• Real Madrid has won its last two Clasico encounters but is yet to win three in a row since 1978 (advantage Barca?)
  • If Madrid wins, it will be the first instance since 2007/08 where it beat Barcelona twice in one season.
  • Barcelona's talisman Lionel Messi has scored as many El Clasico goals as the entire Real Madrid squad combined - 26!
  • This is the first El Clasico to be hosted at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.
  • Lionel Messi will join Xavi Hernandez as the Barcelona player to have featured in most La Liga encounters against Real Madrid - 29.