La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Varnquister]

In the second leg of the La Liga promotion semifinals, Almeria managed to gain the upper hand with a draw on the road. If they win at home, they will advance to the final. Castellón may be a good team, but their players seem a bit weaker. Looking at team valuations, we must note that Almeria is nearly 10 times more valuable than their opponent. Almeria is the favorite today, even if only by a narrow margin, and they should be the team to advance to the final.

[Lida93]

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Back in 2009 it was a very different situation: he bought Benzema from Lyon, which was a big team at the time, but nowhere close to Real Madrid of course; Milan needed money and they were ready to sell Kakà to Manchester City a few months before he moved to Madrid; and regarding Ronaldo he made it clear he wanted to join Real Madrid.

Today we have Olise who plays at a club, Bayern Munich, that don't need money, so it's a different story. It's also a power game, not only financial.

I like it as you concluded with stating what is really involved in influencing players decision towards making a move a certain clubs. First of we all know that there are players that it's part of their dream just to wear the Real Madrid jersey in between the years of their career, and it doesn't matter to them which club they currently playing at when Madrid calls they answer whether their current club agrees with it or not. So if it's about influence in terms of power and finances to lure a player to Madrid, Real has it beyond Bayern Munich and even by laurels Bayern Munich doesn't really come that club, except that a player like Oliseh just doesn't see Real Madrid as a dream team to play for yet.

[Velvet78]

In the second leg of the La Liga promotion semifinals, Almeria managed to gain the upper hand with a draw on the road. If they win at home, they will advance to the final. Castellón may be a good team, but their players seem a bit weaker. Looking at team valuations, we must note that Almeria is nearly 10 times more valuable than their opponent. Almeria is the favorite today, even if only by a narrow margin, and they should be the team to advance to the final.

I don't remember only Castellon among those teams promoted/close to promotion to the La Liga this year. If they played here before then it must be very old...

Racing Club and Deportivo are back in the league after years. For now Almeria and Malaga seem close to playing in the finale of the playoffs.

Malaga reached the Champions League quarter finals once. From that point to this...

[snipie]

In the second leg of the La Liga promotion semifinals, Almeria managed to gain the upper hand with a draw on the road. If they win at home, they will advance to the final. Castellón may be a good team, but their players seem a bit weaker. Looking at team valuations, we must note that Almeria is nearly 10 times more valuable than their opponent. Almeria is the favorite today, even if only by a narrow margin, and they should be the team to advance to the final.

Almeria odds at home at 2.3 vs Castellon at 2.8 on average according to few bookies. The match is expected to be a close one for both teams but Almeria has the home advantage.
In tomorrow's game, Malaga 2.2 vs Las Palmas at 3.2. The home team is advantageous here too.
I think the final match will be played between Almeria and Malaga and the winner between them will return to the Segunda Division by the end of the next season..

[Swordsoffreedom]

Almeria odds at home at 2.3 vs Castellon at 2.8 on average according to few bookies. The match is expected to be a close one for both teams but Almeria has the home advantage.
In tomorrow's game, Malaga 2.2 vs Las Palmas at 3.2. The home team is advantageous here too.
I think the final match will be played between Almeria and Malaga and the winner between them will return to the Segunda Division by the end of the next season..

I consider Almeria as the  favorite. They shared points in the first leg  away match. Castellon could not win their home  match. Almeria will  get home advantage in the second leg match. I hope Almeria can take full home advantage and  be able to win the match. Almeria's squad also seems a  bit stronger than castellon's to me .

Las palmas will face malaga in the other semi-final match. Las palmas lost the first leg home  match. So if malaga can draw the second leg match , they will qualify for the final. I am waiting for the Malaga vs Almeria final.

[Donneski]

In the second leg of the La Liga promotion semifinals, Almeria managed to gain the upper hand with a draw on the road. If they win at home, they will advance to the final. Castellón may be a good team, but their players seem a bit weaker. Looking at team valuations, we must note that Almeria is nearly 10 times more valuable than their opponent. Almeria is the favorite today, even if only by a narrow margin, and they should be the team to advance to the final.

