The current Spanish champions travel to the Bernabeu on Sunday currently trailing La Liga leaders Los Blancos by four points with just 10 games remaining.

"Madrid are very difficult to stop on the counter," Alba told reporters.

"We need to be very well closed to that to avoid it because it is vital we win this match. With Pedro, Neymar or Alexis [Sanchez] we play more open and with Iniesta more closed.

"But it doesn't influence me if there are changes and I feel just as good playing with all of my teammates. There are no favourites in a Clasico. It is a precious match to play in, Madrid are a great team and this year they are at a great level. To win the league you have to win at the Bernabeu."

Barcelona were 2-1 winners in the reverse match at the Camp Nou earlier in the season.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
13	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14