The first Madrid derby of the season sees La Liga champion Real make the short trip to Atletico on Sunday.
The gloves will come off as Atletico Madrid hosts La Liga titleholder Real Madrid in the first capital city derby of the campaign, and the battle lines couldn’t be that much tighter as things stand. Only perfect Barcelona sits above Los Blancos in the standings at present, while Diego Simeone’s men have gone undefeated in La Liga thus far and are breathing down the necks of their nemeses. Atletico hasn’t lost a home fixture against Real since September 2022 and triumphed 3-1 in this fixture almost exactly one year ago, hoping to extend its unbeaten start to the season in the best way imaginable.
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Atletico kept its imperious form running with a last-gasp win at Celta Vigo on Thursday when Julian Alvarez came to the rescue with a 90th-minute decider in a classic 1-0 victory for Simeone & Co.
Kylian Mbappe has faced criticism for not living up to expectations in his early days at Real Madrid, but the Frenchman converted his sixth goal in five games during a 3-2 win over Alaves on Tuesday:
The naysayers can’t argue with cold, hard statistics such as those, while Brazilian duo Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior have also been contributing to Real’s goal count of late.
The last three Madrid derbies have each finished all square at the end of the 90 minutes, with the latter winning a penalty shootout in the semis of the Spanish Super Cup before Simeone’s side knocked their greatest rivals out of the Copa del Rey via the same method eight days later.
Fans can only hope for another tight clash of those proportions some Sunday, where a win would be enough to pull Los Rojiblancos above Real in La Liga’s standings.
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