El Clasico live: Luis Suarez goal finishes Real Madrid off as Barcelona run riot
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Real Madrid vs Barcelona, the first El Clasico of the season.
Preview: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Key stats
- Barcelona currently lead La Liga with 27 points, three clear of second-placed Real Madrid.
- All of the Catalan club’s last 17 league goals have been scored by Neymar (9) or Luis Suarez (8)
- Surprisingly, Real Madrid have a better pass completion record (85.3 per cent) than their opponents (84.5 per cent)
- Barcelona have scored five penalties to Madrid’s three, but they have also missed three spot kicks this season.
- Madrid have won just three of their last 12 home games against Barcelona.
- In the last nine meetings between these two sides, both teams have scored – the longest streak since 1946-52.
- Los Blancos have scored 338 goals in their last 100 La Liga home games.
- Lionel Messi has scored the most goals in this fixture’s history (21), ahead of Alfredo di Stefano (18), Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul (both 15).
Team news
Real Madrid: Navas, Danilo, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, James, Kroos, Modric, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
Substitutes: Casilla, Pepe, Carvajal, Casemiro, Isco, Kovacic, Jese
Barcelona: Bravo; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; S. Roberto, Suárez, Neymar
Substitutes: Ter Stegen, Vermaelen, Mathieu, Adriano, Munir, Messi, Sandro
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