When I saw this playoff tie, I already concluded that Almeria will win the tie and get promoted to the Spanish top-flight next season. Castellón I know will do everything possible to turn the tie around in the next leg of the tie which I think is also very possible but playing at home, I expect Almeria to win the game get promoted. Almeria are the favourites on paper and also my favourites to win the tie.

[Adams0001]

Mbappe behaviour really make trouble for real madrid and also for the France national team. Real Madrid goes trophyless season 2 year in a row and Mbappe are behind for all of this . Remember one thing if France didn't win the worldcup.  All the blame will be in the Mbappe head Haha and I know it will happen and all the truths will be come out there everyone Beleive why Mbappe is curse for real madrid and France.  If you are a footballer you need to give all to your team not for your performance.

You can’t just blame one player for not wining a trophy the manger still have fault you can’t blame mbappe just because Real Madrid lose the league back to back. Madrid problem is not from only one player they have many players that need to leave the club before everything can be balanced. Mbappe don’t just have luck yet in Madrid that is why he as not win a trophy but I can says that with Mourinho coming in now everything will change and balance and I get the believe Madrid can win a title for the club next season and mbappe can get the smile for the club next season.

[Pjcr7]

I cannot override the fact that mbappe is an excellent player and one of his kind in that Real Madrid squad and we can certify this with the numbers that he has pulled off in just the few seasons that he has been there in the team. Also for the fact that the man has an ego problem, well that's something we can also see clearly and it's not good especially when the team management starts to nurse such ego just because of his talents

Almost all big players in that level has ego problems, it's hard for a player to attain such level without having egoistic problems even if it a little bit. It's not only about Mbappe but also some of his big team mates. Real Madrid has a very good squad, they need to invest more on defense, sort out the problems them have with few of their attackers. I learnt that Mourinho is coming to the team, his known to be a no nonsense coach, the best will come out from most of these players because a coach who has also won it all is about to coach, they will give him the respect that's due to a coach.

[slapper]

According to Fabrizio this morning, he reported that Barcelona has ran out of funds for the renovation of the Spotify Camp Nou, remember that Barcelona kind of leased their stadium naming rights to Spotify for a couple of years for the company's name to be injected into the stadium name and after that the stadium name added Spotify to it's name instead of the usual Camp Nou that we knew before. The project according to the president was going to cost around €1.4 billion but as we all know, big constructions like this can actually cost more more than the initial price proposed and most importantly, inflation plays another major role in increment of prices. So the president is seeking for extra funds to complete the project, since stuffs like this are being mentioned online, you will see comments of various sorts and I couldn't help but read and laugh at most of them.

I know that Barcelona are still not financially stable for now but with time everything will be fine, some people are saying the reason why Barcelona are in this financial crisis is because of Lionel Messi, that because they wanted to keep him they paid him huge salaries and bonuses that was not okay for their financial system but one thing people fail to understand is that Lionel Messi also brought a lot of money to Barcelona, because of him a lot of people were always coming to watch Barcelona and they also made huge profits from selling his shirts and other things.
As for me paying Lionel Messi was not the reason Barcelona got broke it was lack of management.

If the president manage Barcelona very well which his doing they will come out from this financial crisis, they will surely complete the renovation.

Messi was indeed the only thing that was holding the whole machine together. When he left the machine broke down in a very public very expensive way. More than 100 million in brand value lost. Poof.

They gave the construction contract to a company that scored the lowest in the technical evaluation. Like below 50 out of 100. A Turkish company who had never constructed anything large in Spain. And Laporta's board literally changed the rules halfway through so they could qualify.

They were supposed to be done by November 2024 and they were one year late. There was a million-euro-per-day penalty in the contract. And Barca didn't enforce it. If they did, the company would fail and then who would complete your billion euro stadium?

