La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Shadiq]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

Mbappe's conflicts with his teammates are nothing new. I don't have proof, but we saw that Mbappe had conflicts with Neymar and Messi at his old club PSG and we saw the effects on the football field. The same kind of effects are seen in the Real Madrid team, although the conflicts between the players are not yet clear, but I think that the chemistry between Mbappe and Vinicius is not very good and there may be a rift between them.

[Oluwa-btc]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

Where do you get such informations?! Are they even valid,  do you have anyone from/in the dressing room leaking information to you?! If you don't then, these assumptions makes zero sense for real. There's nothing going down between these players. I have only seen rumours of Vinicius Jr wanting his salary toped as Kylian Mbappe, asides that, nothing. I have always said it before now, people who hate Kylian Mbappe needs fixing.

[cande86]

Atletico Madrid needs to make changes to compete for third place by the end of the season, and letting the previous two matches play out will make it difficult for them to perform consistently.
Sometimes teams don't start the season smoothly, and they'll constantly try to fix any shortcomings, and that's often the case with Atletico Madrid.
While I'm confident they can reach the top three by the end of the season, the team's weaknesses need to be addressed immediately by the coach, because if it continues it will make it difficult for them to catch up to the big three position..

Looking at the strength of Atletico Madrid's current squad, I have no doubt they can bounce back, especially since Diego Simeone has been in charge of Atletico Madrid for a long time. The squad is strong in all areas this season, but they've had a very poor start to the season in their first two matches.
Overall, I'm a little surprised that Diego Simeone hasn't made many changes to Atletico Madrid's squad this season. He seems confident in his abilities, but in reality, their performance in the first two matches of the season has been very poor. So, I think it's just a matter of time before Atletico Madrid gets back on track.

I think that the problem is exactly that, they are making things really difficult because Diego Siemeone hasn't made the changes they needed to make to the team, and this will definitely cause a lot of problems, if they don't reveal themselves and make decent watermen the thing could get out of hand.

[CryptoYar]

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It is common for football fans to wonder about relationship between players especially with Mbappé past at PSG with Neymar and Messi. People are now watching to see if he has similar issues with Vinícius Jr. at Real Madrid. When two star players who are used to being best on team join up it can take time for them to work well together. There is no real proof of fight but fans and experts are paying close attention to how they play together on field. Good partnership between them will be very important for Real Madrid to win games.

[m4r1o]

Atletico Madrid needs to make changes to compete for third place by the end of the season, and letting the previous two matches play out will make it difficult for them to perform consistently.
Sometimes teams don't start the season smoothly, and they'll constantly try to fix any shortcomings, and that's often the case with Atletico Madrid.
While I'm confident they can reach the top three by the end of the season, the team's weaknesses need to be addressed immediately by the coach, because if it continues it will make it difficult for them to catch up to the big three position..

as many say the problem is that the coach still can't understand that he has to change and buy better players to be able to compete with other teams, teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona, in terms of acquired phenomena, are clearly superior.

[Futurexxx]

Atletico Madrid needs to make changes to compete for third place by the end of the season, and letting the previous two matches play out will make it difficult for them to perform consistently.
Sometimes teams don't start the season smoothly, and they'll constantly try to fix any shortcomings, and that's often the case with Atletico Madrid.
While I'm confident they can reach the top three by the end of the season, the team's weaknesses need to be addressed immediately by the coach, because if it continues it will make it difficult for them to catch up to the big three position..

as many say the problem is that the coach still can't understand that he has to change and buy better players to be able to compete with other teams, teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona, in terms of acquired phenomena, are clearly superior.

Though many people out there will not buys into my sentiment about this atletico madrid team, but in my own honest opinion, it think that Diego Simeone has nothing new to offer this atletico madrid side again, he has given his best and with all the troubles and inconsistency at Barcelona and real madrid over the years he can't even deliver the Spanish laliga or anything tangible for this atletico madrid team, this shows that the team has been stagnant and now it's regressing to a even difficult state, that's why I will be gunning for a change if I were to be making the decisions at atletico madrid because Diego Simeone no longer have anything to offer this atletico madrid team,  unless they are very ok on being a mediocre club, if not, he should be sack without delay.
A new coach with an attacking mindset needs to come into this atletico madrid side because being too defensive is no longer rewarding as in the past.

[Olatundespo]

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It is common for football fans to wonder about relationship between players especially with Mbappé past at PSG with Neymar and Messi. People are now watching to see if he has similar issues with Vinícius Jr. at Real Madrid. When two star players who are used to being best on team join up it can take time for them to work well together. There is no real proof of fight but fans and experts are paying close attention to how they play together on field. Good partnership between them will be very important for Real Madrid to win games.

If Real Madrid cannot solve the problems they had last season, it will be an irreparable loss for the team. There are good and bad sides to a star-studded team. There will be competition among players for individual performance but everyone should prioritize the team's victory on the field. Many have doubted Vinícius performance and style of play before, but you may not be able to prove such a bad mentality. Responsible play should be continued by correcting the person against whom the crime is suspected. A thorough review of every issue in a match, every discussion with the team management, should be a priority under the accountability of the players.

