La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Pandu Geddon]

I do not agree that Madrid is still on the right track in La Liga. They are still quite stable and performing well. This competition has many matches. Of course, we hope they win every game, but that’s also difficult. Indeed, every match is important, and Madrid should not lose. The team’s condition is always changing; they can only try, and sometimes the results are unpredictable. This mistake should serve as an evaluation for Xabi, and it must not happen again.

We can see that Madrid's performance has not yet reached its peak. They are performing better than they did at the end of last season, but overall, with such good players, they should be able to perform better and more consistently. 
I am sure Xabi is still trying to maximize each player's potential, as well as improving the coordination among the players to play as a cohesive unit. Perhaps something is missing from Madrid that they have not yet found.

[Alex077]

This week's match between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will be very exciting. I believe Barcelona could drop points against them. Raphinha, Gavi, Pedri, and Yamal are injured, and De Jong is suspended. Barcelona will be without many key players against Athletic Bilbao. This will increase their risk of dropping points. It will be an exciting match to watch. Yamal is likely to be available. If he's available, it would be a huge advantage for Barcelona.

But I think Barcas condition is not as bad as you say. As far as I know, Yamal and Rafinha are back in training with the team, so they could get a possibility to play against Bilbao. also i could see Pedri is still out with a muscle injury and Gavi has been out for a long time after surgery. But keep in mind it is going to be held at Camp Nou. so, yeah the squad may be lacking in depth , that is true. But if these two attackers come back, Barca can be very treacherous at Home Ground. Bilbao cannot take them lightly. So I think if you are thinking about betting in this match then BTTS would be the best pick because both teams have a chance to score.

[martinom]

Lol, I totally disagree with this. Saying Mbappe makes teams worse is funny to me because he has actually been the one carrying Real Madrid since he arrived from PSG. Week after week, he?s the one pushing the team forward. Honestly, if Mbappe should get injured right now, Real Madrid will struggle badly. I'm very sure about that.

He?s a forward, and he?s doing his job perfectly by scoring goals and creating chances. What more do people really expect from him? It?s not easy at all for a player to move to a new league and immediately win the golden boot in his first season, but he?s doing it like it?s nothing. Mbappe deserves serious accolades for the level he?s performing at.

Certainly if Mbappe makes teams worse then at PSG he has destroyed a team, which is currently one of the most feared in all competitions.

But guys, when you say these things, are you serious or are you kidding?
Mbappe is a driving guy in teams quite the opposite of what you claim, but when you follow football what do you watch? Just the ball?
He's driving Real Madrid very well and that's obvious to everyone, we can't say otherwise.

[Abbatty]

Barcelona have conceded the most goals (15) among the top 3 teams in the table, which shows that they have problems in defence.

Team	Point	GF	GS
Real Madrid	31	26	10
Barcellona	28	32	15
Villarreal	26	24	10
Atletico Madrid	25	24	11
Betis Siviglia	20	19	13
Espanyol	18	15	15
Athletic Bilbao	17	12	13
Getafe	17	12	14
Siviglia	16	18	19
Alaves	15	11	11
Elche	15	13	14
Rayo Vallecano	15	12	14
Celta Vigo	13	15	18
Real Sociedad	13	14	17
Maiorca	12	12	18
Osasuna	11	9	13
Valencia	10	11	21
Girona	10	11	24
Levante	9	16	23
Real Oviedo	8	7	20

And I still feel Barcelona will concede more this season, most team have now figured how to attack Barcelona with the high line they are playing, we saw how club Brugge destroyed that defense in their champions league game. Last season the high line work perfectly well for them but we all know this season a lot of teams would have find solutions to that problem. Hansi flick needs to find solutions if not it cost them games and points.

With the way Real Madrid are going about their game this season each points that Barcelona drop will be very costly for them, so If they can fix that defense then they would stand a big chance in catching up with Real Madrid and might even stand a chance in winning the league.

