La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Plaguedeath]

Madrid continued their journey in the Copa Del Rey after a crazy win over celta vigo, before the game I thought madrid would face an opponent that would give them an easy win, but when they dominated the game and even took a 2-1 lead into the 90 minute, a mistake by Asencio in the penalty box brought celta vigo back to life and forced madrid to play extra time for 2x15 minutes, although they struggled to secure the win, madrid showed great skill and mentality in their game.

Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

Valverde always show a phenomenal goal, when he shot outside the penalty box, the chance he will score is like 80%.

[Rampagoe004]

Madrid continued their journey in the Copa Del Rey after a crazy win over celta vigo, before the game I thought madrid would face an opponent that would give them an easy win, but when they dominated the game and even took a 2-1 lead into the 90 minute, a mistake by Asencio in the penalty box brought celta vigo back to life and forced madrid to play extra time for 2x15 minutes, although they struggled to secure the win, madrid showed great skill and mentality in their game.

Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

Valverde always show a phenomenal goal, when he shot outside the penalty box, the chance he will score is like 80%.

Madrid has recovered from its poor condition several matches ago in La Liga, the results of the match against Celta Vigo prove that Real Madrid will always be optimistic in improving all their lines, they have many defensive and attacking line players such as Vinicius Jenior and Mbappe.
I am very confident that Real Madrid will go smoothly to the final round of the Copa Del Rey. The only tough competition that Madrid faces is Barcelona and Atletico Madrid but they can match it. I have no doubts about Real Madrid's performance after the main players recover from injury. Real Madrid will always provide tension at the end. match.

[Leviathan.007]

Andrik was the star of Real Madrid last night, Bobby, the diamond that Carlo Ancelotti didn't use.

He is a gift for Real. With his brace against Celta Vigo, he is averaging a goal every 72 minutes. He is the third best player in Europe in that regard.

Ancelotti said in December: "There is a lot of talk about Andrik, that he hasn't played much, that I don't give him time... but you have to think that he is a very young player who needs to adapt. Developing, learning and putting him in when the team is not working well can be counterproductive. Instead of helping him, it could hurt him. I have to think about all these things."

A month after Ancelotti's words, Andrik challenged this theory. Against Celta Vigo he was forced to experience one of those critical moments. The team was challenged and on the verge of relegation. There was tension and violence and far from everything, he took a step forward for his team. It was a left-footed shot that made it 3-2. He made it 5-2 in stoppage time and sealed the game. Bang and bang! He told reporters after the game: "I wasn't looking at the goal." And that's it. A player like an angel!

Considering that he played a total of 291 minutes for the team, which is relatively low, he has very good results and records.

[Roseline492]

Truth be told I was afraid for the Real Madrid guys when I saw the 2-2 equalizer goals from the Celta guys after Manchester had won two goals to none initially in the first half. Celta didn't get to achieve a comeback until in the second half about 83 minutes later when Baba scored a good goal. When I thought that was all of it, Celta was still able to scored their second goal in the injury time with the penalty opportunity secured and scored by Alonso.

On the match yesterday with Real Madrid and Celta Vigo when Madrid started scoring it got me excited but looking at Celta Vigo come back on the second half who wouldn't love them for that and they even come from all the way down to 2:2 with real Madrid, actually this Copa del Rey is giving a lot of money to some gamblers because of the high goals, it was a lot yesterday, congratulations to Osasuna for wining 3:2 and also Real Sociedad for 3:1 victory yesterday, it was amazing watching Ante Budimir who scored 2 goals as the top player Osasuna has, however I almost forgot their forward left Aimar Oroz who did well from start.

[HajiBagi]

Andrik was the star of Real Madrid last night, Bobby, the diamond that Carlo Ancelotti didn't use.

He is a gift for Real. With his brace against Celta Vigo, he is averaging a goal every 72 minutes. He is the third best player in Europe in that regard.

Ancelotti said in December: "There is a lot of talk about Andrik, that he hasn't played much, that I don't give him time... but you have to think that he is a very young player who needs to adapt. Developing, learning and putting him in when the team is not working well can be counterproductive. Instead of helping him, it could hurt him. I have to think about all these things."

