La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Catenaccio]

Let's say that Mister Carlo Ancelotti has left a huge mark on Real Madrid, which is a team that works towards solidity and stability.
In my opinion it will be difficult to find a coach of his calibre for the future, which seems uncertain to me for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid waited for about 2 decades before they won Decima - the tenth title in Champions League - with Carlo Ancelotti. This coach has won many big titles with Real Madrid and his success in a first era in Madrid convinced Florentino Perez to hire him a second time that is another successful era in Madrit too. Unfortunately, he will leave Madrid with this completely failed season without any title from Spain to Europe. Even so I think there are many reasons for this failure and Ancelotti is not a root cause as months before a free transfer of Mbappe from PSG to Madrid, there were many warnings about potential internal conflict of interests among attacking players with appearance of Mbappe as well as dangerous imbalance squad with him.

This season proves that those concerns are valid and with many goals from Mbappe, they still failed in all competitions as consequence of Mbappe's effects on their midfield and defense system most considerable but effects also exist in their attacking system.

Because they are currently considered one of the best teams in the world and they played very bad games in both the Champions League and the Spanish league this year. Ancelotti should be congratulated for the successes he has brought in the past and the path should be continued with a new coach.

Xabi Alonso will be their next head coach but with many problems in their squad, they will have to restructure it with some new players from attacking to midfield areas which have most urgent needs of enhancement. Rodrygo might be sold and Real Madrid perhaps will look for a striker and another swing attacking player who can contribute more for proactive defense than Mbappe, Vinicius and Rodrygo.

[Pokapoka124]

Real Madrid will have a great opportunity in the upcoming matches to hurt Barcelona and snatch a win from them as they may be mentally exhausted after losing to Inter Milan in the UCL semi-finals. They had a good chance to win the match but Inter Milan took a better strategy and played the match. Barcelona are still in the hunt for a trophy in La Liga and they will want to boost themselves but Real Madrid should have a chance to win at least one trophy this season. Real coach Ancelotti has already faced a lot of criticism and whether he can keep his focus in the next matches is very important now. Barca will try to regain their motivation after the UCL failure as they may have another trophy to win and they are still a worthy team.

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

[EFS]

This season we finally got to see the dominant Barcelona we've been missing. They won all four matches against Real Madrid and scored 16 goals in those games. I haven't seen such an ineffective Real Madrid in a long time. There was no trace of last year's successful team, despite signing Mbappe. Barca on the other hand marched toward success especially with players from La Masia.

Barca were unstoppable in 2025. They drew only twice and won all their other matches in the league. They fully deserved to become La Liga champions. I believe this season marks the beginning of a long period of dominance. With a few additions to this solid core, they'll achieve success for years without having to overhaul the squad. Real Madrid will need to spend big again to keep up, but Barca will continue to dominate the league with their homegrown talents.

[Akbarkoe]

Meanwhile, the bottom 5 teams Girona, Sevilla, Alaves, Leganes and Las Palmas are still fighting to avoid relegation.

It's crazy.

Girona were temporary stay at rank 1 and now they could be relegated in this season.

I think Girona is unlikely relegated to La Liga 2 because they have match against Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad, they're weak. I think if Girona win at least one of the rest match they have, they already secure.

Although this season Girona has a pretty bad record, where they lose more often than they win. But if they are relegated at the end of this season, I think it's impossible.

And if we compare it with Girona's achievements in the previous season, of course Girona has experienced a pretty drastic decline, where for the previous season they finished in 3rd place while for this season they will most likely only finish in 15th place. They experienced a pretty drastic decline because for the beginning of the season, the team performed quite well with quite strong confidence. But towards the end of the season that confidence disappeared who knows where.

[Olatundespo]

Real Madrid will have a great opportunity in the upcoming matches to hurt Barcelona and snatch a win from them as they may be mentally exhausted after losing to Inter Milan in the UCL semi-finals. They had a good chance to win the match but Inter Milan took a better strategy and played the match. Barcelona are still in the hunt for a trophy in La Liga and they will want to boost themselves but Real Madrid should have a chance to win at least one trophy this season. Real coach Ancelotti has already faced a lot of criticism and whether he can keep his focus in the next matches is very important now. Barca will try to regain their motivation after the UCL failure as they may have another trophy to win and they are still a worthy team.

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

You are right, the only obstacle in Barcelona's chances of winning the trophy was Real Madrid, who overcame that obstacle yesterday and won a great victory. If they win the next match against a weak team Espanyol, there will be no more obstacles left in front of them. Barcelona definitely deserves the trophy this season. Their performance throughout the season was better than Real Madrid. I will talk about Atletico Madrid, who are in third place. They started well this season but did not play well in the end, that's unfortunate for them.

