La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2026/27

[Black Mbaye]

Real Madrid escaped with all 3 points with another late winning goal from Espi after conceding a late goal in the 83rd minute.

Not the best performance from Real Madrid. I believe they have to do better. No Madrid fan will be happy with this performance. However, Diomande did have his first assist for Real Madrid.

I can't wait for El Clásico. Real Madrid suffers at the hands of Barcelona.

Madrid is not behaving like a team they want others to be scared of, imagine the confidence Elche had after getting their first goal and to even equalizing the game, it wasn't suppose to be like that and this is the reason why some if not all the smaller clubs would love to play Madrid again and again because of their nonchalant style of play. Having Mbappe and Vinicius Jr up front and with so many good opportunities but hardly converting them is a no no for me, especially Vinicius who had better chances of either scoring or giving an assist but he'd waste the opportunity. Since this season Madrid haven't displayed something different from what I have seen in their last 6 games, all performance have been the same way same direction no improvement at all, if the attackers find it hard to get goals against teams like Elche is it when they play against Barcelona, ATM or even Sevilla is it when they'll get all the opportunities being converted? Mourinho need to work on his boys properly or else this title race might be different for them.

From an amazing first half for Real Madrid they almost spilled everything they worked hard for in the first half. Real Madrid was clearly a better team in the first half but in the second half Elche just played better and they just didnt have luck in the end to get that one point and they really deserved it with how they played. Real Madrid barely got the win in the last minutes and its a shame when you can destroy an opponent,you dont do it and have to struggle to win.

Vinicius was simply terrible,i have never watched him play this bad and he should have been taken out after the first half,he missed so much and didnt do much for the team at all.

I don't know what's going on with Vinicius lately, but he's usually Real Madrid's worst player in matches. He needs to be benched for a while. Maybe being benched will make him more ambitious and boost his confidence. Even if he plays badly right now, he must think he's indispensable to the team. Especially since he signed his new contract, I don't remember seeing a good game from the Brazilian.

[LUCKMCFLY]

This was how PSG was criticized when it was difficult for them to win UCL but look at them now planning to win the Champions league for the third time. I believe that Barcelona time will come for them to win the Champions League but no one knows when will it be. It might even be this season or next season.

And that's been a total controversy. In some statements, Lamine said he was going to ruin the milestone Luis Enrique wants to achieve with PSG. I've seen how Barcelona has played, and wow, they're scoring a lot of goals. Now La Liga is a competition between Real Madrid and Barcelona to see who scores the most. It's a goal fest, except for what happened against Levante, where, it has to be said, there was a lot of refereeing help in favor of Barcelona.

This kind of thing is what I don't like about the referees. We already had enough at the World Cup without them continuing to do it in La Liga. It's crude and follows the same pattern they've always used.

[Adbitco]

This Real Madrid team is way far from being called a team in my opinion, bunch of stars who are not playing as a team or could it be the defense because I really don't understand. They concede silly goals and it's funny to know the kind of teams they are conceding these kind of goals against. Today, it was almost a raw for them even after leading 2 - 0 it went up to 2 - 2 and it took the intervention of a substitute player to win it for them at the dead of the game. Espi has saved this team several time, his doing his job which is alright but do they need to always be in difficult situations? You're a big team, act and play like one, you don't have to struggle to win almost every week. I wonder what they will play if they meet big teams because even the small ones are giving them tougher times.

[Smartvirus]

This was how PSG was criticized when it was difficult for them to win UCL but look at them now planning to win the Champions league for the third time. I believe that Barcelona time will come for them to win the Champions League but no one knows when will it be. It might even be this season or next season.

And that's been a total controversy. In some statements, Lamine said he was going to ruin the milestone Luis Enrique wants to achieve with PSG.

Such big mouth on such a small face. Oh I get, it’s the World Cup speaking for sure.
Maybe there would have being a ruining of their was something to ruin. In the case of PSG, there isn’t anything really there to ruin for Luis Enrique anymore. It hasn’t being about having to take the UCL trophy for a 3rd time consecutively, it’s being more about just getting the trophy and they’ve done that for a second time. Going for a 3rd is plausible but I think it’s what they rather leave to chance.

Yes, Barcelona is performing exceptionally well but, it’s way far from deciding if they get the UCL this season or not. The Laliga, just maybe because, Real Madrid isn’t playing like they mean business right now, at least not at the same tempo as Barcelona.

[Solokan]

In my opinion, the real Madrid vs. Elche match was very exciting. In that match, we saw Real Madrid initially lead 2 goals against Elche. However, unexpectedly, Elche was able to reply with 2 goals, and finally the score was tied at 2-2. However, in the end, Espi became the hero for Real Madrid because he scored a goal, and finally Real Madrid managed to collect 3 goals. Unfortunately, Elche could not catch up with real Madrid's goal, and finally Real Madrid managed to beat Elche with a score of 2-3. In my opinion, Elche is an opponent that cannot be underestimated, as evidenced in this match, they managed to score 2 goals against Real Madrid

As the host, Elche was very unfortunate to have to accept this defeat. Surely many Elche fans were disappointed with the result of this match, but it can't be helped because Real Madrid is stronger than Elche. Mourinho looked happy because this match did not end in a draw. Did you ever think this match would end in a draw or not?

[Jessie2121]

Real Madrid escaped with all 3 points with another late winning goal from Espi after conceding a late goal in the 83rd minute.

Not the best performance from Real Madrid. I believe they have to do better. No Madrid fan will be happy with this performance. However, Diomande did have his first assist for Real Madrid.

I can't wait for El Clásico. Real Madrid suffers at the hands of Barcelona.

Madrid is not behaving like a team they want others to be scared of, imagine the confidence Elche had after getting their first goal and to even equalizing the game, it wasn't suppose to be like that and this is the reason why some if not all the smaller clubs would love to play Madrid again and again because of their nonchalant style of play. Having Mbappe and Vinicius Jr up front and with so many good opportunities but hardly converting them is a no no for me, especially Vinicius who had better chances of either scoring or giving an assist but he'd waste the opportunity. Since this season Madrid haven't displayed something different from what I have seen in their last 6 games, all performance have been the same way same direction no improvement at all, if the attackers find it hard to get goals against teams like Elche is it when they play against Barcelona, ATM or even Sevilla is it when they'll get all the opportunities being converted? Mourinho need to work on his boys properly or else this title race might be different for them.

From an amazing first half for Real Madrid they almost spilled everything they worked hard for in the first half. Real Madrid was clearly a better team in the first half but in the second half Elche just played better and they just didnt have luck in the end to get that one point and they really deserved it with how they played. Real Madrid barely got the win in the last minutes and its a shame when you can destroy an opponent,you dont do it and have to struggle to win.

Vinicius was simply terrible,i have never watched him play this bad and he should have been taken out after the first half,he missed so much and didnt do much for the team at all.

I disagree for Madrid to be the better side, they got lucky in the last minute and for the performance they had it was terrible, honestly I wasn't expecting Vinicius to be as wasteful as he was in that game and I believe that with time he will be coming from the bench while the new player Diomande will start ahead of Vinicius, this lack of scoring goals or should I call it regular wasting of opportunities in front of goal is getting out of hands and if Mourinho sit quiet at this, in the future it will affect the club dearly, Madrid could finish this season without a single title.

[Alpha Marine]

I don't know what's going on with Vinicius lately, but he's usually Real Madrid's worst player in matches. He needs to be benched for a while. Maybe being benched will make him more ambitious and boost his confidence. Even if he plays badly right now, he must think he's indispensable to the team. Especially since he signed his new contract, I don't remember seeing a good game from the Brazilian.

