La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[banana33]

Lookman presence further enhances Atletico attacking prowess, and they are likely to score this time around, having already scored five goals in their victory over Real Betis. Both teams still have equal chances, but judging from the results achieved in the last 5 matches, Barcelona is superior to Atletico. Both coaches will field their best squads in this match, there will be no significant rotation because the result in the first leg will determine the fate of the second leg.

Of course, what you say makes sense, in the end Barcelona is much stronger than Real Sociedad, consequently we are all quite confident that they can win without particular problems.
In fact, he has likely to score a lot of goals, it would be an interesting bet.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Atletico Madrid 4 Vs Barcelona 0 FT
The first leg of the Copa del Rey semi final is still a shocker to most of us, what a score line, sometimes I wished it was a league match that this happened. Barcelona dominated the game with the ball as usual while Atletico Madrid were busy scoring the goals, it's like, ok Barcelona you can keep the ball while we score the goals, fair deal. Ademola Lookman and Alvarez combined to score goal number 3 and 4 among themselves. 4 goal at HT, mehhn this is really incredible and looks like a dream still to me, if it were the other way round, it won't have made waves like this though. We await the return leg at Camp Nou.

Lookman was the trick in that game... The defensive barrier stayed strong in position no matter the attacking pressure on them, but what happened to Barcelona defenders? They pushed for the attack together with the midfielders, so that each time an attack was reverted on them, they'll have have to run themselves down to their original positions to secure the empty spots. They just kept doing the same thing till they ran themselves into exhaustion. Atlético Madrid took full advantage of that repeated mistake and scored not 1, 2 or 3 goals, but 4 to nil. Barcelona's only goal, which should have counted for the record as an aggregate was ruled as offside. What sort of joke was that?? Is this actually their barest minimum or are we expecting something worse?

[Ahli38]

Atletico did not only fantasticlly win this Copa de Rey match but also gave Barcelona a good wipe in the asss. I am really amazed with the outcome of yesterday’s match at least for the Atletico guys. I least expected it and if there was going to be any bets placed by me for the course of this match, I will have actually played Barcelona to win and this’ll have meant lost of skates from my end because with this outcome, it would have been a disappointing bet. Although since I did not play the bet, I am excited for the Atletico Madrid guys to have successfully won the game yesterday with a great margin of four goals to none.

Even if Atletico madrid had won by 2 goals, barcelona would have had the chance to perform well at home and qualify for the final. But Barcelona lost the away match by a huge margin of 4-0 . It's a shame for Barcelona. I thought barcelona would win the copa del rey title. But this is no longer possible. Now barcelona have to give full effort in La Liga. They are only  1 point ahead of madrid. Barcelona will  also lose the top spot in La Liga if they can not continue their winning streak.

Barcelona's crushing defeat against Atletico Madrid was a harsh blow for them and even for Hansi Flick. The defeat in the first leg of the Copa del Rey has slimmed Barcelona's chances of making a comeback in the second leg. Barcelona must win by a margin of five goals in the second leg. But I personally think that it will be very difficult or even it's not impossible for Barcelona to do so. They need a miracle to win by such a margin. I'm sure many fans are disappointed with the result. And Barcelona's chances of winning the Treble seem very slim. Barcelona's focus will likely shift to the Champions League and the domestic league given their slim chances of progressing in the Copa del Rey. Barcelona learned a valuable lesson from this match. They need to pay attention to their many defensive shortcomings. This nightmare will always haunt them if they don't fix it immediately.

[Cryptmuster]

Congratulations are in order for them on advancing to the final after defeating Barcelona with a score of 4-0.
I think it's true that the result of the first leg won't make it easy for Barcelona to score 4 goals without reply because Atletico Madrid won't let that happen.

It's not about Barcelona's poor performance and mentality in this match that I want to highlight, but I believe that Lookman's presence in the Atletico Madrid squad feels different, and the Nigerian player brings a positive aura to the team.
One goal and one assist are enough for Ademola Lookman to prove that he was the right signing.

I think we shouldn’t congratulate Atletico on reaching the final just yet, because there’s still the second leg to play, and we know that Barcelona are a team capable of miracles. So even though they completely failed in the first match, I believe they still have a chance, even if it’s a very small one. Of course Atletico played a very good game. I’m not sure what the reason was, maybe Barcelona were missing Raphinha and Rashford, and that’s why they created less attacking pressure. Maybe Atletico's quick goals played a role I don’t know. It’s very strange that Barcelona couldn’t score a single goal, even if they had scored a couple, it would have made their task much easier.

[Velvet78]

What a night that was though... Who could have thought Atletico Madrid would play this amazing and win against Barcelona by a huge score? I mean we are talking about a Barcelona which are having a superb season.

But last night they were so clumsy with finishing. Their defending was like the worst of its kind in this season. And the first goal Joan García conceded was just due to an unbelievable error... I wonder whether they will manage to come back from here.

[Die_empty]

Lookman was the trick in that game... The defensive barrier stayed strong in position no matter the attacking pressure on them, but what happened to Barcelona defenders? They pushed for the attack together with the midfielders, so that each time an attack was reverted on them, they'll have have to run themselves down to their original positions to secure the empty spots. They just kept doing the same thing till they ran themselves into exhaustion. Atlético Madrid took full advantage of that repeated mistake and scored not 1, 2 or 3 goals, but 4 to nil. Barcelona's only goal, which should have counted for the record as an aggregate was ruled as offside. What sort of joke was that?? Is this actually their barest minimum or are we expecting something worse?

This was clearly the problem of the Barcelona defense. They lacked the pace or stamina to return and cover up each time Atletico Madrid engages in counterattacks. Diego Simoene's side didn't care about ball possession; all they were focused on was getting the goals from any slight chance.

I don't want to be too optimistic, but it seems Ademola Lookman was designed for Atlético de Madrid. One goal and an assist for a new signee in a big match speaks more about the Nigerian. Besides enjoying the match, the touchline display of Simeone each time his side scores was another side attraction.

[giorgione]

Bacelona missing some of their key players will surely have a negative impact on the balance of the team and that is the major reason why the whole fix against Atletico looks a bit odd when you look at it on paper. On a normal day Atletico at home is a very difficult team to beat. But one funny thing about football is that! When it seems like everyone is analysing the game towards one direction, then the match turns out with entirely different result. So the 3:1 prediction is a bit too unrealistic because the key scorers are not going to be on the pitch.

I think Barcelona suffered a lot, and in fact we saw what happened to them, they lost a match that everyone thought was easy in a very bad way, the quality of Atletico Madrid was incredible, i really liked the approach they had, it was really poor and not up to expectations.

[MAAManda]

Honestly speaking, I haven't seen more of  Athletico Madrid fans, I always thought ATM fans are Real Madrid fans when they are facing Barcelona or Barcelona fans when ATM is facing Real Madrid, it's nice to see.

Yep, now you know in this forum we also have Atletico Madrid fan, even if it's just me.

Honestly speaking I don't really see that home advantage factor in this matchup, it's thesame home ground that Betis beat them 1 to nil. But I will he give it to ATM to be a menace against RM and Barcelona so I might give Barcelona to win or draw.

Now you're losing money, mate?

If you had a bet slip for Barcelona to win or draw, you must have been frustrated since the first half ended, because Atletico Madrid destroyed Barcelona. Antoine Griezmann, Ademola Lookman & Julian Alvarez scored 1 goal each. Ouch sorry... I forgot 1 more name, our 13th player who scored the goal was Eric Garcia & became the first goal in the match.

[MainIbem]

This was clearly the problem of the Barcelona defense. They lacked the pace or stamina to return and cover up each time Atletico Madrid engages in counterattacks. Diego Simoene's side didn't care about ball possession; all they were focused on was getting the goals from any slight chance.

I don't want to be too optimistic, but it seems Ademola Lookman was designed for Atlético de Madrid. One goal and an assist for a new signee in a big match speaks more about the Nigerian. Besides enjoying the match, the touchline display of Simeone each time his side scores was another side attraction.

Barcelona mostly get punish when they meet teams that can turn defense to quick counters because they mostly press high with the their attackers and defence sometimes then find it tough to return back and defend properly. Diego Simoene has read them very well that's why he instructed his players in that tactics instead of playing possession game. You could see the difference Atletico Madrid had in playing against teams that use low blow strategy and those that press high. Lookman was very impressive yesterday, he contributed lots to Atletico's success in that match, Simoene won't regret signing him, we're yet to see the best of him at Atletico, wait till he starts banging lots of goals, Simoene can be a clown so I'm not surprised about such displays.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Bacelona missing some of their key players will surely have a negative impact on the balance of the team and that is the major reason why the whole fix against Atletico looks a bit odd when you look at it on paper. On a normal day Atletico at home is a very difficult team to beat. But one funny thing about football is that! When it seems like everyone is analysing the game towards one direction, then the match turns out with entirely different result. So the 3:1 prediction is a bit too unrealistic because the key scorers are not going to be on the pitch.

