Real Madrid vs Barcelona Prediction & Betting Tips (26 October)

Author of the hat-trick last season, Real Madrid must in any case do as well or better, which will be difficult. Unlike last year, the competition in La Liga seems more homogeneous with Atlético who recruited very hard during the summer and a much more worrying Barça. The task this evening will be heavy for the Merengue who will probably play their future in the championship since in the event of defeat, they will have to make up for a gap of six points until the end of the season, and given how the Culers left, see them lose six points seem to be a project from a parallel world only 1 defeat. However, Casa Blanca also does not need to remind us that it has now been 43 games since any opponent has beaten them in La Liga. Last weekend, traveling to Balaidos against Celta Vigo , Mbappé and Vinicius and Courtois allowed the Merengue to bring home the victory in a match far from being dominated 1-2. During the week, Don Carlo's men hosted Borussia Dortmund as part of J3 of the league phase of the Champions League, a remake of the 2024 final at Wembley, won by the Madrilenians 2-0 and suffice to say that this part did not disappoint the world of football, especially the 2nd period where the madridistas scored 5 in 30 minutes including a hat-trick from Vinicius Jr 5-2 while they were trailing 0-2 at half-time. Currently leader of LaLiga, only two clubs have managed to manhandle Barça in all competitions, Monaco in the Champions League 2-1 and Osasuna at El Sadar 4-2, two defeats on the road.

A sign for tonight? Not really in the end since behind them, Barcelona won 9 of their first 10 matches in the league, the most recent of which was a 5-1 victory over Sevilla FC . Furthermore, in 10 days, the Culers have scored 33 goals, an average of just over 3 goals per match. Beaten three times last year officially by Real Madrid, the Blaugrana have revenge to take this evening at the Bernabéu, especially since a victory would allow them to put a big gap in the standings, and above all keep their record of 'Invincibility in La Liga 44 matches. During the week, Hansi Flick's men faced an old demon from the past, Bayern Munich , in the league phase of the Champions League to follow. In short, a decisive week to take a step forward for the Catalans .

Announced to return in January, Brahim Diaz returned to the training grounds recently, the same for Alaba but the two elements could remain far from the match sheet. Suffering from torn cruciate ligaments, Carvajal and Joan Martinez are out for the remainder of the season. Terrible news for Madrid since the day after the historic victory against BVB, the club announced the withdrawals of Rodrygo and Courtois, two centerpieces of the squad. For the rest of the group, all the major elements will indeed be there, starting with Kylian Mbappé (8 TCC goals with Real), and the probable future winner of the Ballon d'Or on Monday evening, Vinicius Jr. N Let's not forget to mention the X factors like Valverde, Bellingham and the French, Camavinga and Tchouaméni, replacements against Dortmund during the week. Opposite, the infirmary was also emptied at Barça who can again count on Gavi after his terrible injury (cruciate ligaments), or even on Frenkie de Jong, who returned a little earlier.

However, Flick will have to integrate them little by little in order to avoid a possible relapse. We still note the withdrawal of the goalkeeper and captain Ter Stegen (OUT for the remainder of the season), the same for the young talent revealed at the start of the campaign, Marc Bernal (cruciate ligaments) and the prolonged absence of Ronald Araujo. Important under Flick's orders, Eric Garcia remains physically hampered and uncertain this evening while Christensen will probably be too short to progress. Author of 12 goals and alone in the world at the head of the table of top scorers in the elite, Lewandowski will try to increase his tally against his direct rival, Kylian Mbappé (6 goals in La Liga). Raphinha (5 goals, 5 assists) and Lamine Yamal (4 goals, 6 assists) are just as crucial and form a better trident statistically than the Real Madrid trident (Mbappé, Vini, Rodrygo: 21 goals to 14 ).