La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Danica22]

Yes, Xabi Alonso's departure was the beginning of chaos for Real Madrid because they replaced an inexperienced coach. Since Arbeloa took over, Real Madrid's performance has been much worse compared to Xabi's. And now Real Madrid's performance is getting worse due to the many injuries to their main players. With conditions like this, there is no hope of seeing Real Madrid achieve anything this season because Arbeloa is not a coach who can find the right solution due to his inexperience. Fans are certainly disappointed to see Real Madrid's current condition because they see their beloved club will not win any trophies this season.

Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

[Antotena]

I wouldn't say that things has gone from bad to worse because even in the era of xabi Alonso, they weren't doing exceptionally well, though most of their fans has more hope then than now, but right now they are trailing Barcelona with four points of the top spot and they are pitched against Manchester City in the UEFA champions League, which looks like the end of the road for them, so unless something miraculous happens, nothing will stop them from going trophyless again this season.

Incase you don't know what's going on right now with Real Madrid, they have their best and highest goal scorer to injury, that's Mbape. His goal this season almost double what other players has scored but now that he is away, the team will suffer the most. Rodrigo is away, they don't use him frequently but his position in the team can't be matched. Bellingham is away too, he is not in good form before he left but his presence is always there in all the games he play.

This three alone has made contributions this season that if Xabi is to be the current manager, there is no way he can get the best for this team now. Even Anceloti can't do better than what the current manager is doing, the player can only do what they can but there is no way they can perform peak performance of Real Madrid. Let's see what will be the outcome of Manchester City with the team if they still have it.

[Volgastallion]

I was super dissapointed by the game made by Barcelona, i mean what the hell was that? Newcastle dance with them and they deserve the win by far, Barcelona were super lucky finding that late penalty thanks to a silly defender of Newcastle.

And to Flick why Rasfhord so late? Man he comes from Premier League he knows how to score against them.

[cocadalcan]

I read that Mbappé has started training. If he's fit for the Manchester City game, perhaps Real Madrid's quality and dominance in the game could improve. Because when he wasn't there, we saw that Real Madrid was very ineffective in attack. Right now, the biggest thing Real Madrid wants is for Mbappé to return to the team and for them to win the Manchester City game. However, playing him if his injury hasn't fully healed carries a big risk.

I actually saw news a while ago that Mbappe is recovering from his left knee ligament injury and has been to the training ground, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about whether he will be able to play for Real Madrid against Manchester City. And if he does play, I don't think he will be able to perform very well because most players recovering from injuries can't give their 100% and besides, I haven't seen anyone say anything specific yet about when he will be taken off or how many minutes he will be on the field.
And speaking of Rodrygo, I haven't seen any promising news about him yet. So I still have doubts about whether Real Madrid can win against Manchester City.

Real Madrid will play at their home stadium, so I think that even though some of their key players are not yet 100% fit, there is an advantage for them because they are playing at home. On the other hand, Manchester City's performance is often inconsistent, but what needs to be remembered is that this is a prestigious match between two top European teams that in recent seasons have become fierce rivals. Therefore, I think we should put everything aside, and there is a possibility that both teams will perform differently in this match. However, personally, I have some doubts about Real Madrid, even though they are favored.

I have the same doubt. Man City will attack that weak spot and want to beat Real Madrid. Most managers know what Real Madrid's weak spot is and Guardiola is an experienced coach and he will try his best to win. Even though Real Madrid plays at home, winning or losing depends on performance and from that point of view if Mbappe can be fit to play in the next match then maybe Real Madrid can be a little optimistic about winning. But if he cannot join the team then Man City will have a better chance of winning and I will decide to bet on whether Mbappe will play or not.

[Shadiq]

Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

This was an unprofessional move by Real Madrid. Xabi Alonso was not a successful coach with Real Madrid, he did not have good chemistry with the players. This was the main reason for his failure. But there are many reasons for Real Madrid's failure, they are now making very unstable decisions, failing to identify the main problem. They should now talk to some players and create good bonding in the team or they should fire the players. Where Ancelotti and Xabi Alonso have failed, where changing the coach may not be the main solution.

