La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Frankolala]

No one knows what will happen in the future, don't underestimate Real Madrid too much because in any football it can still happen, the team that is currently leading the standings can also experience a setback if unexpected things happen such as tired players or injury factors, moreover, currently the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 1 point, so Real Madrid also still has a great opportunity to win the La Liga title, they have changed a coach who has a coaching system that suits the characteristics of the players and currently looks very good, we can see the statistics of Real Madrid has now won a streak again.

It would be a huge mistake to underestimate Real Madrid.
Even though they're in a slight crisis, or even in crisis if you like, they're only one point behind Barcelona. And Barcelona and Hansi Flick can't afford any distractions or mistakes.
All this pressure certainly won't do their team any good.

Yea, Barcelona is currently on pressure because any mistake from them will cost them losing the top spot to their rivals. If only Barcelona would continue winning the rest of their matches that's when there will be no hope for Real Madrid. However, we still have many matches to play before the end of the season and it's a big challenge for Barcelona to win all their matches to win the title.

[cande86]

If Real Madrid did not win the league this season Xabi Alonso is the cause of it, Xabi Alonso made some wrong decisions when things were going well for the team in the beginning of the season and that makes Real Madrid to drop points when they are leading Barcelona with 7 points, before Xabi Alonso arrives at Real Madrid I know that the team will struggle that is why i prefer another coach who can help the players and become their friend in and out of the pitch.

Xabi Alonso as a coach has ego and he wants to do everything to make the players to see him as their boss, Real Madrid is full of star players who have the mentality of winning games if they wish, Xabi is not good in making substitutes and that makes the players feel like he don?t want them to win games, Arbeloa just spends two weeks with the players and the players are very happy with him, Alonso has cause Real Madrid a lot of pain by making them lose many important games and trophies, if he do what he did in Real Madrid in any team that has star players he will not succeed.

Xabi Alonso did what he could and you can't do more than that, if the players have turned against him by not playing as they know how to do, this then leads to a parity of points, sure they could have been much further away than where they are now that they are in serious difficulty;

[liasbaa]

No one knows what will happen in the future, don't underestimate Real Madrid too much because in any football it can still happen, the team that is currently leading the standings can also experience a setback if unexpected things happen such as tired players or injury factors, moreover, currently the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 1 point, so Real Madrid also still has a great opportunity to win the La Liga title, they have changed a coach who has a coaching system that suits the characteristics of the players and currently looks very good, we can see the statistics of Real Madrid has now won a streak again.

It would be a huge mistake to underestimate Real Madrid.
Even though they're in a slight crisis, or even in crisis if you like, they're only one point behind Barcelona. And Barcelona and Hansi Flick can't afford any distractions or mistakes.
All this pressure certainly won't do their team any good.

Yea, Barcelona is currently on pressure because any mistake from them will cost them losing the top spot to their rivals. If only Barcelona would continue winning the rest of their matches that's when there will be no hope for Real Madrid. However, we still have many matches to play before the end of the season and it's a big challenge for Barcelona to win all their matches to win the title.

Even though the top two teams are almost on the same point, Barcelona will definitely be ahead because they are the best and most consistent team this season. There was a lot of discord within Real Madrid and during this the manager Xabi was appointed only 6 months ago had to be fired. Surprisingly after the new manager joined, the team performance is improving a lot compared to before. There are still many matches left, so how much Real Madrid has actually improved can be understood by watching a few more matches. Barcelona will have to improve more to stay in the race to win trophies but Real Madrid's big challenge is to maintain their consistency.

[knowngunman]

If Real Madrid did not win the league this season Xabi Alonso is the cause of it, Xabi Alonso made some wrong decisions when things were going well for the team in the beginning of the season and that makes Real Madrid to drop points when they are leading Barcelona with 7 points, before Xabi Alonso arrives at Real Madrid I know that the team will struggle that is why i prefer another coach who can help the players and become their friend in and out of the pitch.

You need to understand that every coach have their own way of doing things, so it's actually wrong to be pinning the blame on xabi Alonso when the player are under performaning, or do you expect him to get into the pitch and score the chances they were missing?
Must your players be your friends?

I'm not trying to defend what HajiBagi has said but do you really think players and the coach can succeed together without friendship? 

Let view this from another perspective. Do you know that most companies out there failed and collapsed due to poor management and staff relationship? Oh yes! Being friendly with your subordinate doesn't make you less superior. You can still punish them when they are wrong so they can take correction. Coming back to football, as a coach your success is in the hand of your players. If you're too strict and established no friendship with them, they may conspire against you and you can easily lose your job if they fail to perform well. We are not talking about personal friendship here but professional and organisational friendship is necessary to achieve success when working together.

