Spanish giants to meet in El Clasico

After being eliminated from the Champions League Barcelona now face a crucial contest with Real Madrid – only three points separate the La Liga rivals and the 234th El Clasico could decide the destination of the title

REAL MADRID v BARCELONA
Santiago Bernabéu

HEAD-TO-HEAD
(All-time meetings)
Real 93
Barcelona 91
D49

Coach
Zinedine Zidane
Captain
Sergio Ramos 
Top La Liga
goalscorer
Cristiano
Ronaldo, 19
La Liga 2016/17
W23
D6
L2

Coach
Luis Enrique
Captain
Andrés Iniesta 
Top La Liga
goalscorer
Lionel
Messi, 29
La Liga 2016/17
W22
D6
L4

2016/17 LA LIGA STATISTICS (per match)
2.65 Goals for 2.94
1.06 Goals against 0.97
13.5 Shots 13.8
536 Passes 635
2.00 Yellow cards 2.19

RECENT LA LIGA MEETINGS
Dec 2016 Barcelona 1-1 Real
Suarez strikes for Barca but Real extend unbeaten start to season with
stoppage-time equaliser from Ramos 

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Navas
ter
Stegen
Marcelo
Roberto
Carvajal
Alba
Modric
Kroos
Iniesta
Rakitic
Bale
Ronaldo
Neymar
Messi
Casemiro
Busquets
Benzema
Suarez
Nacho
Ramos
Umtiti
Pique

Match referee: A.J. Hernández Hernández
Ronaldo
Messi

Sources: La Liga, Gracenote
Pictures: Getty Images