La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Arenga pinnata]

I am also very disappointed with Barcelona's loss. Barcelona's loss to Sevilla feels humiliating. Another thing that has become really clear is that Barcelona's attack is much weaker without Lamine Yamal. Rashford only scored one goal. If Yamal had been there, we might have seen a few more goals. The margin of defeat would have been a little less. It is difficult to keep the balance of the team's attack with Rashford alone. Although Barcelona started the season well, the loss to Sevilla is much more sad. How uncertain the league is is only understood by seeing this Barcelona's loss.

The result of the match disappointed many. But that's normal in football. Even strong teams sometimes make unexpected mistakes in a match. But then they bounce back and win the next match.

And regarding Barcelona's defeat, I don't think the problem lies in their attack, their wingers, or Yamal's absence. The problem lies in their backline, which is usually quite solid, but now they conceded four goals in one match. Yes, this is a bit disappointing. Usually, their defense is a little stronger than this, or even very solid. But in that match, I saw several mistakes that allowed Sevilla to capitalize.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I am also very disappointed with Barcelona's loss. Barcelona's loss to Sevilla feels humiliating. Another thing that has become really clear is that Barcelona's attack is much weaker without Lamine Yamal. Rashford only scored one goal. If Yamal had been there, we might have seen a few more goals. The margin of defeat would have been a little less. It is difficult to keep the balance of the team's attack with Rashford alone. Although Barcelona started the season well, the loss to Sevilla is much more sad. How uncertain the league is is only understood by seeing this Barcelona's loss.

The result of the match disappointed many. But that's normal in football. Even strong teams sometimes make unexpected mistakes in a match. But then they bounce back and win the next match.

Everyone's disappointed over Barcelona's defeat, but I'm not surprised because why should I? It's my club and I'm not trying to back them up, but even the best club in European football last season lost to a team like Metz in their local league, how much more any regular team?.
Barcelona was even thrashed severely by Munich few years ago, even when the GOAT was on pitch so it's nothing new.

And regarding Barcelona's defeat, I don't think the problem lies in their attack, their wingers, or Yamal's absence. The problem lies in their backline, which is usually quite solid, but now they conceded four goals in one match.

The defensive strategy was weak; what usually happens is that when a team senses fear, they try to figure out which side of the defensive line is lagging behind. Then they can build their counter attacks from that loophole and score goals like what we all saw.

[Adiljutt156]

Last year, the club Real Madrid could not win the La Liga title due to a small margin, but this season they seem to be more organized than before. Moreover, they are performing as such. In today's match, I had predicted that Real Madrid would win but I could not be sure because at any time on the field of play, a week team can win against a strong team. According to the condition of the team, Real Madrid will undoubtedly win and that is what happened in the match. Real Madrid won 3-1 against Villarreal. The team won by a large margin with two goals from Vinicius Junior and one from Mbappe.

Well, winning a match against an ordinary team is not the evidence that they will be win the league title race. Still they are feeling a bit of lacking, like if we look at their previous league match against Atlatico Madrid then we can clearly monitor it well that still Real Madrid is nothing in front of a big team....

So it now totally depends on Barcelona like if they continue to perform better, then apparently they will be the toper of the league, and if they fail, then there is a possibility for Real Madrid otherwise it might be hard for Real Madrid to get the top spot.

El Clasico will be the final day.
Winner = trophy

Real Madrid played very well. All their players are in very good form. Especially Mbappe and V Junior. Mbappe is scoring goals almost every match, if the forwards play well then there is definitely a possibility of winning with Getafe and Juventus in next match. but I am waiting for the match against Barcelona on 26th Oct. It will be very difficult for both of them to win that match. However, Barcelona is now far down in the points table.It is important for Barcelona to win the upcoming matches.

