La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2026/27

[Nheer]

Real Madrid gave us an outstanding performance last night by taking out Real Sociedad, there was nothing special from the away team in that encounter because Madrid was fully ready to impress the fans.

Barcelona - Athletic Bilbao
 Today Barcelona will be hosting Athletic Bilbao in an encounter I wish to see the regular starters and some of the new players in the first 11 and also to see the best of Yamal because he was very poor in their last game despite the fact that they won by 5 goals to nil, he wasn't in the picture which made him feel sad about his performance but I believe with the likes of Gordon, Olmo, Adeyemi and Raphinha they can easily beat a Bilbao team that are yet to win or draw a game this season, it should not be an easy one for Bilbao even at that. Your predictions?

It was a good game from Real Madrid, at first I thought they will struggle to win the game because at the start they struggled to find the back of the net. Almost through the end of first half they didn't score a goal and when they scored Real Soceidad replied almost immediately, but coming back to the second half Real Madrid was ready and showed no mercy. I was impressed with the performance, it's coming up gradually and as expected Mourinho is doing a good job.

There's almost no doubt about Barcelona winning in this game. From the odds I think it will be am easy game again, they are playing at home so there's no excuse not to win this game and the fact that Real Madrid won yesterday they also need to win to keep up.

I predict a Barcelona win and Over 2.5 goals

[pewboy]

They've dominated the last 2 years and with a full squad, Hansi Flick has way more options to rotate and tinker. Title race is wide open. A trophy is not decided in just a few matches, whoever manages to maintain consistency until the end of the season is the one who will earn the right to celebrate their success.

Real Madrid on paper is a very good team built to win, of course we are still at the beginning and the fact is that they are not in very good shape yet.
I saw Barcelona as more confident and they started better, they play very well. It's still too early to say who will win La Liga, it will be a good challenge between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

[Majestic-milf]

It was a good game from Real Madrid, at first I thought they will struggle to win the game because at the start they struggled to find the back of the net. Almost through the end of first half they didn't score a goal and when they scored Real Soceidad replied almost immediately, but coming back to the second half Real Madrid was ready and showed no mercy. I was impressed with the performance, it's coming up gradually and as expected Mourinho is doing a good job.

There's almost no doubt about Barcelona winning in this game. From the odds I think it will be am easy game again, they are playing at home so there's no excuse not to win this game and the fact that Real Madrid won yesterday they also need to win to keep up.

I predict a Barcelona win and Over 2.5 goals

That's true. It's looking as if Madrid will make other teams feel they are not serious and when they begin slacking, they'd pounce. See how Madrid scored first and then when Sociedad equalized, they thought they had gotten back into the game but funny enough, Madrid were not done.
 Barcelona did well in their first game but it's leaving fans to wonder if they can replicate the same when they play Bilbao today. We all know how less of a threat Atletico Bilbao were last season and they began the campaign with a loss, maybe it would inspire the visitors to add pressure on Barcelona? It's just a matter of time though.

[bastisisca]

I understand that, and well, we've seen that Atlético is a team that hasn't really shone yet and is content with just going far. That's a failure, at least for the league, and that's what Julian sees. Now, he should be careful because being at Barcelona won't guarantee him a Champions League title. They've been saying for years that they're going to win the sextuple, and nothing.

As they say in my town: "He who chooses too many, ends up with the worst," and that might happen to Julian. Arsenal is a good team and worthy of reaching another final (although I think it's difficult), but if this year, by chance and through a lot of hard work, Real Madrid manages to win the Champions League, that will be the biggest curse Julian has, and you know, that can happen.

I see Real Madrid still not ready to win the Champions League and also Liga!!
Obviously we always talk about the team that has won the most of all, but due to the quality of the squad and their game they are currently still in a testing phase, where thinking that they can win the Champions League in my opinion is a bit risky. But never say never.

[m4r1o]

If he had to plan around a player, it would be Mbappé. However, I've read that he doesn't plan around any one player and wants to help each of his star players find their best position. He says very sensible things in his statements. He says that instead of confining a player to one area, he looks for the position where they can be at their best, which could be an important step that will bring long-term success to Real Madrid.

Certainly speaking publicly in this way also gives the team another type of tranquility, namely the fact of not wanting to confine the players to a specific area of the pitch, but still allowing them their freedom to interpret football as the game they like. And this should guarantee greater reliability.

