La Liga 2024-2025: Barcelona-Real Madrid, the likely lineups

La Liga arrives at the day of truth: Barcelona and Real Madrid face off at 4:15 p.m. in the Clasico that could decide the title race. The blaugrana must quickly get over the disappointment of the bitter elimination in the Champions League at the hands of Inter Milan.

In the league, Flick’s team has a four-point lead over Ancelotti’s blancos, who are forced to win to keep alive their hopes of reconfirming as Spanish champions. Both teams are coming off four straight league wins.

The Blaugrana have scored 12 goals in their last four games with Real Madrid and are clear favorites. In attack will be the starting trident composed of Raphinha, Lewandowski and Yamal. Pedri, De Jong and Olmo are the three midfielders.

At the usual emergency in defense for Ancelotti, forced to deploy Tchouameni and Asencio in the center. In midfield Guler, Valverde, Ceballos and Bellingham; in attack, the offensive references are Mbappé and Vinicius.

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Barcelona-Real Madrid, probable lineups
Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczesny; Garcia, Cubarsi, Martinez, Martin; Pedri, De Jong, Olmo; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Yamal. All: Flick.
Real Madrid (4-4-2): Courtois; Vasquez, Tchouameni, Asencio, Garcia; Guler, Valverde, Ceballos, Bellingham; Mbappé, Vinicius. All: Ancelotti.