Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 3727. (Read 529390 times)

I think that Atletico Madrid will be really motivated to win this match after the poor result in their last outing. Osasuna also played quite well this season and I think they might go for a draw in this match against Atletico Madrid but I am sure that Atletico Madrid will go for the win. Expecting some really attacking football to be played by Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona has indeed experienced many problems this season, starting with a severe financial crisis, then a change of coach. Barcelona still hasn't
found a replacement for Messi, because some of the forwards that Barcelona have bought haven't been able to replace Messi. What makes it difficult
for Barcelona to play consistently is actually the number of their main players who have been injured this season. Until Xavi had to play a lot of
young players, they were inexperienced and it was very difficult to rely only on young players to win. Followed by the shocking news of Sergio Aguero
who suddenly decided to retire due to health problems. With all the problems that Barcelona have experienced this season, actually for me Barcelona
can be in 4th position is very good. I admit that Barcelona's defense is very bad, apart from Gerard Pique, whose form is declining due to his age.
Other defenders such as Araujo and Eric Garcia have often played inconsistently, so it's no wonder Barcelona have conceded so easily this season.
But because Barcelona want to focus on improving their front line, then the January transfer window Barcelona brought in several front players first.
Hopefully at the end of this season Barcelona can bring in quality defenders, so that Barcelona's back line is more solid.

For the last season, it was great for Suarez. His contribution makes Atletico Madrid winning the La Liga trophy, amazing performance. But this season, his contribution dropped much, I don't know what's happening with him and Atletico Madrid. The number of goals he made seems quite big dropping, maybe caused by the whole team performing badly.

After he moved to Barcelona, his performance is getting worse. Now, he came back to Atletico Madrid, and still difficult to find his best shape. It may be influenced by his play of style in Barcelona previously. Well, he is getting old as well, but 30 isn't too bad age for a striker. 

Barcelona's management has not learned from their past mistakes. After Messi left the team, we saw that the Barcelona forward suddenly broke down completely. There were a lot of problems for Barcelona to score. Now though with the help of Torres and young players the Barcelona forward seems to be somewhat stable.
Barcelona's defense is now of medium quality. Pique and Alaba are old enough now. Barcelona have yet to find a replacement for Pique. After Pique leaves Barcelona, ​​the defense of the Barcelona team will break down again. Barcelona management needs to be visionary.

The performance of their defenders is not good enough now that Pique is not young anymore and this is clearly a decline in performance on the other hand sometimes there are some mistakes made by their midfielders who sometimes fail to back up which makes their defense more fragile.
But on the other hand, this may now be resolved a little with solidity and possession of the ball which is indeed quite good. This season I personally feel it will be very good if they are in 4th or 3rd position because it might be a bit difficult for 2nd position with the presence of their three new players maybe for next season they have to improve the back and midfield because this really can't be solved this season

Few weeks back most peoples were feeling very exciting about Rayo Vallecano as they were dominating and having very good spot in Spanish League but sadly suddenly they lost their grip and now struggling very badly with 10th rank and losing streak is going long and Elche is having very good touch with having some good results and good and crucial points for staying in middle of league currently Rayo Vallecano is having very good hold in this match but still fail to take any advantage which is very poor from them, they need full 3 points for having some good and better end of this season if they lost more points than most chances they will lose their spot in top 10 and can go more down which could be worst for them with once they were very good and favourite for having European spot in connection.

Edit: Rayo Vallecano take lead through Fran Garcia in 54th minute and now having most chances for full points in this game.

If you look at the current squad of Barcelona and the situation that they are in I think it is quite understandable why the defense is not the best.
They had to make some attacking transfer because without goals you cannot win a match of football. Probably if we give the manager more time I think he will be able to bring some good defenders next season and the defense will look better at that time.

Xavi doesn't have a lot of options. They have received a loan from Goldman Sachs, but that does not mean that they can spend that money just like that. I think that money is used for many other things, such as renovating or restructuring the stadium. If they could use that money from Goldman Sachs to attract players you would have a world team. I thought it was around 1.5 billion. This season seems to be a kind of transition season to a good team. Sevilla is also having a decent  season. As far as I'm concerned, they belong together with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Champions League at home Real betis and Villareal are outsiders and Villareal is also still in the Champions League.

Barcelona brought in some good players in the January transfer window and these players needs time before they can hit the ground running, it has never been easy in switching clubs with different tactics. They need to strengthen the defence and midfield, I think that is where the problem is coming from.

