La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Tamaperdana]

Defense has been a serious problem for Barcelona since the start of the season, and Flick hasn't found a suitable solution to address it. Perhaps Barca is experiencing a lack of reliable defenders, or perhaps it's due to Flick's strategy of implementing a very rigid defensive rhythm. Although Barcelona performed well, it was due to their highly creative and effective attack. I think Flick understands the situation, and he may have no other choice due to the limited number of viable defenders.

You're right, Barcelona rarely wins almost every match without conceding. Because, as I recall, Barcelona always concedes goals, even against mediocre opponents. So, this is clearly due to Barcelona's current poor defense, and this must be improved through flick. Because if Barcelona continues to have a poor defense, it will clearly have a negative impact when they face big teams.

Because even though Barcelona does indeed have forwards who are always capable of scoring goals, it will be useless if their defense is poor. But I think this season, Hansi Flick will definitely continue to force the current players. Because bringing in new players is certainly not possible at this time. So, Barcelona can clearly do that in the upcoming transfer window. And until then, Barcelona must be able to cover up its weaknesses as best as possible.

[m4r1o]

Added to that, injured players might make you even more convinced that Madrid will lose the championship this season. But the season is still ongoing and the point difference is very narrow. Indeed, speculatively, Barcelona's players and statistics are more convincing, and Madrid's situation looks bleak due to many problems.
 
It started with a storm of injuries, then a coach who gave up, and currently, Arbeloa seems unable to manage the team. So far, Madrid is still on the right track, meaning the chance of winning the championship is still open. If they can improve and continue to win, then it’s not impossible. But unfortunately, everything is quite difficult.

The difference in points is too small to say that it will definitely go badly for them, they could still recover the championship, it is not certain that there is the possibility of not recovering, it is clear that Barcelona is very strong and can do really well, but i would never say never, Real is always Real

[HustleZ]

This match went according to most people's expectations Barcelona defeated Albacete with a score of 2:1 Barcelona took the lead first before Albacete scored 1 goal towards the end of the match but Albacete could not add more goals and had to be eliminated in this round meanwhile Barcelona qualified for the semifinals, the Copa Del Rey title is increasingly in sight for Barcelona among the few contestants left only Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are strong candidates in this competition I hope both of them can meet in the final and if the two meet in the final I think Barcelona can beat Atletico Madrid and win the title we'll see later.

Yeah, Everyone thought Barca Would Win but Albacete didn't play bad as well, they had a good run Defeating Real Madrid and Almost Tied the Game With Barca, thanks to Gérard Martin For the Spectacular Goal Line Clearance which Saved the game for Barca. OVERALL, Barca Was dominant as expected and Through balls were really nice, they found gaps and Didn't make Mistakes. Lamine scored a great goal followed by Araujo's Header. Olmo also had a good few shots on the Goal but Albacete's Keeper didn't Let It Through. A concerning thing for Barca Must be It's defense. They are almost conceding every game that they play, and Ovwrall the Attackin is stronger but the weak defense can cause big problems for the team ahead in The Champions League.

[Gallar]

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Last night,, Barcelona won their match against Albacete in the Copa del Rey competition with a score of 1-2, and with this victory, Barcelona qualified for the semifinals of this competition. I don't think Barcelona will experience significant difficulties in the semifinals either, because currently the teams that might enter the semifinals are clearly not strong teams. Perhaps only Atletico Madrid will be the strongest opponent in the semifinals if they meet Barcelona.

So with that,, I believe Barcelona can become champions in this competition. Because Real Madrid, as the strongest opponent currently, has lost in this competition, and that's why I think Barcelona is the only team that has the greatest potential to become champions in this competition. So, do you all think my assumption can really happen or not? I want to know your opinions.

[bastisisca]

Besides that if we talked about the league standings then definitely Real Madrid is the nearest team behind Barcelona and also their point gap with them are not too big. One little mistakes can cause a concern from them. But stats and figure show us that Barcelona is looking bit heavier. So I think they will be the winner.