Vinicius has been bad since last season. He just got worse this season. I watch Vini, and he can't even take on a single player. I honestly can't understand it. It is very easy to dispossess him. I don't know if it's a lack of confidence, but he needs to figure out what is wrong asap. If Madrid are going to compete, he needs to be at his best. Benching him won't solve the problem because if you bench him and he doesn't get better, the team suffers for it.
The only person who can play that wing is Diomande, and from what I've seen, he si not ready. I don't think he is going to be that guy.

And that's been a total controversy. In some statements, Lamine said he was going to ruin the milestone Luis Enrique wants to achieve with PSG. I've seen how Barcelona has played, and wow, they're scoring a lot of goals. Now La Liga is a competition between Real Madrid and Barcelona to see who scores the most. It's a goal fest, except for what happened against Levante, where, it has to be said, there was a lot of refereeing help in favor of Barcelona.

This kind of thing is what I don't like about the referees. We already had enough at the World Cup without them continuing to do it in La Liga. It's crude and follows the same pattern they've always used.

You always have something bad to say about Barcelona, no matter what. You can't simply give them their flowers that they are a good team. You would always bring up one bullshit all the other. It's either you'll say the team is not good, or the team refused to play well or the referee helped Barcelona. I alwasy find it funny.

[Ale88]

This Real Madrid team is way far from being called a team in my opinion, bunch of stars who are not playing as a team or could it be the defense because I really don't understand. They concede silly goals and it's funny to know the kind of teams they are conceding these kind of goals against. Today, it was almost a raw for them even after leading 2 - 0 it went up to 2 - 2 and it took the intervention of a substitute player to win it for them at the dead of the game. Espi has saved this team several time, his doing his job which is alright but do they need to always be in difficult situations? You're a big team, act and play like one, you don't have to struggle to win almost every week. I wonder what they will play if they meet big teams because even the small ones are giving them tougher times.

I wouldn't even call the team "a bunch of stars" because the only real star they have is Mbappé. Players like Valverde, Bellingham, Vinicius and Arda Guler are very good but, for me, they can't be called stars. They have all been too inconsistent during the past years, especially Vinicius, who is clearly suffering Mbappè's presence.

[Black Mbaye]

This Real Madrid team is way far from being called a team in my opinion, bunch of stars who are not playing as a team or could it be the defense because I really don't understand. They concede silly goals and it's funny to know the kind of teams they are conceding these kind of goals against. Today, it was almost a raw for them even after leading 2 - 0 it went up to 2 - 2 and it took the intervention of a substitute player to win it for them at the dead of the game. Espi has saved this team several time, his doing his job which is alright but do they need to always be in difficult situations? You're a big team, act and play like one, you don't have to struggle to win almost every week. I wonder what they will play if they meet big teams because even the small ones are giving them tougher times.

I wouldn't even call the team "a bunch of stars" because the only real star they have is Mbappé. Players like Valverde, Bellingham, Vinicius and Arda Guler are very good but, for me, they can't be called stars. They have all been too inconsistent during the past years, especially Vinicius, who is clearly suffering Mbappè's presence.

I also think Mbappé is a star, but the other players aren't ordinary players either. There are many players who give their all on the pitch for Real Madrid. Especially Bellingham, Valverde, and the goalkeeper Courtois, whom we often forget. Real Madrid won many matches thanks to their goalkeeper. Mbappé's individual skills are very valuable; there are only a few players like him in the world. So, if the only star that comes to mind is Mbappé, then according to that statement, the others are Ronaldo and Messi. That would mean there are no other stars in the world.

[yenerbatmaz]

Real Madrid won the match 3–2, thanks to a last-minute goal by Espi in stoppage time (90+1'). Espi scored into an empty net off a pass from Mbappé; the moment left Mourinho torn between celebrating and holding back, wondering if VAR might disallow the goal for offside.
Arda definitely belongs in this team. During a free-kick, his shot struck the post, rebounded off the goalkeeper, and went into the net.
Real Madrid's matches are entertaining; when the opponent also scores, we get high-scoring games.
Espi has become the team's last-minute goal-scorer. This season, he has secured three points for his team twice with goals scored in the final minutes. He also scored a last-minute goal against Betis—a match they lost—but that goal was disallowed by VAR.
Had that goal stood as well, I could say that Espi has been the most impactful player relative to the time he has played.

[EarnOnVictor]

Real Madrid is born to tail behind Barcelona, simple! Or what do we call this repeated nonsense happening to the club all the time. It's the same mistake they make every season, and not that they are not good, I mean Madrid. If that's the mistake, why not correct it by taking all matches seriously, at least this early stage of the season? It wasn't so bad for them last seasons they tailed behind Barcelona, and take the last season for example, out of 38 matches, Barcelona won 28, drew 4 and lost 6, while Madrid won 25, drew 9 and lost 4. As you can see, Barcelona lost more than them, but Madrid drew too much. This is why I conclude that both clubs are great, but the winner only leverage on minimal mistakes. Meaning, the clubs between the two that prevented errors to the lowest always wins. At the moment, it's already +1 error for Madrid, which has reduced their chance of outrunning another good team. The logic is simple.

Before you say "Real Madrid was born to tail behind Barcelona" just know that same Real Madrid has won the La Liga title 36 times while Barcelona has 29 La Liga title.

Sometimes, when words like this are used, they are used figuratively, so it is not directly as you seemed, even though you should also be cautious about dwelling on old glory. To know that I know what I was saying, in the 2023/2024 season, wasn't it Real Madrid who won the trophy? So it is not about who won more, but when you last won. The 3 consecutive times trailing an opponent that is of equal or almost equal capacity with you is unacceptable, and I believe I used the right words figuratively. If care is not taken, in just a decade, Barcelona could "even" the 36 times you think is a big deal with the way they are handling things.

[giammangiato]

I wouldn't even call the team "a bunch of stars" because the only real star they have is Mbappé. Players like Valverde, Bellingham, Vinicius and Arda Guler are very good but, for me, they can't be called stars. They have all been too inconsistent during the past years, especially Vinicius, who is clearly suffering Mbappè's presence.

I'm very critical of Real Madrid, I'm often exaggerated, but I can't help but say that they have a team to envy.
Mbappe a star? Real Madrid's losses or bad plays are often all directed at him, almost as if it's just Mbappe's fault when the team goes badly. Definitely a great player, but not a star (in my opinion).
Vinicius is inconsistent, that's true, but we wondered why? If one is good he is always good, so there will be some reason unknown to us if we see him playing this way.
Real Madrid have always had top-class players, but lately it seems like having strong players isn't enough to win and push the team to the top of the table.

[Cyber_warrior]

This Real Madrid team is way far from being called a team in my opinion, bunch of stars who are not playing as a team or could it be the defense because I really don't understand. They concede silly goals and it's funny to know the kind of teams they are conceding these kind of goals against. Today, it was almost a raw for them even after leading 2 - 0 it went up to 2 - 2 and it took the intervention of a substitute player to win it for them at the dead of the game. Espi has saved this team several time, his doing his job which is alright but do they need to always be in difficult situations? You're a big team, act and play like one, you don't have to struggle to win almost every week. I wonder what they will play if they meet big teams because even the small ones are giving them tougher times.

Honestly it was a disappointing game from Real Madrid yesterday, they got all 3 points, but it a game they could have easily lost. That Real Madrid defense if causing them serious problems, you can’t be conceding 2 goals against a team like Elche, they could’ve conceded more. And it not just yesterday game, we have seen how their goal keeper have been the reason they’ve picked maximum points in recent games.

I wouldn't even call the team "a bunch of stars" because the only real star they have is Mbappé. Players like Valverde, Bellingham, Vinicius and Arda Guler are very good but, for me, they can't be called stars. They have all been too inconsistent during the past years, especially Vinicius, who is clearly suffering Mbappè's presence.