And the catering rights? They basically sold those off at a discount to an American company just to plug a hole left by another partner who defaulted. I know Laporta won the election by a landslide. I know the team looks really good with Flick.

No offense to being negative. That's a lot of work for "with time" lol. When you owe this much to banks, time is money.

[el kaka22]

Perez insisting on Mourinho will cost this team another season. I am 100% sure that Hansi Flick will eat Mourinho for breakfast. We are going to see yet another Barcelona league title this season, a three in a row title, on their worst ever financial situation, is like a miracle for them.

This will allow Barcelona to have a brand new stadium, while not going that much further into debt because they could have, they would be bigger in debt if they didn't win, but because they won, they will be doing better. Doesn't mean they paid it off or something, they have nearly 2 billion in debt, it just means they are not further in debt than they would be. And now with a third year, they will eb doing even worse for sure.

[Creeper0]

You can’t just blame one player for not wining a trophy the manger still have fault you can’t blame mbappe just because Real Madrid lose the league back to back. Madrid problem is not from only one player they have many players that need to leave the club before everything can be balanced. Mbappe don’t just have luck yet in Madrid that is why he as not win a trophy but I can says that with Mourinho coming in now everything will change and balance and I get the believe Madrid can win a title for the club next season and mbappe can get the smile for the club next season.

As a Madrid fan, you can expect this. Like you, I have started to think that since Mbappe arrived at Real Madrid, Real Madrid's managers have started to lose their skills, and even the players have entrusted their skills to Mbappe. When Mbappe is out of the team, the rest of the players and managers regain their skills.

Haven't you seen this season that they have won the matches in which Mbappe was absent despite the possibility of losing. When he comes back, they have to lose points despite the possibility of winning. Don't you even see how PSG has bounced back? PSG could not win the Champions League even with the best forward line in history, but they won the Champions League two seasons in a row after Mbappe left PSG. On the other hand, since Mbappe came to Real Madrid, they have been without a title for two seasons in a row. Let's see what excuse you make when Mourinho fails.

[Antotena]

You can’t just blame one player for not wining a trophy the manger still have fault you can’t blame mbappe just because Real Madrid lose the league back to back. Madrid problem is not from only one player they have many players that need to leave the club before everything can be balanced. Mbappe don’t just have luck yet in Madrid that is why he as not win a trophy but I can says that with Mourinho coming in now everything will change and balance and I get the believe Madrid can win a title for the club next season and mbappe can get the smile for the club next season.

Which manager do you want to fault now for Real Madrid incompetency? Is it Xabi that had good games from the beginning until the pluses docided to go off key or Arbeloa that almost turn the players from worst to good. The players are to be blame for everything that happen. The players were bad, which of them didn't go to injury last season from the Goal keeper down to defenders, midfield and even the forward, when they get the chance to play well, Mbape do the worst.

There is everything wrong with that guy until it's address by Mourinho that's when we will see improvement in the league. It's all there and I can tell you that PSG doesn't lie, it was the same thing that he finished he brought to Real Madrid, without any improvement from him and play naturally with Vinicious, Rodirigo or any other wings, the team will not improved in any form. Even if there is good coach, if the pluses doesn't do what's necessary, it will fail.

[Merit.s]

Perez insisting on Mourinho will cost this team another season. I am 100% sure that Hansi Flick will eat Mourinho for breakfast. We are going to see yet another Barcelona league title this season, a three in a row title, on their worst ever financial situation, is like a miracle for them.

This will allow Barcelona to have a brand new stadium, while not going that much further into debt because they could have, they would be bigger in debt if they didn't win, but because they won, they will be doing better. Doesn't mean they paid it off or something, they have nearly 2 billion in debt, it just means they are not further in debt than they would be. And now with a third year, they will eb doing even worse for sure.

You never can tell if Barcelona will be able to defend the title as they did this past season. If the stars that Perez plans on signing accept to come to Bernabue, Real Madrid will be unstoppable.

