La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

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A few weeks ago I read that someone said here that Real Madrid's attack line was better than Barcelona's and now see the reality that Barca managed to score 36 scores from 13 matches while Real Madrid only managed to score 28 scores.
From these results it has proven that Barca's attack line is much sharper than Real Madrid's at the moment and Barca's attack line cooperation is much better than Real Madrid's which only relies on Mbappe.

For the fact that Barcelona's attacking line scored 36 goals in 13 games never means they are better side than that of real Madrid's front line because conclusions are supposed to be drown from there previous performance and not just now that of real Madrid's had lost consistency which I strongly believe they may come back to there full form and prove there supremacy as they have done in previous seasons. Its through currently now real Madrid's team lacks the potentials to do what they are know of which is there ability to score goals beyond expectations but never means there qualities can be compared to that of Barcelona in all ratifications

[Adbitco]

I was expecting easy victory for Real Madrid but unfortunately they didn't even make any sense against Elche. Xabi Alonso was also take it easy and that's why he didn't maintain the league standings. Now they have only 1 points difference with Barcelona and to be honest only one match can change everything. This match clearly indicate us that Real Madrid is still trailing with lack of confidence and their performance is still need to more effort.....

Besides that if we talked about the upcoming schedule then Barcelona will face to Alaves after the UEFA champions league competition despite Real Madrid will be Girona. So if Real Madrid shows any weakness then probably Barcelona will never hesitate to take ahead for league title.

Exactly, that was what I was expecting from them but Real Madrid decided to do something else. After the Barcelona win the previous day, infact Barcelona thrashed Bilbao and I was thinking that Real Madrid were going to replicate that pattern against Elche, I was very disappointed at Real Madrid last night because they didn't even play as if they needed to win the match.

[Taricoins]

Elche went down to 10 men, but it happened in the last 1–2 minutes of the match, so it doesn’t matter at all.

I think the real problem at Real Madrid is that their squad quality is no longer as strong as it used to be. I don’t find either Real Madrid or Barcelona as powerful and intimidating as before, and I’m guessing most people feel the same way.

I also don’t really know what they need to do to fix this.

The team that is leading the league can't be considered bad as a team, they are still (so far) the best team in the league and that means something, they are not bad. They just have something going wrong in the recent games that they need to figure out what, if they can figure out what goes wrong then they can become the best team again, if they can't figure that out then they are going to get worse.

The bad part is that even though they got 2-2, they were lucky and their goals came from just mishaps and not planned goals or not talent goals, just tap ins and lucky shots. So that means they got away with a point luckily in this game, Elche played amazing, specially Pena saved so many great shots. That should mean something.

It's always a joy when we see Barcelona players perform well in other teams like Pena and Fort, that match was suppose to go for Elche, the play leading to the second goal by Bellingham should have been cancelled, it's not fair after Vinicius collided with Pena and ended kneeing him(Pena) leaving him facially bruised, the play should have been stopped, instead, typical frightened referee allowed the goal even after the protest of the Elche's player, the RFEF is supposed to be an independent body that is meant to regulate the games fairly, but becomes biased because of Perez's media stunts. This should be looked at, because Elche deserved that win.

[Abdulzuruku01]

You sound like Barcelona fan but let be honest with ourselves, Real Madrid goals were all valid, we all know how tough La Liga referee is and how they treated Real Madrid sometimes, both goals were goals and there is no any bad for awarding the goals, Real Madrid performance yes was very disappointing and the team current performance has make them drop four points in two matches and it will definitely affect them because they are only ahead of Barcelona with just one point in the league table.

This isn’t because i’m a Barcelona fan. We have seen on several occasions how officiating has favored Real Madrid in La Liga. If you truly watch the highlights again, you’ll agree the referee was biased. Real Madrid didn’t perform well, but they’re still being pushed by force with points this season. So far, no team has received as many penalties like Real Madrid, and I believe not all were deserved. One thing that’s giving me joy is they’re just one point ahead of Barcelona, and there’s another competitive match coming up for them against Girona in their next game. If Xabi Alonso doesn’t prepare his team before then, they might end up losing, because Girona is always tough against strong teams.