Real Madrid football team performance was good in the last match as they did more goals in this match and opponent team did only 1 goal in this match which was an easy win for Real Madrid football team because that team did Back to back goals in this match and Júnior was a top performer of this match because he did 2 goals in this match when that was requirement of the team .His first goal was at 47  minutes but with time,we saw change in the match and Júnior did goal again at 69 minutes but that goal was at penalty.Júnior role was crutial in this match because total score of one team was 3 and one player was dominant in this match who made match one sided.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

Football is full of ups and downs so when you see a good team like Barcelona losing you shouldn't blame them just know that it's part of the game any team can be defeated it happened to Real Madrid against Atletico they lost 5:2, and Sevilla defeated Barcelona 4:1 after they lost 1:2 at home against PSG. Against PSG Barcelona performance wasn't bad it was a 50:50 game but PSG got lucky and got the win towards the end of the game but Sevilla against Barcelona was an unexpected defeat because Sevilla has not been in their best time but playing against Barcelona they took over the game and ensure that they humiliated Barcelona by scoring multiple goals. Barcelona needs time to recover and it doesn't stop them from fighting in the league they have to work harder to achieve a better result in their next game.

[promise444c5]

It I'd really sad it has to look like Barcelona is now a player dependent team, by the way yamal alone will not do the whole work without the help of others so why should others be there and his absence feels like there was some actual gap meanwhile they some good forwards who were in that game and only did not utilise opportunities well enough because they did better than their opponents with their performance except for the result.

I don't know why people are all saying this because of this one heavy loss that Barcelona faced because before now Barcelona have been scoring lots of goals as their team is well known for that and I feel this minor set back is just because they haven't gotten in their stride yet because that Barcelona team isn't tied down to only one player scoring as every does score in the team.

They do score a lot of goals but at the same time ,they are used to wasting opportunities.. Besides, those goals are result of mieldfielders  playing a good support role for the  the wingers and sometimes the strikers..  most support for the  strikers always come from the wingers and with their absent the flop seem obvious.

Also, it’s not new that they are used to conceding goals despite most saves Garcia had already this season, which shows the weakness of the defenders entirely… Pau Cubarsi hasn’t been playing recently i think and with their absence of Martinez the defence is somehow weak.. Why? you see those two defenders, Balde and kounde they are always pushing in  too much , which always provide a loop hole on counter attacks because thery are not always there to fill in those gap early.
it’s just the way i view it though..

[silpersurfer]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

Playing as the home team gave Sevilla's players greater confidence to perform well and achieve their best result in this match. They were awarded a penalty early in the match, which gave Sevilla an early lead over Barcelona. In the first half, Sevilla managed to widen their lead to 2-0, before Rashford scored just before halftime, reducing the deficit.

I agree with you that Sevilla fought hard to win this match. They even continued to increase their lead in the final minutes, capitalizing on every opportunity they had to convert into goals.

Meanwhile, in another match, when Elche faced Alaves, I favored Elche to win this match. However, unfortunately, they lost their consistency late in the match and received a red card, resulting in a crushing 3-1 defeat. Judging by their previous matches, Elche had performed quite well and were undefeated in seven consecutive matches.

[Btcdeybodi]

Everyone is just talking about Real Madrid and Barcelona as if they are the only teams in the La Liga, no one is talking about some other teams that started well and are showing strength of competition against Real Madrid and Barcelona. Villarreal has only lost two games and it was when they met two strong teams namely Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid that they lost their match and even though most of the teams they have won so far are teams that they are stronger than but i think that if Villarreal can handle these big teams when they welcome them in their home ground it might give them an edge to close the gap and become one of the major title contenders. I wanted to talk about Atletico Madrid but i don't think they have the stamina to maintain a long term winning streak because since they won Real Madrid i was thinking they will win Celta Vigo in their last match but they failed and only got a draw so i feel they are not consistent enough to become a title contender.