[Frankolala]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

Where do you get such informations?! Are they even valid,  do you have anyone from/in the dressing room leaking information to you?! If you don't then, these assumptions makes zero sense for real. There's nothing going down between these players. I have only seen rumours of Vinicius Jr wanting his salary toped as Kylian Mbappe, asides that, nothing. I have always said it before now, people who hate Kylian Mbappe needs fixing.

The fact is that no matter who you are, you must still have player haters. I don't know why pewboy said that he hates Mbappe. We know that he has ego but don't look at that. Instead, look at the quality in him and appreciate him. I believe that whatever Mbappe has with Vini isn't a big deal. Vini and Mbappe aren't the only players that are been selfish with the ball. We have players like that in other clubs too.

[Mustang Shelby]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

Where do you get such informations?! Are they even valid,  do you have anyone from/in the dressing room leaking information to you?! If you don't then, these assumptions makes zero sense for real. There's nothing going down between these players. I have only seen rumours of Vinicius Jr wanting his salary toped as Kylian Mbappe, asides that, nothing. I have always said it before now, people who hate Kylian Mbappe needs fixing.

The fact is that no matter who you are, you must still have player haters. I don't know why pewboy said that he hates Mbappe. We know that he has ego but don't look at that. Instead, look at the quality in him and appreciate him. I believe that whatever Mbappe has with Vini isn't a big deal. Vini and Mbappe aren't the only players that are been selfish with the ball. We have players like that in other clubs too.

Many star players have this. They want to play the game alone and be in the spotlight. However, to achieve this, they need to possess truly high quality. Mbappé already possesses this quality. He scores a lot of goals and is full of confidence. Therefore, once Mbappé and Vinicius play for the team, they can be very dangerous for Real Madrid. We just need to give them some time.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Where do you get such informations?! Are they even valid,  do you have anyone from/in the dressing room leaking information to you?! If you don't then, these assumptions makes zero sense for real. There's nothing going down between these players. I have only seen rumours of Vinicius Jr wanting his salary toped as Kylian Mbappe, asides that, nothing. I have always said it before now, people who hate Kylian Mbappe needs fixing.

You are right. I don't think the Madrid dressing room is in a bad state either. A few weeks ago we heard rumors that Vinicius junior wanted a pay rise. And we saw rumors that he had demanded a large sum of money. Madrid management probably didn't accept all of Vini's conditions. But we don't see that Vini is not happy with Madrid.

This season we can see the bond between Vini and Mbappe getting stronger. Last season we saw some unfriendly behavior between Vini, but this season we don't see that. The bond between Vini and Mbappe is better than before and it is visible.

If Alonso can fix the weaknesses in Madrid's midfield, we will see consistent good performances from this team. Midfield and defense are still the biggest problems for Real Madrid

[verdinio]

I wasn't surprised that the game ended in a 1-1 draw because the both sides are quite formidable and as of last season could be called a big team so for the fact that Real betis struggled to find a winner isn't a shocking thing. Has any one noticed that the club seems to struggle now that Anthony is absent from the team? I think if anything they need to hasten up the process and sign that player from Man UTD cause its obvious that he played an essential role in the success of the club.
 This is the second draw in a row for Manuel Pellegrini and I'm sure that the fans are itching to see more better results. The season is still fresh but it won't hurt if they get back to winning numbers tho.

I think it is precisely for this reason that the team was unable to win and struggled to find a fair result. Anthony is a great player who in my opinion had found his dimension in that team. It would be a real shame if he didn't continue his adventure there, but I think it's done now.

[G_Besar]

I think that the problem is exactly that, they are making things really difficult because Diego Siemeone hasn't made the changes they needed to make to the team, and this will definitely cause a lot of problems, if they don't reveal themselves and make decent watermen the thing could get out of hand.

It seems Atletico Madrid's management needs to come up with a different plan for next season to boost their performance. Losing their first match of the season and drawing their second is a result that's not acceptable for a team of Atletico Madrid's stature, especially considering the opponents they faced were not strong enough. So, this is a very serious problem for Atletico Madrid, and the management needs to take a closer look at the mistakes they haven't fixed so they can find a wise path before it's too late.

[davis196]

I don't see any conflict between Vinicius Jr. and Mbappe. They were acting really friendly with each other. Mbappe assisted for the goal scored by Vinicius. Oviedo is a really weak team and AFAIK, Oviedo is having financial difficulties as well. Real Madrid would probably have big problems against all the stronger opponents in the La Liga. I didn't watch Barcelona's performance against Levante, but their victory was achieved after serious resistance coming from Levante.
I can't believe that Atletico Madrid would ever sack Simeone. This is just clickbait and gossips.
The team from Madrid is a total favorite for winning the match versus Alaves before facing Villarreal in September.

