I see Barcelona are at the top of the table with five wins in a row so what are they struggling with? they are now easy to always get a win in every game, Xavi only needs to prepare their team to face Real Madrid on 16 october this because this is an opponent that is not easy for Barcelona.
Real Madrid and Barcelona this season have almost the same strength. They are unbeaten in five games in La Liga. However, Madrid will certainly lose Thibaut Courtois as the main goalkeeper in El Clasico Oct 16, Week 9.
My initial analysis for this season's El Clasico, I support Barcelona even though they experienced a less than optimal result in the European Champions League.
Rudiger will not play on that match caused by was getting serious injury during his last match with real madrid even though i will still pick real madrid as my favorite in this case caused by the result from the champion league is making team even better.
Real madrid has complete the target to go to the last 16. that proves that if this team has more capability to win against barcelona in the upcoming match. There are so many players will not play in both of team due to the serious injury and recovery process.
Kounde, rudiger and more main squad will not able to perform in that match. It's hard to predict which will win caused by both almost equal.