[Baki202]

Real Madrid’s management are following up with the condition of the team, so if they see anything that is unusual in the performance of the team, they would have sent a red flag warning to the coach for him to improve on his management of the team. This maybe a gradual process, but as long as they don’t sack him and he still remains amongst the contender of the title, they will still have hope in winning at least a trophy this season. No one can tell what can happen from now till end of the season, so I think we should not come to a conclusion so soon that Real Madrid will not win any trophy. They are still in the champions league, a place they call home and has proven it overtime. There is still hope for them over there just like there is in the La Liga also.

And this is the same thing that happened last season, so nothing is changing in that club, and a lot of unusual things have happened in that club. which, till now, there is no solution for, and it is looking like the management is comfortable with everything that is happening in the club, because I know Real Madrid does not give so many chances, and now it is more complicated than we think, so that is why I think they are comfortable, because on a normal day Real Madrid would have fixed all this that is happening, poor performance most especially.

How can Real Madrid win with this performance? There is no chance of Real Madrid winning anything, and you cannot even trust them because they were leading before Barcelona overtook them, and now they are nowhere close to barcelona and from the gap, would you say that Real Madrid still have a chance? No, I don't think so, and this is the same Barcelona that is not in good condition, and from what is happening, they still have a better shot.

[Lembo69]

Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

The main reason for Madrid's inconsistent performance is Mbappe's injury. It has affected the whole team, this season will not be like this. The reason is that Mbappe is coming back from injury. They have played very badly in a few matches but they can still go up the points table if they try. Their current coach is giving importance to this issue and how to take the team forward. Hopefully they don't want to lose their pride so they will try to do well this season.

The main reason for not sacking Alonso is that he is an experienced manager. If he still gives the team time, maybe Madrid will do better going forward. They are trying to move forward according to their ideas. Let's see what they do now going forward

[Swordsoffreedom]

The main reason for Madrid's inconsistent performance is Mbappe's injury. It has affected the whole team, this season will not be like this. The reason is that Mbappe is coming back from injury. They have played very badly in a few matches but they can still go up the points table if they try. Their current coach is giving importance to this issue and how to take the team forward. Hopefully they don't want to lose their pride so they will try to do well this season.

Maybe you are right. But I can't completely agree. Since Arbeloa took over, Madrid's performance has started to be erratic. I saw them fight hard against Benfica. Also, Real Madrid lost against Osasuna despite Mbappe being in the squad. We can see a further decline in Madrid's performance due to Mbappe's injury. But this is not the only reason for Madrid's erratic performance.

I would consider the manager's inexperience as one of the reasons for Madrid's erratic performance. The bonding between Madrid's players is weak. Arbeloa has not been able to strengthen the bonding. At the same time, I am not satisfied with Arbeloa's match strategy.

[ndutndut]

Yes, Xabi Alonso's departure was the beginning of chaos for Real Madrid because they replaced an inexperienced coach. Since Arbeloa took over, Real Madrid's performance has been much worse compared to Xabi's. And now Real Madrid's performance is getting worse due to the many injuries to their main players. With conditions like this, there is no hope of seeing Real Madrid achieve anything this season because Arbeloa is not a coach who can find the right solution due to his inexperience. Fans are certainly disappointed to see Real Madrid's current condition because they see their beloved club will not win any trophies this season.

Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

It could be said that this was a mistake by Madrid's management, which was too hasty in firing the coach, not because Alonso was a bad coach, but because they were too indulgent with their star players. Every team should obey and comply with their coach, not the other way around. Alonso is a great coach even Mourinho has acknowledged that. Perhaps with the current squad Real Madrid isn't a good fit for Alanso.

If Madrid management had given Alonso full authority, given him full support and if Real Madrid's players had lowered their egos a bit, perhaps Madrid could have become a good team. But fate dictates otherwise 90% of the players control the dressing room, which is why Alanso's poor performance at Real Madrid led to his dismissal. If Madrid over indulges its star players even a great coach will have a hard time managing Madrid, especially Albeloa who lacks experience. Madrid could be great if a coach could create harmony in the dressing room and lower the egos of its star players. I'm sure Madrid won't win a single trophy this season. In La Liga it will be difficult for them to catch up with Barcelona. In the UCL they will face tough opponents.

[ITExpert]

For now, Real Madrid's condition may not be so good, but there are still 2 months left until their match against Barcelona, ​​so during this period, injured Real Madrid players such as Mbappe, Bellingham, can play, and that can still give Real Madrid a chance to win. However, in this case, they need to try harder because Barcelona is in better form than Real Madrid and they will also play at Camp Nou, that will definitely give Real Madrid more challenges to fight Barcelona.

