Vinicius Jr will miss Real Madrid’s first Clasico of the season against Barcelona after the Spanish Football Federation’s disciplinary committee handed the Brazil forward a four-match suspension on Wednesday.

The attacker was sent off for pulling the hair of Nathan Saliba after coming off the bench during Saturday's 1-0 win over Villarreal.

The committee handed down a two-match ban for the red card and added a further two games for his protests to the referee, according to the disciplinary report from the eighth round of LaLiga fixtures.

The suspension rules Vinicius out of league matches against Sevilla, Barcelona, Racing Santander and Valencia, leaving coach Jose Mourinho without one of his most heavily used forwards for the trip to Camp Nou.

Vinicius has started all but one of Real’s matches this season.

Following the incident, he used social media to apologise to his teammates and Real Madrid fans.

The Clasico takes place on 25 October, with Real travelling to .eague leaders Barcelona

Six points currently separate the teams in the table.