Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 3620. (Read 532445 times)

Barcelona's recent performances have been good but to catch up with Real Madrid is still a difficult mission. Barcelona can become La Liga champions if Real Madrid at least loses more than 3 times and Barcelona have to win their remaining 9 matches. I don't think Real Madrid is an easy team to beat and I'm sure they will also fight for the La Liga title with all their might.

Barcelona's significant improvement in the game makes us believe that they really have come back from the bad situation they were in at the start of the season. Even they are now putting pressure on rivals Real Madrid. If only they weren't a little late, maybe they are now competing more tightly at the top of the table, I mean their points distance is not as far apart as it is now.

Barcelona played a great game against Sevilla yesterday,  I already know that it will be a win for Barcelona. Barcelona is now becoming string like Real Madrid,  honestly Real Madrid should be care of Barcelona the way they are performing right now. Barcelona are going top.

Barcelona have had amazing period with Xavi. They are unbeatable and won lot of matches. Either at beginning of this season or at the time Xavi became a coach, nobody believe that Barcelona will be able to stay at the second position in La Liga. Now they have it and in the top 4 clubs, last 2 months, they have most impressive form. Their form is better than Real Madrid, Sevilla and Athletico Madrid. I see time does not support Barcelona but just imagine with this form, if the season has 3 or 4 matches than now, Barcelona might make something big.

How he scored that goal is amazing. He was very confident in that moment and see his age is just 19. He has skills to control ball, make good passes, good dribbling so he is a combination of Xavi and Iniesta. More than that, now he shows some signal that he is growing more and improving his ability to finish outside the 16.5meter area. If he can improve it more, he will be a better midfielder than both Xavi and Iniesta.

Quite agree with what you say, he is still young and the talent he has is extraordinary, not only at Barcelona he is now a good figure even for the national team.
He has the potential for a bright future because if you look at him now he is still very young.
Barcelona need to fortify this player from now on because he will definitely be targeted by big clubs.

Have gone chance for Real Sociedad get UEFA Champion League spot because because stand on 6th place and behind 9 points from Sevilla, tonight against with Espanyol should keep consistent actually if can't get UEFA Champion League spot should get another chance on UEFA Europe League competition. Inconsistent performance and never have good result last several match make Real Sociedad is not safety for finish on Europe spot competition between Champion League or Europe League. Still have 9 match later for Real Sociedad back to top performance and get good position when league finish for qualifying to Europe competition.

Barca continues to have a positive trend since 2022, Barca are unbeaten, even last night Barca were able to beat Sevilla 1-0, with last night's victory Barca managed to get rid of Sevilla from second place in the standings, Real Madrid must be careful because now they are only adrift Only 9 points with Barcelona who are now ranked second in the standings.

Real Sociedad is now looking to move to the top of the points table. They want to qualify for the Champions League. And so now every match is important for them. They will definitely play against Espanyol with the goal of winning. But if you want to win, you have to play well. Real Sociedad lost 1-0 to Espanyol in the away match. They must seek revenge for their previous defeat. And I believe Sociedad will dominate and win today's match.

I too think that Real Sociedad should win this game. Espanyol really don't play well away. They have lost three of their last five away games and drew with underdogs Levante and Cadiz. So I don't think there will be any exceptions tonight. Real Sociedad know how to play well at home, although they will not be able to play a few key players.

Real Sociedad should be able to avenge their defeat in the previous meeting, Real Sociedad should have a bigger chance to beat Espanyol now.
Since the match will be played at home to Real Sociedad, and also Real Sociedad's form in the last few games in La Liga is slightly better than
Espanyol. After all, Real Sociedad really need a lot of points to secure their position in the top 6. so beating Espanyol for Real Sociedad is a must,
if Real Sociedad drop points against Espanyol, means providing an opportunity for Villarreal and Bilbao closer to the points owned by Real Sociedad.
So that can't happen, Real Sociedad must be able to give their best and beat Espanyol so that next season they can play in European competition.
 

Sevilla are a strong and well-organized team under Julen Lopetegui. No wonder they can occupy the runner-up position in La Liga before the duel with Barcelona was held. They are even so solid in defense. Sevilla itself is the team with the best defensive record in La Liga at the moment. But their performance seems to have decreased since last January.

