Real Madrid v Barcelona result

Full-time · Real Madrid 2–1 Barcelona

La Liga · Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:15 GMT · Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Real Madrid · Barcelona · Head-to-head

Real Madrid 2–1 Barcelona — Real Madrid won this La Liga match.

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Real Madrid: 3.41 to 1.12 in expected goals, from 23 shots to 15, ahead on xG from the 21st minute (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2–1 at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in La Liga on Sunday 26 October. Real Madrid have scored in 13 consecutive matches in all competitions. Barcelona have scored in at least 15 consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Real Madrid led 2–1 at half-time. The goals — Real Madrid: Kylian Mbappé (22’, assisted by Jude Bellingham) and Jude Bellingham (43’, assisted by Éder Militão); Barcelona: Fermín (38’, assisted by Marcus Rashford). Andriy Lunin (-5’) and Pedri (90’) were sent off.

Discipline

César Soto Grado, Spain showed 10 yellow cards and two reds — against 5.3 yellows a game across the last 9 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Real Madrid: Vinícius Júnior (-5’), F. Valverde (23’), Dean Huijsen (57’), Rodrygo (90+11’) and Éder Militão (90+11’); Barcelona: Ferran Torres (-5’), Alejandro Balde (-5’), Pedri (42’), Fermín (90+9’) and Pedri (90+10’).

What it changes

Real Madrid stay first after this result (10 league matches played).

Barcelona move down from first to second (10 league matches played).

It is Real Madrid’s first win over Barcelona since 21 April 2024, after four meetings without one (the 6 prior meetings TACTIX holds). Real Madrid have won their last five matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) 10.2, Wojciech Szczęsny (Barcelona) 8.7 and F. de Jong (Barcelona) 7.4 led the match.

Next up

Real Madrid next travel to Barcelona on 25 October 2026.

Barcelona next host Real Madrid on 25 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Real Madrid: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Real Madrid 2–1 Barcelona · La Liga
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu · Madrid
Referee: César Soto Grado, Spain
Head-to-head (last 6): Real Madrid 2 · draws 0 · Barcelona 4 · 5.5 goals/game
Recent form: Real Madrid 4W 0D 1L · Barcelona 3W 0D 2L

Real Madrid 2–1 Barcelona (La Liga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2.5 / 2.5

Goals

against 1 / 1.38 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.25 / 7

Corners

against 3.25 / 4.75 · 1 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

8.88 / 7.63

Shots on target

against 3.25 / 3.88 · 5 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.88 / 2.38

Cards

against 2.63 / 3.13 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

5.33 yellows

Referee · César Soto Grado, Spain

2.44 home / 2.89 away

over 9 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 22 October 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 22 October 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Real Madrid for / against	Line	Barcelona for / against
Goals scored	2.5 for · 1 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	2.5 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.25 for · 3.25 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	7 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	21.38 for · 10.88 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	18.63 for · 9 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	8.88 for · 3.25 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	7.63 for · 3.88 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	10.13 for · 16.63 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	8.88 for · 12.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.88 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.38 for · 3.13 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: César Soto Grado, Spain — 5.33 yellow cards a game, 0.44 red cards, 22.56 fouls over 9 matches (2.44 to the home side, 2.89 to the away side).

Home 2.44Away 2.89

Real Madrid

Real Madrid — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Franco Mastantuono n 8	56.8	2.8 7/5	3.4 7/6	—
Eduardo Camavinga n 8	31.4	1.8 3/1	3.6 5/3	Fermín
A. Güler n 8	66.1	1.4 6/2	2.6 8/3	Fermín
Brahim Díaz n 8	41.4	1.4 3/1	3 4/3	—
Raúl Asencio n 8	60.9	1.3 5/2	1.3 4/2	—

Real Madrid — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Kylian Mbappé n 8	86	4.8 8/7	3.1 8/7
Franco Mastantuono n 8	56.8	3 6/4	1.2 4/1
Vinícius Júnior n 8	74.4	2.7 6/6	1.5 4/2
Rodrygo n 8	35.1	2.6 4/2	1.6 3/1
J. Bellingham n 8	45.8	2 5/3	1.5 4/2

Real Madrid — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Kylian Mbappé n 8	86	1.3 7/2	0.3 2/0
A. Güler n 8	66.1	0.3 2/0	1 5/1
Vinícius Júnior n 8	74.4	0.6 3/1	0.5 3/0
Rodrygo n 8	35.1	0.6 1/1	0.3 1/0
Gonzalo García n 8	15.9	0 0/0	0.7 1/0

Real Madrid — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Eduardo Camavinga n 8	31.4	3.9 5/3
Dani Ceballos n 8	44.5	3.8 6/4
J. Bellingham n 8	45.8	3.4 7/3
Fran García n 8	71.8	2.8 6/5
Trent Alexander-Arnold n 8	50.4	2.5 5/3

Real Madrid — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Thibaut Courtois n 8	90	1.8 3/2

