Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has scored 26 goals in the 42 matches against Real Madrid with 15 at Santiago Bernabeu and 11 at Camp Nou.
Leo Messi is the most sharper attacker for Barcelona this Sunday at Santiago Bernabéu and the great threat to Real Madrid. The captain will arrive at the Classic after scoring four goals on the last La Liga match against Eibar (5-0) as a top scorer with 18 goals, five more than Karim Benzema.
However, beyond his scoring number in the current league campaign, Messi has a more outstanding stats when Barcelona play against Real Madrid, especially when the Classics are played at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Messi has played against Real Madrid for 42 times with 26 goals. An optimistic fact for Barça is that Leo is better at Santiago Bernabéu than Camp Nou in the Classics.
The forward has scored 15 goals at Santiago Bernabeu, four more than his 11 goals at Camp Nou.
Although he is doing very well, Messi has failed to opened his account in his last two visits to the Bernabéu, so he is eager to break his two-game goal drought.