Barcelona vs Real Madrid Prediction: 6/1 El Clasico Tip, Team News & More
Five days on from exiting the Champions League at the semi-final stage against Inter Milan, Barcelona have to dust themselves down and get back to business as they host fierce rivals Real Madrid in a massive title showdown in La Liga on Sunday.
Live on Premier Sports 1 and LaLigaTV at the prime slot of 3.15pm BST, Barcelona will be looking to edge closer to the title in Spain and, with four games to go, they have a four-point advantage over nearest pursuers Real.
Tuesday’s Champions League exit at the San Siro would have been tough to take but they have won 13 of their last 14 league games and don’t have time to dwell on their mistakes.
Real should be the fresher of the pair and they may also be buoyed by the news that former player Xabi Alonso, currently in charge of Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, has reportedly agreed to take over as manager at the end of the season.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Prediction
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Betting Tips
Losing 4-3 in extra-time of their Champions League semi-final second leg away at Inter on Tuesday would have hurt Hansi Flick and his players, but Barcelona are fancied to serve up the perfect response with victory over Real at their temporary home, the Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys.
With a four-point cushion at the top and only four games to go, a win would surely see Barca go on to be crowned champions and they have had the edge over Los Blancos this season.
In fact, only two weeks ago Barcelona recorded a 3-2 extra-time victory over their title rivals to win the Copa del Rey, while they routed Real 5-2 in the Super Cup in January.
Having also eased past Carlo Ancelotti’s side 4-0 at the Bernabeu earlier in the season, Barcelona seemingly hold the aces in this rivalry and they are unbeaten in their last 15 La Liga outings, winning 13 of those fixtures.
The visitors have failed to win in six of their last 12 away games in all competitions and it doesn’t get much tougher than a trip to a Barcelona side seeking some sort of solace.
Raphinha is having a season to remember for Barcelona, having scored 32 goals and grabbed 25 assists in 53 appearances for his club, and he could get the Catalan Giants up and running against Real.
The visitors are severely weakened defensively and that should be music to the ears of the Brazilian, who has scored three goals in as many meetings with Los Blancos this season.
With Robert Lewandowksi still potentially not fit enough to start from the off, tricky winger Raphinha could land the first blow and bolster what has been an already astonishing campaign.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Team News
- Barcelona remain without the services of defender Jules Kounde, the match-winner in the Copa del Rey final win over Real, and academy graduates Marc Bernal and Marc Casado.
- Pablo Torre is an injury doubt but star striker Lewandowski is back in contention after his cameo from the substitute’s bench at the San Siro on Tuesday.
- For Real, they are in the midst of a defensive injury crisis with the suspended Antonio Rudiger joining Eder Militao, David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy and Eduardo Camavinga on the sidelines.
The lineups for Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be displayed below approximately one hour before kick-off.
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Wojciech Tomasz Szczęsny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Gerard Martín Langreo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Íñigo Martínez Berridi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Pau Cubarsí Paredes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Eric García Martret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pedro González López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Raphael Dias Belloli | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Daniel Olmo Carvajal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ferran Torres García | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Alejandro Balde Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Andreas Bødtker Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Marc Casadó Torras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Anssumane Fati Vieira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Héctor Fort García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Fermín López Martín | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ignacio Peña Sotorres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Pablo Martín Páez Gavira | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Pau Victor Delgado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Francisco José García Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Raúl Asencio del Rosario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Aurélien Djani Tchouaméni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Lucas Vázquez Iglesias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Daniel Ceballos Fernández | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jude Victor William Bellingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Arda Güler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kylian Mbappé Lottin | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Brahim Abdelkader Díaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Youssef Enríquez Lekhedim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Andrii Lunin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Sergio Mestre Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Luka Modrić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Víctor Muñoz Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Jacobo Ramón Naveros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Rodrygo Silva de Goes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jesús Vallejo Lázaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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