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Barcelona vs Real Madrid Prediction & Betting tips
52 days later than planned, it will really happen on Wednesday evening, and it’s time for ‘El Clasico’ at the Camp Nou! The already loaded squatter between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid is this time even more exciting than normal, since both teams are shared leaders in La Liga. The winner does excellent business in the Spanish title fight.
FC Barcelona:
With only one defeat in the last seventeen games in all competitions, FC Barcelona has been doing very well in the last few months in terms of results. The Catalans are on track for title prolongation, and will face Napoli in the eighth finals of the Champions League. Yet trainer Ernesto Valverde is still under attack, and the Spanish media is speculating about a return of Pep Guardiola to Camp Nou. That of course has everything to do with the moderate field play of the Blaugrana, who last weekend had only 46.58 percent possession in the 2-2 draw at Real Sociedad. The away match in the Anoeta was already the ninth time since the appointment of Valverde in which FC Barcelona had to leave the initiative to the opponent.
That statistic says a lot about the lack of balance in the team. The forefront of FC Barcelona is still of absolute world class. With twelve goals and eight assists, Lionel Messi is decisively old-fashioned, while Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann also regularly put their names on the scoreboard with nine and six goals respectively. The rearguard in particular, however, could use a quality boost, because FC Barcelona closing point Marc-Andre ter Stegen managed to keep his goal clean in just four of the sixteen league duels. The central defense duo Clement Lenglet and Gerard Pique are not, in my view, a world top, while Jordi Alba has to rely on his attacking qualities. Valverde will therefore have to find a way to curb the Real Madrid vanguard.
Real Madrid:
Real Madrid also had to settle for a point last weekend, although it took until the 95th minute for Karim Benzema to hit the ropes when he visited Valencia. It was already the twelfth competition hit for the French striker, who leads the Spanish top scorers list together with Messi. Thanks to his goal, Real Madrid remains in the footsteps of FC Barcelona, and with eight wins and three draws, the Madrid players are already unbeaten in 11 consecutive official matches.
In recent years, Real Madrid has mainly lost ground in the classics against FC Barcelona, but can hope for a good result on Wednesday evening based on a tight collective. Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos are all in excellent shape, while trainer Zinedine Zidane with players such as Rodrygo, Isco and Vinicius also has some excellent alternatives. Real Madrid gives few opportunities away, but is very dependent on Benzema in terms of goals. Gareth Bale keeps disappointing, while Eden Hazard is still in the rag basket.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid head to head matches
02.03.19 LL Real Madrid Barcelona 0 : 1
27.02.19 CDR Real Madrid Barcelona 0 : 3
06.02.19 CDR Barcelona Real Madrid 1 : 1
28.10.18 LL Barcelona Real Madrid 5 : 1
06.05.18 LL Barcelona Real Madrid 2 : 2