This is true that the condition of Real Madrid right now is not too good. And this is also because there most of the players are injured and injuries of the players is a problem on which nobody can do anything. But as compered to the Real Madrid the position of the team Barcelona is very well. And I think the match between both the teams have more chances for Barcelona to win. Because they have a very strong squad and capable players. Real Madrid team has potential and if their main player can get back and join the team than Real Madrid also has the chance to win. And sometimes the teams which are experiencing a heavy pressure they do their ever best so I think in both the situations Real Madrid has chances to win or loose at the same time.

[Stormisover]

Yes, Xabi Alonso's departure was the beginning of chaos for Real Madrid because they replaced an inexperienced coach. Since Arbeloa took over, Real Madrid's performance has been much worse compared to Xabi's. And now Real Madrid's performance is getting worse due to the many injuries to their main players. With conditions like this, there is no hope of seeing Real Madrid achieve anything this season because Arbeloa is not a coach who can find the right solution due to his inexperience. Fans are certainly disappointed to see Real Madrid's current condition because they see their beloved club will not win any trophies this season.

Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

Yes the management was too Quick on that decision they could have at least given him a little time to at least get a better replacement for him, but on the other hand i don't really think Arbeloa is really inexperience because he was not really that bad at first he was doing some amazing work after the departure of Xabi Alonso to the extent that we didn't really felt Xabi Alonso's absence that much till now that some of his key player are injured i believe that's what is really affecting them trust me if those players should come back from injury then the Real Madrid team will go back to normal again.

[hyudien]

This is true that the condition of Real Madrid right now is not too good. And this is also because there most of the players are injured and injuries of the players is a problem on which nobody can do anything. But as compered to the Real Madrid the position of the team Barcelona is very well. And I think the match between both the teams have more chances for Barcelona to win. Because they have a very strong squad and capable players. Real Madrid team has potential and if their main player can get back and join the team than Real Madrid also has the chance to win. And sometimes the teams which are experiencing a heavy pressure they do their ever best so I think in both the situations Real Madrid has chances to win or loose at the same time.

The only three options are win, draw, or lose, but I agree that Barcelona is more likely to win in their last meeting this season, because even though Barcelona performance has declined lately, they are still much better in terms of performance and player condition, but what Madrid needs to worry more about is the match against Atletico Madrid because it is likely that injured players have not yet recovered, compared to when they face Barcelona later in April when several of their main players will be able to play. If they lose against Atletico, it will be even more difficult for them to catch Barcelona.

[slapper]

Yes, Xabi Alonso's departure was the beginning of chaos for Real Madrid because they replaced an inexperienced coach. Since Arbeloa took over, Real Madrid's performance has been much worse compared to Xabi's. And now Real Madrid's performance is getting worse due to the many injuries to their main players. With conditions like this, there is no hope of seeing Real Madrid achieve anything this season because Arbeloa is not a coach who can find the right solution due to his inexperience. Fans are certainly disappointed to see Real Madrid's current condition because they see their beloved club will not win any trophies this season.

Real Madrid’s management are following up with the condition of the team, so if they see anything that is unusual in the performance of the team, they would have sent a red flag warning to the coach for him to improve on his management of the team. This maybe a gradual process, but as long as they don’t sack him and he still remains amongst the contender of the title, they will still have hope in winning at least a trophy this season. No one can tell what can happen from now till end of the season, so I think we should not come to a conclusion so soon that Real Madrid will not win any trophy. They are still in the champions league, a place they call home and has proven it overtime. There is still hope for them over there just like there is in the La Liga also.

Bro the "management is monitoring" part got me. Like ok. Sure they are. This is the same management that looked at a coach that won 71% of his games and said - yeah, nah, bin him. Because they were playing with players who were upset about being subbed. That's what happened. Vinicius didn't like being told to sit down when he's not playing and now the whole coaching staff is now the problem. So now Arbeloa's there. Guy's never managed a first division match in his lifetime before this. Helguera (former madrid legend, not some random twitter guy) literally said that "you can't improvise on the bench in moments like this". That quote lives in my head rent free.

