One of the biggest games in world football takes place on Sunday afternoon, with Barcelona and Real Madrid taking centre stage in La Liga.
Ronald Koeman's team have found some form at the right moment, putting disheartening defeats to Benfica and Atletico Madrid behind them with significant victories against Valencia and Dynamo Kyiv in their previous two matches.
La Blaugrana, however, have generally had a comparatively disastrous start to the campaign having won just four of their opening eight league fixtures overall.
Carlo Ancelotti's Real side will come into the clash with high hopes, currently sitting three points behind first place Real Sociedad (having played one game fewer) after a strong beginning to 2021/22 - despite having lost two in their last three.
Disappointing 2-1 losses to both Sheriff Tiraspol and Espanyol before the international break were soon forgotten, though, as Los Blancos romped to a 5-0 win away at Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek, putting in a frighteningly blistering collective performance.