I think that the mistake most people make, these players are good players but not world class, when you look at them how many of them have been consistent for both club and country for at least 5 years, aside Mbappe I don’t think there is. For me I’m recent years Perez have got it wrong in the transfers.

[SmartCharpa]

Real Madrid escaped with all 3 points with another late winning goal from Espi after conceding a late goal in the 83rd minute.

Not the best performance from Real Madrid. I believe they have to do better. No Madrid fan will be happy with this performance. However, Diomande did have his first assist for Real Madrid.

I can't wait for El Clásico. Real Madrid suffers at the hands of Barcelona.

The El Clasico is not going to be easy for Real Madrid. Because tell me how are they going to use this same performance to beat Barcelona? That was the same Elche who Barcelona beat with 5 goals this season. Real Madrid always missed their chances, they can’t make use of their chances to score more goals, if Elche had defended enough after the two goals, Real Madrid would have found it difficult to score the winning goal.

Sometimes, I don’t like to watch Real Madrid game because they can disappoint their fans. I didn’t expect Elche to played well in the second half to scored two goals. Jose Mourinho should learn from his mistakes and improve his team. Even though Real Madrid is winning by 5 goals, they should convert their chances to score more goals. It will be very difficult for any team to stop Barcelona from scoring goals this season.

[SatoPrincess]

This was how PSG was criticized when it was difficult for them to win UCL but look at them now planning to win the Champions league for the third time. I believe that Barcelona time will come for them to win the Champions League but no one knows when will it be. It might even be this season or next season.

And that's been a total controversy. In some statements, Lamine said he was going to ruin the milestone Luis Enrique wants to achieve with PSG.

Such big mouth on such a small face. Oh I get, it’s the World Cup speaking for sure.
Maybe there would have being a ruining of their was something to ruin. In the case of PSG, there isn’t anything really there to ruin for Luis Enrique anymore. It hasn’t being about having to take the UCL trophy for a 3rd time consecutively, it’s being more about just getting the trophy and they’ve done that for a second time. Going for a 3rd is plausible but I think it’s what they rather leave to chance.

Yes, Barcelona is performing exceptionally well but, it’s way far from deciding if they get the UCL this season or not. The Laliga, just maybe because, Real Madrid isn’t playing like they mean business right now, at least not at the same tempo as Barcelona.

lol Lamine Yamal is really young so it’s easy for the media to bait him into making these kind of comments. Barcelona were defeated by PSG last season but now they have added Rodri, Gabriel Jesus, and others. I believe that should inspire some confidence in the team. However I think PSG have a good chance of winning the champions league, they are in a farmers league and have less competitive domestic games in than other top teams in the EPL and La Liga.

[Ashawowo(OS)]

From an amazing first half for Real Madrid they almost spilled everything they worked hard for in the first half. Real Madrid was clearly a better team in the first half but in the second half Elche just played better and they just didnt have luck in the end to get that one point and they really deserved it with how they played. Real Madrid barely got the win in the last minutes and its a shame when you can destroy an opponent,you dont do it and have to struggle to win.

I think this attitude is now normal for them, it happened against Rayo in the last match, they were briught and leading by 3 goals before halftime and switched off totally in the second half, Mourinho had to deploy Arda and Tchoumeni to save the game. Maybe clubs would now start to wait for second half to take advantage of their decline in performance.

It's disappointing how they're going as at now, since they actually struggle to win matches as against a formidable team people anticipated them to be. I hope they improve going forward, this isn't the Madrid team fans were expecting to watch this season.

[Jostern]

This Real Madrid team is way far from being called a team in my opinion, bunch of stars who are not playing as a team or could it be the defense because I really don't understand. They concede silly goals and it's funny to know the kind of teams they are conceding these kind of goals against. Today, it was almost a raw for them even after leading 2 - 0 it went up to 2 - 2 and it took the intervention of a substitute player to win it for them at the dead of the game. Espi has saved this team several time, his doing his job which is alright but do they need to always be in difficult situations? You're a big team, act and play like one, you don't have to struggle to win almost every week. I wonder what they will play if they meet big teams because even the small ones are giving them tougher times.

