La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[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.

[Kaliandra]

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.

Sometimes I am also surprised by teams that can score many goals but also concede many goals. In my opinion, it would be better to score many goals but concede few. I think coaches should also focus on the defense so that when competing, they don't concede many goals and of course it will be balanced because the defense will be strong and the attack will also be strong, which will ultimately result in scoring many goals but conceding few.Barcelona is truly exceptional because they can score a lot of goals, and uniquely, they can score more goals against their opponents than they concede. But yes, it is possible that Barcelona will concede a lot of goals this season, but they will also score more goals against their opponents. Of course, we'll just have to wait and see what happens. However, in my opinion, Flick still needs to strengthen Barcelona's defense because it is possible that Barcelona could be defeated by their opponents if their defense is not improved. However, the most important thing is to win when competing, but it would be even better if strong teams improve their defense to make their fans happier, as fans of strong teams often feel tense when they see their team's defense is weak.

[Sim_card]

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.

Scoring goals is not the problem but winning matches. Barcelona was lucky last season that injury devoured Real Madrid squad if not winning the trophy wouldn't have been that easy for them. Despite them having the highest goal as a team, none of their striker was the highest goal scorer. It's the same this season

[Uruhara]

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 indeed how Hansi Flick plays at Barcelona. He encourages his team to score more goals. Although, he has to sacrifice his defense a little, which sometimes leaves enough gaps for opponents to exploit. But that's not a problem as long as Barcelona can respond with more goals against their opponents. However, the problem arises when Barcelona faces opponents with a truly solid defense. This can sometimes lead to Barcelona suffering defeats.

Nevertheless, so far I like the way the Barcelona team plays under Hansi Flick's coaching. They demonstrate a style of play that is far from boring. And it always keeps us entertained to watch. I prefer this over a overly cautious style of play that makes the match feel slow and tedious.

[verdinio]

Barcelona should improve their defence line to avoid receiving a lot of goals comparing to the other teams. If you take a look on the first twelve teams then you will notice that only Sevilla took more than them. In the other hand the attack line of Barcelona is quite amazing but with injuries, its efficiency dropped.
For Atletico Madrid, I find them still fluctuating. Honestly this season and the previous one aren't their best, yet they managed to stay on top. Villarreal is also a quite good team, maybe not as threatening as Real Madrid for Barca, but it should not be neglected.

It's true that Barcelona still concedes a lot of goals and this is truly absurd because i never thought I'd see such a poor defense from such a strong team. Clearly this is something they need to improve on if they don't want problems with other teams who score a lot of goals.

[Danica22]

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.

I agree with you. Barcelona's main weakness is their attack and midfield. Hansi Flick has not been able to form his best XI so far. Lewandowski and raphinha have been injured for a long time. Raphinha and Lewa have returned to the squad, now Yamal is out of the squad due to injury. Also, important midfielders like Olmo, Pedri and Gavi have missed several matches due to injury. Due to the weakness of the attack, flick is not able to apply his match strategy well. As a result, we can also see the weakness of Barcelona's defense. When the players return from injury, we will see Barcelona's strong performance again.

[Adbitco]

But Carlo Ancelotti's handling of Brazil has not been able to bring Brazil to its best performance, and even the formation used to manage Brazil is controversial with a 4-2-2-2 pattern with Rodrygo as the striker. In fact, at Real Madrid, Rodrygo rarely plays, and when he does, his position is not as a striker but as a winger in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation. This shows a messy formation in handling Brazil. The poor results under Carlo Ancelotti include Brazil losing to the weak team Bolivia and also losing to the Asian team Japan. However, overall, the football authorities in Brazil are satisfied with Ancelotti's performance and he has led Brazil to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup.

But I believe there's a big difference between coaching a club side and a national side. Personally, I believe coaching cub sides gives the coach almost all the time to get use to his players and access them. Unlike the National team where only the coach has little time with his boys. Any team that loses to Bolivia at home is very understandable, beating Bolivia at home is very difficult because of the high altitude their stadium is situated at. Players grasp for oxygen while on the pitch which is a great advantage to the home side whose already used to it. Although, I agree with you that Brazil's performance has really dropped but it didn't even start with Ancelotti.

[cande86]

Laliga this season belongs to Real Madrid, in its preparation Real Madrid is quite serious about facing matches in every competition they participate in, the club management's decision to call Xabi Alonso who was very good when coaching Bayer 04 Leverkusen proves that they are quite serious about their competition this season, the target of winning Laliga has been set by Florentino Pérez. Barcelona is a great team but this season they have experienced various problems, especially regarding Lamine Yamal's injury and the scandal made with his girlfriend Nicki Nicole who was linked to rumors of Lamine's injury which made the discussion enter their Locker room and disrupt the focus of Barcelona players. so with various possibilities that occur Laliga this season belongs to Real Madrid.

La Liga is a championship that is practically made available to the two teams that are Real Madrid and Barcelona and because of them everyone watches the championship.
the other Aime are just extras and there is nothing you can do about it, even Atletico Madrid can't do much against the two giants

[reefsea]

From the tables of Fabrizio, he just reported about the missing of games for Militão, I still remember that during the last Real Madrid game Vs Rayo Vallecano, he was a substitute player and not a starter. This update from Fabrizio makes me think that his injured again. He will miss games between Elche, Olympiacos in the UCL, Girona and Athletic Bilbao. These are the listed by Fabrizio that he would miss. Another injury blow for Los Blancos.