Barcelona has been doing it in league decent the last period. Won a few times and lost little to nothing. It is now important to continue on the way up, the championship Yes that will be a very difficult story if not impossible. But they can try to take over second place. Then you still have a successful season with an acceptable distance from Real Madrid, assuming that they become champions and no longer lose points against bad teams. That will also be Xavi's goal to reach the Champions League.

There is a match today in the league but it might not be followed much I guess.  Elche are hosting Vallecano tonight. Comparing the recent forms, Elche have been more promising. They lost their last match but it is normal as it was an away match against Sevilla. Vallecano started the season very good actually but their performance went down so quickly after a point. For this match, Vallecano still are favoured by bookmakers but I don't think that Elche will lose. They would get a draw in the worst case.

The game will be tough indeed. Valencia have been playing very defensively of recently and Barcelona are not been stable in their performance,  so the game will be difficult for one to think who the winner will be. Barcelona may still have the chance to perform well more better than valencia.

Derby is something different because I think there is prestige involved between the two so the game gets better and more complicated. Espanyol lost against Sevilla which means they are not a good team to win more games. You can expect them to hurt Barcelona not to win match but you can't expect them to win many match against other teams.

If Espanyol were a strong team then I'm sure they wouldn't be in 13th place at the moment. I would prefer to say Real Betis, Sociedad and some other teams are better than them because of their success in collecting points and having a chance to qualify for the Champions League or Europa League next season.

I feel like this week is going to be very beneficial for Real Madrid. Because they are playing a home game against Alaves and it is a very easy one for them. They shouldn't have any problem on winning this game comfortably. And Sevilla are playing a really tough away game against Espanyol. They are a very tough target for Sevilla despite being the favourite side of the game. We all saw how Espanyol performed against Barcelona and they were nearly winning that one. Sevilla defeated them home but this time I'm feeling a draw here.

The clearest evidence you can convey at this time is that Xavi managed to bring Barcelona to the top 4 of the Laliga standings at this time after Barcelona had slumped in the top 10. Though Barcelona failed in some other competitions like Champions League and Copa Del Rey and others but I think Xavi has brought good improvement for his team from his game.

Barcelona's game has improved but some good midfielders as well as other good defenders are still needed. Now Barcelona has a competitive team and several players are starting to compete for the main place in the line-up. This will improve the team's performance because every player wants high minutes in his career. I hope they grow stronger next season after this season was marked by many failures.

That is basically what they are lacking, and that is what I got from it. I mean if they can consistently play like this and turn their defense into a solid level then they are going to be able to actually fight for a title next season. He didn't say solid offense, or solid passing or solid anything else but said solid defense, why? I assumed that was mainly because they are lacking that part. Pique is too old and retiring and he should be gone already, and if you look at Araujo he is not really good at positioning neither and one on one is not enough to be a great defender.

It is not uncommon for teams to have bad seasons and then recover, Barcelona is doing that right now. With Pique gone, I believe that they are going to spend a good amount of money to get someone great and that will help them a lot. There are tons of players on defense that they can get for 30-40 million which is not huge for them.

Barcelona are going to play against Valencia away this weekend. And this is one of the difficult games for them actually. Because Valencia have been playing really decently in their home stadium so far in the La Liga. They could annoy Barcelona really much too. But Barcelona's performance in the recent times makes me hopeful about them to win this game anyway. They have improved it a lot compared to the start of the season. Maybe it is going to be really tough but they can still win this game by at least one goal. And I expect them to win by 2-1.

Obviously, Napoli is a club that has better quality than Barcelona at the moment. Because that's obvious. Meanwhile, Barcelona just rose from adversity after all facilities almost started from zero. So it's only natural because you can't just rely on new players, but the quality aspect of Napoli is still superior when compared to Barcelona now.

head to head ATM vs Osasuna is very interesting, from 37 meetings so far, ATM has won 20 times and Osasuna won 12 times

everyone is aware that the ATM is in a declining condition, surely Levante's victory will make Osasuna very confident in the match later, I have a hard time predicting the final score with the current condition of ATM

Barcelona's appearance under the direction of Xavi Hernandez was not very convincing where in last night's European league match they were held to a draw by visitors Napoli with a score of 1-1 where Barcelona had fallen behind by a score of 1-0 through a goal scored by Piotr Zielinski before finally being able to equalize 1-1 through a penalty by Ferran Torres in the 59th minute and saved Barcelona from defeat against Napoli, this result Barcelona must win in the second match to keep their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Europa League this season