La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Callido]

I don't understand why Real Madrid and Inter are supposed to face each other? Because the draw is tomorrow, and I don't think they'll be rivals since their league standings are so close. They'll both likely be drawn against lower-ranked teams. Both teams will probably advance. Real Madrid's defeat in Portugal surprised me enough.

Yes, Real Madrid will not be playing Inter Milan, but imagine even if they do, Inter Milan are not so much in good shape like they were in previous Champions League season, if Real Madrid can end this bullshit performance and put themselves together, majorly on their defense line, they are capable of defeating Inter Milan. Although, since they won't be meeting, there is no reason to further discuss, we should be looking at the next opponent in this next stage, already i'm aware Real Madrid won't be getting kicked out at this level.

[tygeade]

If Real Madrid just waits until the end of the season, and gets rid of Vinicious and Jude at the same time, they would do themselves a very good solid benefit. Those two gone, is the best way they can improve the squad, even without any new addition at all. However, if it was coming down to adding something, then tchouameni+valverde+arda trio on the midfield is great, Mbappe on the left wing instead of striker, but like a left forward, not winger.

And then get some great striker instead, Haaland seems to be interested in them, and if they do sell Jude and Vini then they would make 200+ million maybe even 300 million in profit, and they can use that money to offer City something huge, biggest transfer even in history and they could build the best team in the world.

[Richbased]

I see a big threat for Real Madrid. Real Madrid will have to play two extra matches against Inter Milan. We should not forget that Inter Milan were the runners-up last season and they also beat the strong Barcelona. Real Madrid are not in great shape this season, when the opponent is Inter Milan they have no choice but to be serious. Maybe we are going to knock Real Madrid out of the Champions League competition before the round of 16, or the runner-up team of last season. Benfica beat Real Madrid on their own merits in the last match

Which extra matches are you talking about because the league stage has just ended and they will be moving to the play-off round, maybe you are talking about them meeting in the play-off round since both Real Madrid and Inter Milan will be a part of it. However, if Real Madrid meet Inter Milan they won't be lucky as they were against Manchester City last season because Inter Milan knows how to beat Spanish teams. Last season's performance of Inter Milan should not be made reference to because if we even check it thoroughly, Inter Milan is not as vibrant as they were in the Champions League last season.

[Furious 7]

If Real Madrid just waits until the end of the season, and gets rid of Vinicious and Jude at the same time, they would do themselves a very good solid benefit. Those two gone, is the best way they can improve the squad, even without any new addition at all. However, if it was coming down to adding something, then tchouameni+valverde+arda trio on the midfield is great, Mbappe on the left wing instead of striker, but like a left forward, not winger.

Jude still seems a little difficult for Madrid to let go of but it does not rule out Vini especially with her emotional nature that sometimes comes at the wrong time even against this coach can clearly be a bit of a difference even though she is still very good with above average skills.

Vini sold and Mbappe to the original position is not bad but indeed for this there must be consideration for a pure striker who can indeed become another goal machine.
Haaland is good but it still seems a little difficult because for me putting Haaland together with Mbappe is like putting Messi together with Cristiano. Not meaning to compare Messi Cristiano with Haaland Mbappe because these 2 goats are still unmatched by anyone but for now the future benchmark is clearly Haaland and Mbappe for the current era so it will be very difficult to unite these 2 players in 1 club for ego problems and of course the attack benchmark.

[Sandra_hakeem]

While the results haven't met the team's expectations, there is immense pride in seeing the club's identity preserved with six homegrown players in the starting eleven. Undoubtedly they are building for the future, but finding a reliable goal scorer remains the only solution for the team to be in complete form. For now, these are the vital points that could mean salvation at the end of the season.

Genuinely speaking, I wasn't expecting this from Athletic bilbao. They started the league very well this season and it looked like they could battle for a Champions League spot with Villarreal, but currently, they have completely collapsed to the point where they are actually making Sevilla’s disaster of a season look stable by comparison. They are currently sitting in 12th place in The league table, and now Osasuna, Real Sociedad, and even Sevilla are ahead of them.

