Barcelona-Real Madrid is a match on the 26th day of La Liga and is played on Sunday at 21:00: likely formations, predictions, TV and streaming.
The Clasico that could decide the season. Which could decide the La Liga if Barcelona manage to win it all, which could reopen it if Real Madrid manage to make a splash outside the Camp Nou. In short, it doesn’t get any better than that.
It’s going to be a very important Sunday night in Spain: Xavi’s team has a nine-point lead over Ancelotti’s at the moment. And perhaps that is the last hurdle for the Catalans. A victory would increase the lead, which would become almost unbridgeable for the Blancos, who are called upon to perform a real feat against a strong team, built to win, and which no longer even has the ‘thought’ of the Cups. Which, on the other hand, the Italian coach’s troop has, as they will be involved in the Champions League quarter-finals. Even a draw, to tell the truth, could be enough for the Blaugrana, who, with one match less to play in the season, would keep the gap unchanged. An important gap, the kind you just have to manage.
The two coaches have almost all the men available: even Pedri could recover. Only Dembele will not be available for Barcelona. Ancelotti, on the other hand, will not be able to count on Alaba, the only unavailable player. For the rest, the choices seem to be made, in both cases. Sunday’s won’t be the last Clasico of the season – so far 2-1 to Xavi in the three previous ones this year – as the return semi-final of the Copa del Rey is also on the agenda, after Lewandowski and co. struck outside the Bernabeu. But this is surely the most important one, the one that could really give a different meaning to the final phase of the Spanish league, or that could close it definitively.
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The Prediction
A match that is anything but a foregone conclusion, although Real Madrid could pay somewhat for their cup exertions against Liverpool. But not so much, since the first leg had already given Ancelotti’s men a pass anyway. In any case, the challenge at Camp Nou could end in a draw. A draw that would give Xavi’s side, or nearly so, La Liga.
Barcelona v Real Madrid line-ups
- BARCELONA (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde; F de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Gavi.
- REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho; Tchouameni, Camavinga, Modric; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
