La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Mustang Shelby]

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You are right that they are in rebuilding phase which is tough for team with such high expectations. Xabi Alonso has to win games and he builds team because if they start losing he could quickly be fired. You are also right that real test will be how they perform against big rivals like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as those matches will truly show how much team has improved. For now they are doing well enough to give them time they need to get better.

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

[KTChampions]

I can't understand why Real and Barcelona swapped places? Before the start of the tournament the odds were exactly the opposite in favor of Real. What happened that made the bookmakers change their minds so abruptly?

Could be because of the outcomes of the past two games. But I think there will be more changes with more matches coming by. While Real Madrid has not yet conceded a goal, that comeback Barcelona made in that away a game against Levante showed a promise of the continuation of what they did in the last season. But, in my opinion, I think teams are going to challenge Barcelona more this time round. The Levante match was just a glimpse of what is yet to come.

I guessed what the matter was - maybe the fact that the referees helped Barcelona in the first round had a decisive impact on the bookmakers' opinion  The fact that Real conceded zero goals is of little significance compared to a team that can count on help from the referee. I won't say that I believe in this conspiracy theory, but maybe many do and it changes the cash flow of bets, and bookmakers only reflect this.

[M47AK16]

I think this season LaLiga trophy is between Real Madrid vs Barcelona as I don't think Atletico Madrid can keep up as a major contender for the trophy. Even before now, Atletico Madrid has never been so serious in competing for the trophy rather they are only interested in securing their spot at the top of the table in other for them to secure their ticket for the UEFA Chiampions league. Of course I think they wouldn't want to miss not qualifying for the UEFA Chiampions league for any form of lagging . They would step on there games but the LaLiga trophy is far from their reach especially with this pattern of Football Atletico Madrid is using,it may take decades for them to win the LaLiga trophy.

Yes, I'm sorry to say it, but it will be a championship completely dominated by these two teams. It's a dualism that has been going on for years and the only one who has managed to break this is Atletico, but they did it many years ago and I don't know if it will be possible to do it again.

Honestly, that is common for La Liga. There are very rare cases where Atletico Madrid wins, last time anyone outside of these three won was 2003-2004 Valencia. So we can safely assume that it's not that common for anyone else to win.

And not like Atletico Madrid wins that often, since that Valencia win, ATM won just twice. Barcelona and Real Madrid just has way too much money, and globally they rake in insane amount of money as well, so it's clear that we are going to just see either of these teams win all the time. Of course it is not an easy task, because they are so strong but they need to be careful, look at Barcelona, they had a bad period because they had some terrible financial decisions that put them in such big debt.

[Baki202]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

He won't be fired immediately but if he continues Without winning anything then before you know they are going to fire him because he was employed for them to get results so why are they still keeping him to me is not exactly doing anything special so they should fire his ass and bring some that is capable because his not bringing anything at all is contribution is a failed one.

We know Madrid and we know what they are capable of doing and the only challenge I fill they are having is not more than defense because both there midfield and attackers are active so I fill like is not utilizing the players that he has he as vini and also mbappe at the front and they are doing exceptionally well so I don't even expect anything much from them but as a coach he knows his responsibilities already to help him function so I don think that she be a problem. Because everyone does not like the fact that Madrid is not doing well so we should do better. Than what we are seen.

[sana54210]

Betting on both Real Madrid and Barcelona at the same time in a parlay, would have made you some good returns so far. That is what some people do (and I tried it a few times) all season long. It doesn't make you wealthy, but there is a good chance you end up with a profit at the end of the season. Considering how many ties and losses they get and how often it's different weeks, you do not get to win a lot.

But if you do martingale your way out of it, that means only way you could be in a big loss, is if they both have losses or ties in the last few weeks. Because if you have a loss at week 10, then you wager a lot more on week 11 to cover that, and if that doesn't work, you bet even bigger on weak 12 and you get the result.

[Adbitco]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

I agree with you, Alonso is just starting and so far his been trying and at the same time his improving that's an important thing for both him and the team. Even though Real Madrid is not a patient club and sure they will give him some preferences even though the desired results doesn't to immediately.
Me too, I still remember that wonderful season that he made history with Leverkusen, but I'm not expecting such an unbeaten season with Real Madrid.

[Chilwell]

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You are right that they are in rebuilding phase which is tough for team with such high expectations. Xabi Alonso has to win games and he builds team because if they start losing he could quickly be fired. You are also right that real test will be how they perform against big rivals like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as those matches will truly show how much team has improved. For now they are doing well enough to give them time they need to get better.

