Overview
- Matchday 10 kicks off at 16:15 CET on 26 October at the Santiago Bernabéu, with Real Madrid on 24 points and Barcelona on 22 after nine rounds.
- Viewing is widely distributed: ESPN with streaming on Disney+ in much of Latin America, DAZN/Movistar/LaLiga TV in Spain, and Sky Sports in Mexico.
- Real Madrid face a thinned back line with injuries to Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Dean Huijsen, and Dani Ceballos also out.
- Pre-match discourse intensified after Lamine Yamal implied Real Madrid benefit from wrongdoing during a chat with Ibai Llanos, drawing a sharp rebuke from TV pundit Edu Aguirre.
- Coverage frames a generational duel featuring Kylian Mbappé's scoring form and the first clásico league meeting between 18-year-olds Franco Mastantuono and Lamine Yamal.