Barcelona vs Real Madrid Predictions and Betting Tips, 06 Feb 2019

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-1

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Predictions for Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. The hosts will most likely have to make do without their star striker Leo Messi, who suffered a thigh injury after his two goals had levelled 2-2 for Barca, but it might not be a major problem as in this season's El Classico Valverde's men hit the Galacticos hard when they won 5-1 without Messi involved.

Match status: 2018-19 Copa del Rey - Semi-finals
Kick-off: Wednesday 06 Feb 2019, 08:00pm GMT
Venue: Camp Nou (Barcelona)

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Team News

Los Blancos cannot get victory in their last three meetings against arch-rivals Barcelona having twice beaten them in the 2017 Super Cup final, when former boss Zinedine Zidane was in charge and had just brought his club a second consecutive Champions League title and a 33rd La Liga title, and will now be looking to dethrone Barca as the current cup holders.

The first leg being held at Camp Nou means Santiago Solari's players must be highly concentrated and avoid what happened in October, when the power gap between the sides was apparent as Barca beat Madrid 5-1 with Suis Suarez hitting a hat-trick in a game that the Blaugrana's top scorer Messi missed.

Barcelona reached the semi-finals twice trailing after the first leg of their last two ties against Levante and Sevilla but eventually scored over 3 goals (6 to Sevilla) in the return game last week to set up another El Clasico. In the league though, they lead La Liga by 6 points and look all but certain to maintain this position come May.

Of all Blaugrana players, Luis Suarez - with 15 goals this season - should be given special attention as Barca have never lost when he has played all 90 minutes since the 4-3 defeat at Betis in November. Messi and Dembele are set to miss out, whereas Solari has little to worry about for his Real Madrid side.

Head-to-Head Record: Barcelona vs Real Madrid

2018-19 Spanish La Liga
Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid

2017-18 Spanish La Liga
Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid

2017-18 Spanish La Liga
Real Madrid 0-3 Barcelona

2017 Super Cup
Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona