Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Barca are on a three-game winning streak while Real have won their last two outings and reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals at Liverpool's expense ...

They should be able to take a point here which would please Barca as it would keep their lead intact. Barca: Ousmane Dembele will remain out for the hosts with a hamstring problem while Pedri is expected to return from the same issue after six games out. Although Real have not been at their best lately, they are mostly doing enough to avoid defeat in big games. Toni Kroos could be replaced by Aurelien Tchouameni while Nacho should keep hold his starting role and Federico Valverde should join Benzema and Vinicius Junior in attack. The latest instalment of Spanish soccer's fiercest rivalry, El Clasico, will play out on Sunday at Camp Nou as Barcelona host Real Madrid with nine points separating the pair at La Liga's summit. Barca are on a three-game winning streak while Real have won their last two outings and reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals at Liverpool's expense in midweek.

Instead, as Madrid surged forward in search of a winning goal they surely needed to maintain realistic hopes of overhauling their opponents' LaLiga lead, Kessie ...

But, with the help of VAR, Barcelona survived before Kessie stuck a late dagger into Madrid's hopes of retaining their title. [Rodrygo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo) and [Ferland Mendy](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/217475/Ferland-Mendy) for [Toni Kroos](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/103173/Toni-Kroos) and [Nacho](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157710/Nacho). However, after a long VAR review, it was ruled that Asensio had initially been in an offside position. [Thibaut Courtois](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois) had to be at this best to keep out efforts from [Robert Lewandowski](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) and [Raphinha](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231050/Raphinha) while [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto) shot just over the bar. [Sergio Busquets](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/121893/Sergio-Busquets) gave the ball away to allow a clear shot at goal from the edge of the box, the young Brazilian lashed his effort high over the crossbar. [Vinicius Junior](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252107/Vinícius-Júnior) chipped a cross back from near the byline down the left, and Araujo found his head in the wrong place at the wrong time to divert the ball past [Marc-Andre ter Stegen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140740/Marc-André-ter-Stegen) at his near post. [Federico Valverde](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235818/Federico-Valverde) slashed an effort wide for Madrid and Lewandowski had a shot deflected just wide. [Marco Asensio](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/195821/Marco-Asensio) turned in [Dani Carvajal](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/168531/Dani-Carvajal)'s cross. [Ronald Araujo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/270821/Ronald-Araújo) put Real Madrid ahead in just the ninth minute, but Barcelona responded to claim a deserved equalizer through [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto)'s composed finish right on the stroke of half-time. [Franck Kessie](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/194711/Franck-Kessié) scored a stoppage-time winner to give [Barcelona](/soccer/team?id=83) a 2-1 victory over [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) in Sunday's Clasico at Camp Nou and a massive 12-point lead over second-place Real Madrid with 12 games of the [LaLiga](/soccer/league/_/name/ESP.1) season remaining. [LaLiga](/soccer/league/_/name/ESP.1) lead, Kessie turned in a cut-back from Alex Balde in the second minute of stoppage time to send the Camp Nou crowd wild with delight. [Barcelona's Clasico win sure to decide LaLiga](/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4905617/el-clasico-ensures-barcelona-to-win-laliga-over-real-madrid)

Barcelona have taken a gigantic step towards their first La Liga title since 2019 thanks to a hard-fought 2-1 comeback win in El Clásico against Real Madrid ...

La Liga isn’t over yet, but it damn sure feels like it and Barça earned this victory by being the better team and wanting it more than Madrid on the night. But after a lengthy VAR review, the goal was ruled out for a very tight offside on Asensio and Barça dodged a massive bullet ahead of the dying seconds. Barça were the better team on the night but went down early and had to show massive fighting spirit to come from behind and deliver what feels like a knockout blow to their biggest rivals in the title race.

Los Blancos will be hoping to make it three straight wins at Camp Nou, having achieved this feat just once in their history. French star forward, Karim Benzema, ...

They will then face Girona and Getafe in the next two before squaring off against Atletico Madrid on 23rd April. They will then face Villarreal before their quarter final fixture against Chelsea on 13th April. Barcelona have lost five of the last six meetings in the league against Real Madrid but Xavi's side are currently undefeated in the league at home in their 12 games there.

9' GOAL, Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid (Araujo OG): Madrid take the lead. Vinicius Junior attempts a cross into the box that hits Ronald Araujo and goes into ...

Barça can essentially clinch the title with a victory, but Los Blancos can make it a real title race if they get all three points. [Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com) for the latest edition of [El Clásico](http://www.sbnation.com/el-clasico-barcelona-real-madrid) with everything on the line. Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid (Kessie): BARÇA TAKE THE LEAD!!! A shot from Raphinha is blocked inside the box and the rebound falls to Sergi Roberto who takes a touch and finds the back of the net! A very lucky goal for the visitors. Robert Lewandowski finds Alejandro Balde all alone on the left wing and the full-back crosses it to Franck Kessie who puts Barça ahead at the death!!!