[coinlary]

You're right, we don't need to look at other teams when talking about La Liga champions. With their current points tally, teams like Madrid, Barca, and Atletico still have a chance to win. If we were to calculate the percentages, Real Madrid would have the biggest chance this season. Under Xabi Alonso, they've become a very solid team and seem difficult to beat.

It will still always rmain between Barcelona  and Realmadrid, Athletico madrid is just always close  every season. At the end,they alwyas lose enough point that surpress them below first and second position, sometimes even below third position.
Imo, i just feel every other team apart from Barcelona  and Realmadrid  in Laliga are not just competing  with enough respurces that could maintain position against the two strong Laliga team. Unless this change in laliga i.e other teams getting enouggh resource  to compete somehow then we wil continue have same dominant for a very long time if not forever.

[KTChampions]

The three-point gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is certainly a small margin, especially since there are still many games to be played. This means that Barcelona has a good chance of overtaking Real Madrid, making the competition between the two teams even more exciting. It is true that Real Madrid's decline in performance is a good opportunity for Barcelona to overtake Real Madrid, which is currently at the top of the table. It's true that if Barcelona wants to overtake Real Madrid, they must be consistent in winning their matches.

However, in my opinion, Barcelona has a strong chance of overtaking Real Madrid because even when facing Rayo, Real Madrid couldn't score a goal. But if Real Madrid fails to win the title this season, it will undoubtedly disappoint their fans.

Three points is a huge advantage. Think about it: Real Madrid can draw one game and still be guaranteed first place. Plus, even after this loss of points, a draw in the return game against Barcelona would be enough for Real to maintain their lead. Do you realize how much this means in a race? And I don't understand why you're paying so much attention to the game against Rayo Vallecano - that's a separate game, Barcelona also lost points in addition to the personal meeting with Real.

[sotelorene]

The three-point gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is certainly a small margin, especially since there are still many games to be played. This means that Barcelona has a good chance of overtaking Real Madrid, making the competition between the two teams even more exciting. It is true that Real Madrid's decline in performance is a good opportunity for Barcelona to overtake Real Madrid, which is currently at the top of the table. It's true that if Barcelona wants to overtake Real Madrid, they must be consistent in winning their matches.

However, in my opinion, Barcelona has a strong chance of overtaking Real Madrid because even when facing Rayo, Real Madrid couldn't score a goal. But if Real Madrid fails to win the title this season, it will undoubtedly disappoint their fans.

Three points is a huge advantage. Think about it: Real Madrid can draw one game and still be guaranteed first place. Plus, even after this loss of points, a draw in the return game against Barcelona would be enough for Real to maintain their lead. Do you realize how much this means in a race? And I don't understand why you're paying so much attention to the game against Rayo Vallecano - that's a separate game, Barcelona also lost points in addition to the personal meeting with Real.

In as much as I would love to agree with you that 3 points is a very big advantage, I think you have also forgotten that what we are talking about is football and there's about 18-20 games to play and it is a long mile and  this period of time is more than enough for anything to happen to the people you said they are league. I'm not saying Real Madrid is not good no, I'm just imagining the possibilities and how funny football can be there's no guarantee Real will win all their matches and there's no also a guarantee that Barcelona will also win theirs, I just feel they are going to be leading each other till one of them finishes there.

[m4r1o]

Real Madrid and Barcelona has turn this league to a family league, literally in the last 5 years, only Atlantico Madrid has a chance to win that of 20/21 season, the rest was shared between Real Madrid and Barcelona. This is why every season, the competition is between Madrid and Barca, the rest of the teams only do their best to make sure they appear in the top 4 so they can make chance to appear in the Champions League or maybe have a special place in the Europa league and Europa conference league. There is no motivation from other teams to win this league even in the next 5 years.
That same thing of two teams dominating the league as a family league can't happen in the Premier League for close to 5 years without having other teams challenging them for the league title every season to overthrow them.

