Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1071. (Read 549865 times)

Yes, and Girona experienced significant decline after some time performing optimally at the top of the standings, after series of defeats and draws they experienced made their standings decline.
Now Girona maintains 3 position with quite lot of points difference from Atletico Madrid and only has difference of 2 points from Barcelona which is currently in 2 place, there is still possibility that Girona can surpass Barcelona this season.
2 points is not big difference and while Barcelona cannot appear with stable performance in the future it could cause them to lose 2 place, Girona will definitely try to catch up to fight for runners-up.
From the remaining matches, it is clear that Real Madrid has confirmed its comfortable position at the top of the standings to become La Liga champions and the battle for position is taking place for runners-up between Barcelona and Girona.

For Atletico Madrid itself, the real threat is Bilbao, clearly difference of 2 points can make Bilbao take over the top 4 position if Atletico Madrid is careless and makes mistake.
It just that the competition now only takes place between 2 teams and this is less competitive competition, unlike last season.

Behind 9 points remaining from Athletic Bilbao on 5th standings position, seems Girona just needed 5 winning matches later for their first history appearance in UEFA Champion League next season. Not easy for qualifying to Champion League next season for Girona upcoming several matches later have to face Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, if possibility defeating both team teams will make easily for Girona behind some matches left facing with some bottom standings teams.

In La Liga regulation, its not count with goals difference but head to head between Atletico Madrid or Athletic Bilbao, in the first half match Girona defeating Atletico Madrid on their home and next week match if can get draw will lead head to head if possibility at the end this season has the same points. But Girona loss head to head from Athletic Bilbao and could be loss the top fourth position if have the same points with Athletic Bilbao.

I haven't heard anything new about Pedri since he got injured again. But today I read the news that Barcelona want to extend Pedri's contract immediately. Pedri's contract until 2026 contains a release clause of 1 billion euros. But it seems Barcelona do not want to lose this talented young star. Although the statistics of this injury are quite worrying, it seems that Barcelona are still quite confident in Pedri.

Source: https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2024/4/8/24122896/barcelona-want-to-open-contract-renewal-talks-with-pedri

Yep, it's true that Real Madrid and Barcelona are the clubs that always dominate La Liga at the top of the standings and after that, Atletico Madrid, these three clubs always dominate La Liga and this season Girona is trying to get in among these clubs and is giving quite a surprising performance and is able to compete with Real Madrid was at the top of the standings for quite a long time but now its position has been shifted by Barcelona in 3rd place and no longer has the opportunity to compete with Real Madrid again in the title race.

Mediocre clubs will have difficulty competing with top clubs even though Girona was initially quite impressive but many doubted that he would be able to surpass Real Madrid and Barcelona and now it has been proven that Girona's performance has declined and is no longer as consistent as it was at the start of the season but Girona is still trying to compete with Barcelona in the fight for runner up place because the difference in points between the two is only a small difference.

Barcelona still has many matches to play and its position as runner up is not completely safe, even though Girona's performance is unstable, he also wants to try hard and doesn't want to lose important points.

La Liga 2023 - 2024 season has only 8 more matches for each club and Girona after the 30 match day, has 65 points. The club at a fifth position, Athletic Club has 56 points, 9 points less than Girona. This point difference between Girona and Athletic Club means Girona are counting down very last matches to celebrate a first chance ever in their club history to play in Champions League.

They have to lose 3 matches to have big risk of losing a position in top four of La Liga. Chance for Athletic Club to surpass Girona in last several matches is not actually too high. Girona have more scored goals and better goal difference than Athletic Club too. They have many advantages to defend their position and Champions League is not too far.

With the current financial crises at Barcelona and the fact that the club manager Xavi Hernandez is going to leave the club at the end of the current season, I think it'll be very difficult to keep some of the young players that's shown great football potentials at the club beyond the end of the current season. Lamine Yamal is one of those players that I think will find it very difficult to choose to remain at the club after the end of the current season and that's because the Barcelona youngster is already receiving many tempting offers to leave tge club at and considering the fact that his current club isn't financially strong enough to match those offers, the Spanish international might just want to leave and join a club that'll give provide him with everything he needs to succeed as a big European football star.
There are older players at the club whose contract will also expire at the end of the season but are yet to receive any contract extension offer from the club management. Barcelona in my own opinion will struggle next season unless there's a quick finance intervention by the club management

Barcelona certainly hopes to overtake Madrid position at the top of the standings and win the La Liga trophy again this season, but this is certainly quite difficult to achieve because Ancelotti fleet has a fairly wide point advantage over Barcelona. Therefore, the most realistic target is to finish in runnerup ranking, by trying to go undefeated in the remaining matches ahead.

Meanwhile, in important matches such as the EL Clasico, Barcelona also has to fight not to lose, so that their position will be save for Girona pursuit. Nobody should be underestimated, because that could have fatal consequences for their position in the standings, especially if they underestimate Girona. Even though their performance has experienced ups and downs, Girona still has a chance to recover and be consistent.

Girona is a little lucky because they only focus on La Liga matches, unlike Barcelona who have matches scheduled in the Champions League where this can divide their focus. On the other hand, I also believe that Girona will be able to maintain their position in the top four of the standings, so that they will appear in the Champions League next season.

There are many players in Barcelona who should think about their future because Barcelona doesn't have good financial power to keep all the players in the team with good salaries and keeping all these players will be hard for them. During the last few days, we saw Barcelona start negotiations with many players to extend their contracts for a longer time but we know there are many other teams that want to hire these players because they get paid much more than Barcelona and this can make any player to leave.
The contract with Sergi Roberto will get expired at the end of this season. He is the second captain of Barcelona and they want to keep him for a longer time. It seems Barcelona offered Sergi Roberto to extend his contract for one more year.

Real Madrid always try to stand out both in the la Liga which happens to be their domestic League a d aswell in the champions league where they are also known for their excellence over the years in which they have been found playing in the champions league too aswell, although this doesn't mean they don't get down times where they are also been beaten by some other teams both the average and the big too both in the champions League and la Liga

The ability to stop the fast rising team who tried to challenge all the big teams in the la Liga shows the much strength on the side of Madrid a s their ability to be able to get away with victory against every average team in the la Liga because Girona isn't such a team that will be seen as a big team but an improving average team that is gradually getting to that point where they can actually be able to really get to be compared to the bigger teams in the la Liga, i see Girona to be a team that actually lacked sustainability with their performance as that which they were able to do against Barcelona and atletico wasn't still maintained till this time.

Barcelona looks more sustainable and much more strong to me than Girona despite their poor form this season that has gotten them to look like they are a weak team or probably in a fair consideration an average team. But then Barcelona has continued to still be one of the best team in the la Liga and i think they just need time to get to better form and they will be back on their feet stronger again.

Yes, I also agree with you, indeed Girona appeared very impressive in the first round this season and even beat Atltico Madrid with a score of 4-3. but Girona is not doing well now, they lost several points which made them drop to third place. So in this match I also think that Atletico will take advantage of Girona's current condition to achieve victory, especially since this match is being played at home, of course this will be an opportunity for Atletico Madrid to catch points from Girona which is seven points away. Apart from that, Atletico Madrid's victory is also important to stay away from Bilbao in fifth place with a difference of two points.

For Girona, this match will be an important test for them, whether they have the opportunity to catch Barcelona or be approached by Atletico Madrid if they lose. I predict this match will be fierce, but for betting I will favor Atletico Madrid as the winner in this match.

There is no guarantee Barcelona to stay in a runner-up position until the end of the season. If Barcelona underestimates Girona, they may lose the runner-up position. Even if Girona performance is decreasing lately, they are still a strong team in La Liga. They experienced some losses because they couldn't play with full team. Now, it seems Girona all players are available for the remaining matches in La Liga. So, I assume there will be an improvement on Girona performance. Barcelona must be careful with Girona, specifically Barcelona may lose points in the upcoming El Clasico.

I think it is not the time to relax for Barcelona. They have some crucial matches in the near future. Although it is not for the title, but a runner-up position is also quite prestigious.

The pressure in this game Atletico against Girona is definitely on Atletico. Girona doesn't really lose that much if they lose that game. They can still look at a nice advantage over Athletic Bilbao as this is what counts for them if they want to get the qualification for the Champions League done. Atletico would be in trouble though if they lose that game as they also have to put their focus on the Champions League games while making sure not to lose the UEFA qualification in La Liga out of sight.

Either way, Bilbao can be the winner of the matchday next week. It is an important game for them and they probably hope for Atletico Madrid to get defeated. It would put them in the best possible position.

The last match that Girona played against Atletico Madrid, Girona scored 4 over 3 to defeat Atletico Madrid. But, like you mentioned, that was when they were at their prime. Now, Girona is not as performing as they were in those periods like they are now. However, they can use the same spirit, tactics, formation that they used to win the early match on this match again.

It's also noteworthy to say that Girona will be playing away in this match. So, Atletico Madrid has the advantage of home to be able to beat Girona. I don't want Girona to give up. They need to keep scoring while we are at the tail end of the league so that they can maintain their current position. Girona don't want to lose their current position because it's key for them to maintain where they are now so that they can qualify to the Champions League at least.