Barcelona

Barcelona — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Fermín n 8	63.4	2.7 7/5	0.7 1/1	A. Güler
Eric García n 8	64	1.6 5/3	0.9 3/2	—
Marc Bernal n 7	39.3	1.6 3/2	1 2/1	—
Marc Casadó n 8	44.5	1.3 4/1	1.5 4/1	—
R. Araújo n 8	55	1.2 4/2	0.2 1/0	—

Barcelona — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Lamine Yamal n 8	79.5	3.5 7/7	1.6 6/4
R. Lewandowski n 8	61.9	3.3 7/6	1.8 6/3
Fermín n 8	63.4	3.2 6/4	1.8 3/3
M. Rashford n 8	71.6	3 6/5	1.7 5/5
Raphinha n 8	63.1	2.9 8/4	1.1 5/1

Barcelona — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Lamine Yamal n 8	79.5	0.4 3/0	0.7 5/0
Fermín n 8	63.4	0.9 2/2	0.2 1/0
M. Rashford n 8	71.6	0.5 2/1	0.5 3/0
R. Lewandowski n 8	61.9	0.9 4/1	0 0/0
Raphinha n 8	63.1	0.4 1/1	0.4 2/0

Barcelona — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Marc Bernal n 7	39.3	2.9 4/2
Pau Cubarsí Paredes n 8	87.4	2.7 8/6
Eric García n 8	64	2.3 7/4
Fermín n 8	63.4	2.3 7/3
Marc Casadó n 8	44.5	2.3 4/2

Barcelona — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 22 October 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Joan García n 8	90	2.9 6/4
W. Szczęsny n 8	93.8	2 4/3

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Real Madrid		Barcelona
32%	Possession	68%
3.63	Expected goals (xG)	1.03
23	Shots	15
10	Shots on target	6
6	Shots off target	5
7	Blocked shots	4
17	Shots inside the box	6
12	Corners	4
5	Offsides	2
12	Fouls	9
5	Yellow cards	5
1	Red cards	1
4	Saves	9
275	Passes	640
81%	Pass accuracy	90%

Real Madrid player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Thibaut Courtois	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
Éder Militão	90	0	1	2	0	1	4	Y	8.3
Dean Huijsen	90	0	0	1	1	0	2	Y	7.2
Álvaro Fernández	90	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6.5
A. Tchouaméni	90	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	7.7
Eduardo Camavinga	90	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	7.3
J. Bellingham	89	1	1	3	3	1	3	0	7.2
Kylian Mbappé	89	1	0	4	3	4	0	0	7.2
F. Valverde	72	0	0	1	0	1	3	Y	6.7
Vinícius Júnior	72	0	0	2	1	1	1	Y	7.2
A. Güler	66	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	6.6
Brahim Díaz sub	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Dani Carvajal sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
Rodrygo sub	18	0	0	2	2	0	0	Y	6.3
Gonzalo García sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Dani Ceballos sub	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.2

Barcelona player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
W. Szczęsny	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.7
J. Koundé	90	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	5.9
F. de Jong	90	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	6.9
Pedri	90	0	0	0	0	3	7	RY	6.6
Lamine Yamal	90	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	6.9
Fermín	90	1	0	4	4	0	0	Y	7.3
M. Rashford	90	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	6.9
Alejandro Balde	89	0	0	0	0	1	2	Y	6.2
Pau Cubarsí Paredes	83	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.2
Eric García	74	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.3
Ferran Torres	74	0	0	2	2	1	0	Y	6
R. Bardghji sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
R. Araújo sub	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
Marc Casadó sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Gerard Martín sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Real Madrid v Barcelona — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Real MadridLWWWW

Last 5: 4W 0D 1L · 2.4 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

BarcelonaWLLWW

Last 5: 3W 0D 2L · 2.4 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Real Madrid 2 · 0 draws · Barcelona 4 · 5.5 goals/game

2025-05-11 Barcelona 4–3 Real Madrid
2025-04-26 Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid
2025-01-12 Real Madrid 2–5 Barcelona
2024-10-26 Real Madrid 0–4 Barcelona
2024-04-21 Real Madrid 3–2 Barcelona
2024-01-14 Real Madrid 4–1 Barcelona

League standing · 2025/26

Real Madrid#2 pos86 pts38 pl+42 GD

Barcelona#1 pos94 pts38 pl+59 GD

Goals per game

Real Madrid scored2.03

Barcelona scored2.5

Real Madrid conceded0.92

Barcelona conceded0.95

Shot map and expected goals

Real Madrid 3.41 xG from 23 shots, Barcelona 1.12 from 15. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

Real Madrid (attacking right)Barcelona (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Real Madrid	23	2	3.41
Barcelona	15	1	1.12

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What is the head-to-head record between Real Madrid and Barcelona?: In their last 6 meetings, Real Madrid won 2, Barcelona won 4 and there were 0 draws, averaging 5.5 goals per game.
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