LIVE | Real Madrid v Barcelona El Clasico – Sunday, 16 October 2022

As Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in the 250th competitive El Clásico, eyes all over the world will be trained on the Spanish capital.

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Adding to the spectacle, it’s a top-of-the-table La Liga clash with both sides sharing identical league records this term (W7, D1) and comfortably clear of their nearest challengers.

Real Madrid snatched a last-gasp 1-1 UEFA Champions League draw on Tuesday night against Shakhtar Donetsk and although they rested players who should feature here, it was an underwhelming performance.

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Even manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted that “we played really poorly tonight,” before praising his side for never giving up.

They’ve needed those battling qualities, as Real Madrid haven’t dominated games from the off in recent weeks, even at home.

In two of their last four home outings, Los Blancos needed goals after the 70th minute to finish off the job, although they failed to score after half-time in each of their last two fixtures at Santiago Bernabéu.

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Seeking to capitalise on any potential weaknesses in the Real Madrid ranks, Barcelona come into this derby following seven straight La Liga victories, the last six of those without conceding.

With memories of last term’s 4-0 head-to-head win at this venue still fresh in the memory, they’re targeting two successive La Liga head-to-head wins for the first time since March 2019 and should be buoyed by Wednesday’s come-from-behind 3-3 Champions League draw with Inter Milan.

Barcelona have won 4 of last 6 matches in Madrid

Impressively, Barcelona have won four of the last six head-to-heads in Madrid (L2) and are eyeing up overtaking Real Madrid in the La Liga head-to-head scoring stakes – both stand level at 295 goals (Barcelona: W73, D35, L76).

If so, they might get it done early as they’ve netted within 25 minutes in three of their last four league away games.

Sunday’s match will kick off at 16:15 (SA time).

Key battle

Vinícius Júnior has scored in four of Madrid’s last five home games, twice opening the scoring, but he’ll hav

e to beat Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, who hasn’t conceded for 624 minutes in La Liga and has saved 95% of shots he’s faced in the league this term.

Hot streak

The last seven head-to-heads in Madrid were won by the team scoring first (Madrid: W3, L4).

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