La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[CryptoBuds]

The match between them wasn't bad but I want to blame Rudiger and Courtois, they are responsible for that yesterday defeat.

I think Rudiger is to blame, not Courtois, because Rudiger's performance was so poor that Manchester City's second goal was even conceded because he pulled Haaland back in the penalty box. Courtois made many crucial saves; if it weren't for him, Real Madrid might have conceded more goals. Courtois' performance was consistent in goal, and Manchester City's first goal wasn't his fault, but rather Real Madrid's defense, which failed to deal with Manchester City's corner kick, especially Rudiger's performance, which was truly poor.

Agree dude. I also do notm agree to blame Courtois. He made several good saves in this match too. Otherwise Madrid would have lost by a bigger margin.

Madrid's defenders did not perform well. Rudiger and Carreras made a lot of mistakes. Also I haven't seen a better performance from Tchouameni and Ceballos. Why Mbappe was kept on the bench in this match despite being fit is a mystery. If Mbappe was in the starting XI , maybe Madrid's players would have been more  confident and able to perform better.

[cxtreenal]

I feel like Xabi Alonso is gonna have until februry to acomodate the team, if he keeps losing grip on the team in that time for sure he is gonna be sacked, lets see if they bring something in this winter market, i dont know what they can buy but maybe a key player to fix the team.

Seems like both Xavi and Xabi are having not good times at coaches in both Real and Barca.

You have given a much longer deadline for Xabi Alonso dismissal. I think he may be forced to leave the team sooner if the situation does not improve. Taking charge of big teams is very exciting and risky for any manager. The expectations of the fans from the team are sky high but due to the impact of poor performance, the responsible person is fired first compared to a player. A responsible manager is responsible for maintaining the discipline of the team. If he can motivate the players with his own abilities, then he will be praised for his responsibility. Conversely if the team does not perform well and he does not have the ability to motivate the players so he should leave.

[cande86]

After defeat against Manchester City at home, social media become too hot on Xabi Alonso's future, few are claiming it's 100% sure that he is going to be sacked but few media reports clearly showing that it's going to be not easy for Real Madrid management to take such decision suddenly. Because they know that he is still capable of bringing improvement due to his track records.

One thing is sure, he is going to be managing game against Alaves on 15th December it's never been easy to handle a team with full of superstars and too many injuries, so pressure keeps increasing, but he is positive about future of the club. There is no doubt on significant drop into their performance in last few games due to internal issues but those needed to be fixed as soon as possible because upcoming few games are going to be important for the decision of his future.

Everyone iss angry with poor Xabi Alonso, but in reality the team is also to blame for not being able to handle the pressure. It's true that there are a series of negative results that make the situation worse, but these guys need to be supported and allowed to play, and the coach also needs to be supported.

[DanWalker]

Everyone iss angry with poor Xabi Alonso, but in reality the team is also to blame for not being able to handle the pressure. It's true that there are a series of negative results that make the situation worse, but these guys need to be supported and allowed to play, and the coach also needs to be supported.

Xabi Alonso shouldn't be the only one to blame. But Alonso is not without fault either. He's got enough time. But even then he could not solve the internal problems of Madrid. Madrid's performance has been stable for a long time. But suddenly the team lost the truck. They have played consistently poorly in several La Liga matches. Madrid's performance in the last three matches of the Champions League was also poor. We have seen Madrid's weak defense as well as weak attack. The Mbappe-Vini pairing is not doing well. The team has also become badly dependent on Mbappe. Without Mbappe in the squad against City, we saw a poor attacking performance from Madrid.

[ruykeri]

To be fair Real Madrid will be fine in UCL even if they lose because of the results they got earlier, they are going to be in the top 24 already and that is good enough for them. So even if there is a loss against City, which would be emotionally not good, the reality is that it doesn't impact anything, plus they still have games left over after this one so it should be fine for them in any case. I would say la liga is more important because this period where they went from 5 points ahead to now 4 points behind is a 9 point gap, and terrible and needs fixing.

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

[verdinio]

This is how a Xabi must think hard to immediately get Madrid back on the right track. I think the media will be buzzing again with this result. But I still believe in Xabi's progress; I think he is still good. He just needs to learn how to manage many talented players in one team. Maybe he should send a message to Zidane or Ancelotti to share experiences because, tactically, Xabi's play is quite good, but managing a team with many star players is a new thing. But I believe that time also plays a role in how Xabi adapts and finds the best approach. I think Madrid's management still very much deserves to keep him and give him at least 2 seasons.

Oh yes, i think he should try to manage the talents he has in his team. Ancelotti and Zidane were used to it because they have always been in contact with high-caliber talents and have always trained extraordinary players. What Xabi certainly lacks is experience.

