Carlo Ancelotti shall be anticipating his Actual Madrid aspect to place an finish to Barcelona’s latest upturn in type and to effectively and really rule out any sense of a late title problem from their Catalan giants in Sunday’s El Clasico.
Nevertheless, to do this Los Blancos will have to be at their absolute best, as they cope with some critical harm issues.
After performing so effectively in latest weeks, Karim Benzema missed a coaching session on Saturday morning and is extremely unlikely to face Barca. Luckily for Madrid, that needs to be the one main doubt for the match.
As such, we’re prone to see a typical again 4 of Nacho, David Alaba, Diego Militao and Dani Carvajal, with Ancelotti’s most well-liked midfield trio of Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric.
The absence of Benzema may result in Isco being performed as a false No.9, whereas Vinicius Jr takes up his typical function on the left and Marco Asensio performs on the suitable wing.
As for Barca, the one new harm concern for Xavi comes within the type of a long-term hamstring drawback for Sergino Dest.
Subsequently, we’re prone to see a Barca again line consisting of David Alba, Eric Garcia, Gerard Pique after which veteran wing-back Dani Alves on the suitable.
In midfield, the Barca supervisor will seemingly flip to his tried and examined technique of taking part in Sergio Busquets in a holding function, with the extraordinarily promising pairing of Pedri and Frenkie de Jong simply in entrance of him.
Following a gruelling Europa League conflict with Galatasaray in midweek, Adama Traore is prone to step out of the aspect in favour of Ousmane Dembele, who’ll seemingly characteristic up entrance alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferran Torres.
How Barca and Actual Madrid may line up in El Clasico
