By Opta Analyst | Created at 2024-10-29 21:22:15 | Updated at 2024-11-05 23:59:13
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Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha got the goals in an emphatic win for Hansi Flick’s men. Look back on this thrilling heavyweight clash with the best facts and Opta data in our Real Madrid vs Barcelona stats page.
Lamine Yamal scored his first ever El Clásico goal as Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu to end their 42-game La Liga unbeaten run and go six points clear.
The margins were incredibly fine in the first half, with Madrid threatening regularly but finding themselves caught offside remarkably often.
Los Blancos were ultimately caught offside 12 times over the course of the match, their most in a league game since March 2013 (also 12 vs Celta Vigo), with two of those incidents seeing Kylian Mbappé goals disallowed.
Barcelona had no such issues, however, and scored twice in quick succession via Robert Lewandowski early in the second half, his first a clinical finish from the edge of the box and his second a well-placed header.
Those were his first two shots of the match and he should have scored with his next couple as well, hitting the post when presented with an open goal, before blasting over from close range soon after.
There was no sign of Madrid punishing such let-offs, though. Yamal emphatically smashed home at the end of a flowing move 13 minutes from time to become the youngest Clásico goalscorer in La Liga this century aged 17 years, 105 days old.
Raphinha then continued his tremendous early season form with a delicate lob over the stranded Andriy Lunin in the 84th minute to wrap up a statement win at the home of Barcelona’s biggest rivals.
It meant Madrid’s 42-game unbeaten run in La Liga was halted one match short of equalling Barcelona’s all-time record of 43.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Real Madrid vs Barcelona stats from their La Liga meeting at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona: Key Post-Match Facts
- Hansi Flick is the first coach to win his first Clásico clash by 4+ goals in any competition since Jorge Valdano with Real Madrid in January 1995 (5-0). He is also the first Barça coach to make his Clásico debut at the Santiago Bernabéu with a win since Terry Venables on 2 September 1984 (0-3).
- Real Madrid ended a run of 42 straight games unbeaten in La Liga (W31 D11), only one game behind the historical record in the competition by FC Barcelona between April 2017 and May 2018 (GP43 W34 D9).
- Aged at 36 years and 66 days, Robert Lewandowski became the oldest player to score a brace in El Clásico in the 21st century in any competition.
- Robert Lewandowski has scored 14 goals in La Liga 2024-25, three more than any other player in the top five European leagues (Erling Haaland – 11 goals).
- Barcelona started with eight Spanish players against Real Madrid for the first time since March 2013 under Jordi Roura, also in a La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabéu (2-1 defeat).
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