[len01]

If Real Madrid just waits until the end of the season, and gets rid of Vinicious and Jude at the same time, they would do themselves a very good solid benefit. Those two gone, is the best way they can improve the squad, even without any new addition at all. However, if it was coming down to adding something, then tchouameni+valverde+arda trio on the midfield is great, Mbappe on the left wing instead of striker, but like a left forward, not winger.

Vini sold and Mbappe to the original position is not bad but indeed for this there must be consideration for a pure striker who can indeed become another goal machine.
Haaland is good but it still seems a little difficult because for me putting Haaland together with Mbappe is like putting Messi together with Cristiano. Not meaning to compare Messi Cristiano with Haaland Mbappe because these 2 goats are still unmatched by anyone but for now the future benchmark is clearly Haaland and Mbappe for the current era so it will be very difficult to unite these 2 players in 1 club for ego problems and of course the attack benchmark.

Selling Vinic would be really tough in my opinion, because his impact as a winger is huge and there’s basically no other player with the same kind of skills. I’d be more okay if Rodrygo or Bellingham were the ones sold, then bring in new players to improve the lineup.

About needing a pure striker, I actually agree with @Furious 7 that putting Haaland and Mbappe together would be very difficult, since both of them want to be the main guy. If Madrid were open to it, they should go for Joselu, who used to be a proper striker for Madrid, but yeah, that’s probably not happening.

[Dzwaafu11]

Real Madrid is going through such a bad situation at the moment, which is unfortunate for them, despite having enough star players in their team, they lost to a normal team in the Champions League.

IDK if you understand football or not, you think that Benfica is a normal team, is that right?

The answer is "No" to that, Benfica is one of the strong teams in the Portuguese league, even though they have not won the league title in the last 3 seasons, but they continue to put up a good fight against the other 2 challengers (Sporting CP & Porto). IMO, Real Madrid did the best they could, but they were unlucky.

I think he’s misunderstanding or don’t know anything about Benfica, I’ve known Benfica for a long time now, and to be honest Befinca have been doing well on their own, Benfica is not a weak opponent for Real Madrid, they are capable beating Real Madrid. Which they did yesterday, so thinking they are weak or just normal team that Real could score like weak is wrong.

Moreover they were playing at home, they did pretty well, and I love that, even though I expected Real Madrid to win the match.

[Iamgoat]

I think he’s misunderstanding or don’t know anything about Benfica, I’ve known Benfica for a long time now, and to be honest Befinca have been doing well on their own, Benfica is not a weak opponent for Real Madrid, they are capable beating Real Madrid. Which they did yesterday, so thinking they are weak or just normal team that Real could score like weak is wrong.

Moreover they were playing at home, they did pretty well, and I love that, even though I expected Real Madrid to win the match.

I understand Benfica is not a small team and I am not even going to take them to be any of those teams they can mess with, but this is real madrid we are talking, they are not a team Benfica should normally have this walkover them unless they lack form which is the real case scenario. You can't get a 4 goals trash on Madrid so easily, at least they should have work harder and all you have is Mbappe's two goals which could have been better with more goals to fill up the goal gaps existing in between the two teams. This Real Madrid case is what many fans and analysts and commentators will be talking about till the next couple of weeks because of their bad decisions.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

>>snip<<

Haaland is the kind of striker who needs a good midfield that supplies him with balls. Also, ball possession is very important, and this is why he has performed so well in Manchester City in some seasons. Without that, the team starts to appear like they are one man short.

If you know Real Madrid's style of play, ball possession is mostly not part of it. Haaland may not be a perfect choice for Real Madrid for that matter.

