Barcelona VS Real Madrid Statistics And Head To Head Record Ahead Of El Classico

The latest El Clasico will be played at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys(Barcelona’s current home stadium because of renovations at the old Camp Nou) on Saturday afternoon, with the reigning La Liga champions Barcelona hosting their major rivals Real Madrid. Let’s check out some Barcelona VS Real Madrid statistics and head to head record ahead of El Classico.

Barcelona VS Real Madrid Statistics

Galacticos are presently the team at the top of the league, picking up 25 points from their 10 matches, a record of eight wins, one draw and one loss this season.

Barcelona, in the mean time, are third, collecting 24 points through seven wins and three draws, and Xavi’s side recorded a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the league last weekend.

Real Madrid, however, were held to a 1-1 draw by Sevilla in their last home match, and the Galacticos have not been at their free-flowing best this season.

Both of these team were in Champions League action during this week, with Real Madrid beating Braga 2-1 in Portugal and Barcelona also won Shakhtar Donetsk by the same scoreline at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.

Here are some head to head records and statistics between Real Madrid and Barcelona

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

Matches: 254
Barcelona wins: 100
Draws: 51
Real Madrid wins: 103

Saturday’s experience will be the 255th time that these two outright beasts of Spanish football have clashed, and Real Madrid lead the head-to-head record 103 wins to Barcelona’s 100.

Real Madrid have likewise scored more goals in their past clashes, netting 427 times to Barcelona’s 415, the fact that only 51 of their contests have been drawn is marginally surprising considering that they have been well-matched for long times of their particular histories.

The two teams have clashed on 186 occasions in the top flight of Spanish football, with Real Madrid additionally leading the head-to-head record 77 wins to Barcelona’s 74, while there have been 35 draws.

Barcelona have been victorious in two of their last three in the league, including a 2-1 win when they last met at this level of football in March 2023.

Fairly surprisingly, these two groups have only at any point met multiple times in the Champions League, with both winning one match, and the other two apparatuses finishing all square. Every one of the four games have been in the semi-finals of the competition, with Real Madrid progressing in 2001-02, and Barcelona in 2010-11.

Lionel Messi is the top goalscorer in El Clasico history, having scored multiple times, while Real Madrid legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Alfredo di Stefano are joint-second in the standings with 18.

Karim Benzema has likewise scored multiple times against Barcelona, however the center forward left Los Blancos in the transfer window for Saudi Arabia subsequent to deciding against renewing his contract.

Real Madrid pounded Barcelona 4-0 away from home when the two groups last clashed in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey back in April, but Barcelona have won four of their last six meetings in all competitions, and being a fascinating fight on Saturday afternoon is is what we expect.

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As a strong fan of Barcelona, I tip Barcelona to win or a draw in the worst case.