SaintMusty: I think Real Madrid has a better advantage here, being at home and also wearing the white jersey.

Luis Suarez joins the offside club now down the Barcelona left wing. He felt he was being kept onside by Sergio Ramos, had a moan at the referee and was fairly close to getting a booking. Think that was a final warning.

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Plenty of whistles for Gerard Pique from Real Madrid's fans. His support for the Catalan independence referendum as popular in this part of Spain as ever...

It's all Real Madrid so far. Cristiano Ronaldo is heavily involved, with a couple of crosses being cleared as well as the disallowed goal.

Ball lands to Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvjal, who fancies a shot. Maybe 35 yards from goal. Can't fault the ambition but the application wasn't great and it's a weak shot which rolls through to Barca's keeper.

Adam Storer: Looking at the line-ups, this could go down to subs. Both teams have strong and weak points in starting XIs but Real have attacking threat off the bench in Isco, Bale, Asensio and Lucas whereas Barca only have Denis Suarez if it goes sideways

Mike Crew: Will El Clasico be as eventful as Arsenal v Liverpool?

Capital R: Goals, drama, diving, technique, cheating and a touch of class is El Clasico summed up

Cristiano Ronaldo has the ball in the net as he heads home from Casemiro's flick-on...

but he was offside and it's rightly ruled out.

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Early corner to Real Madrid as Dani Carvajal's cross is blocked. The referee is chatting to Gerard Pique now. A lot of really bright sunshine near that goal and shade elsewhere. Marc-Andre ter Stegen will be roasting.

Let's go.

Real captain Sergio Ramos lifts up the Club World Cup just before kick-off. A great atmosphere at the Bernabeu.

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Lionel Messi is the top scorer in El Clasico history in all competitions (24 goals), in La Liga (16) and at the Bernabeu (14)

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 17 goals against Barcelona since he joined Real Madrid and could equal Alfredo di Stefano as the all-time top Real Madrid scorer in El Clasico history (18)

Kolade Ibrahim: Apart from the rivalry, the fact that home advantage or form hardly counts in El Clasico is why it's such a spectacle.

The players are in the tunnel. Almost time to go. Excited? Ready for El Clasicnoel? Does that work? No, no it doesn't.

Julien Laurens
French football expert on BBC Radio 5 live

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I’m a big fan of Karim Benzema. I think he’s great because he makes this team play so well and he makes Cristiano Ronaldo be so good.

He makes the rest of the team so good because of the way he plays. A bit like Roberto Firmino at Liverpool.

If you want an out-and-out striker who will stay in the box and score 45 goals a season, that’s not him.

But if you get that player, Ronaldo won’t be the Ronaldo he’s been for the last few years. It depends what you want.

If you want Robert Lewandowski, you can go out and buy him and he will get you goals. It doesn’t mean you’ll win more titles than with Benzema, who makes players around him better. And I’m not sure you can have both – someone who scores 40 and can play with the rest.

Oh oh...

Barcelona midfielder Paulinho, whose signing was largely ridiculed, has scored six La Liga goals this season - Cristiano Ronaldo has four, and Karim Benzema two

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The sports papers in Spain, unsurprisingly, going with Christmas themes.

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Hardeep: I'm a classic(o) football type in Jakarta and grateful Europe has finally discovered how much love, respect (+ funding) Asia has for the game.

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If Madrid score a goal today, it will be their 400th in El Clasico. Barcelona need another 16 to reach that landmark. Although with Lionel Messi, not sure we can rule it out...