Barcelona's perfect start meets a Real Madrid without Vinícius
Barcelona have scored thirty-eight in nine league matches and won five of the last six meetings. Madrid lose Vinícius to suspension.
Barcelona lead La Liga with twenty-seven points from nine, thirty-eight scored and nine conceded; Real Madrid are third on twenty-one. Barcelona have won five of the last six Clásicos, including the league match in May and the Supercopa final in January.
Barcelona have the slightly better chance with both sides scoring and three goals or more in all.
Line-ups
Barcelona 4-3-3
Substitutes Dominik Livakovic, Wojciech Szczesny, Álex Campos, Alejandro Balde, Marc Bernal, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Brian Fariñas, Orian Goren, Karim Adeyemi, Gabriel Jesus, Hamza Abdelkarim
Real Madrid 4-2-3-1
Substitutes Illia Voloshyn, Sergio Mestre, Éder Militão, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Álvaro Carreras, Antonio Rüdiger, Denzel Dumfries, Eduardo Camavinga, Thiago Pitarch, Endrick, Carlos Espí, Brahim Díaz
Madrid are without Vinícius, serving the second match of a four-match suspension, and without Courtois, ruled out with flu, with Andriy Lunin expected to start and Illia Voloshyn called up; Rodrygo, Ferland Mendy and Asencio are also out injured. Barcelona are without Olmo, Koundé, Eric García, Christensen and Roony Bardghji, all injured. Barcelona lost 4-2 at Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, which shows how open they are at the back and why this looks a match both sides score in. Madrid scored four in each of their wins over Sevilla and Leipzig this month. This is Mourinho's first Clásico since his return to Madrid and his first visit to Camp Nou since 2013; his side are expected to defend deep and break, and that is why Barcelona only edge it.
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