Barcelona midfielder Pedri is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury, adding to the mounting injury crisis plaguing the defending La Liga champions.

Real Madrid has ended its four-game losing streak against rival Barcelona with a 2-1 victory in the first clasico of the season.

FC Barcelona has been formally charged, as a legal entity, with corporate corruption, in the form of fraud, in the controversial Negreira case.

Coach Xabi Alonso has a series of injury doubts which could impact his team selection for Real Madrid against FC Barcelona in the first Clásico of the La Liga season.

Real Madrid won the first El Clasico of the season 2-1 against Barcelona at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday in a match where the goals took place in the first half and the serious tension in the second half with teams having to be separated following Pedri's second yellow for a dangerous tackle on Aurelien Tchouameni.

Raphinha is one of Barcelona’s best players in the sqaud and he was vital for them against Real Madrid last season. The Brazilian winger suffered an injury in September and was expected to be back for the El Clásico match today. Raphinha returned to team training earlier this week and was expected to start the match.

The heated ending to the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona resulted in several players from both sides being sanctioned by the referee.

Barca were much better in the second half but could not find an equalizer, failing to take advantage of a Kylian Mbappe penalty saved by Wojciech Szczesny.