Real Madrid lineup: Courtois, Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo, Kroos, Casemiro, Valverde, Vinicus Jr, Benzema, Isco
Subs: Areola; Militao, Modric, Bale, Lucas Vazquez, Mendy, Mariano
Barcelona lineup: ter Stegen, Junior Firpo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Busquets, Arthur, De Jong, Vidal, Messi, Griezmann
Subs: Neto, Lenglet, Junior, Rakitic, Collado, Ansu Fati, Braithwaite
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Real Madrid and Barcelona lock horns this evening as the Bernabeu plays host to what could prove to be a LaLiga title deciding El Clasico.
Our Spanish Football Correspondent Ben Hayward runs us though the team news and injury latest ahead of this match.
Real Madrid team news
Gareth Bale has been left on the bench despite the absence of Eden Hazard.
Hazard is out for at least two months after suffering the recurrence of an ankle injury during just his second match back, limping off in last weekend’s 1-0 loss at Levante.
Coach Zinedine Zidane opted for Vinicius Junior and Isco in his line-up for the Champions League last-16 game against Manchester City on Wednesday, with Bale only featuring as a late substitute.
And Zidane sticks with the same combo, while making the risky call to start Marcelo at left-back over Ferland Mendy.
Elsewhere, Toni Kroos returns in midfield after he was surprisingly left on the bench for the entire 90 minutes by Zidane on Wednesday. The German replaces Luka Modric in the XI.
Along with Hazard, Marco Asensio is also still sidelined, while Rodrygo is suspended after he was sent off playing for Madrid’s youth side Castilla last weekend.
Barcelona team news
Barcelona’s recent signing Martin Braithwaite is on the bench at the Bernabeu.
The Denmark striker, who was brought in from Leganes in an €18million transfer earlier in February after Ousmane Dembele was ruled out for the rest of the season, has impressed in training - but has not done enough to feature from the outset in the top-of-the-table LaLiga derby.
Braithwaite, who made his debut as a substitute in last weekend’s 5-0 win over Eibar and is only eligible to play in the league, was tried alongside Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann by coach Quique Setien on Friday - but Arturo Vidal gets the nod here as Setien packs the midfield.
Gerard Pique limped off in the 1-1 draw away to Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday, but the centre-back trained on Friday starts tonight.
Left-back Jordi Alba also took part in Friday’s session and returns after injury, but Sergi Roberto is out along with long-term absentees Luis Suarez and Dembele.
Barca are two points above Madrid in top spot ahead of Sunday’s game at the Bernabeu.