[Odusko]

I think Girona is unlikely relegated to La Liga 2 because they have match against Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad, they're weak. I think if Girona win at least one of the rest match they have, they already secure.

Girona has very little chance of falling into the relegation zone. Girona team is not strong, their opponents in the upcoming matches are not very strong. Girona can stay away from the relegation zone if they can win against Real Valladolid. However, if Girona cannot win against Valladolid, they will be under pressure. Girona has very little chance of winning against Real Sociedad and Athletic Madrid.
However, I am worried about Sevilla. Sevilla will play against Las Palmas, Madrid and Villarreal in their last three matches. If they fail to win against Las Palmas, Sevilla has a big chance of falling into the relegation zone.

As far as I know, Girona is not sliding into relegation after this season because their position and point in the current season keep them safe for this time, although the club have performed poors in this season even though Girona performance for last season wasn't all that encouraging, and now their safe, but who knows what happens in the coming season, their may likely be unable to sustain not relegation in the coming season unless everything changes.

[ITExpert]

Which off side decision was controversial in the game? Or you were watching the back of television? I still don't even get your point of confusion here. According to you, you feel the ref was in favour of Real Madrid lol. Aside the foul on the last man by Tchouaméni in the first half there was no serious incident the ref looked away. Barcelona scored two goals in the build up to those two goals was a handball. The one that happened in the first was first was overlooked and it counted, the one that happened in added time of 90 minutes was disallowed. There's no need complaining about those incidents anymore cause it changes nothing.

Today's match between the team Barcelona and the team Real Madrid, and the role of refrees in this match is a bit confusing, not only for me but for all the match viewers, because the way the referee ruled in today's match, after that, we will have to look at the game of handball from a different perspective, because even the match commentator looked very confused because the referee's decision was very controversial. Yes, the decision went in favor of the Real Madrid team, but the decision of Real Madrid was very controversial, and I personally think that no one will be satisfied with the referee's decision today, because everyone understood that the referee's decision was very controversial and that there was a need to reconsider it.

[Marykeller]

Real Madrid have been a disappointing team for me. You know what? I bet on Real Madrid to win 3 out of 4 El Clasico matches this season. They couldn't even get 1 win, for that reason I didn't bet on El Clasico last night, turns out my gut feeling was right, if I bet again on Real Madrid I would have lost more money on that trash team. This is not Ancelotti's time anymore, I hope that next season Xabi Alonso can change this trash team & get its identity back.

It's really the worst season for Real Madrid under Ancelotti's management. We shouldn't let our grievances overshadow what Ancelotti has successfully achieved as Real Madrid coach. Ancelotti has done well for Real Madrid, we shouldn't forget, and he is leaving Real Madrid on clear terms. At least he qualified Real Madrid for the Champions League next season, even though no trophy was won. So, let's stop the hating on Ancelloti and let this slide matter slide. Real Madrid has next season to prove themselves under the new coach ''Xabi Alonso"

[Hewlet]

Real Madrid have been a disappointing team for me. You know what? I bet on Real Madrid to win 3 out of 4 El Clasico matches this season. They couldn't even get 1 win, for that reason I didn't bet on El Clasico last night, turns out my gut feeling was right, if I bet again on Real Madrid I would have lost more money on that trash team. This is not Ancelotti's time anymore, I hope that next season Xabi Alonso can change this trash team & get its identity back.

Therefore I do not want to repeat the mistake for the umpteenth time in EL Clasico this season and today I succeeded, it is quite nice to see the final result of my bet even though honestly from the bottom of my heart I feel disappointed with Madrid, as their fan this season is the worst season for them because they can't get a single prestigious title, only small trophies, yes maybe it's time for Ancelotti to hurry up and give the seat to someone else who can restore Madrid's performance.

Barcelona were 0-2 behind when the match had only been going on for 15 minutes, but they did not panic at all and returned to attack, who would have thought they would be able to turn things around by scoring 4 goals in a short time. Your decision to bet on Barcelona victory is very correct because the fragile defense could be Real Madrid's weak point in this game, especially without Rudiger.
Mbappe hattrick was not enough to avenge their defeat in the previous 3 El Clasicos, now Real Madrid are in danger of ending the season without a trophy because Barcelona only need one more win to secure the La Liga Trophy.

