Barcelona vs Real Madrid tips and predictions: Jude Bellingham to star in El Clasico
- Sergiu Baltuta
- 27 October 2023
Football tipster Sergiu Baltuta is backing Jude Bellingham to score in a thriller between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Saturday afternoon (1515 BST)
The first El Clasico of the season finds both teams in good form, but the Catalans are still dealing with injuries. Xavi's Barcelona has yet to lose at home this season.
Barca have been fantastic in the league, even though they aren’t playing at the legendary Camp Nou at the moment.
The last game lost by Xavi’s team at home was in May, against Real Sociedad. Barcelona is undefeated in the 13 official games played so far.
The two teams are separated by a single point in the La Liga table, where Real are leaders, with the same number of points as Girona, before the start of the round.
The defending champions in La Liga have five consecutive wins in the league and two in the Champions League, the last one on Wednesday night, 2-1 against Shakhtar.
Suggested bet: Barcelona draw no bet
Xavi Hernandez’s squad doesn’t look too well though, as the Blaugrana still have a lot of important players dealing with injuries.
Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie De Jong and Raphinha are still in recovery and are uncertain, while Kounde, Pedri and Sergi Roberto will definitely miss the game.
Real Madrid's only defeat this season was a 3-1 loss away to Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby.
Real Madrid is coming off a 1-1 draw with Sevilla in La Liga, but morale is high after a 2-1 win over Braga in the Champions League.
La Liga’s top goal scorer Jude Bellingham scored again, so we can expect him to continue his impressive form and score his first goal in El Classico.
Suggested bet: Jude Bellingham to score
Real Madrid won 4-0 against Barcelona away from home, ending their rivals' three-game winning streak in head-to-head matches.
In La Liga, last season each of the two rivals won the games played at home, 3-1 for Real Madrid and 2-1 for Barcelona.
In the last 20 years, only one game ended as a goalless draw when Barcelona were hosts and Real Madrid scored in every game played away from home this season.
There have been at least three goals scored in the last six La Liga games between the two great rivals.
Suggested bet: Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score
