Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1678. (Read 532157 times)

Barcelona won this match however they had a hard match against Atletico Bilbao because of the players they couldn't use in this game and I think Atletico Bilbao could even use the chance they had and in this match because if you check the stats you can understand Atletico Bilbao also had some good chances in this match and while Xa had to have the potential for the next La Liga game.
  

Yep. Barcelona won the match although they played with some substituted players. Even the score today was made by a substituted player (Marc Gulu). However, I can see a decrease of Barcelona attacking without Lewandowski, Raphinha, De Jong, and Pedri. If Barcelona used the same lineups when they play against Real Madrid in the next match, I doubt Barcelona can win the match. Let's expect those key players who are absent today, already recovered from their injured in the next match.

By the way, winning from Atletico Bilbao today, Barcelona gets 3 points and succeed to shorten the point difference with Real Madrid. Barcelona was lucky today since Real Madrid failed to win against Sevilla.

Real Madrid's draw created an opportunity for Barcelona to narrow the gap with their great rival. Bilbao is inherently a difficult opponent, and they are also in the top 6. Difficulties are surrounding Barcelona when they are missing many pillars, such as Lewandowski, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, or injured Kounde. Guiu scored late in the second half. Guiu took advantage of his first touch to help Barcelona win 1-0. The victory helped Barcelona stay just 1 point behind top team Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.

Shakhtar Donetsk is having so much trouble now as a club, but also as human beings. I think it is impressive that they are still in the game in the Champions League as well and they can't ever benefit from playing at home in front of their own fans because they have to play at neutral venues because of the war. I also think that Barcelona won't have many problems with them because the two teams can enjoy two entirely different levels of training, preparation and mental comfortability. I still hope for Shakhtar that they are able to play a great game and still enjoy that they are part of the Champions League.

Today it was again the defense that won Barcelona the game against Athletic Bilbao. I don't think it was a convincing game, but as long as they don't concede goals they are a threat until the last minute of the game.

We also need to give credit to Joao Felix because he was instrumental in the build up to Guiu's goal and made several efforts to get his own too. I really enjoyed the game, the both sides pressing each other, not giving breathing space to themselves. It's a game that was well played but Marc Guiu became the man of the match after his timely goal in the 80'.
It's impessive to note that as soon as he came in the 79', he began poaching the Athletic defense till the goal came in. This win was a very important one as they needed the three points to see them fly past Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid to sit at the 3rd spot, trailing with a point behind Girona and Real Madrid who occuppy the second and first spot respectively.
Barcelona will really need to put in more effort if they intend to climb further because the battle for the title race, though still in it's early stages seems to be a tough one with Girona who have picked so much of a form that if they meet big clubs like Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or even Barca, they could stand a a chance at winning.
 A great game indeed but I feel Xavi was resting his men for their champions league fixture against shakhtar Donetsk.

Shakhtar Donetsk will be the next team for Xavi and his players. Normally they can't make trouble for a team like Barcelona because Shakhtar Donetsk doesn't have the power for it but the fact about Barcelona is a lack of players and unfortunately, Barcelona doesn't have many players that's why the best they can do is to save some potential for the game against Real Madrid,
 

Barcelona vs Ath.Bilbao.

In the first half, I didn't watch the game. however, referring to the first half statistics, Barcelona was superior in possession of the ball but in terms of opportunities, Athletic was slightly better. Maybe Barcelona's only chance in the first half was a shot that hit the goal post. I just watched this match in the second half, and it seemed like Barcelona played much better than the first half. they had tons of chances, 9 total shots, 5 on target, three big chances.

Meanwhile, Athletic are not that dominant and in fact they often make mistake after mistake among their players. in this match, especially the second half. Honestly, as a Barcelona supporter I really like the Joao duo. even though Cancelo is a defender, he always contributes in building attacks. unfortunately, his hard shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, Unai Simon.
Joao Felix, he really worked hard to show his worth, that Barcelona was not wrong in bringing him to Camp Nou. he works very well, even though for me he is too hasty when he touches the ball, his effort and work ethic, I really like. It's very natural, because I'm a Barcelona fan. Felix actually had a lot of opportunities, he had 3 shots on target, 1 shot hit the goal post, 3 opportunities, 2 big chances created and 42 touches. even though he didn't score a goal, his assist was very valuable for Barcelona's victory in this match which Marc Guiu was able to continue very well and convert it into a goal.
As a result, Barcelona succeeded even though they won narrowly. With this result, Barca is 1 point away from Girona and also from Real Madrid as the top of the La Liga standings.
Well, finally the El Clasico match is almost approaching. I hope both teams put on exciting games and battles for us to watch. so, let's wait.