After successfully coming back from goals down against PSG in the two legs of the semi finals, I had no doubt that Barca can still come back to getting ahead even though real Madrid had the initial advantage over Barca. It's good that mbappe has always redeemed himself throughout this period of real Madrids downtime and having an hatrick in this game is one taunting game that resulted in Barca successfully disgracing real Madrid for the fourth consecutive time. Rodrygo not getting a single playing time makes it even worse because he would have been of help to real Madrid in at least getting a draw from that game.

Real Madrid is now being looked at as an average team that any serious team beats anyhow and anytime. After Carlo anceloti might have gone, the next agenda is going to be on how to redeem themselves from this kind of disastrous record they've accumulated just this season.

[xzone]

I think Barcelona showed after this game why they are the champions of the league. We can't say that Real Madrid played badly, but Barcelona were incredible. To score 4 goals in a match like that is a great achievement, and that too against a team like Real Madrid.
Yes, we can say that the championship race is not going on anyway, but aren't these matches also very important in terms of prestige? Even if Mbappe scores 3 goals, Barcelona can continue to play superior as a team, they are really good at that

[Lida93]

This season we finally got to see the dominant Barcelona we've been missing. They won all four matches against Real Madrid and scored 16 goals in those games. I haven't seen such an ineffective Real Madrid in a long time. There was no trace of last year's successful team, despite signing Mbappe. Barca on the other hand marched toward success especially with players from La Masia.

In the Spanish La Liga this season Barcelona are seem to be invisible subjugating Real Madrid to nothing I have never really season in all their rival seasons in the league. Madrid couldn't even get a point in their four clashes this season and that's very much of a poor head-to-head for a club that bought one of the most expensive player in the world. I think Real Madrid would need to buy a natural top 9 (to allow Mbappe play in normal position) and also strengthen their defense too if they want to stand tall against Barcelona next season.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I think Girona is unlikely relegated to La Liga 2 because they have match against Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad, they're weak. I think if Girona win at least one of the rest match they have, they already secure.

Girona will stay. They may be relegated if they missed full points from the last two games, and Leganes farm three points from the rest of games. They have 4 points gap, which required them to win another game to keep their spot in La liga.
Considering they have Valladolid as one of their fixture. They can easily secure three points.

They have almost zero chance to be relegated.

[Fara Chan]

Real Madrid have been a disappointing team for me. You know what? I bet on Real Madrid to win 3 out of 4 El Clasico matches this season. They couldn't even get 1 win, for that reason I didn't bet on El Clasico last night, turns out my gut feeling was right, if I bet again on Real Madrid I would have lost more money on that trash team. This is not Ancelotti's time anymore, I hope that next season Xabi Alonso can change this trash team & get its identity back.

It's really the worst season for Real Madrid under Ancelotti's management. We shouldn't let our grievances overshadow what Ancelotti has successfully achieved as Real Madrid coach. Ancelotti has done well for Real Madrid, we shouldn't forget, and he is leaving Real Madrid on clear terms. At least he qualified Real Madrid for the Champions League next season, even though no trophy was won. So, let's stop the hating on Ancelloti and let this slide matter slide. Real Madrid has next season to prove themselves under the new coach ''Xabi Alonso"

Nobody hates Ancelotti, I'm sure of that and what Ancelotti has given during his time as Real Madrid coach deserves to be appreciated regardless of their bad season but I can still understand for a team that is experiencing a bad season and that is inseparable from the lack of changes made in the team and also the many Real Madrid players who are injured which makes them slump this season.
Real Madrid's defeat to Barcelona is not surprising to me because it must be admitted that this season Barcelona is much better than Real Madrid.

[GigaBit]

Real Madrid have been a disappointing team for me. You know what? I bet on Real Madrid to win 3 out of 4 El Clasico matches this season. They couldn't even get 1 win, for that reason I didn't bet on El Clasico last night, turns out my gut feeling was right, if I bet again on Real Madrid I would have lost more money on that trash team. This is not Ancelotti's time anymore, I hope that next season Xabi Alonso can change this trash team & get its identity back.

Therefore I do not want to repeat the mistake for the umpteenth time in EL Clasico this season and today I succeeded, it is quite nice to see the final result of my bet even though honestly from the bottom of my heart I feel disappointed with Madrid, as their fan this season is the worst season for them because they can't get a single prestigious title, only small trophies, yes maybe it's time for Ancelotti to hurry up and give the seat to someone else who can restore Madrid's performance.

