After battling back to defeat Real Madrid 2–1 in El Clásico, Barcelona has made significant progress toward winning La Liga for the first time since 2019. With 12 games remaining until the season’s last international break, they now lead the standings by 12 points. Despite being the better team on the night, Barça lost early and had to demonstrate incredible grit to recover and deal with what felt like a knockout blow to their main competition for the title.

Four times during the season, the two teams have faced off. Barcelona took the Supercopa de Espana final, the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, and the second La Liga match while Los Blancos took home the victory in the first La Liga match.

Real Madrid prevailed in 101 of the 253 competitive games, while Barcelona triumphed in 100. 52 fights resulted in draws. Along with current Paris Saint-Germain colleague and former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, former FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals scored in El Clasico history….Read More

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