Instead, as Madrid surged forward in search of a winning goal they surely needed to maintain realistic hopes of overhauling their opponents' LaLiga lead, Kessie ...

But, with the help of VAR, Barcelona survived before Kessie stuck a late dagger into Madrid's hopes of retaining their title. [Rodrygo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo) and [Ferland Mendy](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/217475/Ferland-Mendy) for [Toni Kroos](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/103173/Toni-Kroos) and [Nacho](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/157710/Nacho). However, after a long VAR review, it was ruled that Asensio had initially been in an offside position. [Thibaut Courtois](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois) had to be at this best to keep out efforts from [Robert Lewandowski](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) and [Raphinha](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231050/Raphinha) while [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto) shot just over the bar. [Sergio Busquets](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/121893/Sergio-Busquets) gave the ball away to allow a clear shot at goal from the edge of the box, the young Brazilian lashed his effort high over the crossbar. [Vinicius Junior](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252107/Vinícius-Júnior) chipped a cross back from near the byline down the left, and Araujo found his head in the wrong place at the wrong time to divert the ball past [Marc-Andre ter Stegen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140740/Marc-André-ter-Stegen) at his near post. [Federico Valverde](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235818/Federico-Valverde) slashed an effort wide for Madrid and Lewandowski had a shot deflected just wide. [Marco Asensio](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/195821/Marco-Asensio) turned in [Dani Carvajal](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/168531/Dani-Carvajal)'s cross. [Ronald Araujo](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/270821/Ronald-Araújo) put Real Madrid ahead in just the ninth minute, but Barcelona responded to claim a deserved equalizer through [Sergi Roberto](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto)'s composed finish right on the stroke of half-time. [Franck Kessie](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/194711/Franck-Kessié) scored a stoppage-time winner to give [Barcelona](/football/team?id=83) a 2-1 victory over [Real Madrid](/football/team?id=86) in Sunday's Clasico at Camp Nou and a massive 12-point lead over second-place Real Madrid with 12 games of the [LaLiga](/football/league/_/name/ESP.1) season remaining. [LaLiga](/football/league/_/name/ESP.1) lead, Kessie turned in a cut-back from Alex Balde in the second minute of stoppage time to send the Camp Nou crowd wild with delight. The goal was the first Barcelona had conceded from open play at home in LaLiga this season and dented their early momentum as Madrid gained confidence and composure.

Despite making their jobs harder by conceding an own goal, Barcelona have likely all but wrapped up La Liga on Sunday with a 2-1 victory in El Clasico ...

This season has been a struggle for Barcelona with the team crashing out of Champions League and Europa League which has created financial uncertainty but Xavi has kept focus on the pitch despite chaos off of it. In a game where Real Madrid needed nothing less than a victory, the team didn't show fight until a triple change in the 76th minute which didn't leave them with enough time to fend off a dominant Barcelona team. Despite making their jobs harder by conceding an own goal, Barcelona have likely all but wrapped up La Liga on Sunday with a 2-1 victory in El Clasico against rival Real Madrid at the Soptify Camp Nou.

Barcelona vs Real Madrid, El Clásico Live Score Updates: On top of the 2022/23 La Liga points table, Barcelona (65) lead Real Madrid by nine points. Having lost to their arch rivals 3-1 in the reverse leg at the Santiago Bernabeu in October, Barca have ...

Europe's most well-known rivalry enters a new chapter as Real Madrid travel to the Camp Nou to meet bitter enemies Barcelona in a potential La Liga decider.

Karim Benzema was withdrawn against Liverpool, but he is ready to go for El Clasico. Real Madrid have gone out of their way to implicate Barcelona in the situation, which has sullied relations between the two clubs. Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez will not travel to the match at Camp Nou, the first Clasico that he has not attended in over 20 years. 68 mins: Cynical stuff from Roberto to bring down Modric and earn a caution. Kroos — 15. Courtois (GK) — 2. Nacho — 10. Gavi — 22. Balde — 21. ter Stegen (GK) — 23. In another team, he'd be one of the most valued players, but here he's heavily criticized." Xavi: "I don't know what to say about Sergi Roberto anymore.

Barcelona starting XI (TBC): Ter Stegen, Araujo, Kounde, Christensen, Balde, Busquets, Kessie, De Jong, Raphinha, Gavi, Lewandowski. Real Madrid need the three ...

[ESPN+](http://go.web.plus.espn.com/0J9VgN?subId2=%5B%5Dsb%5Bp%5D23411090%5Bt%5Dw%5Br%5Dmanagingmadrid.com%5Bd%5DD) Vinicius’ duel against Araujo will be the main talking point of the game.