On the 16th of October, Real Madrid will host Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Real Madrid is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk. Oleksandr Zubkov struck first for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 46th minute on a feed from Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, but Antonio Rüdiger got the equalizer for Real Madrid in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Real Madrid a comeback draw. Real Madrid is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while barcelona is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Inter. Ousmane Dembélé scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 40th minute, but Nicolò Barella got the equalizer for Inter in the 50th minute . Barcelona is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Barcelona is fortunate enough to have Robert Lewandowski in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Real Madrid is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo each having 2 goals in their last 5
Dani Ceballos, Thibaut Courtois, Karim Benzema, Luka Modrić and Lucas Vázquez are unavailable to play for Real Madrid, while Barcelona will be without Bellerín, Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié.