We draw close to the titanic clash between two of Spain’s best ever teams. The El Clasico has seen pig heads, great goals, fan clashes, legendary players. Recently termed as “Hell” Clasico, Real Madrid and Barcelona have rivalries in political and football spheres. Here are some of the fascinating statistics as we head into the most celebrated rivalry of all time in Europe.
1) Head To Head :
Barcelona and Real Madrid have faced each other on 218 official occasions and the spoils of victory are dead even. Barcelona and Real Madrid have 86 victories each. However in La Liga meetings, Real Madrid have the edge with 68 victories compared to Barcelona’s 64. Pep Guardiola has won 9 of his previous 14 meeting with Real Madrid, while Jose Mourinho has a meagre two against Barcelona( including the victory at San Siro with Inter Milan)
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2) Goals:
Real Madrid have scored a whopping 364 goals in 218 games against Barcelona while the Catalan giants have 251. However recent history does not seem too good for Real Madrid. Barcelona have scored 27 goals against Real Madrid since 2009 while Real Madrid have managed a meagre 9.
3) Top Scorer:
" Alfredo Di Stefano scores one of his many goals against Barcelona"
Argentine legend Alfredo Di Stefano who played for Real Madrid is the top scorer in the El Clasico with 18 goals, three ahead of Raul. Barcelona’s top scorer in the El Clasico is Cesar Rodriguez. Lionel Messi,with 13 goals is sixth. Messi though has the honour of being the top scorer in the current line-ups of Real Madrid and Barcelona.
4)Biggest winning margin:
" Marca reports Real Madrid's 11-1 thumping of Barcelona in 1943"
Real Madrid stormed past Barcelona 11-1 in June 1943 and this remains the biggest winning margin in this derby.Barinaga of Real Madrid scored 4 goals in that match. Other big winning margins include Real madrid 8-2 Barcelona in 1935, Barcelona 6 Real Madrid 2 in 2009 and Barcelona 5 Real Madrid 0 in 2010.
5) Most Bookings:
" Fernando Hierro"
Fernando Hierro has 18 bookings and holds the dubious record of being the most booked player in this heated clash. The legendary defender picked up 17 yellow cards and just one red card!