For the times I know about LaLiga league matches/trophies, the dominating clubs have been Barcelona and Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid will take the third spot, and the rest of the teams will fight and occupy the remaining spots of the table. I don't know when we will see a different club taking the 1st and 2nd spots of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are two very strong teams that have dominated everything over the years both at home and in Europe and therefore there is not much possibility of competing in economic and performance terms against them, also because over the years they have won a lot of money, so it is like this

[$weetne$$]

This season too, only Madrid and Barcelona are fighting for the title. The difference in points between the two teams is 3. Villarreal is 2 points behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is 3 points behind. The difference in points is very small. But since the performances of these teams are irregular, it will not be possible for Villarreal or Atletico Madrid to be in the top 2 of the table.

Yes, when there is a dualism it is always like this, considering the fact that this is something that always brings a challenge between two, there is not much to look at apart from the directly interested parties, but i would not despair, let's say that something interesting could still be created with the other teams.

I do not want to belive the title contention is mostly between Madrid and Barcelona this season, looking at the table, the point gap is not even large enough  to start loosing confidence in other teams who are at the third and fourth positions, I understand that Barcelona and Real Madrid are really big on the title and the form and strength of their team is one which is not common amongst othe la liga team, but it does not mean that if they slip off, they cannot be overtaken, it takes only less than three games for other teams to be at almost equal points with Madrid or Barcelona, so until they have opened the point gap to be wide enough, I will still have some believe in other teams. But I still know and agree they are the two top contenders.

[KTChampions]

Three points is a huge advantage. Think about it: Real Madrid can draw one game and still be guaranteed first place. Plus, even after this loss of points, a draw in the return game against Barcelona would be enough for Real to maintain their lead. Do you realize how much this means in a race? And I don't understand why you're paying so much attention to the game against Rayo Vallecano - that's a separate game, Barcelona also lost points in addition to the personal meeting with Real.

In as much as I would love to agree with you that 3 points is a very big advantage, I think you have also forgotten that what we are talking about is football and there's about 18-20 games to play and it is a long mile and  this period of time is more than enough for anything to happen to the people you said they are league. I'm not saying Real Madrid is not good no, I'm just imagining the possibilities and how funny football can be there's no guarantee Real will win all their matches and there's no also a guarantee that Barcelona will also win theirs, I just feel they are going to be leading each other till one of them finishes there.

Hmmm... Look, you're saying anything can happen, right? And that's true. For example, we all saw City's collapse last year or Liverpool's five defeats in a row this year. But no one knows where this anything will happen, right? It turns out that anything can happen equally well to the team chasing them. This means the only difference is the number of points... and (surprisingly) Real Madrid has more, and those three points are incredibly significant, as I wrote in the previous post.

[Cryptoprincess101]

This season too, only Madrid and Barcelona are fighting for the title. The difference in points between the two teams is 3. Villarreal is 2 points behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is 3 points behind. The difference in points is very small. But since the performances of these teams are irregular, it will not be possible for Villarreal or Atletico Madrid to be in the top 2 of the table.

Yes, when there is a dualism it is always like this, considering the fact that this is something that always brings a challenge between two, there is not much to look at apart from the directly interested parties, but i would not despair, let's say that something interesting could still be created with the other teams.

I do not want to belive the title contention is mostly between Madrid and Barcelona this season, looking at the table, the point gap is not even large enough  to start loosing confidence in other teams who are at the third and fourth positions, I understand that Barcelona and Real Madrid are really big on the title and the form and strength of their team is one which is not common amongst othe la liga team, but it does not mean that if they slip off, they cannot be overtaken, it takes only less than three games for other teams to be at almost equal points with Madrid or Barcelona, so until they have opened the point gap to be wide enough, I will still have some believe in other teams. But I still know and agree they are the two top contenders.

Which team do you think they have the credibility to stand against Real Madrid and Barcelona? until any other team starts showing formidability and even tops the league table, it will be difficult for me to think that any other team will win the La Liga aside the two rivals. Atletico Madrid use to be strong rivals against Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past but as we can see they are not even performing well this season so which other team can we count on, Villarreal? no i don't think that they can win consistently Being. equal in points or even topping the La Liga table is not the problem but how long can they be consistent.

