Madrid : FC Barcelona return to action in La Liga on Sunday (April 11) against Real Madrid, the biggest game of the season so far: a gigantic El Clásico at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano near the Spanish capital.
This is a very crunch game for both sides with the La Liga title up for grabs owing to a huge decline by table leaders Atlético Madrid, with just three points separating the three top teams in the league. Barça are currently in second and will go top of the table at least for a night if they win this tie, while Real will level points with the leaders and surpass Barça if they win.
Both the teams are in great form coming into this one the Los Blancos are on a 12-game unbeaten run in all competitions, including a victory over Liverpool in the Champions League quater finals. The Blaugranas come into this one without a loss in 19 straight games in La Liga, having won 13 of their last 14 games in the league.
🔥 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘. 𝐈𝐒. 𝐓𝐇𝐄. 𝐃𝐀𝐘. 🔥#ElClasico pic.twitter.com/pbssiykA9w
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This is a Clásico is all about really high stakes, besides playing each others biggest rivals the tie might decide the path for the league victory. The current form of both the teams, well at least over the last couple of months promise a really entertaining match.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Barcelona (3-4-3): Ter Stegen; Araujo, De Jong, Lenglet; Dest, Busquets, Pedri, Alba; Messi, Dembélé, Griezmann
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois; Vázquez, Militão, Nacho, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius
