Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1781. (Read 530539 times)

It is expected that many would not be willing to bet on Barcelona confidently after conflicting performances by the team in the past 2 games; but facing Mallorca away from home, you can count on 2 goals to be scored and at worst a draw for Barcelona. so i agree with your bet and it is very realistic as well.

I want to add that Mallorca has scored the first goal tonight, 23 minutes into the tie against Barcelona.

Joselu is indeed an alternative because it is difficult to get another striker as expected. But when Vinicius was also injured, Ancelotti should not have carried out other experiments in the match against Atletico Madrid. Ancelotti prefers Rodrygo as a striker even though he has not shown any major contribution at the start of this season. I am really surprised by Ancelotti's decision to organize his strategy so that he has to accept the consequences.

Almeria is like a bonus to all the clubs that have played with, if they continue in this poor performance, I see them close to relegation. Sevilla took advantage of Almeria weakness and scored five goals, making it two wins for them this season.

I don't think that Sevilla has picked from due to their performance today, it was due to the weakness of Almeria that made it look as if Sevilla is in a superb form.

Barca vs Mallorca match will be coming up in few minutes and I believe that Barca will win this match because they are stronger than Mallorca in all angles.

Statistically Barcelona is superior to Mallorca. Xavi certainly doesn't take Mallorca lightly but he will rotate his squad a bit. Lewandowski was not included in the starting and Ferran was the choice in that match. It is important for Xavi to rotate so that he has opportunities for other players. Ferran Torres must be given playing minutes because it is important for him to be able to maintain his self-confidence and be able to prove his capacity as a striker who is quite reliable, as well as to other players. This match is certainly an opportunity for the Blaugrana to get full points. Barcelona, which is high in self-confidence, will certainly lose momentum.

In six La Liga appearances, Joselu has scored two goals and provided one assist. That's not bad for thirty-three years old striker. But Real Madrid have not gotten the ideal number nine. They cannot score important goals without an uncommon striker. They have to wait till another transfer window to get a dependable striker. Joselu might have the determination to lead the Real attack but his age and strength will limit his output.

Atletico Madrid is not I'm good shape currently but Diego Simeone identified their weakness. Madrid Central defenders can be easily pulled out. When they come out it allows the opponent to use the midfield to feed the wingers. The next action will be aerial balls that the recovering defenders will find difficult to handle. This was the case of Rudiger and Alaba.

The fact may be true, there is no certainty about the outcome of a match even though on paper Barcelona is the favorite to win it. Barcelona in terms of quality and play is of course superior, but Mallorca, who is playing at home, also has a good plan to thwart their guests from getting maximum points.

Betting on a double bet will certainly reduce the risk of loss for you, but I would have no doubts about the good odds of seeing Barcelona win. Ferran, who was rotated by Xavi to replace Lewandowski, looks like he will prove his worth again, but Joao Felix and Raphinha will also be very troublesome for Mallorca's defense in my opinion.


Barcelona are all ahead of Mallorca, so I wouldn't doubt them. If Barcelona loses or loses points in this match, then it is clear that they have wasted this good opportunity to win more points than their rivals.

Initially bringing in Joselu might have been plan B for Real Madrid if Real Madrid did not bring in a striker in the transfer market last summer. Yes, at least Real Madrid has a striker whose scoring qualities are quite good in the league. because it is clear that Real Madrid really needs a replacement striker for Benzema, the target sticker price is automatically set at a crazy price by club owners like Mbappe. However, what Real Madrid feared happened, they could not bring in a replacement striker for Benzema. Like it or not, Real Madrid has to use Joselu this season as Real Madrid's main striker.

I can say he is Plan B because this was obvious during Real Madrid vs ATM. Ancelotti was not included in the line-up, he entered in the second half, even though against ATM Joselu should have played from the start of the first half. If in a big match Joselu has to play from the bench, it means that Real Madrid is not completely relying on Joselu as the main striker.

Maybe Ancelotti is not so sure that Joselu will play in the high-tension derby match. I actually don't like Ancelotti's decision to bench him and prefer Rodrygo as the spearhead. I really believe that Don Carlo's decision was very reckless and he probably regrets it very much. If Ancelotti had not changed his strategy and continued to provide space for Joselu and placed Bellingham as an attacking midfielder, perhaps Real Madrid would not have languished. Now Real Madrid has to give up its position of being taken over by its eternal rival and the task will be even harder to regain the top position of the standings because Barcelona's performance is also increasing.

There is no change in strategy where Xavi still tends to use a 4-3-3 formation. Joao Felix, Ferran Torres and Raphinha are the 3 strikers in this match, but player rotation like this is really important considering their busy schedule at the end of the month.

Lewandowski and Kounde were not included in Xavi's main line-up against Mallorca, but I think these two players are ready to play if Xavi's plans for this match are not as expected. Ferran replaced Lewandowski as a center forward, while Raphinha and Felix both played at wingers. I hope Xavi can give playing minutes to Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal in this match, but Fermin Lopez also needs to get more opportunities to prove his abilities.

even if many people choose to bet on Barcelona with great confidence even though Barcelona will be playing away from home, I choose to bet on double chance. I dont doubt Barcelona performance but I just always choose to take small risks with low odds to remain consistent with my goals because I always remember the surprising events that have occurred in every match so to anticipate I will take the safe route for this match.

I believe that Barcelona will win even though Mallorca will be the host but as you said Xavi still has big ambitions to continue to stay at the top of the standings so I am sure that Xavi and the Barcelona players have a good strategy in this match to get additional points and I hope Felix will be the scorer again.

I think Sevilla once again showed the quality of their strength in the match hosting Almeria and this is indeed Sevilla opportunity to steal points from Almeria because this team is not too strong while being host is a big opportunity for Sevilla and the current score at the time of writing this is 4-1. I hope to stay until the match ends.

Barcelona has better attributes than Mallorca, the possibility of continuing good results is very big. Consistency in securing points is really needed, to maintain a safe distance from Girona in second place. On paper, the Blaugrana are very superior even though they are playing away, a draw is unlikely to happen. It is reported that De Jong will be absent for a long time, this is a big loss for Xavi squad.

Xavi seems to have made many changes in determining the formation to 4-2-3-1, Lewandowski is not an option in the starting XI this time. Joao Felix fills the number 9 role, Xavi tries to adapt his formation to suit Mallorca conditions.

Sevilla seem to be finding it really easy with Almeria in the on going game. From the eight minutes Sevilla already had a goal and by the end of the first half they were already three goals ahead, going by statistics Sevilla is really dominating by possession and other statistics, they have 53% ball possession and 15 goal attempts, they have their fourth goal already within the 50th minute of the game.

Almeria is really not expecting a comeback as they can't get that, they have never won a single match and here is another match to add to their loosing streaks, it's going to be the second game Sevilla is getting a win from since the beginning of the league. They also have the home advantage for today's game and aswell happens to be the favorite for the game.

Sevilla should enjoy this victory they are getting today as they may not enjoy such again anytime soon, facing other bigger teams after now will definitely not avail them this privilege again. I jus hope Almeria doesn't end up crashing out into relegation by the end of the season going by the fact that they don't have a good enough results to keep them in the league currently.

Mallorca's performance this season is very poor looking at how many matches they have played already, true they have recorded two draws at home, won one match but have lost 3 matches too and after everything they have just  5 points after 6 matches which is poor for a team that wants to be among the top ten team in La Liga this season. Looking at their match against the league leaders Barcelona, I think Barcelona is the favourite to win in this game through it won't come very easy for them cause Mallorca is always ready to fight to the end in ther home ground but Barcelona will have the motivation to win after coming back from 0:2 to score 3 goals within the last 10 minutes left in their last match against Celta Vigo. Barcelona will have a win from away but Mallorca have had good number of goals in most of their games this season do I think both teams should score as you predicted.

You may be right that Joselu has the form to help Real Madrid when they are short of strikers. Joselu has scored 2 goals and 1 assist in 7 Real Madrid matches in two different competitions, but Ancelotti's trust in him is no more simply because Ancelotti has no other options that can fill the striker void.

The logic is like this, if Joselu really has impressive performances and has full confidence to play in Real Madrid's best squad, then I don't have the best reason why Ancelotti benched him against Atletico Madrid. Ancelotti played Rodrygo and Bellingham as strikers even though Bellingham actually performed better as an attacking midfielder. So what you say may not be true or Ancelotti may have to admit his tactical error.