[Umulala-alala]

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One thing is sure, he is going to be managing game against Alaves on 15th December it's never been easy to handle a team with full of superstars and too many injuries, so pressure keeps increasing, but he is positive about future of the club. There is no doubt on significant drop into their performance in last few games due to internal issues but those needed to be fixed as soon as possible because upcoming few games are going to be important for the decision of his future.

After Real Madrid's defeat against Celta Vigo and Manchester City yesterday, many predicted that he would definitely be kicked out of Real Madrid, but from the news I read, he was still given the opportunity to coach Real Madrid despite the crisis. Real Madrid management seems to still believe that Xabi can still make significant changes to the team with his strategy, and I am sure that Xabi will not waste the opportunity given to him and will give his best to improve Real Madrid's performance.

Madrid started the season with a very good performance, I Don’t know what is wrong that they’re loosing their matches. Especially the defeat against Celta Vigo it was a surprising one, Xabi Alonso strategy looks promising, and he will definitely do everything within is power to see that the team bounce back to a good performance.

Right now Real Madrid problem is what I’m still get to understand, I just hope Alonso fix everything before ut will be late for them, champions league is very competitive they need to put in effort.

When a big club losses against a small club people blame the big club for not performing well meanwhile we have forgotten that in football any club is entitled to win, smaller clubs wins bigger one and bigger ones win smaller clubs too, Real madrid losing to celta vigo in the laliga and also to Man city in the uefa champions league looks disappointing but i believe madrid to bounce back in their next matches and i also believe xabi Alonso win title for Real madrid.

[Cryptmuster]

Xabi Alonso shouldn't be the only one to blame. But Alonso is not without fault either. He's got enough time. But even then he could not solve the internal problems of Madrid. Madrid's performance has been stable for a long time. But suddenly the team lost the truck. They have played consistently poorly in several La Liga matches. Madrid's performance in the last three matches of the Champions League was also poor. We have seen Madrid's weak defense as well as weak attack. The Mbappe-Vini pairing is not doing well. The team has also become badly dependent on Mbappe. Without Mbappe in the squad against City, we saw a poor attacking performance from Madrid.

Bellingham isn't as good this season as he once was, and Vinicius could be better, too, so Real Madrid's attack isn't the best right now. And by the way, if you compare the team to what it was like under Ancelotti, I think Ancelotti handled similar difficulties even better. And Real Madrid will approach the match against Alaves with an even worse defense, as they lost Militao and two defenders received red cards, so it's safe to assume we'll see Alaves score against Real.

[KTChampions]

Well, bookies don't even care what's happening in CL, so Real Madrid lost at home, the odds moved just 0.02


I do acknowledge the match was against City and not the chaos that was in the last round of LaLiga, that Real played way better for at least 1/3 of the game but still with the chaos with the manager and the actual team that can play with injuries and tired players, I still think 1.6 is way to low.
1.2 Barcelona hosting Ossauna at home after no hiccups vs Real with half of the team going to Alaves for 1.6...not worth it for 0.4 odds difference

Have you ever seen more dramatic price changes when there is a game between strong teams and the next game is for one of those teams against an underdog? It seems to me that bookmakers simply don’t care what happened in the Champions League, even if Real had won 7-0 or, on the contrary, lost 7-0 and received 5 red cards, the odds would not have changed. If I remember correctly, the biggest shift in odds that I saw was something like from 2.1 to 1.9, but this was not a game against an underdog, but a game between Real Madrid and Liverpool.

[Emitdama]

Valencia may be unbeaten in four, but deep down they're still a team destined for the lower leagues, betting that Hugo Duro and the odd ball bounce goes in their favour. Draws are good when you're stabilising, but it's dangerous to go to the Metropolitano with that attitude. Atleti's home record is elite this season and their game vs PSV was evidence that they can still crank up the chaos and come back. If you keep giving away ball under pressure like Valencia do, that "we're happy with a draw" turns into "we're 1-0 down and chasing shadows" very fast.

With Barca, I don't even believe that the discussion is "are Osasuna weak or not". It's more that Barca have quietly addressed one of their biggest flaws. They finally look like a team who can break low blocks several ways: Yamal 1v1, Pedri between lines, Kounde on corners. That's why we haven't seen them drop a lot of points the last few games - they've been adding boring repeatable weapons on top of the nice football.

In last few years, Valencia is the worst side with inconsistent performance, this always hurting them. Currently they are at 16 and their game is against Atlético Madrid this is going to be not easy game for Valencia because Atlético Madrid is trying their best for fights back after having two defeats.