I believe that, Barcelona has had a beautiful two seasons winning the title, next season will be a difficult one for them. However, if Real Madrid continue messing up, they'll allow Barcelona to win it the third time

[Taricoins]

I cannot override the fact that mbappe is an excellent player and one of his kind in that Real Madrid squad and we can certify this with the numbers that he has pulled off in just the few seasons that he has been there in the team. Also for the fact that the man has an ego problem, well that's something we can also see clearly and it's not good especially when the team management starts to nurse such ego just because of his talents

Almost all big players in that level has ego problems, it's hard for a player to attain such level without having egoistic problems even if it a little bit. It's not only about Mbappe but also some of his big team mates. Real Madrid has a very good squad, they need to invest more on defense, sort out the problems them have with few of their attackers. I learnt that Mourinho is coming to the team, his known to be a no nonsense coach, the best will come out from most of these players because a coach who has also won it all is about to coach, they will give him the respect that's due to a coach.

Exactly, Mourinho will straighten this squad and there exuberant egos, all players have egos but it isn't above the club but with Real Madrid attackers, it feels like that they are untouchable but with Mourinho all will be corrected because that same coach was the one that coached one of the most egoistic players like Zlatan and even Balotelli. Mourinho is the solution

[Alpha Marine]

They were supposed to be done by November 2024 and they were one year late. There was a million-euro-per-day penalty in the contract. And Barca didn't enforce it. If they did, the company would fail and then who would complete your billion euro stadium?

Have you ever seen a construction project that was finished on the exact same date they said it would be finished? Things don't usually go according to plan in a construction, especially such a massive construction. I always find it funny that people read the half-baked news reported by the media and feel they know all the details of a project or a club. Very funny stuff to be honest.

When people talk about Barcelona, they talk about it with a different standard. Nobody adds context to anything. You hear people talking about how they owe clubs for purchased players, and it makes me wonder if i the only club that owes other clubs for transfers. Do people think clubs always pay cash for every player they buy? Is the football world really that naive, or do they purposely do that when it comes to Barcelona?
The same thing when it comes to debt. Why does nobody ever consider the fact that the club's financial position has improved, and they are no longer in as much debt as they were previously? Every club in Europe has debt, especially top clubs.
People just say things like "Barcelona is in a $1.4 billion debt", but nobody puts it into context to see that that is a total debt, including long-term debt. Real Madrid has a total debt of $1.7 billion, and Manchester United has a total debt of about $1.3 billion dollars.
One thing I don't like is when people talk naively, like they know every detail. I guess people just like the fact that Barcelona were broke, and they expected them to go bankrupt in two years, as The Athletic predicted.

[GbitG]

Mbappe behaviour really make trouble for real madrid and also for the France national team. Real Madrid goes trophyless season 2 year in a row and Mbappe are behind for all of this . Remember one thing if France didn't win the worldcup.  All the blame will be in the Mbappe head Haha and I know it will happen and all the truths will be come out there everyone Beleive why Mbappe is curse for real madrid and France.  If you are a footballer you need to give all to your team not for your performance.

You can’t just blame one player for not wining a trophy the manger still have fault you can’t blame mbappe just because Real Madrid lose the league back to back. Madrid problem is not from only one player they have many players that need to leave the club before everything can be balanced. Mbappe don’t just have luck yet in Madrid that is why he as not win a trophy but I can says that with Mourinho coming in now everything will change and balance and I get the believe Madrid can win a title for the club next season and mbappe can get the smile for the club next season.

It is obvious that blaming one player is not a justice but to be honest this is just the fact that people always blame star player like if we look at the Argentina team they have a lot of great players but when they failed to win 2014 world all over the world people were blaming Messi although his performance was much better than others. So similarly people are blaming Killyan Mbappe for back to back two year failure at Real Madrid.....

So this true that if France didn't won World Cup then definitely they put all blam on Killyan Mbappe because they understand that star player can do everything and if he didn't delivered then blame him like he could have won the match but he didn't even make the effort or blah blah blah.