I think Barcelona suffered a lot, and in fact we saw what happened to them, they lost a match that everyone thought was easy in a very bad way, the quality of Atletico Madrid was incredible, i really liked the approach they had, it was really poor and not up to expectations.

I saw in this match that Barcelona's performance was very poor, which could be taken advantage of by Atletico Madrid. In fact, in this match, many Barcelona players made their own mistakes, which made them even more down, and on the other hand, I also admit that Atletico Madrid played very well. This 4-goal win will make it much easier for Atletico Madrid to advance to the final. Atletico Madrid only needs a draw in the second leg or a loss by no more than 4 goals.

[wakier]

This result was not planned by anyone but we saw a great surprise here which really surprised the audience as a strong team like Barcelona lost by such a big margin. Most people bet on Barcelona in this match and they lost their bets, but Atletico Madrid attacked quite strongly in this game. Such an impressive game which was really amazing Atletico Madrid are back in great form especially when they face strong teams. Many people gave assurances for Barcelona to win in this match but it turned out completely differently as Barca conceded 4 goals, they couldn't even reply with a single goal. I think Barcelona will never be able to win in the next match of the Copa de Rey by giving away so many goals to Atletico Madrid, and will not qualify for the final.  Rather, they will qualify for the final match by beating Atletico Madrid and Barcelona this season and have a significant role to play in winning the trophy.

I was also very surprised by the result of the match between Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid and did not expect the club that we consider the strongest in the league to be defeated by Atletico Madrid even though Atletico Madrid is also a strong rival of Barcelona but usually the strength of Atletico Madrid is not greater than Barcelona, playing at home does give a fairly high confidence because Atletico Madrid is too underestimated and more people support Barcelona finally they proved their strength to silence everyone. If it's like this, there is a small possibility of turning things around in the second leg later.

[abhiseshakana]

This was clearly the problem of the Barcelona defense. They lacked the pace or stamina to return and cover up each time Atletico Madrid engages in counterattacks. Diego Simoene's side didn't care about ball possession; all they were focused on was getting the goals from any slight chance.

I don't want to be too optimistic, but it seems Ademola Lookman was designed for Atlético de Madrid. One goal and an assist for a new signee in a big match speaks more about the Nigerian. Besides enjoying the match, the touchline display of Simeone each time his side scores was another side attraction.

Barcelona mostly get punish when they meet teams that can turn defense to quick counters because they mostly press high with the their attackers and defence sometimes then find it tough to return back and defend properly. Diego Simoene has read them very well that's why he instructed his players in that tactics instead of playing possession game. You could see the difference Atletico Madrid had in playing against teams that use low blow strategy and those that press high. Lookman was very impressive yesterday, he contributed lots to Atletico's success in that match, Simoene won't regret signing him, we're yet to see the best of him at Atletico, wait till he starts banging lots of goals, Simoene can be a clown so I'm not surprised about such displays.

Frankly, I was quite surprised to find out  that Barcelona lost to Atletico Madrid ... It wasn't because of the loss, but because they conceded four goals without reply. This is still the first leg, but I am doubtful that  Barcelona can turn things around in the second leg, even though they have the advantage of playing at home. It's pointless to have good  ball possession if your defense coordination is poor. Barcelona may win the second leg, but scoring more than four  goals seems like a very daunting mission.

[Different patterns]

Atletico did not only fantasticlly win this Copa de Rey match but also gave Barcelona a good wipe in the asss. I am really amazed with the outcome of yesterday’s match at least for the Atletico guys. I least expected it and if there was going to be any bets placed by me for the course of this match, I will have actually played Barcelona to win and this’ll have meant lost of skates from my end because with this outcome, it would have been a disappointing bet. Although since I did not play the bet, I am excited for the Atletico Madrid guys to have successfully won the game yesterday with a great margin of four goals to none.

Even if Atletico madrid had won by 2 goals, barcelona would have had the chance to perform well at home and qualify for the final. But Barcelona lost the away match by a huge margin of 4-0 . It's a shame for Barcelona. I thought barcelona would win the copa del rey title. But this is no longer possible. Now barcelona have to give full effort in La Liga. They are only  1 point ahead of madrid. Barcelona will  also lose the top spot in La Liga if they can not continue their winning streak.