[Adbitco]

The result of their match must have stunned everyone, as Barcelona lost, especially since statistically, Barcelona actually had a slight advantage over Sevilla. But the never-give-up home team was blessed with a high degree of luck, allowing Sevilla to take the lead in the first half and then regain the lead in the second half in the final minutes of the match. And if Lewandowski hadn't missed a penalty, perhaps Barcelona would have had enough spirit to equalize until the final minutes of the match.

Wait you're saying Barcelona has slight advantage over Sevilla!  I think from all indications even before the match Barcelona was all favoured to win the match and I don't think Sevilla were even given the chance to draw not to talk of winning. It all came as a shock as they won at 90 minutes. First loss of the season for them.

[skarais]

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I am also very disappointed with Barcelona's loss. Barcelona's loss to Sevilla feels humiliating. Another thing that has become really clear is that Barcelona's attack is much weaker without Lamine Yamal. Rashford only scored one goal. If Yamal had been there, we might have seen a few more goals. The margin of defeat would have been a little less. It is difficult to keep the balance of the team's attack with Rashford alone. Although Barcelona started the season well, the loss to Sevilla is much more sad. How uncertain the league is is only understood by seeing this Barcelona's loss.

I think Barcelona isn't solely reliant on Lamine Yamal, but also on other equally important players like Raphinha and Joan García. I don't think Barcelona would have lost as badly if those three players were present, but unfortunately, they were absent. Although this was Barcelona's first defeat in 8 La Liga matches this season, it felt very embarrassing because of the significant number of goals conceded.

Honestly, I didn't expect Barcelona to lose by that much against Sevilla, but the defense became even more disorganized in injury time. It was a shock for all the fans and a bad day, but I'm confident this can all be fixed and Barcelona will return to winning ways.

[Mame89]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

Two consecutive defeats could demoralize Barcelona players. If Flick doesn't immediately change his strategy especially in defense it's possible Barcelona will continue his negative trend especially in the next match against Girona and Real Madrid, who boast fast players and dangerous counterattacks.

Barcelona weakness was clearly visible in defense. Against Sevilla yesterday, Barcelona players overplayed the ball, but when the ball was dispossessed by the opposing midfield, the Barcelona defense panicked. Moreover, when the opponent launched a quick attack, Barcelona's defense seemed unprepared, and the offside trap didn't work well due to the hole left by Inigo Martinez. Araujo's low IQ prevented him from setting the offside trap alongside Cubarsi and Konde. Flick must realize that the offside trap tactic is no longer suitable for Barcelona's game. Its weaknesses are very apparent, so a strategic change is needed if they want to compete for the La Liga trophy.

[Scarlett_23]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

Football is full of ups and downs so when you see a good team like Barcelona losing you shouldn't blame them just know that it's part of the game any team can be defeated it happened to Real Madrid against Atletico they lost 5:2, and Sevilla defeated Barcelona 4:1 after they lost 1:2 at home against PSG. Against PSG Barcelona performance wasn't bad it was a 50:50 game but PSG got lucky and got the win towards the end of the game but Sevilla against Barcelona was an unexpected defeat because Sevilla has not been in their best time but playing against Barcelona they took over the game and ensure that they humiliated Barcelona by scoring multiple goals. Barcelona needs time to recover and it doesn't stop them from fighting in the league they have to work harder to achieve a better result in their next game.

The audience watches the game with interest because there is a loss. And there is no guarantee that all the big teams will be able to maintain their position in every match. Just as the big teams try to maintain their position, the teams below them try to rise to the big level. Sometimes we see the reflection of which on the screen. In this game of uncertainty, sometimes the big team loses suddenly. For example: the absence of a good player, passing mistakes, missing goals, making mistakes in defense. Again, when the goal comes at the end, the big teams cannot compensate for it due to lack of time.
However, in La Liga, Barcelona started quite interestingly to maintain the continuity of last year's title-winning performance. Hansi Flick's team lost the top position in the points table after going undefeated in all matches.

[Stable090]

I am also very disappointed with Barcelona's loss. Barcelona's loss to Sevilla feels humiliating.