[Jewan420]

That's true. It's looking as if Madrid will make other teams feel they are not serious and when they begin slacking, they'd pounce. See how Madrid scored first and then when Sociedad equalized, they thought they had gotten back into the game but funny enough, Madrid were not done.
 Barcelona did well in their first game but it's leaving fans to wonder if they can replicate the same when they play Bilbao today. We all know how less of a threat Atletico Bilbao were last season and they began the campaign with a loss, maybe it would inspire the visitors to add pressure on Barcelona? It's just a matter of time though.

The first half of Real Madrid's match yesterday was boring to watch, it seemed like they still hadn't regained their confidence. But the second half was completely different, after Marc Cucurella came on the field, Real Madrid's defense started to perform well, just as their attack continued to perform strongly. Although Madrid did not dominate in the first half, Madrid completely dominated in the second half.

After Real Madrid, it is now Barcelona's turn to win. Athletic Bilbao may not be able to threaten Barcelona at Barcelona's home ground. Especially in the form Barcelona is in now, they are capable of winning against any team. Athletic Bilbao may be defeated very badly in the second match as in the first match. It's Bilbao who lost me a $128/$25 bet in the first round match, the multi bet was dependent on them winning, and they completely disappointed me.

[HustleZ]

Real Madrid on paper is a very good team built to win, of course we are still at the beginning and the fact is that they are not in very good shape yet.
I saw Barcelona as more confident and they started better, they play very well. It's still too early to say who will win La Liga, it will be a good challenge between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

It has always been a good competition between Barca and Madrid, they have been dominating spanish football for decades and no team have came close to their level of dominance on this league. If barca doesn’t win the league its madrid and if madrid doesn’t win it then its barca, it has been like this for a long time. Deciding between either of one as the league winner is hard but i would slightly lean towards barca because as much madrid looks good on paper it’s performance hasnt been up to the mark. They have brought mourinho and hope to carry that “on paper” bias into reality.

[POPOLUV]

I understand that, and well, we've seen that Atlético is a team that hasn't really shone yet and is content with just going far. That's a failure, at least for the league, and that's what Julian sees. Now, he should be careful because being at Barcelona won't guarantee him a Champions League title. They've been saying for years that they're going to win the sextuple, and nothing.

As they say in my town: "He who chooses too many, ends up with the worst," and that might happen to Julian. Arsenal is a good team and worthy of reaching another final (although I think it's difficult), but if this year, by chance and through a lot of hard work, Real Madrid manages to win the Champions League, that will be the biggest curse Julian has, and you know, that can happen.

I see Real Madrid still not ready to win the Champions League and also Liga!!
Obviously we always talk about the team that has won the most of all, but due to the quality of the squad and their game they are currently still in a testing phase, where thinking that they can win the Champions League in my opinion is a bit risky. But never say never.

I believe after the first and second phase of  the La Liga matches , must teams that have completed their second legs of the match has started taking dressing and with what Real Madrid has played so in those two legs, i have not seen any signs that shown that Real Madrid are backing off from competiting in both leagues and on the second thought as we can see, the leagues within continent just started their league season recently, so there are still enough time for we to just jump into conclusions that a particular team is not performing very well in pursue of the league trophy.

[MArsland]

The first half of Real Madrid's match yesterday was boring to watch, it seemed like they still hadn't regained their confidence. But the second half was completely different, after Marc Cucurella came on the field, Real Madrid's defense started to perform well, just as their attack continued to perform strongly. Although Madrid did not dominate in the first half, Madrid completely dominated in the second half.

After Real Madrid, it is now Barcelona's turn to win. Athletic Bilbao may not be able to threaten Barcelona at Barcelona's home ground. Especially in the form Barcelona is in now, they are capable of winning against any team. Athletic Bilbao may be defeated very badly in the second match as in the first match. It's Bilbao who lost me a $128/$25 bet in the first round match, the multi bet was dependent on them winning, and they completely disappointed me.

I didn't comment much on Madrid's game against Real Sociedad, because almost all the players did their job very well. Except for the unsatisfactory performance of Carreras and Dumfries.
I would still put a percentage for Bilbao in the game against Barcelona. Although this is a quality match in the hands of Barcelona, but Bilbao can still give a surprise. Therefore for me the chances of Barcelona are above 70% and 30% I give to Bilbao in anticipation because the match can quickly turn things around.

[Jegileman]

That's true. It's looking as if Madrid will make other teams feel they are not serious and when they begin slacking, they'd pounce. See how Madrid scored first and then when Sociedad equalized, they thought they had gotten back into the game but funny enough, Madrid were not done.