It’s never a secret that Real Madrid are struggling to win games, maybe I have to probably agree that Real Madrid are trying to adapt to the playing style of Jose Mourinho, implementing the playing style it all needs time, I should expect you to know why Real Madrid are conceding cheap goals and causing errors in defense, how do you think a central defense of Ibrahim Konate and Dean Hujsen is going to be prolific in terms of defending and keeping clean sheets, it’s a terrible defense pairing, the attack of Real Madrid is playing good and scoring goals, the problem is coming from the defenders and Jose Mourinho have to do something urgently about his defensive line, I have know Jose Mourinho to be a coach that wants to keep Clean Sheet.

[AprilioMP]

From an amazing first half for Real Madrid they almost spilled everything they worked hard for in the first half. Real Madrid was clearly a better team in the first half but in the second half Elche just played better and they just didnt have luck in the end to get that one point and they really deserved it with how they played. Real Madrid barely got the win in the last minutes and its a shame when you can destroy an opponent,you dont do it and have to struggle to win.

It's disappointing how they're going as at now, since they actually struggle to win matches as against a formidable team people anticipated them to be. I hope they improve going forward, this isn't the Madrid team fans were expecting to watch this season.

Have you ever paid attention to Real Madrid’s lineup leading up to the match against Elche? If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll notice that Real Madrid’s four-man backline hasn’t remained consistent from Round 1 through Round 6. In my view, this suggests that José Mourinho still hasn’t found the right formation for his defense.
It’s not impossible to have high hopes for Real Madrid, but expecting them to surpass Barcelona this season is too much to ask, given that Barcelona’s performance is superior to theirs—and that’s a fact we have to acknowledge.

[Solokan]

Real Madrid escaped with all 3 points with another late winning goal from Espi after conceding a late goal in the 83rd minute.

Not the best performance from Real Madrid. I believe they have to do better. No Madrid fan will be happy with this performance. However, Diomande did have his first assist for Real Madrid.

I can't wait for El Clásico. Real Madrid suffers at the hands of Barcelona.

The match was almost a 2-2 draw, and many Real Madrid fans were certainly nervous. Even a draw would certainly embarrass Real Madrid fans, as Real Madrid boasts many star players. Fortunately, Espi was the hero of the match, scoring a goal in the 90th minute.

Real Madrid shouldn't have conceded two goals to Elche. Mourinho must now train his players hard to improve their performance. He must also develop a better strategy to prevent Real Madrid from conceding easily. I can't wait to see El Clasico, but unfortunately, it's still a long way off. Real Madrid's performance could be even better by then, and El Clasico will certainly be difficult to predict. Real Madrid's next match will be against Atletico Madrid. I think it will be just as exciting. Who do you think will win, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid?

[Cryptmuster]

Have you ever paid attention to Real Madrid’s lineup leading up to the match against Elche? If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll notice that Real Madrid’s four-man backline hasn’t remained consistent from Round 1 through Round 6. In my view, this suggests that José Mourinho still hasn’t found the right formation for his defense.
It’s not impossible to have high hopes for Real Madrid, but expecting them to surpass Barcelona this season is too much to ask, given that Barcelona’s performance is superior to theirs—and that’s a fact we have to acknowledge.

I don't think the issue was that Real's defense played poorly in this match, rather after leading 2–0 at halftime, they assumed the rest of the game would be easy and that Elche would accept defeat. Things turned out differently, and Elche could even have forced a draw. But Real was lucky enough to snatch the win in extra time. IAnd Elche has a very poor defense, they concede three goals in almost every match (against Real Sociedad and Racing, and they even let in five against Barcelona). So, it’s no surprise that Real managed to win. As for Real's defense, they concede quite often as well.