The goals which they conceded in the match was just too much, and nobody expected Barcelona to concede that kind of goals against Sevilla, most people never expected Barcelona to lose in the match, and they ended up losing and they conceded 4 goals in the match, seriously thats much and humiliating. Most people were confident in Barcelona to win Sevilla, but they couldn’t win, instead Barcelona were humiliated in the match.

Although Barcelona started the season well, the loss to Sevilla is much more sad. How uncertain the league is is only understood by seeing this Barcelona's loss.

Barcelona attack was so poor in the match, they found it so difficult to penetrate Sevilla defense, and they could only score a goal in the match. Barcelona performance has been good since beginning of the season, and thats the reason why most people never expected them to lose their match against Sevilla.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Real Madrid played a classic game against Villarreal and Vini has already started to prove why he should be on that d'Or list next two seasons! Scoring two goals to the team's advantage was pretty sick.

IMO, I think Franco Mastantuono is just overrated and doesn't really have much of an impact like what he's praised for, or maybe I haven't watched much of his performances? IDK. Why did this happen in a week where Barcelona lost 4 goals aside to another team? Now they already feel like they're ahead in the league!

Yeah, you're right! Real Madrid had a fantastic performance against Villarreal we all see how they played in that match. Honestly I was really impressed by their game, and I agree with you that Vinicius had a great performance. If he keeps this up, he could be a strong contender for the Ballon d'Or. He's improving, although Kylian Mbappe might overshadow him for now. But Still Vinicius is likely to deliver more great performances.

I think Franco Mastantuono still an average player. Some matches, his performance seems impressive, but he's not yet at the level people are hyping him up to be. I'm confident he'll contribute to Real Madrid's success if he gets consistent playing time.

[RaltcoinsB]

Barcelona is still not that far behind, even after this game. After eight games only, Real Madrid is leading the league with 2 points, which isn't really that much. I would say it's still quite possible for Barcelona to comeback from this, it's literally one game difference, any game Madrid gets a tie and Barcelona would have the same points.



The good thing is that whatever happened happened early into the season and Barcelona needs to take lessons from these mistakes and learn to be better and not repeat the same mistakes again. They have played a certain kind of football for over a year now and it's showing that teams like Rayo and Sevilla are aware of how to defend against that this year, so they need to find an alternative when things do not work well for them.

However, I would never have expected this decline from Barcelona, ??who seem to have started off on the right foot, but I must say that this makes us think that the championship is still wide open and that anything can still happen.
It is also interesting that without some key players Barcelona cannot do very well, they have to hope for the return of Yamal

It's strange to see Yamal so important to Barcelona at this age. I haven't seen an 18-year-old playing at this level in a long time. Last I remember, Lionel Messi made this impact. In fact, you could even say Yamal made an even greater impact. This defeat for Barcelona is quite distressing for the team. I hope they don't experience another defeat like this.

[Adbitco]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

That's the beauty of the beautiful game, that's why I love football because no matter how good you think you are, a team that's going to disgrace you is just up front waiting for you to enter their laid down trap and they punish you for it. Sevilla, this time around was that team that was waiting to smash Barcelona in a way we didn't think of, I know I'm the return leg, it won't happen like this.

[GbitG]

Two lose in a row and not only that, WHAT A LOSE, 4-1 against Sevilla, and not a super good Sevilla, this is a hard work sevilla more defensive and they allow 4 goals from this team, a complete failure.

I cant saw the game but i heard a lot of people talking about how bad Barcelona played, i dont know what happen to them, first losing against a B team of Paris Saint Germian, and now losing against Sevilla.....

I am too surprised by what happened to Barcelona. They just lost two back to back two match although they had a bright start form the beginning of the season. But now they failed to hold the top spot on the league standings and also hold winning streak. Two losses are a bit questionable because Barcelona is still quite good but failed to win against the PSG B team, and also Sevilla is not too strong, but unfortunately they didn't even make any sense against them....

