Kylian Mbappe’s 87th-minute winner ended Barcelona’s perfect start to the Liga season as Real Madrid moved three points behind their fierce rivals with a potentially seismic win in el clasico at Camp Nou.
Runaway La Liga top scorer Raphinha’s 13th top-flight goal of the season looked to have earned Barca a draw in the first meeting between the teams of the campaign, replying to Mbappe’s fortuitous opener shortly before half-time.
Last season’s leading marksman in the division settled a crackling contest after a sublime piece of skill by Jude Bellingham, turning and spinning before releasing Eduardo Camavinga to charge inside the box and cut a cross back for the winner, sending visiting head coach Jose Mourinho dropping to his knees to celebrate.
More to follow
Barcelona team vs Real Madrid
Barcelona made two changes from their 4-2 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, bringing in Rodri and Fermin Lopez in midfield.
Dani Olmo was replaced during the first half of that game with an injury to his left adductor. Marc Bernal moved to the bench.
Barcelona: Joan Garcia, Xavi Espart, Pau Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, Joao Cancelo, Pedri, Rodri, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Anthony Gordon
Substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Alejandro Balde, Brian Farinas, Gavi, Gabriel Jesus, Karim Adeyemi, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Bernal, Dominik Livakovic, Hamza Abdelkarim, Orian Goren, Alex Campos
Real Madrid team vs Barcelona in el clasico
Lunin replaced Courtois in one of five Madrid changes alongside the introductions of defenders Ibrahima Konate and Cucurella, midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni and Diomande.
Alvaro Carreras, Antonio Rudiger and Eduardo Camavinga moved to the bench. Vinicius Junior was suspended.
Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin, Federico Valverde, Ibrahima Konate, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Bernardo Silva, Aurelien Tchouameni, Arda Guler, Jude Bellingham, Yan Diomande, Kylian Mbappe
Substitutes: Illia Voloshyn, Sergio Mestre, Eder Militao, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alvaro Carreras, Antonio Rudiger, Denzel Dumfries, Eduardo Camavinga, Thiago Pitarch, Endrick, Carlos Espi, Brahim Diaz
Barcelona vs Real Madrid el clasico La Liga stats
- Six of the preceding seven meetings between the teams in all competitions had produced Barca victories, the exception a 2-1 home win for Madrid last season
- Barca had won three of their preceding four at home to Madrid in La Liga, interrupted by a 2-1 Blancos victory in October 2023 when Jude Bellingham scored in the 68th and 92nd minutes after Ilkay Gundogan had opened the scoring
- Lionel Messi is the top scorer in the history of the fixture, Barca’s all-time leading marksman netting 15 times against Madrid
- The other two players in double figures in the fixture both played for Madrid: Alfredo di Stefano (13) and Raul (12)
- Hansi Flick’s side had won eight consecutive home games in all competitions since a 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on April 14
- With six assists for Barca, Lamine Yamal had set up more goals than any other player in this season’s Liga before the start of the match
- Barca forward Raphinha is the 13-goal top scorer in the division after nine appearances, having played a game less than the players immediately behind him
- Since a Liga draw at Camp Nou in December 2019, each of the last 22 editions of El Clasico has featured at least one goal, with at least two in each of the 12 most recent encounters
- That was also the last draw between the teams, although Barcelona won the 2024/25 Copa del Rey final after extra time, with Madrid prevailing in the 2021/22 Super Cup semi-finals after an extra 30 minutes
Disclaimer : This story is auto aggregated by a computer programme and has not been created or edited by DOWNTHENEWS. Publisher: 101greatgoals.com