Barcelona were 0-2 behind when the match had only been going on for 15 minutes, but they did not panic at all and returned to attack, who would have thought they would be able to turn things around by scoring 4 goals in a short time. Your decision to bet on Barcelona victory is very correct because the fragile defense could be Real Madrid's weak point in this game, especially without Rudiger.
Mbappe hattrick was not enough to avenge their defeat in the previous 3 El Clasicos, now Real Madrid are in danger of ending the season without a trophy because Barcelona only need one more win to secure the La Liga Trophy.

After successfully coming back from goals down against PSG in the two legs of the semi finals, I had no doubt that Barca can still come back to getting ahead even though real Madrid had the initial advantage over Barca. It's good that mbappe has always redeemed himself throughout this period of real Madrids downtime and having an hatrick in this game is one taunting game that resulted in Barca successfully disgracing real Madrid for the fourth consecutive time. Rodrygo not getting a single playing time makes it even worse because he would have been of help to real Madrid in at least getting a draw from that game.

Real Madrid is now being looked at as an average team that any serious team beats anyhow and anytime. After Carlo anceloti might have gone, the next agenda is going to be on how to redeem themselves from this kind of disastrous record they've accumulated just this season.

Real Madrid could not win any trophy this season. Because of which their weakness was easily revealed. In the last match many of the fans were hoping to find the possibility. Although Real Madrid had a slight lead against Barcelona, ​​it did not last long. Barca proved once again that they are strong team this season. When the team played with Barcelona before, Real Madrid could not do anything. If they had won at the end, maybe they could have taken a consolation from there and taken the opportunity to do better in the future, but it is unfortunate that Real could not awaken that potential. Real Madrid could not show anything good this season. If they cannot reorganize their team and make it stronger next season, then the team will have to pass hard time for long.

[tsaroz]

Real Madrid will have a great opportunity in the upcoming matches to hurt Barcelona and snatch a win from them as they may be mentally exhausted after losing to Inter Milan in the UCL semi-finals. They had a good chance to win the match but Inter Milan took a better strategy and played the match. Barcelona are still in the hunt for a trophy in La Liga and they will want to boost themselves but Real Madrid should have a chance to win at least one trophy this season. Real coach Ancelotti has already faced a lot of criticism and whether he can keep his focus in the next matches is very important now. Barca will try to regain their motivation after the UCL failure as they may have another trophy to win and they are still a worthy team.

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

With the loss against Barcelona, there's no chance for Real Madrid catching upto Barcelona. For that to happen, Barcelona should not win all of its matches while Real Madrid should win all of its. That's plain impossible. Real Madrid had been winning a lot of league titles recently and a second position won't make them look bad.
The 2nd and 3rd position too are well fixed. No team replacing Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. The rest of champions league spot too are now safer as Real Betis played a draw against Ossasuna.

[giammangiato]

Real Madrid will have a great opportunity in the upcoming matches to hurt Barcelona and snatch a win from them as they may be mentally exhausted after losing to Inter Milan in the UCL semi-finals. They had a good chance to win the match but Inter Milan took a better strategy and played the match. Barcelona are still in the hunt for a trophy in La Liga and they will want to boost themselves but Real Madrid should have a chance to win at least one trophy this season. Real coach Ancelotti has already faced a lot of criticism and whether he can keep his focus in the next matches is very important now. Barca will try to regain their motivation after the UCL failure as they may have another trophy to win and they are still a worthy team.

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

With the loss against Barcelona, there's no chance for Real Madrid catching upto Barcelona. For that to happen, Barcelona should not win all of its matches while Real Madrid should win all of its. That's plain impossible. Real Madrid had been winning a lot of league titles recently and a second position won't make them look bad.
The 2nd and 3rd position too are well fixed. No team replacing Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. The rest of champions league spot too are now safer as Real Betis played a draw against Ossasuna.

Let's say it's difficult, but it's not impossible or better said the probability of this happening is really low!
In the years that I've followed football we've seen situations reversed in just a few days of play.
Obviously Barcelona has the score in hand and will certainly not play to have it stolen.
The points and the standings are well defined, but a minimal consecutive error is enough to change the outcome.

[Chilwell]

Real Madrid's most successful manager - Carlo Ancelotti confirmed as next Brazil head coach

Carlo Ancelotti has signed his contract to become the next Brazil head coach with Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirming the appointment on Monday afternoon. The Italian is the most decorated manager in Real Madrid’s history but he has endured a difficult last season in the Spanish capital and they will move in a new direction this summer. Ancelotti and Madrid will part ways amicably and it’s been widely reported that the 65-year-old has reached an agreement to lead Brazil into the 2026 World Cup.

