Comments and predictions for Barcelona vs Real Madrid: Overcoming the galaxy

Latest Barcelona vs Real Madrid squad information

Barcelona will be without key striker Robert Lewandowski due to a hamstring injury, and he will not be back until next month for the return leg of La Liga against Real Madrid. Ferran Torres will start at centre-forward.

Alejandro Balde is also unlikely to recover from a hamstring injury, so Gerard Martin is likely to replace him on the left flank. Other injuries for Barca include Marc Casado, Marc Bernal and goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.

Young centre-back Pau Cubarsí is expected to return to the squad, replacing Ronald Araujo who is not in the best of form. In the number 10 position, Fermin Lopez could be preferred over Dani Olmo as Olmo has just recovered from injury.

The two names that are sure to play on the wings are Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. Frenkie de Jong and Jules Koundé will also return to the squad after being rested against Mallorca.

On Real Madrid's side, Eduardo Camavinga and David Alaba both picked up muscle injuries against Getafe and will miss El Clásico. Camavinga could even miss the rest of the season.

Dani Carvajal and Eder Militão remain sidelined with long-term knee injuries, but Kylian Mbappé and Ferland Mendy could return to the squad.

Mbappé picked up an ankle injury against Arsenal but is expected to play, while Mendy could be on the bench. Fran García is expected to start at left-back, while Ancelotti has confirmed that Rodrygo – despite his criticism – will start.

Latest expected lineup for Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Barcelona:
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Martin; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, F Lopez, Raphinha; Torres

Real Madrid:
Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Rudiger, F Garcia; Tchouameni, Valverde; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe

Latest football commentary on Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Few could have predicted how impressive Barcelona would be under Hansi Flick. In his first season in charge of the Catalan club, the German is aiming for a quadruple – a truly extraordinary achievement.

Barca won the Spanish Super Cup earlier this year after thrashing Real Madrid 5-2 in the final. They are currently top of La Liga, four points clear of Real with five games remaining.

Flick's side are also through to the Champions League semi-finals, where they will face Inter Milan, and will have the chance to win their second trophy of the season when they once again face arch-rivals Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday night.

Barca go into this game on the back of a 1-0 win over Mallorca in La Liga and haven't lost a league game since December - a serious warning to Real. However, it was Real who won the last two Copa del Rey finals the two sides have met (2011 and 2014).

Barcelona's last victory over Real in a Copa del Rey final was in 1990. However, they are still the most successful team in the competition's history, having won it 31 times, most recently in 2020-21. This season, Barca thrashed Real 4-0 at the Bernabeu in the first leg of La Liga – a result they will certainly want to repeat.

Real Madrid also entered this match in high spirits after a 1-0 win over Getafe thanks to Arda Guler's only goal. This victory helped them continue to chase Barca in the title race.

Real have already won their first trophy of the season, the European Super Cup, in August. They will also be in the FIFA Club World Cup in June.

However, the heavy 1-5 defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals was still a big shock and could force coach Carlo Ancelotti to leave the club at the end of the season. Many sources believe that Xabi Alonso is the leading candidate to succeed him.

The Copa del Rey was not Real Madrid's main target at the beginning of the season, but now it has become their only hope to avoid a failed season. And with a history of dominating head-to-head matches against Barca in the Copa del Rey finals (winning 4/7 times), the pressure to win is on Ancelotti's team.

In the most recent meeting in Copa del Rey, it was Real who crushed Barca 4-0 in the 2023 semi-finals.

Latest Barcelona vs Real Madrid score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Barcelona vs Real Madridas follows:

• Sportsmole:Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid

• WhoScore:Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid
• Our newspaper predicts:Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid

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