The biggest game in the European calendar this weekend takes place in the Spanish capital as a real and Atletico Madrid in a crucial struggle in the context of the La Liga title race.
Diego Simeone’s constantly developing atmosphere took command about the division before they were stunned in legans last month, but recovered quickly and discovered their bidders before the derby.
Visitors boast the most common defense of La Liga, but will continue to be extremely exciting in the future. They have achieved eleven times in their last three excursions and chase their first victory in Bernabeu since 2016. The victory for Atleti would see how they skip their Madrid rival on the summit and opened the race far.
Reals advantage at the top is only one point after they were beaten by Espanyol last weekend. Far more questions about Carlo Ancelotti’s team as Simeone’s introduction to the derby, and the league leaders were hardly convincing during the week when they passed Leganes in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. Atletico brought Gewafe to the sword the night earlier to also get into the semi -finals.
While the fight on Saturday does not decide the title La Liga, it will have a major impact on the dynamics at the summit of the division.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the important Madrid derby of this weekend.
Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid H2H Record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
real Madrid | Atletico Madrid |
|---|---|
Leganes 2-3 Real Madrid – 05/02/25 | Atletico Madrid 5-0 Getafe – 04/02/25 |
Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid – 01/02/25 | Atletico Madrid 2-0 Mallorca – 01/02/25 |
Brest 0-3 Real Madrid – 29/01/25 | RB Salzburg 1-4 Atletico Madrid – 29/01/25 |
Real Valladolid 0-3 Real Madrid – 26/01/25 | Atletico Madrid 1-1 Villarreal – 25/01/25 |
Real Madrid 5-1 RB Salzburg – 01/22/20 | Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen – 01/21/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Premier Sports Player, Laligatv, Premier Sports 2 |
United States | ESPN+, FUBOTV, ESPN APP, ESPN Deportes |
Canada | TSN+ |
Madrid has availability problems in defense and Ancelotti may have to roll out a back that he would never have considered to use a determination of this size. With Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba and Eder Militao, Aurelien Tchouameni is probably Raul Ascio in Center-Back.
Lucas Vazquez will continue to fill out for Dani Carvajal, while Ancelotti will choose between Ferland Mendy and Fran Garcia on the opposite flank.
The Italian could choose an additional beef in the middle of the park to provide a balance against an Atleti team that encounter excellent attacks. Jude Bellingham may have to play a more limited role and turn closer to the midfield.
Eduardo Camavavinga should be back in action.
Real Madrid predicted the line-up against Atletico (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Tchouameni, Ascio, Garcia; Valverde, Camavinga, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius.
Visitors are in much better form on the injury front, although the summer attack Robin Le Normand is hung for the derby. Clement Lenglet was strong, while Le Normand was on the road with a considerable head injury, and the Frenchman is expected to deactivate this weekend.
Thomas Lemar and Rodrigo Riquelme are Atleti’s only other expected absentee.
The Englishman Conor Gallagher enjoyed a run in the team and should start on Saturday, while Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann bloom to a majestic double team.
Atletico predicted the line-up against Real Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, de Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Alvarez, Griezmann.
It has been a while since Simeone monitored a victory on this ground, but Atletico has been prepared this weekend.
Madrid’s talent cannot be denied, and they will be in this title race until the last time. However, good teams find ways to ruthlessly uncover their different defects, and Atletico is built in such a way that they thrive against the pages of Madrid’s imbalance.
The best defense of the league could keep just enough to make a dominant performance of the visitors in the transition against a backline for injuries without structuring a noise in front of them.