La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[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.     

[Adbitco]

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.     

Controversial penalty you say, I believe it's only those who has eye defects or pure haters especially Barcelona fans will say that was a controversial penalty. I even saw one Barcelona fans who's a content creator asking how was it a penalty and I can't help but wonder if they have football brains or they can no longer hide their hatred for Real Madrid. You kicked someone in the box and you are asking how is that a penalty, isn't it funny? All these Barcelona fans would never be found when ever their team robs their way through games, they become so meek, humble and dumb at the same time, they turn a blind eye concerning the fact that that they just robbed their way, I don't even want to talk about the kind of penalty that was given to them in the champions league.

[verdinio]

Talking about injury, current position of Real Madrid's head coach has difficult moment right now after leaving by several important player due injury during have many crucial match in La Liga and Champion League. Last week Jude Bellingham had injury just playing few minutes against Rayo Vallecano and Arbeloa must think how the next games tactical without him, Madrid has many important match and crucial if Bellingham can't playing for the playoff round of champion league match.
Arbeloa performance with Real Madrid actually not really impressive eliminated from copa del rey and must playing the playoff round match in champion league, but has many matches left to proof his tactical but Madrid must on the top performance every match.

Well, i think that was just a coincidence, injuries happen, things happen, i have to say that this team is playing all the competitions at full strength and this makes itself felt after a while, now i don't expect them to be able to win all the games but i have to say that they can definitely work harder to bring home the games, they are absolutely not a playoff team

[cande86]

I agree with you on your take about Atletico Madrid not striving for something higher other than finishing third place everytime. If I didn't know better, I'd think that the board and management are content with that spot as long as they can play in the UCL the next season. If I'm being honest, Atletico Madrid have got the squad that can compete to win the Laliga if they choose but it's like those slots have been reserved for either Madrid or Barcelona which is not supposed to be considering that they aren't an average club.
 Diego Simeone is a good coach but it's looking like as his age is going, so is his ability to pump some Laliga winning mentality into his boys.

They absolutely cannot be satisfied, they have an excellent team and absolutely deserve more, they must try to find as many victories as possible and perhaps wait for the direct clashes, Diego Simeone is certainly an excellent coach and i know that he can make this team perform at its best, i am convinced of it.

[hyudien]

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.

To be more precise, the result was less than satisfactory, because with the dominance they showed we expected to see a lot of goals, but understandably, maybe Flick didn't want anything bad to happen to his team because I saw that after the two goals, Barcelona game was more relaxed with possession. Regardless, they still won, their next opponent if I'm not mistaken is the winner of Valencia - Bilbao. An easy road to the final for them.

[Volgastallion]

Strange game yesterday for the cup, i was expecting to see a much dominant Barcelona against a low tier team like Albacete, i know they only need to win and go to the next round but despite that they were really close at the end(im refering to Albacete ending the game close in the result).

Anyways Lamine keep scoring which is good for him since the last season he doesnt score so much.

[Frankolala]

To be more precise, the result was less than satisfactory, because with the dominance they showed we expected to see a lot of goals, but understandably, maybe Flick didn't want anything bad to happen to his team because I saw that after the two goals, Barcelona game was more relaxed with possession. Regardless, they still won, their next opponent if I'm not mistaken is the winner of Valencia - Bilbao. An easy road to the final for them.

After Flick weighed his opponents and saw that they're very weak and cannot pull any surprises, he had to tell his men to play safe which was why you see that they didn't bother to attack much and increase their goal. When your victory is guaranteed, you don't need to over work the players anymore because there are tougher matches ahead of them.

[Agbamoni]

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.

What I have noticed from this team for the past two to three seasons is that they dont go too far in European competitions. They always try their best to qualify for the competition, which is where the road mostly stops for them.

The best thing I've noticed about them is the level of fight they put in when they want to face Real Madrid or Barcelona.

[fuguebtc]

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.

It is difficult to find the problem of barcelona. It is not entirely correct to say that  the understanding between  their players is not good. Because if the understanding between the  players is not good, barcelona would not be able to do well against the big teams.

Although Barcelona can play well  against the big teams, they often lose points against the smaller teams. And this is their big problem. A few days ago, Barcelona lost against real sociedad. Sociedad was not in good form. Even then, Bbarcelona lost this match. Since barcelona is fighting for the title , all the matches are very important for them. If they cannot continue the winning streak , the road to winning the title will become  more difficult for barcelona.

[W Jr.]

To be more precise, the result was less than satisfactory, because with the dominance they showed we expected to see a lot of goals, but understandably, maybe Flick didn't want anything bad to happen to his team because I saw that after the two goals, Barcelona game was more relaxed with possession. Regardless, they still won, their next opponent if I'm not mistaken is the winner of Valencia - Bilbao. An easy road to the final for them.

After Flick weighed his opponents and saw that they're very weak and cannot pull any surprises, he had to tell his men to play safe which was why you see that they didn't bother to attack much and increase their goal. When your victory is guaranteed, you don't need to over work the players anymore because there are tougher matches ahead of them.

