La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[BlackBoss_]

Barcelona's defense is still a bit problematic, if you look in more detail most of the GA they receive comes from the opponent's fast counterattacks and their offside traps are also not as effective as last season, Hansi Flick should have realized this but the improvement feels quite slow, for the attacking line, the performance is still good, they are still able to create more than 15 chances per game only lacking sharpness in the final finish, maybe this is influenced by the absence of several key players, which makes their front line not optimal.

Barcelona never have good defense system and in seasons they dominated La Liga, won a title or even lifted title in Champions League, it's season when they had very powerful attacking system which helped them scoring many goals, controlling the midfield and covering their weak defense system. In this season, so far Barcelona don't show that they improved their defense capability since the last season.

Beating Elche does not have many things for discussing as Elche is not too strong, but in the coming months of this season, Barcelona will face with many stronger opponents and weak defense can be their Achilles in this season in both La Liga and UEFA Champions League.

[pawel7777]

No surprises at the top in the last weekend. All of the top 5 clubs won their games and all of them did it by at least 2 2-goal advantage, showing there's a gap between the top clubs and the rest of the league.
Barcelona hosted Elche (currently 9th) yesterday. As expected, the home team got the win, but there was something slightly unusual in this game. For the first time in 2 years in the league competition, Barcelona had lower ball possession than their rivals.
Barcelona is kind of famous for their style, when they would stay in control of the ball for a long time, but yesterday it was Elche that had 51% possession. Could this be a sign of Hansi Flick moving to a different strategy and style? Too soon to say, but I wonder how this stat will look in the games to come.

[pusaka]

No surprises at the top in the last weekend. All of the top 5 clubs won their games and all of them did it by at least 2 2-goal advantage, showing there's a gap between the top clubs and the rest of the league.
Barcelona hosted Elche (currently 9th) yesterday. As expected, the home team got the win, but there was something slightly unusual in this game. For the first time in 2 years in the league competition, Barcelona had lower ball possession than their rivals.
Barcelona is kind of famous for their style, when they would stay in control of the ball for a long time, but yesterday it was Elche that had 51% possession. Could this be a sign of Hansi Flick moving to a different strategy and style? Too soon to say, but I wonder how this stat will look in the games to come.

In La Liga, it is very difficult for average teams to break into the top 5. Three teams are already guaranteed to fill those positions: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid, while the other two positions are still up for grabs and are usually contested by teams such as Villarreal, Atletico Bilbao, and Real Sociedad.

Meanwhile, for teams considered average, they always struggle even when competing for the top five spots. In my opinion, the competition here is interesting because of the three teams I mentioned above, as without them, the story might be a bit different.

[Obari]

Barcelona's defense is still a bit problematic, if you look in more detail most of the GA they receive comes from the opponent's fast counterattacks and their offside traps are also not as effective as last season, Hansi Flick should have realized this but the improvement feels quite slow, for the attacking line, the performance is still good, they are still able to create more than 15 chances per game only lacking sharpness in the final finish, maybe this is influenced by the absence of several key players, which makes their front line not optimal.

Barcelona performance have improved this season but they're also suffered from injury blow this season. This club have been one of the very best club in La Liga. Barcelona under Hansi Flick is surely not giving excuses other than settling for bigger wins. Barcelona can win anything because they've one of the very best performing team in shape and this is the managerial role for Hansi Flick to do better with this squad. There's high tendency for the club to do better, winning is priority for a team like Barcelona. The current state of the club wouldn't do any damages because these key players will always come back stronger and achieving greatness together.

[Salahmu]

Pedri is going to miss this game even when many of Barcelona players has not come back, though his own is good as it was not because of injury or any pain but from there game with real Madrid the referee gave him a red which will absent him on this Elch. Is a leverage to Elch because the more they are playing with less strong the more closer to the three points today but they might not stop Barcelona because yamal and Rashford is on the seven and eleven position were the main forwarding strength come from and Elch doesn't have the same strength on there both sides.

