📏 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 5-0 Spanish Super Cup success vs Athletic Bilbao.

In that game, Barcelona had 80% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Barcelona, the scorers were Torres (22'), López (30'), Roony Bardghji (34') and Raphinha (38', 52'). On the other side, Athletic Bilbao had 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Barcelona haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve totted up the amount of 15 during that period and have conceded a total of 1.

Real Madrid

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Real Madrid will come into the meeting following on from a 1-2 Spanish Super Cup win as they beat Atlético Madrid in their last game.

In that match, Real Madrid had 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Real Madrid, the goals were scored by Federico Valverde (2') and Rodrygo (55'). At the other end, Atletico Madrid got 22 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Alexander Sørloth (58') was the scorer for Atlético Madrid.

The stats don’t lie, and Real Madrid have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. In defence, Real Madrid seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will have to find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 21/04/2024 shows us that Barcelona have won 4 of them & Real Madrid 2, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 31 overall which averages out at 5.17 goals per match.

The last league game between these sides was La Liga match day 10 on 26/10/2025 when the final score was Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona.

That day, Real Madrid had 31% possession and 23 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. The scorers were Kylian Mbappé (22') and Jude Bellingham (43').

Barcelona had 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. López (38') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by César Soto Grado.

ℹ️ Team News: Barcelona

Gavi (Arthroscopy) and Andreas Christensen (Ligament tear) are unavailable for Barcelona gaffer Hansi Flick.

📰 Team News: Real Madrid

Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso has some current player fitness concerns. Kylian Mbappé (Knee injury), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Muscle tear) and Éder Militão (Muscle injury) will miss out on this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Barcelona can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Real Madrid might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we can see them seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Barcelona when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 18:01 11/01/2026