The eyes of the football world turn to the Santiago Bernabéu for the first meeting of the season between Barcelona And Real Madrid.

El Clásico is one of the greatest rivalries in sports and all the ingredients are there to make this edition a firecracker of a football match.

Barcelona arrives in Madrid in style. Hansi Flick’s men produce one of Barcelona’s best performances in years UEFA Champions League after winning 4-1 against Bayern Munich. The team looked dominant at the start of the season and now they are healthier too.

Frenkie De Jong, Dani Olmo, Fermin López and Gavi all returned to action for the Blaugranas last month. With his midfielders now all set for selection, Flick must decide who will be part of an already stacked XI.

Barcelona enter the home of their biggest rivals with one clear goal in mind: to end Los Blancos’ four-game Clásico winning streak. Look for Flick to stick to a similar formation to the one that dominated midweek in the Champions League.

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GK: Iñaki Peña—Although Wojciech Szczésny was brought in following Marc-André ter Stegen’s injury, Peña has remained Barça’s starting goalkeeper and does not appear likely to relinquish his starting role any time soon.

BG: Alejandro Baldé—It will be interesting to see who Carlo Ancelotti uses in place of Rodrygo injured. Either way, Baldé will look to move forward and test the resolve of defensively shaky Lucas Vázquez against Borussia Dortmund.

CB: Pau Cubarsí…The teenager continues his wonderful start to his career as a pillar of Barcelona’s defense.

CB: Iñigo Martínez— Martinez and Cubarsí will have to be well organized to manage Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham.

RB: Jules Koundé—Koundé will be tasked with defending perhaps the most dangerous area of ​​Real Madrid’s attack. Vinícius Junior has just scored a UCL hat-trick and Mbappé is known to also prefer to start his runs from the left wing.

CM: Marc Casadó—One of the greatest European players of the season. With all the injuries to Barcelona’s midfield to start the Flick era, Casadó came in and did a brilliant job.

CM: Pedri…Pedri was terrific against Bayern Munich, dictating the pace of the match. Barcelona’s play runs through the 21-year-old who is playing a bigger role this season given the midfielder’s injuries.

LW: Raphinha—Man of the match against Bayern Munich after score a hat-trick. Raphinha is in the form of her life.

AM: Dani Olmo…The big summer signing returned to action against Bayern Munich and after a month off, she could see her return to the Catalans’ starting XI. He scored in all three games started for Barcelona in La Liga.

AD: Lamine Yamal—La Liga’s player of the month for September is hoping the third Clasico of his young career will be the one where he scores for the first time.

ST: Robert Lewandowski—Under Flick, Lewandowski seems to have found the fountain of youth. His 12 goals in La Liga already give him a six-point lead in the race for the Golden Shoe. He has scored eight goals in the team’s last four games in all competitions.

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