Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 2134. (Read 412552 times)

I disagree with you: I don't think that FC Barcelona has bigger chance to win La Liga than Real Madrid. In fact, although there are still 2/3 of La Liga to be played, and chance plays a fundamental role in addition to skills, I would go for the Madrilean team if I had to bet at this moment. And if I'm not wrong, that's the general feeling here.

2 losses, 2 draws and 1 win in the last match clearly made them feel like they lost their spirit last season.
They are even in the relegation zone now with just 10 points from 12 matches played.
This season it looks like they are going to be very difficult and if they don't change some players in the transfer break I still feel that the worst possibility is that they can be relegated but this is not very convincing because being at the bottom is definitely better than having to be relegated.

Talking about him being better than Koeman, it's still possible but losing 2 knockout stages in the Champions League is a fatal failure in my opinion, especially with the condition that they have remodeled and spent a lot of money this season, obviously this is a big failure.
For La Liga to be in the top 2 it is still quite good but still he has to be criticized about Barcelona's exit from the Champions League.

Real Madrid won La Liga tittle last season trough Barcelona eliminated from Champion League, the same in this season and Barcelona have to play at Europe League and seems not any advantage or higher chance for Madrid easy to win La Liga tittle in this season. Failure with full points achievement last week when Real Madrid held to draw by Girona make La Liga most compete with 1 points remaining from Barcelona.
Barcelona have different player composition in this season after Xavi success bring new player and arrived Lewandowski give different finishing touch for Barcelona attacking player, actually Barcelona still have bigger chance to win La Liga tittle in this season although have eliminated from Champion League.

It has been like 12 games and they still have to play out like 26 matches more so I think if both Barca and Madrid lose some matches in the middle then other teams have good opportunity to cover the gap up.


Yeah kinda agree with you there, that's why I also think Barca and Madrid will be likely one till the end. But I somehow feel Atletico might join in also in the end. They have a good squad so if Barca and Madrid were to drop some points, then Atletico might be able to catch up (not completely catch up to them, just maybe close bit of a gap). Well let's see what happens at the end of the season.

But not a few people doubted Xavi's ability at Barcelona, ​​especially after Barcelona failed to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League this season. I am in a different position because I am a Barcelona fan and here I fully support the management's decision to choose Xavi as Koeman's successor.

Xavi bought a lot of free players this season, especially in the position of defender and midfielder. Alonso and Bellerin who were expected to be able to provide stability in defense in fact failed to meet the public's expectations because of their condition and age, but I remained in my position even though I was actually disappointed because of the failure in the Champions League.

Sevilla must lose focus on others and focus on improving. Time is ticking and even if there is a long break, it will feel short for a team that is on the brink. They have missed the 12 weeks they should have used to make the team more stable, but have only gotten worse. Julen Lopetegui has failed to create a dream team, and I think the decision to sack him was the right one, even though he is one of the best coaches Sevilla have ever had. But despite having a sweet history, if they are not able to give positive results then Sevilla must make the best decision for the team.

It is difficult for other teams to at least match Barcelona and Real Madrid. The team currently in 3rd place in the standings, Atletico Madrid and Real Betis are in 4th place with the same number of points, 8 points behind Barcelona and 9 points from Real Madrid. And it still has the potential to widen again with repeatedly them (Atletico Madrid and Real Betis) slipping. It is difficult to be disciplined in maintaining consistency, especially when the team being chased has a performance that is difficult to stop.

For Barcelona building the squad is much more important which is why Laporta still backed Xavi after Barca CL's exit. It's not like Xavi is completely a new manager, he has managed Qatar side Al-Sadd and was having quite a success with them there. Yes so far, Barca are playing well in LaLiga and they have good enough squad to keep it toe to toe till the end with Madrid on the table.

It's just the starting so I think other teams has also good chance of catching Barca and Madrid on the table but they also have to show consistent performance from here on out. So far, Madrid and Barca seems to be likely one to go in till the end though.

I'd love to know how Barcelona and Real Madrid will become Champions of La Liga, ain't the Title meant to be lifted by a single club ?
Xavi is a  good Coach, but even if you compare those winning and loosing rates with that of Ronald Koeman, Barcelona legend, then you'll noticed Xavi Hernandez needs to find the right strategies to start Winning these features
Won't side him, he's had a low winning rate this season comparing to other managers who must have coach Barcelona in the Spanish League.

Hr need some better midfielder's, do away with some old players,  I know they have issues ( financial issues ) but they have no option but to bring in quality players.

Betis will most likely beat them - this team is strong this season, but then as I said there will be easy games and given that most of them will take place after the World Cup, then Sevilla will have time to improve the game. This pause will benefit the club as the new coach will have time to finally figure everything out. It is obvious that the season is a failure and Sevilla is unlikely to compete for a place in the Euro cups, but I am sure that they will leave the relegation zone with a large margin.

We can't deny that the arrival of Xavi brought Barcelona to a better direction after they slumped when they were still managed by Koeman. I wouldn't blame Koeman for Barcelona's downfall because maybe the strategy he adopted was not suitable for Barcelona. On the other hand, Xavi. as you said he understands this team very well because he was one of the players in the heyday of Barcelona. He started by applying high discipline and managed to make a lot of changes.

