Actual Madrid host Barcelona on the Bernabeu for the primary leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final on Thursday night time, and if stats from this season are something to go by, then followers of the house aspect ought to count on loads of objectives to have a good time.
Whereas Barcelona have conceded simply eight objectives in La Liga this season – representing a ridiculous common of simply 0.35 objectives per sport – in cup competitions it is a complete completely different story.
Certainly, throughout the 13 video games they’ve performed throughout all cup competitions this season, together with the Champions League, Europa League, Copa del Rey and Spanish Tremendous Cup, Barça have conceded a significantly larger tally. Twenty-two objectives, to be precise.
To additional the purpose that Actual Madrid may bag a bucketful in opposition to Barca, they’re the best scorers in La Liga this season, plummeting 47 strikes in 23 video games.
They even scored three objectives in opposition to their El Clasico opponents after they hosted them again in October 2022 within the league, accounting for nearly half of all objectives their rivals have conceded in La Liga this marketing campaign.
Relating to cup competitions, Actual Madrid are even deadlier. Throughout 15 complete video games away from the league marketing campaign, Actual have celebrated objectives on 40 events. Vinicius Jr has 16 to his title, whereas Karim Benzema has 14 and Fede Valverde 12.
Granted, Barca did beat Actual within the Spanish Tremendous Cup closing in January, profitable 3-1 courtesy of strikes from Robert Lewandowski, Gavi and Pedri, and they’re main Actual by seven factors domestically, suggesting they may nonetheless have the higher hand on the night time.
Nonetheless, if statistics from cup competitions this season are something to go by for both crew, then the strategies are that Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect ought to be bagging greater than their fair proportion in opposition to Xavi’s backline.
So anybody who desires to look at Actual Madrid vs Barcelona on Thursday could be forgiven for anticipating objectives.
Regardless, there’ll nonetheless be one other sport to come back within the tie, scheduled for a month’s time on April 5 – after the pair have already met for the second time within the league.