For Barcelona and Sevilla, this match is quite important. The end result could affect their position in the top four of La Liga. Thanks to the victory over Sevilla, Barca now pocketed 57 points from 20 matches. They are 12 points adrift of Real Madrid. But El Real have played once more. The difference is wide. However, Madrid still have to be aware of the threat from Barcelona. Barca still has the potential to overtake Madrid with eight games remaining.  Especially considering that El Real has a heavier schedule than Barca.

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Real Madrid succeeded in bringing important points away from Celta Vigo's headquarters, however, in this duel Real Madrid was made difficult by the hosts, in the match statistics, Madrid only had 45% possession compared to Celta Vigo's 55%, but Los Blancos appeared more effective in terms of shots. To the goal.

Later in the match, a number of dramas occurred after Real Madrid's win over Celta Vigo. Real Madrid's victory was won through three penalty kicks awarded by the referee, Benzema managed to convert 2 goals through the penalty spot and 1 failed. Later in this match, the referee annulled Celta Vigo's equalizer scored by Iago Aspas after Madrid had earned their first penalty. Initially the referee had approved the goal.  

But later, the goal was annulled by VAR because it judged Aspas was in an off-side position when he received the wild ball. Thanks to this victory, Real Madrid remains firmly at the top of the standings with a 12-point advantage over their rivals.

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Real Sociedad lost their last game against Espanyol, but now they need to win to keep the points in the standings, because they need to stay at the top of the standings. If they lose today, they could be beaten by Villarreal and prevent them from qualifying for the European Championships. There are not many games left in this season, every point is important.

3 points above from Villareal is very unsafe for Real Sociedad to lock 6th position but they have good chance to increase their gap points today and against Espanyol their chance is wide open to get 3 points because Espanyol had poor records for away matches and during this season Espanyol only 3 times win from total 13 away matches so after seeing these statistics i think Real Sociedad will win the match especially Sociedad pretty strong at their home ground

Barcelona match against sevilla was a nice one , many were thinking Sevilla will take advantage of Barcelona by playing draw or scoring goals than Barcelona but it was different, Barcelona is better in performance than before ,their performance have been impressive because of the xavi who is a very good coach.

Real Madrid would never slip,because the referees are here to help.
All three penalties for Real Madrid against Celta Vigo were hilarious.That's why I've never liked Real Madrid that much.
They have all the money and all the great players in the world,and yet they still have to rely on support from the referees in order to win multiple matches.
The referees were supporting Real Madrid in the Zidane era as well.I remember many games,where the referees gave ridiculous penalties for Real.
Xavi has the potential to become the next Pep Guardiola for Barcelona,but they need better players in defensive positions.

He’s special. This boy is in the making of "the great Pedri"! His play is spectacular to watch. One of the most talented young players in the Barca squad. When he's on the ball, he's calm and composed, so great things are in store for him. He reminds us of Andres Iniesta, and that's no surprise. Xavi is putting in some serious effort, and nursing them properly. His team has gone 14 games unbeaten on the season. Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and now Sevilla have all been defeated by Xavi.

I loved how composed they played, Pedri now unstoppable, can remember last season he performed poorly bit with much more of training and hard work it's now being effective.
When I see him play, all I see is Xavi Hernandez, he is the heir to Xavi at the moment, when I see a perfect one for iniensta I'll sure know.

Xavi really became Barcelona's savior. After being mired in the middle of the standings, Barcelona managed to rank 2 after beating Sevilla at Camp Nou. Barcelona must win every game in its path to put pressure on Real Madrid who are at the top of the table, losing point Real Madrid is an advantage for Barcelona. Real Madrid must be wary of the warnings given by Barcelona, ​​because if Real Madrid slips, Barcelona will take advantage.

Congratulation to Barcelona for the massive victory they got from might Sevilla in today match because it was not an easy battle for Barcelona to achieve their points. I knew it before that Barcelona will not allow Sevilla to have any goal from the match because Barcelona understood all their strategies they are using in this tournament.

No doubt, Barcelona will win their missing match to be more position to take the lead from real Madrid, if they loose their next match. Now that Barcelona has gotten to the top, no doubt Barcelona will definitely achieve this season champion title.

Pedri's goal was impressive. An extraordinary goal. And I agree with you that Pedri is the future of Barcelona. Pedri, Torres, and Fati are the three young players who will become the star players of Barcelona in the future. If coach Xavi cares about these players and helps them become more experienced, then they will very quickly make the Barcelona team even stronger. Moreover, players like Aubameyang and Dembele are playing very well now.