Perhaps Ancelotti will give some players a rest, but I don’t think that Real will play today mainly with players from the bench, because the El Classico for La Liga is also a very important event that Ancelotti cannot neglect. In addition, if you give this game to Barcelona, they will be 5 points closer to Real, which is not critical, but why allow this if you can beat Barcelona today and get closer to the championship.
Because this is an El Classico match, there is no reason not to field the main squad. Ancelotti realizes that the match is not an ordinary match and will continue to involve their respective statuses. Likewise, Barcelona has no other targets in European competition, so this is the only match they have to maximize. Plus, if Barcelona is able to get 3 points then they are very open to continuing to chase Real Madrid. There is nothing impossible as long as they have matches remaining, Barcelona is definitely waiting for Madrid to slip up and lose one match and today is the opportunity. With 7 matches remaining, many unexpected situations can still occur, Madrid cannot feel comfortable at the top of the standings just because they are leading on points.
The Elclasico match is definitely an exciting match and I also predict that Ancelotti will definitely make a good strategy to give Barcelona his best fight, but Xavi will also definitely make a good strategy. So I also think Ancelotti and Xavi definitely have great potential to field the main squad. Yes, of course, with the remaining 7 matches remaining, of course there is still a chance for Barcelona to become champions like last season and Ancelotti will definitely be careful even though currently Madrid is ahead of Barcelona in points.
Yes, Barcelona will definitely be more serious in Laliga and of course if Barcelona, for example, is 3 points ahead of Madrid, it will certainly make Barcelona even more enthusiastic, but in my opinion Barcelona will have difficulty becoming champions again.
Yes, Madrid certainly has a lot of busyness, including in Laliga and the Champions League, of course Ancelotti must really be able to make Madrid's performance consistently good.
Yes, of course Madrid is not 100% sure that they can become Laliga champions, but I estimate that Madrid has great potential to become Laliga champions this season. Of course, the El Clasico match is only a few hours away and I'm willing to bet that Real Madrid will win.