Since Luis Suarez arrived at Camp Nou in the summer of 2014, every Clasico has centred around the performances of the BBC and the MSN front threes, but now that is no longer the case.
The acronyms for Real Madrid and Barcelona's attacking duos have led the way, whether it was with injuries, goals, performances or pure skill.
Saturday will be the first Clasico in LaLiga since Neymar broke the transfer market with a big money move to Paris, swapping the all-powerful Barcelona for the money of PSG.
The result was that Ousmane Dembele replaced him, but his injury has prevented there from being any kind of new trio up front.
Where Neymar was the 'N', a number of players have taken up that role under Ernesto Valverde, with Denis Suarez, Gerard Deulofeu, Paco Alcacer and Andre Gomes all having been trialled.
None of them have lived up to the quality of the Brazilian and despite impressive results, that has been clear in Barcelona's play.
It was the now-PSG man who was decisive in the 4-0 win in 2015/16 which ended Rafa Benitez's reign, with Lionel Messi on the bench, although Neymar did not feature in the 3-2 win when the No.10 scored the winner.
That was the only time during his spell in Spain in which he missed a LaLiga Clasico, and Saturday will be the first time the two sides meet in the league since he departed.
The likes of Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane and Marcelo have expressed their disappointment at losing a player of such quality, despite the clear threat that he posed to their defence.
BBC, always compared to MSN, were victorious in the Champions League on three occasions and have been key to the spine of one of the most dangerous attacks in Spanish footballing history.
However, Gareth Bale has just returned from an injury and, with only two substitute appearances in the Club World Cup, he is not expected to be risked from the start.
Casemiro, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Isco will remain in the midfield four, with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of them.
The Welshman will be kept to make a difference in the second half, with his power and speed bound to cause Barcelona problems late on.

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