Real Madrid and FC Barcelona face each other in the first Clásico of LaLiga 2024-2025. Both teams arrive at the match on matchday 11 of the Spanish championship with high morale after their victories in the Champions League. The "merengues" came back and beat Dortmund (5-2) and the "culés" crushed and beat Bayern Munich (4-1), the true "black beast" of the Catalans in Europe.

Madrid and Barça will be heading into the match with significant injuries, but thanks to the quality of their squads they will be able to field top-level players. Below, we show you the possible starting lineups for Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Possible lineups for the Real Madrid vs Barcelona Clasico

  • 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, and the recent absences of Eric García and Ferran Torres. For the match against Real Madrid, Hansi Flick is expected to put all his effort into it, make no changes and repeat the same XI that destroyed Bayern last Wednesday.

The only doubt in Barça's starting XI could be the entry of Dani Olmo for Fermín López, but after Fermín's great game against Bayern, the normal thing would be for him to return to the starting XI for the Blaugrana team.

Real Madrid's possible starting lineup against Barcelona

  • Real Madrid's 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, Alaba.
  • Real Madrid players suspended: none.

At Real Madrid, Ancelotti's only doubt could be choosing between Modric and Camavinga in midfield, the rest of the line-up seems safe.