El Clasico: Real Madrid Seeks to Pile Misery on Troubled Barcelona

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An undated photo of Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets dribbles past Real Madrid playmaker Toni Kroos in a past match.
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Kenya’s betting giant, Betika, offers you an in-depth analysis of this El Clasico clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid to be played at Camp Nou on Sunday, October 24, at 5:15pm. 

This will be the first clash between the two sides without their legends, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Madrid will also be without their legendary former captain Sergio Ramos who switched to Ligue 1 outfit, Paris Saint Germain (PSG). 

While Madrid adjusted to the post-Ronaldo era, Barcelona is still nursing their wounds and clearly miss the influence of Messi who joined Ramos at PSG. 

Barcelona has W4 D3 L1 while Madrid has W5 D2 L1 in their last 8 matches. 

 

See below Betika odds, prediction and analysis on possible lineups. Barcelona is the underdog on paper just by a slight margin. 

Barcelona win:        2.80

 

Draw:                      3.50

 

Madrid win:              2.50


 

Other match odds and statistics 

Barcelona have not won any of its last 4 games against Real Madrid in La Liga W0 D1 L3 

As a head coach, Real’s Carlo Ancelotti has failed to win any of his last five visits to the Camp Nou W0 D2, L3. 

These two Spanish sides have only scored against each other in 2 of their last 5 games. 

Both teams to score (Gg/ng)

Yes: 1.51                               No: 2.50  

 

2 of their last 5 El Clasico’s have witnessed an over 2.5 scoreline. 

Barcelona has scored in 34 of their last 35 home games. 

Over 2.5: 1.65                      Under 2.5: 2.36 


 

Possible Lineups

Barcelona: Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergino Dest, Gerard Pique, Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Gavi; Memphis Depay, Sergio Aguero, Ansu Fati.

Real Madrid:  Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vazquez, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos; Rodrygo Goes, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior.

 

Players to Watch

Barcelona: Ansu Fati - The youngster has been in impressive form since returning from injury. 

Real Madrid: Karim Benzema -The French man is one of 13 players to have over 10 goals in El Classico fixtures. 


 

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