the final.

Even the fans of Barcelona couldn't predict this result against Real Madrid while they won't have good players like Real Madrid and they didn't buy many expensive palyers like this team but still, Flick's performance in Barcelona was good enough to beat Real Madrid with all expensive player they have in this team.
Now, after beating Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, we can even expect to see Flick win the La Liga title with Barcelona at the end of the season.

[Troytech]

This is so true. Real Madrid may lose to Barca several times and still get the trophies they deserve. What's more important is winning the title in whatever competition you are playing and not winning some prominent matches. I know it was a big pain for Ancelloti yesterday. If only he knew Barca was cooking something before the game.

Both teams are fast, but if I am to say I will choose Real Madrid to have faster players compared to Barca. Yet, what happened yesterday was iconic. Barcelona players were way faster to get hold of every ball and their finishing is brilliant.

The caption is absolute bollocks. If this was said by Erik ten Hag that he has won two trophies in the last two seasons, you'd see lots of people saying he brags too much and is egoistic. Carlo Ancelotti should just admit that he was more than poor tactically even during the first half. All these are just excuses brought up to silence the noise. And for those blasting Kylian Mbappe y'all should know that he is also not a natural striker. Who else recalls the FIFA world cup finals against Argentina? He was moved from CF to  free role. The absence of Toni Kross has also affected RM because he is the major source of organizing how Real Madrid goes forward and comes backwards.

Buddy, you cant be comparing Erik Ten Hag to Ancelotti when it comes to trophy being won and most importantly coaching ethics and strategies. Real Madrid won the Champions league and still won the LA Liga. Those are two huge trophies for the team in one season. Erik Ten Hag didn't win the EPL nor did he win in the Champions League rather he won the EFL and the FA cup which is a good plus. But cannot be compared to what Ancelotti won.

Talking about loses in games. Manchester United keeps losing in almost all their game while they get some games to be draw. Its not like they have a nemesis that keeps wining them in competitions. As for Real Madrid the El Classico match ahs always been a challenge for them. Even if they keep wining their individual league and the UCL i don't know why they have to struggle so hard whenever they play against Barcelona.

[Cookdata]

The worst part is that some of Mbappe's offsides were rookie mistakes. Also, almost half his offsides came from his amateurish run. It's unacceptable for someone labeled the "GOAT." It's very sad to say all of his offsides were avoidable, but i dunno what's wrong with him.

In the end, i'm hoping him to learn that if offside in Spain is totally different when he played on France.

Real Madrid had 12 offsides that El clasico but Mbape alone was 8 offside, I'm not sure if any player in the history of Real Madrid El clasico has gotten that number, it was very bad that they had to correct him many times and yet no lessom was learnt. If you were been off 2 times, you should atleast adjust but he was just con head that wasn't ready to learn and yet he has the speed to outrun that weak defense style of Barcelona, the worst I have seen in my life.

The painful part about that match is that Real Madrid needed this goal to move closer to Barcelona but they messed up and not just they hadn't lost in any match this season only to come lose to Barcelona. That's the worst timing I have seen and the match was so joyful to other teams that are not Barcelona but wanted Real Madrid to be punish badly.

[Polkeins]

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I think Real's was new los galacticos in the last season, but Mbappe's arrival I think only weakened Real, as did Kroos' departure.
After Mbappe's arrival it seems that Bellingham started to play worse and lost his leadership position on the field. Although Mbappe is trying to play in pass with partners, but still it is obvious that Mbappe is worried about his own game and he tries to shoot from any position, even if it is not the most favorable, which hurts team play, and Real is first of all a team, and then the individual game.
I was also surprised by the odds on the victory before the match on Barcelona, which was 3.8 and it is really very strange, because after Real Barcelona has the strongest squad in La Liga and such odds were just a gift from bookmakers, but the score 4:0 was really difficult to guess, I believed in the victory of Barcelona, but not with such a score.