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For the fact that Barcelona's attacking line scored 36 goals in 13 games never means they are better side than that of real Madrid's front line because conclusions are supposed to be drown from there previous performance and not just now that of real Madrid's had lost consistency which I strongly believe they may come back to there full form and prove there supremacy as they have done in previous seasons. Its through currently now real Madrid's team lacks the potentials to do what they are know of which is there ability to score goals beyond expectations but never means there qualities can be compared to that of Barcelona in all ratifications

If I'm to pick between Arne slot and Xabi Alonso, I will go with Arne slot. I have never accept the reality of Xabi been an average coach until yesterday when we met with Elche, we were disgrace, we were destroyed and we were label as nothing, I feel Elche was even rubbed in that match otherwise there is no way they would have draw that match with Real Madrid, they played Madrid as if it was Barcelona we were playing right in their home.

How can you play 3 defenders with in that kind of match and then decided to started Mbape and Rodrigo? What kind of proportion was that, the defense was weak and the attack was looking weak. If he doesn't have a personal beef with vinicious, he doesn't have any reason not to start him because I felt nothing About Rodrigo. I don't care what many people has been saying that Rodrigo deserve a start, after yesterday I was convinced he is better been bench than starting Real Madrid match.

[GbitG]

A few weeks ago I read that someone said here that Real Madrid's attack line was better than Barcelona's and now see the reality that Barca managed to score 36 scores from 13 matches while Real Madrid only managed to score 28 scores.
From these results it has proven that Barca's attack line is much sharper than Real Madrid's at the moment and Barca's attack line cooperation is much better than Real Madrid's which only relies on Mbappe.

Beyond any doubt, Barcelona attack is much better than Real Madrid because, just like you mentioned here that Barcelona has a better goal ratio than Real Madrid and even though many Barcelona attacking players were not available due tomorrow injuries but still they manage to gets more goals than Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid attacking player have more value then Barcelona but still Barcelona is dominating them with average value players....

However, this is the real reason why Barcelona deserves to be the winner of La Liga title. Only one point difference has been remain and I hope Barcelona will easily get this done. Barcelona is looking super dominant in term of performance and because of this I believe that Barcelona can be the winner

[ShowOff]

A few weeks ago I read that someone said here that Real Madrid's attack line was better than Barcelona's and now see the reality that Barca managed to score 36 scores from 13 matches while Real Madrid only managed to score 28 scores.
From these results it has proven that Barca's attack line is much sharper than Real Madrid's at the moment and Barca's attack line cooperation is much better than Real Madrid's which only relies on Mbappe.

Beyond any doubt, Barcelona attack is much better than Real Madrid because, just like you mentioned here that Barcelona has a better goal ratio than Real Madrid and even though many Barcelona attacking players were not available due tomorrow injuries but still they manage to gets more goals than Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid attacking player have more value then Barcelona but still Barcelona is dominating them with average value players....

However, this is the real reason why Barcelona deserves to be the winner of La Liga title. Only one point difference has been remain and I hope Barcelona will easily get this done. Barcelona is looking super dominant in term of performance and because of this I believe that Barcelona can be the winner

In my opinion, if all of Barcelona key players were available with no injuries, their goal productivity would be much higher. Real Madrid attacking line does look very luxurious and ideal, but they still haven’t reached their best performance standards. However, when looking at the defensive lines of both teams, I think Real Madrid is still better, as they concede fewer goals.

Meanwhile, I think it’s still too early to predict who will win the trophy this season, because there are still many matches ahead. Hansi Flick must work hard to maintain performance and take advantage of every available momentum, especially when Real Madrid drop points. A one point difference can be overtaken very easily, and Barcelona might return to the top of the standings in the near future.

[irhact]

In my opinion, if all of Barcelona key players were available with no injuries, their goal productivity would be much higher. Real Madrid attacking line does look very luxurious and ideal, but they still haven’t reached their best performance standards. However, when looking at the defensive lines of both teams, I think Real Madrid is still better, as they concede fewer goals.

Meanwhile, I think it’s still too early to predict who will win the trophy this season, because there are still many matches ahead. Hansi Flick must work hard to maintain performance and take advantage of every available momentum, especially when Real Madrid drop points. A one point difference can be overtaken very easily, and Barcelona might return to the top of the standings in the near future.

You are correct, if not for this player injuries barca goals would be in the numbers. Real Madrid on the hand, although they are topping the table right now, i do not believe them to be champions this season. Looking at their draw yesterday, imagine the top of the table drawing with 10th, it doesnt speak to champions, Barca, Villarreal, Atletico are not far behind, and they wiill seize opportunities as Real Madrid keep messing it up. Back to barca, they need to figure out this payers injuries in order for them to stand a better chance of winning the league this season

[MorganaX]

In my opinion, if all of Barcelona key players were available with no injuries, their goal productivity would be much higher. Real Madrid attacking line does look very luxurious and ideal, but they still haven’t reached their best performance standards. However, when looking at the defensive lines of both teams, I think Real Madrid is still better, as they concede fewer goals.

Meanwhile, I think it’s still too early to predict who will win the trophy this season, because there are still many matches ahead. Hansi Flick must work hard to maintain performance and take advantage of every available momentum, especially when Real Madrid drop points. A one point difference can be overtaken very easily, and Barcelona might return to the top of the standings in the near future.

You are correct, if not for this player injuries barca goals would be in the numbers. Real Madrid on the hand, although they are topping the table right now, i do not believe them to be champions this season. Looking at their draw yesterday, imagine the top of the table drawing with 10th, it doesnt speak to champions, Barca, Villarreal, Atletico are not far behind, and they wiill seize opportunities as Real Madrid keep messing it up. Back to barca, they need to figure out this payers injuries in order for them to stand a better chance of winning the league this season

Draws are normal, and we can't say that it will be like perfected that top teams will dominate all games,no it is not true, even though they are small team, it is not always guarantee that it is a win win for bigger teams, this is football and anything can happen. We have encountered such situations and not only to real Madrid, even Barcelona have faced some kind of this similar defeat before from last season from last palmas we witness it. So it is normal. But the situation is only not normal at this moment that they are in need of a point to extend the gap a little, and that is where most persons where upset for the draw in that game.

[Black Mbaye]

In my opinion, if all of Barcelona key players were available with no injuries, their goal productivity would be much higher. Real Madrid attacking line does look very luxurious and ideal, but they still haven’t reached their best performance standards. However, when looking at the defensive lines of both teams, I think Real Madrid is still better, as they concede fewer goals.

Meanwhile, I think it’s still too early to predict who will win the trophy this season, because there are still many matches ahead. Hansi Flick must work hard to maintain performance and take advantage of every available momentum, especially when Real Madrid drop points. A one point difference can be overtaken very easily, and Barcelona might return to the top of the standings in the near future.

You are correct, if not for this player injuries barca goals would be in the numbers. Real Madrid on the hand, although they are topping the table right now, i do not believe them to be champions this season. Looking at their draw yesterday, imagine the top of the table drawing with 10th, it doesnt speak to champions, Barca, Villarreal, Atletico are not far behind, and they wiill seize opportunities as Real Madrid keep messing it up. Back to barca, they need to figure out this payers injuries in order for them to stand a better chance of winning the league this season

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

[GbitG]

so disappointed that they couldn't win elche, this is a reminder to never underestimate the underdogs, elche were given 6 odds and it would have been easy to believe that Madrid could win easily but surprisingly they scored the first goal in the second half and right after Madrid equalized they scored again. Even though Madrid couldn't win i admire their resilience, they didn't give up on the game

Real Madrid dropped four points in their last two games, and I considered them favorites to win both matches. Their performance was very disappointing. I was surprised and impressed by how Elche played yesterday. They really deserved to win, but the referee was biased and favored Real Madrid to equalised, because if we are to be honest, the two goals scored by Real Madrid were not worth it, but the referee awarded the goals without checking VAR because if he did, I don't think he'll award those goals for Real Madrid, but that has always been a problem with Spanish league officiating, they're always on Real Madrid side to favour them.

Here, let me tell you something more. Everyone is arguing that Real Madrid has dropped the point against Elche or blah blah but honestly I will tell you something that form the beginning of the season, Real Madrid performance was not consistent they only won matches with a tiny lead. I already told here that Xabi Alonso is new here he will take a while to understand the player quality or to adjust them with his own mind and tactics instructions.....

Thus far the Real Madrid midfield is feeling a bit of lacking after the departure of Toni Kroos and Modric and probably utilize there place will need a solid players despite Real Madrid didn't even sign any single midfielders for Xabi Alonso. Real Madrid need solid midfield who can distribute the ball with decent creativity.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

It is clear that Madrid are struggling but many are seeing them as a side on another level, they can't control any game especially against a smaller side and all these small teams are the ones to mess things up for them when it matters. In the Elche game I was expecting them to secure that 3pt because of how the Barcelona game ended, they should have won but they almost lost it, now they can't dominate any team for the whole 90'mins which is bad and any game that will cost them 1 or 3pt then they should forget it because Barcelona will do everything possible to always win their games. For Madrid last season they struggled and this season that they're suppose change how they handled last season but it seems they can't, next week will be another game to struggle and to lose point instead of to secure it.

