Match Report
In the standings it was FC Barcelona 1st on 94 points, Real Madrid 2nd on 86 — separated by 8. FC Barcelona ranked just 6th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, FC Barcelona ran at 2.5 scored and 0.95 conceded, Real Madrid at 2.03 and 0.92.
FC Barcelona had won five straight. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for FC Barcelona against 8/15 for Real Madrid.
The sides have met 40 times in the GioScore results database: 18 wins for FC Barcelona, 6 draws and 16 for Real Madrid, at 3.65 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%. Goals have risen lately: 5.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.65 across the full history.
Camp Nou staged the fixture, a ground that holds 99,354. FC Barcelona led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
FC Barcelona: Marcus Rashford (9'), Ferran Torres (18')
Key stats
Possession: FC Barcelona 57% · Real Madrid 43% · Total shots: 10-8 · On target: 7-1 · Corners: 4-8