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

I quite agree with you because he is a vibrant Young coach that can really go a long way in his career, especially now that is at Real Madrid the work will be will be very easy for him since Real Madrid will know from the past used to have quality players. What is needed is a little effort to bring up progress because already the instrument are there and what is just left it's just the instruction on how to fix it. One thing I am confidence about his arrival in La Liga was that he knows in and out of the league because he has came as a player and now returned as a coach, so far the club in particular is not new because he has serve them for many years and I believe he will have gather enough experience on how to lead the team. Honestly, Xabi had done a lot in his career as a coach because what he has done Leverkusen symbolize everything.

[Volgastallion]

Betting on both Real Madrid and Barcelona at the same time in a parlay, would have made you some good returns so far. That is what some people do (and I tried it a few times) all season long. It doesn't make you wealthy, but there is a good chance you end up with a profit at the end of the season. Considering how many ties and losses they get and how often it's different weeks, you do not get to win a lot.

But if you do martingale your way out of it, that means only way you could be in a big loss, is if they both have losses or ties in the last few weeks. Because if you have a loss at week 10, then you wager a lot more on week 11 to cover that, and if that doesn't work, you bet even bigger on weak 12 and you get the result.

 I dont think so, the odds are super little and betting house knows this, plus they always have the edge, if you took a bad weekend where both of them drops points you are gonna becooked, this is equal to play in the roulette a "safe" bet putting a lot of coins into play and the only number who destroy you is the 0. Well all goes right until the 0 shows up and you are super cooked.

[Pandorak]

You are right that they are in rebuilding phase which is tough for team with such high expectations. Xabi Alonso has to win games and he builds team because if they start losing he could quickly be fired. You are also right that real test will be how they perform against big rivals like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as those matches will truly show how much team has improved. For now they are doing well enough to give them time they need to get better.

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

Real Madrid will not do something reckless like firing Xabi Alonso, not for now. Everyone is adapting well, both the players and the coach, and sooner or later we will see the results of Alonso coaching. Indeed, at Leverkusen, Alonso showed exceptional quality, building a team that was more confident and disciplined, which yielded good results. However, Real Madrid is a very different club, here expectations are higher and the pressure is undoubtedly greater.

Furthermore, Alonso success at Real Madrid cannot be determined solely by his strategy but also by his ability to manage the egos of star players like Mbappe & Vinicius. If he can bring his positive philosophy from Leverkusen, it is not impossible that he will stay for a long time.

[Cryptoprincess101]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

I agree with you, Alonso is just starting and so far his been trying and at the same time his improving that's an important thing for both him and the team. Even though Real Madrid is not a patient club and sure they will give him some preferences even though the desired results doesn't to immediately.
Me too, I still remember that wonderful season that he made history with Leverkusen, but I'm not expecting such an unbeaten season with Real Madrid.

What i like about Xabi Alonso is the fact that he started the season with a clean sheet, playing two games with a clean sheet shows that he really worked on the defense line unlike Hansi Flick that his team has conceded 4 goals in two games. For Xabi Alonso to get the kind of achievement he got at Bayern Leverkusen means that he can do more for Real Madrid because the team comprises of many great and talented players, so he won't stress himself to develop any player, what he just need is to give the players a good orientation and how they can become consistent. Keeping an unbeaten run has only been done by few coaches and i don't know if any coach has gotten an unbeaten in two different clubs before and for a league like the La Liga, it will be difficult for any team to go a season without being beaten.

[Iamgoat]

You are right that they are in rebuilding phase which is tough for team with such high expectations. Xabi Alonso has to win games and he builds team because if they start losing he could quickly be fired. You are also right that real test will be how they perform against big rivals like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as those matches will truly show how much team has improved. For now they are doing well enough to give them time they need to get better.

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

But why will the club wants Xabi Alonso transferred out of the club when he's gotten a good.tract records with his performance so far. This season the Real Madrid team has played two games, one with Osasuna which ended in a goal to none and the other with  Oviedo which ended with 3 goals to none. The club is still at the third position not because of their wins but because of the goal advantage which is nothing yet. The club still got a lot of games to play with one against Mallorca and Real Sociedad in their subsequent games which many of us will agree is mostly likely in favour of Real Madrid. What I cannot guarantee Xabi is whether he will be able to recreate his unbeaten winning streak in a league like LaLiga but I know to keep such records will be very tasking.

[Raflesia]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

Currently, Xabi is doing his best, so there is no reason for him to be fired in the end because, after all, progress and the process are still underway to build a healthier Madrid squad than before.

