Real Madrid vs Barcelona live: Copa del Rey score, updates and highlights from El Clasico showdown

Real Madrid meet Barcelona in a massive Copa del Rey semi-final first leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, with the hosts vying for a first final appearance since 2014.

Osauna secured a 1-0 first-leg lead against Athletic Club in the semi-finals opposite and the El Clasico duo will both be determined to secure their place in the final, with Barcelona winning five of their last eight Copa del Rey titles.

Xavi’s charges have a crucial advantage in the La Liga title race, with a seven-point lead over holders Carlo Ancelotti as the former Spain international aims to end four years without a league title in Catalonia.

Both bosses are struggling with injuries ahead of this clash, with Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba ruled out ahead of a big night in Madrid.

The Sporting News follows live scoring updates and highlights for tonight’s Real Madrid vs Barcelona below.

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Real Madrid vs Barcelona Live Score

	1H	2H	final
real Madrid	—	—	—
Barcelona	—	—	—

Goals:
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Planned lineups:

Real Madrid XI (4-3-3): Courtois (GK) – Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho – Modric, Camavinga, Kroos – Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

Real Madrid replacement: Lunin (TW), Lopez (TW), Vazquez, Vallejo, Odriozola, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Hazard, Diaz, Rodriguez, Asensio, Rodrygo

Barcelona XI (4-3-3): Ter Stegen (GK) – Kounde, Araujo, Alonso, Balde – Kessie, Busquets, de Jong – Raphinha, Torres, Gavi

Barcelona Submarines: Pena (TG), Tenas (TG), Roberto, Christensen, Alba, Garcia, Torre, Alarcon, Fati, Estanis

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20 minutes after kick-off: Sergio Busquets faces a record-breaking night as the Barcelona captain overtakes Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos as the best El Clasico performer ever.

40 minutes after kick-off: Barcelona’s last Copa del Rey El Clasico clash with Real Madrid came in the 2018/19 semi-finals. A 1-1 first-leg draw at Camp Now had the tie on the verge of a knife-edge before Luis Suarez guided the Catalans to victory in Madrid.

1h10 after kick-off: Barca team news is IN

Xavi is bold in his changes after the weekend’s loss to Almeria, with an all-new defense for the visitors, as Marcos Alonso, Jules Kounde and Ronald Araujo And Alejandro Balde all begin.

The big news, however, is Ansu Fatis Recovery from injury as the Spain international sits on the bench.

1hr 30mins after kick-off: Real Madrid strikes again with the unveiling of the early team news

Ancelotti is ready for his old tricks with his early confirmation of his starting XI for tonight’s clash with two changes from last weekend’s 1-1 La Liga derby draw against Atletico Madrid.

Luke Modric And Eduardo Camavinga both come into midfield, off Tony Krooswith Fede Valverde pushed forward and Marco Asensio And Daniel Ceballos drop on the bench.

2 hours after kick-off: The stage is set for a crucial night at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

Real Madrid vs Barcelona confirmed lineups

Carlo Ancelotti is still without a defensive pair David Alaba And Ferland Mendy with the Brazilian international Rodrygo on the bench.

However, the Italian will rotate his options Luke Modric And Eduardo Camavinga set to begin with Fede Valverde push further forward, into the attack.

Real Madrid confirm XI (4-3-3): Courtois (GK) – Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho – Modric, Camavinga, Kroos – Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

Real Madrid replacement: Lunin (TW), Lopez (TW), Vazquez, Vallejo, Odriozola, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Hazard, Diaz, Rodriguez, Asensio, Rodrygo

Xavi’s plans have been hampered by the absence of the star striker Robert Lewandowski due to a thigh strain, with Pedri, Ousmane Dembele off, but Ansu Fati is fit enough to make the bench.

Barcelona confirm XI (4-3-3): Ter Stegen (GK) – Kounde, Araujo, Alonso, Balde – Kessie, Busquets, de Jong – Raphinha, Torres, Gavi

Barcelona Submarines: Pena (TW), Tenas (TW), Roberto, Garcia, Christensen, Alba Torre, Alarcon, Fati, Estanis

Real Madrid vs Barcelona Live Stream, TV Channels

Here’s how you can follow all the action of this game in some of the most important areas:

	TV channel	stream
USA	—	ESPN+
Canada	—	—
United Kingdom	BT sport 1	BT Sport app/website
Australia	—	—
New Zealand	—	—
India	—	—
Hong Kong	—	—
Malaysia	—	—
Singapore	—	—

UNITED KINGDOM: This game is available to fans in the UK via BT Sport TV and streaming services

UNITED STATES: This game will be streamed on the ESPN+ subscriber platform in English and Spanish.

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