Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1724. (Read 530785 times)

It would be a shame if this fight had to end in a draw, to be honest I didn't watch this fight because it was held early in the morning my country time.  referring to the statistics, line-up and highlights of this match. It seems that Barcelona's defense line was a little careless or maybe they were too busy attacking so their defense line moved too far forward which gave Granada a lot of space when they were able to win the ball. Granada scored two goals, the first goal was scored in a very short time in the 1st minute, and perhaps because of this goal the Barcelona players got a surprise. In the 29th minute, Granada again increased their number of goals. also, 1 Granada player's shot hit the goal post. after that, no more goals were scored by Granada.

As for Barcelona, ​​based on the statistics of this match, they completely controlled the game. They had 80% ball possession, 11 total shots, 5 on target, 2 big chances. Based on the statistics I referred to, Ferran Torres did not play well in this match. 1 already suspected that Ferran Torres was not ideal in the center forward position. he lacked creativity, and his performance was up and down. The goal scored by Barcelona was scored by Lamine Yamal and this goal was also his first goal in La Liga. the second goal, scored by Sergio Roberto from Balde's assist. Unfortunately, it seems that Jules Kounde had to be withdrawn due to a suspected injury. Maybe also, because Kounde's performance was not in prime condition, Granada was able to score two goals in this match. and it's a shame, Barcelona should have been able to win this match if Joao Felix's goal had not been disallowed for offside. As a result, Barcelona had to share 1 point equally. Now, Barcelona is 3 points behind Real Madrid.
By the way, if I'm not mistaken, there are rumors that Barcelona will look for a striker from La Masia as a temporary replacement for the injured Lewandowski. but I'm not sure if this rumor is true.

Quite a strange situation: Barcelona lost points for the second time in a game with an outsider and is now 3 points behind Real Madrid. At the same time, Real lost points only in the game with strong Atletico. In turn, Atlético, if we take into account the game in reserve, is one point ahead of Barcelona. But the title quotes are as follows:

Real Madrid 1.89

Barcelona Fc 2.20

Atlético Madrid 10.00

In my opinion, Real and Atletico are underrated and Barcelona are overrated. I don’t see Atlético as a contender for the title, but the numbers are such that they should be rated higher.

Yes, the quick goal really made Granada more confident in this match because they knew that the team they were facing was a strong enough team so playing defense was their mainstay for this match. Granada is struggling to get out of the Relegation zone but unfortunately they failed to maintain their best form in this match because Barcelona pressed them quite hard with their attacks. Felix's goal was disallowed because Torres was caught in an offside position. Felix has performed quite well with Barcelona this season, he has found the best team after previously his career was declared unclear, but Barcelona was able to make his name soar again after he managed to show his best performance at the start of this season.

So, if you look at Lewandowksi, it looks like he will miss the next few matches with Barcelona because the injury he suffered requires time for the healing process. I think Barcelona has lost its goal machine and Felix and Yamal must be able to maintain their best form to continue scoring goals when Lewandowksi can't defend the team.

I think Xavi can't continue to rely on Lewandowski, he has to prepare a backup to replace Lewandowski when he is absent due to injury or something else, Barcelona didn't perform well last night, even against a bottom club it was quite difficult to score goals, I know in the end they can hold a draw, but this could be a lesson that Barcelona must have a replacement for Lewandowski to be better.

Granada really looked good at the start of the match and they played attacking and were able to score quick goals against Barcelona. Just look at Barcelona's back line which didn't look good so they had to concede two goals. Xavi needs to pay attention to that, Barcelona should be able to win that match , but unfortunately they have to share points with Granada. it looks annoying for those betting on Barcelona  

It was Granada's quick goal in the first minute that allowed them to play on the defensive and hope for counterattacks. Barcelona had a lot of good attacks, but coming back from 2-0 is always very difficult, and they almost managed to do it, but unfortunately Felix's goal was overturned by VAR. Barcelona should have scored more goals, out of 10 shots on target, two goals are a weak result, but they did not lose and one point is better than 0. Thus, Girona remains between Real and Barcelona, the intrigue for Girona remains.

If Real Madrid had a striker of Lewandowski's quality like Barcelona, ​​they could have scored more goals. Even though they lack this, they play great matches in La Liga. The Granada draw is a big disappointment for Barcelona because before the match, everyone was expecting a victory with lots of goals from Barcelona.