A month after Ancelotti's words, Andrik challenged this theory. Against Celta Vigo he was forced to experience one of those critical moments. The team was challenged and on the verge of relegation. There was tension and violence and far from everything, he took a step forward for his team. It was a left-footed shot that made it 3-2. He made it 5-2 in stoppage time and sealed the game. Bang and bang! He told reporters after the game: "I wasn't looking at the goal." And that's it. A player like an angel!

Considering that he played a total of 291 minutes for the team, which is relatively low, he has very good results and records.

I don't see anything wrong with what Ancelotti did with Endrick, I think Endrick needs to adapt very well because he is still young and can help the team, the last time Endrick started a game in Copa del Rey he didn't score a goal or make assist and I think What Ancelotti did yesterday by bring him in the second half is the best option, The only thing that Ancelotti did wrong yesterday is by doing a wrong substitution, I didn't expect Ancelotti to substitute Kylian Mbappe because he is having a good performance and if we look at Mbappe performance this day's he is playing well create chances that lead to goals in matches.

Ancelotti wanted to leave Real Madrid that is why he made some substitutions that nearly Eliminate the team from the competition, Camavinga needed to be benched after the El Clasico match and he still decided to put him in yesterday's game and he was still the one that gave a wrong pass and makes the opponents equalize, I think Camavinga and Tchoumeni should never start a match together, and if Ancelotti wants to play big matches I prefer Modric or Ceballos should be in the Midfield than Camavinga, and with the way I'm seeing Real Madrid performance Real Madrid will still not win Copa Del Rey title and that is where Real Madrid will sack Ancelotti.

[Velvet78]

Real Madrid could have finished the job in regular time easily. Even after it became 2-0, they wasted many more opportunities. I don't even know how they managed to concede 2 goals in the last 10 minutes to extend the game for no reason.  

Yeah the defensive problems are still clearly seen no matter how much Ancelotti doesn't accept the fact they need new defenders. They were interested in one of Saliba - Gabriel duo before. If they signed a CB like them their defense would be stronger now. Anyways, seeing Arda Güler entering the game and making 2 assists was really nice.    Valverde once again sent one of his power shots in the net. By the way Endrick also impressed me a lot. Both of his goals were amazing and he also deserves to be given chances as much as possible.

[Farma]

Madrid continued their journey in the Copa Del Rey after a crazy win over celta vigo, before the game I thought madrid would face an opponent that would give them an easy win, but when they dominated the game and even took a 2-1 lead into the 90 minute, a mistake by Asencio in the penalty box brought celta vigo back to life and forced madrid to play extra time for 2x15 minutes, although they struggled to secure the win, madrid showed great skill and mentality in their game.

Real Madrid won but I don't think it's Madrid's mentality even though they won with a slow game I see them Real Madrid are not good enough at the moment, against Celta Vigo they had to fight to win honestly it's not about them but in the extra time Vigo were careless in closing down Madrid's game so the goal happened, I'm quite surprised by people who praise Real Madrid too much the fact is they were not good in the game and I think Ancelotti is the source of the problem here.

Why is Ancelotti the source of the problem I don't like him he played a line-up that was almost like a trial you could say and I think this is where the main mistake lies and Ancelotti never reflected on that mistake where they conceded 2 goals in a few minutes that's something they should look at, and I think Ancelotti should start with a good line-up for the next game without a trial so that Real Madrid don't lose and concede goals that shouldn't have happened.

[Gallar]

Madrid continued their journey in the Copa Del Rey after a crazy win over celta vigo, before the game I thought madrid would face an opponent that would give them an easy win, but when they dominated the game and even took a 2-1 lead into the 90 minute, a mistake by Asencio in the penalty box brought celta vigo back to life and forced madrid to play extra time for 2x15 minutes, although they struggled to secure the win, madrid showed great skill and mentality in their game.

Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

Valverde always show a phenomenal goal, when he shot outside the penalty box, the chance he will score is like 80%.

Real Madrid's victory over Celta Vigo deserves a thumbs up. But even so, I don't think Real Madrid's performance can be said to be good even though in this match Real Madrid won with a fairly landslide score. Because we can see for ourselves that Real Madrid could not be too free in the 90 minutes of the match and actually conceded a goal in the final minutes. I can conclude that Real Madrid's current performance is still ordinary. Why do I conclude like that, because Real Madrid is still having difficulties with a team like Celta Vigo. So winning by a landslide score is only natural in this match, because if you look at it in terms of quality, Real Madrid is far superior to Celta Vigo.

But what made Real Madrid's victory less than perfect in this match was that, first of all, Real Madrid conceded 2 goals in this match and also had to compete in extra time. Because Real Madrid should be able to win without conceding in this match. But it cannot be denied that the performance of Real Madrid's defenders was not good in this match. So Ancelotti must immediately fix this matter well. Apart from that, in my opinion, Real Madrid's front players are not currently at their best. Because the proof alone is that in this match there were a lot of wasted opportunities. Therefore, if we look at Real Madrid's performance, it may still be far from optimal.

[mamesso]

Madrid continued their journey in the Copa Del Rey after a crazy win over celta vigo, before the game I thought madrid would face an opponent that would give them an easy win, but when they dominated the game and even took a 2-1 lead into the 90 minute, a mistake by Asencio in the penalty box brought celta vigo back to life and forced madrid to play extra time for 2x15 minutes, although they struggled to secure the win, madrid showed great skill and mentality in their game.

Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

The CDR quarter-finals will be played before the Madrid derby in La Liga (at the Bernabeu). Real Madrid could play Atletico back-to-back if the CDR draw brings them together. If this scenario occurs, it is clearly very disadvantageous for Real Madrid because currently their defense is very fragile. They will have a hard time facing Atletico very fast attacks, especially since Julian Alvarez has become Atletico new goal machine.

[CageMabok]

The CDR quarter-finals will be played before the Madrid derby in La Liga (at the Bernabeu). Real Madrid could play Atletico back-to-back if the CDR draw brings them together. If this scenario occurs, it is clearly very disadvantageous for Real Madrid because currently their defense is very fragile. They will have a hard time facing Atletico very fast attacks, especially since Julian Alvarez has become Atletico new goal machine.

I also hope that Madrid will not meet Atletico directly in the quarter-finals of the Copa Del Rey this season so that the semifinals and finals will be more interesting because Real Madrid will definitely try to get the Copa Del Rey trophy this season after Madrid failed in the Super Cup this season because they lost in the final to Barcelona. However, I also highlighted Real Madrid's defense which is still not perfect so Madrid must be able to improve it in the near future because Atletico and Barcelona are still quite dangerous in every competition this season.

[Bitcoin_people]

The CDR quarter-finals will be played before the Madrid derby in La Liga (at the Bernabeu). Real Madrid could play Atletico back-to-back if the CDR draw brings them together. If this scenario occurs, it is clearly very disadvantageous for Real Madrid because currently their defense is very fragile. They will have a hard time facing Atletico very fast attacks, especially since Julian Alvarez has become Atletico new goal machine.

I also hope that Madrid will not meet Atletico directly in the quarter-finals of the Copa Del Rey this season so that the semifinals and finals will be more interesting because Real Madrid will definitely try to get the Copa Del Rey trophy this season after Madrid failed in the Super Cup this season because they lost in the final to Barcelona. However, I also highlighted Real Madrid's defense which is still not perfect so Madrid must be able to improve it in the near future because Atletico and Barcelona are still quite dangerous in every competition this season.

Real Madrid will probably not face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals, but it is expected that it will be more interesting if they meet in the semi-finals. Real Madrid is ready to perform well enough to win the Copa del Rey trophy this season and they will improve their game to become champions. Since they lost the match against Barcelona in the Supercopa final match, they will try their best in the Copa del Rey match to win the trophy this season. Real Madrid's defense is capable of strengthening and if we look at their near future, we can expect them to become even stronger. If Real Madrid has to win and become champions, then they have to improve their game from now on and make the team stronger, because since Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are still their best rivals, Real Madrid will have to be even tougher.

[Obari]

Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

Valverde always show a phenomenal goal, when he shot outside the penalty box, the chance he will score is like 80%.