Real Sociedad should not have been a problem for Real Madrid to beat. I was not surprised by the outcome of the game even though many thought of it as a very big challenge for Real Madrid to prevail over them. Real Madrid dominated the game and the win, it was a deserving for them. For these that felt Real Madrid are not looking sharp into the new season after their first game, they’ve now sent another message that they’re ready for the title this season.

Barcelona did well in their first game but it's leaving fans to wonder if they can replicate the same when they play Bilbao today. We all know how less of a threat Atletico Bilbao were last season and they began the campaign with a loss, maybe it would inspire the visitors to add pressure on Barcelona? It's just a matter of time though.

Atletico Bilbao will be an easy win for Barcelona. They have a great squad that can’t be compared to what Atletico Bilbao have in theirs. Even if this is just football and anything can happen, Barcelona still has an upper hand for the victory and a victory for Atletico Bilbao will happen because of luck. Barcelona is a great team, they’ll show aging how strong and courageous they are for the title once again.

[HajiBagi]

They've dominated the last 2 years and with a full squad, Hansi Flick has way more options to rotate and tinker. Title race is wide open. A trophy is not decided in just a few matches, whoever manages to maintain consistency until the end of the season is the one who will earn the right to celebrate their success.

Real Madrid on paper is a very good team built to win, of course we are still at the beginning and the fact is that they are not in very good shape yet.
I saw Barcelona as more confident and they started better, they play very well. It's still too early to say who will win La Liga, it will be a good challenge between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

The way people see Barcelona performance against Elche is unbelievable, because why all of a sudden people think Barcelona can score the same goals in every game, Real Madrid struggle to beat Espanyol and they defeat Real Sociedad with a big win, that is football is, sometimes it difficult to beat a team, anyone that knows Espanyol will definitely believe that Real Madrid tried their best to win the game and getting a win against Espanyol at their home is a big win.

Barcelona sometimes struggle to win some games, last season they got defeated against the same Real Madrid that Real Madrid defeated yesterday. Barcelona is playing against Athletic Bilbao and the result might be different from their first game, because La Liga small clubs are too strong, they played a defensive game that is why it is difficult to beat them easily. El Classico is the game that can win the league this season.

[Cryptmuster]

I believe after the first and second phase of  the La Liga matches , must teams that have completed their second legs of the match has started taking dressing and with what Real Madrid has played so in those two legs, i have not seen any signs that shown that Real Madrid are backing off from competiting in both leagues and on the second thought as we can see, the leagues within continent just started their league season recently, so there are still enough time for we to just jump into conclusions that a particular team is not performing very well in pursue of the league trophy.

Real Madrid - Real Sociedad showed a completely different game compared to their first match against Espanyol. I think the first match was much more difficult for Real Madrid, mainly because Espanyol are in good form and did everything they could to contain Real. For now, at the beginning of the season, I think the most important thing is that Real Madrid are winning all their competitive matches. I think this is exactly what Moreno is trying to achieve, to build a winning mentality in the team. When you keep winning every match, it gives the players confidence and character.

Barcelona are playing Athletic Bilbao today, at home. I think Barcelona should also be able to get a comfortable win because Athletic Bilbao are currently in poor form.

[Sarah Azhari]

You’re right. The facts are undeniable, and this has been the case for years. As long as Real Madrid and Barcelona play well, the race for the La Liga title will inevitably be between them. Even though other clubs have strong squads, they struggle to break Real Madrid and Barcelona’s dominance in the title race. So, it’s no surprise that, aside from Real Madrid or Barcelona matches, fan enthusiasm for La Liga is significantly lower.

I have no doubts that this season will be exactly the same. The main battle will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona. But so far, when I watch their matches, I can say that Barcelona play their games much more easily. They move faster, score goals more easily, and overall, the atmosphere on the pitch feels much more relaxed and free.

With Real Madrid, everything seems much more tense. It’s difficult for them to score, difficult to control the ball, and accordingly the atmosphere among the players and between the manager and the players feels tense as well. At least, that’s the impression I’ve got from the matches I’ve watched.

Yes, the race for the La Liga title this season will also be a two horse race between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Now, regarding their performance in the season opener, which showed different approaches to winning, I think your observation is valid. Although it’s still too early to tell. However, specifically regarding Real Madrid, they are indeed in the process of adapting, both the players and the coach, as they’re in a transitional phase aimed at improving the team’s performance. But, as we said at the beginning, ultimately the race for the La Liga title will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Atlético Madrid is a team that was at the top of the points table several times during the tournament in the 2024/25 season. It would not be surprising if we see this team win a trophy this season or next season because the team is improving gradually.

