Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1471. (Read 553342 times)

They are in 16th place at the moment and only 2 levels away from the relegation zone position, not only that, they also only have a difference of 1 point superior to the club in the relegation zone Cadiz, while Cadiz has 1 match ahead of them. Their position is very unsafe, they have to work harder to get out of the pressure that comes to them, namely the threat of relegation.
In my opinion, the defense must be improved immediately, because judging from the overall match they played, they are very fragile in defense. Their midfield also didn't show anything good, they couldn't keep the balance there. midfield should be the first person who can cut off the attacks built by the opponent, but they didn't show that. Likewise, when they attack, they are often too late to make their attacks more effective.

Well, he'll be resting for a few weeks now due to a hamstring problem and it's rumored that it's also likely that he'll be out until the match against Napoli in the Champions League Round of 16.
This will certainly be a hassle for Barcelona as they will only be able to utilize Lamine Yamal on the right flank even though this is good for Yamal but not for the performance as this could be very troubling for them due to the lack of attacking power especially on the wings.

Not to mention that if you only proportion Yamal too often this will also make him a little depressed and this must be minimized because with Yamal's current age and the burden given if it is too big then it could actually interfere with his own performance.

Xavi will have to find alternatives and new formations now in what could be a very busy schedule later on and it's the Madrid game that's worrying because apart from the trophy race it's also a prestige match.

The defeat experienced by Sevilla was truly unexpected, because when this match started Sevilla really controlled the game and the passes made by the Sevilla players were also very accurate. Not only that, attacks were continuously carried out against Alaves' goal, but Sevilla failed to take advantage of everything to score a goal. Unfortunately in the first half Sevilla was behind 0-2, then the second half started and Sevilla managed to equalize the score to 2-2. In the end, when the match was over, Sevilla lost to Alaves, the final score being 2-3. In my opinion, this defeat is a heavy blow for Sevilla, because their position has dropped to 16th in the standings, this is a big threat if Sevilla in the next match experiences continuous defeats. Sanchez Flores must completely change his squad's playing strategy or buy new players who have good skills to be able to fill the front line well. That way, I am sure Sevilla can win the next match and avoid the relegation zone.

I see Sevilla as the same as last season, even though they were close to the relegation zone, but at the end of the season they were able to survive the relegation zone. In my opinion, this team has lost the enthusiasm to get up so it is not surprising that their performance is always bad every season, even though last season they managed to win the European league but last season's league was also inconsistent. And this season they repeated that there have been no concrete changes made by Sevilla so far.

There are many things that Sevilla have to improve this season but the first thing to improve is perhaps Sevilla has to improve their defense, conceding two goals from corners in the same way is a fact. Apart from pushing Alaves' ranking higher, this match was worth winning because Alaves played a very good game, they have played an important role this season.

Sevilla's performance was poor in La Liga last season as well. However the  team was able to perform well in the  Europa League. Despite not performing  well in La Liga,  Sevilla became Europe League  champions. But this season they have performed  very poorly in the Champions League. As a  result, the Sevilla team  could not qualify for the Europa League. At the same time , Sevilla's performance in  La Liga is also very  poor. The team has managed to win only 3 matches  out of 20 matches. And they conceded 30 goals in 20 matches. Sevilla's defense is quite weak. If the defense is not strengthened, the possibility of this team going to the relegation zone is  strong. Sevilla still have plenty of time to improve their performance.

Sevilla have been performing very poorly this season. Sevilla have only collected 16 points from twenty matches this season. The team's performance in the last match was not good at all. They were two goals behind until the 70th minute, then they scored two goals in a row to equalize the team, but another Alavés player scored in the 90th minute to confirm Sevilla's defeat. As the game was a draw until 90 minutes, Sevilla should have defended at that point to avoid another defeat but they failed to defend. They lost 3 points due to weak defense in the end. With the way Sevilla are losing one match after another and dropping points, it will be challenging to maintain their 16th position in the points table. If you don't want to lower your position, you must enter the field with a proper plan for the next matches.

I am sure that a team as big as Sevilla will be able to rise and get out of the relegation zone. What is happening now is beyond many people's expectations because Sevilla has improved to start this season, but a big surprise occurred because their performance was even much worse compared to last season.
This season's journey is still quite long and Sevilla still has a lot of time to improve.

The current 16th position in the standings is still not necessarily safe for Sevilla if Celta Vigo is able to win at home to Mallorca today. Sevilla's position will again be displaced by Celta Vigo, this is due to the result of having the same number of points as Sevilla at this time. So Sevilla's position in 16th place is still not completely safe and even has the potential to be evicted again by one of its closest opponents at this time. Sevilla have really been very bad this season and are in need of more improvement on all fronts.

Sevilla this season has lost its strength to appear a little stronger like last season and this season the club has lost opportunities in the Champions League and European League, even in LaLiga Sevilla has not been able to provide a performance like last season.
This club is actually very mysterious, it's hard to predict, like last season, Sevilla's performance was not very strong in La Liga, but it was very surprising to be able to get the title in UEL, but it looks like this season is not an easy season because I see that Sevilla has a very bad defense, from 20 matches they conceded 30 times. and this is a very bad result, even playing at home does not provide a guarantee of winning every match and it is very disappointing to see Sevilla being defeated by a weak club and the defeat was at Sevilla's home ground.
Or maybe this has something to do with Diego Alonso who was fired from his coaching position and replaced with a new coach which affected Sevilla's performance to really decline.

Technically Athletic Bilbao are doing better than Real Sociedad in the La Liga at the moment. Because Real Sociedad's recent form is really bad despite not having a loss for a long time. They just draw a lot recently which sent them quite behind Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid both in the standings as a result. 

Athletic Bilbao are one of the best teams in home games this season. They lost only once and won 7 of their 10 home games. This would surely be a tough game for them but I'm still favouring them to win one way or another. It is time for them to have revenge on their previous game which Real Sociedad won by 3-0.

The match will be tight in my opinion, because statistically in La Liga these two teams do not have a significant difference, and of course Atletico Bilbao as the host will have a greater advantage than Real Sociedad. If these two teams dare to play an open strategy and not be too careful, then this will be a match that will show the buying and selling of attacks from each team, and I hope that really happens so that the match is more interesting.
The opportunity for both teams to finish the match with a draw is also quite open, considering the two strengths are almost equally balanced.

Another painful defeat was felt by Sevilla, this time it was Alaves who gave the disappointment to Sevilla. Alaves played effectively in this match, they did not waste the opportunity in the first half to be able to excel with 2 goals. In the second half Sevilla could reply so that the score was a 2-2 draw. I thought at least Sevilla would get 1 point from this match, but that changed after Alaves created another goal at the end of the second half and at the same time they could lock in the victory. Indeed, Sevilla can control the course of the match, but they cannot play effectively, because the attacks they build are repeatedly deadlocked.
Whether they will be relegated or not I think it will be a long conversation, because they also still have a great opportunity to survive in La Liga.

Girona vs Almeria, a good opportunity to take over the top of the standings from Madrid. I feel that the team at the bottom of the La Liga standings Almeria will not be able to make Girona stumble this time, even though we know that Almeria will not just give up, their only advantage is acting as hosts. There not much to say about Almeria, the rest is that I was impressed by Girona impressive performance.

Madrid will only start their match against Getafe in february, because they will focus on facing the El Clasico match in the Spanish Super Cup final. This means that Girona has the opportunity to lead the standings for more than 15 days. I think Michel and his fleet will not waste the current opportunity. Another mission is to score a large number of goals, to cut goal productivity with Los Blancos in leading the standings, a very tight competition.

On other hand, La Liga has been running for 19 matches, meaning the first half of the season has finished. However, Almeria fate is very worrying, where they have not achieved a single win, the best result they can produce is achieving 5 draws. I feel there is no hope of Almeria surviving in La Liga next season. Beating Girona to get their first win of the season seems like a very tough thing, because I'm sure Girona will not drop points.

The outcome of this match was totally unexpected for me. Alaves was not a strong team. So I  thought maybe the match would be a draw or Sevilla would win. But Sevilla lost the match 3-2. Sevilla tried to dominate the match from the beginning of the match. But they did not succeed. The team fell behind in the first half due to conceding 2 goals in the first half. It is difficult for a team like Sevilla to come back after going down by 2 goals. Because their attacking players are not in good rhythm. However, Sevilla managed to score two goals in the second half. But Alaves won the match 3-2 with Ruben Duarte's goal in the 90th minute.

I can't believe that a team like Sevilla are on these points, it's clear that things are not going well in the team and they can't react. I think relegation is very unlikely, I mean they can win 2-3 games in a row and recover, but the football they are playing doesn't show that they can do it.

These wins have pushed Alaves a little bit further away from the bottom. This game was also very important for them and they managed to win despite playing away. I thought Sevilla would score the 3rd goal but Alaves didn't give up and scored in the 90th minute to get the 3 points.

I discussed Sevilla before and unexpectedly they lost again. This is a consecutive defeat in the last 3 matches and what is worse is that they lost to the La Liga promotion team this season, namely Alaves. Actually, I don't guarantee that Sevilla will be able to win and at least here Alaves are a little better than them.

An injury time goal scored by Duarte thwarted the previous draw and this resulted in an additional 3 points for Alaves. A humiliating defeat in front of the fans at home and I don't know what else to say about Sevilla because they are getting further behind at this point. Maybe next week they will still lose because their next opponent is Girona, who are a team that has been consistent this season and is in the title hunt.

Osasuna against Barcelona was a really exciting match, both teams were really strong until in the end in the first half there were no goals scored by either team. Even though Osasuna lost, his performance was very entertaining and in the 8th minute I saw a moment where Osasuna couldn't take advantage of the opportunity well and I think if Osasuna could take advantage of it well there could be a goal but at that time what made things difficult for Osasuna was the strength and tightness of Barcelona's defense which in the end Osasuna found it difficult to take advantage of opportunities when close to the goal. And Barcelona actually, if they can take advantage of opportunities, can of course score more than 2 goals. like in the 12th minute but fortunately the Osasuna goalkeeper was able to read the direction of the ball and finally Osasuna's goal was saved at that time.

In the 59th minute Lewandowski really showed his prowess and opened the first goal of the match and at that time the Osasuna defender couldn't move and failed to block Lewandowski and finally Lewandowski scored a beautiful goal. and in the last minute what a really good goal was created by the cooperation of the Barcelona players and fortunately Lamine Yamal was able to take advantage of the opportunity and in the end he scored a beautiful goal.

Yes, now Barcelona has qualified for the final and will meet Madrid. But it's really a shame because Raphinha's injury really makes Xavi, Barcelona fans and everyone sad. Yes, the point is that Raphinha will not be able to play in the final and this is a very difficult situation for Barcelona. There are rumors that Raphinha will rest for 2 weeks, so I hope Raphinha recovers quickly.

With the news that Raphinha will be absent from the Supercopa final against Real Madrid, it is bad for Barcelona who will focus on Yamal playing full time in his place. Because El Clasico is quite important for both teams to press for maximum performance regardless of their respective conditions, the match will definitely be very fierce and heated. On the other hand, Carvajal was also reported to have experienced problems during training but he emphasized that he could still appear against Barcelona.

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Returning to La Liga where Girona will start their 20th match against Almeria, I think this match could be an asset for Girona to take over the top of the standings. But can fighting Almeria be considered easy? I know Girona is superior in everything, but when faced with a club below it like Almeria, sometimes it can produce surprising final scores. Hopefully Almeria can provide maximum play, at least not making this match too easy for Michel squad.

Sevilla's performance in the last 2 seasons did look bad in La Liga but fortunately their performance in the European league was quite impressive and they managed to win the European league title, but this season Sevilla did not play in the European league and their performance in La Liga has not improved and is getting worse so It's only natural that Sevilla won't qualify for the Champions League and won't be able to compete in the European League knowing that their condition is much worse than before, so it feels difficult to be in the top 5 if their condition doesn't improve this season.

Sevilla lost to Alaves at home and this defeat is certainly quite embarrassing and Sevilla has made their fans disappointed and angry at seeing this defeat, Sevilla must immediately fix what is wrong with their condition so that they don't continue to decline, this season they must improve their position so that it is safe and not degraded.

Sevilla will plunge into the Relegation Zone if Celta Vigo manages to get at least one point and Cadiz wins the match 20, this situation will further worsen Sevilla situation after performing very poorly this season. Yes, Alaves played very well at Sevilla headquarters. They were able to control the match well and closed the first half with a winning score. Sevilla tried to catch up in the second half, although they managed to bring the score back to a 2-2 draw, an additional goal from Ruben Duarte at the end of normal time meant that Sevilla lost important points at their home ground. It is very difficult to imagine a team like Sevilla being relegated, but in football only a team that is able to maintain its performance will survive in the top division.

What might save Sevilla from relegation this season is that the teams below them perform worse than them.
Almeria will certainly be relegated and the other two places will be between Granada, Cadiz, Celta Vigo and Sevilla because the difference in points is still quite small and the end of the season will really determine who will accompany Almeria to the Segunda division.

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Las Palmas vs Villareal, the home team has better odds than Villareal but not too much different so this will be a very even match, and in the first meeting this season as the away team, Las Palmas was surprisingly able to beat Villareal in this match.
Villareal will probably use this as a revenge event and also to improve their position which is in 14th position and that is worse than Las Palmas which could be in 10th position, but Las Palmas cannot be underestimated so this will be a tough match for both of them to get 3 points.