SPORTLa Liga confirms date, time of El Clasico

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La Liga confirms date, time of El Clasico

La Liga president, Javier Tebas, has confirmed that the next El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, will take place at Santiago Bernabeu on December 23 at 13:00 CET.

The fixture had been provisionally scheduled for December 20, but Tebas has told Onda Cero, that the game would now take place three days later.Barcelona currently lead La Liga after three games, following a perfect start to the campaign, which saw Ernesto Valverde’s team score nine and concede no goals.

Madrid are already four points adrift of their rivals, sitting in seventh on five points, after failing to beat both Valencia and Levante at home.

The two sides have met 174 times in La Liga, with Real Madrid winning 72 Clasicos to Barcelona’s 69.