Real Madrid have a chance to double their lead... although the offside flag ges up. It would not have counted if Vinicius Jr had scored.

Ansu Fati, one of Barcelona's three teenagers, races onto a long ball forward but Thibaut Courtois is off his line to grab the ball.

No real pattern yet. Real Madrid are edging possession but nothing resembling a chance yet.

Barcelona's front four (if we can call it that) contains two 17-year-olds and Philippe Coutinho, whose time at the club seemed to be over.

We are under way.

Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman: "It's a different game to the rest. You always feel more pressure, but I've been in football for many years. I'm used to dealing with this pressure.

"The game will be strange, as when you play at home in these kinds of games the fans are almost an extra man.

"Real Madrid possibly haven't been at their best level in previous games, but that doesn't mean that they will come here with low morale.

"Real Madrid are an experienced side and have the quality required to win the game."

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: "We know what we're going to encounter, an empty stadium, but it's the same for every team.

"It's a different Clasico, but it's still a Clasico and it's always special. It's important for us to start the game well."A Clasico is a Clasico, with two good teams going head to head. It'll be a good match despite the situation and the empty stadium. We want to turn things around and and that is what we are going to do by playing our game."

A few former La Liga players have had their say on today's game.

Diego Forlan: "Barca have Fati and Messi, it’s still a good team. Kroos and Valverde are playing very well so it should be fairly evenly matched game."

Luis Garcia: "As always we’re all expecting a lot from Lionel Messi, it might take him a little while to adjust and get into the game but he often produces something special and I’m sure that will happen in this El Clasico."

Robert Pires: "Antoine Griezmann plays differently for Barcelona than when he plays for the French team. When he plays for France he is very good, he has a good degree of freedom and responsibility but playing for Barcelona it’s not the same."

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Want to know more about Barca starters Pedri, Sergino Dest and Ansu Fati? Check out Andy West's article on Barcelona's youngsters here.

Defender Gerard Pique has criticised Barcelona for their handling of Lionel Messi's contract situation.

Forward Messi requested a transfer this summer, believing he could leave for free according to a clause in his deal.

The club's all-time leading scorer ultimately opted to stay, partly to avoid a potential court case.

"We should preserve our figureheads, not underappreciate them," Pique told La Vanguardia newspaper.

"It's all too confrontational. What's going on? Messi deserves everything; the new stadium should be named after him first and then the sponsor.

"I ask myself: How can it be that the best-ever player to have played the game, who we have been lucky enough to enjoy, wakes up one day and sends a Burofax (recorded delivery mail) because he feels like he's not being listened to?"

Barcelona make three changes from their midweek Champions League game, with five for Real Madrid.

Jordi Alba is back from injury - replacing Sergio Busquets - and Sergio Busquets takes the place of Miralem Pjanic. Pedri, 17, gets the nod instead of Antoine Griezmann.

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Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Toni Kroos, Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr all come into the Real Madrid XI.

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Both sides suffered surprise 1-0 La Liga defeats last Saturday. Real Madrid host at home to Cadiz and Barcelona fell at Getafe.

Barca beat Ferencavaros 5-1 in the Champions League in midweek, but Real lost 3-2 to Shakhtar Donetsk for a second consecutive loss.

There may be no fans, no presence on mainstream UK TV, no 'MSN' or 'BBC' and both sides lost last weekend...

But El Clasico is still the greatest fixture in club football. Welcome to live text commentary of today's game between Barcelona and Real Madrid.