Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: Preview and betting tips

El Clásico is here! The football feast of Barcelona and Real Madrid will take place this Sunday at the Camp Nou. Looking at the table, it would seem that the White Ballet are the clear favourites, but make no mistake. These duels are unpredictable.

The positions of the two coaches are vastly different. Ronald Koeman is not in an enviable position on the Barcelona bench. There has been talk of his demise for some time now. The start to the season has been far from ideal and the performance of his charges in particular has been disappointing.

Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, is enjoying a good start to the season and after eight rounds, Real Madrid are leading the league table, although the Santiago Bernabeu side have conceded points in their last two games. In the Champions League, they tuned up for a closely watched clash with a big 5-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

In the white jersey, it is worth keeping an eye on Karim Benzema, who has scored 9 goals and 7 assists in 8 La Liga games so far. With the 20 on his back, Vinicuis Junior shines, who has scored 5 goals and added 3 assists in 8 games.

For Barcelona, Ansu Fati is on a roll. The young Spanish winger has been treated for several long months with a knee injury, but only recently returned to the pitch and started scoring goals, managing to register 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games. Also worth noting is definitely the 17-year-old midfielder Gavi, who has burst into the first team and already looks like he’s settled steadily into the starting eleven.

Although it seems that the visiting players will enter the pitch in Barcelona with better form and more comfort, it should be remembered that the legendary El Clásico often reliably erases the differences in the current forms of the two teams and we can look forward to a beautiful football experience.

We can expect more goals to be scored, so I would personally go for Over 2.5. Barcelona’s defence is not exactly rock solid, but on the other hand, offensively the Catalans can get things going and score goals.