[landheer]

Barcelona have conceded the most goals (15) among the top 3 teams in the table, which shows that they have problems in defence.

Team	Point	GF	GS
Real Madrid	31	26	10
Barcellona	28	32	15
Villarreal	26	24	10
Atletico Madrid	25	24	11

Actually, last season was the same. Last season, Barcelona conceded more goals than the other three teams in the top four. However, the number of goals they scored against their opponents made up for it. As we know, last season Barcelona was truly highly productive. Last season, Barcelona scored 102 goals in La Liga in a single season. That's an incredible goal tally, in my opinion. And this season, Barcelona's goal tally is just as impressive. This season, Barcelona has scored the most goals so far. And perhaps Barcelona will continue to score more goals and cover up their weaknesses at the back.

[Razmirraz]

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Yes, Real Madrid injuries are not as many as Barcelona but Real Madrid performance so far cannot be said to be completely strong even though they have many top players in their team but if their performance is not that strong how can they compete tightly in La Liga while Barcelona even though they have had problems since the beginning of the season their performance is still quite good even their goal productivity is more than Real Madrid, so Real Madrid needs to be careful if they make another mistake it is likely that Barcelona can overtake their position because the points difference between them is only 3 points.

Perhaps that's the reason Real Madrid always performs consistently because almost all of their mainstay players are ready to play at any time, while Barcelona is in a different situation. I agree with you who said that Real Madrid's performance is not as strong as steel, the victory in El Clasico was due to several key Barcelona players being injured, but look at when facing Liverpool in the Champions League, Real Madrid could not do anything.

The defeat in the Champions League immediately affected their performance in La Liga, Madrid could only manage a draw against Rayo Vallecano. Real Madrid must realize that their position at the top of the standings is not yet secure. Alonso also needs to improve the sharpness of his front line so that Madrid can secure an easy victory.

[changaa]

If absent for only 2 weeks, it will not have a major impact on the team; 2 weeks means missing only 2 matches in the league. So it will not significantly affect the overall strength of the team. If it is a national duty, all teams in the top European leagues will experience the same situation, as injuries causing absences can happen. But every team has competitive substitutes who are more or less on par with the main players, so when a player gets injured, there is adequate backup to replace the injured player, especially for elite and wealthy clubs at the level of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has an intense program on their schedule, they have been hit by all the difficulties involved, i am sure that with their heads held high they will still be able to bring home some results, even with their teeth they will bring it.

A team of this caliber certainly doesn't let events, which happen to everyone anyway, get it down.
It's not certain that for the next two weeks he will lose two games, certainly difficult, certainly with difficulty, but he could also draw, don't you think?

[banana33]

Many clubs have suffered injuries due to the international break, especially Arsenal but this is a risk that the club must take because every player wants to play for his own national team.
The solution to replacing players may be that there is a second layer player if there is no other way while in the January transfer market most clubs do not recruit players maybe only loan players.
Yeah sometimes training academy talent is good but it's usually not ready to perform for the senior team but this is all Xabi's decision.

In fact, this thing about the national teams is always a difficult break for all the clubs that face it, I understand that this thing is a terrible problem that affects all the clubs that cannot count on the players who get injured, and I don't understand if there is an insurance clause for this kind of thing.

[Shadiq]

Actually, last season was the same. Last season, Barcelona conceded more goals than the other three teams in the top four. However, the number of goals they scored against their opponents made up for it. As we know, last season Barcelona was truly highly productive. Last season, Barcelona scored 102 goals in La Liga in a single season. That's an incredible goal tally, in my opinion. And this season, Barcelona's goal tally is just as impressive. This season, Barcelona has scored the most goals so far. And perhaps Barcelona will continue to score more goals and cover up their weaknesses at the back.

