Barcelona @ Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu, Saturday, November 21 at 12:15 pm
Preview, Match Stats
• Each of the last nine clásicos in La Liga have seen both sides score, the longest such run since 1946-1952 (13 games in a row).
• Real Madrid have gone 22 La Liga home games in a row unbeaten (W19 D3) and they have just conceded one goal in their last five there.
• In their last 100 La Liga home games, Real Madrid have scored 338 goals at an average of 3.38 goals per game.
• On the other hand, Barcelona have now gone 15 La Liga away games in a row scoring at least once; with 41 goals in this period at an average of 2,7 goals per game.
• In their last league game against Sevilla, Real Madrid conceded three goals - only one fewer than the total goals they conceded in each of previous 10 games combined (four).
• Real Madrid have only won two of their last seven La Liga home games against Barcelona (D1 L4).
• In all competitions, Real have three wins in the last 12 home games against Barça (D3 L6).
• Real Madrid and Barcelona have faced each other seven times in the 12th game of a league season before this meeting. Real have lost without scoring in each of the last three (2004, 2005, 2009).
• Luis Enrique’s team has lost two of their last three La Liga away games (W1).
• Real Madrid have not lost a La Liga home game with Benítez in charge (W4 D1), conceding just one goal in five games.
• Rafa Benítez has lost six of his 10 games as manager in La Liga against Barcelona (W3 D1).
• Real Madrid have not held a higher ball possession figure against Barcelona in a La Liga game since 7th May 2008 (54.3%).
• Barcelona have won more penalties than any other team in the Top 5 European Leagues this season (eight).
• Among the four teams to have fired in the most shots on target in La Liga this season (Real Madrid, Barça, Celta and Sevilla), Madrid are the side with the worst conversion ratio (13.8%).
• Messi has been involved in eight of the last nine Barcelona goals against Real Madrid at Bernabéu in all competitions (five goals, three assists).
• If Messi scores in this game, he would become "El Clásico" top scorer in La Liga (he currently has 14 goals, level with Di Stéfano).
• The last 17 Barcelona goals have been scored by either Neymar (nine) or Luis Suárez (eight)
• Neymar has been involved in 16 of the last 19 Barcelona goals in all competitions (10 goals, six assists)
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored six of his eight La Liga goals this season in the first half of games.
• The Portuguese player is the only Real Madrid player to have started in all 15 games this season in all competitions.
El Clasico Top Scorers in La Liga
1 Alfredo di Stefano, Real Madrid, 20 games, 14 goals
2 Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 18 games, 14 goals
3 Cesar Rodriquez, Barcelona, 24 games, 12 goals
4 Raul, Real Madrid, 31 games, 11 goals
5 Paco Gento, Real Madrid, 31 games, 10 goals
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11 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 12 games, 7 goals
19 Karim Benzema, Real Madrid, 12 games, 5 goals
Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid, 20 games, 3 goals
Neymar, Barcelona, 4 games, 2 goals
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