For 114 years, soccer fans around the world have been enjoying the intricacies, the magic, the politics and passion that revolves around football’s most spectacular derby, the Barcelona – Madrid Derby.

Tomorrow, fans will have another chance, to watch football’s most fierce rivals. Even though the race for Laliga is still much open, tomorrow’s match promises to be yet another footballing spectacle.

Below are few reasons why you must not miss a minute of tomorrow’s El Classico:

•Madrid are on an undefeated run of 32 games. They have won the last six of their league matches, Barcelona are on a winless run, spanning two matches.

•Zidane won his first and only El Classico game at Camp Nou last season. He is on the best ever start to a Managerial career in the Spanish top division.

•Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos are out for the Galaticos.

•Andres Iniesta will be back for Barcelona, after a month out. Luka Modric is also available for selection for Real Madrid.

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•Barcelona have 27 points from 13 games, their worst return since the Frank Rijkaard’s era.

•Barcelona are six points behind Real Madrid on the log. Barcelona have not been further behind since 2012 and that was after El Classico. The Catalunya giants have drew their last two matches. Real Madrid remain unbeaten in the league so far.

•Even though, Barcelona have been the superior side in recent games, Real Madrid still have the edge in head-to-head. After 231 matches, Madrid have won 93 and scored 390 goals. Barcelona are 3 games behind in the total number of wins, with 14 goals less. The archrivals have drew 48 times.

•Carlos Clos Gomez has been tasked with the officiating of the match. Under him, Barcelona have won all their matches (20 games) , while Real have only lost 3 and won 18 others. It is interesting to note that both sides have always had more yellow and red cards than their opponents in the game Carlos Clos Gomes has officiated.

•Real Madrid’s upcoming away matches are about as tough as it gets, offering hope to Barcelona, if the latter can take the maximum three points from the Derby : Valencia, Sevilla and Celta Vigo.

•Cristiano Ronaldo has another chance to catch up on Messi on the Classico goal-scorer lists. With Messi leading the way with 21 goals, five behind Cristiano (3rd on the list) with 16 goals.

•Cristiano currently leads the Pichichi race for this season. He has netted ten times, one ahead of Lionel Messi.

•Another interesting thing to look out for is the race on who makes the starting line up for the two sides. Will Andres Iniesta starts after on his return to match witness? How will Zidane cope without Bale on his team’s list? Tomorrow is just another day to enjoy soccer most spectacular derby.

We bet, you won’t want to miss a single minute of the match!

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