I think that's the right thing to do. Because difficult situations can lead to injuries. Injured players can also disrupt a team's balance. In matches where the opponents are weak, many players from stronger teams receive harsh tackles. This is one of the main reasons for injuries. Flick probably saw this and wanted to minimize the risk of injury. In my opinion, it was a very good decision because it was unnecessary to risk players in a match they were going to win anyway.

[Rockson1]

What I have noticed from this team for the past two to three seasons is that they dont go too far in European competitions. They always try their best to qualify for the competition, which is where the road mostly stops for them.

The best thing I've noticed about them is the level of fight they put in when they want to face Real Madrid or Barcelona.

That is true, you are very observant to have noticed this, although there are teams that will play everything they know how to play when they encounter with bigger teams, what I observe is that they put in more effort when they meet with any of those two giants of Spanish laliga you listed, even if they will be won by these two, they will not make the match easy for the two teams and I believe it is because they want to be counted as one of those two teams subjects, i think they have try as much as they can to go far whenever they qualify for European competition because I do not see reason why they will qualify without making an impact that is not good for a team that wants to grow.

[bastisisca]

In this season, Atletico Madrid began the season not too well and they are already far behind Barcelona and Real Madrid with no chance to win the title. This season can be a foundation for their success in next seasons by growing up Julian Alvarez as one of most dangerous strikers and if they keep this talented striker in their club next seasons, I believe that they will be able to win another La Liga title with good management of Simeone.

Atletico Madrid started this season very badly, really badly, but they have gradually recovered.

Now in third place, they've secured a Champions League spot next season, assuming they can maintain it. i see them motivated and have recovered, so i give them a positive outlook.

[m4r1o]

Today Barcelona will play Real Madrid's recent Copa del Rey opponent, Albacete. Flick has fielded a very good lineup for this match, so I think Barcelona should easily beat such an opponent and advance to the semifinals. Especially since Real Madrid is no longer in the Copa del Rey, meaning Barcelona remains the main contender for the cup. Barcelona is currently taking a break from Champions League matches, and their next match is at home against Mallorca, so I think they should win today.

Hansi Flick knows what he's doing, although i didn't expect him to still have Real Madrid on his tail.
This is due to a few mistakes that could certainly have been avoided. Otherwise, they would have a much higher lead, which would be beneficial.
Playing on too many fronts doesn't help

[dollyamo]

Talking about injury, current position of Real Madrid's head coach has difficult moment right now after leaving by several important player due injury during have many crucial match in La Liga and Champion League. Last week Jude Bellingham had injury just playing few minutes against Rayo Vallecano and Arbeloa must think how the next games tactical without him, Madrid has many important match and crucial if Bellingham can't playing for the playoff round of champion league match.
Arbeloa performance with Real Madrid actually not really impressive eliminated from copa del rey and must playing the playoff round match in champion league, but has many matches left to proof his tactical but Madrid must on the top performance every match.

I think that this thing is inevitable, leaving players at home is something that is necessary for everyone, obviously these players are really great but in teams like these they can be easily replaced, obviously these players are also easily sellable.

[Ale88]

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.

Talking about injury, current position of Real Madrid's head coach has difficult moment right now after leaving by several important player due injury during have many crucial match in La Liga and Champion League. Last week Jude Bellingham had injury just playing few minutes against Rayo Vallecano and Arbeloa must think how the next games tactical without him, Madrid has many important match and crucial if Bellingham can't playing for the playoff round of champion league match.
Arbeloa performance with Real Madrid actually not really impressive eliminated from copa del rey and must playing the playoff round match in champion league, but has many matches left to proof his tactical but Madrid must on the top performance every match.

It would be very interesting to know what Perez's expectations are about Arbeloa. I have none. I must admit I barely followed him as a manager but I'm getting tired to see this former football players with no real managing experience being in charge of big clubs. You find the Guardiola or the Zidane of the situation every 10 years, it's not that every former player knows how to manage a team. Back in the days they had to build their credibility, now it looks like it doesn't matter anymore. I just don't get it.

[Minor Miner]

Strange game yesterday for the cup, i was expecting to see a much dominant Barcelona against a low tier team like Albacete, i know they only need to win and go to the next round but despite that they were really close at the end(im refering to Albacete ending the game close in the result).

Anyways Lamine keep scoring which is good for him since the last season he doesnt score so much.

I don't see the need to put in too much  effort in these matches. Just ensuring a win is enough. Albacete is  a weak team. If barcelona had put in their full effort  in these matches , the chances of players getting injured would have increased. If players get injured in such less important matches, it is very harmful for Barcelona. Because barcelona is also fighting for the la liga and champions league titles.

There is no way to say that barcelona played badly against Albacete. The match was controlled by barcelona's players. Barcelona's opponents in the next three matches are relatively  weak. They will play against Mallorca, Girona and levante. Hopefully, barcelona will continue their winning streak.