With the El Clasico drawing near soccerexpo is looking at giving you a brief history and facts about the game which is regarded as one of the most important matches in the history of football and indisputably the most important games in the Spain.
the first El Clasico ever played was played in 1929 at Barcelona's home and the game ended in the away team Real Madrid's favor and the score line was 2-1.the fixture has ended in Real Madrid wining the most of the tie a record 91 times with Barcelona wining 48.
| Real Madrid wins | 70 |
| Draws | 32 |
| Barcelona wins | 66 |
| Real Madrid goals | 274 |
| Barcelona goals | 265 |
| Total matches | 168 |
This fixtures as produced some magnificent result in the past and the present with the victory with the highest scoreline so far far being Real Madrid 11-1 victory back in 1943 the competition was Copa Del Rey the second highest still goes to Real but this was in the La liga and the fixture ended 8-2 this was back in 1935. Barcelona's best win so far in the fixture came in September 1950 it was in the La Liga and the scoreline was 7-2.
The last time Real Madrid won this fixture was under last season which saw Gareth Bale score the wining goal it was last season's Copa Del Rey final which the Los Blancos won 2-1.
This time the fixture is so much anticipated for the fact that Barcelona's summer mega signing Luiz Suarez will be making his debut in that game as that in the day his ban for biting Chiellini in the World Cup ends and also with Real Madrid being in the form of their lives with Ronaldo already grabbing 15 goals so far this season and the team wining their games with high margin and Messi celebrating his ten years anniversary one can only wait to see what will happen on the 25th of October 2014 by 5:00 PM at the Santiago Bernabeu. The first El Clasico played on this date in 1953 ended 5-0 in Real Madrid's favor with the goals coming from Alfredo Di Stefano in the 10th and 85th respectively While Roque Olsen scored in the 34th and 35th minutes with Molowny scoring in the 39th minute. But Barcelona can try to replicate the victory which was earned on 25th of October 1970 which saw them win with a 1-0 score line and the goal was scored by Zabalza in the 28th minute. by the way only two El Clasicos have been played on the 26th of October the first coming in the year 1961 and the second was last year and both fixture were won by Barcelona 4-0 and 2-1 respectively and the scorers were Evaristo (22, 68, 70), Tejada (84) in 1961 and Neymar (18), Sanchez (78) for Barcelona and Jesé (88) for Real Madrid.
PICTURES FROM EL CLASICOS
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