📊 Form Guide
Atlético Madrid DDWLDW
Atlético Madrid will be looking for a repeat result of a 3-2 La Liga victory vs Rayo Vallecano.
In that match, Atlético Madrid had 61% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Atlético Madrid was Julián Alvarez (15', 80', 88'). Rayo Vallecano had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Chavarría (45') and García (77') scored for Rayo Vallecano.
Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Atlético Madrid have been involved. Regarding the goal distribution during that period, opposition teams scored a total of 7 and Atlético Madrid got themselves 8. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Looking at their past form shows that Atlético Madrid:
- have not lost a league tie with Real Madrid in their previous 5 games.
- haven't beaten Real Madrid in their last 3 league matches.
Real Madrid WWWWWW 💯
Real Madrid head into the game following a 1-4 La Liga win to defeat Levante in their last game.
In that game, Real Madrid had 62% possession and 24 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Real Madrid, the goalscorers were Júnior (28'), Franco Mastantuono (38') and Kylian Mbappé (64', 66'). For their opponents, Levante got 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Karl Etta Eyong (54') was the scorer for Levante.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Real Madrid, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per game within that time is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Real Madrid standing at 2.5.
A look at their previous results shows us that Real Madrid:
- have not beaten Atlético Madrid in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
- have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 18/01/2024 shows us that Atlético Madrid have won 2 of these and Real Madrid 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.
In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 for Atleti and 7 netted by Los Blancos. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
ℹ️ Team News: Atlético Madrid
In all likelihood, Atleti may well use a 4-4-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Robin Le Normand, Clement Lenglet, David Hancko, Giuliano Simeone, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Nico Gonzalez, Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez.
📰 Team News: Real Madrid
Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso has a number of players out of action. Ferland Mendy (Thigh problems), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Hamstring injury) and Antonio Rüdiger (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.
We are inclined to think that Los Blancos seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras, Federico Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni, Arda Guler, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.
🔮 Prediction
It seems to us that Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a close game with a 1-1 score after 90 minutes.
Lucas Pereira, 14:06 27/09/2025