I honestly don't think so. I think they're drifting too far apart. In fact, Atlético de Madrid personally disappointed me a lot last season, especially in the Champions League when they seemed too complacent. They sounded very complacent. A championship-caliber team can't be satisfied with just reaching the semi-finals. A team like Real Madrid or Barcelona that falls short in the semi-finals is considered a failure, but that's due to the level of competition they face.

Atlético has many problems, the biggest being Julián Álvarez. He's already rejected Arsenal and PSG; he only wants to go to Barcelona. Furthermore, Atlético doesn't have money for signings. Honestly, I see them in such trouble that I don't foresee a good season for them. We'll have to see what happens later on.

[Joca97]

I believe after the first and second phase of  the La Liga matches , must teams that have completed their second legs of the match has started taking dressing and with what Real Madrid has played so in those two legs, i have not seen any signs that shown that Real Madrid are backing off from competiting in both leagues and on the second thought as we can see, the leagues within continent just started their league season recently, so there are still enough time for we to just jump into conclusions that a particular team is not performing very well in pursue of the league trophy.

Real Madrid - Real Sociedad showed a completely different game compared to their first match against Espanyol. I think the first match was much more difficult for Real Madrid, mainly because Espanyol are in good form and did everything they could to contain Real. For now, at the beginning of the season, I think the most important thing is that Real Madrid are winning all their competitive matches. I think this is exactly what Moreno is trying to achieve, to build a winning mentality in the team. When you keep winning every match, it gives the players confidence and character.

Barcelona are playing Athletic Bilbao today, at home. I think Barcelona should also be able to get a comfortable win because Athletic Bilbao are currently in poor form.

The first match against Espanyol was an opener in the league for them so its normal that everything didnt go smoothly. The most important thing is that they got 3 points from that first match and now in the second match they destroyed Real Sociedad. Mbappe looks like he is gonna be again the top scorer in the league with a hat trick already in the second round.

Barcelona is in a really good form but i wouldnt ever count out Athletic Bilbao they have always been a rough team to beat. Still Barcelona should win it.

[Adbitco]

It was a good game from Real Madrid, at first I thought they will struggle to win the game because at the start they struggled to find the back of the net. Almost through the end of first half they didn't score a goal and when they scored Real Soceidad replied almost immediately, but coming back to the second half Real Madrid was ready and showed no mercy. I was impressed with the performance, it's coming up gradually and as expected Mourinho is doing a good job.

A very good game for them, I thought so as well, in the first half they kind of struggled in front of the goal, Vini and Mbappe missed clear cut chances and when they finally scored, Real Sociedad responded just almost immediately to equalise and it was like, you score and I will score as well. The second half was on another level for them, i don't know if they are about to replicate what they did few seasons ago, have a bad first half and come out stronger the second half, that very season, most times it doesn't matter what it was in the first half, in the second half, Real Madrid will dominate and win, it happened more often like this that very season. Real Madrid back lime is still very much shaking and these 2 games played already is showcasing it.

[GIF-JOBS]

I understand that, and well, we've seen that Atlético is a team that hasn't really shone yet and is content with just going far. That's a failure, at least for the league, and that's what Julian sees. Now, he should be careful because being at Barcelona won't guarantee him a Champions League title. They've been saying for years that they're going to win the sextuple, and nothing.

As they say in my town: "He who chooses too many, ends up with the worst," and that might happen to Julian. Arsenal is a good team and worthy of reaching another final (although I think it's difficult), but if this year, by chance and through a lot of hard work, Real Madrid manages to win the Champions League, that will be the biggest curse Julian has, and you know, that can happen.

I see Real Madrid still not ready to win the Champions League and also Liga!!
Obviously we always talk about the team that has won the most of all, but due to the quality of the squad and their game they are currently still in a testing phase, where thinking that they can win the Champions League in my opinion is a bit risky. But never say never.

But this season could be different, given Madrid's performance in the last few seasons, they are now trying their best to prepare themselves for a new effective season, and yesterday's Madrid match was excellent, it seems that they are in a very good effort to improve themselves. Although there are still some areas that need improvement, this will happen with time, since this is only the beginning. However, I expect a slightly better phase from Madrid this season, yes, winning the title is certainly not easy, but if Madrid can learn from the previous seasons and improve themselves in the necessary way and each player can perform on the field with unity by giving up their selfishness, then a good season can be expected.

