Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1764. (Read 529997 times)

Atlético Madrid’s brilliant winning against Osasuna as their 2-0 victory has secured an 11th successive victory for atletico when placing them side by side with osasuna, in their last five matches played so far, they have been able to win three games, lost one and drew one this win they just got against osasuna becomes their fourth win in six games and they have remained unbeaten at home.

The second half of the game was mostly dominated by Osasunaas they made several attack which was been being repelled by some firm Atlético defending coupled with Oblak performing brilliantly with some good saves which helped them stay ahead regardless of the continual pressure exerted by osasuna on atletico's defense .

Atlético Madrid however, started slowly which later caused them to have an early attempt by Osasuna which they did missed but later on atletico was able to pick up form as created a good force against osasuna which resulted in their victory against them, no less was expected of atletico as they are better when compared to osasuna.

Barcelona is not only having troubles on the field but off with them possibly being charged $7.3 million due to a bribery case involving a receiving payments to a vice president of the referees.
"Barcelona face a bribery case in the Spanish courts over a refereeing scandal that could potentially lead to the club being banned from football, at a time when their finances are at their most precarious and the Nou Camp has been demolished."
https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2023/9/28/23894871/barcelona-under-formal-investigation-for-bribery-in-negreira-case

For the match that just concluded we had Atletico Madrid beating Osasuna with a convincing 2-0 win.
Alot of cards given out in the final 15 minutes of the match. Red cards given out to both sides with Morata receiving his second yellow in the final 5 minutes.

I don't even know if real Madrid's players have been cursed this season to sustain injuries constantly because I don't really understand why the team's best players have been sidelined so frequently. Many of real Madrid's players are injured, and they are all among the team's best players. Before real Madrid was managed, the club's custodian and a defensive player were both out with injuries, and even the new player they signed this season has been sidelined. The worst part is that arda Guler's injury is not like those of the other players; instead, it is from training, and even after he recovered from his injury yesterday, he sustained another injury while riding the train, necessitating a three-week recovery period.

Now that two of Real Madrid's strongest defensive players have been injured from the team's match against Las Palmas, Real Madrid needs to tighten up in order to prepare for their match against Girona. Since Girona is a very strong team that has been dangerous to play against this season and is currently atop the league table, I believe Real Madrid will make every effort to do so, and I heard that Rudiger will play because his injury is not something serious.

I even saw 1-1 at one point if the game but the goal was cancelled and right after that Atletico Madrid scored the second goal and finished the match but we seen also two red cards and Atletico Madrid just cannot go without a red card sometimes. But still a win is a win and they are 5th now.

After they won against Real Madrid, Atletico players must have a better motivation. They know they still have good quality, it is only about the efforts.

Today, Atletico Madrid won again, they could steal 3 points in Osasuna home. Although it was a tough match, Atletico finally could win it because they have strong defense. Osasuna actually did a better attack, they made more shot attempts. But Atletico could play more effectively, they scored 2 goals although they only made 3 shots on target.

Now, Atletico Madrid returned to the top 5. It is not really close with the first place, but it is getting closer to the top 3. If they can keep winning the next matches, they will be in the top 3 in the near future.

Madrid have everything to be at the top of the table but they seems to forget that football doesn't favor just one club, other clubs wants to be at the top and to compete too. The Madrid era is coming to an end little by little, with this Girona team causing much scare for teams like Barcelona and even Madrid, I just wish they (Girona) continue with this good performance since the beginning of the season and let it not be only Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona that would be contending for the title.
Right from the beginning of the season I said it that the combination of Benzema and Vinicius Jr is very deadly but since big Benz left and Vinicius Jr went on injury break, the Madrid team hasn't been the same, let's forget the fact that Bellingham is on fire but it can't be compared to Benz and Vinicius Jr. Madrid should try as much as they can to get a proper number 9 instead of getting the man Bellingham in that number 9 position, it might be working but for how long? Big games are coming and the player might lose those touches.

Barcelona have a good situation with Xavi and they have currently 19 player is their team, also they have a player like Joao Felix in this season but Xavi is putting Deco under pressure to buy more players in this season.
Vitor Roque was the target of this team and Xavi wants to hire this player in the next transfer window but with the current financial situation in Barcelona, it's not going to be easy for them to spend money on other palyer.

Atletico Madrid won again, they had a difficult away match. They finished the match without conceding a goal. Their defense is really good. They learned from their mistakes in the Valencia match. However, it wasn't good for them when Alvaro Morata received a red card. The duo of Morata and Griezmann was playing very well. Now the striker duo will be broken. Atletico can still win the Cadiz match without Morata. They are doing well for now and pushing for the top positions.

Dude, it is just for a few days to consider Girona at the top of the table. Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two nominations for La Liga from the beginning of the season. Yes, if we believe that anyone other than Barcelona and Real Madrid has the competence to win La Liga, it is Atlatico Madrid, Athletic Club, Real Sociedad, etc. So it means to say that there is a flight of some days, but it will be fulfilled, and then, of course, Girona is first on the league table, but with time, between these two Barcelonas or Real Madrids, one of them will be given the power of the last league by clearing the point.

Atletico Madrid had really took advantage of this match and won the match by two goals. They were  both one player down because of a tussle that happened between Morata and Chimy Avila, they were both given red card which in my opinion I think it is right. They wanted to distrupt the good game flow in the match.

Now, this is another great win for Atletico Madrid and I think they deserved it. Despite playing in Osasuna’s home and much match domination by then, Atletico Madrid have been able to win the match by two goals margin which shows how eager they are for the title hunt amongst other top teams in the league. Hopefully, they can continue this their form to remain dominant in this season.

Hopefully, in the Girona game, Ancelotti won't make any attempts to pretend the game isn't important like he did against Ateltico.
Girona are still playing very well and Girona's consistency is still maintained so Madrid should not do things that are detrimental to their club.
Vini is still unavailable but there are still a few players who could be an option instead of forcing Jude into the striker position it would be better to force Rodrygo and Joselu even though in this case it seems that the 2 striker scheme is also a little hampering Rodrygo.
But by placing Jude back at second striker it could be a good thing because even though Modric played well but I think he is still very suitable as an attacking midfielder not a second striker.

Ancelotti may realize that Real Madrid was playing too defensively against Atletico Madrid. They have too many center midfielders at that time, they only have Rodrygo as a pure attacker. I think the result can be different if Ancelotti put Joselu-Rodrygo-Brahim Diaz on the front line. These 3 players deserve to play as main attackers and they are supported by Bellingham-Kroos-Valverde in the midfield line. TBH, this formation that I expected on the match against Atletico Madrid.

Ancelotti seems aware about his mistake. He changed the tactic and rotated some players in the last match (against Las Palmas). He knows that Real Madrid attacking line has a problem, it is not very offensively. He also realizes that he can rely on Bellingham only as the machine goal of Real Madrid. Regarding the problem on the defense line, it is quite complicated. Since Militao and Carvajal got injured, Real Madrid defense looks a bit weak. They actually needs a new defender to strengthen their defense.

The final result of Granada vs Real Betis ended in a 1 - 1 draw.
Real Betis was indeed able to take more ball possession, but it was Granada who were more attacking. Unfortunately, there were many wasted opportunities from Granada themselves, so that after equalizing in the 67th minute, there were no additional goals from either of them. Even though this should be a good moment for Real Betis to win, especially against clubs in the relegation zone. But yes, the results have ended in a draw, what can we do? Real Betis has not been able to optimize its performance this time.

Yeah, this should be a good motivation for them, but don't be overconfident. Because in the second half, Osasuna looked very persistent and Atletico Madrid started having difficulty winning the ball. Even though Osasuna also controlled the game and often carried out attacks. but it hasn't produced results yet.
The current position is still 0 - 1 in favor of Atletico Madrid.
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Now, Atletico is leading more with 2 goals.
0 - 2

Atletico Madrid got a big boost from winning against Real Madrid and i think they will win this match aswell,they are looking really well and this might be a start of a winning streak for them and if they manage to get three points they will certainly come really close to the top.