Even though Real Madrid has a luxurious squad with a number of expensive star players, they not only have the right to win, but also have the right to lose to anyone who plays better. I don't think Real Madrid played badly in the El Clasico match, but at the same time Barcelona played better and was more effective in taking advantage of their goal opportunities.

Barcelona's ingenuity in preventing Real Madrid from scoring in El Clasico must be praised, I mean the offside trap they implemented really made Real Madrid players frustrated throughout the match. 12 times offside with 2 goals disallowed was clearly very annoying, but that was the intelligence of Barcelona's players and defensive strategy in that match.

I agree that Barcelona's offside trap worked perfectly, but I think it was partly Mbappe's fault for acting so straightforwardly.
Of course Real can lose, but before that Real had a streak of more than 40 consecutive matches without defeat and the last time they lost in La Liga was a year ago, besides, I don't remember Real losing by 4 goals.
Bellingham has been playing much worse this season than last season and now it seems like a different player, not the same Bellingham that could single-handedly get results. Vinicius is still playing at his own level, but when the team has a bad game, you can see that he gets nervous and starts provoking the opposing players and the referee, which also affects his results.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

There is only one game in La Liga today. Mallorca will play Athletic Bilbao at home. Mallorca beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 last week. Vedat Muriqi scored in that game. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 7 games this season. It is not a very good statistic. But he is one of Mallorca's important weapons. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao beat Espanyol 4-1 last week. Both teams are on 17 points. Both teams won their last matches. It's hard for me to know which team will win. I don't think any result is a surprise. In this kind of matches I bet on both teams to score. Both teams will want to win this match.

[Docnaster]

Mbappe was unfocused in the recent El Clasico; he missed key opportunities to score, and when he did find the net, he was offside. A player of his level should be more aware of how to position himself to support his teammates. It feels like Mbappé struggles to adapt his playstyle in challenging matches. He had two goals ruled out for offside and found himself offside too often throughout the game. He needed to learn from these situations, but it seems he wasn’t able to.

Now, Ancelotti and Mbappe have things to work on. Additionally, Kroos's departure has had a major impact on Real’s game. Over the summer, there was a lot of focus on bringing in Mbappé, but perhaps the club paid too little attention to finding someone who could replace Kroos.

Barcelona used the high line defense method against Bayern Munich last week in the UEFA Champions League, so I expected an experienced player like Kylian Mbappe to study and master the best way to beat the offside traps Barcelona defenders was setting in that crucial game. The few clear chances Kylian Mbappe got in that game, he failed to utilize them but that I think will make him to go back to the drawing in learning how to maximize any chance he gets again.
The talk about Toni Kroos departure having effects on Real Madrid I don't think is true because the club have watched players with better influence on the pitch than Kroos but still went on to succeed without them and I'm very sure they'll succeed without Kroos.

[Xcode7]

Mbappe was unfocused in the recent El Clasico; he missed key opportunities to score, and when he did find the net, he was offside. A player of his level should be more aware of how to position himself to support his teammates. It feels like Mbappé struggles to adapt his playstyle in challenging matches. He had two goals ruled out for offside and found himself offside too often throughout the game. He needed to learn from these situations, but it seems he wasn’t able to.

Now, Ancelotti and Mbappe have things to work on. Additionally, Kroos's departure has had a major impact on Real’s game. Over the summer, there was a lot of focus on bringing in Mbappé, but perhaps the club paid too little attention to finding someone who could replace Kroos.

The worst part is that some of Mbappe's offsides were rookie mistakes. Also, almost half his offsides came from his amateurish run. It's unacceptable for someone labeled the "GOAT." It's very sad to say all of his offsides were avoidable, but i dunno what's wrong with him.

In the end, i'm hoping him to learn that if offside in Spain is totally different when he played on France.

This is Barcelona's new strategy, and I see not all teams in Spain play or make offside traps but that's how Barcelona maintains their defense, you can see they guard each other to advance Martinez with Cubarsi guarding him so that's what they do in every match and when they beat Munich they Barcelona also often make offside traps, so I think Barcelona played well when they were the host so that it frustrated Mbappe and his colleagues.