Barcelona's crushing defeat against Atletico Madrid was a harsh blow for them and even for Hansi Flick. The defeat in the first leg of the Copa del Rey has slimmed Barcelona's chances of making a comeback in the second leg. Barcelona must win by a margin of five goals in the second leg. But I personally think that it will be very difficult or even it's not impossible for Barcelona to do so. They need a miracle to win by such a margin. I'm sure many fans are disappointed with the result. And Barcelona's chances of winning the Treble seem very slim. Barcelona's focus will likely shift to the Champions League and the domestic league given their slim chances of progressing in the Copa del Rey. Barcelona learned a valuable lesson from this match. They need to pay attention to their many defensive shortcomings. This nightmare will always haunt them if they don't fix it immediately.

Good game by atletico Madrid, in a game like this,for you to beat such a good team you have to win by a big margin by seizing every bit of opportunity you have so as to make their chances of winning you very slim and they have conveniently done that yesterday, what's left is to try as much as possible to not make mistakes in the second leg so as to win against Barcelona. To me this is a wonderful plan or strategy but we can't say Barcelona can't do a comeback in the second leg because they have the potential of doing so but what Athletico Madrid needs to do is to continue seizing every opportunity they have and also work in keeping a very good defence against Barcelona and they will be sure of winning the semifinals against Barcelona. That's an incredible efforts by the Atletico Madrid team, they really deserve that win by that margin because it shows they worked for it.

[As-Soon-As]

Did you see John Garcia performance in this match, in this match Eric Garcia and John Garcia these two players are enough to defeat Barcelona team. Especially goalkeeper John Garcia he has done a bad performance to protect his team, but Barcelona team has to win by a large margin in the next match. And in this target they have to correct their mistakes and perform well in the future.

[Lida93]

Atletico Madrid 4 Vs Barcelona 0 FT
The first leg of the Copa del Rey semi final is still a shocker to most of us, what a score line, sometimes I wished it was a league match that this happened. Barcelona dominated the game with the ball as usual while Atletico Madrid were busy scoring the goals, it's like, ok Barcelona you can keep the ball while we score the goals, fair deal. Ademola Lookman and Alvarez combined to score goal number 3 and 4 among themselves. 4 goal at HT, mehhn this is really incredible and looks like a dream still to me, if it were the other way round, it won't have made waves like this though. We await the return leg at Camp Nou.

This is why some people debates that Athletico Madrid is a characterless team in the Spanish football competition otherwise how could it be a shocker that the whole football fans are talking about it that way, everyone is surprised that Athletico Madrid won Barcelona 4:0 which wouldn't have being the case if it was Barcelona scoring 4 against Athletico Madrid. I knew that Ademola Lookman to Atletico Madrid move would be if great impact and pairing with Alvarez just made the team look better in front but am skeptical if Athletico Madrid can repeat this stunt in the second leg at Camp Nou.

[liasbaa]

This result was not planned by anyone but we saw a great surprise here which really surprised the audience as a strong team like Barcelona lost by such a big margin. Most people bet on Barcelona in this match and they lost their bets, but Atletico Madrid attacked quite strongly in this game. Such an impressive game which was really amazing Atletico Madrid are back in great form especially when they face strong teams. Many people gave assurances for Barcelona to win in this match but it turned out completely differently as Barca conceded 4 goals, they couldn't even reply with a single goal. I think Barcelona will never be able to win in the next match of the Copa de Rey by giving away so many goals to Atletico Madrid, and will not qualify for the final.  Rather, they will qualify for the final match by beating Atletico Madrid and Barcelona this season and have a significant role to play in winning the trophy.

I was also very surprised by the result of the match between Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid and did not expect the club that we consider the strongest in the league to be defeated by Atletico Madrid even though Atletico Madrid is also a strong rival of Barcelona but usually the strength of Atletico Madrid is not greater than Barcelona, playing at home does give a fairly high confidence because Atletico Madrid is too underestimated and more people support Barcelona finally they proved their strength to silence everyone. If it's like this, there is a small possibility of turning things around in the second leg later.

