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The meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona will always provide a fairly tense match and every coach from the team must have been very aware that it was an opponent that really had to be defeated with their respective best tactics. So I also won't judge both of them as good or bad when playing against other weaker teams this season, because a much more accurate assessment to say is when the two meet in the La Liga match this season because they will definitely use all their abilities to win.

Even though I am a Madrid fan, I will not underestimate Barcelona. And the reason is quite simple, the two teams sometimes have different strategies and goals.
I mean, sometimes a team has its own goals, like Madrid focusing more on chasing the UCL title and Barcelona having the chance to focus on winning the La Liga title. So, when Madrid later fails to win the La Liga title, it doesn't mean that Madrid is worse than Barcelona or vice versa.
But if we're talking about Madrid facing Barcelona, I'm sure Madrid will win.

Currently, both teams are not in a busy period where both teams will always focus on each match. I don't see any different targets from both teams so that the El Clasico match always becomes the focus of everyone's attention. Real Madrid does not want to lose its momentum in La Liga, they always target perfect points to be able to reduce the distance with the top of the standings. So far, Barcelona has also started to improve under Flick's control and they also want to prove their capacity that they are still the best team in La Liga. So I see the strength of the two elite Spanish teams is quite balanced.

El Clasico matches are always interesting to watch, this is not just to get points, this match is about prestige. Both teams are currently in the same condition, because both teams are having problems due to injured key players. Real Madrid is not good in terms of defense, Barcelona under coach Flick continues to make improvements so that it is slowly starting to improve.

There will be no favorite team in El Clasico later because both teams are still in the same condition in terms of performance. Real Madrid, although considered to have a great squad since the arrival of Mbappe, currently Ancelotti has not found the right formula, coupled with player injuries. Likewise with Barcelona, although this El Clasico is played in front of its own supporters, this does not guarantee that Barcelona will win because so far Barcelona has not proven strong when facing strong teams below it, plus many players are injured. So it is likely that the first El Clasico this season will end in a draw.

Due to the circumstances surrounding both Real Madrid and Barcelona at the moment, there won't be any reason to say either of the two clubs would be favorite before going into this match, real Madrid would be without goal keeper Thibaut Courtois, Dani cavarjal and kylian Mbappé if he doesn't return before then whilst on the side of Barcelona, goalkeeper ter stegen, araujo, and a few of them but along the line some players may return from injury and give their team a boost. Nevertheless, in terms of performances at the moment I would rate both teams equally despite Barcelona leading real Madrid at the top of the table so for me, there is no underdog neither is there a favourite.