In the last 5 matches in Laliga, only Atletico Madrid was able to win all the matches. They have been so consistent at the start of this season and Diego Simeone's men have 1 game yet to play which means they have a chance to overtake the teams above them when that time comes.

So, look at today's match where Girona was able to record a victory after beating Almeria with a score of 5-2. I was amazed by Girona's game because they were 2 goals behind but they were able to turn things around to 5-2 at the end of the match.

On the other hand, Barcelona is also able to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce the points gap with Girona or Real Madrid because the additional 3 points makes Barcelona reduce the points gap to 1 point again. Which means Barcelona can lead the standings next week if Real Madrid fails to get full points.

Barcelona managed to get three points in the week where Real-Madrid lost points, which was a very good result because Barcelona had also suffered losses against smaller teams. The biggest reason is that Lewandowski was injured and could not score a goal for eighty minutes against Atletic Bilbao, but the late player Guiu, who entered the game later, scored a fantastic goal and provided his team with this victory.

Guiu took advantage of this opportunity in Lewandowski's absence and now he came to the fore and that's it. It is very important that he brought points to his team in an important week when Real Madrid lost points.

The final result of the match between Barcelona and Atletico Bilbao was 1-0 for Barcelona to win. Even though they played with a squad that wasn't the main team, this time, they did their best. Even though he had difficulty penetrating Bilbao's goal, in the end Marc Gulu was able to get the ball through to them and it became the only goal in the match. Even though they actually have quite big chances, as we know, Atletico Bilbao's defense is quite strong. With this result, the difference in points between Barcelona and the clubs above it is very small, so the competition in La Liga is truly competitive.

He had the best start ever, scoring a goal within seconds of entering the first match. Marc Guiu, at just 17 yo, achieved all these. It’s will be funny to think that if he had received a red card he would have covered everything in his debut since his transfer from Barcelona B. Beside that, if he continues to perform well in the upcoming matches which is a great chance for him now, he could potentially become the next forward for the team. Xavi doesn't have much of a choice but to rely on his youngest players, which tells us about Barcelona's unfortunate situation with injuries and absences this season.

Despite the situation now, and getting the 3 points today, they still have a challenging week ahead with the El Clásico and the UCL match. They certainly deserved to win today considering their situation, but can they maintain this level or even more of performance and surpass the challenge with Real Madrid? Which definitely be much harder than Atletico Bilbao.

It is ironic that Sergio Ramos became the obstacle for Real Madrid to win the match now. Wherewas when he was in Real Madrid, Ramos often became the hero for Real Madrid in many matches. He scored several winning goals for Real Madrid. He was a productive defender besides he was a captain and a solid defender. That's why Ramos became one of the iconic players of Real Madrid previously.

In this match Ramos showed that he knows well Real Madrid tactics. He made Real Madrid attackers be difficult to score, even Bellingham could perform in their best level. This also indicates that the current Real Madrid attackers aren't enough strong to win the match against a team with solid defenders. The solution is Real Madrid must sign a new top striker in the next transfer window.

Anyway, losing 2 points in this match make there is no point gap between Real Madrid points and Girona points. Barcelona also succeed to cut the point gap to be 1 point only now. It is very unfortunate that Real Madrid failed to widen the point gap. They are possible to overtake by Girona and Barcelona if they get a loss in the next match (El Clasico match).

Xavi Hernandez have this lucrative idea of using young players in his game, and this have aided in boosting his game plans and the team this season. With the absence of the important players in the team due to crucial injuries, there's only backup players that's doing the dirty job for the main players. Barcelona had a narrow win against Athletic club, if the blaugrana have lost, I wouldn't blame them because they're one of the struggling elite team that seems to be very upset without the keymen in the starting lineup. Marc Guiu is definitely what we describe as super-sub, coming off from the bench in the second half and netting a late goal to give Barca the leading points.

