EL CLASICO: We preview Sunday’s ‘El Clasico’ – it’s BARCELONA v REAL MADRID with extended stats and a recommended BETDAQ bet.
BARCELONA V REAL MADRID
3.15pm An El Clasico without Messi and Ronaldo – surely it won’t be the same?! The last Clasico played without both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo was on December 23rd 2007, at Camp Nou. It’s hard to believe that it was over ten years ago; times are always changing in football though and now Real Madrid have to move on and get used to life without Ronaldo.
That’s taking them some time. They are having a terrible start to their season and there’s already rumours that the manager is getting sacked – surely a big Barcelona win here will put him close to the point of no return? Barcelona have had their own troubles; they’ve only won once in their last four La Liga games and now they face their biggest rival without their star man.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Barcelona 2.02, Real Madrid 4.0 and the draw is 3.85. Real Madrid could make history here if they were to avoid defeat – they are unbeaten in their last three league visits to Camp Nou and never in La Liga history have they managed a run of four unbeaten games here. Given the way that they have played this season however, it’s hard to see them getting that record.
They arrive to Camp Nou in terrible form. They grinded out a 2-1 win in the Champions League midweek however prior to that they were beaten by Levante, Alaves, CSKA Moscow, drew with Atletico Madrid and lost to Sevilla. It’s hard to believe they are losing to sides like Levante and Alaves – indeed they started at an XSP of 1.15 to beat Levante!
Barcelona have had their trouble this season and now are without Messi; however they look way more solid compared to Real Madrid. They are having a terrible season and it’s very difficult to see them getting anything here if they continue to play the same way that they have been playing. Barcelona look massive at 2.02 with home advantage and we’re very happy to back them at those odds.
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Barcelona to beat Real Madrid at 2.02.
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MATCH STATS
- No team has defeated Real Madrid more often in La Liga than Barcelona (70); while no side has beaten Barcelona more in La Liga than Real Madrid (72).
- Barcelona have scored in each of their last 21 league games against Real Madrid in La Liga (48 goals total) and could equal the best scoring record in El clásico history in the competition – Real Madrid (22 games) between 1959 and 1969.
- Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last three league games at Camp Nou (W1 D2), never in El clásico history have they managed to stay unbeaten in four consecutive games.
- Barcelona are unbeaten in each of their last 41 league games at Camp Nou in (W33 D8), their longest such run since February 1977 (67).
- Real Madrid have lost their last two La Liga games, the last time they lost three successive matches in the competition was back in May 2009 (five).
- Since his debut in El clasico, Barcelona haven’t won either of the two matches against Real Madrid without Lionel Messi in any competition (D1 L1).
- This will be the first El clásico Real Madrid will play without Cristiano Ronaldo since his move to Juventus – During his time in Madrid, Real won two games against Barcelona without the Portuguese striker, 2-1 in the 2015 Copa del Rey final and 2-0 in 2017 Spanish Supercopa.
- This will be the first El Clasico in all competitions without both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo since December 2007, when Real Madrid won 1-0 in a La Liga match thanks to a Júlio Baptista winner.
- Barcelona’s Luis Suárez has scored six league goals against Real Madrid since his debut in the competition during the 2014/15 campaign, more than any other player in that time.
- Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has scored four headed goals against Barcelona in La Liga, more than against any other team in the competition.
- Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has lost 12 of his 20 league games against Real Madrid (W6 D2), more than against any other team in La Liga.
- Julen Lopetegui will manage in his first El clasico game – five of the last six Real Madrid managers have lost their opening match against Barcelona in all competitions – only Zinedine Zidane (2-1 at Camp Nou in April 2016) managed to win.
- Real Madrid have scored 13 goals in La Liga this season, their worst scoring record after their opening nine league games since 2004-05 (eight goals).
- Real Madrid have collected 14 points in their opening nine La Liga games, their worst record in the competition after nine games played since 2001-02 (10).
- With defeat to Levante, Julen Lopetegui equaled the worst league start of any Real Madrid manager since Juan Antonio Ipiña in 1952-53 (P9 W3 D3 L3).
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