La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[puloweh555]

The point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 4 points so it's not too big for Real Madrid to equalize it. Barcelona are strong and have played better than Real Madrid so far but they are not too consistently with performances. With 4 point difference, only two draws can make this advantage becomes nothing or only 1 draw and 1 defeat from Barcelona can help Real Madrid taking over a first position from Barcelona.

The season is long and if Barcelona can not maintain good consistency, their first position can be lost as Real Madrid are strong and experienced enough to take advantage of bad results from Barcelona and flip the rank.

In essence with a four point gap over Real Madrid it's certainly not safe for Barcelona ​​especially with La Liga still so far away. Many things can happen in the remaining matches until the end of the season plus El Clasico is still on the horizon. So Real Madrid still has hope of overtaking Barcelona at the top of the standings.

With a busy schedule also affecting their performance in each match, both teams could actually drop points against weaker teams. So in my opinion the La Liga competition is still very competitive because both teams still have an equal chance of winning the trophy and it depends on who can be consistent until the end of the season.

[Alex077]

Well, well, well, I wonder if the payment to the referees have actually stopped or not. By the way, honestly, I did not expect the name of Atletico Madrid to actually pop up here. Because even if they are actually taking some favors, what are they actually doing with it?

Anyway, I have also heard that Real Madrid have asked for a huge compensation for the problems that they had to face because of the decisions of the referee and Barcelona also paying the referees. I don’t know if that will actually hold up in court or not, but the idea is actually not that bad. Also let’s be honest Barcelona had taken a lot of favours from the referee over the years

[bastisisca]

There is something certainly going wrong with Real Madrid's defenders. Even last season, most of the were on long term injuries and now that I am seeing the same pattern this season, I begin to wonder with the fitness coach is the one with issues.
Worse still, why is this happening particularly to the defenders and not forwards or midfielders.

I also think Real Madrid may be forced to sell off a couple of old defenders and by new ones in the near future.

The defense part is the one that doesn't work at all.
We've seen it in recent matches: Real Madrid is really struggling to keep up with Barcelona.
Last week i gave a negative outlook, and i confirm it.
It takes a lot of work to change the situation

[m4r1o]

I can not believe I was among the football fans who criticised Robert Lewandowski for not scoring goals and also missing chances. I recently read the interview where he hinted he was asked not to score goals by the Barcelona management so Barcelona will not be paying money to Bayern Munich for the goal bonuses which was agreed between them. It shows how much we don't really know and also how much Barcelona are financially broke. How did they in this bad situation still bothers me. I get why he's being dropped a whole this season.

Really? i would never have said that, absurd to say the least.
So Barcelona's management asked him not to score goals? What kind of dystopian and absurd story is this?
I don't believe it, do you have any sources?
It seems like something out of a movie, it's not that i don't want to believe you, it's just that it seems absurd to me

[Black Mbaye]

There is something certainly going wrong with Real Madrid's defenders. Even last season, most of the were on long term injuries and now that I am seeing the same pattern this season, I begin to wonder with the fitness coach is the one with issues.
Worse still, why is this happening particularly to the defenders and not forwards or midfielders.

I also think Real Madrid may be forced to sell off a couple of old defenders and by new ones in the near future.

The defense part is the one that doesn't work at all.
We've seen it in recent matches: Real Madrid is really struggling to keep up with Barcelona.
Last week i gave a negative outlook, and i confirm it.
It takes a lot of work to change the situation

Real Madrid is now struggling defensively because they have so many injured players. We're also seeing some players making mistakes they shouldn't. For example, Fran Garcia received two yellow cards in one minute and was sent off. A player of Real Madrid's caliber should never do that. Real Madrid's defense is still not fully settled. And Rüdiger is playing very dangerously. I've seen him break the offside trap many times.

[Derekfunds]

With that point difference, Madrid is not without hope. Indeed, Barcelona is still ahead at the moment, but we never know what will happen as the season nears its end. There are still many matches to play, and Barcelona and Madrid still have to meet on the field. They need to stay focused, not only when facing strong teams but also when facing teams that are not considered favorites. Sometimes they might underestimate their opponents.

The point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 4 points so it's not too big for Real Madrid to equalize it. Barcelona are strong and have played better than Real Madrid so far but they are not too consistently with performances. With 4 point difference, only two draws can make this advantage becomes nothing or only 1 draw and 1 defeat from Barcelona can help Real Madrid taking over a first position from Barcelona.

The season is long and if Barcelona can not maintain good consistency, their first position can be lost as Real Madrid are strong and experienced enough to take advantage of bad results from Barcelona and flip the rank.

