Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1382. (Read 555669 times)

Ancelotti may have options against weaker opponents, but facing a strong team could expose vulnerabilities. The upcoming clash against Atletico Madrid, a formidable adversary that Real Madrid has struggled against this season, adds to the complexity. To maintain their position at the top, Real Madrid must prioritize La Liga over the Champions League and address the defensive concerns to navigate the challenges ahead successfully.

While Real Madrid's current status as the favorite to win the La Liga title is acknowledged, the two-point gap with Girona suggests that the competition remains intense. Despite the belief in Real Madrid's skill and consistency, the defensive crisis poses a notable challenge, with three central defenders sidelined due to injuries,


Girona has emerged as the only team giving Real Madrid a serious challenge for the top position, disrupting the traditional hierarchy. Their outstanding performances and unwavering commitment to giving 100% in every match have undoubtedly surprised many observers. It will be interesting to see if Girona can sustain this momentum and continue to pose a formidable challenge to the league leaders,

Girona's underrated start to the season has indeed been a captivating storyline, with many initially viewing them as an average club taking a bold leap forward. Their willingness to compete with strong opponents has been admirable, and it's fascinating to witness their current impact on the La Liga standings,


Bilbao's recent display of strength and charisma in their games is indeed reshaping the perception of the team. Despite being underrated, they are proving to be a force to be reckoned with in La Liga, and even their betting odds reflect their growing stature. Bilbao's ability to compete in tough matches and secure favorable outcomes or fair draws, as seen against Girona and Vallecano, highlights their resilience and potential as a significant threat in the league.

It's refreshing to witness the Spanish league diversifying beyond the usual dominant teams, with the likes of Girona, Real Sociedad, and Bilbao making significant strides. This season has brought a new level of excitement to Spanish football, showcasing the depth and competitiveness that goes beyond the spotlight on just a few teams. The emergence of these clubs adds a captivating dimension to the league and keeps football enthusiasts eagerly anticipating each match,

The final result:
Bilbao vs Mallorca


Mallorca didn't provide any difficult resistance for Bilbao during this match. Bilbao played quite offensive and the result was very satisfying.
Well, Mallorca's defeat adds to a long line of the bad matches of the club so far. Right now, they may probably be very worried of the relegation position that is probably awaiting for.

I knew the game will looked so challenging for Real Madrid against Gatafe that yesterday, considering Gatafe's current strong performance. However, I knew Real Madrid with its skilled players, can navigate through the tough game and emerge victory that yesterday. Even though the match might be intense, I knew Real Madrid has the ability to secure a win. The team's outstanding performance has positioned them at the top of the league table, and they are determined to maintain this position by consistently winning matches. Real Madrid's strength and quality.

Real Madrid's strength and quality players make them strong contenders for the La Liga trophy this season. While Girona may strive to give their best and compete for the title, it seems unlikely that they can surpass Real Madrid's current impressive form. The competition for the La Liga trophy is fierce, but Real Madrid's commitment to success makes them a formidable force in the league, making it highly probable that they will clinch the title this season.

In a few recent games, Bilbao have been able to show strength and charisma to winning games. They've safely been tagged underrated and not really focused on but looking deep, they're making waves. Even their betting odds would speak for them. They are a team practically growing into a La Liga threat club.

 They've had competitive games and ensured they kept up their pace making the result of the game be either to their favour or a fair draw. Girona and Vallecano are a testament of the fact. It's good how Spanish teams are starting to face the uprising of the beat and live through letting just 3 teams be the talk about of the league. Currently the likes of Girona,  Real Sociedad too and definitely Bilbao are outshining in their deeds and it's amazing to watch how football has become even more interesting this season in the Spanish league.

Girona was a surprise in Laliga we have never seen a moment like this before even 10 years ago, Girona played without expensive and famous players but they were able to record a win in every match. Not only that, their ability to score goals should not be ignored and Girona is the team with the most goals this season leaving Real Madrid and other strong teams Girona even placed one of its players as the top scorer in La Liga. Real Madrid does have a bigger chance of winning Laliga this season but Girona could surprise us at the end of the season, who knows.

I don't see like this for now because after all, when you look at Joselu, He isnt underestimated at Madrid but indeed his role is only as an option and nothing more so he just needs to prove himself when he is given the opportunity .

Joselu is one of the players who is quite stable in terms of performance not only this season for Madrid but last season also when he was at Espanyol he was the most contributing player even though in the end Espanyol had to be relegated but for Joselu performance it was very good because he was always a player who was above average .
Yesterday brace made Joselu more visible because although sometimes he came on as a substitute, he always showed his best and that is a positive thing from a player.

Girona was underrated in the early beginning of the season,  we all thought it was fun watching an average club making the big bold step forward, they didn't hesitate but compete with strong clubs and we have watch their performance, they're currently the only team making it extremely difficult for Real Madrid to sits comfortably on #1 position on the table. Girona shocked everyone with the outstanding performance, they didn't choose to rest but always 100% ready for top actions that would be flowing in.

The market for winning the La Liga title is that Real Madrid is the favorite this season. But even so, Real Madrid cannot be safe in its current position even though it is now at the top of the standings, only two points behind Girona. This doesn't mean that we don't believe in Real Madrid's ability and consistency, but considering that Real Madrid is currently experiencing a crisis in defense, there are already three injured defenders and those three players are central defenders. Of course this is a serious problem for Real Madrid, if they play against a weak team, maybe Acelotti has several other player options to partner with Nacho, but if they face a strong team they are very vulnerable to conceding. Next week Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid, this is not an easy opponent, in fact Real Madrid has lost twice this season to Atletico Madrid. So, if Real Madrid wants to continue to be at the top, they must continue to concentrate on LaLiga, I mean not just focus on the Champions League.

In essence, Joselu was just a pure alternative striker that Don Carlo needed at that time. yeah, there is a big possibility that Joselu will be prepared by Ancelotti if Madrid uses a 4-4-3 pattern. however, what we see is that Ancelotti instead uses a striker duo on the front line without a pure striker. We can see that the Brazilian duo always fills Real Madrid's front line. Vini Jr and Rodrygo, have always been Ancelotti's mainstays. even though, they have a pure striker who is as specialist as benzema. The difference is, Don Carlo doesn't want to get his hopes up or speculate if Joselu is able to play like Bemzema. because we know very well that when Benzema was still at Real Madrid, the combination between these three players and other players worked in harmony like a triangle scheme. What's more, when they control the ball in the opposing team's defense area.

The difference with Juselu, this player is more specialized in dangerous headers, regarding the pattern that Don Carlo implemented, it doesn't seem to have gone according to scenario. That's why Madrid is more dominant in using the 4-3-1-2 pattern. Well, IMO, I interpret that the pattern currently being applied is an innovation from Real Madrid's 4-3-3 pattern. which means, when Vini and Rodrygo play wider, Bellingham will play a double position. yeah, plus he can be a center forward apart from his role as an attacking midfielder. and so far, the system and patterns that Ancelotti has implemented have had a positive impact on their team's squad. btw, I won't compare Benzema and Jozelu. but what is certain is that these two players are established strikers even though they have different playing styles and characteristics.

Girona have been the surprise team of the current Spanish La Liga campaign so I'm not surprised that a lot of people are already backing them to win the league title at the end of the current season. But it'll be very difficult for Girona to achieve such if you ask me because a big team like Real Madrid are already in contention to win the Spanish La Liga title.

Real Madrid is undoubtedly the strongest team in the Spanish league at the moment and I don't expect them to lose the league title to an average team like Girona. In my own opinion, Girona can only finish the season in the top four of the league table but I don't see them winning the league ahead of Real Madrid

Most persons fail to understand that no two players are the same and so there never can be a perfect or exact same replacement, it's either the replacement is much better than the replaced player or is worse but then even the worse fits in with time which is like one of the biggest factor to always put to consideration.

Joselu replacing Benzema is never a bad idea, I believe he will do well or even fit in much better but that will means taking some little time, he's debut wasn't very impressive but it still didn't undermined his potential and I trust ancelotti to be able to fix him right by subsequent games,  with time joselu will improve much better and even if he doesn't happen to be a perfect replacement but he sure will fit in with time most definitely and I'm sure he coach are confident in the fact that he's definitely going to get better and deliver as expected of him.

Bilbao is able to be leading 2 - 0
It is quite easy goals for them in the 3rd and 16th minutes. It seems that so far, Mallorca is not a team that is quite a problem for Athletic Club. So, however, Mallorca must try even harder. This progress could certainly get worse if Bilbao underestimates its opponent in the future. So no matter what, Bilbao must remain focused and serious until the match ends. Because no one knows what will happen next. This is just the beginning and there's still a lot of time to go. However, it is true that Bilbao should win against the Mallorca club.

Joselu is nowhere near the level of a Real Madrid striker, he will be sold or waived soon enough I am sure, as early as this summer. However, when you are playing for Real Madrid, and you have 10 other teammates that are insanely good, you end up with some good positions and could have a good game, he had a good game. Jude scored like three times more goals than him, as a midfielder. Dude scored less than Jude, Rodrygo and Vinicious, as the striker of the team, and much less as well.

So all in all, I think he may have played well this game, but that doesn't mean that he will continue to play this well and he will be at some other team next season without a doubt. Who will they get? WE do not know, but their striker won't be Joselu next season.

