La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Rengga Jati]

I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

Anyway, Real Madrid got their first and that opened the game up to more goals. Didn’t take long for them to get their second with the own goal and that was the most I had to watch.

This was my first time watching Talavera, and Real Madrid barely won, and they got the OG bonus for one of the winning goals. Some of them are key players, but I think compared to Talavera, they shouldn't have had any trouble. Still, the match looked very worrying, especially in the final minutes.

But here...

They were already leading 0-2, but in the late game, several players had been substituted, and their defense was quite open. Eventually, they conceded a goal, making it 2-3 at the end of the match. It was a win for Real Madrid, but they lost their focus at the last minute.

ig: realmadrid

[Mayor of ogba]

Xabi Alonso is not used to managing a team filled with star players. We know that at Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso himself sometimes faces his own challenges when deciding which players deserve to start or when rotating the lineup. Managing a team that already has high-quality players can sometimes be more difficult for a coach who lacks sufficient experience. Especially since this is the first major team Alonso has coached since Leverkusen. Therefore, expecting drastically higher results seems to place too much pressure on Alonso.

Today, Real Madrid will face Talavera in the Copa del Rey. And I think in a match like this, Alonso can try out some new things he wants to test.

Xabi Alonso has done a great job so far, he is a genius coach with impressive experience from coaching Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga. Currently at Real Madrid he is still facing a transition period, I think all coaches are the same. In my opinion, Xabi Alonso is still very good at coaching Real Madrid, there is no doubt about it. Real Madrid's current squad needs a major overhaul to be more solid, selfish players must be sold in this transfer market. Being in second place in the La Liga standings is still good for Real Madrid, I think the game is still long for this season. For the Copa del Rey match against Alavera, even though several players cannot play due to injury, Real Madrid looks like they will win easily.

Madrid don't need a major overhaul. They've majority of the best players in the world. What Madrid needs is a good defender to seal up the defense so that, their opponents will find it difficult from breaking through easily. The only player that has problem with the club is Vini. He should be sold if he doesn't accept his regular pay rate.

Real Madrid defense line was the reason why Real Madrid couldn't live up to expectations last season, and I was hoping Real Madrid would fix the problem this season, but since they couldn't fix it, the defense line is still influencing Real Madrid to repeat their last season's performance again this season. Very soon the January transfer window will open for clubs to sign players. If Real Madrid wants Xabi Alonso to stop Barcelona from winning the title back to back they should raise funds for Xabi Alonso to sign quality defenders that can help Real Madrid perform well and win the title race this season.

[GbitG]

Real Madrid players have taken the first two places in the list of chances created so far. There is nothing to be surprised about Mbappe about that. He is really having a superb season. 

Seeing Arda Güler in the 2nd place of list feels really nice. He is undoubtedly one of the important members of this team. Sometimes Xabi Alonso doesn't prefer to use him in the lineup.

But it must be simply due to his still being quite young. It is hard for him to play so consistently for a lot of games in a row.

At least Xabi Alonso is giving Arda Güler enough playing time. He will get even more playing time as time goes on. I like the collaboration between Mbappe and Arda Güler. Mbappe has received many assists from Arda Güler. Arda Güler is doing everything to help him score goals. Since he is young and inexperienced, I think it's the right thing to do to play him like this right now.

Damn that's crazy!!!!
I didn't even know about it....in chance creation, these two are far ahead from others. Honestly both are absolutely outstanding, although their team is not making too good progress. Kylian Mbappe is one of the best player in the world and now the young Arda Guler has connecting with him and making some vibrant progress for the Real Madrid team.

Arda Guler and Killyan Mbappe combination makes me feel Ronaldo and Ozil saga. Because these two both do the same thing as Ronaldo and Ozil did. Like Ozil was the assister and Ronaldo was the finisher. Similar Arda is the deliverer, and Killyan Mbappe is the finisher. Xabi Alonso need to give more and more minutes to Arda Guler because he is rising talent and playing more minutes can improve his competency more.