Real Madrid's chances are still very big, especially since they are only 4 points behind Barcelona, ​​and actually, that's not that far considering the start of the season when Real Madrid was leading the standings and the gap with Barcelona was 7 points. However, when the injury storm hit Real Madrid, Barcelona was able to overtake Real Madrid at the top of the standings and is now 4 points behind. The season is still long and everything is still possible and of course Real Madrid will continue to improve their performance to catch up to Barcelona, ​​and it seems that Real Madrid's performance is starting to improve, as shown by their consecutive wins.

Anything can be very possible as it stands because of the point difference but the truth is that the more Real Madrid is striving to move up in the table the more Barcelona is also striving to move up because they want to lift the trophy again this season but they still have more games to play and I believe there must always be a mistake I mean they can not win all there game till the end of the season in the La Liga that is not possible and if anything makes Real Madrid to move to first position the league is over because they won't step down so Barcelona should try to maintain their position because Real Madrid is looking for opportunity.

[Creeper0]

The defense part is the one that doesn't work at all.
We've seen it in recent matches: Real Madrid is really struggling to keep up with Barcelona.
Last week i gave a negative outlook, and i confirm it.
It takes a lot of work to change the situation

Their defense has been weak since last season. The reason for the defense problem is that their other departments are not performing properly. They are not getting enough goals in the match, they are weak in possession of the ball in the midfield. The opposing team is entering the penalty box very easily. Real Madrid's situation has been very bad in the last few matches. I don't see them winning by a large margin even against small teams, it seems very difficult for them to score more than 2 goals now. After the defense problem, the attack problem is putting more pressure on Xabi Alonso. He will have to do something very soon.

[KTChampions]

Well, well, well, I wonder if the payment to the referees have actually stopped or not. By the way, honestly, I did not expect the name of Atletico Madrid to actually pop up here. Because even if they are actually taking some favors, what are they actually doing with it?

Anyway, I have also heard that Real Madrid have asked for a huge compensation for the problems that they had to face because of the decisions of the referee and Barcelona also paying the referees. I don’t know if that will actually hold up in court or not, but the idea is actually not that bad. Also let’s be honest Barcelona had taken a lot of favours from the referee over the years

Real Madrid is constantly in conflict with the La Liga leadership, so it is not surprising that there is bias towards them, even if only on a subconscious level. Regarding Negreira and this entire scandal, unfortunately, there's no chance that justice will prevail. Any punishment (or even just an admission of corruption) against Barcelona would simply bankrupt the club. This would harm not only Barcelona, ​​but the entire La Liga, and even Real Madrid. So we'll continue to see the same endless crap happening with City. Lots of investigations and zero results.

[giorgione]

Most of this big clubs doesn?t do much business in January Transfer Window, and I wouldn?t be surprised if Clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid doesn?t do any business because the fans will also have to consider the financial implications of them spending huge amounts of money in bringing players into the club, Barcelona seems to prefer getting players from the academy, which I must say it actually working for them.

The summer transfer window that just ended when you observe what must have happened you will understand that teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid wasn?t very efficient in buying players and spending huge amounts of money to bring in players, Barcelona haven?t really spent money for some past transfer windows because of financial considerations.

Yes, i agree with you, the transfer market for these big clubs is never done in January but rather later or at the end of the season where you can take stock of what has been done. Clearly, if a reinforcement is needed in a certain area of the pitch, they will do it but they will never make big purchases.

[GbitG]

The point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 4 points so it's not too big for Real Madrid to equalize it. Barcelona are strong and have played better than Real Madrid so far but they are not too consistently with performances. With 4 point difference, only two draws can make this advantage becomes nothing or only 1 draw and 1 defeat from Barcelona can help Real Madrid taking over a first position from Barcelona.

The season is long and if Barcelona can not maintain good consistency, their first position can be lost as Real Madrid are strong and experienced enough to take advantage of bad results from Barcelona and flip the rank.

It is true that 4 point is not a big deal but if we look at the current performance of Real Madrid then we can clearly see it that their performance level is not consistent even if we call it worse then their will be nothing wrong because from the beginning til now they didn't even make any good progress. Despite on the other hand Barcelona is looking bit heavier like initially they were not too good but right they are in good form and still holding the top spot.....

Barcelona is pushing hard for league title and because of this they are trying hard to never let any opportunity for the 2nd competitor. Anyway still we have a long way to conclude the winner but I think Barcelona will win the league.

Let's see what happens next

[Donneski]

Most of this big clubs doesn?t do much business in January Transfer Window, and I wouldn?t be surprised if Clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid doesn?t do any business because the fans will also have to consider the financial implications of them spending huge amounts of money in bringing players into the club, Barcelona seems to prefer getting players from the academy, which I must say it actually working for them.

The summer transfer window that just ended when you observe what must have happened you will understand that teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid wasn?t very efficient in buying players and spending huge amounts of money to bring in players, Barcelona haven?t really spent money for some past transfer windows because of financial considerations.

Yes, i agree with you, the transfer market for these big clubs is never done in January but rather later or at the end of the season where you can take stock of what has been done. Clearly, if a reinforcement is needed in a certain area of the pitch, they will do it but they will never make big purchases.

Yes, most big clubs does focus more on the summer transfer window to sign players but that doesn't mean that big clubs doesn't make significant signings in the winter transfer window as well. We've seen big players swap clubs in the January transfer window on many occasions. For Barcelona, most of their players who were initially injured are back to full fitness so I don't think they'll be doing much but for Real Madrid, I won't be surprised if Florentino Perez decides to make few additions next month

[AGogi2003]

It is true that 4 point is not a big deal but if we look at the current performance of Real Madrid then we can clearly see it that their performance level is not consistent even if we call it worse then their will be nothing wrong because from the beginning til now they didn't even make any good progress. Despite on the other hand Barcelona is looking bit heavier like initially they were not too good but right they are in good form and still holding the top spot.....

Barcelona is pushing hard for league title and because of this they are trying hard to never let any opportunity for the 2nd competitor. Anyway still we have a long way to conclude the winner but I think Barcelona will win the league.

Let's see what happens next

The season is still long and madrid can the opportunity to top the league, if Barcelona mistakenly lose any game and draw another game and madrid win all there two games definitely madrid will be in the top of the league but currently I don't think madrid and top the league or even thinking of wining the league title, but let see there next game against Real Betis and see if they will perform better in the game.

Barcelona defeated Real Betis in a easy way way let see if Real Madrid can probably win the game and continue chasing the little with Barcelona this season. Hansi Flick is a great coach and is doing very well in the competition he just struggles in the Champions League and I don't know if Barcelona will improve better in the Champions League or not.

[marcous]

Yes, i agree with you, the transfer market for these big clubs is never done in January but rather later or at the end of the season where you can take stock of what has been done. Clearly, if a reinforcement is needed in a certain area of the pitch, they will do it but they will never make big purchases.

It's not just Barcelona and Madrid; big teams outside of this league usually do the same, as making large-scale purchases in the second half of the season could disrupt what the coach has built. But perhaps the situation will be slightly different for Barcelona and Madrid, as they currently need additional strength, especially Madrid. I've seen rumors regarding Barcelona for this January transfer window, but I haven't seen any rumors from Madrid.

[Stablexcoin]

Well, well, well, I wonder if the payment to the referees have actually stopped or not. By the way, honestly, I did not expect the name of Atletico Madrid to actually pop up here. Because even if they are actually taking some favors, what are they actually doing with it?

Anyway, I have also heard that Real Madrid have asked for a huge compensation for the problems that they had to face because of the decisions of the referee and Barcelona also paying the referees. I don’t know if that will actually hold up in court or not, but the idea is actually not that bad. Also let’s be honest Barcelona had taken a lot of favours from the referee over the years

Is so certain that Barcelona name is there if they have been favoured so many times by the refree even last season and this season also, so we all expect Barcelona's name to be mentioned as the number one club being favoured the most in the last two or three seasons. Atletico Madrid have been favoured in so many occasions but i did not expect them to be part of one of the club been favoured the most because, as you said, we are not seeing any positive effects from the favors they have gotten from the referees, even though they are third in the table as it stands now.

In my opinion, severe punishments should be given to both clubs and the referees who engage in those various actions.

[len01]

I can not believe I was among the football fans who criticised Robert Lewandowski for not scoring goals and also missing chances. I recently read the interview where he hinted he was asked not to score goals by the Barcelona management so Barcelona will not be paying money to Bayern Munich for the goal bonuses which was agreed between them. It shows how much we don't really know and also how much Barcelona are financially broke. How did they in this bad situation still bothers me. I get why he's being dropped a whole this season.

Really? i would never have said that, absurd to say the least.
So Barcelona's management asked him not to score goals? What kind of dystopian and absurd story is this?
I don't believe it, do you have any sources?
It seems like something out of a movie, it's not that i don't want to believe you, it's just that it seems absurd to me

Not sure if this is the correct source that @harapan said but at least this helps answer your question. This is local media
https://www.google.com/amp/s/ceritakita.viva.co.id/amp/sport/2042-robert-lewandowski-ungkap-barcelona-pernah-minta-dirinya-tak-cetak-gol

That was actually a case from last season, and although it sounds unreasonable, Lewandowski admitted that Barcelona once asked him not to score too many goals. After reading several media sources, the reason does make some sense because we all know that Barcelona has been facing financial difficulties, and through such a request the club could reduce its expenses. However, in football, situations like this should not happen.

