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Real Madrid v Barcelona
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Kick Off: Saturday 26th October at 20:00
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Competition: La Liga
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Watch Live: Premier Sports 1
2nd hosts 1st at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid as El Clasico takes centre stage on Saturday night. Real Madrid are 3pts behind Barcelona having won 7 of 10 unbeaten games where as the Catalan men have won an imperious 9 of 10 games to top the table.
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A theme for both sides this season has been the high number of goals. Across La Liga and the Champions League, Real Madrid’s matches have seen 40 goals in 13 games at an average of 3.08 per game. 28 of those goals have come at home in just 7 games at an average of 4.0pg. Barcelona on the other hand, have seen 56 goals in their matches at a rate of 4.31pg!
Away from home, it’s 29 goals in 7 games working out at 4.14pg. The last 10 meetings between the sides have seen 37 goals (3.70pg), with 7 going over 3.5 goals.
👕 Real Madrid v Barcelona Predicted XI
🔍 Real Madrid v Barcelona Players to Watch
⚪ Vinicius Junior
Vinicius Junior is a magnet for fouls in this Real Madrid team, whether that’s being on the receiving end of some rough treatment from the opposition or committing them himself.
He’s making the most fouls for Madrid at 1.7 per game, whilst being fouled the most at 2.4 per game. Playing on the left-hand side, he’ll most likely run into Barcelona’s right winger Lamine Yamal who is their most fouled player at 2.5 per game.
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🔵 Lamine Yamal
17-year-old Lamine Yamal burst onto the scene last season and lit up EURO 2024 as Spain went all the way to lift the trophy and Yamal was named young player of the tournament.
The tricky and direct winger averages 3.0 completed dribbles per game and as a result suffers lots of fouls. He’s Barcelona’s most fouled player at 2.5 times per game. He’ll also come against Vinicius Junior at times who commits the most fouls for Madrid.
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⚪ Ferland Mendy
Ferland Mendy will likely line up left-back for Real Madrid and thus his direct opponent will be Lamine Yamal who is fouled on average 2.5 times per game.
Mendy is only making 0.6 fouls per game this season but in most of these matches, Madrid dominated compared to this match which will be a lot more even. Indeed he made two fouls in midweek against Borussia Dortmund.
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📂 Real Madrid v Barcelona Cheat Sheet
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💻 Real Madrid v Barcelona Form and Tactics
Real Madrid will likely set up in a flexible 4-4-2 with the flat back four and Mbappe upfront the constant whilst in between the two will be up for debate. It could be a diamond midfield with Bellingham in the #10 and Vinicius joining Mbappe upfront, or Ancelotti could opt for more solidity with a flat midfield four.
Despite Madrid being the home side, Barcelona will likely have the majority of possession given they average by far the most in the league with 67.6% – Madrid average 59.5% in comparison. Barcelona will likely play with a 4-2-3-1 after impressing versus Bayern in midweek with the midfield trio of Pedri, Marc Casado and Fermin Lopez holding their own despite all of them only being 21.
Barcelona have scored the most goals in the league (33) as a result of creating the most expected goals – 28.69 – almost 9 more than Madrid (19.73).
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🏁 Real Madrid v Barcelona Ref Watch
- Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez
- Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez averages the 3rd most cards per game in La Liga at 6.0 per game
- Across 20 games last season he averaged 5.55 cards per game. However, he’s refereed El Clasico twice since 2021 and only shown four and two cards
- He’s dished out 5 red cards in his last 13 La Liga games whilst awarding a penalty in 5 of his last 10
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