Barcelona and Real Madrid will go shoulder to shoulder in El Clasico on Saturday.
Going into the game Barcelona sit 3rd in the league on 24 points while Real Madrid are 2nd and one point better than their biggest rivals.
It is the Matchday 11 of the 2023-24 La Liga season and will come live at 3.15pm in the UK and Nigeria at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc.
The Catalan will likely play the game without the services of the likes Sergi Roberto, Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Jules Kounde, Raphinha all due to various degrees of injuries.
Real Madrid also have some injury worries with the confirmed absence of Thibaut Courtois, Éder Militão, Dani Ceballos, Arda Güler.
La Liga management has assigned the match to referee Jesús Gil Manzano and the centre official while Guillermo Cuadra Fernández will oversee the VAR.
It is first El Clásico of the season and fans of both sides are looking forward to game with the Carlo Ancelotti and Xavi, both managers hoping to clinch the title
Going into this one, Barcelona have recorded two valuable wins over Athletic Bilbao and Shakhtar in the Champions League.
Barcelona could file out in a 4-4-2 formation with goalkeeper Ter Stegen as usual. In defence it could be Araujo, Christensen, Iñigo, Balde; Cancelo. Former Man City captain, Ilkay Gündogan, Gavi and Fermín could man the midfield alongside Joao Felix while Torres Ferran led the attack.
For Real Madrid, Ancelotti could come with a 4-3-1-2 formation in his highly attacking team.
Kepa Arrizabalaga is expected to retain his place in goal with Carvajal, Rüdiger, Alaba and Mendy protecting the goal.
In midfield, Valverde, Tchouameni, Kroos; Bellingham will be the faces while Rodrygo and Vinicius create problems in Barcelona defence.
