Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 385. (Read 543467 times)

El Clasico matches are always interesting to watch, this is not just to get points, this match is about prestige. Both teams are currently in the same condition, because both teams are having problems due to injured key players. Real Madrid is not good in terms of defense, Barcelona under coach Flick continues to make improvements so that it is slowly starting to improve.

There will be no favorite team in El Clasico later because both teams are still in the same condition in terms of performance. Real Madrid, although considered to have a great squad since the arrival of Mbappe, currently Ancelotti has not found the right formula, coupled with player injuries. Likewise with Barcelona, ​​​​although this El Clasico is played in front of its own supporters, this does not guarantee that Barcelona will win because so far Barcelona has not proven strong when facing strong teams below it, plus many players are injured. So it is likely that the first El Clasico this season will end in a draw.

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick have been able to shock his doubters who had initially said that the German manager will struggle at Barcelona. Some of the reasons his critics said will limit his success at Camp Nou was the club's current financial status and the limited number of high profile players in the squad. But to the surprise of many, Flick have been able to win all but one of his Spanish La Liga games this season. The club's youngster Lamine Yamal in a recent interview was telling the media how Flick's style of football have helped him and other members of the team to improve significantly. What was your thoughts about the German manager before he took over and what's your opinion about his performances so far?

Every coach's dream is to enter such a competition and win. Barcelona's new coach will also want to show himself and will want to win against Real Madrid. Real Madrid will want to minimize the loss of points and win this match and have the same points as Barcelona on the way to the championship. Therefore, I think it is needless to say that this tense match is very important for both teams.

Is something like making a false report allowed? He really did have a neck injury during Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Villarreal, and how can a club ban their player from playing in their country? FYI, since Vinicius is injured and cannot play for Brazil, he was replaced by Andreas Pereira (Fulham player), let's hope that there are no other injured players in Real Madrid, because it is true that they will have some important games after the international break.

Last season Real Madrid vs Barcelona match was one sided. We saw the dominance of Real Madrid. Barcelona's performance last season was relatively poor. So in every match we saw Barcelona lose.

But this season's scenario is different. Barcelona is able to perform very well after the coach change. Hansi Flick has been able to bring stability to Barcelona's performance. And now the top spot in the La Liga table is occupied by Barcelona. So it can be assumed that El Clasico will be very competitive this season. Barcelona will certainly be looking to avenge last season's defeat. On the other hand, Real Madrid's squad is also very strong. It is very difficult to predict which team will win this match.

Although Real Madrid performance is not so good and in some matches it is difficult to score goals, but when faced with a true rival, Madrid performance will automatically be able to adjust. Because the rivalry with Barcelona will demand more than what Madrid can do. While on the other hand, Barcelona is very optimistic and has a greater chance of controlling the situation, but that does not mean they will easily win the match. Barcelona is very aware that their opponent is Madrid, who when on the field can always provide a game beyond expectations.

The injury crisis that befell Madrid at the moment is a big challenge for them to be able to maintain their performance and consistency, Losing key players in the defensive line will of course greatly affect their stability in the next match, especially after the international break later, they will face a tight schedule and have a very short rest period from one match to another,  So far we can probably say that their attacking line is in good condition but with the current squad depth, of course it will be difficult for Madrid to be able to continue the positive trend, because of the tight schedule of course forcing Ancelotti to rotate with a makeshift squad to avoid the storm of injuries continuing, the winter transfer market is Madrid's hope to improve its current squad,  But we also can't deny that before the January transfer market open, Madrid could be getting worse with more and more player injuries.

The injury worries of Carlo Ancelloti have kept increasing, and they might affect the club's competitiveness. Daniel Carvajal and Vinicius Junior are the most recent, which has added more pressure on the coach. Vinicius' cervical spine injury might not be too serious so he might return in a few weeks. The doctor has advised him not to join the Brazilian national team to avoid increasing the gravity of the injury. The coach will have to manage the available players and hope to get a few replacements when the transfer window opens in January. Barca also has injury concerns but not many important players are involved. So this might be a privilege for them to keep topping the league.   

Barcelona's list of injured players is definitely not shorter than Real's, and in terms of importance of players it is also not much inferior. First of all, it is Ter Stegen, Olmo and Gavi, as well as Araujo and Christensen, so both teams have losses, except that Real's defense line now clearly looks weaker for obvious reasons. And the depth of the bench will not help here either, Barcelona have had problems with this since the very beginning of the season, and Real's bench quality is clearly aimed at attacking potential, but they still have Rudigen, Militao and Mendy, maybe they will be enough to hold the defense...

This week's Laliga standings are still topped by Barcelona, ​​followed by Real Madrid in second place. This season the competition in Laliga seems to be fiercer than last season, apart from that this season there are teams that are unexpectedly capable of filling the top 5 positions. These teams are Villareal and Osasuna. This season both teams really surprised us all, for example Osasuna. This season, Osasuna was able to beat Barcelona with a fantastic score of 4-2. This was certainly unexpected, because how could a team as great as Barcelona be defeated by Osasuna. However, in reality, that is what happened this season, so that Osasuna is currently able to rank 5th in Laliga. Apart from that, Villareal has also played quite well this season, because even a team like Atletico Madrid was unable to beat him. This is of course a very good record for Villareal. Apart from that, there are also teams that played well last season but their performance has declined this season. These teams are Girona and Valencia. Last season, Girona managed to make a splash in football in Laliga, because it managed to become a very strong competitor for Barcelona and Real Madrid. Apart from that, last season Girona managed to finish in 3rd place in Laliga. But this season, Girona has really lost some of its performance, because currently Girona is ranked eleventh in Laliga. And likewise with Valencia, last season their performance was quite good, but this season their performance has changed for the worse, because this season Valencia is temporarily at the bottom of the Laliga standings. In your opinion, will the teams in the top 5 of Laliga be able to maintain their good performance or not. And in your opinion, is it possible for the teams that are currently in a slump to recover from their downturn or not?

In the aspect of injury crisis, I think Real Madrid are currently suffering more from it now than Barcelona, since they have players filling the void now and also doing well. While Real Madrid things has been difficult especially in the defense but they can find their rhythm, to get back on track especially in the attack, Mbappe and the entire attacking prowess were beginning to find their rhythm before his short injury but i expect them to get better soon.

The current injury list of Real Madrid is currently pitiful especially now when Vinicius Junior is among, here are the players that are currently out for them:

• Vinícius Júnior: Cervical Spine Injury
• Thibaut Courtois: Adductor Tear
• Dani Carvajal: ACL, LCL, and Popliteal Tendon Injury
• David Alaba: Cruciate Ligament Tear
• Brahim Díaz: Hamstring Injury
• Dani Ceballos: Ankle Sprain

Who's grabbing 3 solid winning point in El Clasico this season? I'm keen to watch Hansi Flick shaking hands with Carlo Ancelotti in the game, we just have to exercise more patience because it's definitely a long run if you ask me. Everyone have their different ideas when it comes to these clubs winning games. Barcelona and Real Madrid are the real contenders for the league title this season and there's absolutely no team competent enough to stop these clubs.

Why do you believe Barcelona to have winning odds against Real Madrid? So you do actually mean that Real Madrid depend on Kylian Mbappe for goals? I don't think so because in Real Madrid, anybody is enchanced with the exact same opportunity to score goals, look at the defendlines, the midfield and attack, there are quite good numbers of goals coming from these sectors if you know. But when it comes these players having good chemistry, definitely hanging in the air. While Barcelona have really blend this season, the players understands each other and they exerts stellar performance.

17 days with many of them are for international matches and both Real Madrid and Barcelona have many players who are called for their national duties. They have many concern that FIFA days will bring some unwanted injury cases to their clubs and they will lose some of best players for the important match.

Real Madrid did not want to have that risk on Mbappe and they set up reports to keep this player in their club rather than participating matches for his national team France. This action from Real Madrid tells many things about fear of the coming international matches.

Underestimate your opponents is terrible and underestimate an opponent that is leading you on the league table is weird and unacceptable. With Hansi Flick, Barcelona have a mixed tactics of tiki-taka and more direct attacks and this tactical change helps them to increase their attacks more speedy and more dangerous.

