Comments on Barcelona vs Real Madrid: Difficult to turn the tide

Before the second leg of the semi-final of the King's Cup, both Barcelona and Real Madrid are well prepared in terms of form and squad. Accordingly, Real Madrid just won a crisp 6-0 victory over Valladolid in the recent round of the league. More broadly, Los Blancos won three of the last four matches.

For their part, Barcelona also just won an impressive victory in La Liga when beating Elche with a score of 4-0. Including the above victory, coach Xavi's army has just won 5 consecutive matches in all competitions.

Back to the El Clasico match tonight, Barcelona is the dominant team with the advantage of playing at Camp Nou. Remember, Barca has only lost 1 time, the rest are 4 draws and won 13 times in the past 18 home matches in all competitions this season.

Obviously, the Camp Nou is a solid point for Lewandowski and his teammates. In addition, the Catalan team is holding a superior head-to-head record when winning all of the last 3 matches against Real Madrid. In the first leg of the semi-final of the King's Cup, they won 1-0 at the opponent's Bernabeu stadium and created a good premise for Barca in the second leg.

- Barcelona: Christensen, Dembele, Pedri, De Jong injured.

- Real Madrid: Diaz, Mendy injured.

- Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Alonso, Balde; Kessie, Busquets, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Fati.

- Real Madrid: Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Nacho, Alaba; Kroos, Tchouameni, Modric; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius.