The FC Barcelona & Real Madrid bosses Xavi and Ancelotti are both dreading and looking forward to this vital match in the top area of the La Liga league table.
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (7) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither FC Barcelona nor Real Madrid as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Barcelona form and stats
5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for FC Barcelona, who have the most points (15) at home in La Liga, so far this season. days ago.
FC Barcelona's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 versus Shakhtar Donetsk. The home team hope to to build on that result. Torres, a natural forward, was the best player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Torres scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Athletic Club.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Barcelona's attacking play is working. FC Barcelona have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Real Madrid form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the La Liga.
Two away matches in a row for Real Madrid, whose boss Ancelotti could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Sporting Braga. Midfielder Bellingham was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Bellingham scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, Real Madrid travelled to Sevilla and returned home with a draw after the La Liga game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Real Madrid playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Madrid wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Madrid as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six FC Barcelona victories, zero draws and four Real Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bellingham 8 goals |   R. Lewandowski 5 goals |  J. Sanmartín Mato 5 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| FC Barcelona | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 90% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.2 | 17.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16.2 | 18 |
| 7.2 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
| 31% | 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 28% |
| 10.2 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Barcelona have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (4) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most points (15) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won all their matches at home so far.
- FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Madrid have scored in all their matches so far.
- Real Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (7) in La Liga
- Real Madrid have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in La Liga
- Real Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Girona | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Valencia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Getafe | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Villarreal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Granada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Almeria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