Facing Elche today, Barcelona not only leaving by Pedri but also Lamine Yamal have out after getting his previous injury and its looks funny for the first time have football player mysterious injuring.

The two opposite side forwarder I was saying to be the backbone of Barcelona scored a goal each to prove they are how I explain, Yamal score for Barcelona from as early as 9 minutes and when Elche losses there resistance Barcelona center striker Torres hit for another goal and after then the only fought that came out from Elche was going out of the first half scoring one to configure themselves into finding more ease of settling for two but Barcelona increased from being the club they score at into becoming a form of incomparable performance and that was when Rashford made his own.

[changaa]

You're right, the competition in La Liga this season is incredibly tight, so I'm a little confused about which team will win the title. A quick glance at the current competition suggests Real Madrid is the clear favorite, as they haven't lost since their defeat to Atletico Madrid. However, that doesn't guarantee Real Madrid will win this season. The season is still very long, so it's possible that Real Madrid could also experience some setbacks. Therefore, we simply have to observe the current situation and assess each team's progress. I don't think any of the teams currently in the top four should be underestimated. Their performances are all quite impressive.



Furthermore, last night, Barcelona secured another three points after defeating Elche 3-1. So with this, Barcelona currently has a total of 25 points and has a 5 point difference with Real Madrid.


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Yes, very close, compared to last season in my opinion many more teams want to move forward and do well
I really see a lot of competitors for the Champions League and I'm sure they will fight to the last breath to get into the magical positions for Champions League

[Bitcoin_people]

You're right, the competition in La Liga this season is incredibly tight, so I'm a little confused about which team will win the title. A quick glance at the current competition suggests Real Madrid is the clear favorite, as they haven't lost since their defeat to Atletico Madrid. However, that doesn't guarantee Real Madrid will win this season. The season is still very long, so it's possible that Real Madrid could also experience some setbacks. Therefore, we simply have to observe the current situation and assess each team's progress. I don't think any of the teams currently in the top four should be underestimated. Their performances are all quite impressive.



Furthermore, last night, Barcelona secured another three points after defeating Elche 3-1. So with this, Barcelona currently has a total of 25 points and has a 5 point difference with Real Madrid.


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Yes, very close, compared to last season in my opinion many more teams want to move forward and do well
I really see a lot of competitors for the Champions League and I'm sure they will fight to the last breath to get into the magical positions for Champions League

Of course, this season, some teams are quite optimistic that they will get a ticket to the Champions League. However, we know that there will be a lot of competition, which is very difficult, competing with strong teams is very challenging. Only those who can survive and compete until the last breath can achieve their success, however, there are currently some teams in good form in the La Liga point table. Moreover, Barcelona is trying to compete with Real Madrid, the team at the top of the point table, but their points difference is much greater, so this season will be more exciting.

[Polkeins]

The performance shown by the Real Betis vs Mallorca team in today's match in the Spanish League was that the players of the Mallorca team tried very hard but could not do anything. The performance of the players of the Mallorca team was not very good in this match, due to which the Real Betis team won the match by scoring 3 goals.

Mallorca is a weaker team this season, making it very easy for the home team, Real Betis, to defeat. This was due to the level of skill of each team this season and the vastly different tactics of the two teams, making three goals a fair result in their match. Because not only was the team weaker, but the home side also needed to capitalize on the opportunity to get all three points to prevent Real Betis's position in the standings from worsening. So, there was nothing extraordinary about this match, as Mallorca simply had nothing to gain against Real Betis.

Right now, it's probably not Mallorca, but Real Oviedo and Girona that are the weakest teams in the league and on top of that, Betis had been unable to win for a long time before this match, losing to Atletico and drawing with Genk and Villarreal. So victory was not a foregone conclusion, but Anthony decided to relaunch his career and scored twice in the match against Mallorca. He has five goals in nine matches for Betis, which I think is more than he scored in his last season at Manchester United.
Most likely, Barcelona and Real Madrid will fight for first place in La Liga again, but for now, Betis is in 4th place, and I think they will be able to compete for a place in the top six of La Liga.

[SATWAT]

In La Liga, it is very difficult for average teams to break into the top 5. Three teams are already guaranteed to fill those positions: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid, while the other two positions are still up for grabs and are usually contested by teams such as Villarreal, Atletico Bilbao, and Real Sociedad.

Meanwhile, for teams considered average, they always struggle even when competing for the top five spots. In my opinion, the competition here is interesting because of the three teams I mentioned above, as without them, the story might be a bit different.

La Liga is having big difference of quality and performance which is surely needed to be cut but sadly many clubs try in this way but fall down currently Girona at the bottom with Valencia having serious trouble in last few seasons, but biggest disappointment is Athletic Bilbao which currently 11 and 8 points difference from 4th spotted Atlético Madrid.
At the top teams have enough finances and sources to keep their squads on competitive level, but others are mostly failed to develop things as they needed for having healthy competition Real Madrid is clearly leading with 5 points which is surely not good lead but still if they have no injury most chances in first half of this season they will be stayed at the top.
La Liga management needs to bring some strong strategy for having enough funds which allow average clubs to stay intouch with top clubs because this will bring good competitiveness and fans will be able to have good matches.

[HajiBagi]

No surprises at the top in the last weekend. All of the top 5 clubs won their games and all of them did it by at least 2 2-goal advantage, showing there's a gap between the top clubs and the rest of the league.
Barcelona hosted Elche (currently 9th) yesterday. As expected, the home team got the win, but there was something slightly unusual in this game. For the first time in 2 years in the league competition, Barcelona had lower ball possession than their rivals.
Barcelona is kind of famous for their style, when they would stay in control of the ball for a long time, but yesterday it was Elche that had 51% possession. Could this be a sign of Hansi Flick moving to a different strategy and style? Too soon to say, but I wonder how this stat will look in the games to come.

Injury crisis is affecting Barcelona this season, but we can not use the injury as an excuse for the team performance because when Real Madrid was having injury problems last season, no one talked about it. Talking about the possession of the game, the absence of Pedri in the Barcelona team is going to affect the midfield because Pedri is the best player in the Barcelona squad that no one is talking about. Barcelona defeated Elche, but the performance is not good enough to believe that Barcelona can defeat big opponent.

Barcelona will have to play many big games without Pedri, which will cause them to lose points in the league table. Playing against Real Betis and Atletico Madrid without Pedri will be a major problem for Barcelona because those teams are very strong, in good form, and competing for the La Liga title.

[abaeze]

How else do you want Barcelona to perform if they didn't perform as you expect. This was an encounter Barcelona dominated the entire fabrics of the pitch, they had more shots on target, they had More pressure on Elche, and they eventual won the game with a reasonable margin of 3-1. You literally listed players that performed good, so for me Barcelona had a fantastic game. At least victories like this will help to build the psych of the players to be goal getters and it will help build their confidence.

I am completely satisfied with  barcelona's overall performance. There were no  experienced players like Lewandowski and Raphinha in the starting XI. Yamal and rashford cannot be considered very experienced. Anyway , these two players performed brilliantly. Apart from that , we also see a goal from torres. Lopez also made two  assists. After a long time, we got to see Lewandowski and Olmo  in the Barcelona jersey. Both of them have just returned  from injuries. Hopefully , we will see good performances from Lewa and Olmo in the next match against Club brugge.

Hansi Flick can rely on La Masia players. Barcelona has really shown great performance, especially the young talents. Barcelona's biggest strength is young talents and this match proved it very well. 17 years old Lamine Yamal has given extraordinary dribbling, goals and creative passes on the right wing. On the other hand 18 years old Pau Cuberci showed the tenacity of an experienced defender when he entered the field, although he did not play in this match due to injury. So Barcelona's football is now a hotbed of talent, which is one of the most successful youth academies in the world. This means that Barcelona will become even stronger and more visionary in the future.

