La Liga's two biggest clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid will feature in respective games with the sim to keep their unbeaten run intact. While both sides have tasted different fortunes, they are yet to pick up a defeat ahead of their third game of the season. Here is what you need to know to watch both games live:
Barcelona vs Valladolid: Barcelona returns to action on Sunday night in the Catalan capital when they welcome Real Vallladolid to Camp Nou. This comes after a crucial victory away to Real Sociedad last week and a very good performance in the friendly against Manchester City in midweek.
After a sluggish start in the league opener, Xavi Hernández's team has produced two great performances in succession. However, with the Champions League coming up in just 10 days, there isn't much time left to gain momentum before what is about to become an insanely hectic schedule.Against Valladolid, the Blaugrana will aim to make it seven points from their first three La Liga games before making the trip to Sevilla at the start of September.
For Valladolid, the upcoming clash presents an opportunity for them to build on the impressive performance which saw them secure a point against Sevilla in the last outing. The result was an improvement on the 3-0 defeat to Villarreal in their first game of the new La Liga campaign.
Having returned to the top-flight league after finishing as runners-up in the Segunda B, Pacheta's side could boost the morale in their camp with a big performance against Barca. A favorable result should inspire them to put up a good show in their subsequent meetings with Almeria, Girona and Cadiz, which could have a huge impact on their survival hopes.
Team News
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Barcelona outs and doubts: Memphis Depay, Pablo Torre, Sergiño Dest, Ez Abde, Martin Braithwaite (doubt)
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Real Valladolid outs and doubts: Shon Weissman, Jawad El Yamiq (out), Gonzalo Plata (doubt)
Predicted starting XI
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Barcelona possible starting lineup: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Christensen, Garcia, Alba; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Dembele, Lewandowski, Raphinha
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Real Valladolid possible starting lineup: Asenjo; L Perez, Sanchez, Fernandez, Escudero; Aguado, Mesa, K Perez; Tuhami, Leon, Sanchez
Broadcast information
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Espanyol vs Real Madrid: Real Madrid will play Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium in an effort to get a win on the road this weekend. Los Blancos, the defending La Liga champions, enter this contest fresh off a 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo. Karim Benzema has so far continued from where he left things last season with his fine form, and it is largely expected that he will guide Real Madrid to secure another convincing victory while travelling.
In ther other camp, Espanyol began their La Liga campaign with a 2-2 draw against Celta, but they were unable to build on the positive result away from home as they recently lost 2-0 at Rayo Vallecano. With Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, and Valencia in their next five games, they have a challenging stretch of games ahead of them. As a result, the Catalans will hope to secure a favorable result to set the tone and should be motivated by the fact that they defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in a similar game last season.
Key Stats
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Real Madrid have won 16 of their last 18 matches against Espanyol in all competitions.
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Real Madrid have kept a clean sheet in nine of their last 12 matches against Espanyol in all competitions.
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Espanyol have failed to win their last nine matches in La Liga.
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Espanyol are unbeaten in just five of their last 29 meetings against Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid have conceded at least once in each of their last seven away games in La Liga.
Predicted starting XI
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Espanyol possible starting lineup: Lecomte; Gil, Calero, Cabrera, Olivan; Darder, Exposito, Souza; R Sanchez, Joselu, Melamed
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Real Madrid possible starting lineup: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Tchouameni, Modric; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius
Broadcast information
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