Xavi has no other choice but to try his luck with the young players. Fermin Lopez failed to take advantage of the opportunity, Felix and Lamine Yamal too, but Marc Guiu who got the chance immediately scored his debut goal for the Barcelona first team this season.

Marc Guiu was the supersub in this match, but I think Barcelona deserved to win this match. He was the MVP for this game and I admit that their task is never easy against Bilbao, but in the end those 3 points were worth it. Marc Guiu needs to get more opportunities this season and he definitely deserves it after setting a new record for Barcelona's dramatic win. Marc Guiu 1 match, 1 goal, 1 yellow card and 1 MVP.

But this moments, Barcelona os leading the match with 1:0 and the game is already in 90+ which means that the game is now in extra time and can end any moment from now, and if you have bet that Barcelona will lose then at this point your ataked amount is almost gone and should accept that, how can you under rate a club like Barcelona even though Athletico madrid also is another strong club but that doesn't mean we can underate Barcelona in any ways.


But if all things being equal is already a big win for the Barcelona already and foing forward we should ve looking forward to seeing alot of improvement and their meet ofher strong clubs like Real Madrid and the rest in inbrhe La Liga series.

Some minutes into the second half and Barcelona have been able to score one goal by Marc Guiu on Felix's assist. I expected more at this stage, but the three points still will be enough for this tough game for them so they can close the distance with Real Madrid. It is a slender lead, and if they do not defend well, they can throw it away which will be very painful. Barcelona need to improve from this performance before their champions league game later this week and also if they plan to keep up with Girona and Real Madrid.

I refrained from betting on Barcelona to win today's match. The reason is that Barcelona's squad is not strong enough today. It would not be wrong to call this team Barcelona's bench team. And so Barcelona will not be able to do as well as in the previous matches, it has already been predicted. Barcelona's attack today is quite weak. Despite several attacks, they failed to score. Despite playing defensively in the first half, they are not playing defensively in the second half. However, the match seems more likely to be a draw.

Betting on Barcelona recently to win has been risky and the times I have done so I had my confidence in their victory go down during the match. I must say Barcelona even with lewandowsky hasn't been at their very best and now it would be worse. In addition atletico Bilbao is not a push over team and the are going to cause Barcelona troubles and they aren't easy to win so it's not a good bet to go with Barcelona outright win.

Due to the storm of injuries experienced by Barcelona, ​​of course their performance is not as usual. But even so, Barcelona is also able to pose a threat to Unai Simon, who has made 4 saves so far. Both teams played evenly, even though Bilbao really made Barcelona's defense difficult today, but so far neither team has conceded.

Xavi really struggled to find players capable of making an impact on the game, but I hope Lamine Yamal can provide something good in the second half. Barcelona still seems unlucky with some good chances, but I think they can win this match in the end.

Looking at the squad that is playing at the moment, I would say that Barcelona's attack is very weak and that because of this, betting only on Barcelona's victory would be a high risk. If a bet was on the draw or Barcelona market then it would make sense, but the problem is that in this draw or Barcelona market the odds value is very low and does not pay off and in the goals market there would only be a profit if the person had placed a bet before the game starts and with that the person could have bet on the under goal and the odds would be decent. But if you bet on Barcelona to win in this game, then the chances of losing money will be very high.

From what I see in the squad that is playing, in attack we have Joao Felix replacing Lewandoski and it will definitely be very difficult for him to be able to replace lewandowski, then we have Ferran Torres and Fermín López. This is Barcelona's attacking trio for this game, it's currently 55 minutes into the game and I'm not seeing any great things that would lead me to think that we'll see a lot of goals in this game. the problem is that barcelona needs a victory in this game to not leave a large points gap in relation to real madrid, but with so many attacking players being injured and the games that barcelona have ahead of them are very important games

so the best option is for barcelona to spare players in this game and fight for a draw, while hoping that their other players are healed for the remaining games that they will have, they need to do well in the next game of the european champions league and then in the game against real madrid. while real madrid is in a good situation, with good players ready to play, so they will play 100% in form in the next game against barcelona