Real Madrid stats this season, second on the Laliga table with 13W 4D 2L and this is comfortable stats for Carlo Ancelotti? I don't think so because he's not settling lesser outcome, rather he's more focused on making improvements all-round. Real Madrid are not only the team that needs to work thoroughly on their backlines. There are several options for Carlo Ancelotti to make things better for the club, he will always come into the picture to sealed the upgrade of Real Madrid. We're looking about the amazing players of Real Madrid. They're all top profile and carried out their role essentially. Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are also competitively in the race to win the Laliga title and will do everything within their reach to make sure this happen. More reason for Carlo Ancelotti to buckled up and puts fierce formation towards his oppositions.

[rahmad2nd]

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Madrid really need to fix their defense, even though they have a nice attacking forward, but they can't always continue like this since Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are good in both defend and attack.

I'm sure Real Madrid can reach semi final, but it's questionable whether they will become a champion or not.

Valverde always show a phenomenal goal, when he shot outside the penalty box, the chance he will score is like 80%.

Reflecting on last night's match against Celta Vigo there was a change that Don Carlo made, he rotated Tchouameni back to his original position, on the other side Ancelotti played their young defender. the result was quite good, although the opposing team had equalized. but as we know Madrid was able to finish the match with a victory, proven by the final score of 5-2. even so Celta is not an equal opponent, so Ancelotti still has work to do to strengthen his team especially in the defense sector. as you said, that some of his rival teams namely Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have sharp strikers in terms of scoring goals. but we'll just see how Ancelotti handles his team and anticipates his opponent later, what is certain is that Madrid has a chance to advance beyond the semifinals.

[MusaMohamed]

Reflecting on last night's match against Celta Vigo there was a change that Don Carlo made, he rotated Tchouameni back to his original position, on the other side Ancelotti played their young defender. the result was quite good, although the opposing team had equalized. but as we know Madrid was able to finish the match with a victory, proven by the final score of 5-2. even so Celta is not an equal opponent, so Ancelotti still has work to do to strengthen his team especially in the defense sector. as you said, that some of his rival teams namely Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have sharp strikers in terms of scoring goals. but we'll just see how Ancelotti handles his team and anticipates his opponent later, what is certain is that Madrid has a chance to advance beyond the semifinals.

It is a win to heal their pain after a big defeat by Barcelona, but this match is not too important with Real Madrid. They will have more important matches in La Liga and Champions League, where they are fighting for two big titles. I am really not doubtful about ability of Carlo Ancelotti in management and tactics, he is good at it.

Two big defeats by Barcelona in this season don't mean he is a bad coach, we will see how he and Real Madrid finish this season, with La Liga and Champoins League titles, one of these two titles or no title at all. If they end this season without these titles, it's accurate to say this season is a failure for Carlo and Real Madrid. Now it is too early for saying so as many matches are ahead and they still have good opportunities to win those titles that can cover two big defeats by Barcelona.

[giammangiato]

This is a great achievement for Barcelona to have both first and second players in La Liga goals ranking. Lewandowski R is a great striker with an incredible performance with 16 goals in 18 matches. Raphinha who is in second place with 11 goals in 19 matches and Mbappe K in third place with 10 goals in 17 matches, among all the top three Lewandowski R really have good performance, having less matches than the season place is actually a great thing and how good he is, among the top three Lewandowski R aged the both of them, they have to learn from him.

In fact, Barcelona is scoring a lot of goals, a spectacle for football lovers like me
It's not going very well in the standings, this is also true, i think they will be able to fix the problems that exist at the moment
I am truly confident that Flick really knows what to do and is proving it

[len01]

Watching and discussing the team at the top is indeed very interesting, but discussing the team in the degradation zone that will compete today is also a very interesting thing.
Espanyol has odds @1.78, draw @3.5 and Valladolid @5.20. This means that the chance of Espanyol's victory is much bigger because it appears at home and the bookie may also be sure if Espanyol can win.
But for me Espanyol should not be favored because competing against Valencia also only ended in a draw. So that without hesitation I bet on double opportunities and in my opinion Valladolid has a slightly better performance.

• Espanyol vs Valladolid (Double chance draw or Valladolid win)

[Palakka]

This is a great achievement for Barcelona to have both first and second players in La Liga goals ranking. Lewandowski R is a great striker with an incredible performance with 16 goals in 18 matches. Raphinha who is in second place with 11 goals in 19 matches and Mbappe K in third place with 10 goals in 17 matches, among all the top three Lewandowski R really have good performance, having less matches than the season place is actually a great thing and how good he is, among the top three Lewandowski R aged the both of them, they have to learn from him.

