Real Madrid vs Barcelona Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Real Madrid

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Real Madrid head into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Champions League drawn match versus Manchester City.

In that game, Real Madrid managed 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Real Madrid was Rodrygo (12'). Manchester City got 33 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Kevin De Bruyne (76') was the scorer for Manchester City. The match went to penalties and was won 4-3 by Real Madrid.

Fixtures involving Real Madrid have tended to be entertaining affairs recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 15 of these being chalked up by Real Madrid. In any event, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

Going into this encounter, Real Madrid are unbeaten in their previous 20 league matches at home. It really has been a fortress.

Barcelona

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Since a loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League action, Barcelona and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Barcelona managed 33% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Barcelona was Raphinha (12'). At the other end, Paris Saint-Germain had 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Ousmane Dembélé (40'), Vitinha (54') and Kylian Mbappé (61', 89') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Over the course of their previous six clashes, Barcelona have helped themselves to a tally of 12 goals. Barcelona have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 7 goals scored by their opponents.

Going into this contest, Barcelona are undefeated in their previous 15 league matches away from home. They have just been just so solid on their travels.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 15/01/2023, there has been little between the sides with Real Madrid winning 3 of those games, Barcelona 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

An aggregate of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 12 of them from Los Blancos and 8 created by Barça. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

📋 Team News: Real Madrid

Thibaut Courtois (Meniscus tear) and David Alaba (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.

We are thinking that Los Blancos will probably line up in a 4-4-2 system this time, utilising Andriy Lunin, Lucas Vazquez, Aurelien Tchouameni, Antonio Ruediger, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos, Rodrygo, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior.

📋 Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernández has to currently contend with reduced team options. Alejandro Balde (Tendon rupture) and Gavi (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

We are inclined to think that Barça seem most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of M. ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Joao Cancelo, Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen, Ilkay Gundogan, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Barcelona must be fancied to breach the defence of this Real Madrid lineup, but that isn’t expected to be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 victory for Real Madrid at the end of this one.

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Peter Guest, 13:07 20/04/2024