Talking about Mbappe who was offside I think he was too advanced and the lack of vision caused it to happen, and I think Mbappe is not a big player at the moment he hasn't shown it with Real Madrid and I hope he is big but at the moment he is not big, his game is also lacking and I think Mbappe's adjustment there is not complete so I think there is no chance to put hope in Mbappe this season.

[GxSTxV]

I couldn’t understand how Real Madrid lost the Clasico to Barcelona despite having a stronger lineup and more experienced players, and as I know and see the players cost are way more than the cost of Barcelona players. They kept falling into Barcelona’s offside traps in first half, struggled to break through the defense and seemed lost both in attack and defense. I kept watching how they dominated most parts of the first half but totally fail to convert any of that into goals which was so disappointing, and worse the second half was just awful for them.

This game really showed us, or let’s say me personally the need for a change in leading this talented team, failed to prove their strength. Ancelotti tactics and game management didn’t adapt to the challenges, Barcelona presented as a very new fresh team and coach. Maybe it’s time to consider a different approach and a new coach that can bring innovative strategies and energy to prevent these kinds of losses in important matches, beside the fact that Real Madrid is spending much money on stars feels like the new PSG now.

[fuguebtc]

This is Barcelona's new strategy, and I see not all teams in Spain play or make offside traps but that's how Barcelona maintains their defense, you can see they guard each other to advance Martinez with Cubarsi guarding him so that's what they do in every match and when they beat Munich they Barcelona also often make offside traps, so I think Barcelona played well when they were the host so that it frustrated Mbappe and his colleagues.

Talking about Mbappe who was offside I think he was too advanced and the lack of vision caused it to happen, and I think Mbappe is not a big player at the moment he hasn't shown it with Real Madrid and I hope he is big but at the moment he is not big, his game is also lacking and I think Mbappe's adjustment there is not complete so I think there is no chance to put hope in Mbappe this season.

Hansi Flick is changing Barcelona's tactics in almost every match. Hansi Flick prepares his match strategy considering the strength of the opponent. This is why he has been successful so far. We also see good performances from Barcelona players. Especially from Raphinha we are seeing excellent performances which have not been seen in previous few seasons. Moreover, Barcelona managed to find a gem like Yamal.

Hansi Flick's match strategy was very effective in the match against Real Madrid. 12 offsides were made by Real Madrid players in this match. I have never seen Real Madrid 12 offsides in any of the past matches. If Madrid's two goals had not been disallowed for offside, the result of the match might have changed completely. Because the two goals were disallowed, Madrid's players gradually lost confidence. And in the second half we only saw Barcelona players dominate.

[Weawant]

Even the fans of Barcelona couldn't predict this result against Real Madrid while they won't have good players like Real Madrid and they didn't buy many expensive palyers like this team but still, Flick's performance in Barcelona was good enough to beat Real Madrid with all expensive player they have in this team.
Now, after beating Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, we can even expect to see Flick win the La Liga title with Barcelona at the end of the season.

Literally one of their best victory this season, I'm saying so because they literally haven't won a big team like this with such amount of goal this season so it is really okay it came as a surprise to their fan they had such victory, for Madrid it will aswell be a surprise to its fan they lost that terribly, Barcelona doesn't have as much expensive players as do Madrid so that for me cannot be considered a reason enough that Barcelona won and Madrid lost, infact Madrid has got one of the most expensive squad across Europe and probably in the world. The la Liga title this season is appearing like one that is going to be tough as against the regular ones we used to see and know so I'm not going to agree to believing that Madrid has got the absolute chance.

[SmartCharpa]

I would say the greatest part about this is that everyone talked about how Real Madrid built the new los galacticos with addition of Mbappe and they could be incredible, and all season long they prove they weren't that good at all. Addition of Mbappe didn't help them at all, not that he isn't a great player, he is, but he just doesn't look like the best fit.

