Centre-back Pepe insists that Real Madrid do not fear Barcelona as both sides clash in El Clasico this Sunday.

Real travel to the Nou Camp hoping to win for just the third time in 25 tries but Pepe believes that Los Blancos will prevail this weekend.

"We are not afraid of anyone. We will go to Barcelona to play our game, to win. We shall show that we are able to win against Barca at Camp Nou," he told Marca.

"With the players we have we cannot go backwards, we must go for them, look them in the face."

The defender added that Los Merengues have to shackle Xavi and Andres Iniesta to have a chance of winning.

"We must be smart, be very focused. Iniesta and Xavi are very important, we must avoid letting them have time to think. They are vital to Barcelona," he added.