[EL MOHA]

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

Since after the el Classico win this Real Madrid have been actually struggling to win matches and to be sincere it actually goes towards the sudden change of formation by Xabi Alonso, since the el Classico game Alonso has been trying to make Real Madrid play in three defense set up, this is actually Alonso style of play right from his days at even Bayer Leverkusen but he had to revert back to the back four that Real Madrid understood.

All of a sudden after the games Alonso is back to trying to play a back three again for me this has been an unnecessary experiment done at the wrong time because this type of experiment is done during the pre seasons so for me the first point of blame would be the manager Alonso who is taking this risk at this period of time for his club

[Tamaperdana]

For the fact that Barcelona's attacking line scored 36 goals in 13 games never means they are better side than that of real Madrid's front line because conclusions are supposed to be drown from there previous performance and not just now that of real Madrid's had lost consistency which I strongly believe they may come back to there full form and prove there supremacy as they have done in previous seasons. Its through currently now real Madrid's team lacks the potentials to do what they are know of which is there ability to score goals beyond expectations but never means there qualities can be compared to that of Barcelona in all ratifications

I think Barcelona's prolific front line, scoring many goals, means they're better than Real Madrid's. If Barcelona's front line weren't so good, I don't think they'd be able to score as many goals as they have. But because Barcelona's front line is quite good, that's a strong reason they're able to score so many goals. So here I can conclude that Barcelona's front line is currently better than Real Madrid's. But in terms of other aspects, such as the midfield and defense, I think it's probably quite balanced between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Because, as we know, Barcelona and Real Madrid still often concede goals, even to teams that aren't very strong. As proof, Real Madrid also only managed a draw against Rayo and Elche, and in the match against Elche, Real Madrid's defense looked less than good because they conceded two goals in that match. So, with that in mind, I believe Real Madrid's midfield and defense aren't that different in performance from Barcelona's. So, given this, I think Barcelona will currently have the upper hand over Real Madrid. Because basically Barcelona still has a pretty great front line at the moment and is better than Real Madrid.

[BlackBoss_]

I think Barcelona's prolific front line, scoring many goals, means they're better than Real Madrid's. If Barcelona's front line weren't so good, I don't think they'd be able to score as many goals as they have. But because Barcelona's front line is quite good, that's a strong reason they're able to score so many goals. So here I can conclude that Barcelona's front line is currently better than Real Madrid's. But in terms of other aspects, such as the midfield and defense, I think it's probably quite balanced between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Attacking system is only one part of a squad that has other parts like the midfield and defensive systems. Barcelona can have more powerful attacking system, are able to score more goals than Real Madrid but it will be non sense if they collect less total points than Real Madrid. The league title at the season ending will belong to a club that are able to collect most total points. If Real Madrid can have more total points than Barcelona at the season ending day, they don't need to compare their goal difference with Barcelona.

Any title competitor must focus on wining as many matches as possible as it is a first thing for a title winner, while scoring many goals would be a next priority, not the first main one.

[ancafe]

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

Currently Real Madrid haven't been eliminated from the title race because they still have a points gap over Barcelona and Real Madrid themselves are still in first place. But if Real Madrid can't win or draw their next match, their position at the top of the table could be overtaken by Barcelona. Dropping points against a much weaker opponent is devastating, as Real Madrid should easily be able to pick up all three points and widen the gap on second-placed Barcelona. This is something Xabi Alonso should consider, as losing points due to a draw in their next match would drop them to second place.

[laijsica]

I think Barcelona's prolific front line, scoring many goals, means they're better than Real Madrid's. If Barcelona's front line weren't so good, I don't think they'd be able to score as many goals as they have. But because Barcelona's front line is quite good, that's a strong reason they're able to score so many goals. So here I can conclude that Barcelona's front line is currently better than Real Madrid's. But in terms of other aspects, such as the midfield and defense, I think it's probably quite balanced between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Attacking system is only one part of a squad that has other parts like the midfield and defensive systems. Barcelona can have more powerful attacking system, are able to score more goals than Real Madrid but it will be non sense if they collect less total points than Real Madrid. The league title at the season ending will belong to a club that are able to collect most total points. If Real Madrid can have more total points than Barcelona at the season ending day, they don't need to compare their goal difference with Barcelona.

Any title competitor must focus on wining as many matches as possible as it is a first thing for a title winner, while scoring many goals would be a next priority, not the first main one.

I would definitely agree with you that Barcelona have a much higher scoring capacity than Real Madrid. The team relies on players who score goals regularly and when other players score goals, it increases the strength of the team. Regular scorers Lewandowski, Raphinha and Yamal are also scoring regularly, along with Fermín López and Ferran Torres. Also, Rashford, who is in great form with goal assists, is expected to do better in the next matches. A team with these players can be difficult for any team of any level to beat. The 2-2 draw with Elche showed Real Madrid weaknesses and they cannot take advantage of a team like Barca. Yes a team increase in goals does not affect its chances of winning a trophy. The more matches they win, the more success they will have in the tournament.

[Gallar]

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

Yes, I think with Real Madrid's current poor performance, it's clear that Real Madrid hasn't been able to return to their best form like they had in the past few seasons. So, I think Barcelona will definitely be number one again this season, because Barcelona should be able to be the top team in La Liga. But because in the past few weeks, many of their players have been injured, it has made their performance less than optimal. But now I see Barcelona's main players have recovered from their injuries, so with that, Real Madrid needs to be careful, because now Barcelona can easily knock them off the top of the standings.

And talking about Real Madrid's current performance, I think they haven't been able to find extraordinary players like the players they had before. So their performance is unstable, because the proof is that Real Madrid can sometimes play well and sometimes not. So that's a small problem that can damage Real Madrid. Because if Real Madrid's performance is still unstable like it is now, I don't think they will get any trophies this season.

[Obari]

Real Madrid's last three performances have been truly poor. They lost to Liverpool and drew their last two matches in Spain. Furthermore, their opponents weren't particularly strong. They drew against Elche and Rayo. Now, the four points they drop here could even cause them to drop in the title race in the coming weeks. Because you shouldn't be dropping four points against these teams. If you're Real Madrid, you should be able to beat them comfortably.

Ever since Real Madrid lost to Liverpool at Anfield, getting back on their feet have been one of the most challenging thing for them lately. Real Madrid recoding poor results was entirely not good for an elite team of their status. This is not the Real Madrid that defeated Barcelona at Santiago Bernabéu. A whole lot of things have changed in the club recently and we're trying to see how Xabi Alonso would turn things around because he's one of the elite manager for handling clubs that comprises of potential players.

This is definitely not the time for Real Madrid to be dropping points because winning always come in full pack for an elite team. Remember Barcelona are not holding down but pushing towards winning the La Liga title. They've always known their strengths and weakness, Hansi Flick focused more on the strength because that's what saved the club at the end of the day. If he focused more on weakness which the Barcelona highline, they will reduced heavily how they attack but if he focused more on pressing, the oppositions wouldn't have any other choice than to become volatile and vulnerable on the pitch.

[Shineup]

A few weeks ago I read that someone said here that Real Madrid's attack line was better than Barcelona's and now see the reality that Barca managed to score 36 scores from 13 matches while Real Madrid only managed to score 28 scores.
From these results it has proven that Barca's attack line is much sharper than Real Madrid's at the moment and Barca's attack line cooperation is much better than Real Madrid's which only relies on Mbappe.

For the fact that Barcelona's attacking line scored 36 goals in 13 games never means they are better side than that of real Madrid's front line because conclusions are supposed to be drown from there previous performance and not just now that of real Madrid's had lost consistency which I strongly believe they may come back to there full form and prove there supremacy as they have done in previous seasons. Its through currently now real Madrid's team lacks the potentials to do what they are know of which is there ability to score goals beyond expectations but never means there qualities can be compared to that of Barcelona in all ratifications

Does that actually count? Like it doesn't matter at all, you and I knew too well that Xabi Alonso is just arriving the club and has not fully settled and probably trying to pick his first team players, and aside that if you check well you will get to know that since the start of this season Barcelona seems to be in better form than Real Madrid despite Real Madrid topping the Spanish LA Liga standings, I just think their winning is coming from some good players and a good coach else Real Madrid could have been struggling this season if not for this reason, but I'm very much sure they are gonna come back fully and I will remind you of this goals difference.