In fact, Barcelona is scoring a lot of goals, a spectacle for football lovers like me
It's not going very well in the standings, this is also true, i think they will be able to fix the problems that exist at the moment
I am truly confident that Flick really knows what to do and is proving it

It is undeniable that Barcelona currently has an impressive attack line and is also filled with players who have high scoring instincts so far, so it is not surprising that they are currently the most productive team in La Liga by scoring 51 goals, two of their players are at the top score list this season and this indicates that we cannot doubt the quality possessed by Lewandowski and Raphinha.

If you pay attention to the cause of their deterioration in the current standings, it is precisely because of their inconsistency in the last few matches after some of their main players were injured, besides the sharpness of their attack line is not supported by a strong defence line, and it is evident if they are currently the team that conceded the most among other teams in the top 4 zone.

[Webetcoins]

Mbappe will need a lot of help to be able to settle down at the club fully and it's not by scoring goals but how confident is he in front of goal? Sometimes I feel he scores one goal and makes ten mistakes. He's really lucky that ancelloti is being patient with him because for a player of his calibre, you can't afford to keep making mistakes especially when your team is relying on you to give results.
I've watched most of his games and I've noticed that most of the opposing defenders have mastered his tactics and always stops him before he can do much harm and making him look less of a threat unlike when Vini or Bellingham holds the ball.

After spending 7 years in PSG now first time he is here in La Liga which is one of the most competitive and challenging league playing against Barcelona and Atlético Madrid have huge pressure on any player with this pressure giving his best never been easy for him.

Most chances he will take time then after adopting conditions and adjustment we can expect good results in coming season while his depth with players could be also increase which is also important. Currently, he is third in goalscorers list which are surely good but still after having improvement and things could be settled he can jump above which will help Real Madrid for having better results which are most important for them.

[logfiles]

On the match yesterday with Real Madrid and Celta Vigo when Madrid started scoring it got me excited but looking at Celta Vigo come back on the second half who wouldn't love them for that and they even come from all the way down to 2:2 with real Madrid, actually this Copa del Rey is giving a lot of money to some gamblers because of the high goals, it was a lot yesterday, congratulations to Osasuna for wining 3:2 and also Real Sociedad for 3:1 victory yesterday, it was amazing watching Ante Budimir who scored 2 goals as the top player Osasuna has, however I almost forgot their forward left Aimar Oroz who did well from start.

It's actually the other way round, because I am pretty sure the number of people who stake on Real Madrid winning we probably a lot, but that let equalizer was a let off for so many. Luckily i did not bet yesterday, but I was probably going to be one of the victims 

Real Madrid has a very leaky defense at times, and it's so unpredictable to know how they show up on a given day. I think i will now avoid Real Madrid for the rest of the season.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Real Madrid could have finished the job in regular time easily. Even after it became 2-0, they wasted many more opportunities. I don't even know how they managed to concede 2 goals in the last 10 minutes to extend the game for no reason.  

Yeah the defensive problems are still clearly seen no matter how much Ancelotti doesn't accept the fact they need new defenders. They were interested in one of Saliba - Gabriel duo before. If they signed a CB like them their defense would be stronger now. Anyways, seeing Arda Güler entering the game and making 2 assists was really nice.    Valverde once again sent one of his power shots in the net. By the way Endrick also impressed me a lot. Both of his goals were amazing and he also deserves to be given chances as much as possible.

Will I call the two goals conceded in the last 10' of the game a result of excessive confidence. I mean they have held a clean sheet until the last 80' and boom the began to slack on their defense. I just feel this was a case of been unnecessarily assured they have won the round of 16 when they would have maintained the tempo the of the game till the last minute.

It was an scary outing has Madrid almost scared the hell out of their fans. I am glad they were able to use the extra time judiciously. Just imagine Madrid ended up in a penalty shootout and got knockout. I doubt their fans would have forgiven them. But thanks to Endrick and Valverde who salvaged the situation in the first and second half of the extra time.