Barcelona: can Real Madrid end its nine-game winning run?

Barcelona enter El Clásico on Sunday, October 25, 2026, with a perfect LaLiga record: nine wins in nine rounds. Real Madrid, however, have concrete reasons to believe they can end the run. José Mourinho’s team won all four of its October matches, two in the Spanish league and two in the Champions League. The distinction matters: Barça have sustained a perfect domestic campaign, while Madrid’s shorter winning sequence is spread across two competitions.

What the table shows

In the last update available before the match, the official standings published by Barcelona placed the club first with 27 points, 39 goals scored and nine conceded. Real Madrid were third on 21 points, with seven wins and two losses, 23 goals for and nine against.

That gives Barça a six-point advantage, with both clubs having played nine matches. A Barcelona win would widen the gap; a Madrid victory would cut it in half. The comparison also exposes the main statistical contrast: the defenses have conceded the same number of goals, but Barcelona have scored 16 more.

These figures describe the pre-match position and should be checked again on the official pages after the final whistle.

Nine wins, but only in LaLiga

The perfect run does not cover the entire season. Barcelona’s account of its league start says the 5-2 victory over Betis gave Hansi Flick’s side a ninth consecutive LaLiga win, matching Real Madrid’s opening run in 1968/69. Barça reached the same nine wins with 39 goals, compared with that Madrid team’s 21.

Outside the Spanish league, there has been a recent defeat. Real Madrid’s preview says Barcelona lost 4-2 to PSG in the Champions League on the Tuesday before El Clásico. It is therefore accurate to describe Barça as unbeaten with a perfect record in the league, but not as unbeaten across the season.

Real Madrid’s winning sequence

The official Real Madrid preview lists four wins from four October fixtures: 1-0 against Villarreal and 4-1 against Sevilla in LaLiga, plus 4-3 over Roma and 4-1 against Leipzig in the Champions League.

It is a significant run, but it does not erase Madrid’s two defeats in their first nine league rounds. Mourinho also treated the form line cautiously in his pre-match press conference, arguing that Clásicos are different and previous results do not determine this match.

Mbappé and the confirmed names

The club source identifies Kylian Mbappé as Real Madrid’s leading scorer this season with 12 goals. It also reports that Güler and Diomande scored in each of the previous two matches. Those details help explain the visitors’ attacking threat without predicting the lineup or assigning tactical roles.

Lamine Yamal appears in the Barcelona squad list in the official website footer, but the supplied sources do not confirm his selection, physical condition or individual statistics for this game. There is therefore no basis here to present him as a starter or frame a direct duel with Mbappé. The same caution applies to Diomande: his recent goals are documented, but a starting place is not.

Where El Clásico will be played

The official LaLiga page schedules Barcelona versus Real Madrid for October 25, 2026, at Spotify Camp Nou. Because channels and availability vary by territory, this analysis does not promise coverage in the United States, Brazil, Spain or France; check the official page and local listings.

More than a record is at stake. Barcelona can reach ten straight victories and hold outright the best LaLiga start cited by the club. Real Madrid can turn four consecutive wins into a direct reduction of the leaders’ advantage. That contrast — a perfect domestic campaign against a recent recovery — provides the answer: Madrid can end the run, but the pre-match evidence places Barcelona in the stronger position.