LaLiga has officially announced the start time for the Oct. 25 El Clasico, when Real Madrid travels to face Barcelona at the Camp Nou in what promises to be an unmissable showdown. With the Merengues desperate for points and the blaugranas rolling, a clash of titans awaits.
LaLiga has published the official schedule for El Clasico that will be played on Oct. 25 at the Camp Nou. It will be at 9 p.m. (local time) as Jose Mourinho returns to the Camp Nou for the first time since February 2013, when, still in his first spell at Real Madrid, he beat the blaugranas 1-3 in the Copa del Rey semifinals. Now, in 2026, he will look to replicate what he achieved more than 13 years ago, a breath of fresh air for Madrid in its pursuit of the league title.
In the other dugout is Hansi Flick, who, since arriving at the Catalan team, has taken charge and established clear superiority over the merengues. In the last seven matches, Barcelona has won six, including the 2025 Copa del Rey final and the two consecutive Spanish Super Cup finals. If anything is clear, it is that the German coach has no kind of fear of the 15-time European champions and will want to prove it again.
To recap the current situation of both teams, they are not opposites, but Barcelona is a much more structured and offensive team than the Chamartín side. We highlight its eight wins in eight matches, as well as the fact that it has scored five goals (or more) in five of them, with Raphinha as its most lethal weapon, with the spectacular statistic of 14 goals in eight matches.
On the white side, they register six wins and two defeats in eight matches. Unlike the Catalan side, Real Madrid has struggled in several matches, often needing a late winner. According to OPTA data, it creates the most scoring opportunities but also misses the most. Kylian Mbappe is the scorer, registering eight goals in eight matches.
The Blaugranas lead LaLiga with 21 points and a goal difference of 24 (31 for and seven against). Real Madrid is currently relegated to fourth place behind Atletico de Madrid and Real Betis with 15 points; it has a goal difference of 10 (18 in favor and eight against), so next Oct. 25 it will have to come out with a knife between its teeth at the Camp Nou.
Assuming they arrive at that matchday with the same points gap (six), a victory for Madrid would be extremely important, since they would add three and Barcelona would lose three, so they would be one win away (and one slip-up by Barça) from catching them in terms of points, which should be the merengues' main objective today. Without a doubt, it will be a match that will paralyze the football world.
