Opta releases La Liga forecast for the new season: Saga ranked top three

La Liga season will kick off. Before the game started, Opta also released a comprehensive prediction for the new season of La Liga as usual.

In the prediction of the championship team, the two giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are still leading, while the defending champion Barcelona is more likely.

Opta, 2025-2026 La Liga ranking, comprehensive forecast for popular events such as championship, top four and relegation,

ranking forecast:

1, Barcelona, 46.5%

2, Real Madrid, 28.7%

3, Atletico Madrid, 21.2%

4, Villarreal, 13.8%

5, Bi Atletico Albao, 12.1%

6, Real Betis, 9.8%

7, Osasuna, 7.7%

8, Celta, 7.8% (In the 24/25 season, 8 teams will be eligible for European competitions)

Compared with the ended 24/25 season, the only change in the prediction of the top 8 in La Liga is that Osasuna replaced Celta. This may also mean that Osasuna is expected to participate in the European Union play-offs again after the 23/24 season to win a place in the main competition.

However, Osasuna lost to Bruges at that time and unfortunately missed the quota to participate in the European Union.

Championship prediction:

1, Barcelona, 46.5%

2, Real Madrid, 32.1%

3, Atletico Madrid, 11.7%

4, Villarreal, 3.7%; 5. Athletic Bilbao, 2.9%; 6. Real Betis, 0.9%

In fact, similar to the Premier League, La Liga, whether it is highlights or championship competition, its protagonist is the most familiar to everyone - and in the prediction of the new season, the defending champion Barcelona is undoubtedly the most favored team.

Considering that Alonso may still need to adapt and Atletico Madrid has made limited progress in recent years, the strong Barcelona has undoubtedly become the most popular team in the championship.

The top four predictions:

1, Barcelona, 92.8%

2, Real Madrid, 87.1%

3, Atletico Madrid, 66.3%

4, Villarreal, 37.7%; 5. Athletic Bilbao, 34.1%; 6. Real Betis, 17.6%

Due to the reform of the Champions League, the four major battles that are well-known to the outside world (the competition for Champions League places) have also become five teams since last season. This means that La Liga will have more teams other than the Royal Saints teams to participate in the Champions League and get more league points and bonus income that are beneficial to themselves.

But like last season, perhaps the teams participating in the Champions League will not change - the only change is that Biba and Huang Qian's prediction rankings have been adjusted to a certain extent.

Relegation team forecast:

1, Real Oviedo& Alce, 32.6%

3, Levante, 29.5%

4, Getafe, 28.7%

5, Espanyol, 24.8%

6, Sevilla, 23.7%; 7, Girona, 22.9%; 8, Alves, 20.7%; 9, Mallorca, 20.6%; 10, Vallecano, 16%

Auxiliary reference, SCORE 90&AI--More optimistic about Real Madrid's championship,

On June 4 this year, football media SCORE 90 released a probability forecast for the team winning the La Liga season in the 25/26 season. Unlike the Opta I saw today, S90 is relatively optimistic that Real Madrid defeated Barcelona with a slight advantage and won the La Liga championship again.

Moreover, it is not even difficult to see in S90's prediction that Atletico Madrid has fallen far behind in the championship team!

On May 28 this year (all ended on May 26 of the 24/25 season), football media ONEFOOTBALL made a prediction for the La Liga championship in the next ten years from 2026 to 2035 through AI. Judging from the prediction results of the recent 25/26 season, the answer given by AI is Real Madrid.

At the same time, it is not difficult to see from AI's prediction of La Liga championships in the next ten years that La Liga is still "three points in the world - Real Madrid won 4, Barcelona won 4, Atletico Madrid won 2"! Moreover, due to fierce competition, La Liga is likely to not even produce a team that can win the championship again!