Real Madrid vs Barcelona UCL Match Preiew
Madrid vs Barca Preview : The 3rd of four El Clasico fixtures in a month happens on Wednesday night as Real Madrid host Barcelona within the first leg of the Champions League semi finals.
Jose Mourinho’s side have had the better from the last two encounters against their Catalan rivals, as a 1-1 draw in the league was then a Los Blancos victory in the Copa Del Rey final, with Cristiano Ronaldo heading the winner in extra time. The team in the Spanish capital have been in excellent form of late and destroyed Valencia 6-3 on Saturday, with fringe players Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain and Kaka obtaining a rare opportunity to start and scoring all six goals together. The team in the Bernabeu are unbeaten in six games in most competitions.
Barca beat Osasuna 2-0 in your own home in La Liga on Saturday to keep their eight point lead towards the top of the table, and now just have two more wins and a draw to assert their third straight domestic title. Pep Guardiola’s side’s defeat against Madrid in the Copa Del Rey was the first loss for the Blaugrana in ten games in all competitions. Lionel Messi is just about the first player to ever score 50 goals in a single season for the club and can, as always, be Barca’s main threat.
Madrid vs Barcelona – El Clasico
1st Leg Semifinal UCL
April, 27th, 2011 19.45 GMT/BST
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
El Clasico Statistics :
Madrid are unbeaten in their last 11 CL games and also have kept clean sheets in eight from the last 10. They share with Manchester United the excellence of getting the best defence in this season’s competition, conceding only three goals in their 10 games.
In the round of 16 Real Madrid beat Lyon with agregate 4-1, playing draw 1-1 at Stade de Gerland then win 3-0 on home. Within the quarter final they eliminate Tottenham with agregate 5-0, win 4-0 at Santiago Bernabeu then win again at white hart lane 1-0.
Barcelona are playing in their fourth consecutive CL semi-final of which they have lost two – to Man utd in 2008 and Inter Milan last season. They beat Chelsea on away goals within the other tie in 2009. Within the six semi-finals played during the last three seasons they have won just one match (1-0 at home to Inter this past year) and scored just three goals.
In the round of 16 Barcelona beat Arsenal with agregate 4-3, Loss 1-2 at Emirates then win 3-1 on home. Within the quarter final they eliminate Shakhtar with agregate 6-1, win 5-1 at Camo Nou then win again at Shakhtar Home 1-0.
Madrid vs Barcelona Head to Head
20 Apr 2011 Barcelona 0 – Real Madrid 1
16 Apr 2011 Real Madrid 1 – Barcelona 1
29 Nov 2010 Barcelona 5 – Real Madrid 0
10 Apr 2010 Real Madrid 0 – Barcelona 2
29 Nov 2009 Barcelona 1 – Real Madrid 0
Possible Line Up / Starting XI :
Real Madrid: Casillas; Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho, Marcelo; Lass, Alonso; Ronaldo, Ozil, Di Maria; Higuain
Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Puyol, Adriano; Xavi, Keita, Iniesta; Villa, Messi, Pedro
Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain demonstrated the impressive strength in depth available in Jose Mourinho’s squad. On Barca David Villa’s return to goalscoring after make 1 goal againts Osasuna.
Madrid vs Barcelona:
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