Barca is still unbeaten but Mallorca was a game they should've won. They fell back two times and it was harder to score against a defensive Mallorca. They should hold these type of uncalculated point losses to minimum. Real also has bad games but they still won. It's important to win even when you play worse than opponent. Real's only loss was against Atletico which is acceptable.
Team of the first 7 weeks is Girona. It'll be an interesting match between them and Real Madrid this weekend. We'll see if it's by luck or if they are really good and deserve the first place. One thing for sure is at least one of them lose points.

Atletico Madrid are in the lead by 1-0 right now in the second half maybe. But the football they have played so far isn't impressive to me. They have only two goal attempts in the whole 55 minutes so far. This statistics is really risky for them. Because as long as they can't increase the goal gap to two they might have to leave the pitch by one point.

Osasuna have had many more attempts than them but they just can't find the target. But they must be still very hopeful as it score is still 1-0. Getting one point would be good enough for Osasuna. But I hope Atletico Madrid manage to win here.

Currently, the match between Osasuna vs Atletico Madrid is still underway, only half-time. And ATM is currently leading by 1 goal from the 20th minute and there has been no further addition from either of them. In fact, Osasuna looked like they could match Atletico Madrid's performance, and they even attacked more. However, we can see that the accuracy of their attacks is not optimal, especially as their executioners are not sharp enough. This makes them waste several existing opportunities. For now, we still can't confirm who will be the winner, whether ATM will win with the same score or increase it or Osasuna will reverse the situation.

Girona is a very impressive club, they are not considered a big club at all, but so far they have been able to optimize their chances to become leaders in La Liga. Although I don't know how long this will last, at least this is a very good achievement for them. Next week's match will determine whether Girona will still be in first place or will be overtaken by Real Madrid because they will meet in the Girona vs Real Madrid match. In terms of squad strength, of course RMA will be superior, but sometimes their consistency is not good enough and is surprising. So, it's going to be interesting.

After failing in the match against Mallorca, Barcelona will try to improve everything in the next match against Sevilla. Considering that this is Barcelona's home match, of course they are very favored over their opponents. Moreover, Barcelona have played well at home so far, winning all 4 home games in two different competitions, so I believe they are still the favorites to win.

Sevilla is still too weak to hope to beat Barcelona considering they have only been able to win 2 of their 6 La Liga matches so far. A 5-1 win over Almeria might motivate them to do well at the Lluís Companys Olympic tomorrow, but I'm less confident in that possibility.

They made alot of people i know lose their bet, because everyone expected them to win Mallorca based on their current form and picked them to win the game but they killed their expectations and drew the match, Mallorca are close to the relegation but suprisenly held Barcelona to a draw and they scored the opener whích should had been the other way round and repĺied with another goal in the extra time of the 1st half after Barcelona equalized the 1st goal.

 Barcelona might not be very financially balanced to build a very strong squad but their current squad is in no doubt very strong this season to face any team in the Laliga and with the quality players they've got they don't have any excuses for losing against smaller teams, anyways they played well ánd deserved to win but they were careless with their defense and underestimated Mallorca i guess that's why they drew the game, if they had won they would had been in the 1st position but they're currently in third position with 17 points.

Barcelona is now much better than before, especially after two Joaos from Portugal have joined Camp Nou. now, they are better prepared to face various matches in all competitions. Apart from that, Barcelona now has second tier players who are quite better than before. Unfortunately, in the Mallorca match, Barcelona had to draw with a score of 2-2.
If I were Xavi, maybe I would experiment playing Joao Felix as a center forward and Ferran Torres on the wing. because as we often see, Ferran Torres always has difficulty playing his role as a center forward. But apart from all that, it is normal that all big teams will not always win every match. well, if Pedri recovers from his injury. Xavi can have the option of rotating his players according to the needs of the team and who the opponent is. Tomorrow Barcelona will host Sevilla at Camp Nou, on paper Barcelona is far the favorite over Sevilla.

Talking about Girona, this team has performed quite impressively and is in the top spot at the top of the standings. two points ahead of Barcelona, ​​one point difference with Real Madrid. In this week's match, Girona's consistency will be tested by hosting Real Madrid. So, we will find out whether Girona is able to face El Real in the meeting between these two teams. This is interesting, because the result of the match will determine the position of these two teams.