Barça are going into the cup clásico unbeaten in the competition, while Real Madrid have won four, drawn one and lost one game so far
Villa is the top Barça scorer (5) while Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema (4) lead the way for the all-whites
Real Madrid and Barça are about to meet in the semi finals of the Copa del Rey. To get here, the former have had to get past Alcoyano, Celta and Valencia, having won four, drawn one and lost one. Barça have knocked out Alavés, Cordoba and Malaga, with 5 wins and a draw. Real Madrid have yet to concede a goal at the Bernabéu. Barça have scored five headers in the tournament. The following is a review of the respective teams’ stats so far in the Spanish KO competition.
| BARÇA | MADRID | |
| Matches | 6 | 6 |
| Goals for | 19 (3,2) | 15 (2,5) |
| Goals against | 5 (0,8) | 4 (0,7) |
| Shots | 100 (16,7) | 84 (14) |
| Shots at home | 52 (17,3) | 56 (18,6) |
| Shots away | 48 (16) | 28 (9,3) |
| Shots from set pieces | 10 (1,7) | 14 (2,3) |
| Shots received from set pieces | 7 (1,2) | 24 (4) |
| Converted onto woodwork | 3 | 1 |
| Converted onto woodwork | 78 (13) | 91 (15,2) |
| Crosses converted | 5 (0,8) | 0 |
| Crosses against | 7 (12,8) | 145 (24,2) |
| Crosses against converted | 2 (0,3) | 1 (0,2) |
| Fouls commited | 56 (9,3) | 83 (13,8) |
| Fouls received | 78 (13) | 100 (16,7) |
| Yellow cards | 10 (1,7) | 18 (3) |
| Red cards | 0 | 3 (0,5) |
| Minutes of possession | 222 (37) | 147 (24,5) |
| Short goals kick | 24 (4) | 8 (1,3) |
| Long goals kick | 7 (1,2) | 49 (8,2) |
PLAYERS
– Mascherano and Pinto are the only Barça players to have played every FCB cup game so far. Modric and Benzema are Madrid’s ever-presents, although Carvalho has played more minutes than either of them.
– David Villa is Barça’s top scorer with 5 goals, followed by Messi (4). Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema have four each for Real Madrid.
– Barça’s busiest striker has been Messi (18 shots in three games), followed by Villa (16) and Alexis (15). Cristiano Ronaldo is the runaway Madrid leader in this category (27 in four games) followed by Benzema (10).
– Mascherano and Cesc are both one yellow away from suspension. Cristiano Ronaldo is in the same situation, while Coentrao and Ramos are suspended following sendings off.
*Data provided by GECAsport