[Volgastallion]

But guys some of you are mixing things, i mean friendship is not the same as having good or healthy relationship between a coach and his players. Aside of that i know Xabi main problem was the dressroom as always is in a team like Real Madrid, i mean you have full of stars which have a high EGO so is nearby to impossible to tame that beast.

[Gallar]

With such a narrow gap, Barca certainly needs to be careful from now on and not take any match lightly, even against a lower-level team, because with a 1-point difference, any time Barca makes a mistake it will immediately make their ranking drop. likewise, Real Madrid also needs to pay attention to their consistency in the upcoming matches because even though the gap is so small with Barca, if they are unable to maximize their opportunities and actually lose points in crucial matches, then that small difference will quickly change and their chance of getting the top spot will be even smaller.

That's right,, my friend. Both teams really need to be able to play well in every match,, but I'm sure it won't be easy. Playing under pressure usually affects the mentality of the players themselves, so with that in mind,, I think the team with players with a steely mentality will definitely be the winner of this competition. So, right now, we don't know what this competition will be like,, but I'm personally quite confident that Barcelona will be superior this season.

But with one condition: none of their players can suffer injuries, especially their main players. Because I think we've seen in the past few months, where Barcelona's performance has been poor because many of their main players have suffered injuries. So, for that reason, Barcelona really needs to maintain the fitness of its players better. Because the current situation is not good if it makes mistakes.

[changaa]

And it was wrong for the president of real madrid to give the players such power, because I believe that they only did that to xabi Alonso because it's not someone like Jose Mourinho, Carlos ancelotti or pep guardiola.
Or are you trying to say that these managers are friends to all their players?

Every coach obviously has his own way of working, but working with disrespectful people is unfortunately not easy.
In fact, this improper behavior first started from the management towards Xabi, why didn't they do it with other coaches? Maybe he disliked it? Maybe they had internal discussions that they didn't make public.

[verdinio]

Have you been a leader of a group before?
Because if you have ever been a leader before, you will understand that no matter how good or calm you are, it's very difficult to work with a disrespectful, rebellious person that only thinks of himself or themselves instead of playing for the interest of the team.
And it was wrong for the president of real madrid to give the players such power, because I believe that they only did that to xabi Alonso because it's not someone like Jose Mourinho, Carlos ancelotti or pep guardiola.
Or are you trying to say that these managers are friends to all their players?

Xabi Alonso was a coach who certainly for this type of championship was not able to perform great, clear that he would then be excluded from the players, the thing is very obvious to me, there were players who did not follow what he said and in fact this was the obvious result.

[cxtreenal]

But guys some of you are mixing things, i mean friendship is not the same as having good or healthy relationship between a coach and his players. Aside of that i know Xabi main problem was the dressroom as always is in a team like Real Madrid, i mean you have full of stars which have a high EGO so is nearby to impossible to tame that beast.

Whether the problem is Xabi Alonso or the players is a matter of debate among many but if those superstar players do not behave well with a coach and are arrogant, the team's discipline will be destroyed. I think that is what happened in the case of Real Madrid. The players will have a friendly relationship with the coach outside of practice but during practice each player should respect the coach and be loyal to him and follow every instruction.

There are many star players who show arrogance and do not follow instructions, so the coach is not entirely responsible. It is difficult for anyone to control those high-ranking stars players.

[KTChampions]

Attack wins games, defense wins titles   What difference does it make if you scored six goals against Inter if you conceded seven? This season, the pattern is repeating itself. Barcelona has already conceded 13 goals in seven games against less-than-stellar teams. If you consider the top 15 teams, that's the worst record of all (tied with Atlético). It only takes one tough team to be knocked out of the tournament at the playoff stage, and Barcelona, ​​in my opinion, is not much different from last year's example.

The most important thing is being able to win the match, I think that's the most important thing because even though their defense is a bit fragile and they concede a lot of goals, their attack is also quite good and that's worth it because Barcelona's playing pattern is always aggressive so of course conceding is a risk but they can also always score a lot of goals.

Are you a bad reader or something? Did you see their games against Inter last year that I wrote about? Barcelona scored 6 goals but conceded 7. To go to the penalty shootout, they needed to score 1 more goal, to win without the penalty shootout, they needed 2 more, meaning 8 goals in 2 games. Do you think that's an easy task in the Champions League playoffs? This is not La Liga where most teams cannot compete, but even if you take La Liga, Barcelona scores on average less than 3 goals per game.

[pewboy]

And I also have a little more faith in Hansi Flick, not because I underestimate Arbeloa and Real Madrid, but I think we also have to be realistic in measuring the strength of the team and obviously Barcelona under Hansi Flick is much more stable and consistent and on the other hand Real Madrid is a team that has been in trouble this season.

I am also very optimistic and i think that these things that have been created specifically to set a trap for these players who are definitely strong, i don't think that there is any difficulty on the part of Barcelona, they can still have their say safely!

[sotelorene]

No one knows what will happen in the future, don't underestimate Real Madrid too much because in any football it can still happen, the team that is currently leading the standings can also experience a setback if unexpected things happen such as tired players or injury factors, moreover, currently the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 1 point, so Real Madrid also still has a great opportunity to win the La Liga title, they have changed a coach who has a coaching system that suits the characteristics of the players and currently looks very good, we can see the statistics of Real Madrid has now won a streak again.

It would be a huge mistake to underestimate Real Madrid.
Even though they're in a slight crisis, or even in crisis if you like, they're only one point behind Barcelona. And Barcelona and Hansi Flick can't afford any distractions or mistakes.
All this pressure certainly won't do their team any good.

Yea, Barcelona is currently on pressure because any mistake from them will cost them losing the top spot to their rivals. If only Barcelona would continue winning the rest of their matches that's when there will be no hope for Real Madrid. However, we still have many matches to play before the end of the season and it's a big challenge for Barcelona to win all their matches to win the title.

You are right but honestly both are facing almost same pressure because if Real Madrid should drop points also it will increase the struggle of trying to cover up point difference again and it is even possible they may not catch up again but I believe the reason why you sounded like the pressure is more on Barcelona is because they are leading and any mistake Real Madrid will top the table which they are almost at the verge of winning and will bid Barcelona goodbye if Real Madrid top them.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Next round games for the title contenders:

- Elche - Barcelona

- Real Madrid - Rayo Vallecano

Once again easy wins are on the horizon as far as I can see. Elche were actually one of the interesting teams earlier in the season. They were on the rise but they are far from that look these days.

Vallecano are even closer to relegation zone now. Their scoring is even much worse than Elche. It would be a big surprise to see the favourites leaving points despite the small break after the Champions League games today.

Barcelona is gonna win their game. From the last five games against Elche, they have always been winning with averagely three goals. So i don't think they to find difficulty in this game. Other than that Madrid's game looks a bit difficult. It's caused by they have only won once from the last five game against Vallecano. I know Vallecano is getting closer to the relegation, but don't you think it must be the reason why Vallecano have to deliver better performance against them? It's possible for the result to be draw.

So i predict there will be no changes in the board, but the gap between Barca and Madrid get wider.

[dollyamo]

You need to understand that every coach have their own way of doing things, so it's actually wrong to be pinning the blame on xabi Alonso when the player are under performaning, or do you expect him to get into the pitch and score the chances they were missing?
Must your players be your friends?

Have you been a leader of a group before?
Because if you have ever been a leader before, you will understand that no matter how good or calm you are, it's very difficult to work with a disrespectful, rebellious person that only thinks of himself or themselves instead of playing for the interest of the team.
And it was wrong for the president of real madrid to give the players such power, because I believe that they only did that to xabi Alonso because it's not someone like Jose Mourinho, Carlos ancelotti or pep guardiola.
Or are you trying to say that these managers are friends to all their players?

Every coach has the absolute right to do as he pleases and to train as he sees fit, except that these players must still follow what a coach says in good and bad, because then messes happen and in fact Xabi Alonso was also made to die because of them

[jakdanyel]

Mbappe is really alone at the top of top scorers in the La Liga now. There is literally nobody who can match his goals even at this stage. Lewandowski was able to do it earlier but not anymore.

Apart from that Mbappe himself is just having a monstrous season. He saved many matches for not only his team but also Xabi Alonso until he got sacked... 

On the other hand I'm still dreaming of a scenario like Mbappe goes back to the left wing and Real Madrid signs a wonderful scorer like Haaland for example.

[ndutndut]

But guys some of you are mixing things, i mean friendship is not the same as having good or healthy relationship between a coach and his players. Aside of that i know Xabi main problem was the dressroom as always is in a team like Real Madrid, i mean you have full of stars which have a high EGO so is nearby to impossible to tame that beast.

Xabi was indeed unsuited to coaching a star-studded team he couldn't win the players over to him. So it's no wonder Xabi failed to coach Real Madrid because he couldn't calm the dressing room. Even if he had big ideas, they would be difficult to implement and he would be overwhelmed.

Furthermore, we know Xabi didn't have the full support of the club making it impossible for a coach to control the dressing room if the club always sided with the players. This was evident in the Vini-Xabi issue. The club and its board consistently defended Vini. From the moment Xabi arrived at Real Madrid he knew Vini would disrupt the dressing room and Vini even provoked them to disapprove of him. There were even two camps in Madrid Xabi and Vini. This contrasts with Arbeloa who coached Real Madrid by giving the players freedom because his goal was victory.