Trophies are always the goal, but when they have tried their best even though they did not get the maximum results, I think Madrid will not do anything unless Madrid's performance is far from expectations. However, for now, we know that their current condition is still very good, so it's still too early to discuss such matters because the situation is still under control.
What Madrid needs to continue doing now is to maintain the same level of performance and keep it up until the end, while conducting evaluations when they notice gaps that cause Madrid to lose focus slightly. As long as Xabi succeeds in doing that, his future is clearly secured.

[HajiBagi]

Real Madrid doesn't seem to have improved compared to last year, perhaps just time to stabilize? I hope they can show us their numbers in a couple of weeks; they have a promising squad, but they seem a bit lacking in energy yet.
I'll wait a little longer before making any bets on La Liga.

Both Barcelona & Real Madrid have had a perfect run in La Liga so far, I don't understand what you mean by Real Madrid hasn't improved.

Matchday #1
Mallorca 0 - 3 Barcelona
Real Madrid 1 - 0 Osasuna

Matchday #2
Levante 2 - 3 Barcelona
Real Oviedo 0 - 3 Real Madrid

Even though Real Madrid hasn't had impressive results, they've at least consistently earned 3 points. That alone is enough for me & several other users who like to bet on Real Madrid to win. Well, hopefully their performance won't be bad in the next few matches.

We can't judge a team based on only two games, but I believe Real Madrid's performance is different from last season. Real Madrid has played two games and hasn't conceded a goal. Real Madrid always conceded goals against small teams last season, and we can see from their performance in these two games that they were able to control the game while also winning it. Xabi Alonso's style of play will help Real Madrid win more games than last season.

Barcelona may still have their best performance, but this season's El Classico will be different. Real Madrid's defence is different from last season, and we can see that Real Madrid players are now well-organised, attacking and defending together; even if Barcelona wins the match, they will struggle to defeat Real Madrid.

[bitzizzix]

Real Madrid doesn't seem to have improved compared to last year, perhaps just time to stabilize? I hope they can show us their numbers in a couple of weeks; they have a promising squad, but they seem a bit lacking in energy yet.
I'll wait a little longer before making any bets on La Liga.

Both Barcelona & Real Madrid have had a perfect run in La Liga so far, I don't understand what you mean by Real Madrid hasn't improved.

Matchday #1
Mallorca 0 - 3 Barcelona
Real Madrid 1 - 0 Osasuna

Matchday #2
Levante 2 - 3 Barcelona
Real Oviedo 0 - 3 Real Madrid

Even though Real Madrid hasn't had impressive results, they've at least consistently earned 3 points. That alone is enough for me & several other users who like to bet on Real Madrid to win. Well, hopefully their performance won't be bad in the next few matches.

And I don't think there was a significant difference in the results between the second leg between Barcelona and Real Madrid and their opponents. Both teams scored three goals, and the goal difference was only one, meaning both teams secured three points from both matches, indicating that both teams were in good form at the start of both matches.
And in the second leg earlier this season between Barcelona and Real Madrid, I don't think there was a significant difference because the results were the same, and it's too early to compare the two teams. The difference will only be apparent halfway through the season, and when the two teams meet, or in El Clásico, we can determine who is better.

[Agbamoni]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

I am very confident of Xabi Alonso doing well and performing good in the Real Madrid team, his is both a good player and a coach he have played in three LaLiga league and now coaching a Laliga team so I think he will perform were, he have a great and efficient players in his team which are capable of dominating both the Champions League and Laliga so if there should be any reason, fault or set back of him not winning any league this season it should be his fault because as I said he have good players on his team or squad, but I don't see any relevant reason of them sacking him because it is just his first season with the team, but I do hope he perform well with the Real Madrid team.

[Adbitco]

The historic rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona certainly won't change this season; it always has been and always will be. Real Madrid doesn't seem to have improved compared to last year, perhaps just time to stabilize? I hope they can show us their numbers in a couple of weeks; they have a promising squad, but they seem a bit lacking in energy yet.
I'll wait a little longer before making any bets on La Liga.

You're not been factual here, if getting 6 points, scoring 4 and goals and not conceding any goal in their first two games isn't an improvement then i wonder what is. By this time last season after two games, Real Madrid had 4 points, scoring 4 goals and conceding one goal. Their first league game last season was away to Mallorca and that game ended in a 1 - 1 draw.

[Egii Nna]

I don't believe he'll be fired immediately. Xabi is a very successful coach, and if his Real Madrid career progresses normally, it could last a few years. Spain is a place he knows well, and he's a coach who's attuned to young players. I still remember what he did at Leverkusen. They didn't lose a single Bundesliga loss for an entire season and reached the UEL final. I have full confidence they'll do the same with Real.

I believe that Xabi Alonso will do better in Real Madrid than he did in Bayer Leverkusen. When you look closer, you will see that the squad Real Madrid have now is better than that of Bayer Leverkusen when Xabi Alonso was still their coach, and they were able to do what they did. So, if you apply that to the present squad of Real Madrid, then we will be expecting more than that from him. To me, I think we should give them more time to see how his performance will be this season, but I also have full confidence in their game.

[Sexylizzy2813]

The historic rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona certainly won't change this season; it always has been and always will be. Real Madrid doesn't seem to have improved compared to last year, perhaps just time to stabilize? I hope they can show us their numbers in a couple of weeks; they have a promising squad, but they seem a bit lacking in energy yet.
I'll wait a little longer before making any bets on La Liga.

You're not been factual here, if getting 6 points, scoring 4 and goals and not conceding any goal in their first two games isn't an improvement then i wonder what is. By this time last season after two games, Real Madrid had 4 points, scoring 4 goals and conceding one goal. Their first league game last season was away to Mallorca and that game ended in a 1 - 1 draw.

@Adbitco I think I agree with @giammangiato, Madrid might score 10 goals with 3pt in the first two games of the season but still they could not be up to speed in terms of performance like how they approach the game, watch how they played, it doesn't show any sign of them getting everything right with the kind of squad they have. When you look at Barcelona squad and how crazy they play you can see that other teams are more afraid of facing Barcelona than Madrid, the Whites are not as dominating as we expected and that's what Alonso need to work on if not anytime they face Barcelona some of the players will go missing on the pitch and you'd see how poor they are so we shouldn't use the number of goals and point they have recovered in the first two games to say they have improved, Madrid is still managing to be at their best.

[red4slash]

Two matches with one loss and one draw clearly reduce their chances, so I think it's reasonable for bookmakers to give Atletico these odds because they have been a little worrying since the start.

Although this kind of performance seems somewhat normal for Atletico, as every year they start the season poorly and slowly build hope, winning the title is clearly very difficult.
In the end, we will only see competition until the end between Barcelona and Real Madrid, because every season is like this (except for the 2020 season), so I don't have high hopes for Atletico.

They have always been a top club in La Liga, which is undeniable, but making them a contender for the trophy seems very difficult because Simeone has always been monotonous every season and is only ever satisfied with a Champions League spot.

Atletico Madrid doesn't seem ready for the big games this season because how can they be missing out on good points when the season just kickoff? If Los Colchoneros are losing stands and points in this early phase of La Liga then I wonder what they will do when it's mid-season, how will they be able to cope? Games are played and elite teams have targets, they're not dropping any charge other than facing themselves with formidable stands and leaning on big winnings. Barcelona and Real Madrid are enchancing their performances for this season, definitely not the time to give excuses rather pushing for outstanding results.

Actually, this pattern always occurs for Atletico almost every season, but when facing big matches such as when meeting rival club Madrid or playing big matches with Barcelona, they always perform better because of their bus parking scheme, which allows them to at least defend themselves, even though this method is not very popular with some people, including me. However, they always do this to thwart their opponents, but when facing clubs that are below their level, Atletico always plays boldly, but their defensive line ends up being very weak.

Losing to Espanyol and drawing against Elche is clearly not a good situation for them, but these first two matches won't make them lose momentum because I'm sure they'll eventually return to their position in the top four, which they've held for several seasons. However, when it comes to competing for the title, they clearly have no hope of achieving that.

[$weetne$$]

I agree with you, Alonso is just starting and so far his been trying and at the same time his improving that's an important thing for both him and the team. Even though Real Madrid is not a patient club and sure they will give him some preferences even though the desired results doesn't to immediately.
Me too, I still remember that wonderful season that he made history with Leverkusen, but I'm not expecting such an unbeaten season with Real Madrid.

Winning for Madrid is something they experience too often than they experience loses, to further make it even Interesting, they often win with epic moments and that in it's own gives them that reason not to be patient because they will be itching already to witness one of the epic moves and see their team do fantastically well, this happens to be the case with Madrid even if ideally it is not supposed, I want to believe that they will by the soon meet up with the expectations on the as Xabi is putting in the necessary efforts.