El Classico in Numbers
The fervour surrounding El Clasico — aka Guardiola vs Mourinho/Messi vs Ronaldo at least according to most
publications — means a host of articles throwing innumerable figures to bowl you over. We have assembled some
of them below. We’ll keep adding to them because the truth is that they won’t stop coming until Monday night.
- When Barcelona has lost El Clasico at home, they have only won La Liga ONCE. The last time they managed to lose and still win the League was 81 years ago.
- Real Madrid and Barcelona have played 208 times against each other. Madrid have won 85 times, while Barcelona has come out on top on 81 occasions.
- Under Guardiola’s reign, FC Barcelona has won all 4 El Clasicos in the last two seasons.
- 5 Barcelona players — Valdes, Alves, Puyol, Xavi and Messi – have started all 4 clasicos since Guardiola took over as coach.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has never scored against Barcelona.
- In 8 games so far, Lionel Messi has scored 7 goals against Iker Casillas.
- However, Messi has never scored a goal or had an assist in his 7 appearances against teams managed by Jose Mourinho.
- The biggest away win in the history of the clasico was Barcelona’s 0-5 win on 17 February 1974.
- In the Clasicos played in La Liga, the home team has won 60% of the games, with the away team only 21%.
- Barcelona have completed 1,059 more passes than any other team across the top five European leagues.
- In the last six seasons, FC Barcelona have won every game they’ve played on the last weekend of November. El Clasico is the Catalan’s club last fixture for this November.
- A total of 891 media professionals, including reporters, photographers, commentators, cameramen and specialists are coming to represent 159 media from 28 different countries on Monday.
- This is the 13th League game of the season. Superstitious!
I predict a 2-1 win by Barcelona, goals by Villa and Messi and Higuain.
what is your prediction of the score and goalscorers?
publications — means a host of articles throwing innumerable figures to bowl you over. We have assembled some
of them below. We’ll keep adding to them because the truth is that they won’t stop coming until Monday night.
- When Barcelona has lost El Clasico at home, they have only won La Liga ONCE. The last time they managed to lose and still win the League was 81 years ago.
- Real Madrid and Barcelona have played 208 times against each other. Madrid have won 85 times, while Barcelona has come out on top on 81 occasions.
- Under Guardiola’s reign, FC Barcelona has won all 4 El Clasicos in the last two seasons.
- 5 Barcelona players — Valdes, Alves, Puyol, Xavi and Messi – have started all 4 clasicos since Guardiola took over as coach.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has never scored against Barcelona.
- In 8 games so far, Lionel Messi has scored 7 goals against Iker Casillas.
- However, Messi has never scored a goal or had an assist in his 7 appearances against teams managed by Jose Mourinho.
- The biggest away win in the history of the clasico was Barcelona’s 0-5 win on 17 February 1974.
- In the Clasicos played in La Liga, the home team has won 60% of the games, with the away team only 21%.
- Barcelona have completed 1,059 more passes than any other team across the top five European leagues.
- In the last six seasons, FC Barcelona have won every game they’ve played on the last weekend of November. El Clasico is the Catalan’s club last fixture for this November.
- A total of 891 media professionals, including reporters, photographers, commentators, cameramen and specialists are coming to represent 159 media from 28 different countries on Monday.
- This is the 13th League game of the season. Superstitious!
I predict a 2-1 win by Barcelona, goals by Villa and Messi and Higuain.
what is your prediction of the score and goalscorers?
... how many times has he played lool
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