Valencia is having terrible attack and their defense is also just because of this looking like they are going to suffer badly in this game and then in this season. For their survive in upcoming round, mostly top teams have easy games just because of these, teams will be staying on their spots for another round because they can win their games without any big threat.

[bastisisca]

Real Madrid football team stats was good against Celta de Vigo football team but they could not do any goal in this match which they played one day ago and we saw one sided match because Celta de Vigo football team did 2 goals in this match which was requirement of the team at that time and Swedberg was a match Winner of the match because he did goals for the team and he was top performer of this match. He did first goal at 54 minutes of the match when it was need of team because opponent team score was zero at that time and he made pressure in this match and he did goal at the end of the match also and stats of that team was very low because their shots were 7 in this match and 5 shots were on target.

As i said, for me it was a very disappointing match, and here you can see all the limitations of the new coach compared to the one in the past, so Carlo Ancelotti
Xabi Alonso is good, however every now and then these things happen that honestly shouldn't happen in my opinion

[mvdheuvel1983]

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

It seems like you have not been following up on Real Madrid lately to understand how poor they have become in their performance, before the champions League loss against Manchester City they lost against Celta Vigo in the league a loss they should have avoided if they had performed well as a big team, right now Real Madrid are gradually losing the chances of winning the league because Barcelona is doing more better in the league you can check the table for confirmation so if they do not step up their game they will lose the league this season again. Mbappe is not the only player for them to rely on if he is not in good health to play the game Real Madrid can't win then they are nut a big team again.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Madrid's defenders did not perform well. Rudiger and Carreras made a lot of mistakes.

I would like to think Carreras played quite well. He was offensive too, and I don't know if you remember, but that run that he made led to Real Madrid's goal. I can't say the same for Rüdiger

Why Mbappe was kept on the bench in this match despite being fit is a mystery. If Mbappe was in the starting XI , maybe Madrid's players would have been more  confident and able to perform better.

They are trying to rest him. He has been starting almost every match and now Real Madrid seem so dependent on him, which is something so dangerous if he gets injured.

[Die_empty]

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

The loss might haunt them later if they don't win the other games. Real Madrid is still within the automatic ticket position. However, they might move out of the position if they fail to recover from these poor show and start winning games. In my view, they were the better team in the match against Manchester City but they were not lucky and also missed chances. They also missed Kylian Mbappe, who would have put much pressure on City's defence and put them on their toes all through the game. Xabi Alonso should also do all he can to settle the infighting in the dressing room.  This is not a time to show ego, they need all hands to be on deck.

[AYOBA]

To be fair Real Madrid will be fine in UCL even if they lose because of the results they got earlier, they are going to be in the top 24 already and that is good enough for them. So even if there is a loss against City, which would be emotionally not good, the reality is that it doesn't impact anything, plus they still have games left over after this one so it should be fine for them in any case. I would say la liga is more important because this period where they went from 5 points ahead to now 4 points behind is a 9 point gap, and terrible and needs fixing.

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

A lot was surprising after Real Madrid lose to Manchester City as their in the best form and that’s all about football even if a team are in best form some times if they face a weak teams they won’t understand their games because they will find the match very difficult. But to me i was not surprised when i saw their final result against Manchester City, because all this while Real Madrid are battling with very serious injuries most of their players are injured including their keys players; and still expected them to defeat Manchester City which is impossible.

Manchester City in other hand are also a stronger team is just that their lack of inconsistency, that’s what affected their performance this season.

[Showlove01]

Everyone iss angry with poor Xabi Alonso, but in reality the team is also to blame for not being able to handle the pressure. It's true that there are a series of negative results that make the situation worse, but these guys need to be supported and allowed to play, and the coach also needs to be supported.

Xabi Alonso shouldn't be the only one to blame. But Alonso is not without fault either. He's got enough time. But even then he could not solve the internal problems of Madrid. Madrid's performance has been stable for a long time. But suddenly the team lost the truck. They have played consistently poorly in several La Liga matches. Madrid's performance in the last three matches of the Champions League was also poor. We have seen Madrid's weak defense as well as weak attack. The Mbappe-Vini pairing is not doing well. The team has also become badly dependent on Mbappe. Without Mbappe in the squad against City, we saw a poor attacking performance from Madrid.

Real Madrid problem started last season and last season was even worst than this season because they were able to win Barcelona in the El Clasico unlike last season where Barcelona beat the fucking hell out of them and I also think and believe the reason Real Madrid was able to defeat Barcelona was because Barcelona performance and form this season is poor. Real Madrid really need to seat up before they will be out of everything just like last season where they ended it trophless and it might repeat if they are not careful. Yesterday I was thinking they will beat Manchester city but reverse was the whole thing. Mbbape had a broken finger that is why he didn't play yesterday and even if he was there I don't think there would have been a different result.

[HajiBagi]

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

The loss might haunt them later if they don't win the other games. Real Madrid is still within the automatic ticket position. However, they might move out of the position if they fail to recover from these poor show and start winning games. In my view, they were the better team in the match against Manchester City but they were not lucky and also missed chances. They also missed Kylian Mbappe, who would have put much pressure on City's defence and put them on their toes all through the game. Xabi Alonso should also do all he can to settle the infighting in the dressing room.  This is not a time to show ego, they need all hands to be on deck.

If Kylian Mbape is in the game against Manchester City Real Madrid can win the game because Real Madrid players missed many chances and Mbape is very sharp when it comes to scoring goals, Manchester City did not play well yesterday, I thought Manchester City will dominate the game but in the first half of the game Real Madrid dominated the game and also look at the team that wants to win the game, Mbape is very important for Real Madrid that is why Alonso never bench him.

Real Madrid performance showed that the team wants the coach to stay in the team, Xabi Alonso tried his best but the substitute was very bad, bringing on Brahim Diaz is not a good substitute, Brahim Diaz performance has not been good enough to help Real Madrid this season, he has played more games than Rodrygo and he has not scored any goal for the club.

[martinom]

This won't be easy for Xabi Alonso, as he's a young coach. Although he has a strong strategy, managing a team as big as Real Madrid, under pressure from management and fans who are constantly pressured to perform at their best, is emotionally challenging.

Before the match against Manchester City, rumors had been circulating that the decision regarding Xabi Alonso's future would be decided in that match. Ultimately, they lost to Manchester City at the Bernabeu, so it's natural for those rumors to resurface. I think we'll just have to wait and see how long it takes for Real Madrid's management to make a major decision. It won't be easy for Xabi Alonso to resolve the team's current problems, and I doubt it, as he's a young coach without sufficient experience, unlike Carlo Ancelotti.

Even though everyone says he is in a period where he will most likely be sacked, he is now doing everything he can to stay and rightly conclude a project he has carried out, i think he will not stay for long even if he says he feels the support of the players.

[Promocodeudo]

In my opinion, the loss to City will not have a bad effect on Real Madrid. Because they have been performing very well recently. They are already in a very good position in the table. I have seen in recent matches how good their players are in form. Mbappe could not play due to injury, which is why they were a little weak in attack against City.

Are you for real? I don't think you should be saying this, after their winning against Valencia, where they won by 4:0, they have not recorded any winning ever since then, and you're saying they are performing very well, didn't you watch their match against manchester city in the UEFA champions league as they were trashed by 1:2 by Manchester city, before this match, Celta Vigo defeated them 0:2, doesn't those result mean something to you, they are experiencing hard time and something has to be done very fast to remedy the situation, they have good players, to me it is very disappointing when I see a team as RealMadrid is playing something different from what's expected of them.

Are noe trying to tell us that only Mbappe makes up the whole team, I understand that his presents is needed as a finisher but there are other players that can act in that capacity what happened to them, let's not do this, I refuse to present any excuse for any team when I sense lapses.

[Richbased]

This won't be easy for Xabi Alonso, as he's a young coach. Although he has a strong strategy, managing a team as big as Real Madrid, under pressure from management and fans who are constantly pressured to perform at their best, is emotionally challenging.

Before the match against Manchester City, rumors had been circulating that the decision regarding Xabi Alonso's future would be decided in that match. Ultimately, they lost to Manchester City at the Bernabeu, so it's natural for those rumors to resurface. I think we'll just have to wait and see how long it takes for Real Madrid's management to make a major decision. It won't be easy for Xabi Alonso to resolve the team's current problems, and I doubt it, as he's a young coach without sufficient experience, unlike Carlo Ancelotti.

Real Madrid is not so hard to manage regardless of the experience of any manager that comes. If you are able to have a good relationship with their players that is what will determine your level of success with the club. This is the first time Xabi Alonso is managing a big club, let us discard the fact that he was successful at Bayern Leverkusen but i think that Real Madrid is bigger than him but due to the fact that he was the best option available as at when Carlo Ancelotti left the team made him become coach otherwise he still needed some height of experience before coaching a team like Real Madrid.

I don't think that Real Madrid's management will use the match against Manchester City to determine Xabi Alonso's future. Am having the feeling that he will most likely finish this season with Real Madrid but if he is unable to win a major title such as the La Liga or the Champions League then the club's management will be left with no option than to sack him.