Barcelona will host Real Madrid in the next instalment of El Clasico on Sunday afternoon in what could be a thrilling encounter in the race for La Liga.
With Barcelona currently sitting four points ahead at the top of the table, Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid realistically need to win to keep things interesting over the remaining three games of the season.
Let's take a look at five memorable meetings between the two Spanish superpowers. We're going from our own living memory here, we're afraid, so no 6-6 from 1916 or 5-5 from 1942.
Real Madrid 3-4 Barcelona (March 2014)
𝟓. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗/𝟏𝟎𝟒. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐/𝟏𝟑𝟑. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔/𝟏𝟕𝟐. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔/𝟎𝟕𝟏. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔/𝟏𝟕— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) February 25, 2020
Real Madrid were three points clear at top of the table in a three-way title race also involving Atletico Madrid going into this game, while Barca were a further point behind in third place.
A topsy-turvy first half saw Andres Iniesta open the scoring early doors before a rapid-fire double from Karim Benzema gave Real the lead - only for Lionel Messi to equalise shortly before half time.
Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty restored Real's advantage early in the second half, only for Sergio Ramos to be shown a straight red card for a tackle on Neymar that allowed Messi to convert a penalty equaliser.
Another Messi spot kick six minutes from time won the day for Barcelona - but both sides ultimately finished three points behind Diego Simeone's Atletico, clinching the title with a 1-1 draw at the Nou Camp on the final day.
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid (November 2010)
🔙 On this day, 8⃣ years ago… FC Barcelona 5-0 Real MadridWatch more Barça videos on @Dugout 👉 https://t.co/fpeGcbxJJ9pic.twitter.com/gfd7ytUs6k— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 29, 2018
In what is still the most one-sided scoreline in a Classico of the past 30 years, Pep Guardiola's iconic Barcelona side showed their supremacy with a comprehensive demolition of Jose Mourinho's side in a bad-tempered affair at the Nou Camp.
Xavi and Pedro put Barcelona 2-0 up inside 18 minutes to give Real a mountain to climb, and the visitors again started slowly after the break as David Villa scored a three-minute brace off a pair of Lionel Messi assists.
Jeffren made it five in added time, before Ramos was given his marching orders (because of course he was) as he received his second yellow card - one of just 14 booking in total across the game.
Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona (May 2009)
Very like this year's clash, Barcelona were just four points ahead of Real at the top of the table in early May 2009.
Guardiola was desperate to effectively seal the title in his first season in charge, Real had won all but one of their 18 league games since Juande Ramos got off to a losing start as manager in the reverse fixture the previous December. This clash at the Bernabeu was going to be tense, right?
Right...and also, ultimately, wrong. Real took the lead through Gonzalo Higuain in the 14th minute, but just six minutes later they were behind as Thierry Henry and Carles Puyol scored a quickfire double in response.
Messi made it 3-1 before half time before Ramos pulled one back 11 minutes after the interval - but Barcelona once again had a quick reply as Henry restored their two-goal advantage.
Messi and Gerard Pique then put the result beyond doubt late on, and Real's title hopes were over. They lost all of their remaining games, while Barcelona went on to complete the first treble in Spanish football history - the first step towards Guardiola earning a place in FourFourTwo's list of the greatest managers ever.
Real Madrid 4-2 Barcelona (April 2005)
There's plenty of reasons Zinedine Zidane is included in the greatest team of FourFourTwo's lifetime, with his ability to turn up in big games chief among them.
It took the Frenchman just five minutes to put Real ahead as they looked to close the nine-point gap on Barcelona towards the end of the 2004/05 season, with the original Ronaldo doubling that lead 15 minutes later.
By half time it was 3-1 as Samuel Eto'o and Raul struck for their respective sides - and then up stepped Michael Owen to convert off David Beckham's ball to kill the game off in the 65th minute.
Ronaldinho expertly curled in a free-kick to reduce the arrears, but it was too little too late for Barcelona on the day. Never mind, though: Barcelona went on to win the title by four points.
Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid (April 2025)
We don't have to dig too deep in the memory banks for this one: the 2025 Copa Del Rey final well and truly lived up to its El Classico billing.
Pedri's wonder-strike put a dominant Barcelona ahead midway through the first half, then Jude Bellingham knew he was offside as he scored a quickly-disallowed equaliser shortly after.
The referee then signalled for a penalty in first-half stoppage time after a foul on Vincius Jr - only to realise the linesman had (correctly) simultaneously raised his flag for offside against the Brazilian. No pen.
Real were by now firmly on top of the game, however, and successfully staged a second-half fightback to go 2-1 up through Kylian Mbappe's unstoppable free kick and Aurelien Tchouameni's set-piece header.
That forced Barca to wake up again, and Ferran Torres forced the game to extra time by getting a brilliant ball over the top from Lamine Yamal that left Thibaut Courtois in no-man's land.
Barca thought they had the chance to win it from the penalty spot in the dying seconds, only for the referee to overturn his decision after a pitchside video screen review.
Extra time, then, and after Torres had a goal disallowed for offside, Jules Kounde placed the ball into the bottom corner from outside the box after winning an interception just four minutes away from a penalty shoot-out.
Yet again, Real were denied a penalty almost immediately after Mbappe was hacked down inside the box, only for an earlier offside to be given instead.
That would prove to be the winner for Barcelona - but the drama did not stop with the final whistle as Real trio Bellingham, Antonio Rudiger and Lucas Vasquez were all shown red cards as emotions spilled over, with Rudiger having to be restrained from going after the referee.