[lombok]

But guys some of you are mixing things, i mean friendship is not the same as having good or healthy relationship between a coach and his players. Aside of that i know Xabi main problem was the dressroom as always is in a team like Real Madrid, i mean you have full of stars which have a high EGO so is nearby to impossible to tame that beast.

Xabi was indeed unsuited to coaching a star-studded team he couldn't win the players over to him. So it's no wonder Xabi failed to coach Real Madrid because he couldn't calm the dressing room. Even if he had big ideas, they would be difficult to implement and he would be overwhelmed.

Furthermore, we know Xabi didn't have the full support of the club making it impossible for a coach to control the dressing room if the club always sided with the players. This was evident in the Vini-Xabi issue. The club and its board consistently defended Vini. From the moment Xabi arrived at Real Madrid he knew Vini would disrupt the dressing room and Vini even provoked them to disapprove of him. There were even two camps in Madrid Xabi and Vini. This contrasts with Arbeloa who coached Real Madrid by giving the players freedom because his goal was victory.

The struggle of the technical as opposed to the personal power of players frequently results in a dressing room environment that is not in supportive mode of the adoption of new strategies of innovative nature in a great team. You have it right because, when the board of directors is prioritising the player assets above the integrity of leadership, we will observe systematic failures that become hard to rectify using simply ideas. We should come to realise that what is central to escape the trap of creating groups that are divisive to that spirit of unity that is fundamental to realising victory in any given match that we play collectively with.

[Taricoins]

Yea, Barcelona is currently on pressure because any mistake from them will cost them losing the top spot to their rivals. If only Barcelona would continue winning the rest of their matches that's when there will be no hope for Real Madrid. However, we still have many matches to play before the end of the season and it's a big challenge for Barcelona to win all their matches to win the title.

Real Madrid's last fixture against Villareal was a small thread of hope I felt would give Barcelona an edge to create some gap between them but they still won despite there changes in cocah, I do feel the player qualities do speak volume even with Arbeloa. Real Madrid's next 5 matches looks quite simple so Barcelona has to put up some work to remain at the top because there Fifth match from now in the Laliga will be Villareal.

[rachael9385]

Next round games for the title contenders:

- Elche - Barcelona

- Real Madrid - Rayo Vallecano

Once again easy wins are on the horizon as far as I can see. Elche were actually one of the interesting teams earlier in the season. They were on the rise but they are far from that look these days.

Vallecano are even closer to relegation zone now. Their scoring is even much worse than Elche. It would be a big surprise to see the favourites leaving points despite the small break after the Champions League games today.

Barcelona is gonna win their game. From the last five games against Elche, they have always been winning with averagely three goals. So i don't think they to find difficulty in this game. Other than that Madrid's game looks a bit difficult. It's caused by they have only won once from the last five game against Vallecano. I know Vallecano is getting closer to the relegation, but don't you think it must be the reason why Vallecano have to deliver better performance against them? It's possible for the result to be draw.

So i predict there will be no changes in the board, but the gap between Barca and Madrid get wider.

Barcelona would easily win against elche but one thing we seem to be forgetting is that the underdogs can take us by surprise, Barcelona has a high chance if winning but I won't be surprised if the game turns out to be the opposite. But they have a lot to lose at this point if they start losing their matches. The best pick fot this game is for them to win either half.

[Jaycoinz]

Next round games for the title contenders:

- Elche - Barcelona

- Real Madrid - Rayo Vallecano

Once again easy wins are on the horizon as far as I can see. Elche were actually one of the interesting teams earlier in the season. They were on the rise but they are far from that look these days.

Vallecano are even closer to relegation zone now. Their scoring is even much worse than Elche. It would be a big surprise to see the favourites leaving points despite the small break after the Champions League games today.

Barcelona is gonna win their game. From the last five games against Elche, they have always been winning with averagely three goals. So i don't think they to find difficulty in this game. Other than that Madrid's game looks a bit difficult. It's caused by they have only won once from the last five game against Vallecano. I know Vallecano is getting closer to the relegation, but don't you think it must be the reason why Vallecano have to deliver better performance against them? It's possible for the result to be draw.

So i predict there will be no changes in the board, but the gap between Barca and Madrid get wider.

Barcelona would easily win against elche but one thing we seem to be forgetting is that the underdogs can take us by surprise, Barcelona has a high chance if winning but I won't be surprised if the game turns out to be the opposite. But they have a lot to lose at this point if they start losing their matches. The best pick fot this game is for them to win either half.

Well for me I don't see Barcelona or Real Madrid actually bottling any of this games although am not too certain for Real Madrid but Barcelona is one team I know won't just easily lose out to these smaller teams and am very certain that they would get the win also Real Madrid knows the point difference is very small between them so they wouldn't want to loose guard for Barcelona to increase the point difference between the two of them.