El Clasico live: Luis Suarez goal finishes Real Madrid off as Barcelona run riot

Follow all the latest from this season's first El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Real Madrid vs Barcelona, the first El Clasico of the season.

Preview: Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Key stats

• Barcelona currently lead La Liga with 27 points, three clear of second-placed Real Madrid.
• All of the Catalan club’s last 17 league goals have been scored by Neymar (9) or Luis Suarez (8)
• Surprisingly, Real Madrid have a better pass completion record (85.3 per cent) than their opponents (84.5 per cent)
• Barcelona have scored five penalties to Madrid’s three, but they have also missed three spot kicks this season.
• Madrid have won just three of their last 12 home games against Barcelona.
• In the last nine meetings between these two sides, both teams have scored – the longest streak since 1946-52.
• Los Blancos have scored 338 goals in their last 100 La Liga home games.
• Lionel Messi has scored the most goals in this fixture’s history (21), ahead of Alfredo di Stefano (18), Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul (both 15).

Team news

Real Madrid: Navas, Danilo, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, James, Kroos, Modric, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo

Substitutes: Casilla, Pepe, Carvajal, Casemiro, Isco, Kovacic, Jese

Barcelona: Bravo; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; S. Roberto, Suárez, Neymar

Substitutes: Ter Stegen, Vermaelen, Mathieu, Adriano, Munir, Messi, Sandro

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