Real Madrid visit Barcelona knowing only a win will do. 1-0 down from the first leg, Real Madrid will look to overturn the deficit at Camp Nou in order to reach the Copa del Rey final.
An Eder Militao own goal in the first leg is what separates the two sides currently, but Barcelona will have more confidence heading into the game after the pair recently met in La Liga. Indeed, a 2-1 win on March 19, two weeks after the Copa del Rey first leg, ensured the Blaugrana extended their lead in the table to 12 points.
Franck Kessie scored the winner in the second minute of stoppage time to hand Barca the win, with a Sergi Roberto strike cancelling out the opening goal of the game from Real Madrid.
The winner will face Osasuna in the final on May 6 at Estadio de La Cartuja, after the Pamplona side beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on aggregate.
Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.
Team news
Ousmane Dembele, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Andreas Christensen are all set to miss the clash with Real Madrid, with Dembele and Pedri long-term misses for Xavi's side.
Only Ferland Mendy is unavailable for Real Madrid, having been out with a muscular injury since January.
Form
Barcelona: WWWWW
Real Madrid: WLWWD
Referee
Juan Martinez Munuera is the referee for Barcelona vs Real Madrid.
Stadium
Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be played at Camp Nou in Barcelona.
In the US, kick-off time is 4pm ET / 1pm PT. The match will be shown onParamount+ in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch El Classico from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for the Copa del Rey fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
