The giants game has arrived. At this time, Barcelona hosts Real Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium as part of the 26th round of the Spanish league. Barca are looking to extend the gap at the top to 12 points from second-placed Madrid, while the Blancos are looking to reduce it to just six points to leave themselves one last chance to keep them in the picture. The El Clasico, like all the Spanish league games, is broadcast on ONE channel for Yes, HOT Cellcom TV and Partner TV subscribers.
The Catalans come into the game with three consecutive victories with a similar result, 0:1, over Real Madrid in the first match of the Spanish Cup semi-finals, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao in the league. This is actually Xavi’s first Clásico game on Barça’s lines at Camp Nou, and he hopes to become the 28th coach in the club’s history to make his debut.
On the other hand, the Blancos, as mentioned above, are coming after they managed to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals when they beat Liverpool 2:6 on aggregate over two games. Even earlier, they recorded a single victory in three consecutive league games, 1:3 against Espanyol, which came after two draws against Atlético Madrid and Betis.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have already met three times this season. In the first round of the league, the Blancos managed to win a big 1:3, while the other two times, in the Super Cup and the Spanish Cup, the Catalans came out with the upper hand when they won 1:3 and 0:1.