La Liga president Javier Tebas confirmed on Monday that the first El Clasico of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be played on 23 December at 1:00pm local time.

The clash was expected to take place on 20 December as part of a full midweek round of fixtures before Spain's winter break.

However, given Real could feature in the Club World Cup final in Japan on 17 December, the European champions have been given extra recovery time.