And listen, I'm not against Arbeloa or anything personal. But the last three matches before city? Opponent scored in the first every single time. That didn't happen to him in his first run at all. Something is shifting and it's not shifting up.

The champions league, man. I've been watching them do impossible things there too many times to just shrug it off. That stadium does something to the teams. City included. Guardiola himself said basically his players freeze up there. That's huge.

Copa del rey - gone. Supercopa - gone. Those two are done. So everything now runs through the league and europe. That's the entire season compressed into two competitions. And weird thing is... That may actually suit them.

[Different patterns]

At the moment i also think Barcelona would win, there are many reasons: they are in a better position in the table and this has a positive effect from a psychological point of view, secondly they don't have so many injured players and the team under the direction of Hansi Flick is working well.

Barcelona chances of winning is very slim but they will always try their best to ensure they win their games. Barcelona are also favorite just like Real Madrid for the La Liga title. Hansi Flick need to start planning how to win games because everyone is getting fed up with Barcelona highline and their oppositions easily disrupt this strategy with ease. Barcelona couldn't even beat Newcastle United, they had to fight for draw points. Newcastle United manager, Eddie Howe should be worried because Newcastle United doesn't stand a chance to win Barcelona at Camp Nou. This is where pure football meets.

Barcelona chances of winning are not very slim as you’ve stated, they Infact have a higher probability of winning than the Madrids. Real Madrid won the first leg el Classico in the league, I’m not sure they’re going to win this one considering all the players that’ll be missing in action. They can still do damage with the one they have but it’ll be much.
Barcelona on the other hand are more advantaged in that their team is performing better and they’re not missing out key players as much, their only problem is their striking position but that has not stopped them from scoring

But football can be very funny at times that the team you are thinking to be the underdog or that's disadvantaged get to win against well informed or advantaged team and most of the factors that made a team very consistent is ability of the manager to understand his players and also knows when they are fully in form or not so as to make changes in the set piece or team playstyle to maintain the teams consistency. Even though not having your big players in form due to injuries or fatigue you should especially a big team be able to improvise and still get the result or settle for a draw.

[Mame89]

For now, Real Madrid's condition may not be so good, but there are still 2 months left until their match against Barcelona, ​​so during this period, injured Real Madrid players such as Mbappe, Bellingham, can play, and that can still give Real Madrid a chance to win. However, in this case, they need to try harder because Barcelona is in better form than Real Madrid and they will also play at Camp Nou, that will definitely give Real Madrid more challenges to fight Barcelona.

This is true that the condition of Real Madrid right now is not too good. And this is also because there most of the players are injured and injuries of the players is a problem on which nobody can do anything. But as compered to the Real Madrid the position of the team Barcelona is very well. And I think the match between both the teams have more chances for Barcelona to win. Because they have a very strong squad and capable players. Real Madrid team has potential and if their main player can get back and join the team than Real Madrid also has the chance to win. And sometimes the teams which are experiencing a heavy pressure they do their ever best so I think in both the situations Real Madrid has chances to win or loose at the same time.

Real Madrid hopes of winning a trophy this season are slim with many players declining especially since Albeloa hasn't shown any significant improvement so far. Furthermore, with numerous injuries this will undoubtedly make it difficult for Real Madrid to maintain consistency.

Real Madrid current game is very different from the past. In their match against Celta Vigo they nearly drew only to be fortunate to score a late goal. Despite the win, their performance was very disappointing, as their style of play is different from the past. What will happen when they face Barcelona at Camp Nou? If they continue like this they will certainly lose.

Furthermore, Real Madrid current weakness is that their midfielders aren't quick to drop deep to help close down the opponent's space. This is very different from the Real Madrid of the past when Toni and Modric played securely and could cover up the opponent's space. Their mutual trust gave them a strong winning mentality. Real Madrid now has many selfish players who only want to score goals and don't pass the ball to their teammates.

[Dump3er]

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But football can be very funny at times that the team you are thinking to be the underdog or that's disadvantaged get to win against well informed or advantaged team and most of the factors that made a team very consistent is ability of the manager to understand his players and also knows when they are fully in form or not so as to make changes in the set piece or team playstyle to maintain the teams consistency. Even though not having your big players in form due to injuries or fatigue you should especially a big team be able to improvise and still get the result or settle for a draw.

Talking about underdogs at all is weird when you discuss a match like el clasico or any match between two top teams. I understand that people have a tendency in mind as to which team will win the match, but at that level those teams are able to score any time during the game. A good example is Real Madrid Manchester City in the UCL. Everyone thought Manchester City would be the favorites because Mbappe was missing, but now it was 3-0 and that is because Real Madrid is still not really a true underdog. They are good enough to convert a 40% winning chance into a dominating win. Otherwise football would never be interesting to watch, those unpredictable results are what it is all about.

[Dzwaafu11]

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Madrid management was too hasty in firing Alonso. Normally we don't see Madrid management taking such important decisions so quickly. But they made the decision with Alonso very quickly. They should have fired Alonso after finding an experienced manager. But they didn't. They gave the inexperienced Arbeloa the job. For a while we saw consistency in Madrid's performance. But at the moment Madrid's performance has become erratic. It will probably continue like this until the end of the season.

But we some good performance from Real Madrid, if you watch today match you will know that Arbeloa is not experience coach, they are not weak at all. And to be honest, Real Madrid current performance is really good, because with what I have seen today against Manchester city seriously Arbeloa is trying and we can’t say Madrid management made a wrong decision, if they continue this way.

Talking about trophy, yes we know that they are not as consistent as last season, but still the new coach is still good.

[AGogi2003]

The only three options are win, draw, or lose, but I agree that Barcelona is more likely to win in their last meeting this season, because even though Barcelona performance has declined lately, they are still much better in terms of performance and player condition, but what Madrid needs to worry more about is the match against Atletico Madrid because it is likely that injured players have not yet recovered, compared to when they face Barcelona later in April when several of their main players will be able to play. If they lose against Atletico, it will be even more difficult for them to catch Barcelona.

Barcelona are really doing well and they Really need this laliga this season because they don't have hope on wining the Champions League this season because the way they perform against Newcastle i don't think he will be very easy for them to eliminate them in the camp nou  let see how the second will goes. Barcelona and Real Madrid are chasing the league title and with how Barcelona are doing well in the league they won't like to lose any point in the league because madrid are in there back and Barcelona are leading madrid with clear four point in the league competition and anything can be possible since the league as not gone to and ends. And the second leg against madrid and Barcelona that will identify who all be the favorite to win the league cooking this season.

[Renampun]

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but what Madrid needs to worry more about is the match against Atletico Madrid because it is likely that injured players have not yet recovered, compared to when they face Barcelona later in April when several of their main players will be able to play. If they lose against Atletico, it will be even more difficult for them to catch Barcelona.

I think that Atletico Madrid is not a big problem for Real Madrid because even though some of their main players are absent when they play against them, the match will be held at the Bernabeu, and that will give Real Madrid an advantage, because they are quite optimistic that they can win if they play at home, just look at how they were able to beat City in the Champions League match earlier, no Mbappe, no Bellingham, no Rodrigo, and still they were able to win the match with a clean sheet, so I am still optimistic that Real Madrid can win their match later when they play against Atletico Madrid.

[8rch7]

I read that Mbappé has started training. If he's fit for the Manchester City game, perhaps Real Madrid's quality and dominance in the game could improve. Because when he wasn't there, we saw that Real Madrid was very ineffective in attack. Right now, the biggest thing Real Madrid wants is for Mbappé to return to the team and for them to win the Manchester City game. However, playing him if his injury hasn't fully healed carries a big risk.

I actually saw news a while ago that Mbappe is recovering from his left knee ligament injury and has been to the training ground, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about whether he will be able to play for Real Madrid against Manchester City. And if he does play, I don't think he will be able to perform very well because most players recovering from injuries can't give their 100% and besides, I haven't seen anyone say anything specific yet about when he will be taken off or how many minutes he will be on the field.
And speaking of Rodrygo, I haven't seen any promising news about him yet. So I still have doubts about whether Real Madrid can win against Manchester City.

Have several media reported about recovering moment from Mbappe but last night when Madrid defeating Man City he still out feom the team due the injury. Currently Madrid have crucial position after leaving by many player get injury but last winning match in champion league looka Madrid still perform well although without the key player.
Next match Madrid against Elche, I think with advantage playing at home and the victory from Manchester City get more confidence to beat Elche avoid from many points remaining with Barcelona.