What I think Girona should be pursuing now is not to win the LA Liga League, rather for them to be able to stay among the first four so that they would qualify to the Champions League next season. We need to see more of Girona on board at the European Champions League so that we can have more competition played out there to the one that we already have.

There are facts about the performance of these teams this season. Girona was pretty inform when they face Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, they scored four goals against these elite teams and Real Madrid was the only elite team that nailed them in both home and away. Carlo Ancelotti deserves his accolades because he's pretty amazing when it comes to the affairs of the team. Real Madrid will continue to strive for incredible results and also enabled themselves to be handling the tougher tasks and also keen on lifting the title.

I think, because I consider that Bilbao in this season has a good performance, then Bilbao should be able to end the match in normal 90 minutes. But yes, what happened was that the match had to be decided on penalties and thus, Bilbao failed to win easily in this Copa del Rey final match. Because after all, in the La Liga standings also that Mallorca is only in 15th position and it is still part of the team that is in the lower zone. But even though their quality clearly has a difference, Bilbao really used great efforts to be able to win the Copa del Rey trophy. Indeed, basically or in essence congratulations to Bilbao for getting the trophy this season, but I personally am not too satisfied with the final result that must be determined through penalties like that.

Last season Sociedad can surprised us this because they can finish at 4th place after league ended and automatically they will playing at Champion League and their performance at Champion League also quite impressive because Sociedad can finish at first place for group stages but unfortunately Sociedad journey have to ended at round of 16 because at that time they were eliminate by PSG on that stages but Sociedad performance previously was unstable in Laliga they even got plenty of draw results which makes Sociedad has losing points from those matches

I have to says Sociedad will not able to repeat their last season achievement because currently they have 9 points below to Bilbao the team from Champion League zone but at least Sociedad can finish at Europa League zone if they can able to managed their consistency until this season ended and indeed i have been notice too gradually Sociedad performance is getting better this because they got 3 winning streak in Laliga and Sociedad chances to extended their winning streak also very wide open because next weekend they will fight against weak opponent Almeria and i think it's not required more to analysis because obviously Sociedad can able to overcomes Almeria and collect 3 points

That is good. Real Madrid will have enough time to train before facing Manchester City in the Champions League, and I expect Real Madrid to win the first leg so that they can win the second game at the Etihad. And Barcelona vs PSG. It will be very tough if PSG does not defeat Barcelona in the UCL because Barcelona is not in excellent form to complete a big club that is in real good form. Let us see what Xavi can do on the pitch against PSG if he has any other options to defeat PSG. I don't believe Barcelona can win any more trophies this season, but I know Barcelona  will do anything possible to try and win the Champions league but with the form they are they can't do it,  but anything can happen because sometimes you will be seeing a team is playing weak game in the league but when is Champions league you will see they are doing well in the competition.

There is no new news on this, but is it possible for La Liga to support a club that is still performing in the UCL to get good results? Madrid will get 9 days and Barcelona 11 days before the UCL 1st leg. I think this schedule is already made early in the league, so it seems to look advantageous but also coincidental.

Girona could turn into one of the elite clubs in La Liga, the consistency they have created this season shows that they deserve to be in the top four of the standings. Ups and downs in performance are a natural thing to happen, and all clubs have the potential to face the same situation, but Girona has tried hard to overcome every challenge that exists. In a little while, Girona will make new history by qualifying for the Champions League, because I see their chances of finishing in 3rd place in the standings large enough. Their manager Michel is a figure who deserves appreciation, he managed to transform Girona from a mediocre club to a club to be reckoned with in La Liga this season.

Girona consistency test will happen again next week, they will play away against Atletico Madrid. In the first half of the season, Girona was surprisingly able to beat Diego Simeone squad, this will be an event for revenge. But it could be that Girona beat Atletico Madrid again, although on paper their chances are lower. If Girona loses points, their position will still be safe in third place, and Atletico Madrid should be more alert to surprises that might occur again, besides their current position being very threatened by Atletic Bilbao.

Yes, that's why I always say that Girona is just a mediocre club that doesn't have the experience of competing for a full season with the big clubs in Laliga. So it is not surprising that after the end of the season Girona performed very poorly and did not play consistently because they did not have the experience and the right strategy to stay at the top of the points table.
Since the start of the season when Girona became very strong, managing to occupy first place in the points table, I just thought this club was just a promoted club that was very lucky to be able to take advantage of a situation where all the club popular players were busy competing in other competitions.

Even so, I still appreciate Girona this season, even though they are a mediocre club, they are able to surprise many people by showing impressive performances and next season Girona has the opportunity to get a place in the UCL and compete in big competitions as well as elite clubs from other leagues.