El Clasico – what the stats say

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With their Super Cup semi-final victory in January 2022 (3-2), Real Madrid became the first team in ElClásico history to reach 100 wins across all competitions (G248 W100 D52 L96).

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Real Madrid have won their last five games with Barcelona in all competitions. Only Los Blancos, with seven wins between April 1962 and February 1965, have achieved a better run in the history of ElClásico.

Barcelona have more wins (10-8) and scored more goals (41-34) than Real Madrid in LaLiga ElClásico matches played in Madrid in the 21st century. However, Barcelona have lost their last two visits, and could suffer three defeats in a row for the first time this century.

No side in Europe’s big five leagues have suffered fewer defeats than Real Madrid since the start of last season (6, level with Inter Milan).

Barcelona have not lost any of their last 10 away LaLiga games (W5 D5), nine of them with Xavi Hernández (W5 D4). Xavi could become only the second Barça coach to be unbeaten in his first 10 away games in the competition, after Ernesto Valverde, who did not lose any of his first 18 (W12 D6).

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Since Xavi Hernández's arrival, Barcelona have taken 34 points from 15 games in LaLiga (W10 D4 L1), a record only bettered by Real Madrid since then (39 points - W12 D3 L1).

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema has scored in two of his last three meetings with Barcelona in all competitions, the same number of goals as he did in his previous 16 appearances in ElClásico.

Barcelona captain Sergio Busquets could make his 43rd appearance against Real Madrid in all competitions and overtake Xavi Hernández (42) to become the second most-capped Barça player in El Clásico history, behind only Lionel Messi (45).

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has lost three of his five meetings with Barcelona in LaLiga (W2), his joint-worst record of defeats against the same opponent in the competition along with Atlético de Madrid (G5 W1 D1 L3).

Xavi Hernández could become only the third FC Barcelona coach to lose in each of his first two games against Real Madrid in all competitions in the 21st century, following Ernesto Valverde in 2017 and Ronald Koeman in 2021, who lost all three of his clásicos as coach.