Looking at Real Madrid's injury list on transfermarkt it seems that he will be out for about two weeks and will definitely miss several matches for Madrid. This adds to Madrid's list of injured players, following Mastantuono and Tchouameni who were sidelined earlier.

Earlier, Valverde was also reported to have issues, but looking at the current injury list, it doesn't seem like there's anything serious for Valverde, which is great news for Real Madrid since their midfield is currently thin, and Valverde's presence would be a huge boost to their attacking power.
Fortunately, they won't be facing an easy opponent, though it will still be a bit of a disruption. However, the level of their opponents remains below Madrid's for the next two weeks, which is another advantage for Madrid.

[giorgione]

Barcelona is a great team but this season they have experienced various problems, especially regarding Lamine Yamal's injury and the scandal made with his girlfriend Nicki Nicole who was linked to rumors of Lamine's injury which made the discussion enter their Locker room and disrupt the focus of Barcelona players. so with various possibilities that occur Laliga this season belongs to Real Madrid.

yes in fact i also think that these teams will lose a lot of points along the way and it will only be a matter of time before there is another mistake by one of the two teams and i think it is Real Madrid,, rather than Barcelona that is currently trying to recover

[Cryptoprincess101]

Barcelona should improve their defence line to avoid receiving a lot of goals comparing to the other teams. If you take a look on the first twelve teams then you will notice that only Sevilla took more than them. In the other hand the attack line of Barcelona is quite amazing but with injuries, its efficiency dropped.
For Atletico Madrid, I find them still fluctuating. Honestly this season and the previous one aren't their best, yet they managed to stay on top. Villarreal is also a quite good team, maybe not as threatening as Real Madrid for Barca, but it should not be neglected.

It's true that Barcelona still concedes a lot of goals and this is truly absurd because i never thought I'd see such a poor defense from such a strong team. Clearly this is something they need to improve on if they don't want problems with other teams who score a lot of goals.

It doesn't matter if a team concedes many goals but if they have strong attack that can also pressure their opponents, and they score goals as well, they are likely to win their matches but the only problem with conceding many goals is in a case of a tie, if both teams have equal points such that it will be determined by goals difference that is where it affects a team. Barcelona has good attacking force so let us forget about the lapses of their defense, if not for some injury the strike the team and they dropped some points, the team is doing just fine. They are just 3 points apart from the league leaders Real Madrid, they don't have many problems except they still drop more points but if they can manage to win their matches, Real Madrid might drop points, and an opportunity will present for Barcelona to top the table again.

[Bigjoe33]

It's always anxious being first on the table especially in a competitive league like Laliga. It's actually a good thing to secure the top spot but three points lead is not enough advantage at all because any slight mistake would make them to forfeit that position. Real madrid is not as weak as they were last season, they look strong and improve this season with hope of winning the league. Barcelona as their top rival and contender is not weak but their performance is declining compared to last season. The league is half way with a lot of possibilities ahead of us thereby making it difficult to predict the champion with just three points differences between the first and second.

Honestly I would rather be at the top and fear that people will catch up to me, than be at the lower and try to catch up. Because while Real Madrid thinks "any mistake and they will catch up to me" Barcelona thinks "any mistake and I will lose the title", Real Madrid would be caught at worst but can recover from there, Barcelona do not have that luxury, they have to win every single game until they pass Madrid, whereas real can lose a game and at worst case it would be tied in points.

That is why I rather be at the top, because even mistakes can be overcome in that situation and do better, whereas we are talking about a much more different situation here with it, so it is not going to be easy at all for them.

Just like you said Barcelona performance is declined compare to last season which simply means Real Madrid is winning this season Spanish LA Liga title no doubt, Barcelona is not really that active this season and the worst of it all is they are having lots of injury issues and that's really not good for them as it stands like it's doing them no good and Real Madrid might just take advantage of this injury problem to win the league, but despite the injuries I still see Real Madrid as the favorite for the LA Liga title this season and nothing is stopping it.

Smiles. If you say Real Madrid might take advantage of the injuries Barcelona are suffering right now, and which will make them win the trophy, it is somehow understandable. But to say that real Madrid is winning that Spanish Laliga this season and nothing is stopping it is what I see a little disturbing.

No doubt that Barcelona is not doing well if we try to compare there last season performance to this present season, but to out rightly give the trophy to Real Madrid at this early stage of the season may be too early I'm decision. You know, it's just like a match where a team is winning 2 Nill up, and then we conclude that the leading team has won, adding to the fact that they are also playing better than them too, but we come back to the second half and then meet another ball game altogether.

I think it's too early. We are not even in the second part of the season. Anything can happen. Games can change. Injuries can also set in for any other team. Just like in the EPL now, Arsenal who have been up is now facing injury crisis. So many of there players are out injured. This may affect them and there output. So, we might see things change in the EPL. The same can happen here too. Football can just change anytime