Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Barcelona & Real Madrid face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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
Barcelona participated in Super Cup the last season, where they reached the final.20 points is a decent return from 10 La Liga games here at King Abdullah Sports City for FC Barcelona. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Barcelona manager Hernández Creus and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Granada in the La Liga. The striker Dembélé won the honour of being "man of the match" for Barcelona with the rating of 7.45/10. Dembélé hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Copa Del Rey match versus Linares Deportivo with a 2-1 scoreline.A decent goal production from FC Barcelona in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. FC Barcelona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Madrid form and stats
They also participated in Super Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the La Liga.
Madrid are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the La Liga against Valencia. Madrid goalie Courtois was high and low in the Valencia game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Attacker Benzema got a player rating of 9.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Benzema scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Alcoyano.Madrid have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 11 away matches. As opposed to that, Madrid have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (FC Barcelona wins - draws - Real Madrid wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 17 goals |  V. Júnior 12 goals |   M. Depay 8 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| FC Barcelona | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 9.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | FC Barcelona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 9 | Valencia | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Granada | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Osasuna | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Getafe | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Elche | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 11 |