[Lida93]

Barcelona's defense is still a bit problematic, if you look in more detail most of the GA they receive comes from the opponent's fast counterattacks and their offside traps are also not as effective as last season, Hansi Flick should have realized this but the improvement feels quite slow, for the attacking line, the performance is still good, they are still able to create more than 15 chances per game only lacking sharpness in the final finish, maybe this is influenced by the absence of several key players, which makes their front line not optimal.

The Barcelona coach hasn't really solved the problem of the team's defensive wall which been persistent since last season and this is one of the issue that caused their exit from the UCL during the semis final game against Inter Milan where the team conceded a whooping seven goal between two encounters. Barcelona has a formidable attacking front but due to lapses in defence they often concede goals which they could have avoided if the players where up to their game defensively.

[giorgione]

Currently Real Madrid is in a positive trend, they appear very consistent after successfully defeating Barcelona last week so that it makes them more confident to compete so we can say it is not easy for them to lose standings points in every remaining match, this season I side that Real Madrid will get the La Liga trophy even though in the current standings the Barcelona team is only 5 points behind Real Madrid, it does not mean it is impossible for Barcelona to overtake Real Madrid's standings points but with their current performance which is less consistent in playing the match then it is unlikely to be able to overtake Real Madrid's points.

Real Madrid is doing a great job, something that Barcelona hasn't done in this period, clearly the job was to find an immediate solution to the injuries and understand well what to do to recover from everything that happened in order to be able to get back to winning and that's what they did, in fact the team is now grinding out points and victories

[DaNNy001]

You're right, the competition in La Liga this season is incredibly tight, so I'm a little confused about which team will win the title. A quick glance at the current competition suggests Real Madrid is the clear favorite, as they haven't lost since their defeat to Atletico Madrid. However, that doesn't guarantee Real Madrid will win this season. The season is still very long, so it's possible that Real Madrid could also experience some setbacks. Therefore, we simply have to observe the current situation and assess each team's progress. I don't think any of the teams currently in the top four should be underestimated. Their performances are all quite impressive.



Furthermore, last night, Barcelona secured another three points after defeating Elche 3-1. So with this, Barcelona currently has a total of 25 points and has a 5 point difference with Real Madrid.


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Yes, very close, compared to last season in my opinion many more teams want to move forward and do well
I really see a lot of competitors for the Champions League and I'm sure they will fight to the last breath to get into the magical positions for Champions League

Definitely, but I'm not really sure about them dominating the champions league this season like they did last year even though they didn't end up winning the trophy...it seems like they are not a Hundred percent this season and it's one of the reasons why i think that surviving in the champions league might be difficult for them...their win against elche wasn't really impressive to me because it was expected.

[KTChampions]

With 11 matches remaining in La Liga, Real Madrid leads the table. They lost against Atletico Madrid and haven't dropped any other points. They've won their remaining ten matches and have 30 points. Barcelona is in second place, with the Catalans second on 25 points. Villarreal and Atletico are in third and fourth. The competition in Spain is heating up, and it's clear Real Madrid won't be dropping points easily. Let's see who wins the league title at the end of the season and whether Real Madrid can increase their points lead.

If we are talking about the title race, then there is no point in talking about the third and fourth contenders, they are too far away. Just look at the difference between second and third place:

Real Madrid - 1.40

FC Barcelona - 3.25

Atletico Madrid - 31.00

By the way, I would call Atletico's odds interesting. Perhaps once every 30 years they're able to win a race from their current position, maybe even more often, meaning these are favorable odds. But of course, given the span of decades, I don't want to test this.

[Wildwest]

Currently Real Madrid is in a positive trend, they appear very consistent after successfully defeating Barcelona last week so that it makes them more confident to compete so we can say it is not easy for them to lose standings points in every remaining match, this season I side that Real Madrid will get the La Liga trophy even though in the current standings the Barcelona team is only 5 points behind Real Madrid, it does not mean it is impossible for Barcelona to overtake Real Madrid's standings points but with their current performance which is less consistent in playing the match then it is unlikely to be able to overtake Real Madrid's points.

