Barcelona vs real madrid preview

Barcelona can assess Gerard Pique's fitness previous Sunday's Primera Division encounter with Real Spanish capital at Camp Nou.

The European country defender has not vie for 2 weeks attributable to a foot injury however managed to coach within the athletic facility on Friday.

Carles Puyol (elbow) and Thiago Alcantara (knee) square measure dominated out, which means reborn midfielders Alex Song and Javier Mascherano square measure probably to resume their partnership in central defense.

Sami Khedira and Angel Di Maria square measure set to come back to the beginning line-up for Real Spanish capital, that has no injury considerations.

The biggest choice quandary for boss Jose Mourinho is probably going to be over the playmaker role, with Mesut Ozil, Luka Modric, Kaka and Michael Essien all vying for a beginning berth.

Match Details

Competitor:Barcelona vs real madrid
Competition:Spanish Primera Division
Date:Sat, October 7, 2012
Time:17:50 GMT
Status: Live 

Probable Lineups:

BARCELONA (4-3-3):Valdes,Alves, Song,Mascherano,Adriano,Xavi,Busquets, Iniesta,Pedro, Messi, Sanchez

real madrid (4-2-3-1):Casillas,Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo ,Khedira, Alonso,Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo,Benzema