Overview
Both Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are maintaining their unbeaten record in La Liga this season. Before the 8th round, the 2 representatives of Madrid along with Barcelona are completely dominating the remaining teams. Therefore, the capital derby between the two teams will create heat and neither side wants to lose.
Atletico Madrid will have home advantage with enthusiastic support from their fans. However, in terms of squad quality, they are still far behind Real Madrid. In La Liga last season, Atletico Madrid only finished in 4th place with 76 points, 20 points behind champions Real Madrid.
Furthermore, Los Blancos have always shown admirable character in big matches. Coach Carlo Ancelotti's team often plays very well in important matches, as demonstrated by winning the Champions League twice in the last 3 seasons. In addition, Real are also on a 4-game winning streak in La Liga.
This Madrid derby promises to be a tense and fierce match. In such a situation, Real Madrid's mettle is somewhat appreciated.
The two teams have faced each other 236 times in history. Real Madrid has the edge with 116 wins compared to 59 of their opponents, with the remaining 61 draws.
In La Liga, the two teams have met a total of 174 times, with Real Madrid winning 91 times compared to their opponents' 41.
The last La Liga meeting between the two sides was at the Bernabeu in February, which ended in a 1-1 draw. However, Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 4-2 in the Copa del Rey earlier this year.
Human resources situation
The home team has two absentees due to injury, including Pablo Barrios and Cesar Azpilicueta. However, they are not regular starters in Atletico Madrid's squad.
On the other side of the front line, Real Madrid has suffered significant personnel losses due to injuries. On the attack line, Kylian Mbappe will be absent. On the defense line, David Alaba is the case. Meanwhile, the possibility of midfielder Eduardo Camavinga recovering in time is also not high.
Expected lineup:
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Reinildo, Gimenez, Le Normand, Llorente, De Paul, Koke, Gallagher, Lino, Griezmann, Alvarez.
Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Tchouameni, Valverde, Bellingham, Modric, Rodrygo, Vinicius.
The match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid takes place at 2:00 a.m. on September 30 (Vietnam time).
