Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1181. (Read 556118 times)

I think out of Emery and Arteta, Emery is more likely to join Barcelona next season. Arteta is settled with Arsenal. He is doing very well right now after years of failure and almost getting sacked. He came back and took Arsenal to a championship fight. I don’t think either Arteta or Arsenal would be interested in letting Arteta join Barcelona.

Emery is a good coach, we cannot deny that. Emery might actually fit in the Barcelona squad. He might not win the UCL right after he joins Barcelona, but he has a good chance of winning the league.  You know, he has done it previously with a few weak teams and took many weak teams to its peak. Emery has what it takes to be Barcelona’s next coach.

Good and bad days are always with the sporting teams and same happening with the Girona which is currently having second season in La Liga and giving the best performance but sadly in last 6 games they have four defeats which are surely one of the worst part of their campaign in this season and things are looking uncertain about their stay into top four, but I have personal feeling they can bounce back and surely will stay in top four which they deserve after having impressive time at the top in 23 rounds.

They fail to score any goal in last four games from their seven which is also big decline, but their attack is still third best in La Liga because they have done good job and already have good mark which is their main weapon, but now their confidence is down, and they need to be regrouped themselves in this break which is surely going to help them for having good performance against Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in coming matches which are surely important for them if they want to keep their hopes alive for the top four at the end of this season.

There is no doubt we have significant drop of performance in their game for last few weeks but still I have no serious threat for them to lost their chance for the top four because their home performance is still at the top, and they can beat any team which is giving them good chance for staying into top four with most chances now they can lose their chances for the top two, but they still capable of having Champions League ticket for the next season.

Atlético Madrid and Barcelona are their toughest rivals in coming matches and with them if they are able to have points this could be big success for them, and now we are having good competition between Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid for the fourth spot even Atlético Madrid is favourite but still things are looking not easy for them while now they are also preparing for the quarterfinal against Borussia Dortmund in coming weeks.

Luckily, they often get opponents who are easy to beat, so up to now, Girona still has quite a lot of points and is able to stay in the top three. In the next match, he will also meet Real Betis. I am sure Girona will win against Real Betis because it is certain that Girona will remain in the top three of the standings.

Girona is in a difficult period where they are not able to maintain their best performance so they have dropped a lot of points recently. I'm also not surprised that Girona will experience more difficult times because they don't seem confident after they were knocked out of the title race. I think Michel has to do something to revive his players to keep trying to get back to winning ways because they have to focus on a lot of matches in order to stay in the top 4.

In the next match, Girona will face Real Betis and if you look at Betis condition where they have not been very consistent in the previous 3 matches, so can Girona beat them?  Moreover, in this match Girona will be the host so they can use this match to get back to winning ways. Girona needs a win so they can widen the points gap with teams below their ranking because if they lose they will be on the verge of continued instability.

Like you guys didn't expect Girona to slump under pressure toward the business end of the season? This has been a come thing throughout the league seasons in Europe's top leagues. Nothing new, so personally I am not surprised.

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Mate, how is this connected to la Liga? 

I would like Lewandowski to move to another club because since he came to Barcelona, the pattern of football in the team has changed, he can't score as many goals as he used to when he was playing for Bayern Munich, and he's even getting too many injuries in Barcelona, but I think it's all because he's getting old, but later I realized that it's not because he can't get better wingers that can be feeding him with goals in the team, this season I don't think he can win the golden boot this season. Expect Bellingham to be injured and unable to score goals, allowing Lewandowski to overtake him as the top goalscorer because Bellingham has 16 goals and Lewandowski has 13. Let's see who gets the chance to earn the Golden Boot. And I'll be delighted if Athletico Madrid signs Lewandowski the league would be really intriguing to watch.


Girona will remain in the top four.This season, they will have the potential to qualify for the Champions League following season. Since Real Madrid defeated them in the second leg, I realize that Girona will not get the La Liga trophy anymore, they will just be in the top three or four, because I don't think Barcelona will come down anymore in the second position in the league table, because they are performing well now, they have regained their strength in the league, and I still believe they will win their remaining matches in the league, but I can't predict against them with Real Madrid in the second, and I think they gave xavi red card and definitely in will lose two matches and he can affect them players in the pitch, he won't get access to control them except the assist coach.

But excellent news for Xavi, as he will return for the El Clásico fixture. Real Madrid has already won the title, and I don't think Barcelona can catch them anymore.  So Madrid's match against Athletico Bilbao could finish in a tie because Ancelotti will not risk his players because Manchester City will play in the Champions League after the match against Athletico Bilbao.

It's all good, but I doubt that there was even the slightest chance for the referees commission to confirm that Liverpool deserved a penalty there. Liverpool has now had several scenes that were highly controversial matters and they had scenes where it was clear as water that the referee took a wrong a decision against them. The craziest decision ever was when one of their goals was disallowed after they VAR failed to do the checks correctly. I can understand that this starts to matter now for Liverpool. If this season ends with a close finish, the discussions may come up once again for a good reason.

It was a miracle that Girona had even stayed in the top of the standings up to this point, when most people expected them to have fallen down the standings long ago. They did very well until the Real Madrid game and then they had a breakdown. We cannot blame them. With the quality of the squad they had, they did a very outstanding job. Their manager said our goal was to stay in the top 3, he made a realistic speech. Now they are close to achieving that. They just need to play a few more games better and collect points.

I also wonder how the Girona performance has been so low all this time, but my surprise is that even though Girona has been defeated by other clubs, they are trying to immediately backup their performance and make it very strong compared to before. But this time around, I was really shocked. I think almost a week after they were defeated by Real Madrid, they are supposed to say they have improved their performance by now. But nevertheless, I'm still having a big hope for Girona that in the next  match they will try as much as possible to improve their performance so that they can claim the top 2 in the table.
But I think it's never too late for them to claim the La Liga top standing. With how I feel for them now, that they can improve their performance, I have full hope for them that they will be able to hold their consistency and make sure that they qualify for the Champions League competition and also dominate the La Liga title this season..

Barcelona is just two points ahead of Girona, meaning they have 64 points while Girona has 62. But I've been trying to measure up the challenges that both teams have in their next fixtures before the end of the league. For Barcelona, I think it won't be that difficult for them to win over Las Palmas and Cadiz in their next matches. But against Real Madrid, it will be their toughest match and their chances of winning that match are very low.

As for Girona, their chances are slimmer of overtaking Barcelona at this point because their next match with Beltis is uncertain. Looking at their previous fixtures, one could deduce that the chances of Girona winning their next match are almost 50-50, if not 40-60. So that's the analysis. Afterward, they will also have matches against Atletico, Cadiz Las Palmas and Barcelona. And with the way they are playing, unlike in their early days, I don't think they will be able to overtake Barcelona at this point. But it is also important for them to maintain their position so that they can become stronger and have the opportunity to play in the next Champions League tournament.

The Liverpool vs Man City match controversy about refereeing decisions has been answered. The EPL referees commission ruled it was not the referee's fault but that both were in Doku's position to get the ball earlier than Mac Allister, so the shot towards the Liverpool midfielder's body was not a foul but a 50:50 situation. Howard Webb, chairman of the referees committee, agreed with the referee's decision at the time. Indeed, everyone has the right to have an opinion and there may be many people who disagree with this decision.

What is quite worrying is the results of Girona's matches in the future. Whether they can produce wins in most of the remaining matches or not. The problem is that the difference between Girona's points and the lower ranks is only 6 points. So this might be a bit risky when you remember that Girona still has to compete against strong clubs. If at least they can do this and maintain it better than Bilbao, it is possible that Girona will continue to stay in 3rd or 4th position. Meanwhile, on the other hand, I think Atletico Madrid will remain in the top 4 in the future. Honestly, I'm really looking forward to Girona qualifying for the UCL next season. This will make us curious about how they will perform next season if they enter the Champions League.

I'm sure they have and they will.
Currently Barcelona's position is runner up, 2 points higher than its competitor, Girona. For the next 2 meetings, I am sure that Barcelona will still be in the runner up position. But next, they will face their main competitor, namely Real Madrid. This definitely won't be easy and the chance of winning is not that big. So, Barcelona must optimize all opportunities to compete with other clubs to get full points.

In the last three seasons, this is actually the first time Girona is coming up with such a performance so let's not expect so much of them already as they may not be able to meet up with your expectations, rhey literally even look lucky as it at some point became obvious that they have actually been lucky getting to this point if not as their norm usually is they should be within the 9th 5th position on the table.

Obviously just like Leverkusen in the bundesliga, Girona happens to be in their lucky season but theirs is such that they wouldn't be able to still win the league title regardless but will only managed to get to the Champions league next season. They have literally gotten to the top of the table once this season and that was actually by winning mediocre teams and not the top teams because they have not been able to win the top team rather they do Mange to draw them when they meet with them, Girona is actually yet to be that team that should really pose a threat to Madrid or even daring to win the trophy this season.

Barcelona still have that chance to finish up at the second position on the table within the few times they have got left, normally Girona isn't a team that should even be contending Barcelona but then due to the fact that Barcelona has been suffering some kind of losses recently, they have been unable to really be optimal with their performance enough to get to the top far away from Giron this season.

This lead will not matter most times as all teams that fall within second to fourth position will have equal opportunity to participate in the champions league the following season. The first is always the priority and when a team can’t finish in the first position, they fight to finish in the top four of the table which will be a comfortable result to end the season with. Barcelona will not want Girona to finish above them because is will be a shame on them for a team like that to beat them to that second position. Since Girona have lost consistency, Barcelona will have a good chance to finish in the second place after Real Madrid.


Many expected Girona to give Real Madrid a hard time before they can win the La Liga this season and they could also be a potential target for the La Liga this season too. They started well and received a lot of praises from a lot of people, but at the end they couldn’t keep up with that consistent performance and had to give up and Real Madrid took the lead again. Now that their performance got worse, they could not even keep up to maintain the second place on the table again. It is such an unforeseen situation but at least they could finish in the top four which will be a good record for them in La Liga for years to come.

Girona is not yet in a safe position in the La Liga standings, that's why many of us still doubt them. Barcelona certainly doesn't want to suffer two defeats against Girona in one season, meaning that Barcelona will try their best to make amends for their previous defeat by winning the match against Girona in the remainder of the season.

You are right about Barcelona, their performance has been very positive recently. Barcelona are unbeaten in two different competitions so far (Champions League and La Liga) since losing 3-5 to Villarreal, but Barcelona were still held to draws by Granada and Bilbao. Barcelona is required to win all the matches in the remaining season to maintain its position, so Girona will certainly fall under threat if they have to accept many defeats, including losing to Barcelona.

So everything feels so balanced that no one knows the future for either Girona or Barcelona. I think I quite agree with your opinion that Girona is still not finished and will soon return to its best performance. Maybe currently Barcelona is quite profitable because of Girona's decline in performance but everything will turn around in an instant.

I wouldn't expect too much from Girona, because even being in the top 4 is already a big achievement for them. Yes, I was a little disappointed, because at the start I also hoped that they would put deeper pressure on Real Madrid, which would give a new color to the La Liga competition, but in reality they were not that strong to put pressure on the club at the top of the standings. As the league progressed, they also showed a decline which in the end slowly made their position ousted.

To be in 2nd place in the standings, they still have a chance, but it is also not an easy thing for them to do because they have to compete with Barcelona. Now they just need to maintain their current position in 3rd place so they don't get shifted again. They have to go back to showing what they were at the beginning, because I saw that they seemed to have run out of energy or something like that. Especially in terms of mentality, because their mentality has not really been trained to be able to compete at the top of the standings.

What I want to see next is whether they can maintain this next season or vice versa.

At the moment Barcelona has regained its positive trend in the last few matches so for competitive issues in the race is still very much possible. Indeed, for the championship competition this season Barcelona seems to have lost momentum because they let Madrid run alone in the trophy race but for the problem of second place and competition with Girona it can still very much happen especially with Barcelona's positive results now inversely proportional to what Girona is experiencing at the moment.

The competition is still continuing and it is possible that there will be changes back in the standings in La Liga towards the end of this season because after all, with the current situation, especially with the upheaval of consistency for several clubs, it is possible that the top 4 will continue to change except for Madrid, whose dominance is still unbreakable.

As I said in the previous post, although Girona's position is quite safe with a 6-7 point advantage over Bilbao and Atletico Madrid. however, there are still 9 matches remaining, which could possibly destroy Girona's mission or target of finishing in the top four of the La Liga table. We know that Atletico Madrid is experiencing unstable performance. however, that doesn't mean Simeone is unable to improve his team's squad. moreover, Atletico still has one meeting against Girona at the Metropolitano. ATM just needs to improve and appear consistent, so they can finish in the top four of the La Liga table. so, in the remaining 9 matches Atletico still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League.

Apart from that, Girona has a match against Barcelona. Now Barcelona is not too bad, especially after the main goalkeeper has returned to guard Barcelona's goal. if Girona is inconsistent again, that means a drop in ranking could occur. But we agree, at least Girona has provided color to the competition in the 2023-24 season. they performed quite consistently, until they finally experienced a decline in performance. Currently the runner up position is occupied by Barcelona. however, Barcelona is also not very safe in the position they currently occupy. the reason is, Barcelona still has a match against Real Madrid and also against Girona. these two matches, at least one of which must be won. or, one win one draw. but if it were the other way around, maybe Barcelona's position would drop again. Well, at least we still have 9 games left. Let's just enjoy every match presented every week by La Liga.