I think Joselu is the right striker at the moment even though he is not the main striker who is Ancelotti's priority in compiling the starting XI. And I admit that Don Carlo is a typical coach who is very good at exploring the potential of his players. I feel confident that Joselu will be a mainstay for the coach if he is able to maintain his performance. However, I agree that Joselu does not deserve to be on the same level as Benzema.

I don't think Real Madrid are playing poorly game, because they are performing well and winning their matches, therefore I don't see anything wrong with their performance. The only problem I think Real Madrid are experiencing is striker, because it is difficult for them in some matches to score many goals. vini jr is just a player that assists you to score goals, because vini jr is a good player but is not a goal machine, but he will do everything possible to assist a player to score, before Benzema leave Real Madrid, you see vini jr is hope to assist Benzema to score and I think that make him more professional player, and even vini jr is missing changes, Ancelotti will still put him in a match, Because his performance is excellent. I saw Bellingham isn't scoring goals anymore, and I'm assuming someone will collect the highest goal scorer for him let's see if he can score against Athletico Madrid this weekend, because the game will be extremely interesting to watch.

Finally, the standings have returned to normal and all teams have the same number of games played. It's time to look at the odds of the contenders for the title:

Real Madrid 1.12

Girona 6.86

Barcelona Fc 16.66

Atlético Madrid 33.32

If we add a fifth team here - Athletic Bilbao 245.98, then it becomes obvious that there is already a very large gap between each position and everything looks so that we already know how the teams will be positioned in the top 4 or even top 5 at the end of the season. I can’t say that this is typical for La Liga or any other top league in general.
As a Real Madrid fan, I am glad that the title is already in their pocket and they can concentrate on the Champions League.

Since some time ago I have often praised Joselu but most people don't really care about the talent he has and people only focus on Vinic and Bellingham while everyone forgets that at that time Vinic was injured, only Joselu was able to replace him with good contributions and provide the score for the club's victory.
Even though Joselu is only a second tier player, his talent is on par with the main players and what you say is true if he can perform like Rodrygo.
I've been guessing since yesterday that if Joselu, after being successful in giving a winning score, there would definitely be lots of people praising him whereas previously lots of people ignored him.

I admit that yesterday's match Joselu looked very aggressive always trying to look for opportunities to score and his club friends also supported that Joselu would be the player who scored because Getafe's defenders were too focused on Vinicius so the strategy changed to focus on providing passes to Joselu and from several 2 shots on goal were successfully secured.
Even though Vinicius didn't manage to score, at least he managed to provide 1 assist to Joselu.

Of course comparing Joselu with Benzema will not be balanced, Benzema is still better as a Real Madrid striker. But that's not what we want to see, after Benzema left Real Madrid of course Real Madrid wanted to recruit Mbappe as a replacement for Benzema but apparently that didn't work so Joselu became an alternative striker for Real Madrid. Initially many were doubtful about Joselu, but in the cool hands of coach Ancelotti he slowly started to become sharp on Real Madrid's front line and even when other players were deadlocked in scoring goals, Joselu was always present as Real Madrid's savior. I hope he is always a line-up choice in the next match.

Because I see Joselu as an underrated striker, but he has proven that he is a quality player. He is an example of a player who never gives up and always tries to give his best for the team. So if he continues to play, I'm sure he will score goals often. In the match against Getafe, Joselu could have scored a hat trick, but with his humble attitude he passed the ball to Vini, but unfortunately Vini could not take advantage of this opportunity to score a goal.

In the match against Getafe, Real Madrid was using the formation 4-3-1-2. It wasn't 4-3-3 as you stated above. So, it is untrue that Ancelotti was using the same strategy when Real Madrid still has Benzema.

Yep, Joselu scored 2 goals, he proved that he deserves to be Real Madrid striker. However, many people will assume it is just against a small team. Joselu must prove it in big matches, too. I've no doubt with the skills and mentality of this striker, he is experienced enough. However, people will always doubt him as long as he doesn't prove scoring goals in big matches like playing against Atletico Madrid or Barcelona.

To be honest, this match is very difficult to predict and considering that both H2H games often only draw, it would be very risky if we placed a bet and guessed the wrong result. Maybe overall Bilbao is still the best so far but sometimes H2H results can be repeated in this match later. I quite doubt that Bilbao can win even though they are favored as hosts and it is possible that Mallorca will hold their series again later.

If we look at the statistics of both of them in the last 5 matches, here Mallorca has never won at all 4 times and Bilbao has only lost 2 times. So I think this could be a deciding match for one of the teams to get full points. Bilbao does have the opportunity to shorten the point difference from Barcelona and therefore that could be an additional encouragement for Bilbao to win this match. But regardless of who wins or even draws, I will pass this bet.