Real Madrid will face off against Barcelona in Saudi Arabia this weekend as both sides look to secure a win in the final of the Supercopa de Espana. Los Blancos managed to secure a penalty shootout win over Valencia in the last round. Similarly, Barca earned a penalty shootout victory against Real Betis recently. Hence, we can expect both teams to go all out in the hopes of lifting the Spanish Super Cup.
Real Madrid Vs Barcelona: Talking Tactics
Carlo Ancelotti will set his team up in a 4-3-3 formation and could ask his players to dominate the ball and engineer some decent chances to win this cup final.
Xavi will opt for a 4-3-3 formation and could instruct his men to keep things solid at the back and try to cause a few problems for the opposition defenders.
Team News
Real Madrid
Lucas Vazquez and Eder Militao will be sidelined for this game due to injuries. Eduardo Camavinga is also a major doubt for this game and is expected to be in Real Madrid’s squad this weekend.
Real Madrid Predicted XI
Courtois; Carvajal, Nacho, Rudiger, Mendy; Kroos, Valverde, Modric; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius
Barcelona
Xavi has no fresh injury concerns to cope with this weekend.
Barcelona Predicted XI
Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde; F de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Dembele, Lewandowski, Fati
Key Men
Real Madrid
Karim Benzema will have to find a way to influence the game in the final third. If he can cause problems up top, then Barca would be in for a tough outing this weekend.
Both Nacho and Antonio Rudiger will have to be at the top of their game if Real Madrid are to come out on top in this cup final.
Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski will once again carry most of the goal-scoring workload for the Catalan giants on the attacking end of the field.
Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen will have to defend their penalty box well and try to keep the opposition at bay during the 90 minutes.
Real Madrid Vs Barcelona: Streaming Links
| Country | Broadcaster |
| United Kingdom | BT Sport 1, BTSport.com, BT Sport 2, BT Sport App |
| USA | ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, ABC |
| India | N/A |
| Canada | N/A |
| Spain | Movistar+, Gol Mundial |
| Italy | N/A |
| Germany | sportdigital, DAZN, Sport1 Extra |
| Australia | N/A |
| New Zealand | N/A |
