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El Clasico rearranged for December 18

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The game was originally due to take place on Saturday.
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The first El Clasico of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid has been rescheduled for December 18.

Barca were initially due to host their arch-rivals at the Nou Camp on Saturday, but the game was postponed by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) last week because of security issues in Catalonia.

Both clubs rejected a suggestion that the game could be played at Real's Bernabeu Stadium instead and offered December 18 as their preferred option.

Lionel Messi's Barcelona will take on Real Madrid in December (Nick Potts/PA)

A Spanish Football Federation statement read: "The competition committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation has agreed today to set December 18 as the date of the FC Barcelona v Real Madrid CF match... which was to be held on October 26 and was postponed due to exceptional causes.

"The decision of the competition committee has come after analysing in recent days the proposals of both clubs, which were invited to agree on a date and which have agreed on December 18 for the celebration of the postponed match."

The original fixture was postponed following mass protests in Barcelona after nine Catalan political leaders were given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.

Barca had urged the federation to allow the game to go ahead, saying it had "the utmost confidence in the civilised and pacifist attitude of its members and fans who always express themselves in exemplary fashion at Camp Nou".

The Catalan club confirmed the rearranged date in a statement on their official website.

It said: "We have a date for El Clasico. The Spanish Football Federation's competition committee has officially announced on Wednesday that the first game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid this season, originally scheduled for October 26, will now be taking place on Wednesday 18 December at Camp Nou, the date that FC Barcelona originally proposed a week ago."

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool98102171425
2Manchester CityMan City107123292322
3Leicester CityLeicester106222581720
4Chelsea106222014620
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6Crystal Palace9423810-214
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13Wolverhampton WanderersWolves92521212011
14Aston Villa103251516-111
15Manchester UnitedMan Utd9243109110
16Everton103161016-610
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