- Barca host Madrid on Wednesday, December 18.
- Eden Hazard and Marcelo are expected to miss the encounter due to respective injury problems.
Barcelona’s chances for a confident victory in the upcoming El Clasico may have been given a huge boost as Real Madrid duo of Eden Hazard and Marcelo is set to miss the encounter due to respective injury problems.
Hazard, who was forced off in the PSG draw last week, was expected to return in time but the club’s medical report on Thursday all but rules him out of the Barca clash.
“Following tests carried out on our player, Eden Hazard, by Real Madrid’s medical department, the development of the perimalleolar bruising in his right leg has seen him diagnosed with an incomplete external microfracture in the aforementioned area,” it reads.
Marcelo is out with a muscle injury. The left-back’s recovery expected to take up to a month.
“Following by tests carried out on our player, Marcelo, by the Real Madrid medical department, he has been diagnosed with a muscular injury in his left soleus,” the club’s report reads.
Barca will face Mallorca and Real Sociedad in the La Liga prior to Madrid’s visit to Camp Nou.
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