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Superstars at both ends, tempers ready to flare, world-class soccer, and a roaring Camp Nou crowd. It’s time for the first El Clásico of the 2026-27 season.
The game will kick off at 4 pm ET on Sunday, but words and mind games will be exchanged long before the marquee clash. Barcelona-Real Madrid is one of the oldest and most evenly matched rivalries in sports. The two teams have faced each other 264 times, with both winning 106 games each and drawing 52. A victory this weekend will give the winning team and its fans bragging rights until the next Clásico.
On current form, FC Barcelona are the favorites to win. The Catalan side top the La Liga table, having won all nine games played so far and scored 39 goals. Real Madrid, on the other hand, have had a few hiccups along the way and currently sit third on the table. Their Champions League record, though, is spotless with three wins in three games so far.
The Clásico has always featured the game's biggest stars. From 2009 to 2018, it was billed as the clash between Lionel Messi's Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid. Both legends have now left Spain, and new stars have emerged. The 2026-27 edition of the Clásicos will be about Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Rodri, and Pedri against Madrid's Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham, Bernardo Silva, and Federico Valverde.
Players give it their all for this game. With the world watching, a win matters more for them than the physical blows they take throughout the 90 minutes. If you're excited, here's all the info you need to watch the Barcelona vs. Real Madrid La Liga game for free using a streaming subscription or VPN.
The La Liga game between arch rivals Barcelona vs. Real Madrid will kick off at 4:00 pm ET on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.
In the US, all 380 La Liga games this season will be available on the ESPN+ service in the ESPN app. You can access the games with either an ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited subscription.
On TV, at least 20 games will air on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2, while at least 200 matches will be available on ESPN Deportes. These networks are also available on FuboTV, and if you can take advantage of a 7-day free trial offered by the live-streaming service, you may be able to catch Barcelona vs. Real Madrid for free this weekend.
In Brazil, all 380 games of the 2026-27 La Liga season will stream for free on the CazéTV YouTube channel. Watching soccer games on the channel is easy; just search for the channel name on YouTube, and pick the game you’d like to watch. There’s no sign-up required; all you need to ensure is that you’re signed in to your YouTube account.
However, since CazéTV is geo-restricted to Brazil, if you live in the US or another country, you can try accessing the website using a virtual private network (VPN). We recommend ExpressVPN, our top pick for location spoofing. With server locations across the globe, ExpressVPN makes it easy to obscure your actual location and unlock geo-blocked content.
Here’s how you can watch the Barcelona vs. Real Madrid El Clásico for free using ExpressVPN.
Sign up for a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN).
Download the VPN app on your computer, phone, or preferred device.
Connect to a server in Brazil.
Visit CazéTV on YouTube to start streaming.
Note: The game’s commentary may not be available in English. It will most likely be in Brazilian Portuguese.
Usually, the top VPNs that let you connect to servers in other countries aren’t free, but some of them do offer free trials. If you already have a VPN subscription or qualify for a free trial, you’ll be able to watch El Clásico at no additional cost.
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Kylian Mbappé (Credit: Federico Titone/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
FC Barcelona's Hansi Flick and Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho are likely to field all their big guns for this high-octane clash. For Barcelona, barring their 4-2 defeat to PSG midweek, this season so far has been flawless with Pau Cubarsí and Gerard Martin at the back, Pedri and Rodri in the midfield, and Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Anthony Gordon/Karim Adeyemi, and Raphinha in the attack. You can expect the same combination for the Clásico. Some big names missing due to injury include Dani Olmo, Jules Koundé, and Frenkie de Jong.
For Madrid, Mourinho is most likely to place Mbappé and Bellingham at the center of the attack, and deploy Arda Guler and Yan Diomandé on the wings. If you're surprised to see Vini Jr's name missing here, it's because the Brazilian winger received a red card in the previous game and has been banned for four games for pulling a player's hair. While the attack is quite predictable, it's a bit difficult to guess the backline Mourinho will go with.
Based on recent form, fitness, squad rotation patterns, and performances, here are the players we think will start on Sunday:
FC Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Garcia; Cancelo, Martin, Cubarsí, Espart; Pedri, Rodri; Yamal, Lopez, Gordon; Raphinha.
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Dumfries, Konaté, Rüdiger, Cucurella; Valverde, Tchouameni; Guler/Silva, Bellingham, Diomandé; Mbappé.
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Jibin is a tech news writer based out of Ahmedabad, India. Previously, he served as the editor of iGeeksBlog and is a self-proclaimed tech enthusiast who loves breaking down complex information for a broader audience.
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