Real Madrid is doing a great job, something that Barcelona hasn't done in this period, clearly the job was to find an immediate solution to the injuries and understand well what to do to recover from everything that happened in order to be able to get back to winning and that's what they did, in fact the team is now grinding out points and victories

The critical period for Real Madrid is over this season Real Madrid has risen quickly and has fixed the problems that occurred last season. This period is a good start for Real Madrid every match is passed easily even in the El Cassico match, the worst season for Barcelona they are critical players have to experience consecutive defeats so that they are far behind in the standings.
Real Madrid is achieving full victory if this is consistent until the end of the season a big opportunity to win many titles in this period.

[Oluwa-btc]

The statistics are lovely I must admit but the games they both played yesterday I saw them and I'm down here to give them their flowers.
Antony scored two captivating goals and he got be me reminiscing the Antony I watched with Ajax. This is not time to talk about his shambolic past with Manchester United. Spanish league is that place those with higher technical capabilities can succeed, Antony is doing just that. Not much of a Marcus Rashford fan but his pace has indeed helped him succeed quickly into how Barcelona place to a level. He seems like one they'd love to retain fully.

[cande86]

Barcelona never have good defense system and in seasons they dominated La Liga, won a title or even lifted title in Champions League, it's season when they had very powerful attacking system which helped them scoring many goals, controlling the midfield and covering their weak defense system. In this season, so far Barcelona don't show that they improved their defense capability since the last season.

Beating Elche does not have many things for discussing as Elche is not too strong, but in the coming months of this season, Barcelona will face with many stronger opponents and weak defense can be their Achilles in this season in both La Liga and UEFA Champions League.

yes, certainly the attack compensated for all kinds of problems, but it must be said that their defense was excellent and the opponents were certainly not like those they have today, in Real Madrid there was Cristiano Ronaldo.
things have changed and this can also be seen in the championships, they are no longer what they used to be

[Frankolala]

Currently Real Madrid is in a positive trend, they appear very consistent after successfully defeating Barcelona last week so that it makes them more confident to compete so we can say it is not easy for them to lose standings points in every remaining match, this season I side that Real Madrid will get the La Liga trophy even though in the current standings the Barcelona team is only 5 points behind Real Madrid, it does not mean it is impossible for Barcelona to overtake Real Madrid's standings points but with their current performance which is less consistent in playing the match then it is unlikely to be able to overtake Real Madrid's points.

Real Madrid is doing a great job, something that Barcelona hasn't done in this period, clearly the job was to find an immediate solution to the injuries and understand well what to do to recover from everything that happened in order to be able to get back to winning and that's what they did, in fact the team is now grinding out points and victories

The critical period for Real Madrid is over this season Real Madrid has risen quickly and has fixed the problems that occurred last season. This period is a good start for Real Madrid every match is passed easily even in the El Cassico match, the worst season for Barcelona they are critical players have to experience consecutive defeats so that they are far behind in the standings.
Real Madrid is achieving full victory if this is consistent until the end of the season a big opportunity to win many titles in this period.

Real Madrid is not a club that will suffer defeat for long. They can only pass through difficult times in one season and fix the problem the problem instantly the next season because they have everything they need to bring in a new player or coach in order to  put the team back in form. Madrid will definitely win the title this season because they're thirsty for trophies.

[blomen]

since the odds for barcelona winning the match are quite low, it might be wise to bet on barcelona winning the first half. 

barcelona won the first half 2-1, which was expected. i think my small predictions yesterday were all successful.

i think barcelona's attacking quartet of lamine yamal, ferran torres, rashford, and fermin is the best. yesterday, this quartet scored a total of 3 goals, and fermin, playing just behind the striker, provided 2 assists, making him the star of the match.

barcelona is a very young team with an average age of 23, and there are quite a few attacking players in the squad. since it's not possible to give everyone a chance at the same time, the team needs to use its different combinations in the most effective way.