A day after Actual Madrid fought again from two objectives all the way down to thrash Dortmund 5-2 because of a hat-trick by Vinicius Jr., La Liga leaders Barcelona ended a close to decade-long winless run towards Bayern with a 4-1 rout boosted by three objectives from Raphinha.
Each Vinicius and Raphinha have arguably been their groups’ greatest gamers this season and look primed to convey a Brazilian storm to Actual’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Barcelona journey to Madrid sitting high of La Liga standings on 27 factors, three forward Actual, using an outstanding efficiency from their attacking trio of Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha who’ve scored 21 of Barca’s 33 La Liga objectives this season.
Lewandowski has netted 12 league objectives in 10 video games, double the quantity of Actual’s Kylian Mbappe and Villarreal’s Ayoze Perez who’re the league’s joint second highest scorers.
Teenager Yamal has continued his type from Euro 2024 the place he helped Spain elevate their fourth European Championship trophy, however Raphinha’s all-around performances in supervisor Hansi Flick’s first season in Spain have outshone his workforce mates.
With a lot attacking firepower, accidents might play an enormous position in Saturday’s conflict as each groups might be with out key gamers in defence.
Actual will miss goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, centre again David Alaba and captain Dani Carvajal together with ahead Rodrygo.
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and key defender Ronald Araujo might be absent, however Gavi, Frenkie De Jong and Dani Olmo are anticipated to be obtainable.
