La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

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Hansi Flick really delivers on his promises, and that's what I respect him. He's trully proven to be an excellent coach. He's completely transformed the club and brought back that winning mentality. Right now, Barça are sitting 4 points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table.
Now it's proven building good form takes time, and things can change quickly if injuries come back.

Flick is deserving of every commendations and accolades he gets at this point, he has obviously delivered on the fact that he was going  to get Barcelona out of the seeming mess they were before he arrived, this does not discredit the efforts of the past coach because he did tried his best but Flick has stood out and made some clear difference, if he is able  to get Barcelona the title by the end of the season, it will be a huge plus for him and his career obviously.

[fuguebtc]

Atletico Madrid just need to maintain their current position, or target RMadrid position but the points difference is quite large. This club does that every season, and I'm not surprised they're not a serious threat to the league leaders. Barcelona did well and thankfully Lamine Yamal wasn't injured, the Villareal player's tackle was dangerous and the referee was right to give him a red card.

Atletico madrid are in third place in the table. It is unlikely that they will take 2nd  place or even top the table. Atletico Madrid are 9 points behind Barcelona and 5 points behind Real Madrid.

Atletico madrid's squad is not weak. But their biggest problem is that their performance is very inconsistent. They have played well in the last two matches  and won. But it is unlikely  that they will be able to continue their  winning streak for a long  time. My  personal opinion is that Atletico madrid will not be able to compete for the title. But they will be in the top four of  the table. And Atletico Madrid has the best chance  of staying in third place in the table.

[Fuso.hp]

Before the match, I was sure Villarreal would stop Barcelona but it was wrong. But still i can say Barcelona defense is really weak. With a defense like that i dont think they will go very far.
As you guys mentioned the start of the match was quite competitive but Joan García really showed why he was worth signing this summer. He gives Barcelona confidence at the back. Winning matches like this is extremely important. Anyway i’m happy Barcelona still keeps his position in the table.

I have never underestimated Barcelona whenever, they're playing with any club that's not Real Madrid. Barcelona started the match pretty good and Villarreal gave them the chance of winning the game because I don't expect Barcelona to lose against ten men. Barcelona is trying their possible best.

I will say luck was on Barcelona side today because the red card really make the game a bit easier for them because imagine what Villarreal was playing even with the Red card but I will also acknowledge the fact that Barcelona on the other hand is not a small team neither are they easy to be defeated and you are absolutely correct the only time they always feel threatened is whenever they are playing against there rival, Real Madrid and sometimes they don't even feel threatened especially last season where they defeated Real Madrid up and down.

Veiga was sent off in the 39th minute and Villarreal were reduced to 10 men. Barcelona were already a tough opponent, but playing with one less player made the day not go well for Villarreal. Barcelona won but they could not gain much advantage in the second half, when Villarreal were reduced to 10 men, I thought Barcelona would play more attacking football and win by a big margin but that did not happen. Yamal managed to score only one goal in the second half and his goal was the final goal of the second half, meaning Barcelona won the match 2-0 and got full points.

At the moment, Real Madrid and Barcelona have played 18 matches each, with Barcelona leading the table by 4 points, since Barcelona is ahead, Barcelona will have a high chance of winning the league title this season as well.

[Minor Miner]

Flick is deserving of every commendations and accolades he gets at this point, he has obviously delivered on the fact that he was going  to get Barcelona out of the seeming mess they were before he arrived, this does not discredit the efforts of the past coach because he did tried his best but Flick has stood out and made some clear difference, if he is able  to get Barcelona the title by the end of the season, it will be a huge plus for him and his career obviously.

Barcelona's performance in the 202 3-24 season was very weak. Since Hansi Flick took charge , Barcelona's performance has improved very quickly. He has helped strengthen the bonding between the players in the squad. He has been able to use the young players properly. And because of this, he has been able  to bring stability to barcelona's overall performance without spending a  large amount of money on player purchases. The relationship between barcelona's players  is good. Flick's match strategy is also unique. As a result, barcelona is now dominating La Liga. Despite performing somewhat irregularly in the champions league,  qualifying for the playoffs is not a difficult task for barcelona. Barcelona is a worthy contender for both the La liga and champions league titles this year.

[Lida93]

I'm not so sure about Villarreal's title chances this season, as teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid have always been much more evenly matched title contenders. The defeat against Barcelona demonstrates Villarreal's inconsistent ability to compete for the title this season. Ideally, the team would be able to maintain a top-five finish as a prerequisite for Champions League qualification. Without consistent performance in their next matches, it will be difficult for Villarreal to achieve that position, even though they currently sit in fourth place.

