Real Madrid and Barcelona meet this Saturday in the first classic of the season, a match corresponding to the eleventh day of the EA Sports LaLiga and transcendental for the leadership of the competition.
The Blaugranas arrive in first position with 27 points and only one defeat so far this season, at the El Sadar Stadium against Osasuna (4-2). The whites are only three points behind Hansi Flick’s team (27), after having conceded several draws.
The culés seek to confirm their leadership against the current league champion. They arrive at the best possible moment, after beating Bayern Munich 4-1 on the third day of the Champions League, thus ending a disastrous streak against the German team, which they had not beaten since 2015.
After the dazzling performance in the European competition, Barcelona also wants to end the bad streak against Real Madrid, with whom it has lost its last three official matches. Their last victory was in 2022, during Xavi Hernández’s first season on the bench, when they won 0-4.
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Flick’s team knows that the scenario will not be easy. Few teams are capable of getting a positive result from the Santiago Bernabéu, the scene of great comebacks as Borussia Dortmund saw last Tuesday (5-2). Furthermore, the whites have not lost in the league for more than a year.
Real Madrid will face the classic with the absence of the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes, injured in the last European comeback and with the doubt of Brahim Díaz, who is completing his recovery from the tear in the right abductor that he suffered on the 14th. September.
Schedule and where to watch the LaLiga EA Sports classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona on TV
Raphinha of FC Barcelona celebrates his third goal in the Champions League
The match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, corresponding to the eleventh day of LaLiga EA Sports, will be played this Saturday, October 26, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium at 9:00 p.m. The meeting can be seen on television in DAZN and it can also be followed live through the website of The Vanguard.
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