Granada game in this match implemented a fairly good strategy where they only relied on counter-attack strategies and played relatively defensively. However, every attack they made was quite good, especially since they were able to suppress Barcelona from the first half. I think we often say that the teams at the bottom of the standings are the weakest teams but sometimes that doesn't match the facts because they can balance their game and do some extraordinary things on the pitch.

Barcelona did have many opportunities to score goals, but because Granada's defense was tight, their chances were thwarted by Granada's defenders. With the unsatisfactory results from this match, of course, Barcelona failed to stick closely to Real Madrid in the standings so that the distance between the two of them is now 3 points adrift of Real Madrid.

I don't think that can be used as a strong excuse even though some of their players are absent but against Granada, which is a club that is far below them in terms of level, it cannot be used as an excuse because their squad looks much more luxurious.
De Jong's absence in midfield was a problem but I didn't really like Xavi's decision to force Cancelo to play at right-back which made him less dominant in this match.
This has happened and fortunately they didn't lose the match but there are some things that need to be evaluated because looking at the conditions now it's not very good if it continues like this.

Granada managed to score two goals in thirty minutes of the first half, putting Barcelon under pressure and we will see how they tried to catch up, the whole match was dominated by Barcelona but Granada's defense was quite tight so it was not easy for Barcelona to score, the second goal equalized the score it even happened when the match only had 5 minutes of normal time left.
For Granada, of course this is quite fun because they are the bottom two teams at the moment, so when they face Barcelona of course no one thought that they would be able to get even just one point, many predicted that this would be an easy match for Barcelona to score a lot of goal, but the prediction was wrong and Xavi must evaluate their weak points in this match if they want to retain the title, because even a draw would make them even further behind Real Madrid, who after experiencing their first defeat this season managed to win three matches in a row.

I was quite surprised at Barcelona's match today, no one thought that Granada would be able to score first against Barcelona. I even thought that this would be Barcelona's defeat against a weak club like Granada, but it turns out that Barcelona was able to equalize before the match was over and yes, at least Barcelona must be satisfied with this result because at least Barcelona did not experience defeat.

Lewandowski's absence made Barcelona's attack line weaken even though they completely dominated possession of the ball but Barcelona seemed to have difficulty breaking into Granada's goal in the first half and fortunately in the second half Barcelona was able to perform optimally and S. Roberto managed to score a goal in the final minute so that Barcelona did not suffer defeat.

Not many players were absent yesterday and even at that barcelona should have won they should not have conceded 2 goals to Relegation Zone Granada. The early mistake made them to concede the first goal which affected the team’s performance. They did better in the second half to turn things around and equalize but they were not lucky to win. Joao Felix goal in the extra minutes of the game was ruled out for offside else they could have completed the comeback.

They need to do better if they want to win the title again this season because a draw with Granada proves they are still not at their best despite having a fine run of games and winning matches back to back. They don’t need much draw because if they can’t win Granada how will they do when they face stronger opponents.

The transfers Barcelona did last transfer window are all positive transfers they have all adapted well and help strengthen the team. Right from his Man City days i knew Ikay Gündoğan would not find it difficult to adapt in La Liga because he plays similar style to them and a Barcelona kinda player. Winning the El Clasico can be a bit challenging this season but with all these positives from the new signings they should be able to face Madrid head on.

Xavi plays with zero squad stability, one game Raphinha one game Torres one game 16 year old on the right wing. If you look in the center, you have Gavi and Ilkay. Where is someone like Pedri. It's ridiculous. In his time, everyone could recite the Barca 11 by heart. It's almost 2024 and I still feel like I'm watching a mediocre team when I watch this team. No dribbling, no long shots, no crosses. The whole game is based on short passes and passes to the guy 5 meters away max. I watched the granada game. They're second to last in the league and they're a mess. The game is tied, extra time is played and these guys are still dribbling the ball around with no excitement. I wonder when the 24 hour possession football will end for these guys. This is how they played 15 years ago and this is how they play now. I guess this style explains why they can't do big in the european cups.