For me, Villarreal do not stand any chance in the first place, I have never considered them to be possible contenders for the title this season, though they might have some good stats this season as a result of their good performances this season which seems to be only altered by the three major clubs in the La Liga which are Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletico Madrid. Aside these three Villarreal wouldn't have had any issue and that's the reason I said they could have been able to contend for the title despite their great form

[Bobrox]

I don't want to compare Hansi Flick with Xabi Alonso because the quality, experience and achievements they have achieved are very different. Luckily, Barcelona was able to get him when the team's performance was declining when Xavi Hernandez was still in charge. Now Barcelona has completely changed and is able to make it difficult for Real Madrid in the title race.

Real Madrid always demands that their coaches win titles at the end of the season, and this is clearly the most difficult challenge for Xabi Alonso, who has not been able to fully improve the team's performance. Being four points behind Barcelona is putting even more pressure on him, plus their journey in the Champions League is also not very impressive. If he fails to deliver a trophy this season, he might lose his position as Real Madrid coach.

Comparison between Hansi Flick and Xabi Alonso has huge difference level until experienced, Hansi Flick has much experienced and winning many trophies from Bayern Munich until Barcelona. Alonso only win Bundesliga trophy with Bayern Leverkusen and lack quality level regarding than how much achievement of Hansi Flick. First time arrival Hansi Flick success get double winner with Barcelona by winning La Liga and Copa del Rey, I don't think easily because Hansi Flick not signed many top players.
In this season Barcelona has better performance than Real Madrid and Hansi Flick success improve Barcelona performance after having bad start at the early season. Indeed 4 points remaining awhile not close opportunity for Madrid to win La Liga trophy depend have many matches left and Madrid has opportunity by facing Barcelona at second half season match.

[Just Say]

The situation in the Real Betis vs Getafe team game was completely in Betis' favor, in fact those who enjoyed this match may have seen how aggressive Real Betis was because Because they were able to score four goals in today's match by showing their great artistry, as a result, the score line between these two teams in the 17th round was 4:0. I had the highest hopes for the Brazilian player Antony in this match because he is a great forward for this team, but despite being the highest rated player in this match, he was unable to score any goals. It is correct that Ruibal scored in just the 16th minute of the game to give Betis the lead, and from then on the team steadily advanced and snatched the victory.

[giorgione]

There was no way Villarreal would have won Barcelona because Barcelona is more inform than them, forget the fact that Barcelona has many star players in fact this star players you are talking about are players from Barcelona academy i believe Villarreal also has an academy they should pick players from their too, one thing I love about Barcelona is the fact that they are just using players from their academy and dey are doing very well, the coach is someone they should respect very well because his doing very well even without buying too many players his just developing the once he has. Villarreal can't lift the league trophy they don't have that potential however they did very well in the match yesterday if not for the red card they would have perform more better.

I think that Barcelona can really do a lot at the moment, and they are taking advantage of Real Madrid's bad moment, which seems to have given up a bit. Obviously this thing isn't over, the championship is still long and there's still a long way to go, Villareal had no chance of winning.

[Danica22]

The situation in the Real Betis vs Getafe team game was completely in Betis' favor, in fact those who enjoyed this match may have seen how aggressive Real Betis was because Because they were able to score four goals in today's match by showing their great artistry, as a result, the score line between these two teams in the 17th round was 4:0. I had the highest hopes for the Brazilian player Antony in this match because he is a great forward for this team, but despite being the highest rated player in this match, he was unable to score any goals. It is correct that Ruibal scored in just the 16th minute of the game to give Betis the lead, and from then on the team steadily advanced and snatched the victory.

Real Betis players did not give getafe any chance. Getafe made several attacks. But they could not break the defense of Betsi. Real Betis' attacking players played very well. They were able to  score four goals. At the same time, the performance of the defenders was also amazing. Getafe's players were not able to score any goals even after making 15 shots. After winning this match, Real betis is in sixth place in the table. However, Real betis will want to finish the  season in the top  5 of the table. They will try their best to qualify for the europa league.

[Promocodeudo]

Flick is deserving of every commendations and accolades he gets at this point, he has obviously delivered on the fact that he was going  to get Barcelona out of the seeming mess they were before he arrived, this does not discredit the efforts of the past coach because he did tried his best but Flick has stood out and made some clear difference, if he is able  to get Barcelona the title by the end of the season, it will be a huge plus for him and his career obviously.

