Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid – La Liga – Preview

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Sreya

Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid – Atletico Madrid hosts Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano on 18th November, Saturday in the latest incarnation of the infamous Madrid derby for the La Liga.

Neither club has made promising starts to their league campaigns and have struggled to win easy fixtures, even stumbling through their UEFA Champions League matches.

Defending champions Real Madrid are placed third in league standings while Atletico Madrid are fourth, although both clubs have twenty-three points after eleven games.

Team News

Atletico Madrid have a relatively healthy squad with Diego Costa being the only unavailable player. Real Madrid will be without the injured Gareth Bale, Luca Zidane and Daniel Carvajal.

Atletico Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Jan Oblak, Juanfran, Stefan Savic, Diego Godin, Felipe Luis, Koke, Gabi, Partey, Saul Niguez, Antoine Griezmann, Angel Correa.

Real Madrid Possible Starting Lineup: Keylor Navas, Danilo, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Isco, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.

“We’re in good shape for the game and fully focussed on what we have to do. It’s going to be a hotly contested game, as is always the case in a derby. Everyone is going to do all they can do win it. We’ve analysed the game as ever, not just because it’s Atlético, and we’ll try to play our game.”

–  Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Real Madrid, two draws and one win for Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid are undefeated in their previous fifteen league matches. While Real Madrid have scored at least twice in twenty-three of their last twenty-seven La Liga games, there have been under 2.5 goals scored in five of Atletico’s last six games.

It should be a closely contested affair with a 1-1 draw being the most likely result.