El Clásico Returns to Camp Nou with Barcelona Ahead in the Last Ten Meetings Against Real Madrid

Spanish soccer is just days away from grinding to a halt once again. On Sunday, October 25, 2026, Barcelona and Real Madrid will square off once more, this time at Spotify Camp Nou, and as always happens with El Clásico, there's no need to oversell it: the match sells itself.

What's interesting is that this edition arrives with a stat few people had front of mind: go back through the last ten official meetings between the two sides, and Barcelona comes out comfortably on top. 6 wins to 4 for Real Madrid, with not a single draw in between. And when it comes to goals, the gap also favors the Catalans: 26 goals to 20. These haven't been tight, tactical affairs; this rivalry has delivered everything except boredom.

The Most Recent Meeting Favors Barcelona

The last league meeting came on May 10, 2026, when Hansi Flick's side beat Real Madrid 2-0 at Camp Nou, in matchday 35 of the 2025-26 LaLiga season. It was a statement result late in the title race, the kind of scoreline that carries weight heading into a rematch.

Before that, back in January 2026, came another trophy with a Clásico flavor: Barcelona claimed the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia after winning 3-2, with a brace from Raphinha and a goal from Robert Lewandowski, while Vinícius Júnior and Gonzalo García scored for a Madrid side that couldn't overcome the one-goal deficit.

Real Madrid, though, has its own recent case to make: on October 26, 2025, the club won 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in that season's first league Clásico. That match also had a heated buildup, since Lamine Yamal had stirred things up beforehand by saying on the Kings League show Chup Chup that the Madrid squad "always robs." The tension showed: the forward was booed relentlessly by the home crowd and didn't have his best night.

"They always rob"Lamine Yamal

A Run of High-Scoring Matches

If there's one thing that defines these last ten Clásicos, it's that almost none of them were dull. In May 2025 there was a 4-3 win for Barcelona at Montjuïc, with seven goals and swings in momentum right up to the final whistle. Just weeks earlier, the Copa del Rey final had also gone Barcelona's way, a 3-2 extra-time win in Seville, settled by a Jules Koundé goal in the closing stages.

January 2025 produced the most lopsided scoreline of the run: a resounding 5-2 win for Barcelona in the Super Cup final. And in October 2024, another away-day showcase for the Catalans: 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Madrid answered with wins of its own in April 2024 (3-2 at the Bernabéu) and in that same season's January Super Cup, where it routed Barcelona 4-1 in Saudi Arabia. The tenth match on the list dates back to October 2023, when Jude Bellingham was decisive in the comeback that gave Madrid a 2-1 win at Montjuïc.

With that backdrop, the new Clásico arrives: Barcelona will look to reaffirm its strong recent form at home, while Real Madrid will aim to even the score and push its way into the LaLiga title race. Recent history favors Barcelona, but as always in these games, what's written on paper counts for little once the ball starts rolling.