[KTChampions]

Perez insisting on Mourinho will cost this team another season. I am 100% sure that Hansi Flick will eat Mourinho for breakfast. We are going to see yet another Barcelona league title this season, a three in a row title, on their worst ever financial situation, is like a miracle for them.

This will allow Barcelona to have a brand new stadium, while not going that much further into debt because they could have, they would be bigger in debt if they didn't win, but because they won, they will be doing better. Doesn't mean they paid it off or something, they have nearly 2 billion in debt, it just means they are not further in debt than they would be. And now with a third year, they will eb doing even worse for sure.

Are you willing to bet money on this? If so, you'd be perfectly happy even with odds of 1.2, right? You're 100% sure  Personally, I'm not even sure that Barcelona will be the favorite after the transfer season ends, but even if it is, the odds of the teams will be close.
As for Barcelona's financial situation, there's not much difference between 1st and 2nd place. With their enormous debts, they need to focus on the Champions League and an adequate financial policy within the club, not on trivial matters.
By the way, Real Madrid hasn't won anything in two years, but remains the most expensive and profitable club in the world 

[Mate2237]

Perez insisting on Mourinho will cost this team another season. I am 100% sure that Hansi Flick will eat Mourinho for breakfast. We are going to see yet another Barcelona league title this season, a three in a row title, on their worst ever financial situation, is like a miracle for them.

This will allow Barcelona to have a brand new stadium, while not going that much further into debt because they could have, they would be bigger in debt if they didn't win, but because they won, they will be doing better. Doesn't mean they paid it off or something, they have nearly 2 billion in debt, it just means they are not further in debt than they would be. And now with a third year, they will eb doing even worse for sure.

There is high probability that, Barcelona is likely going to win the league. There is sixty percent chance that Barcelona will win again. This is because Barcelona as a team has been together for a long time with their coach unlike Madrid that has changed up to three coaches in less than two seasons. The implementation is that Barcelona team will be more composed and play as a unit more efficiently than Madrid which is busy changing their coaches.


It will take Mourinho one full season building a team that will be completive. Mourinho is one coach that is slow in building a team we saw it play out in turkey with fernabach thesame thing happened in Benfica and it's likely to repeat itself. So perez is actually right. With the current state of Madrid it will take a while before they can win the league because they have not been playing well.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Florentino has taken part in Real Madrid's success and he is considered much more accurate than Riquelme. Rumors are growing that when Riquelme is elected he will carry out a revolution and bring in a mega star like Haaland, but this rumor was immediately responded to by Haaland's father. For me, Florentino is the right person to be president of Real Madrid because he has succeeded in making Real a team that is respected enough even though in the last two seasons Real Madrid has looked like a team that has no direction, especially regarding the competition for the title.

Well, it's a fact that Florentino has done well and that he won. From the way I saw Riquelme's interviews, he seemed like a Barça fan. Now Mourinho will come, and they'll have some good players. I'm eager to know who the €150 million signing will be; it must be a super signing. Vitinha sounds very familiar. Well, I hope that this Real Madrid, in the hands of a Madridista like Mourinho, will change everything and bring order.

[Adiljutt156]

Despite putting on a better performance than their opponent in the first leg of the playoff semifinals, Castellón ended the match with a draw. Although they took the lead with a goal late in the first half, Castellon was unable to prevent a goal in their own net, making their path to the final more difficult. Since the second leg will be played at Almeria’s stadium, we must say that Almeria is now the team closer to advancing to the final.

Both teams performance was equal in this match because both teams did 1, 1 goal in this match and no team was ahead in this match. Castellón football team did first goal of the match and their performance was weak in the second half of the match and that was the reason they could not win this match. Almería football  team performance was also similar in this match because they also gave their effort to draw this match but they should try to do back to back goals in this match which could make them successful in this match. Brignani  was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 44 minutes of the match and he did this goal when both teams score was equal in this match.