FC Barcelona will arrive this Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu in a state of grace in terms of offensive production. The culés have scored 10 goals in their last three League games (5 against Sevilla, 3 against Alavés, 2 against Osasuna) and, in addition, they crushed Bayern Munich (4-1) in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Although Real Madrid did the same by beating Borussia Dortmund (5-2) in the local championship, the differences are notable in terms of goals scored. Barça has scored 33 goals in 10 games, with an average of 3.3 goals per game. The 'merengues', for their part, have accumulated 21 goals in favor, with a not inconsiderable average of 2.1 goals per day, but far from the Barça production.
In that sense, the work carried out by Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski has managed to completely overshadow the brand new 'BMV' of the 'White House'. Despite the arrival of Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Jr. and, above all, Jude Bellingham, they have been far from the level shown last season. Let's see the comparison in the individual duels of both forwards.
Raphinha and Vinicius arrive at the Classic on fire
Where the offensive duel looks most even facing the Classic is between Raphinha and Vinicius. The Brazilians arrive fired up after scoring 3 and 2 goals against Bayern and Dortmund, respectively, and, in the League, their scoring production is quite similar.
The Barça '11' has 5 goals in 10 games, the same as 'Vini'. In assists, Rapha has 5, one more than his teammate on the Brazilian team. Where Madrid's '7' has had problems, again, is in the disciplinary section. The winger already has 3 yellow cards, the same as Luka Modric (team leaders).
Lamine Yamal will seek to make a difference in his second visit to the Bernabéu
In the case of Lamine Yamal, the youth player has had no competition in the duel with Jude Bellingham so far. The English international has not yet managed to score this season in either the League or the Champions League, while the man from Mataró has scored 4 goals in LaLiga.
The '19' is also the leader in assists in the tournament with 6, 5 more than Jude has managed to give so far. The one from Stourbridge missed four games due to injury and, for now, he still cannot find his place on the field due to the presence of Mbappé.
On Saturday, the '5' will try to take advantage of the absence of Rodrygo Goes to get closer to the area as a 'false 9', where he performed best last season in Carlo Ancelotti's scheme.
Lewandowski, much superior to Mbappé until now
And, in the duel of scorers, Robert Lewandowski has undoubtedly totally overshadowed Kylian Mbappé so far. The Pole is Pichichi with 12 goals in 10 games, double the number scored by Bondy's (6). 'Lewy' also comes from scoring a hat-trick against Alavés and a double against Sevilla, a duel where he came on in the 66th minute.
'Donatello', on the other hand, has depended on penalties (3) to make up for a disappointing start to the season, very far from the level that characterized him in Ligue 1. In terms of assists, the Madrid '9' is also below of the Polish, since the one from Warsaw adds 2, one more than the French.