[Out of mind]

They've dominated the last 2 years and with a full squad, Hansi Flick has way more options to rotate and tinker. Title race is wide open. A trophy is not decided in just a few matches, whoever manages to maintain consistency until the end of the season is the one who will earn the right to celebrate their success.

Real Madrid on paper is a very good team built to win, of course we are still at the beginning and the fact is that they are not in very good shape yet.
I saw Barcelona as more confident and they started better, they play very well. It's still too early to say who will win La Liga, it will be a good challenge between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are performing well this season to maintain their dominance. They have performed very well at the beginning of the season, due to which they are at the top of the points table. Jose Mourinho has already given great leadership and he has a strategy and they are planning to win by a big margin against every team. However, the performance we can see from Barcelona team is quite confident and they have won by a big margin in the opening match of the season. In that case, Real Madrid and Barcelona are both strong teams, moreover Atletico Madrid is a very scary team for both teams. However, there is a high possibility of enough competition between these three teams this season. If Real Madrid team can play according to their plan with good strategy and make the players work hard, then they will become strong. There will be enough excitement between these two teams, until we face the El Clasico match, we cannot choose the stronger team between the two teams right now, in that case we will have to wait.

[cxtreenal]

You’re right. The facts are undeniable, and this has been the case for years. As long as Real Madrid and Barcelona play well, the race for the La Liga title will inevitably be between them. Even though other clubs have strong squads, they struggle to break Real Madrid and Barcelona’s dominance in the title race. So, it’s no surprise that, aside from Real Madrid or Barcelona matches, fan enthusiasm for La Liga is significantly lower.

I have no doubts that this season will be exactly the same. The main battle will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona. But so far, when I watch their matches, I can say that Barcelona play their games much more easily. They move faster, score goals more easily, and overall, the atmosphere on the pitch feels much more relaxed and free.

With Real Madrid, everything seems much more tense. It’s difficult for them to score, difficult to control the ball, and accordingly the atmosphere among the players and between the manager and the players feels tense as well. At least, that’s the impression I’ve got from the matches I’ve watched.

Yes, the race for the La Liga title this season will also be a two horse race between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Now, regarding their performance in the season opener, which showed different approaches to winning, I think your observation is valid. Although it’s still too early to tell. However, specifically regarding Real Madrid, they are indeed in the process of adapting, both the players and the coach, as they’re in a transitional phase aimed at improving the team’s performance. But, as we said at the beginning, ultimately the race for the La Liga title will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

I agree with you that the final battle will be between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid and Villarreal could be in the running to stay in the tournament as both teams have been impressive in the last two seasons. Barcelona put in a great performance in the first match of this season and did not disappoint their fans but Real Madrid's performance was the opposite. Despite getting full points, there was uncertainty about Real Madrid's future this season but their impressive 4-1 win over Real Sociedad in their second match has revived the hopes of the fans. Real Madrid seem to have started afresh as the new manager and the addition of a significant number of players in this transfer window will put them ahead of Barcelona in their preparations to win the trophy.

[POPOLUV]

Real Madrid - Real Sociedad showed a completely different game compared to their first match against Espanyol. I think the first match was much more difficult for Real Madrid, mainly because Espanyol are in good form and did everything they could to contain Real. For now, at the beginning of the season, I think the most important thing is that Real Madrid are winning all their competitive matches. I think this is exactly what Moreno is trying to achieve, to build a winning mentality in the team. When you keep winning every match, it gives the players confidence and character.

Barcelona are playing Athletic Bilbao today, at home. I think Barcelona should also be able to get a comfortable win because Athletic Bilbao are currently in poor form.

You have just spoken the truth because behind every hard work of every coaches in any competition, his ambition or wishes is to see that the club he is coaching,  should always arrives at point of winning at the end of every matches and it doesn't really give account on how they manipulated in winning the matches but what matters the most is they were able to archive the 3 points that keep pushing them forward in the league table, so Moreno has started with a good results so far in the season, i wish he should continue with this form of winning.

We are knows that Barcelona is a bigger side club compared to Athletic Bibao and it is believe that Barcelona is in the position of winning, if they eventually play themselves out at the point of scoring goals because i still believing tha every clubs stand the same chance of winning in a match, so the final whistle will surely determine on how the result will look like in today.