Barcelona seemed to be more proactive after the transfer out of Messi than Real Madrid's performance after the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo. I feel like these two top players made El-classico more interesting during their period and I have personally lost interest in the competition ever since they left. Barcelona took the last La Liga championship to show their feat while Real Madrid could not. Although Madrid have flexed more muscles in the UCL too. Yet, Barcelona is still topping this season of La Liga with Girona creating that gap between them as Barcelona is a point ahead of Real Madrid. Interesting days ahead!

After all, Almeria is a team that is at the bottom of the La Liga standings at this moment, because so far this season also that only Almeria does not have any winning results from the six matches it has played. Maybe yes, it looks like it will be seven matches including the match that is taking place right now. Moreover, this match that Sevilla is also playing at home and also, basically Sevilla is in need of a victory to be able to improve its position in the La Liga standings. So yes, it is appropriate for Sevilla to be able to maximize this match to successfully get three points for the second time this season.

We all know that Barcelona will defeat Mallorca because Mallorca cannot play as well as Barcelona anywhere. Barcelona is among the best teams in laliga, and even from their early-season performances, we can tell that the team has the potential to win the league title this year. However, I am aware that a game can change because it did so when Real Madrid played Atletico Madrid. Many people believed that Real Madrid would overcome Atletico Madrid, but in the end, Atletico Madrid triumphed over Real Madrid. On this occasion, however, I have faith in Barcelona because the club now has every position needed, and this season, Barcelona is full of talented young players.

Barcelona struggled in the Champions League last season because they lacked good players who could excel in the league; yet, despite their best efforts to win the La Liga, they had poor luck in the competition, which prevented them from reaching the semi-final stage. However, this season I can see that the team has a lot of young players who can improve the team's performance and place them higher in the champions league. I also have faith in the team coach because he truly understands the formation he uses to defeat any team, and I still think the team will win more trophies if he remains in that position.

It's normal that many people support Barcelona's victory in their away match against Mallorca. Not without reason, Barcelona is a team that is in good form and has a good winning trend. There are not many doubts about them in this match even though De Jong was actually absent due to an injury against Celta Vigo in the previous match. But Gavi, Romeu and Ilkay Gundogan look ready to do their good work again today.

Barcelona's victory can be expected considering their performance, after all, Barcelona is very motivated to win points so that they are firmly at the top of the standings with a 4 point advantage over Real Madrid. The ambition is there, but I don't expect Xavi to make a mistake regardless of the player rotation plans.

                   Sevilla vs Almera

The match between Sevilla and Almera is ongoing.Sevilla has scored two goals in two minutes. The first was scored by Nesyri on the 6th minutes with a wonderful header and the second was scored immediately after the first goal by Lukebiako.

This is a good start for Sevilla in this match and it shows that they are serious to have a win at home. On the other hand their opponent Almera is playing very weak with a porus defense. Sevilla is in possession of the match and they are playing impressively today. I hope that they can have three points today because from the look of things, I don't think that Almera will equalise the goals.
Sevilla 2-0 Almera

The season is only 6 weeks gone, it is still fresh to say that there is a leader but the earlier each team gives a big gap, the better for them in the long run because like Real Madrid and Barcelona, I can't call Barcelona great because they preceded Real Madrid with just a single point, not on my record but if we progress to halfway of the league, I might begin to worry but this is nothing as far as there is more weeks round of matches to play.

From Getafe to Almeria, there is going to be a lot of drama from the teams in between the two I just mentioned, none of them has lost less than 3 matches and 5/6 matches have been played, and out of all of them that are underperforming, only Sevilla is registered in the Champions League, they don't have a lot of tasks to make them weaker in this league but they are yet to peak up in their matches, I'm not sure what to call it but this season is a poor beginning in Laliga.


I'm not quite sure what you mean by embarrassing but it's normal to lose the match and checking their last 5 matches prior to this one, Atletico Madrid has only won 1 match against Real Madrid, drew 1 and lost 3, which means Real Madrid has won them trice, this one they lost is not bad considering that league is just starting, if they won it, it will be an added advantage to get lead in the table but did have been done, we must move forward just the way Alaba said, they let the fans down but we have more task ahead and that is their responsibility to bring championship to Madrid.