Supercopa de Espana 2017 Last six champions haven't won LaLiga

In the world of football nobody wants to lose and that is even more the case when it comes to El Clasico.

However, in the Supercopa de Espana maybe Barcelona and Real Madrid will both view defeat as being far from the worst thing in the world.

That is because in the past six years the tournament has carried something of a curse, given that the team which has won it has come up short in LaLiga the following season.

The last time a Supercopa winner went on to win LaLiga was Barcelona in the 2010/11 campaign and since then there have been various other winners - who then failed in the league.

In 2011/12, the Blaugrana retained their Supercopa title, but Los Blancos gained revenge in LaLiga by breaking the 100-point barrier.

The following year it was Real who were Supercopa victors, but they then saw their great rivals reach 100 points en route to the league championship.

A season later, Barcelona won the season's curtain raiser against Atletico Madrid, who went on to become that campaign's surprise league champions.

They kept their good form going by winning the 2014/15 edition of the Supercopa, but fell to Barcelona in the title race.

Athletic Club then won a the 2015 Supercopa, which is still remembered fondly in Bilbao, although Luis Enrique's side had the last laugh in the title race.

Last summer's Supercopa was claimed by the Camp Nou outfit, but they couldn't keep their success going in LaLiga as Real went on to get their hands on the trophy again.

Ernesto Valverde and Zinedine Zidane face up to the competition looking to add some silverware to the cabinet, but they also do so in the knowledge that it may not be the worst thing if they fail to come out on top.