The fact that you cannot win a match by keeping the ball in your possession for too long is proven by the results of the Copa del Rey match between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. Bercelona was tried aggressive from the beginning of the match but could not score goals on the contrary they kept conceding goals at regular intervals. Surprisingly, Atlético Madrid played well from the early stages of the match and destroyed Barcelona's defense. The first own goal was unexpected for Barcelona, ​​but Atlético Madrid played great in the first half and especially Alvarez played impressively and assisted the goal.

I was also shocked to see the match because Atlético is a weak opponent compared to Barcelona. Losing the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final greatly reduced their chances of reaching the final. To reach the final, Barcelona will have to win the second leg of the semi-final by a huge margin. Barcelona lost by such a huge margin because Atlético Madrid's performance was underestimated.

[knowngunman]

What a night that was though... Who could have thought Atletico Madrid would play this amazing and win against Barcelona by a huge score? I mean we are talking about a Barcelona which are having a superb season.

But last night they were so clumsy with finishing. Their defending was like the worst of its kind in this season. And the first goal Joan García conceded was just due to an unbelievable error... I wonder whether they will manage to come back from here.

Of course, Barcelona will definitely bounce back eventually. It's not the first time similar things like this is happening and they always bounce back. Although losing 4-0 is too terrible but there's still second leg to play for and anything can happen. In as much as I still have confidence in Barcelona and hope they can turn things around in the second leg, I must admit that they played poorly yesterday and also gave away too many balls. If they perform in the same manner come second leg, I'm afraid Athletico will add more goals. Some time, defeat like this is very necessary so the team can take a good look at themselves, get back on track and take the games against the big teams more serious.

[verdinio]

And by near the end of the season when we are in spring, the games are not even that great because players are not playing with their full energy, the ones who are not injured are just tired.

yeah, in fact, it is a period in which the players have certainly given everything but there is still a lot to give and i understand that this is a very constant commitment, now mentally it is important not to collapse, and for some of them there could be this possibility but they must not give up for another couple of months.

[slapper]

I've never witnessed a first half of an Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona match like this before.
Because it was the first time I'd seen Barcelona in such a bad state and concede 4 goals in the first half.
It was very clear that if players got behind Barcelona's defense, they would cause them problems.

Yesterday, Barcelona's defense struggled a lot in the first half.
What surprised me most was that Barça scored a goal in the 51st minute. VAR reviewed this goal for almost 7 minutes and ruled it offside.
Even if that goal had been scored, the result would only have been slightly less than the score, that's all. In a match where 4 goals were scored in the first half, there were no goals in the second half, and the match ended 4-0 in favor of Atletico Madrid, who advanced to the Copa del Rey final.

Can we discuss Simeone for a second, here? This man played FOUR attackers. Griezmann, Alvarez, Lookman and his own son Giuliano simultaneously. That's not the Simeone we know - the guy who'd rather die than have space behind his defense. But he looked at Barcelona's set up and thought "why am I defending when there's 40 meters of grass behind their backline with nobody in it?"

The second goal began from the goalkeeper. Musso just threw in this perfect pass upfield, and suddenly Griezmann finishing in the box eight seconds later. They knew precisely what they were doing. And Alvarez hadn't scored since early December, first goal of the year for him. And, you could see what it meant when he pointed up after scoring. Simeone literally ran down the touchline. That's the human aspect of it, which stats don't capture.

What's clever is Simeone pulled off all his attackers during the second half. Rested everyone. He's not thinking just about this tie, he's running this entire season. They haven't been in a Copa final since 2013, plus they remain in Champions League.

The second leg's going to be Barcelona passing sideways for 90 minutes while Atletico sit deep and wait. In the second half yesterday we already saw that. Barca had ball all the time and made basically nothing.

Bigger worry for Flick is if other teams steal this blueprint. Because if you can expose that high defensive line like this. It's indeed going to be a long spring for them.

First goal was a joke

[asriloni]

Barcelona is in the process of its down fall. It's all caused by Flick's stubborness to keep playing highline when his team is not ready yet. He keeps repeat the same pattern against big club while it's never worked. At this point, i think he's already out of ideas.

Like what you see how all of defenders in his team got low rating. It's proving how his strategy can't suit well to his club when they fought strong team. So he has stop his tubborness to keep play high line. The better using mixed strategy to ensure opponent can't read his pattern.

By the way, Barcelona lose 4 goals at the first leg. It's humiliating loss for them. they are also unlikely making a comeback in the second leg. So it should be a reminder for delusional barcelona fans if their team are not gonna win everything. Calling their squad as a superb squad is just far from the reality.