The first Clasico of the 2021-22 season will take place in Barcelona on Friday. Adding flavor to a consistently hot undertaking is the way that the two groups come in attached for the first spot of the standings in quite a while with 11-2 records.

Barcelona is enjoying some real success in the wake of beating Anadolu Efes Istanbul out and about last week for its fifth sequential triumph. Sertac Sanli came through with a profession-high 24 points for the Spanish champs.

Barcelona has important injury concerns. Alongside Alex Abrines who is out for the last two months, Barca has to play the next games without Calathes and Higgins. The Greek point guard, expert in assists is injured and he will be back at the end of the year.

Besides, the sharp-shooter Higgins is also out the last two weeks but he will be back sooner than Calathes. In the Spanish league, Barca suffered an unexpected loss at home, from Baskona, 91-78. They were not concentrated and they underestimate their opponents.

Real Madrid endures a harsh test to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv by 2 points in Round 13 for its 6th successive triumph. Guerschon Yabusele scored 15 points, including the game-victor, to lift Los Blancos. Real is in 4-2 away record and it is impressive how they can handle the absences of Randolph and Tompkins.

Laso's team is at the top of the standings alongside Barca, so if they beat their rivals tonight, they will be alone at the top of the table at the end of the day. Hanga and Heurtel return to Barcelona as opponents and it is interesting how the crowd will "welcome" them.

In the Spanish League, Real beat Zaragoza away 86-65. In this game, the captain Sergio Llull lead the scoring having 17, while Heurtel added 13. That was the 11th consecutive win for Real, which is in great form the last two months.

Randolph was on the floor for the first time after many months. The American forward scored 7 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 12 minutes. When he will be back in full rhythm he will be a great help for Laso. Tompkins is the only injury problem for Real.

The two teams have faced each other in 28 Euroleague games. Real Madrid has 14 wins, while Barca has also won 14 times.

Let's take a look at main and special odds markets offered at bet365 website :

• FullTime Result: 1.71 (Barcelona) - 2.10(Real Madrid)
• Over/Under 151.5 points : 1.90 (Over) - 1.90 (Under)
• Race to 20 points: 1.71 (Barcelona) - 2.00 (Real Madrid)

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Mirotic vs Yabusele

FC Barcelona's star forward Nikola Mirotic leads the Euroleague in index rating with 20.8 per game. He additionally is the first scorer (16.5 ppg.) and rebounder (5.5 rpg.) of Barca. He will have an intriguing matchup at power forward this week against Guerschon Yabusele, who is Real's top scorer with 12.5 points per game. Yabusele has come up enormous with grip exhibitions in most of the games this season, including last week, and like Mirotic, he has the solidarity to have an effect in the paint.