Tomorrow will be spoiled with two gala meetings between Real Madrid vs Barcelona. First, the one we are dealing with in this article, is scheduled to meet Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday at 22:00. It is the final of the semifinals of Copa del Rey, a new trophy battle between the two big teams in Spain. In the tour, on New Field, the score was equal, 1-1, and left the qualification in the final of the competition.
Real Madrid: current form, latest results, statistics
Real Madrid wants a rematch to the rival eternal Barcelona. It was the better team, more present in the tournament match and could get more than a tie result. He kicked an enormous chance, but it’s not all lost and he can get the qualification, as he probably wished, on his own.
The host team won the trophy 19 times, with the last victory in 2014, when in the final it passed to Barcelona. But we have to say that lately he won the Champions League, the last three consecutive editions, than his title in Spain, where the Catalans dominated with authority.
Let’s see the results of the current edition of Copa del Rey:
- 16th finals: Real Madrid vs Melilla 6-1 and 4-0
- Final finishes: Real Madrid vs Leganes 3-0 and 0-1
- Quarter finals: Real Madrid vs Girona 4-2 and 3-1
- Semifinals: Real Madrid vs Barcelona – 1-1
The Real grew continuously under the leadership of Santi Solari, but just when he began to delight in practicing football, that bomb came with Girona in La Liga. He interrupted not only the team’s rise but also her chance to get closer to Barcelona in La Liga.
Karim Benzema, 4 goals scored, is the team’s top scorer in this competition. It is worth mentioning that Junior Vinicius and Reguilon appeared in the preliminary tournament matches, who then took the seats in the base team.
Captain Sergio Ramos returns to the base after missing Levante due to the red card in the match against Girona. In the right-wing offensive is Karim Benzema and immediately next to him appears Junior Vinicius, which he understands very well. For the third place, Solari has to choose between Gareth Bale and Lucas Vazquez.
Barcelona: current form, latest results, statistics
Barcelona has had a slightly weaker period, visible first in the field, which gave hope to the opponent on Wednesday that he can get it. There were a couple of meetings that even if he won it was clear enough that he struggled to get the three points.
In the last round he met Sevilla, a team that dominated Barcelona, I can say totally in the first half. Catalans stayed in the game just because Messi’s goal scored. At the break, coach Pablo Machin made the Andaluzi a small, platoon team. He established it was time to sit in the defense and made a few changes accordingly, not understood by anyone.
It was an invitation to attack for the opponent, a suicidal tactic in terms of playing with such a team. Machin probably thought about the ineffective offensive in the last games, but he forgot that Lionel Messi, a player who can decide for himself a match, is on the pitch.
Let’s see results from Copa del Rey from the visiting team:
- 16th finals: Barcelona vs. Cultural Leonesa 4-1 and 1-0
- Final finals: Barcelona vs Levante 3-0 and 1-2
- Quarter finals: Barcelona vs Sevilla 6-1 and 0-2
- Semifinals: Barcelona vs Real Madrid 1-1
Barcelona is the owner of the trophy in the last four editions. He has won the Copa del Rey 30 times before. It remains the team that gathered most of the national trophies in this millennium. But it remains behind Real when we talk about European competitions.
Samuel Umtiti returned to the defensive line in the Sevilla match, but I saw a lot of problems in the central area. Probably will return to Clement Lenglet’s base formula for this meeting. It remains to see who will play the right defender, Sergi Roberto or Nelson Semedo, or perhaps both, with Roberto climbing in the middle line.
Lionel Messi and Coutinho, both with 3 goals scored, are the Catalan scorers in the cup. Messi played very little in this competition, being used only when it was absolutely necessary.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona: Direct Matches
The Real did not win any of the last 4 straight meetings, but it has two results that it wants to forget very quickly, 0-3 last season, even Santiago Bernabeu, and 1-5 in the La Liga tournament on Camp Nou. Let’s not forget that the score was equal to 1-1.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona Picks
It is a show match that can not end 0-0. Real has a rematch for everything that has been going on in recent years, and Barcelona has Lionel Messi and more. I’m waiting for a meeting with many goals scored, both in the first and in the second half.
Prediction Today: YES
Odds: 7.25