[$weetne$$]

Yes, most big clubs does focus more on the summer transfer window to sign players but that doesn't mean that big clubs doesn't make significant signings in the winter transfer window as well. We've seen big players swap clubs in the January transfer window on many occasions. For Barcelona, most of their players who were initially injured are back to full fitness so I don't think they'll be doing much but for Real Madrid, I won't be surprised if Florentino Perez decides to make few additions next month

An extra addition of certain players for certain positions is important for Real Madrid especially with their defence line, they  need to strengthen that aspect of their team just incase they get to suffer any form of injuries moving forward, they will have the fill ups and the players to still keep them in position enough not to be disturbed and displaced as much, if Perez takes the decision for addition, it will be of great help to the team.

[EFS]

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Well, well, well, I wonder if the payment to the referees have actually stopped or not. By the way, honestly, I did not expect the name of Atletico Madrid to actually pop up here. Because even if they are actually taking some favors, what are they actually doing with it?

Anyway, I have also heard that Real Madrid have asked for a huge compensation for the problems that they had to face because of the decisions of the referee and Barcelona also paying the referees. I don’t know if that will actually hold up in court or not, but the idea is actually not that bad. Also let’s be honest Barcelona had taken a lot of favours from the referee over the years

Using Marca, which is globally known as a Real Madrid supporter source, as a reference gives the impression that they're trying to create yet another victim narrative. Instead of pushing this angle, Real Madrid should be looking at where they're making mistakes and how to fix them. They simply haven't been good enough this season and the reason isn't referee decisions. Maybe they'll recover in the second half of the season, but instead of constantly talking about being treated unfairly, they need to focus on the matches. Referees make mistakes for and against every team and they always will. There's no such thing as a perfect refereeing system yet.

[TelolettOm]

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No doubt hansi flick is a very good coach and his really doing very well in Barcelona, I respect him for what he has done in Barcelona if not for him Barcelona wouldn't have been this good this season and last season, they will still lift the la Liga title this season they are very determined and I don't see anything stopping them, Real Madrid in the other hand need a manager that can relate very well with the players their current coach is not doing that and that is why they are having issues he needs to learn it or Real Madrid will keep having issues, hansi flick is the best managers right now in the world he has proven himself in Barcelona he should keep it on and maybe they may even lift the champions League title.

This time, Hansi Flick is the best manager in La Liga.
Yes, this will certainly be a change, but Hansi Flick's achievement in restoring Barcelona's position after their takeover by Real Madrid makes him even more likely to be chosen this time around. And that makes perfect sense.

[imamusma]

Yes, most big clubs does focus more on the summer transfer window to sign players but that doesn't mean that big clubs doesn't make significant signings in the winter transfer window as well. We've seen big players swap clubs in the January transfer window on many occasions. For Barcelona, most of their players who were initially injured are back to full fitness so I don't think they'll be doing much but for Real Madrid, I won't be surprised if Florentino Perez decides to make few additions next month

An extra addition of certain players for certain positions is important for Real Madrid especially with their defence line, they  need to strengthen that aspect of their team just incase they get to suffer any form of injuries moving forward, they will have the fill ups and the players to still keep them in position enough not to be disturbed and displaced as much, if Perez takes the decision for addition, it will be of great help to the team.

Real Madrid actually already has enough players in defense, but some of them are still injured. Perhaps Real Madrid's management needs to offload other players to make room if they want to recruit new players in that area. I believe their transfer policy will depend heavily on the recovery time of the injured players. If some key players can return to the squad soon, perhaps Xabi Alonso won't ask for new signings.

[JeffBrad12]

Well, well, well, I wonder if the payment to the referees have actually stopped or not. By the way, honestly, I did not expect the name of Atletico Madrid to actually pop up here. Because even if they are actually taking some favors, what are they actually doing with it?

Anyway, I have also heard that Real Madrid have asked for a huge compensation for the problems that they had to face because of the decisions of the referee and Barcelona also paying the referees. I don’t know if that will actually hold up in court or not, but the idea is actually not that bad. Also let’s be honest Barcelona had taken a lot of favours from the referee over the years

Tens cameras on the field controlled by 4 guys in the room, yet VAR still had closer to the 20% errors in total, which i think it's big and unacceptable. That's why i assume they have done it on purpose.

It seems the league is against Madrid. So it's right for Madrid to get a compensation from bad treatments received by them due to the garbage VAR. This is also the reason the state of refereeing in spanish league is just getting harder to watch. So many amateurs and unprofesionality.