In my opinion this all is just because of injury. Like Barcelona, many key players were unavailable due to injury, and that's why they didn't even make any good progress.

[moneystery]

Now I ask again is Real Madrid still out of the picture? Is Barcelona the favorite and also the ultimate for the Spanish LA Liga title this year? Can you imagine such humiliation from an unexpected team sevilla that is even struggling for the league won Barcelona with such incredible margin this is ridiculous, and it's seems Marcus Rashford is the only goal scorer they have now, and it's also quite convincing that no lamine yamal no game for Barcelona, like I was really disappointed by Barcelona in yesterday game, now those people who laughed at Real Madrid the question now is how far?

If they had lost to Sevilla by a narrow margin, it might not have mattered, but I think losing 4-1 was a bit excessive. With the good players they have and 61% possession, how could they only score one goal? It sounds a bit ridiculous, especially since Rashford, who had just been loaned to Barca, scored the goal... Lewandowski and the others were out of form and seemed lost.
It seems Yamal's absence has made Barcelona's attack dull and less creative, as Yamal is usually their mainstay in attack, but there's nothing they can do about it because his injury will keep him out for, possibly, several more games.

[GbitG]

Barcelona is still not that far behind, even after this game. After eight games only, Real Madrid is leading the league with 2 points, which isn't really that much. I would say it's still quite possible for Barcelona to comeback from this, it's literally one game difference, any game Madrid gets a tie and Barcelona would have the same points.



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Obviously Barcelona can still chase the league titles because only 2 points have the difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Upcoming schedule is more challenging than this one and I think this would be the opportunity for Barcelona to get a move. Right now it is hard to say that Barcelona can chase their rivals expect El Clasico. Like only El Clasico is the last destination to decide that who can be the winner if the league titles....

Right now is the international break and all players have gone to a national team and after that I hope many player of Barcelona will be recovered and will be there's to compete for the league title

[JiiBs]

As for this current Barcelona team, they are just too weak defensively, and to be sincere here, they will surely struggle against any top team that knows how to attack and defend their goal, so they were very lucky that the international break is here just as you have said already, hansi flick should use this time to analyze what and what that has gone wrong and what he needs to do to fix them, because after the international break, their will be no hiding place for his Barcelona team if they don't improve, since games will be coming thick and fast.

Barcelona have shown poor defense from the last seasons champions league and it’s even more eminent now than ever. What had shadowed it was their attacking prowess which kept most teams doing more of defense rather than having a chance to take Barcelona on the offense. Should they realize this, then we would find an even more weak Barcelona than we saw against Sevilla over the weekend. It’s how they lost to Inter Milan last season champions league, lost to PSG this seasons champions league and has now lost to Sevilla in the Laliga.

[Mallampue]

I am too surprised by what happened to Barcelona. They just lost two back to back two match although they had a bright start form the beginning of the season. But now they failed to hold the top spot on the league standings and also hold winning streak. Two losses are a bit questionable because Barcelona is still quite good but failed to win against the PSG B team, and also Sevilla is not too strong, but unfortunately they didn't even make any sense against them....

In my opinion this all is just because of injury. Like Barcelona, many key players were unavailable due to injury, and that's why they didn't even make any good progress.

It was indeed surprising because Barcelona played quite well, but they conceded four goals, ending the match 4-1 in Sevilla favor. No one expected such a crushing defeat, but that's football, where surprises often happen. In La Liga this season, of course, Barcelona is always favored to win easily, but when they experience bad luck, they lose, and that what happened against sevilla. But that wasn't a setback, but rather a valuable lesson for Hansi Flick to see what gaps he needs to improve in future matches. Of course, This season is still very early, As only eight matches have been played, and there are still many challenges ahead that may be more difficult to overcome. In my opinion, barcelona is a strong team, but they must play cautiously because other teams could beat them.