Yea, I agree with you, Barcelona has been very impressive in their performance, personally I never expected them to be this excellent in performance considering what they are facing as a result finances and deficit of players, though I have always known that building a team or making a team strong depend on how tactical and good the manager is and also the ability of the players to work as team to adhere strictly to the good instruction of the manager, if you should observe what is happening, you will understand that the players are very serious and I think the manager is doing his best to that effect.
Considering the level of players in Realmadrid, more is needed from them, there are many sophisticated players in Real Madrid so am not impressed with their performance, in the champion we saw a situation where they lost 1:0 to Lile of France though it happens but for me it shouldn't happen now, they really need to improve, the mangement bought players to maintain there winning streak and continue wining trophies not the other way round, irrespective of the injury of mbammpe there hasn't been any different earlier than now, although I somuch trust Carlo anceloti he knows what to do but it would have been better now than later.

apart from the great players that both teams have, when it comes to an encounter between madrid and Barca, there's usually more to be played for and the energy and focuse always outways whatever rival both teams have ever played against. Even with the big names you have at Madrid, they don't still equal the capacity in the Barca team that blends even far better than real Madrid. The day for the El clasico is fast approaching and some players are already injured and might miss out in that encounter even though thier are build up to that game even at the country level and the team stage.

The winning odds suggest that Madrid has a better chance of winning this El clasico but as one that have watched thier current games and have seen how Madrid is still struggling with maintaining consistency in scoring goals for most of thier games as opposed to Barca that have been at the top of thier game lately, it's going to be a tough fight that looks as one that Barca will conquer at the end of the play.

We have about 17 days until el classico, so we are not going to see the game anytime soon. But looking at the teams, I would say Barcelona has a big advantage right now, looks like we are going to see them get the win because Real Madrid is still having hard time getting Mbappe to adjust playing at the striker position and he still goes to left a lot frequently (maybe that's the tactic but it's a bad one) and they do have plenty of injured good players as well.

So maybe Barcelona has a bigger chance of winning, obviously when we are talking about el classico there is no way of knowing what's going to happen, no matter what the situation at the moment is, both teams could still win and this is why we need to wait for this game.

I read this article Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Courtois' injury is a moderate injury so he is unlikely to be out for long and reportedly he can recover at the end of October, meaning that he is likely to be able to contribute to Real Madrid in the El Clasico match because the match was held at the end of October, precisely on October 27. I am a little relieved to know that the goalkeeper will not be out for long, but if he cannot participate in the El Clasico match, at least Real Madrid still has other reliable goalkeepers such as Andriy Lunin, he is also no less good than Thibaut Courtois.
Regarding Vinicius Jr, I am a little worried whether he can return quickly during the El Clasico match because Real Madrid has not given an official statement about when Vinicius will return.
But if you look at it from the weakness aspect, it seems that Real Madrid has more problems this season, many of their players are injured and that could be the momentum for Barcelona to beat Real Madrid in their next meeting.

Currently, both teams are not in a busy period where both teams will always focus on each match. I don't see any different targets from both teams so that the El Clasico match always becomes the focus of everyone's attention. Real Madrid does not want to lose its momentum in La Liga, they always target perfect points to be able to reduce the distance with the top of the standings. So far, Barcelona has also started to improve under Flick's control and they also want to prove their capacity that they are still the best team in La Liga. So I see the strength of the two elite Spanish teams is quite balanced.

The atmosphere of El Clasico this time will be a little different compared to last season because Barcelona has seen an increase in performance since being handled by Hansi Flick. Both teams are aiming for victory for different purposes, Barcelona wants to widen the gap with its rival to 6 points, while Madrid wants to match the points that Barcelona has collected.

Hansi Flick is a little calmer after the international break is over, several players who had been in the treatment room are starting to be available and ready to play in the Big Match. The presence of Dani Olmo, Gavi and Fermín López will make it easier for Hansi Flick to formulate a strategy. Carvajal injury leaves Madrid defense a little fragile, although Ancelotti still has other players ready to play in the right-back area, but it is very difficult for a substitute to match Carvajal abilities. The good news is that Vinicius injury is not too serious, he can play in the first El Clasico of the season.

Even though I am a Madrid fan, I will not underestimate Barcelona. And the reason is quite simple, the two teams sometimes have different strategies and goals.
I mean, sometimes a team has its own goals, like Madrid focusing more on chasing the UCL title and Barcelona having the chance to focus on winning the La Liga title. So, when Madrid later fails to win the La Liga title, it doesn't mean that Madrid is worse than Barcelona or vice versa.
But if we're talking about Madrid facing Barcelona, I'm sure Madrid will win.