On Ancelotti's appointment, CBF's president Ednaldo Rodrigues said: "Bringing Carlo Ancelotti to lead Brazil is more than a strategic move. It's a statement to the world that we are determined to regain the top spot on the podium. He is the greatest coach in history and is now in charge of the greatest team on the planet. Together, we will write new glorious chapters in Brazilian football."

Ancelotti will leave Madrid at the end of the LaLiga season before the Club World Cup, which begins on June 14th with his contract beginning on May 26th. Xabi Alonso is expected to lead Madrid into the Club World Cup with the Bayer Leverkusen boss announcing his decision to leave the Bundesliga side last week. Alonso previously played 236 games for Madrid before hanging up his boots and he has been entrusted with taking Madrid into a new era.

Source link: https://www.transfermarkt.com/real-madrids-most-successful-manager-carlo-ancelotti-set-to-sign-contract-as-brazil-head-coach/view/news/453180

[Lannakosa]

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

Of course, with only three rounds remaining, Real Madrid won’t be able to change anything. For that to happen, Barcelona would have to lose all their games and it’s very hard to believe that will happen. Real needed to win the last El Clásico, then everything could have been different. But this season turned out badly for them, and it seems like Mbappé didn’t pick the best moment to move to Real. Now Alonso will be their coach, I had my doubts that Pérez would actually make that decision, but it happened and for now, I’m skeptical about this choice.

[rachael9385]

I think that chance to overtake Barcelona in the league title race is all gone now as they failed to secure even a draw last night in the much anticipated El Classico game. Real Madrid are way below their performance level those season and have suffered good number of defeats to Barcelona this season. Last night held their only chance to catch up witj Barcelona in the title race but still suffered another defeat.

Of course, with only three rounds remaining, Real Madrid won’t be able to change anything. For that to happen, Barcelona would have to lose all their games and it’s very hard to believe that will happen. Real needed to win the last El Clásico, then everything could have been different. But this season turned out badly for them, and it seems like Mbappé didn’t pick the best moment to move to Real. Now Alonso will be their coach, I had my doubts that Pérez would actually make that decision, but it happened and for now, I’m skeptical about this choice.

Madrid can't really do much anymore and like you said for them to have a chance at such a crucial time is if Barcelona lose all their games, the chances of that happening is very low.Barcelona's current form is outstanding and even though they lost in that UCL they still remain undisputedly excellent this football season. Real Madrid have probably accepted Their fate, it's been tough for them this season.

[death69]

It's crazy.

Girona were temporary stay at rank 1 and now they could be relegated in this season.

I think Girona is unlikely relegated to La Liga 2 because they have match against Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad, they're weak. I think if Girona win at least one of the rest match they have, they already secure.

Yes, in the previous season Girona was a dark horse team in La Liga and made Real Madrid and Barcelona nervous. But this season Girona's performance is the opposite of the previous season, because this season Girona has indeed become a team that is always destroyed by other teams, and that is why Girona currently has to fight to avoid the relegation zone. I think with Girona's current performance, the possibility of them being relegated is 50%. Because as you said Girona still has two match against Valladolid and also against Sociedad. And in those two matches Girona does have quite a big potential to win.

Especially if against Valladolid, I think Girona's chances of winning are really very big. Because in the previous meeting Girona was able to beat Valladolid with a fairly convincing score. But if against Sociedad, I think Girona will definitely have difficulty in this match. Because I personally think that Sociedad is a team that is quite tough for Girona, the proof is that Girona lost in the previous meeting when facing Sociedad. That's why for this match I think Girona has the potential to lose too. Moreover, this match will be played at Sociedad's home ground, so it will definitely be more profitable for Sociedad. That's why Girona really has to be careful in this match. But if Girona wins when playing against Valladolid, I think it's true, that Girona doesn't need to worry about the match against Sociedad. Because even if they lose, Girona still has a chance to avoid the relegation zone.

The main issue is not only with fixtures. It's a mental condition. Villarreal's late goal in the 89th minute is still haunting Girona. That silence at Montilivi weighs strongly. Six breathing points came with the Mallorca victory, but five days later hope was crushed.

Now Michel is acting from soul + instinct mode, throwing everything into "don't think, just act". Impressive in sound, yet loaded with risk. All season, that mental freeze has cost them. It makes no difference how "winnable" it is on paper if Girona does not score early against Valladolid and that familiar worry resurfaces. The momentum is weak. And that game might turn either way quickly without Montilivi. This is more than only Valladolid or Sociedad. It's about whether Girona still believes in themselves after the fall from grace.