A Clasico without Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo
Hello good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the Spanish La Liga clash between Barcelona vs Real Madrid.
A Clasico without Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
That is that we have today - for the first time since 2007.
But as Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde reminds us.
"The Clasico existed before that. The Clasico has always been the Clasico, and there were even flying pigs."
Barcelona will go top of La Liga with a win.
Stay with us for all the live updates. Kick-off is at 3:15 pm GMT
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Pique, Lenglet, Roberto, Alba, Rakitic, Arthur, Busquets, Rafinha, Coutinho, Suarez. Subs: Malcom, Cillessen, Chumi, Semedo, Dembele, Vidal, Munir.
Real Madrid: Courtois, Ramos, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Kroos, Casemiro, Modric, Benzema, Bale, Isco. Subs: Odriozola, Vazquez, Ceballos, Valverde, Mariano, Asensio, Navas.