[Velvet78]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

Bad blood? No man, there is no such thing between Vinicius Junior and Mbappe.    Haven't you seen Vinicius' assist to Mbappe in their last La Liga game? If there had been a problem then I'm pretty sure Vinicius would have used the ball himself there.

Anyways, the only problem has been said to be the balance of salaries. They say he asked for an equal amount of salary to Mbappe's. But the team didn't want to meet that demand. I hope they work it out in time to prevent a potential unrest.

[banana33]

Exactly, xabi Alonso will definitely perform well in real madrid  always, because madrid is already a build team and xabi Alonso won't struggle to win matches in the laliga this season. Real Madrid have played two matches already without defeat or concede goals in the games. But real madrid needs to sigh midfield because xabi Alonso midfield are not really have better experience to be giving key passing to the striker. Real Madrid really miss kroos and they won't have is type in the club this time.

Real Madrid defence and strikers are good they need experience midfielders in the team currently if they want to perform better and not to be strongly to win matches. Barcelona will always be there threat in the league competition. They really need to challenge Barcelona this season to stop them from winning the laliga tittle this time around. Let see how the competition will goes and see who will be the favorite to achieve the league title this season.

The championship has just started, we still have time to decide who will be the champion this season, I think it will be Barcelona because they are more motivated to win it, but who can say, we are certainly almost equal with Real Madrid, so it's too early

[wakier]

I think that the problem is exactly that, they are making things really difficult because Diego Siemeone hasn't made the changes they needed to make to the team, and this will definitely cause a lot of problems, if they don't reveal themselves and make decent watermen the thing could get out of hand.

Even though Atletico Madrid has recruited quite a lot of players this summer but has not shown any changes for the better from last season, it can even be said that they started the season badly. I think there is something wrong with the strategy and formation created by the coach so the coach needs to fix it while it is still early in the season so it is not too late to fix everything because Real Madrid and Barcelona will continue to show their best performance so if Atletico Madrid experiences a setback it will make them happy because they have lost 1 competitor in the trophy hunt.

[Luzin]

Barcelona's player registration issues must be resolved immediately. The transfer deadline is Monday night. So there are names that have to go, such as Pena, who is the last option, and Flick, who is loaning him to another team. It is reported that Pena has been officially loaned to Elche. However, before that, they had already signed a contract until 2029. Pena's departure makes it possible to register Szczesny. In the first two matches of the new season, Szczesny was absent and not included in the player list.

Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/barcelona-confirm-departure-26-old-173300419.html

[Lannakosa]

I don't see any conflict between Vinicius Jr. and Mbappe. They were acting really friendly with each other. Mbappe assisted for the goal scored by Vinicius. Oviedo is a really weak team and AFAIK, Oviedo is having financial difficulties as well. Real Madrid would probably have big problems against all the stronger opponents in the La Liga. I didn't watch Barcelona's performance against Levante, but their victory was achieved after serious resistance coming from Levante.
I can't believe that Atletico Madrid would ever sack Simeone. This is just clickbait and gossips.
The team from Madrid is a total favorite for winning the match versus Alaves before facing Villarreal in September.

Why should there be a conflict between them? They play on the same team, they have the same goal, to score as many goals as possible, and they both play in the attacking line, so it’s natural that they would get along, score goals together, and have a good relationship. Vinicius had complaints to Real Madrid management about Mbappé earning a higher salary than him. Perhaps there isn’t really a conflict at all, and the media just hyped it up for headlines.

As far as I know, Vinicius was informed that Real is currently unable to raise his salary, so everything will stay as it is. Apparently, he is fine with this for now, since he continues to play, and in any case, he is still earning a good salary. I don’t think missing out on a few million per year would make him feel significantly worse playing for Real.

[Jewan420]

Even though Atletico Madrid has recruited quite a lot of players this summer but has not shown any changes for the better from last season, it can even be said that they started the season badly. I think there is something wrong with the strategy and formation created by the coach so the coach needs to fix it while it is still early in the season so it is not too late to fix everything because Real Madrid and Barcelona will continue to show their best performance so if Atletico Madrid experiences a setback it will make them happy because they have lost 1 competitor in the trophy hunt.

Atletico Madrid is the only team in the Spanish league that can compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid, but they have stumbled and fallen behind at the beginning of this season. There are definitely big flaws in the team that are why they are performing poorly at the beginning of the new season and are falling behind other teams. Even with some new players in the team, they don't seem strong. I don't know what their main problems are, but I certainly hope they will correct their mistakes very soon and compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title.

[paco92x]

I think there's bad blood between the two, if we go into the Vini and Mbappe topic.
i am no expert, but i see that both have a tough and prickly character and therefore it is difficult for them to meet halfway.
Between the two, the one i don't like is Mbappe.

They are too professional — there’s no bad blood between them. You have to be a professional to play for Real Madrid. It’s simply a matter of ego, in this case, Vinícius’s ego. They both want to earn the same salary, because in Vinícius’s eyes, they are equally big stars in the squad.