- After their 3-1 cup victory and 2-1 league win at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid have the opportunity to win three successive Clasicos in all competitions for the first time since 1979. - Barcelona have only won one of their last five Clasicos at the Nou Camp and that came in the Supercopa having already lost the first leg in Madrid. - Real Madrid have not won successive Clasicos at the Nou Camp (all competitions) since the 1960’s (four between 1962 and 1965). - Madrid have scored 13 goals in their last six trips to the Nou Camp combined (2.1 per game), one more than Barcelona across these games. - Barcelona have not kept Real Madrid from scoring in the Nou Camp since their 5-0 demolition in 2010; Jose Mourinho’s first Clasico as a manager. - If he scores one goal in this game, Lionel Messi will overtake Alfredo Di Stefano as the top scorer in the history of Clasicos (18). - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in Real Madrid’s last six visits to the Nou Camp in all competitions (eight goals). - Barca have won their three previous home league meetings with Real Madrid in the 10th gameweek of the season without conceding (3-0 in 1940, 1-0 in 1956 and 2-0 in 1985). - Real Madrid are unbeaten in the three Clasicos that Diego Lopez has started in goal (W2 D1, all competitions). - Barcelona have won 19 consecutive home league wins; Real Madrid were the last team to claim a point at the Nou Camp in a 2-2 draw last October. - The last time Barcelona failed to score in successive league games was back in 2007/08; a season that Real Madrid won 1-0 at the Nou Camp thanks to Julio Baptista’s goal. - Real Madrid have not lost a league game away from the Bernabeu since February (0-1 in Granada), Diego Lopez’s first game since his return. - Neymar has participated in Barcelona’s last three league goals in the Nou Camp (two goals, one assist). - Real Madrid have never lost a league game when Cristiano Ronaldo has scored (84 wins, six draws). - Barcelona are without a win in five games against Real Madrid in all competitions (D2 L3); they have not gone six Clasicos without a victory in the last 10 seasons. The longest undefeated run in the ElClásico is 13 games which Barçelona enjoyed from Nov 1 1917 – June 3 1928 over RealMadrid. The most consecutive ElClásico games without conceding a goal is 5 garnered by Barçelona from April 3 1972 – Feb 17 1974 over RealMadrid. The most consecutive ElClásico games of scoring was garnered by Barçelona from March 25 1945 – April 5 1953.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:40:27 +0000
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