OFFICIAL: The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barcelona and Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid have already been confirmed for today's match, Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4:15 p.m..
Hansi Flick is going with two changes compared to the last La Liga XI. Fermín López returns to the center of the field alongside Pedri and Frenkie de Jong, while Ferran Torres replaces Toni Fernández as center forward. Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford complete the Barça's offensive trident. There are no variations in defense.
Next, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and sanctioned players of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF for the match of the tenth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports 2025-2026.
Starting Lineup for FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
Hansi Flick introduces up to 2 changes with respect to the XI that faced Girona.
Barça's starting XI (OFFICIAL):
- (#25, P) Szczesny
- (#23) Jules Koundé
- (#24) Eric García
- (#05) Pau Cubarsí
- (#03) Alejandro Balde
- (#21) Frenkie de Jong
- (#08) Pedri
- (#16) Fermín López
- (#10) Lamine Yamal
- (#14) Marcus Rashford
- (#07) Ferran Torres
Bench (substitute players):
- (#31, GK) Diego Kochen
- (#33, GK) Eder Aller
- (#04) Ronald Araujo
- (#17) Marc Casadó
- (#18) Gerard Martín
- (#22) Marc Bernal
- (#26) Jofre Torrents
- (#27) Dro Fernández
- (#28) Roony Bardghji
- (#29) Toni Fernández
- (#42) Xavi Espart
Out (injured players):
- (#01, P) Marc-André ter Stegen
- (#06) Gavi
- (#09) Robert Lewandowski
- (#11) Raphinha
- (#13, P) Joan García
- (#15) Andreas Christensen
- (#20) Dani Olmo
Sanctioned Players:
- None (there are no Barça players sanctioned for this match)
Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona Starting Lineup
- Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Valverde, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras; Tchouaméni, Camavinga, Bellingham, Güler; Vinicius and Mbappé.
- Real Madrid Bench: Lunin (G), Mestre (G), Carvajal, Alexander-Arnold, Asencio, García, Mendy, Ceballos, Brahim, Gonzalo, Rodrygo, Mastantuono, Endrick.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, recovers four players for the Clásico against Barça. Dani Carvajal, Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Dani Ceballos were included in Xabi Alonso's squad, but only Huijsen was fit enough to be in the starting XI.
In that sense, Xabi Alonso keeps Fede Valverde as right back and Dean Huijsen returns to the center alongside Éder Militao. Thiabut Courtois remains in goal, while Álvaro Carreras is a fixture on the left flank. In midfield, Tchouaméni and Camavinga appear in the double pivot, with Arda Güler and Jude Bellingham further forward.
Vinicius Jr. and Kylian Mbappé will be Madrid's offensive benchmarks. The Frenchman has 15 goals in 12 games this season, while the Brazilian has 9 direct goal involvements (5G/4A). Rodrygo, Mastantuono, Brahim, Gonzalo and Endrick will be the 'merengues'' available offensive options.
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