FC Barcelona have enjoyed a lot of recent success in El Clasico, but Madrid have a recent Camp Nou victory to their name, having recorded a 2-1 success in April 2016.In all, Wednesday will bring their 239th competitive match. Madrid lead the head-to-head 95 wins to Barcelona’s 93, with the remaining 50 games finishing level.
Los Blancos have enjoyed incredible European success in recent years, but domestic trophies have been harder to find. As mentioned, they have not won the Copa del Rey since 2014 and have actually only triumphed in the competition on two occasions since 1993, which does seem incredible for a team of their ilk.Confidence has returned in recent weeks, however, and they have also managed to recover a number of key players from injury. Madrid will be looking forward to visiting Barcelona on Wednesday night, which would not have been the case in the early stages of 2019 when they were struggling for results.
In terms of progression to the semi-finals, Solari’s side have overcome Melilla, Leganes and Girona. They scored seven times against Girona in the quarter-finals and will be eyeing a final against either Real Betis or Valencia.Nothing will be won on Wednesday night, but Madrid would fancy their chances of finishing the job in the second leg on home soil if they manage to pick up a positive result at Camp Nou.After a strong run of recent form, it would be fair to say that the clash in Catalonia will give a good indication of how far the European champions have come in the last few weeks.