OFFICIAL: We have now confirmed the starting lineups and benches for Hansi Flick's Barça and Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid for the matchday 11 of the 2024-2025 Spanish Football League.
CONFIRMED: FC Barcelona lineup
- FC Barcelona's starting XI: (13) Iñaki Peña (P); (23) Koundé, (2) Pau Cubarsí, (5) Íñigo Martínez, (3) Balde; (17) Casadó, (16) Fermín López, (8) Pedri; (19); Lamine Yamal, (11) Raphinha and (9) Lewandowski.
- FC Barcelona bench: (25) Szczesny (P), (6) Gavi, (10) Ansu Fati, (14) Pablo Torre, (18) Pau Víctor, (20) Dani Olmo, (21) Frenkie de Jong, (26) Kochen, (32) Héctor Fort, (35) Gerard Martín, (36) S.Domínguez.
- FC Barcelona injured players: (1) Ter Stegen, (4) Ronald Araujo, (7) Ferran Torres, (15) Christensen, (21) Marc Bernal, (1), (24) Eric García.
- FC Barcelona players suspended: none.
Barça arrive with the motivation of having recovered three key players, Gavi, Fermín López and Dani Olmo, but with the recent absences of Eric García and Ferran Torres. For the clash against Real Madrid, Hansi Flick is expected to put all 'meat on the grill', make no changes and repeat the same XI that destroyed Bayern last Wednesday.
Confirmed: Real Madrid lineup
- Real Madrid starting XI: (13) Lunin (P); (17) Lucas Vázquez, (3) Militao, (22) Rüdiger, (23) Mendy; (8) Valverde, (6) Camavinga, (14) Tchouameni, (5) Bellingham; (7) Vinicius and (9) Mbappé.
- Real Madrid bench: (26) Fran González (P), (10) Modric, (15) Güler, (16) Endrick, (18) Vallejo, (19) Ceballos, (20) Fran García, (21) Brahim, (34) Sergio Mestre.
- Real Madrid injured players: Courtois, Carvajal, Rodrygo, Praises.
- Real Madrid players suspended: none.