Match preview
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will square off in this season’s maiden Madrid derby at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday night.
Atletico Madrid will look to bounce back from their midweek Champions League loss to Bayer Leverkusen while Real Madrid will want to solidify their La Liga table lead.
Atletico’s hopes are a little bit slashed with Gimenez, Savic, Reguilon, Lemar, and Oblak all expected to miss out for the home team due to injuries. Diego Simeone will be hoping his team draws inspiration from the history of the fixture and what it means for the fans on the day.
Meanwhile, despite the absence of Karim Benzema, Los Blancos were able to defeat Mallorca 4-1 last weekend and in the midweek defeated RB Leipzig 2-0.
The French striker is still out injured for this fixture but Carlo Ancellotti will be counting on replacements like Rodrygo and Eden Hazard to step up.
Also, Lucas Vazquez and Eder Militao look likely to miss out with slight knocks.
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid H2H
Atletico Madrid  | 1 – 0 |  Real Madrid |
Real Madrid  | 2 – 0 |  Atletico Madrid |
Atletico Madrid  | 1 – 1 |  Real Madrid |
Real Madrid  | 2 – 0 |  Atletico Madrid |
Real Madrid  | 1 – 0 |  Atletico Madrid |
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid form guide
Atletico Madrid’s last 5 games – WDWWL
Bayer Leverkusen  | 2 – 0 |  Atletico Madrid |
Atletico Madrid  | 4 – 1 |  Celta Vigo |
Atletico Madrid  | 2 – 1 |  FC Porto |
Real Sociedad  | 1 – 1 |  Atletico Madrid |
Valencia  | 0 – 1 |  Atletico Madrid |
Real Madrid’s last 5 games – WWWWW
 Real Madrid | 2 – 0 |  RB Leipzig |
 Real Madrid | 4 – 1 |  Mallorca |
 Celtic | 0 – 3 |  Real Madrid |
 Real Madrid | 2 – 1 |  Real Betis |
 Espanyol | 1 – 3 |  Real Madrid |
Key facts
- Out of 43 previous meetings, Atlético Madrid have won 10 matches while Real Madrid won 19. The remaining 14 matches ended in a draw.
- Atlético Madrid is in good home form while Real Madrid are performing excellently away.
- Previous matches between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid have averaged 2.63 goals while BTTS has happened 51% of the time
- So far this season in the La Liga, Atlético Madrid have averaged 2.25 Points Per Game at home matches and Real Madrid 3 Points Per Game at away matches.
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid prediction
Considering the fact that Real Madrid has won their last 12 matches in all competitions, we go with the following pickings:
- REAL MADRID TO WIN @ 2.45
- DRAW NO BET – REAL MADRID @ 1.71
- 1ST HALF – AWAY TEAM – OVER 1.5 @ 6.95
