Barcelona vs Real Madrid Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona are hoping to win again following the 0-1 La Liga triumph against Athletic Bilbao.

In that game, Barcelona had 63% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Barcelona was Raphinha (45'). At the other end, Athletic Bilbao had 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Barcelona have taken part. In terms of the goal attribution from this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 3 while Barcelona managed the sum of 6.

Heading into this fixture, Barcelona haven't been defeated in their previous 12 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Real Madrid

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Real Madrid will come into the clash following on from a 1-0 Champions League win as they beat Liverpool in their last match.

In that game, Real Madrid managed 54% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The scorer for Real Madrid was Karim Benzema (78'). At the other end, Liverpool got 9 shots on goal with 5 on target.

Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid have fired home 10 times throughout their previous six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 5.

Pre-game facts show that Real Madrid:

• have not lost to Barcelona in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 24/10/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Barcelona winning 3 of those games, Real Madrid 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 of them for Barça and 9 coming from Los Blancos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Pedri (Muscle Injury) and Ousmane Dembélé (Hamstring Injury) aren’t available for Barcelona boss Xavi Hernández.

We think that Barça will possibly kick off with a 4-3-3 formation in the match, beginning the first half with M. ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen, Alex Balde, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Gavi.

📋 Team News: Real Madrid

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has some current player fitness concerns. Ferland Mendy (Muscle Injury) and David Alaba (Hamstring Injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that Los Blancos seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, starting Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Ruediger, Nacho Fernandez, Luka Modric, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Real Madrid will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Barcelona lineup, although it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Barcelona at full-time. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 02:48 15/03/2023