[armanda90]

Yes, Real Madrid will not be playing Inter Milan, but imagine even if they do, Inter Milan are not so much in good shape like they were in previous Champions League season, if Real Madrid can end this bullshit performance and put themselves together, majorly on their defense line, they are capable of defeating Inter Milan. Although, since they won't be meeting, there is no reason to further discuss, we should be looking at the next opponent in this next stage, already i'm aware Real Madrid won't be getting kicked out at this level.

Has possibility for Real Madrid will face Inter Milan at Champion League playoff round match and its bit difficult for Madrid how the Champion League drawing this season. If qualify to knock out round will face Manchester City and not sure regarding this season Madrid performance will beat the Citizen, Madrid put himself at difficulty position after defeating by Benfica and have drop outside the top 8 position. If can get one points last match against Benfica I think Madrid can focus for La Liga matches awhile and the round of 16 will play next two months later.
Next match in La Liga Madrid will face Rayo Vallecano and have get three points if won't gap many points with Barcelona, the rival teams this week will face Elche. Barcelona success leading the top 8 in Champion League and full focus for domestic league matches only until several weeks later.

[Franctoshi]

>>snip<<

Haaland is the kind of striker who needs a good midfield that supplies him with balls. Also, ball possession is very important, and this is why he has performed so well in Manchester City in some seasons. Without that, the team starts to appear like they are one man short.

If you know Real Madrid's style of play, ball possession is mostly not part of it. Haaland may not be a perfect choice for Real Madrid for that matter.

I doubt Haaland can adapt very well to Madrid's tactical system of play if he goes there. Remember, he was at Dortmund before joining Manchester City, and their system of play was not the same as that of Manchester City, but you saw the incredible performances he displayed over there that led to big teams starting to look for him to pen down a deal. I believe with a very good coach that will instruct him, it is a matter of time he will definitely adapt; all he needs is to get the ball then forget about the rest of the story.

[BlackBoss_]

Has possibility for Real Madrid will face Inter Milan at Champion League playoff round match and its bit difficult for Madrid how the Champion League drawing this season. If qualify to knock out round will face Manchester City and not sure regarding this season Madrid performance will beat the Citizen, Madrid put himself at difficulty position after defeating by Benfica and have drop outside the top 8 position. If can get one points last match against Benfica I think Madrid can focus for La Liga matches awhile and the round of 16 will play next two months later.

Before the last match in league phase with Benfica, Real Madrid hold the third position, even just temporarily that's good. However a shocked defeat when visiting Benfica's home stadium changed a lot of things for Real Madrid, they not only lost the third position but also a position in top 8 and will have to join very risky playoff matches. With some big clubs appear in list of possible opponent in playoff matches, like Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, PSG and some others experienced clubs like Dortmund, Real Madrid actually feel unhappy with this shock.

They will have to diversify their player resources for playoff matches in Champions League while in fact they had good chance to avoid it. This unwanted playoff matches potentiall affect Real Madrid's plans, fitness and available player resources for La Liga matches in coming weeks.

Next match in La Liga Madrid will face Rayo Vallecano and have get three points if won't gap many points with Barcelona, the rival teams this week will face Elche. Barcelona success leading the top 8 in Champion League and full focus for domestic league matches only until several weeks later.

Barcelona have only one point more than Real Madrid in La Liga but with advantage of fixture in coming weeks as well as instability of Real Madrid performances by unresolved problems, Barcelona will have kind of opportunity to expand the 1-point difference to something bigger in the near future.

[Iranus]

I think he’s misunderstanding or don’t know anything about Benfica, I’ve known Benfica for a long time now, and to be honest Befinca have been doing well on their own, Benfica is not a weak opponent for Real Madrid, they are capable beating Real Madrid. Which they did yesterday, so thinking they are weak or just normal team that Real could score like weak is wrong.

Moreover they were playing at home, they did pretty well, and I love that, even though I expected Real Madrid to win the match.

I know Benfica are not weak. Benfica played at home, that is true. But let's not forget that real madrid is one of the most experienced teams in the champions league. And  they are fighting for the champions league title. When a team like that performs badly against benfica and loses 4-2 , it is really sad.