We all know Granada is weak team and i think nobody will thought Barcelona was failed to beat Granada today and indeed this is dissapoint result because before this match Barcelona has good chances to overcomes Girona on second place and so far Barcelona has got 3 draw during this season from Getafe, Mallorca and Granada which is mostly they are weak team in Laliga and recently i have been notice that 3 draw which Barcelona gets so far was from away matches and seems Xavi still unable to bringing Barcelona to playing consistent at their opponents home ground and he have to solved this conditions because their opponent Real Madrid always be performing well for each matches

Granada started the match well, they played like a team that was trying to put pressure on their opponent who wanted to undermine their dominance. Granada counter-attack scheme was quite effective compared to ball control so they were able to control the game. Granada players were able to take advantage of the space in Barcelona defense, they managed to break into Barcelona goal twice in the first half.
The draw that Barcelona achieved at home to Granada was not due to injuries to many of their mainstay players, but was the result of a lack of discipline at the back in blocking attacks from Granada players. Barcelona had to settle for sharing points with Granada, losing two points meant they failed to return to second place.

Well,of course Barcelona is a team who cannot be underestimated but making quite some false steps in such early stages of the La Liga and against weaker opponents for me is a big red flag.Sure Real has made false steps too but they have been against stronger teams,they have lost against Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby and except that they have been doing well.

I have said it before Real should imperatively get a striker,Mbappe being the ideal player to add to this team which desperately needs a player like him and Ancelotti should leave his ego apart and open the door for such great player.

It would be inappropriate if Barcelona had to share points with Granada. From the statistics of the different players, Granada should be considered to have no chance of balancing Barcelona game. The 2-2 result is an important lesson because when you think a club like Granada is not a threat, it will actually turn into a threat. Despite Lewandowski's absence, the probability of Barcelona winning is still very large. Granada was able to shoot 7 shots and Barcelona twice as many, namely with 22 shots and 10 shots on target did not result in a goal. A big evaluation for Xavi is that if he is unable to get points in the next match then Atletico Madrid can replace his position in the standings.

I am also a Real Madrid fan but I am very aware that it is still very early to expect Real Madrid to maintain its consistency this season. I'm happy that Real Madrid managed to win more games than Barcelona, ​​but a 3 point gap to Barcelona would be completely unexpected. In fact, Barcelona is still unbeaten until the 9th match and that is a sign that Barcelona is very ready to compete to defend its title.

I'm definitely not going to underestimate Barcelona who are currently 3 points behind Real Madrid, that wouldn't be a good thing to do. Barcelona could reclaim top spot from Real Madrid only if Real Madrid loses another game, but I'm also happy with Real Madrid's performance so far. My fear about Real Madrid at the moment is that they are relying on Bellingham's performances, which is obviously worrying.

I think, Barcelona coach have to do something meaningful to save the team from this third position in the la Liga league table because their fans are not happy about the draw match with Granada home, because Barcelona had the opportunity to win the match but they misused it by allowing Granada strikers to achieved early goals in the first half. The second half really showed how strong Barcelona players are to used the second half to equalized the goals because their coach made some changes that made the match to changed for Barcelona players to dominate before the end of the match. I believe, Barcelona coach will do everything possible to avoid draw match in their next match, because draw match don't allow a team to maintain a good position through out the tournament.

seeing Barcelona performance in the match against Granada and being able to hold a draw is already a joy or as some people say here if perhaps Ferran Torres goal had not been disallowed Barcelona would still have won this match but its a shame it could only end in a draw and I am sure many bettors will lose in the bet when only choosing the underdog option.

If someone thinks Barcelona is a little bad or declining, for me Barcelona is actually more consistent and stable and if someone says Barcelona performance is very bad I am sure that person lost the bet. If we want to look at Barcelona performance in depth, we will definitely know how precise Xavi strategy is, even the young player Lamine Yamal is able to score with the talent he has. when the opportunity arises, he always looks for empty space to score and I'm quite sure that even though the game is a draw. against Granada but the next match against Bilbao, Barcelona will win.

For some reason, Granada, who are in the relegation zone, played so well overnight that they almost beat Barcelona. Granada played very defensively and occasionally took advantage of counter attacks, this is a weakness generally possessed by Barcelona who play totally attacking.

Barcelona clearly felt frustrated throughout the match because Granada was very closed and very motivated to win, but Barcelona, ​​who were aiming for points, managed to score 2 additional goals in the second half even though one of them was considered offside. I don't understand VAR's decision to disallow Joao Felix's goal at the end of the match, but it certainly helped Granda gain 1 point from the Catalans. It was a controversial decision in my opinion because Ferran Torres, who was considered completely offside, did not intervene even though he was moving. But all that has happened and Barcelona just have to put it right after the International break.