Oya, make we yarn about di big match wey dey come. Barça and Real Madrid go face each other for Clásico, and dis one special because e dey happen for Spotify Camp Nou after long time wey don pass—1,148 days since last home Clásico for dia stadium. Di last two home Clásicos don happen for Montjuïc, but now dem don come back to di main house.
Barça don win two out of di last three home Clásicos for LaLiga, with just one defeat. Dat one double di wins from di previous seven games as home side, where dem get one win, three draws, and three losses. Matches against Real Madrid don dey more problematic for home dan away.
For recent times, none of di last 12 matches between Barça and Real Madrid don end for draw. Na di longest run dis century. You go go back to 1977 to 1986 to see 18 straight matches without draw.
Hansi Flick fit make history dis weekend. E fit become di second coach to win im first two home Clásicos. Only Pep Guardiola don do am before, for 2010, when e win im first three. If Barça beat Real Madrid, dem go extend dia winning streak for league to 11 matches. Dat one go be di best record under Flick, e dey move closer to Guardiola (16 and 11), Frank Rijkaard (14), Luis Enrique (12), and Tito Vilanova (11).
Barça don show offensive power all season. Dem don score for 54 games in a row for LaLiga—di longest current run for any side for di five major European leagues.
Robert Lewandowski dey show im goal sense for recent games. E don get goal involvement for di last three matches—two goals and one assist. E fit be involved for four or more goals for di eighth time since March 2025, when e score five goals for four games.
Di Clásico fit be special for Marc Bernal. Di number 22 return for Pamplona after injury, and e be di only player for first team squad wey never play Clásico. E bin dey bench for di first two dis season but no enter pitch. E miss matches last season due to injury.
Real Madrid don lose two of dia last five away matches, as many as for dia 17 away games before dat. Dem dey come to Spotify Camp Nou where Barça don win 17 from 17 for LaLiga.
Arbeloa go dey bench for di first time as Real Madrid coach. As player, e don play 16 Clásicos, with six wins, five draws, and five losses to Barça. E also face Barça twice as Liverpool player and once as Deportivo de La Coruña player.
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