Anyway let's see what happens

Their gap in points is non-existent, a single point is as if it were not there.
I would say that the biggest gap is that Barcelona is a team that is playing well and in good form while Real Madrid is having a terrible time keeping up.
Atletico Madrid is not up to par

[Rustam Meraj]

Last night,, Barcelona won their match against Albacete in the Copa del Rey competition with a score of 1-2, and with this victory, Barcelona qualified for the semifinals of this competition. I don't think Barcelona will experience significant difficulties in the semifinals either, because currently the teams that might enter the semifinals are clearly not strong teams. Perhaps only Atletico Madrid will be the strongest opponent in the semifinals if they meet Barcelona.

So with that,, I believe Barcelona can become champions in this competition. Because Real Madrid, as the strongest opponent currently, has lost in this competition, and that's why I think Barcelona is the only team that has the greatest potential to become champions in this competition. So, do you all think my assumption can really happen or not? I want to know your opinions.

Barcelo Barcelona won match 1-2 over Albacete thus moving to semi-finals of Copa del Rey in record 63rd showing. In 39th minute, Lamame Yamal scored great goal his fifth of four games and Ronald Araujo made it 2-0 in 56th with powerful header in returning to starting team. Despite Albacete and its dream run that has seen them beat Real Madrid in famous way, late 87th-minute goal by Javi Moreno cost Albacete game but Barcelona showed itself to be huge choice to keep its title under Hansi Flick.


I think with Real Madrid having been kicked out at start of tournament, the contest still poses danger, as there could be semi final with Atletico Madrid or even Cup experts such as Athletic Club to come. As draw will take place on February 6 and Barcelona is on way to 2nd home triple win, their label as Crowns Champions is quite likely if they can handle team tiredness and tough match with Diego Simeone team in quarter final.

[Not your key not your BTC]

Added to that, injured players might make you even more convinced that Madrid will lose the championship this season. But the season is still ongoing and the point difference is very narrow. Indeed, speculatively, Barcelona's players and statistics are more convincing, and Madrid's situation looks bleak due to many problems.
  
It started with a storm of injuries, then a coach who gave up, and currently, Arbeloa seems unable to manage the team. So far, Madrid is still on the right track, meaning the chance of winning the championship is still open. If they can improve and continue to win, then it’s not impossible. But unfortunately, everything is quite difficult.

The difference in points is too small to say that it will definitely go badly for them, they could still recover the championship, it is not certain that there is the possibility of not recovering, it is clear that Barcelona is very strong and can do really well, but i would never say never, Real is always Real

If Real Madrid hadn't been hit by a storm of injuries, they might have overtaken Barcelona at the top of the standings. Imagine, even though Real Madrid's performance isn't as strong as Barcelona's, coupled with numerous injuries, they are still able to compete closely with Barcelona, ​​with only a single point difference. If this point difference persists in the following matches, the second El Clasico will be the deciding factor in who will win the La Liga title. So far, both teams' chances of winning the title remain evenly matched.

[KTChampions]

It is unclear why Simeone is staying and it is unclear why the management is not looking for another coach. Yes, Simeone had his moments of glory and two La Liga titles and two Champions League finals, but in recent years there has been literally nothing despite some pretty serious spending and a good squad. There is simply not a single team in Spain that could compete with Atletico in the fight for 3rd place (but in 23 Atletico was able to lose it haha) so third place is the bare minimum and Atletico is constantly at this bare minimum. This is an unacceptable state of affairs if you want to develop.

I personally believe that the management of Atletico Madrid are simply trying to avoid getting themselves in a position that'll see them begin to hire and sack managers in short periods. They just don't want to risk it by sacking a manager that already understands the DNA of the club and then replace him with someone who might not be able to keep them in the top four season in, season out. I understand the rage by some of the club fans who wants a new idea but let's not forget that Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the Spanish La Liga and getting a manager that can challenge them like Diego Simeone has done over the years isn't an easy task.

The question is, what are they risking? Who do they need to hire to drop Atlético below the top four? Look at their squad and compare it not to Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​but to Betis, Villarreal, and so on. Atletico will definitely be at the top with any coach. Atletico have outgrown the level of an "average" team under Simeone, but they need to move on, and now there is only stagnation. Maybe this suits the club management (like in Dortmund or like it was for a long time at Arsenal), but I don’t think this is the right way, because in football the situation is such that you have to run very fast to even stay in place.

[armanda90]

Barcelona did not disappoint their fans. They won the match. And they won by dominating. I expected Barcelona not to concede any goal in this match. But in the last minute of the match Barcelona conceded a goal. This was their big failure in this match. Besides, they performed well in the entire match.

I thought that the manager flick would rest Lewandowski in this match. But lewa was in the starting XI. But he could not perform in today's match either. Even then, the performance of Yamal, raphinha, olmo and De Jong was quite good. So Barcelona was able to win the match by dominating.

Playing with full team, Barcelona success defeating Albacete 1-2 from goal scoring by Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo get qualifying to semifinal round of Copa del Rey match. Albacete can't perform quite well such as at round of 16 when success eliminating the top team Real Madrid, its great result match for Barcelona in the race for treble winner this season after existing in Copa del Rey match and has opportunity at La Liga or Champion League.

Hansi Flick looks serious for this games by playing all main players indeed at the weekend has la liga match but keep getting the best result in copa del rey match, now Barcelona can focus for La Liga match against Mallorca and defend the top standings although for awhile only has one points remaining with Real Madrid.

[changaa]

I think that we both share the same sentiment because at this point, their is nothing stopping Barcelona from not winning this year Copa del rey title, unless they became too complacent to the extent of them giving in below average performance, because any performance that is closed to average will be enough for them against the weaker oppositions, but if they comes up against atletico madrid, they must give in a top class performance because they might be seen as favourite on paper, but what they can't afford to do is to be complacent against atletico madrid, if not, it would really be costly.

Barcelona must believe in themselves more, the players are there, the coach is doing the best he can so i believe that now there will only be two teams to beat, one is the historical rival Real Madrid and another is definitely Atletico Madrid who are trying to do well,  they can make it.

[Antotena]

Defense has been a serious problem for Barcelona since the start of the season, and Flick hasn't found a suitable solution to address it. Perhaps Barca is experiencing a lack of reliable defenders, or perhaps it's due to Flick's strategy of implementing a very rigid defensive rhythm. Although Barcelona performed well, it was due to their highly creative and effective attack. I think Flick understands the situation, and he may have no other choice due to the limited number of viable defenders.

Defense isn't the only problem Barcelona exhibit, they have interconnection problems between players and it affects them seriously. Sometimes, midfield and defender doesn't connect together, there are times midfield don't work properly leaving the forward stranded. However, I respect how Barcelona make sure they finish their match no matter how hard the other opponent comes at them, they win even if the margin is small, they finish well.

I don't know what will happen to other leagues but most domestic leagues played By Barcelona, they don't sleep on their game. Barcelona is that team you will watch and have confidence in their match. I have not for once bet on them since they became better in the before second leg of this season and failed me. If I played 10 bet and I lose two because of this team, I will consider such performance as better result.

[HajiBagi]

The level of goals Barcelona have conceded this season, across all competition is unbearable as a Barcelona fan. Every single team, both underdogs always find a way to score. I do not like it that way. Barcelona has conceded more goals as they have scored. This is not an incredible performance from Barcelona, even if they won the game. I was hoping to see Barcelona scoring up to 2 goals each in the first and second half in this game. Not a good game, very disappointing with the team performance they should have done better.

Defense has been a serious problem for Barcelona since the start of the season, and Flick hasn't found a suitable solution to address it. Perhaps Barca is experiencing a lack of reliable defenders, or perhaps it's due to Flick's strategy of implementing a very rigid defensive rhythm. Although Barcelona performed well, it was due to their highly creative and effective attack. I think Flick understands the situation, and he may have no other choice due to the limited number of viable defenders.

Barcelona defense has not been the same since the departure of Inigo Martinez but Barcelona defense is not bad as Real Madrid, Real Madrid has never played a game with a complete defense, the team have been using Valverde and other players to play defense in big games and that is why Real Madrid midfield is not complete and they can not compete in big games, many Real Madrid defenders are not in good shape like before, Alaba and Rudiger have not been able to play together since last two seasons.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid need defenders but Real Madrid need more than Barcelona Real Madrid did not have good defenders, Asenso and Dean Huijsen are still young and they can not play every game, if both teams did not sign any top defenders they are going to suffer and no any team in La Liga will be able to reach semi final in the Champions League next season.

[MArsland]

Flick certainly understands Barcelona's current situation, but he's simply trying to cover it with the players he has available while improving other areas, such as midfield and attack, so that the team doesn't become completely weak in all areas. Despite all of this, one thing that still amazes me about Barcelona is their ability to remain at the top of the table by consistently putting up fierce resistance against any team they encounter in La Liga, despite their own less-than-ideal form.

Barcelona have the best players in Lamasia who are no less good so Hansi Flick will consider that option in order to make improvements at the back. So far I think Barcelona's performance is quite good in front and midfield, Hansi Flick's task is a little lighter if required to add solid players to keep the defense back. The club's limited finances can't hurt to call up players from Lamasia.

[Razmirraz]

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Barcelona defense has not been the same since the departure of Inigo Martinez but Barcelona defense is not bad as Real Madrid, Real Madrid has never played a game with a complete defense, the team have been using Valverde and other players to play defense in big games and that is why Real Madrid midfield is not complete and they can not compete in big games, many Real Madrid defenders are not in good shape like before, Alaba and Rudiger have not been able to play together since last two seasons.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid need defenders but Real Madrid need more than Barcelona Real Madrid did not have good defenders, Asenso and Dean Huijsen are still young and they can not play every game, if both teams did not sign any top defenders they are going to suffer and no any team in La Liga will be able to reach semi final in the Champions League next season.

Yes, Barcelona defense has been a little weaker since Inigo Martinez left, he always performed well when paired with Cubarsi, so far Hansi Flick has not found a suitable partner for Cubarsi even though he has several players capable of playing in the center-back position. However, when compared to Real Madrid, Barcelona defense is much better. Real Madrid defense is still very fragile, see how Benfica forced Courtois to pick the ball out of his net four times so that Madrid had to play in the Play-off round to qualify for the UCL round of 16.

Real Madrid elimination from the CDR was also due to a very weak defense. On paper, Madrid could have easily defeated Albacete. Real Madrid desperately needs a strong defender like Ramos, and Perez must recognize the team's needs. He must be willing to spend money if he wants to demand trophies from the manager.

[Adiljutt156]

In my opinion, the real madrid vs Rayo match was a very tense match because Rayo really wanted to win and tried their best to withstand Real Madrid's continuous attacks. Even though Rayo was in the bottom half of the table, they managed to score a goal through Frutos. The unique thing about this match was that it made me tense because in the 90th minute the score was still 1-1, and I thought Real Madrid would draw against Rayo. If it had been a draw, it seemed like I would have lost my bet. However, Real Madrid managed to win with a penalty kick executed well by Mbappé. Real Madrid played well in this match, but many of their shots always hit the Rayo goalpost and ultimately did not result in goals. If all Real Madrid players had been able to capitalize on all opportunities, then Real maDrid would have definitely scored more goals in the match. Now Real Madrid is still in a tight competition with Barcelona, ​​​​and the points difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is only 1 point. This will certainly make Real Madrid and Barcelona have to be vigilant because even one loss could be fatal.

Real Madrid played match against Rayo Vallecano football team as their performance was good in this match. Real Madrid team performance was at top because they did 2 goals in this match and Júnior was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 15 minutes and gave good start to his team and Mbappé performance was good in this match and he did this goal at 100 minutes and that goal was at penalty and shots of that team were more in number and these were 17 and 6 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was 57 percent in this match and opponent team stats was not good in this match. Their defense system was more strong in this match and they won this match at the end easily

[Zanab247]

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Last night,, Barcelona won their match against Albacete in the Copa del Rey competition with a score of 1-2, and with this victory, Barcelona qualified for the semifinals of this competition. I don't think Barcelona will experience significant difficulties in the semifinals either, because currently the teams that might enter the semifinals are clearly not strong teams. Perhaps only Atletico Madrid will be the strongest opponent in the semifinals if they meet Barcelona.

So with that,, I believe Barcelona can become champions in this competition. Because Real Madrid, as the strongest opponent currently, has lost in this competition, and that's why I think Barcelona is the only team that has the greatest potential to become champions in this competition. So, do you all think my assumption can really happen or not? I want to know your opinions.

I know Barcelona will never forget what they experienced from that game, because people thought Barcelona will not struggle to beat Albacete but the way Albacete gather some strength to hold Barcelona, many people thought the game will end up in a draw game 1:1 but Barcelona employed some strategies that make them to secured victory.

Base on what I experienced from the game, I guess Barcelona will not going to experience the difficult game like the one they experienced from Albacete but they did not give up than to make sure they embraced victory at the end.

[Luzin]

Last season, Rayo Vallecano managed to enter the Europa Conference League Qualifiers. They finished in eighth place at the end of the season. But today they failed. They are in the relegation zone with 22 points. The chance of advancing is still quite slim because the teams above them are only 1 point ahead. The promoted team that apparently will not survive is Oviedo; they are at the bottom of the standings with sixteen points. It seems that of the three promoted teams—Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo—only Levante has had good fortune. Meanwhile, so far, only Elche has seriously competed and managed to stay in twelfth place.

[$weetne$$]

Flick certainly understands Barcelona's current situation, but he's simply trying to cover it with the players he has available while improving other areas, such as midfield and attack, so that the team doesn't become completely weak in all areas. Despite all of this, one thing that still amazes me about Barcelona is their ability to remain at the top of the table by consistently putting up fierce resistance against any team they encounter in La Liga, despite their own less-than-ideal form.

Barcelona have the best players in Lamasia who are no less good so Hansi Flick will consider that option in order to make improvements at the back. So far I think Barcelona's performance is quite good in front and midfield, Hansi Flick's task is a little lighter if required to add solid players to keep the defense back. The club's limited finances can't hurt to call up players from Lamasia.

The issue of limited finance has bee the problem at Barcelona for the longest and I was hoping  that by now they would have found a way around  it enough  not to let it become an issue for them so much  that they will have to battle  it this much as they are likely to consider it if they are to get some more players for the sake of their defence which obviously is not as solid. 

[Swordsoffreedom]

I know Barcelona will never forget what they experienced from that game, because people thought Barcelona will not struggle to beat Albacete but the way Albacete gather some strength to hold Barcelona, many people thought the game will end up in a draw game 1:1 but Barcelona employed some strategies that make them to secured victory.

Base on what I experienced from the game, I guess Barcelona will not going to experience the difficult game like the one they experienced from Albacete but they did not give up than to make sure they embraced victory at the end.

Did Barcelona perform poorly in this match ? There is no way to say that. Barcelona played  very well. Maybe they did not win by a  large margin. But Barcelona players dominated the entire match.

In this match, barcelona players had 73 % ball possession. Barcelona controlled  the match. Also, barcelona players had a total of  17 shots. Only 7 shots were on target. Everyone except lewandowski performed fairly well. Although Albacete could score one goal, they scored it in the last minute of the match. Albacete scored a goal in the 87th minute , resulting in the match ending 2-1. Although Barcelona's winning margin was small, there is no way to say that barcelona played poorly.

[Zlantann]

Real Madrid played match against Rayo Vallecano football team as their performance was good in this match. Real Madrid team performance was at top because they did 2 goals in this match and Júnior was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 15 minutes and gave good start to his team and Mbappé performance was good in this match and he did this goal at 100 minutes and that goal was at penalty and shots of that team were more in number and these were 17 and 6 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was 57 percent in this match and opponent team stats was not good in this match. Their defense system was more strong in this match and they won this match at the end easily

In my own view, Real Madrid is still struggling. They had to depend on a controversial penalty to win that match. They would have lost that game because it was clear that they were not at their best. A Real Madrid squad that was in its best form would have won that game convincingly. Anyway, it is good to see Vinicius Junior score that spectacular goal. He had experienced a goal doubt for some time now; the goal will motivate him to come back to his past form.

Kudos to Madrid defenders, but Jorge de Frutos's goal was due to the slackness of Real defenders. The Rayo Vallecano winger ran at the front of the defenders before sloting the ball unmarked.