Barcelona vs Real Madrid Preview

This is one of the rare occasions that these two teams square up against each other and the La Liga title is not on the line, but that still doesn’t make this game insignificant.

The Catalans have just completed a domestic treble, but they are still unbeaten this season and this game remains their only major threat to going the whole season unbeaten.

They will hope to take at least a point here and achieve that remarkable feat.

Real Madrid may have their eyes on winning their third straight Champions League crown, but they would still love to be the team that ends Barcelona’s unbeaten run and they will be looking to ride their luck like they did against Bayern Munich on Tuesday in this game.

Madrid are one team that knows how to get results through whatever means possible, however, if they give the ball away to Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez like they did against Bayern Munich in midweek, they will surely pay for it.

Lionel Messi has been the driving force behind this Barcelona team and he netted a hattrick again last weekend to take his goal tally to 32 in La Liga and 43 in all competitions this season.

Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last three visits to Camp Nou, however, Barcelona have won 6 of their last 9 La Liga meetings with Real Madrid.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Barcelona

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Deportivo La Coruña		2-4		Barcelona	29 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Sevilla FC		0-5		Barcelona	21 Apr, 2018	Spanish Copa del Rey
D	Celta Vigo		2-2		Barcelona	17 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Barcelona		2-1		Valencia	14 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	AS Roma		3-0		Barcelona	10 Apr, 2018	UEFA Champions League

Real Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Real Madrid		2-1		Leganes	28 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Bayern Munich		1-2		Real Madrid	25 Apr, 2018	UEFA Champions League
D	Real Madrid		1-1		Athletic Bilbao	18 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Málaga		1-2		Real Madrid	15 Apr, 2018	Spanish Primera División
L	Real Madrid		1-3		Juventus	11 Apr, 2018	UEFA Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Real Madrid		0-3		Barcelona	23 Dec, 2017	Spanish Primera División
Real Madrid		2-0		Barcelona	16 Aug, 2017	Spanish Supercopa
Barcelona		1-3		Real Madrid	13 Aug, 2017	Spanish Supercopa
Real Madrid		2-3		Barcelona	30 Jul, 2017	International Champions Cup
Real Madrid		2-3		Barcelona	23 Apr, 2017	Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

Spanish Primera Table

Spanish Primera Results