The league table is allowed to rest as Real Madrid and FC Barcelona battle for Copa Del Rey honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the La Liga. That game, against Almeria, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FC Barcelona.
Real Madrid form and stats
Madrid participated in Copa Del Rey the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu as Real Madrid have scored 23 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Real Madrid drew their last game, also a home match. Atletico Madrid was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Rodríguez was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Atletico Madrid after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Valverde (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Valverde hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 59 successful passes (of 72 total).
Before that game, a nice away win at Liverpool. A Champions League match.
Madrid are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Real Betis awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Real Madrid's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Real Madrid have conceded only 8 goals.
FC Barcelona form and stats
They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the round of 16.FC Barcelona have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 30 points collected from 12 La Liga games. 10 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the record so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from FC Barcelona as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Almeria. Torres, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Torres hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
A loss, in the Europa League away at Manchester United, before that.
A new game in only three days for Barcelona, the La Liga home match versus Valencia. Busy days.
FC Barcelona has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Real Madrid won six games, one match ended with a tie and FC Barcelona have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 15 goals |   K. Benzema 11 goals |  F. Valverde Dipetta 7 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Real Madrid | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 58 | 31 | Scored | S | 28 | 50 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 16.1 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 14.5 | ||
| 6.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Girona | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Espanyol | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Almeria | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 25 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 25 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 24 |
| 18 | Valencia | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | Getafe | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Elche | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -31 | 9 |