This is the way Barcelona play. Hansi Flick has always preferred to be more aggressive and they are quite productive. So it is natural that they will concede goals as well as scoring goals, this is nothing new. Their main problem this season is not defense. Rather, their attack line has been destroyed by injuries. Barcelona's defense is not able to balance the current injury-prone team, but if Barcelona's attack line was as strong as last season, they would have been able to win big matches with this defense. Unfortunately, Barcelona is not getting the services of key players like Lamine Yamal, Rafinha, Lewandowski and Pedri from their attack line. Still, their team looks strong.

[aipercoin]

I agree with you. Barcelona still has a chance to surpass Real Madrid and rise to the top. Almost every one of their players is playing great at the moment and if Raphinha can recover from his injury, they will become one of the strongest teams in the world. If you compare Barcelona with Real Madrid you will not find much difference between them but I consider Barcelona to be a more promising team. They should be more focused on winning and try to get full points from the upcoming matches. I think Barca will soon surpass Real Madrid and be at the top of the table.

At the moment the difference is not substantial enough to say that Real Madrid will not be overtaken by Barcelona, so i also think that it could turn the situation around at any moment.
Barcelona have gone through a stormy period, they are recovering and i would even say very well.
He truly deserves to reach the title just for the effort despite all the difficulties he faced, don't you think? i speak obviously as a sportsman not a fan.

[Lannakosa]

This is the way Barcelona play. Hansi Flick has always preferred to be more aggressive and they are quite productive. So it is natural that they will concede goals as well as scoring goals, this is nothing new. Their main problem this season is not defense. Rather, their attack line has been destroyed by injuries. Barcelona's defense is not able to balance the current injury-prone team, but if Barcelona's attack line was as strong as last season, they would have been able to win big matches with this defense. Unfortunately, Barcelona is not getting the services of key players like Lamine Yamal, Rafinha, Lewandowski and Pedri from their attack line. Still, their team looks strong.

Lewandowski is already in the game, Rafinha and Yamal are also ready to play, and if they miss the match against Athletic Bilbao, they will be ready to return in the next few matches. I don't know about the attack, I think they're doing well, but they've been having alternating bad matches in defense and attack, so it's hard to say that any one line is weak. The overall balance is off, and Flick hasn't been able to fix it yet.

[Fuso.hp]

The league title is still open for Barcelona to over Real Madrid because Barcelona has the squad and quality of players to do that. Madrid seems to be dropping in form this is a good opportunity for Barcelona to close in on Madrid on the top of the league, Barcelona should focused and keep playing and winning hoping that madrid will drop points if Barcelona is to overtake Madrid the Laliga table then they should show a little bit of consistency with their performance in the league.

Half of the league matches are not over yet, so there is no chance to put a team so far ahead. Barcelona performed poorly at the beginning, which is why they are now in second place in the points table. If Real Madrid performs poorly in the upcoming matches and Barcelona performs consistently, this point gap will decrease and Barcelona will once again have an opportunity to secure the top position in the points table. Now the issue is whether Real Madrid can perform irregularly, Madrid's current team seems to have enough balance and the injury problem is not being noticed in the team for the time being, in that case, if they do not suffer any more injuries this season and if they can perform such a planned performance, Barcelona will not be able to compete with them this season.

[colinistheman]

Yes, Real Madrid injuries are not as many as Barcelona but Real Madrid performance so far cannot be said to be completely strong even though they have many top players in their team but if their performance is not that strong how can they compete tightly in La Liga while Barcelona even though they have had problems since the beginning of the season their performance is still quite good even their goal productivity is more than Real Madrid, so Real Madrid needs to be careful if they make another mistake it is likely that Barcelona can overtake their position because the points difference between them is only 3 points.

Agree. Real Madrid's performance is stable. They are playing well consistently and are occupying the top spot of the  points table. But their performance is not very strong. There are still several weaknesses  within the Madrid squad. The bonding between  the players needs to be stronger. Xabi Alonso is new to the la liga platform. He will gradually make  this squad stronger. Madrid's players  have the ability to perform better. However, the top spot of the table  is still in the hands of Madrid. At the same time, since barcelona's performance is irregular , it will be quite difficult for Barcelona to go to the top of the table.