Leaders Real Madrid want to take a step closer to the La Liga title by beating the holders FC Barcelona in a highly anticipated El Clasico
RM vs BAR Match Details
Date: Sunday, 21 April 2024 / Monday, 22 April 2024
Time: 21:00 (EST), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
RM vs BAR Match Preview
After an intense night in which Real Madrid secured their passage to the semi-finals of the Champions League by eliminating holders Manchester City on penalties, the focus is back on La Liga. Carlo Ancelotti's men will face German giants Bayern Munich in the last four at the continental stage but on Sunday night they have the chance to go 11 points clear at the summit of their domestic league. Los Blancos will face arch-rivals and second-placed FC Barcelona in the title-deciding El Classico with six more games to go. Real Madrid has two prizes to win this season and will feel confident ahead of the encounter having collected 78 points from 31 matches, losing just once. With 55 victories at home in this meeting, Real Madrid can also draw inspiration from their 2-1 win over Barcelona in the reverse fixture with Jude Bellingham scoring twice in the turnaround and the massive 4-1 victory this year in the Super Cup final.
Despite taking a 3-2 victory over PSG in the quarterfinal first leg of the Champions League, FC Barcelona succumbed at home in the returning leg despite taking the lead through Raphinha in just 12 minutes. Ronald Araujo's red card close to the half-hour mark changed the course of the game dramatically with the visitors eventually winning the game 4-1 and progressing 7-3 on aggregate. Xavi's side only has the La Liga title to defend as the only silverware left to win this season. However, the Catalan giants will have a mountain to climb if they lose against table-toppers Real Madrid at Bernabeu. Winning the El Classico will bring them within five points of the leaders having stayed unbeaten since the end of January in the league. However, losing in the last three El Classicos in all competitions and coming off a tough loss in Europe could put a dent in Barcelona’s hopes. Los Blancos has also not lost at home this season.
Recent Form (all competitions)
RM: WWDWD
BAR: WWWWL
Recent Form (La Liga)
RM: DWWWW
BAR: DWWWW
RM vs BAR Predicted Lineups
Real Madrid
Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Tchouameni, Mendy; Valverde, Camavinga, Kroos; Bellingham; Vinicius, Rodrygo
FC Barcelona
Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Cancelo; Gundogan, Christensen, F de Jong; Pedri, Lewandowski, Raphinha
RM vs BAR Head-to-Head (La Liga meetings at Bernabeu)
Played - 93
RM won - 55
Drawn - 15
BAR won - 23
RM vs BAR Dream11 Match Prediction
Real Madrid might take all three points against FC Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu to take a step closer to securing the La Liga title. We predict a 2-1 victory for Los Blancos.
RM vs BAR Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Jude Bellingham
Vice-captain Pick: Vinicius Jr
Others: Rodrygo, Lewandowski
Our top pick for the RM vs BAR Dream11 team is Jude Bellingham with three goals and two assists in his last five games in La Liga.
RM vs BAR Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Ter Stegen (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 705)
DEF: Carvaja (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 910), Rudiger (Cr - 8, Pts - 716), Cancelo (Cr - 8.5, Pts -990)
MID: Raphinha (Cr - 8, Pts - 793), Gundogan (Cr - 9, Pts - 1259), Valverde (Cr - 9, Pts - 1008), Rodrygo (Cr - 9, Pts - 998)
FW: Bellingham (Cr - 9, Pts - 1474), Lewandowski (Cr - 9, Pts - 1157), Vinicius (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 961)
Vice-captain: Vinicius Jr
Captain: Jude Bellingham