I think Xavi is one of the best coaches for Barcelona even though he is inexperienced. He knows this team quite well and knows how to behave. When he first came to the team last season, the team was in very bad shape and started to score points in a short time. They are doing pretty well this season and maybe they will be champions of La Liga.
Real Madrid is a very strong team, but if Barcelona continues like this, both teams can become champions

Sevilla has not been able to show good performance for this season. Their defense has been really bad this season in both the UCL and the domestic league. Up to jornada 12 sevilla still inhabit in the relegation zone. even many parties did not expect the performance of sevilla will be really bad this season. In the upcoming match, Sevilla will face Real Betis which is quite tough for them because they have to face Real Betis at the Benito Villamarin stadium. If you look at the two teams this season, of course Real Betis on paper can easily beat sevilla because they can take advantage of sevilla unstable performance this season.

Last season Real Madrid won both the champions league and the La Liga, which shows they can perform greatly in the two competitions, so i don't feel that barcelona's elimination gives them a higher chance in La Liga, in my humble opinion, their chances is the same as at the start of the season. Great teams have enough players to play in more than one competition and perform perfectly in all of them and Real Madrid is one of such teams. Real Madrid is the stronger team between them, and i feel they will win the La Liga, though Barcelona would challenge them till the last day, but i feel it won't be enough.

I personally don't have high hopes for Mbappe in this regard because last season it should have been a done deal but seeing as he prefers more money than he thinks there's really no reason for Perez to keep whining about this player not to mention he's definitely going to be more expensive in this case considering that his contract still has approximately 3 years remaining.
But a few weeks ago I also read that Madrid were looking at the potential of LOSC youngster Jonathan David, but this is still a rumor.

Real Betis are one of the teams that are difficult to penetrate, while Sevilla has the opposite defense. From that comparison alone, it gives us an idea of how the game is going, yes I see Real Betis will find it easier to penetrate Sevilla's defense compared to Sevilla who will find it difficult to break down the defense built by Real Betis. Plus it's a home game against Real Betis, so there will be a lot of pressure on the Sevilla players. I don't expect much from Sevilla in this game.

A bit surprised to see the performance from sevilla. As far as i know if there were not lot of things happened  but the performance of sevilla is 180 degree different with what already showed last season. It seems like the internal problem happened with it. this time sevilla was still above cadiz and elche. Sevilla must wake up and got full points again to make sure if it can leave from relegation zone. It was also failed in the champion league. The most difficult thing to know what was the main factor that makes performance from sevilla has been decreasing so hard. this pretty much the same like the thing happened with major club in another league. I will take betis for the upcoming match against sevilla. The performance of sevilla didn't make me feel confidence.

The nightmare is likely to continue for Sevilla this week.

Because their next game is going to be an away one against Betis. Betis are in a really good condition this season just as it was in the previous season. Sevilla lost to them in this stadium last season even while they were in a much better shape. Now they are in the relegation zone. I believe Betis will defeat them once again. Sevilla's bad series would continue by this game as well.

For some reason Barcelona displayed a different performance when appearing in La with the Champions League. Barcelona have been very consistent in La Liga, the only recent defeat to Barcelona was against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. While in the Champions League Barcelona performed poorly, as a result they were eliminated from the Champions League and will then appear in the Europa League. Barcelona will still appear on the European stage, they must share the focus between the Europa League and La Liga. This time Barcelona have the opportunity to win the Europa League Trophy after last season's defeat in the Final by Frankfurt.

After Real Madrid were held to a draw by Girona last week, the distance between Barcelona and Real Madrid is getting closer. Barcelona must always appear consistent to maintain the opportunity to reach the top of the standings.

In terms of team quality, Real Madrid and Barcelona are almost the same, but in terms of player cohesiveness, Real Madrid is more solid than Barcelona. Real Madrid's opportunity to maintain its position is very large, Real Madrid can always appear consistent. But in any football match can happen, the player's injury factor also greatly determines the team's appearance. Barcelona still has a chance to move up to first place if they are able to maintain the performance as shown in the previous few matches in La Liga.

The big release clause will of course be a consideration for ancelotti to try to sign Mbappe, I have no doubt that Madrid are a rich team but of course they also won't want to spend a lot of money on just one player, I think madrid main target now is to find a replacement for  Benzema remembers his old age, while for midfielders of course currently Madrid still have alternatives because they still have Valverde, Camavinga, Tchouameni and also Ceballos in the midfield, so replacing Kroos and Modric is of course not too difficult for Madrid because they are still there talented young midfielder in their current squad.

I don't know why I personally have lost respect for Mbappe now. So I personally don't really agree if Real Madrid are adamant about bringing him to the Santiago Bernabeu. I agree more with what you say, if Real Madrid wanted to redeem Mbappe from Paris Saint Germain it would cost a lot of money. So they better buy some players to start anticipating the departure of Kroos and also Modric who is getting older. That's more useful in my opinion when compared to bringing one player who has a very high price. After all, they also have to maintain their prestige after the events of last season.