Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have headlined El Clasico, world football’s biggest match, for the better part of a decade. But with both superstars absent from Sunday’s blockbuster, LiveScore reveals just how influential the pair have been for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

London, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/25/2018 -- Sunday's El Clasico will mark the first time since 2007 that neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will feature in football's biggest club match, and data analysed by LiveScore has proven just how influential the two superstars have been in the marquee fixture.

Ronaldo's £99 million summer transfer from Real Madrid to Italian giants Juventus brought an end to his direct rivalry with Barcelona superstar Messi. The duo went head-to-head while playing for Spain's biggest clubs for nine years following Ronaldo's arrival from Manchester United in the summer of 2009.

But with Ronaldo no longer at the Bernabeu, and Messi out injured after suffering an arm fracture last week in a match against Sevilla, new faces will have to step up to fill the titanic voids of the two superstars who have each won the Ballon d'Or on five occasions.

Analysis conducted using LiveScore data reveals just how dominant Ronaldo and Messi have been in the Real Madrid versus Barcelona fixture over the past decade. Since Los Blancos signed the Portuguese, Ronaldo has scored an astonishing 38.3% of Real Madrid's Clasico goals across 32 matches in all competitions.

Messi, despite playing alongside prolific scorers including Thierry Henry, David Villa and Luis Suarez, is not far behind his counterpart, scoring 33.9% of Barcelona's total goals in the same time period.

In further proof of their importance to their sides during this time, the influence of Ronaldo and Messi increased in away matches, according to data collected by LiveScore.

When playing at Real Madrid's famed Santiago Bernabeu, Lionel Messi contributed 43.3% of Barcelona's goals, while Ronaldo returned the favour at Camp Nou, registering a staggering 48.2% of the Galacticos' away strikes.

Messi boasts a win advantage over his rival, with 14 wins to Ronaldo's 10 in El Clasico ties since the Portuguese arrived, and if you were to remove each player's goals from the equation, the Argentine continues to shine brightest. Taking the pair's goals out of the fixture since 2009 would see the Blaugrana's win tally drop from 14 wins to 11 - suggesting Barcelona's reliance on Messi is greater than Real Madrid's on Ronaldo.

You can follow the latest instalment of El Clasico live on LiveScore, the world's largest football live score service with over 40 million monthly users. Fans can keep track of the match with live commentary and push notification alerts for goals, half-time and full-time results.

LiveScore CEO Derren Maggs says El Clasico is one of the most followed sporting events on the platform each year and a hugely exciting time for football fans.

"Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two biggest teams in world football and their intense matches draw the attentions of hundreds of millions of people across the globe. We're expecting more of the same this year – even without the injured Messi and the departed Ronaldo," he said.

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London, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/23/2018 -- Data from this weekend's matches shows Cristiano Ronaldo's shock move to Juventus has heightened interest in the Italian champions while condemning his former side Real Madrid to audiences associated with mid-table Premier League sides.

According to LiveScore, the world's leading score update service with over 35 million monthly users, more people checked in on Ronaldo's Serie A debut against Chievo Verona than any other game over the weekend. This gave the match top billing, just ahead of the London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal.

Ronaldo's Serie A bow ended in a win as the Bianconeri scored late on to clinch a 3-2 victory, while his former side Real Madrid also picked up three points in their opening league match of the season.

However, the Ronaldo effect sent shockwaves through his former club, as the Champions League winners not only played in front of a 10-year record-low crowd (48,466 attended the Bernabeu, which has a capacity of 81,044), but their match was only the 13th most interacted with game on LiveScore, below even Cardiff vs Newcastle and West Ham vs Bournemouth.

Real Madrid drew just 20% of the engagement Juve experienced, a brutal reminder of the Portuguese's appeal.

Manchester United's stunning 3-2 loss to Brighton was the third most engaged with game on LiveScore, followed by Manchester City's 6-1 pummelling of Huddersfield and PSG's Kylian Mbappe-inspired comeback victory over Guingamp.

"We were stunned to see a Serie A game involving Chievo Verona outperform a London derby and both Manchester sides, but it again lends to how important star power has become in football," LiveScore Chief Commercial Officer Derren Maggs said.

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Analysis of LiveScore’s dedicated app for World Cup 2018, which had more than 2 million users from across the world, shows football fans in Germany continued to enjoy the tournament even after their own team’s exit, while England supporters couldn’t bear any more after their team’s departure.

London, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/03/2018 -- Their team might have been dumped out of the tournament at the first opportunity, but fans of the German national team still enjoyed the thrills and spills of the World Cup knock-out rounds, according to data from LiveScore.

As defending champions, Joachim Loew's side were expected to be major threats in the tournament. However, much to the dismay of the watching nation, a shock loss to South Korea led to Die Mannschaft's departure at the end of the group stages.

Yet in researching behaviours of supporters of the top-12 FIFA-ranked teams appearing at World Cup 2018, LiveScore found Germans to be the best sports, continuing to follow the competition even after their country was knocked out in the group stages. Poland were narrowly behind them, also staying glued to the World Cup despite their early exit.

Unsurprisingly, England and Belgium fans lost interest in the World Cup following their respective semi-final departures, with the final holding far less appeal for supporters presumably still getting over the heartbreak of being sent home.

Other findings from the analysis include the fact that fans of tournament runners-up Croatia were particularly focused on their team, tuning in significantly less when their side weren't playing during the fixture-heavy group stages. Fans of Switzerland and France also fixed their attention on their own teams at the expense of others when the games were coming thick and fast.

LiveScore's dedicated World Cup application was used by more than 2 million fans. Engagement with the service peaked on Wednesday 27th June, the day Germany had their dreams shattered by a defiant South Korea. Football fans also flocked to the app on the 25th and 26th of June as multiple teams vied for a place in the knock-out rounds.

Features included live commentary, a real-time ball tracker and Push notification alerts for goals, bookings, free kicks and corners. Users could also read news and watch viral and informative videos straight out of each nation's camp.

Derren Maggs, LiveScore's Chief Operating Officer, says the initiative was an "outstanding success" and a real step forward for the service and its user-oriented emphasis.

"With over 2 million downloads, more than 350 million screenviews throughout the tournament and a dedicated userbase across the world, we're delighted with the performance of our dedicated World Cup app and the insight it delivers," he commented.

"We are always searching for better ways to engage with our audience and I'm pleased the new features we added for the tournament were so well received. We will be looking to bring even more unique and innovative elements to our main LiveScore app in the near future."

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