[laspol65]

I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

Anyway, Real Madrid got their first and that opened the game up to more goals. Didn’t take long for them to get their second with the own goal and that was the most I had to watch.

This was my first time watching Talavera, and Real Madrid barely won, and they got the OG bonus for one of the winning goals. Some of them are key players, but I think compared to Talavera, they shouldn't have had any trouble. Still, the match looked very worrying, especially in the final minutes.

But here...

They were already leading 0-2, but in the late game, several players had been substituted, and their defense was quite open. Eventually, they conceded a goal, making it 2-3 at the end of the match. It was a win for Real Madrid, but they lost their focus at the last minute.

ig: realmadrid

Real Madrid did not perform well at the beginning of this match, they went ahead through penalty kicks. The initial attacks were easy but then they roared and the opposing team roared even more, despite the reputation of the Real Madrid team, they could not perform well competitively. However, the current situation of the Real Madrid team has been very sad, only Mbappe has played the right role in the attack department of the Real Madrid team and he scored two goals in this match including a penalty and in the last minute, the Real Madrid team won 3-2.

[GiftedMAN]

That's the problem with Madrid these days and someone will say they're good to go, where exactly? All you said I agree with you, imagine if those guys had gotten the 3rd goal or if they are the ones who was leading with the 3 goals how would Madrid react to it? The response won't have changed anything because the host was good in the back line, I'll give it to them and is a shame that Madrid don't always learn from their previous game how they play and make mistakes, they just suit up and go into the next game with same drive and approach. If not for the fact that the host side CF Talavera is another smaller side I don't think Madrid would have underrated them.

Xabi Alonso needs to do something in the team otherwise he will end up being sacked because his team is not getting any better in their performance, I understand that some weak team s will always give stronger opponents problems when they meet but conceding 2 goals was not a good result for Real Madrid it clearly shows that the team is not in good form at all.

Imagine they had played 3:3 it would still be in history that they played against a weak team and ended the game in a draw, Real Madrid will end up not winning any trophy this season until they get better in performance.

[Iamgoat]

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I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

Anyway, Real Madrid got their first and that opened the game up to more goals. Didn’t take long for them to get their second with the own goal and that was the most I had to watch.

I really liked the way the Talavera guys held the madrid players to their jugular just to ensure they don't win yesterday's martch or at least end up with a draw, but Madrid's gods saved them yesterday from  the Embarrassment they would have ordinarily faced if they had provably lost the game. Well some people really argued the penalty foul which was blown by the referee to be hard on the opposition but whichever way, Madrid took advantage of the penalty to lead the match.

[Nheer]

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I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

We have seen how the refs can be controversial sometimes and I think most of these decisions are actually based on the decisions of the ref and his assistants so I think we can't blame anyone for any of these things. Sometimes a ref might award a red card is too light and another referee will think there is no contact enough when similar foul is being committed and won't award a red card for it. All these happens a lot in football nowadays and I am really not happy about the decision of the referee at times. I feel any kind of foul be it minimal contact or maximum contact should be avoided completely to be safer.

I really liked the way the Talavera guys held the madrid players to their jugular just to ensure they don't win yesterday's martch or at least end up with a draw, but Madrid's gods saved them yesterday from  the Embarrassment they would have ordinarily faced if they had provably lost the game.

I think Real Madrid's defense is just not doing well as they should and I keep wondering how they keep conceding multiple goals against even teams that are not Worth it. I don't expect them to concede goals against this team yesterday and they ended up conceding twice, it means their defense is really shaky and needs to be fixed asap.

[laijsica]

I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

Anyway, Real Madrid got their first and that opened the game up to more goals. Didn’t take long for them to get their second with the own goal and that was the most I had to watch.

This was my first time watching Talavera, and Real Madrid barely won, and they got the OG bonus for one of the winning goals. Some of them are key players, but I think compared to Talavera, they shouldn't have had any trouble. Still, the match looked very worrying, especially in the final minutes.

But here...

They were already leading 0-2, but in the late game, several players had been substituted, and their defense was quite open. Eventually, they conceded a goal, making it 2-3 at the end of the match. It was a win for Real Madrid, but they lost their focus at the last minute.

ig: realmadrid

Real Madrid did not perform well at the beginning of this match, they went ahead through penalty kicks. The initial attacks were easy but then they roared and the opposing team roared even more, despite the reputation of the Real Madrid team, they could not perform well competitively. However, the current situation of the Real Madrid team has been very sad, only Mbappe has played the right role in the attack department of the Real Madrid team and he scored two goals in this match including a penalty and in the last minute, the Real Madrid team won 3-2.

Real Madrid played better against Talavera than they did against Alavés in the previous match. Alonso should take extra care of the defense to contribute more in the tournaments. They have conceded 2 goals against small teams and they need to concede more goals against big teams. You are right that no other player in the attack is able to contribute that well except Mbappe. Yes, Real Madrid have a reputation and they are a traditional club but currently they are not performing well. As you expressed your disappointment with their game, most of the fans would probably say the same. They have won the last two matches because of luck, not because they played greatly.

[Razmirraz]

This was my first time watching Talavera, and Real Madrid barely won, and they got the OG bonus for one of the winning goals. Some of them are key players, but I think compared to Talavera, they shouldn't have had any trouble. Still, the match looked very worrying, especially in the final minutes.

But here...

They were already leading 0-2, but in the late game, several players had been substituted, and their defense was quite open. Eventually, they conceded a goal, making it 2-3 at the end of the match. It was a win for Real Madrid, but they lost their focus at the last minute.

ig: realmadrid

I have never heard of Talavera either, after I searched for information, this club is in Group 1 of the Spanish League Division 3 in the same group as the Real Madrid Castilla team. Previously, Real Madrid Castilla had faced Talavera and managed to win with a clean sheet, while the Real Madrid first team had difficulty beating them. Madrid should have been able to secure an easy win against such a weak team, but instead, several players performed less than expected.

In my opinion, the three goals scored by Real Madrid were due to luck due to the opponent's mistakes, the first goal was from the penalty spot, the second was an own goal and the third was due to a blunder by goalkeeper Talavera. Real Madrid defense is still questionable, it was very inappropriate for them to concede two goals against a much weaker team, luckily Lunin managed to make a crucial save in the last minute, otherwise, Xabi Alonso career might not have been saved.

[armanda90]

I have never heard of Talavera either, after I searched for information, this club is in Group 1 of the Spanish League Division 3 in the same group as the Real Madrid Castilla team. Previously, Real Madrid Castilla had faced Talavera and managed to win with a clean sheet, while the Real Madrid first team had difficulty beating them. Madrid should have been able to secure an easy win against such a weak team, but instead, several players performed less than expected.

In my opinion, the three goals scored by Real Madrid were due to luck due to the opponent's mistakes, the first goal was from the penalty spot, the second was an own goal and the third was due to a blunder by goalkeeper Talavera. Real Madrid defense is still questionable, it was very inappropriate for them to concede two goals against a much weaker team, luckily Lunin managed to make a crucial save in the last minute, otherwise, Xabi Alonso career might not have been saved.

Yesterday, I searched information about Talavera teams as the opportunity of Real Madrid in Copa del Rey round of 32 and exactly is the team played at Spanish League division 3 and the same group with Real Madrid castilla team. Madrid played almost with full teams indeed several main layers started from the bench but unbelievable how come conceded two goals easily against the lower division team? As usual Madrid dominance the games controlling ball possession more than 70% but can't acceptable conceded two goals against weakness teams.

Madrid currently difficult to make clean sheet and last three matches in a row all competition always conceded goal since facing Manchester City in Champion League conceded 2 goals, faced Alaves conceded one goal and last night against the third division team have conceded two goals exactly second goals conceded at additional time.

[alankasman]

We have seen how the refs can be controversial sometimes and I think most of these decisions are actually based on the decisions of the ref and his assistants so I think we can't blame anyone for any of these things. Sometimes a ref might award a red card is too light and another referee will think there is no contact enough when similar foul is being committed and won't award a red card for it. All these happens a lot in football nowadays and I am really not happy about the decision of the referee at times. I feel any kind of foul be it minimal contact or maximum contact should be avoided completely to be safer.

This kind of thing has happened to referees occasionally. Although every match now has VAR recordings to assist referees in making correct decisions, it's no longer permissible to judge referees' performance in making every decision. With VAR technology, and the addition of goalkeeping assistants, match officials are now more equipped, especially regarding red cards. Careful review of the VAR recordings is essential to ensure the referee's decision doesn't disfavor one team.

I think Real Madrid's defense is just not doing well as they should and I keep wondering how they keep conceding multiple goals against even teams that are not Worth it. I don't expect them to concede goals against this team yesterday and they ended up conceding twice, it means their defense is really shaky and needs to be fixed asap.

The defense was inadequate when Real Madrid conceded goals like in that match because the team they were playing against was at a level far enough from their competition that many people thought and said that the defense they had this season needed to be improved immediately so that they would not concede so many goals every time they played.

[Wake Up]

I wasn’t exactly convinced on the penalty that was awarded to Real Madrid in the first half. There was contact with the arm for sure but, it was a bal that came off the head of the same defender and was headed in the same direction and slightly touched the arm without changing the direction of the ball.
It was left for the referee to make his call though but, that didn’t sit well with me.

Anyway, Real Madrid got their first and that opened the game up to more goals. Didn’t take long for them to get their second with the own goal and that was the most I had to watch.

This was my first time watching Talavera, and Real Madrid barely won, and they got the OG bonus for one of the winning goals. Some of them are key players, but I think compared to Talavera, they shouldn't have had any trouble. Still, the match looked very worrying, especially in the final minutes.

But here...

They were already leading 0-2, but in the late game, several players had been substituted, and their defense was quite open. Eventually, they conceded a goal, making it 2-3 at the end of the match. It was a win for Real Madrid, but they lost their focus at the last minute.

ig: realmadrid

Real Madrid did not perform well at the beginning of this match, they went ahead through penalty kicks. The initial attacks were easy but then they roared and the opposing team roared even more, despite the reputation of the Real Madrid team, they could not perform well competitively. However, the current situation of the Real Madrid team has been very sad, only Mbappe has played the right role in the attack department of the Real Madrid team and he scored two goals in this match including a penalty and in the last minute, the Real Madrid team won 3-2.

Real Madrid played better against Talavera than they did against Alavés in the previous match. Alonso should take extra care of the defense to contribute more in the tournaments. They have conceded 2 goals against small teams and they need to concede more goals against big teams. You are right that no other player in the attack is able to contribute that well except Mbappe. Yes, Real Madrid have a reputation and they are a traditional club but currently they are not performing well. As you expressed your disappointment with their game, most of the fans would probably say the same. They have won the last two matches because of luck, not because they played greatly.

I think it's unacceptable that Real Madrid conceded two goals in this match. I'm sure they shouldn't be happy with this victory. They should have won comfortably, but if Lunin hadn't made a save in the last minute, the match might have ended in a draw. A team at Real Madrid's level should have scored at least five or six goals in this match. Real Madrid still has major defensive problems.

[Adbitco]

Sergio Ramos right, the formal Real Madrid captain right? Nope, that's not him, this is Borja Diaz a Guadalajara defender that played against Barcelona 2 days ago in the Copa del Rey. He caught viewers attention in the game because he has a striking resemblance to the formal Real Madrid skipper. He even went as far as getting the exact type of Ramos hair cut back then, for a second fans would think he was actually Sergio Ramos. Seriously, he really looks like him.

[Black Mbaye]

Sergio Ramos right, the formal Real Madrid captain right? Nope, that's not him, this is Borja Diaz a Guadalajara defender that played against Barcelona 2 days ago in the Copa del Rey. He caught viewers attention in the game because he has a striking resemblance to the formal Real Madrid skipper. He even went as far as getting the exact type of Ramos hair cut back then, for a second fans would think he was actually Sergio Ramos. Seriously, he really looks like him.

Yes, I also thought he was Sergio Ramos from the photo He really does look very similar to the former Spanish national team player. For a moment I wondered if he had transferred to Guadalajara and we had missed him. This much resemblance is truly surprising. Barcelona won the match without any problems and advanced to the next round. Real Madrid also advanced yesterday. I was surprised that Villarreal was eliminated from the Copa Del Rey. I can only consider the result of that match a surprise.

[iamsange]

Yes, I also thought he was Sergio Ramos from the photo He really does look very similar to the former Spanish national team player. For a moment I wondered if he had transferred to Guadalajara and we had missed him. This much resemblance is truly surprising. Barcelona won the match without any problems and advanced to the next round. Real Madrid also advanced yesterday. I was surprised that Villarreal was eliminated from the Copa Del Rey. I can only consider the result of that match a surprise.

he, we were also confused when we saw your topic so what we need to ask is is this player actually Sergio Ramos or not?
Because he does resemble the Spanish player, and apart from the end of his time at Real Madrid we haven't followed the development of Sergio Ramos's team so we've somewhat forgotten about him.

Congratulations to Barcelona and Real Madrid who qualified for the next round, for the results achieved by Villareal, of course many people were surprised because they are the most consistent team in the La Liga competition because they are currently in 3rd place which means they are the strongest team in the La Liga competition so the results in the Copa Del Rey really burdened many of their spectators because they received results with clubs that did not deserve the performance like the performance they have now, that's why I said it like that.

[Jegileman]

Real Madrid defense line was the reason why Real Madrid couldn't live up to expectations last season, and I was hoping Real Madrid would fix the problem this season, but since they couldn't fix it, the defense line is still influencing Real Madrid to repeat their last season's performance again this season. Very soon the January transfer window will open for clubs to sign players. If Real Madrid wants Xabi Alonso to stop Barcelona from winning the title back to back they should raise funds for Xabi Alonso to sign quality defenders that can help Real Madrid perform well and win the title race this season.

Did the club now allow him to sign players at the start of the season? And is the club also dictating the players he’s going to bring into the club by themselves? These are two important questions we should ask ourselves concerning Real Madrid’s form and how they intend to treat Xabi Alonso if he doesn’t perform to the expectations expected from him. He was a better coach at Bayern Leverkusen which maybe that he had good playing environment and the players he wants at his disposal, or the competition there is not as fierce as this. I hope he’ll be able to do the best here as he did when he was in Bayern Leverkusen. At the open of the transfer window, they should allow him to sign the players he wishes in order to present better result at the end of the season for the club.

[Stormisover]

Real Madrid players have taken the first two places in the list of chances created so far. There is nothing to be surprised about Mbappe about that. He is really having a superb season. 

Seeing Arda Güler in the 2nd place of list feels really nice. He is undoubtedly one of the important members of this team. Sometimes Xabi Alonso doesn't prefer to use him in the lineup.

But it must be simply due to his still being quite young. It is hard for him to play so consistently for a lot of games in a row.

At least Xabi Alonso is giving Arda Güler enough playing time. He will get even more playing time as time goes on. I like the collaboration between Mbappe and Arda Güler. Mbappe has received many assists from Arda Güler. Arda Güler is doing everything to help him score goals. Since he is young and inexperienced, I think it's the right thing to do to play him like this right now.

Mbappe is always inform and he always deliver so seeing him at the top of the list doesn't surprise me even Arda Güler I had always known the guy to be a baller, and it amaze me to see that Real Madrid had most players in that list but some people actually believe they are not doing well enough in the Spanish LA Liga, I don't really know what could be going on with the team but all I can say is Xabi Alonso is yet to adapt to the league, and I can still tell he's not make his first team choice as it stands, else he's got what it takes to win the league this season, like he's got some real good talents but I'm just so surprise why they struggle.

[Rgram]

I'm surprised Real Madrid have only scored two goals so far. Their opponents are considered one of the weaker teams in the lower leagues. Even with this current Real Madrid squad, they should have scored at least five goals against them. There are only 15 minutes left in the match and they've only scored two. Real Madrid urgently needs to start playing more effectively. They're starting to have problems against the big teams.

Seriously, these lower division teams really know how to make life hard for the big teams. I mean, just look at how Barcelona struggled so much to break Guadalajara’s defense before finally scoring. People were already saying, Barcelona can’t even beat a third-tier team comfortably. The thing is, for these smaller clubs, matches against giants like Real Madrid or Barcelona are like finals to them. They know the whole world is watching, and this is their chance to prove themselves and showcase their talents. So they play with everything they have, give their best, and sometimes that’s enough to really frustrate the big teams, no matter how strong they are.

[Zackz5000]

Real Madrid players have taken the first two places in the list of chances created so far. There is nothing to be surprised about Mbappe about that. He is really having a superb season. 

Seeing Arda Güler in the 2nd place of list feels really nice. He is undoubtedly one of the important members of this team. Sometimes Xabi Alonso doesn't prefer to use him in the lineup.

But it must be simply due to his still being quite young. It is hard for him to play so consistently for a lot of games in a row.

At least Xabi Alonso is giving Arda Güler enough playing time. He will get even more playing time as time goes on. I like the collaboration between Mbappe and Arda Güler. Mbappe has received many assists from Arda Güler. Arda Güler is doing everything to help him score goals. Since he is young and inexperienced, I think it's the right thing to do to play him like this right now.

Mbappe is always inform and he always deliver so seeing him at the top of the list doesn't surprise me even Arda Güler I had always known the guy to be a baller, and it amaze me to see that Real Madrid had most players in that list but some people actually believe they are not doing well enough in the Spanish LA Liga, I don't really know what could be going on with the team but all I can say is Xabi Alonso is yet to adapt to the league, and I can still tell he's not make his first team choice as it stands, else he's got what it takes to win the league this season, like he's got some real good talents but I'm just so surprise why they struggle.

I still wonder why people think that Real Madrid are not doing well or is it because their previous last two defeats? We shouldn't expect Real Madrid to win all their games I don't see them as a team that isn't doing good they second in the League with 4 points to match team on the top Barcelona and the season still has more exciting games to watch.
Am not surprised seeing Mbappe at the top he can never be hidden out in any league he plays, Mbappe is always consistent in his game he wants to win the Laliga tittle and also the UEFA Champions League i believe he will achieve one this season but he likely want the Champions League tittle since he missed it with PSG.
Those fans who are thinking that something is wrong with Real Madrid this could just be their first season or time following up football games.

[Rgram]

Sergio Ramos right, the formal Real Madrid captain right? Nope, that's not him, this is Borja Diaz a Guadalajara defender that played against Barcelona 2 days ago in the Copa del Rey. He caught viewers attention in the game because he has a striking resemblance to the formal Real Madrid skipper. He even went as far as getting the exact type of Ramos hair cut back then, for a second fans would think he was actually Sergio Ramos. Seriously, he really looks like him.

What a striking resemblance! For a moment, I truly thought it was Sergio Ramos for real. I was completely puzzled because I know Sergio Ramos plays for CF Monterrey, so seeing him there made no sense at all. I even had to check properly to make sure it wasn’t him without tattoos. Lol. The incredible thing is that Borja Diaz is not related to Sergio Ramos at all. It’s purely coincidence. His facial features, hairstyle, and the way he carries himself on the field are so similar. it’s honestly uncanny. Seeing him made me stop and do a double take because it’s so rare to see someone who looks so much like someone else.