Overview
Last season, Barcelona beat Real Madrid, and now, as Blaugrana prepare to face a future opponent in the 2025-2026 season, history is leaning towards them.
On the journey to win the treble in La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup last season, Hansi Flick's team won all four times against Madrid: 4-0 and 4-3 in La Liga, 3-2 in extra time in the Copa del Rey final, and 5-2 in the Super Cup final.
Barca now have the opportunity to equal their longest winning streak against Madrid in all competitions, having previously won 5 consecutive El Clasico matches under Pep Guardiola from 2008 to 2010. Flick is also one of only two managers to win all four of his first El Clasicos, along with Guardiola, who has won five of his first in a row.
Currently, Barcelona is 2 points behind Real Madrid in the La Liga rankings after losing 1-4 to Sevilla in their most recent away trip. They have previously gone 15 away games (11 wins, 4 draws) and have not lost back-to-back away games since April 2024, when Xavi was in charge.
Since losing to Sevilla, the Blaugrana have beaten Girona 2-1 in La Liga and crushed Olympiacos 6-1 in the Champions League, with a hat-trick from Fermin Lopez and a double from Marcus Rashford. Lopez's hat-trick made him the first Spanish player to score 3 goals for Barcelona in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, Rashford will be eager to experience his first El Clasico. The English striker is leading the team in terms of contribution efficiency this season with 5 goals and 4 assists, one more than Lamine Yamal (3 goals, 5 assists).
Although the Blaugrana attack is showing impressive form this season, Barcelona is still 2 points behind Real Madrid in the rankings. Meanwhile, the 2-5 defeat to Atletico Madrid was Real Madrid's only loss under Xabi Alonso since he led Los Blancos last summer.
Real Madrid also won the Champions League in midweek, beating Juventus 1-0 thanks to Jude Bellingham's first goal of the season, thereby maintaining a perfect start in Europe.
Bellingham underwent shoulder surgery after the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and missed the early stages of Madrid's season, but his other teammates were able to shine during his absence.
Arda Guler has been directly involved in 8 goals this season, scoring 3 goals and assisting 5 times, only behind Kylian Mbappe (15 goals, 2 assists) and Vinicius Junior (5 goals, 4 assists) in terms of contribution to Xabi Alonso's team.
Among the players in Europe's top five leagues, only Harry Kane (20 goals) has scored more goals than Mbappe this season. The French striker scored a hat-trick in his most recent El Clasico, despite Madrid still losing 3-4 to Barcelona in May. This is a match that helps the Catalan team get closer to the championship.
Mbappe has scored a total of 11 goals in eight meetings with Barcelona in all competitions, including 5 in 4 El Clasicos, but he has yet to win in all four of these meetings. This is also the most goals he has scored against a club outside of France in his career.
Head-to-head record
Although Barcelona have won all four of their meetings with Real Madrid last season in all competitions, Los Blancos still have a pretty impressive head-to-head record if only counting matches in La Liga.
Madrid have won 7 of their last 11 encounters with Barcelona in this tournament (losing 4), reaching the same number of wins as the previous 29 El Clasico matches in La Liga (D7 L15).
Notably, none of the last 11 meetings between Madrid (7 wins) and Barcelona (4 wins) in La Liga have ended in a draw. This is the longest El Clasico streak without a draw in the tournament since 1977-86, when Real won 10 and Barcelona won 8 of 18 consecutive matches.
Predicted result: Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona
The match between Real Madrid and Barcelona takes place at 10:15 p.m. on October 26 (Vietnam time).