And Flick was incredible in this game, dude managed to pull off an offside-trap for Mbappe that ruined him so many times, for so many chances, and to do that on the fastest player in the world, having a high line defense, was the biggest risk anyone can think of. Real had so many chances that were offsides, otherwise could have been goals. In the end, Flick just outsmarted Ancelotti, simple as that.

I am heartbroken with Real Madrid's terrible performance in the El Clasico, especially how much we bragged during the transfer window that their talented squad would pose a serious threat to any opponents this season. Sadly, our point of view was wrong; we underestimated Barcelona's academy players from the beginning of the season and were unaware that they had hired a new manager with greater experience than Xavi. I remember saying that Real Madrid would destroy Barcelona whenever they played. It's not easy to defeat Real Madrid with four goals down, but Flick did it easy. Praise to him for his excellent job in developing those young players.

In addition, Madrid players were just losing opportunities from the first half of the game, Courtois and Carvajal's absence had an impact on their performance, if Courtois had been available, Barcelona couldn't have scored those simple goals, and Lucas Vasquez was unable to stop Rafinha, allowing Barcelona to win an easy game.

[Dickiy]

There is only one game in La Liga today. Mallorca will play Athletic Bilbao at home. Mallorca beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 last week. Vedat Muriqi scored in that game. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in 7 games this season. It is not a very good statistic. But he is one of Mallorca's important weapons. On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao beat Espanyol 4-1 last week. Both teams are on 17 points. Both teams won their last matches. It's hard for me to know which team will win. I don't think any result is a surprise. In this kind of matches I bet on both teams to score. Both teams will want to win this match.

This match will be the closing match of week 11 of La Liga, and in my opinion it will be quite fierce and interesting, it would be a shame to miss it because both teams have the same points in the standings, but it is quite difficult for us to favor one of them both teams have equal strength.
Most likely I will follow your advice to bet on both teams scoring.

[OcTradism]

I am heartbroken with Real Madrid's terrible performance in the El Clasico, especially how much we bragged during the transfer window that their talented squad would pose a serious threat to any opponents this season.

The match was balanced in the first half but Real Madrid collapsed in the second half and ended this match with a nightmare. Barcelona are enjoying a beautiful season with comebacks of Lewandowski, Raphinha together with amazing quick growths of their young players. They can win La Liga trophy in this season but even they won't win it, they will still have a bright future with these young players who will have like 10 more years of playing for Barcelona.

Sadly, our point of view was wrong; we underestimated Barcelona's academy players from the beginning of the season and were unaware that they had hired a new manager with greater experience than Xavi.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid are strong but Real Madrid with a match with Dortmund in Champions League shown some different things. They let Dortmund scored two goals first, and they repeated it with Barcelona. They made an amazing comeback against Dortmund but failed to do it with Barcelona. Something is not too good with Real Madrid midfield and defense, lack of match control in ball possession and match intensity.

[Antonil]

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Hansi Flick can really turn Barcelona into a team that is really feared by opponents this season. When Barcelona decided to replace Xavi with Flick, I was doubtful. But it turns out that Flick was indeed the right choice for Barcelona's revival amidst the financial problems they were experiencing. And beating Real Madrid with a score of 0-4 was definitely never in any of our minds at that time. And not only that, but in that match Robert Lewandowski also added to his goal tally with the 2 goals he scored in that match. that will make him even stronger as the top scorer this season. And now Barcelona also leads the standings more convincingly. A difference of 6 points will really make Barcelona more comfortable in the top position.

The management's decision was very correct, perhaps Barcelona would never have performed like this if they had retained Xavi as coach. Their performance this season repeated the success when Guardiola first took charge of the team, Hansi Flick was even able to surpass the record that Guardiola had achieved in the first 14 matches.

Guardiola in first 14 games:

• 11 wins
• 1 Draw
• 2 losses
• Scored 39 goals
• Conceded 10 goals

Hansi Flick in the first 14 games:

• 12 wins
• 2 losses
• Scored 47 goals
• Conceded 13 goals

Guardiola's coaching time and Hansi Flick's record actually belong to Bayern Munich.  In addition, Guardiola's record of 14 matches for Bayern was in the 2013-14 season and Flick's record was in the 2019-20 season.
 Discussing Xavi's coaching and Barca's performance, Barcelona are in the process of rebuilding with a new generation of players.  Although it is difficult to directly compare his performances to those of Flick or Guardiola, his success in La Liga and Europe is giving positive signals for the club.
 For Barca, long-term success and player development are the main goals.  Just as success under Guardiola took Barcelona to new heights, Xavi may be able to make Barca similarly successful in the future if the management trusts.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

This match will be the closing match of week 11 of La Liga, and in my opinion it will be quite fierce and interesting, it would be a shame to miss it because both teams have the same points in the standings, but it is quite difficult for us to favor one of them both teams have equal strength.
Most likely I will follow your advice to bet on both teams scoring.

The strength of the two is quite balanced at this time and perhaps the only advantage because Mallorca acts as the host in the match. I have no analysis of this match but I have strong confidence that Mallorca will get a victory in the match. Sometimes games like this will be benefited to the host especially the points they collect now the same, so that the host will play much more effectively to get full points.

[Hanadawa]

Barcelona's ingenuity in preventing Real Madrid from scoring in El Clasico must be praised, I mean the offside trap they implemented really made Real Madrid players frustrated throughout the match. 12 times offside with 2 goals disallowed was clearly very annoying, but that was the intelligence of Barcelona's players and defensive strategy in that match.

The successful offside trap shows the extraordinary performance and compactness of Barcelona's defense. Honestly, it is not easy to implement an offside trap, especially for a team like Real Madrid. In addition, the offside trap also has a high risk where if the trap fails, the opposing player will be in a 1vs1 situation with the goalkeeper and of course 90% will be a goal. That's why I really appreciate the tactics implemented by Hansi Flick and how Barcelona's defense played very well. Well, for Mbappe who got 8 offsides, I think it's normal because he is a striker. Maybe this is the first time he has experienced something like this that he may never have gotten at PSG. He has speed but his timing is still not right so he is always in an offside position.

[Docnaster]

This match will be the closing match of week 11 of La Liga, and in my opinion it will be quite fierce and interesting, it would be a shame to miss it because both teams have the same points in the standings, but it is quite difficult for us to favor one of them both teams have equal strength.
Most likely I will follow your advice to bet on both teams scoring.

The strength of the two is quite balanced at this time and perhaps the only advantage because Mallorca acts as the host in the match. I have no analysis of this match but I have strong confidence that Mallorca will get a victory in the match. Sometimes games like this will be benefited to the host especially the points they collect now the same, so that the host will play much more effectively to get full points.

Athletic Bilbao in my own opinion is a better team than their hosts in the Spanish La Liga today but as far as this season is concerned, there's no too much difference between the two teams as both teams have managed to get the same number of points in the league this season after playing 10 games each. Mallorca will be the home team so I think that'll will give them an added advantage against their visitors but if the William brothers of Athletic Club will be fit for that game, they might make the difference in the game.

[TelolettOm]

I think one of the biggest factor why Barcelona performance is so fantastic is because in the hand of Hansi Flick some of players who performing poor when Barcelona under Xavi can able to in form again and we can see it the performance of Lewandowski and Raphinha that last season they were unable to in form even Lewandowski is very often to gets the injury

One of Hansi Flcik's focuses on Barcelona players besides their skill abilities is also focused on managing their ego. Because by being able to manage egos between players, he can make the team more solid and there is no tension in each player. And this will produce more significant results by competing more solidly, in line with the development of their skills and performance both individually and as a team.



In addition, Hansi Flick is also able to make the mental and fighting spirit of the players much greater and self-confidence that increases rapidly. This is also quite influential, so that the players can really optimize their performance in every match.

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