{"id":1149,"date":"2022-10-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2022-10-18T07:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:50:44","slug":"super-sunday-for-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/super-sunday-for-the-ages","title":{"rendered":"Super Sunday for the ages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sundays don’t come more super than this one!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday afternoon ought to produce some fireworks with the ultimate double-bill. Real Madrid and Barcelona etch a new chapter into Cl\u00e1sico<\/em> folklore before the top two teams from the Premier League last season, Liverpool and Manchester City meet at Anfield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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– Real Madrid vs Barcelona<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real and Barca go head-to-head for the 185th time in LaLiga history and a 250th clash overall between the Cl\u00e1sico<\/em> rivals. It’s certain to be a feisty affair with the clubs separated by fine margins ahead of this eagerly anticipated grudge match. Barca are top of the table with a superior goal difference, level with Real on 22 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Blancos will be looking to avoid a repeat of their previous encounter with the old enemy back in March, when the Catalans run out 4-0<\/em> winners at the Bernab\u00e9u. Barca went without a Cl\u00e1sico<\/em> defeat for three years until the end of 2019, but since the turn of decade Real has won all but one of six league derbies versus La Blaugrana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season Real and Barca have each taken seven wins and a draw from their opening eight, with either club yet to be on the losing side domestically. Xavi’s side has been dominant on the defensive front, conceding just once in 12 hours of league action with Marc-Andre ter Stegen keeping seven clean sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Lewandowski has been directly involved in more than half the 20 goals scored by Barca. The Poland attacker has scored nine goals \u2013 three more than any other player in LaLiga \u2013 and given two assists. With Lewandowski and Karim Benzema at opposite ends of the pitch, there are goals guaranteed and these may prove the most exciting and high-profile focal points in El Cl\u00e1sico<\/em> since Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Cl\u00e1sico: A match charged with history. pic.twitter.com\/fUL48rl6qL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 LaLigaTV (@LaLigaTV) October 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>