As the man of the moment he deserves every praises he gets from anywhere, I could remember how he started the League with his boys, it was very challenging season from the beginning, hard many keey players that went on injury, it wasn't easy,the lost some matches and managed to win some, perianally I never thought he will top their rivals which is RealMadrid considering how RealMadrid performance was than, when RealMadrid beat them on a 2:0 defeat it became the talk the town, Hansi Flick has shown to very large extent again that he is worthy of being in his role as a manager, although the season is not yet over but Barcelona I don't see Barcelona dropping from that top so easily.

[Scarlett_23]

There is no doubt that Barcelona played well. Frankly, Hansi Flick understands the dynamics of the opposing team and guides his players accordingly. Barcelona won the match between Barcelona and Villarreal by 2-0. Rafinha scored the goal in the 12th minute for the Barcelona team. Although the defense was a bit chaotic, Rafinha and Yamal immediately changed that chaotic mood and created an image of a great game.

Lamine Yamal scored another goal for the team in the 63rd minute. Villarreal played with ten players, so Barcelona fans were expecting more goals from Barcelona, ​​but they could not do that. Therefore, if Renato Veiga had not received a red card, it might have been pressure for Barcelona to score another goal.

[TelolettOm]

Flick is deserving of every commendations and accolades he gets at this point, he has obviously delivered on the fact that he was going  to get Barcelona out of the seeming mess they were before he arrived, this does not discredit the efforts of the past coach because he did tried his best but Flick has stood out and made some clear difference, if he is able  to get Barcelona the title by the end of the season, it will be a huge plus for him and his career obviously.

Since Hansi Flick's arrival at Barcelona, ​​they have won at least the La Liga trophy, the Spanish Cup, and the Spanish Super Cup in 2024/2025. Currently, Barcelona is also at the top of La Liga. Although they haven't yet won the Champions League, they continue to fight for this title.

By the way, Barcelona's victory over Villarreal puts Barcelona on track for a win at the end of 2025 and further establishes themselves as the top team in La Liga, four points clear of Real Madrid.

Source: Barcelona finishes the year on top of LaLiga

[GiftedMAN]

I think that Barcelona can really do a lot at the moment, and they are taking advantage of Real Madrid's bad moment, which seems to have given up a bit. Obviously this thing isn't over, the championship is still long and there's still a long way to go, Villareal had no chance of winning.

The best they can do for themselves is to keep being consistent cause the gap between them is not very far and if they drop points, Real Madrid could see and opportunity to get closer or even overtake them. Yes Barcelona might be in a safe position but they're not safe yet since any little mistake could make Real Madrid overtake them, the last thing Barcelona need is injury, not even for important players like Yamal or Raphinha.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I'm wondering why Madrid struggled that hard against a 3rd division team in the Copa del Rey, but defeated sevilla yesterday without conceiving a single shot. What does that prove? That an average laliga team is weaker than some lower division teams.
can't believe how hard it was for them to beat such a bad team, even with the squad they had.

Real Madrid currently lacks a defensive midfielder who can create chances and control the tempo of the game. It is ridiculous that Arda comes all the way back to defend and then passes the ball to the goalkeeper. Arda is never useful like this!
Meanwhile, It's incredible that Endrick had more depth than Vinicius in a single game. That alone already speaks volumes about the terrible level Vinicius is playing at, I still don't understand how there are some Madrid fans who say he shouldn't be on the bench.

If they can't keep clean sheet and everything keeps going as it is, there is no way they can win any trophy is season.

[Different patterns]

Flick is deserving of every commendations and accolades he gets at this point, he has obviously delivered on the fact that he was going  to get Barcelona out of the seeming mess they were before he arrived, this does not discredit the efforts of the past coach because he did tried his best but Flick has stood out and made some clear difference, if he is able  to get Barcelona the title by the end of the season, it will be a huge plus for him and his career obviously.

As the man of the moment he deserves every praises he gets from anywhere, I could remember how he started the League with his boys, it was very challenging season from the beginning, hard many keey players that went on injury, it wasn't easy,the lost some matches and managed to win some, perianally I never thought he will top their rivals which is RealMadrid considering how RealMadrid performance was than, when RealMadrid beat them on a 2:0 defeat it became the talk the town, Hansi Flick has shown to very large extent again that he is worthy of being in his role as a manager, although the season is not yet over but Barcelona I don't see Barcelona dropping from that top so easily.