If the match was less  important for madrid, I would not be so critical. But the reason madrid failed to get points in this match is because they could not stay in the top 8 of the table. Even if they could get 1 point from this match, Madrid could have made it to the top 8 of the table. You have to accept that madrid lost this match because of their poor  performance. And if it continues like this, the team will not be able to win any title this season either.

[Different patterns]

Real Madrid is going through such a bad situation at the moment, which is unfortunate for them, despite having enough star players in their team, they lost to a normal team in the Champions League. We can see that Real Madrid's defense is somewhat weak, due to which they are unable to stop the opposing team, as a result of which they have to lose the match. However, if they face a strong team and a good team in the next match, they will definitely lose, because they are not performing very well against a normal team.
This is probably the first time in the Champions League that a strong team like Real Madrid is in the worst form, they have won the most leagues and they have enough experience but there are no experienced players in the team. However, in such a situation, Real Madrid must manage the team's management and overcome the weak positions of the team, otherwise Madrid is likely to be eliminated in this round of 16.

Real Madrid need to work on every aspect of the team's playing style especially the Defense and attacking sides of the team. Real Madrid players are experienced and are not supposed to be in this kind of form and even if they find themselves in such poor form, it's not expected that they stay in that form for long because football games can be unpredictable at times. But what will make a team like Real Madrid to rely on a player or have a poor defence will definitely make the team suffer and it will look like  the team's win will look like it's luck. Real Madrid needs to do internal work on themselves and come back stronger.

[impulse709]

Real Madrid is going through such a bad situation at the moment, which is unfortunate for them, despite having enough star players in their team, they lost to a normal team in the Champions League. We can see that Real Madrid's defense is somewhat weak, due to which they are unable to stop the opposing team, as a result of which they have to lose the match. However, if they face a strong team and a good team in the next match, they will definitely lose, because they are not performing very well against a normal team.
This is probably the first time in the Champions League that a strong team like Real Madrid is in the worst form, they have won the most leagues and they have enough experience but there are no experienced players in the team. However, in such a situation, Real Madrid must manage the team's management and overcome the weak positions of the team, otherwise Madrid is likely to be eliminated in this round of 16.

Real Madrid need to work on every aspect of the team's playing style especially the Defense and attacking sides of the team. Real Madrid players are experienced and are not supposed to be in this kind of form and even if they find themselves in such poor form, it's not expected that they stay in that form for long because football games can be unpredictable at times. But what will make a team like Real Madrid to rely on a player or have a poor defence will definitely make the team suffer and it will look like  the team's win will look like it's luck. Real Madrid needs to do internal work on themselves and come back stronger.

I can say that I concur with most of the issues raised here, but I believe that the situation is not as unbalanced as it appears. Real Madrid are obviously in a bad spell, particularly in the defensive end and giving away easily to opponents is not a common thing with a club of such stature. It is just that they lose to a so-called normal team in the Champions League which is only more evidence of their unstable form. But we have the same story with Madrid. Even when they are disarranged and defenseless, they usually manage to get on.

[Luzin]

Considering Arbeloa has not yet found the best alternative for Madrid's play and his status as a temporary replacement, who would be the suitable coach to replace him? I'm worried about coaches who might end up facing the same situation as Xabi, unable to handle the heavy burden of the players' names. But I also know there are coaches who can manage these stars. In your opinion, who is he?

[wakier]

I can say that I concur with most of the issues raised here, but I believe that the situation is not as unbalanced as it appears. Real Madrid are obviously in a bad spell, particularly in the defensive end and giving away easily to opponents is not a common thing with a club of such stature. It is just that they lose to a so-called normal team in the Champions League which is only more evidence of their unstable form. But we have the same story with Madrid. Even when they are disarranged and defenseless, they usually manage to get on.

I think Real Madrid current performance is still in a transition period with a new coach so we can understand if Real Madrid performance cannot immediately improve because when Xabi Alonso was still coaching Real Madrid was already experiencing difficult times, yes, Real Madrid problem lies in their defense and the coach needs to improve it, especially in the back line, for a club like Real Madrid to concede 4 goals from Benfica can be said to be embarrassing because Benfica performance this season in the UCL is not that good unless Real Madrid loses to strong teams in the UCL, it might be normal.

[Antotena]

I understand Benfica is not a small team and I am not even going to take them to be any of those teams they can mess with, but this is real madrid we are talking, they are not a team Benfica should normally have this walkover them unless they lack form which is the real case scenario. You can't get a 4 goals trash on Madrid so easily, at least they should have work harder and all you have is Mbappe's two goals which could have been better with more goals to fill up the goal gaps existing in between the two teams. This Real Madrid case is what many fans and analysts and commentators will be talking about till the next couple of weeks because of their bad decisions.

Do you know how many time Jose Mourihno has get over the years and use this Madrid match with Benfica as an opportunity to get back to this team. This is the same coach that won 3 trophies for Real Madrid and he is not consider to be the best, this was his best moments to show the world that he is still the best, he used Benfica to prove a point to the people which he did, Real Madrid enter his claws and he used that do tear tear them.

Real Madrid needed this match to be able to stand well in the Champions League, they would have been among the top 8 if not for the outcome. You hardly even see this side of Real Madrid if not for Jose Mourihno and his team that made that possible. They have demonstrated that Real Madrid isn't the best and yes they are not despite all the money they spent on these players because they want trophies, the club wasn't even dramatic when they had less players compared to now.

[Phoenix Anka]

I can say that I concur with most of the issues raised here, but I believe that the situation is not as unbalanced as it appears. Real Madrid are obviously in a bad spell, particularly in the defensive end and giving away easily to opponents is not a common thing with a club of such stature. It is just that they lose to a so-called normal team in the Champions League which is only more evidence of their unstable form. But we have the same story with Madrid. Even when they are disarranged and defenseless, they usually manage to get on.

I think Real Madrid current performance is still in a transition period with a new coach so we can understand if Real Madrid performance cannot immediately improve because when Xabi Alonso was still coaching Real Madrid was already experiencing difficult times, yes, Real Madrid problem lies in their defense and the coach needs to improve it, especially in the back line, for a club like Real Madrid to concede 4 goals from Benfica can be said to be embarrassing because Benfica performance this season in the UCL is not that good unless Real Madrid loses to strong teams in the UCL, it might be normal.

Every year we get our hopes up for Real Madrid when the Champions League starts, but for the last two years they've been a disappointment in the competition. This defeat against Benfica is a major warning sign for them. Because they have the possibility of facing Benfica again in the playoffs, and if they experience such a match again, getting revenge will be difficult. Plus, they received two red cards in that match. Rodrygo and Asencio were sent off and will miss the next game. With these missing players, the first playoff match will be a tough one for Real Madrid.

[Localhostspeed]

Barcelona have only one point more than Real Madrid in La Liga but with advantage of fixture in coming weeks as well as instability of Real Madrid performances by unresolved problems, Barcelona will have kind of opportunity to expand the 1-point difference to something bigger in the near future.

What I have observed about trophies in different leagues that I have withness is that greatness comes with humbling, you can't win league when you are rude, feel the world revolved around you and feel entitled to a league, Real Madrid is suffering from this syndrome but worse of it is that I have not experienced one like this before after what happened between the team and Benfica, there is no way they are going to beat the current form of Barcelona.

Don't look at that one point you are seeing, Real Madrid can play their next match and maybe lose but Barcelona can do 5/5 and win the matches all through, not sure how Rwla Madrid are going to win 5/5 matches without not making the headline. Like, we have made standard as if Madrid are the owners of Laliga and it's not. Those periods when Barcelona was dealing with bankruptcy, they had their time but still managed to do better unlike Real Madrid that looks better but are the worst form now.