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El Clásico

Barcelona have Real Madrid's Liga wins record in sight

Victory for Barcelona at Camp Nou on Wednesday will see them move above Real Madrid in the head-to-head standings in LaLiga for the first time.

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Barcelona have Real Madrid's Liga wins record in sight
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Barcelona could make history if they win Wednesday's Clásico at Camp Nou.

Spain's grandest clubs have met 178 times in LaLiga since 1929, with each side winning on 72 occasions.

If Ernesto Valverde's side claim all three points, they will be celebrating more than just a three-point gap at the top of the league table and bragging rights over their fiercest rivals: they will also overtake Madrid for league wins in El Clásico for the first time in history.

Such a moment would smart for Madrid, who trail 96-95 in the overall Clásico standings in all competitions - their defeat at home in March saw them fall behind Barça in the all-time stakes for the first time since 1931.

Given Madrid are enduring their worst run in terms of Clásico wins since Pep Guardiola was still in charge of Barça, they have every reason to be concerned...

Barcelona - Real Madrid: key stats 

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400 - Barcelona are one goal away from reaching 400 goals in El Clásico history in all competitions and just four goals away from equalling Real Madrid's total of 403.

- Madrid have gone six LaLiga meetings without winning against Barcelona (D2 L4), their worst such run in El Clásico since December 2011. In fact, their seven-game winless run ending in December 2011 was Madrid's worst ever such streak in El Clásico in LaLiga.

3 - Lionel Messi has failed to score or assist in his past three games against Real Madrid in all competitions. The Argentina star has never gone four consecutive appearances against them without scoring or assisting.

43 - Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has the chance to become the player with the most appearances in Clásico history (43), surpassing Manolo Sanchis, Francisco Gento and Xavi (42).

42 - Messi (41) could equal Xavi (42) for most appearances in El Clásico in all competitions by a Barcelona player.

10 - Luis Suárez, currently on nine goals, could become the third Barca player to reach 10 or more goals against Real Madrid in LaLiga history, after Lionel Messi (18) and César Rodriguez (12).

7 - Excluding Messi and Suárez, Antoine Griezmann has scored the most LaLiga goals against Madrid since the start of the 2010-11 season (seven in 18 games).

6 - Sergi Roberto has provided six assists in eight appearances against Madrid in LaLiga, with five of those assists resulting in Luis Suárez goals. They have combined for more LaLiga goals in El Clásico than any other duo in the 21st century (five).

7 - Ernesto Valverde could equal the longest unbeaten run of any Barcelona head coach in El Clásico in all competitions (W4 D2 L0), set by Pep Guardiola between April 2011 and January 2012 (W4 D3 L0).

4 - Zinedine Zidane is unbeaten in his four games as coach at Camp Nou in all competitions (W2 D2) and he could become the first Madrid boss to remain unbeaten in five away Clásicos.