They have been trying hard to keep the distance the moment they overtook Real Madrid in the first position in the league and have been consistent eversince and that's what we expect from any manager, your team may flop but try as much as possible to bring the team back to their feet before it's too late, don't use the whole season to try to solve the problem facing your team, work on It and improve on it as much as possible, some other team may still be trying to work on those lapses till now but we saw how they came back after the loss to Chelsea

[cande86]

Considering his position in the standings, it's right that he feels under pressure as you say.
He must try not to lose points, as this way he can stay close to the top of the table.
Furthermore, they don't have too many points advantage over Espanyol, so they can't make any mistakes.

They absolutely must not comment on any kind of mistake, i understand that the situation will certainly be difficult, because playing under pressure is never easy and they are all still close together, and i think that there could even be a chance for them to overtake.

[DaNNy001]

I'm wondering why Madrid struggled that hard against a 3rd division team in the Copa del Rey, but defeated sevilla yesterday without conceiving a single shot. What does that prove? That an average laliga team is weaker than some lower division teams.
can't believe how hard it was for them to beat such a bad team, even with the squad they had.

Real Madrid currently lacks a defensive midfielder who can create chances and control the tempo of the game. It is ridiculous that Arda comes all the way back to defend and then passes the ball to the goalkeeper. Arda is never useful like this!
Meanwhile, It's incredible that Endrick had more depth than Vinicius in a single game. That alone already speaks volumes about the terrible level Vinicius is playing at, I still don't understand how there are some Madrid fans who say he shouldn't be on the bench.

If they can't keep clean sheet and everything keeps going as it is, there is no way they can win any trophy is season.

Definitely we can say that, winning a trophy for Real Madrid this season will be a difficult task except they level up their game as the way Barcelona are currently playing. We can see how Barcelona playing and never want to drop any points or to lose a single game. Their is the chase of the title, and they have kept consistency with their play, this is what real Madrid is lacking. We hope they step up their game and tend to play more better as they continue the Season.

[YUriy1991]

Comparison between Hansi Flick and Xabi Alonso has huge difference level until experienced, Hansi Flick has much experienced and winning many trophies from Bayern Munich until Barcelona. Alonso only win Bundesliga trophy with Bayern Leverkusen and lack quality level regarding than how much achievement of Hansi Flick. First time arrival Hansi Flick success get double winner with Barcelona by winning La Liga and Copa del Rey, I don't think easily because Hansi Flick not signed many top players.
In this season Barcelona has better performance than Real Madrid and Hansi Flick success improve Barcelona performance after having bad start at the early season. Indeed 4 points remaining awhile not close opportunity for Madrid to win La Liga trophy depend have many matches left and Madrid has opportunity by facing Barcelona at second half season match.

Between the two coaches, Hansi Flick and Xabi Alonso, in my opinion, Xabi Alonso is superior. Xabi Alonso began his career as a professional footballer with a wealth of experience. He has played for major European teams and won numerous titles with them, as well as the European Championship and World Cup with the Spanish national team. During his coaching career, Xabi Alonso also set a record when he coached Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga. He was born into a family of footballers. His father, Periko Alonso, played for Real Sociedad and Barcelona during his professional career. He also played as a midfielder for the Spanish national team during his time. After retiring, he started coaching a club. So, in my opinion, Xabi Alonso's DNA, coming from a family of footballers with many achievements, makes him better than Hansi Flick, the current Barca coach. Coach Jose Mourinho also praised Xabi Alonso, saying that Alonso is better than him.

[len01]

For me, Villarreal do not stand any chance in the first place, I have never considered them to be possible contenders for the title this season, though they might have some good stats this season as a result of their good performances this season which seems to be only altered by the three major clubs in the La Liga which are Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletico Madrid.

Looking at the squad depth, it’s clear that Villarreal won’t be able to surpass Madrid and Barcelona. Based on the statistics, Villarreal also don’t really have plans to compete for the title, as they are well aware that challenging the top teams is extremely difficult and requires a very high level of consistency.

Villarreal’s main objective is simply to maintain a top 4 position to secure a UCL spot for next season, and nothing more than that.

[jakdanyel]

Barcelona are still the same one we know on the recent weeks. They continue winning but I really wonder how the Villarreal match would end if there wasn't any red card. Because Villarreal started the match quite dangerously.  

We will never know about it. Anyway things are still under control of Hansi Flick's team. 4 points ahead of Real Madrid and I wouldn't count Atletico Madrid in the title race. Considering the current performances Barcelona are just on their way to a back-to-back trophy.