The first clasico of the season takes place with Real Madrid hosting Barcelona in the Spanish league, looking to stop a four-game losing streak against the Catalan rival.
Madrid is also defending the league lead as it enters Sunday’s match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with a two-point advantage over Barcelona.
Madrid lost all clasicos last season across all competitions, being outscored 16-7. It was the first time Barcelona won every clasico in a season that had at least three matches between the rivals.
Barcelona arrives with injury woes in attack, and coach Hansi Flick will have to watch the game from a stadium box after he was shown a red card for protesting in the previous round.
Lamine Yamal is set to start for the visitors after having played two games since returning from a nagging groin injury. But striker Robert Lewandowski is ruled out for Barcelona with a
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