Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid Preview 18/09/2022

Atlético Madrid vs Actual Madrid – 18/09/2022

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The primary Madrid Derby of the season is about to go down within the Spanish capital on Sunday evening, as Atletico Madrid host Actual Madrid in La Liga.

Actual Madrid discover themselves atop the La Liga desk – two factors away from second-place Barcelona – having taken most factors from their opening 5 video games.

In the meantime, Atletico sit seventh – 5 factors behind Actual Madrid – after making one thing of an detached begin to the season. Can they kick-start their marketing campaign on Sunday?

Diego Simeone’s facet head into the Madrid Derby on the again of a 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen within the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

Nonetheless, that was solely their second loss in seven video games throughout all competitions this time period – having performed 5 league video games and two Champions League clashes.

Atletico have misplaced simply one in all their 5 La Liga outings this season, choosing up three wins and one draw. They’ve additionally conceded 4 targets alongside the way in which.

It’s also price noting that Atletico have solely misplaced three of their previous 21 house video games in La Liga, that means they’ll fancy their probabilities of upsetting Actual Madrid.

As for Los Blancos, they arrive into Sunday’s conflict on the again of a 2-0 Champions League victory over Celtic on Wednesday.

Actual Madrid have gained all seven of their matches this time period, securing 5 straight La Liga victories and back-to-back Champions League triumphs.

Carlo Ancelotti’s facet have scored 15 La Liga targets this season. Consequently, they common three targets per recreation within the league.

Along with avoiding defeat in every of their final 12 video games throughout all competitions, Los Blancos have averted defeat in 47 of their earlier 54.

Head-to-head: Atletico have solely managed to win one in all their final 12 La Liga conferences with Actual Madrid, though six of these clashes resulted in a draw.

Actual Madrid have gained 4 of their earlier seven league encounters with Atletico, scoring over 1.5 targets on three events.

Crew information: Atletico might be with out the injured centre-back pair of Stefan Savic and Jose Maria Gimenez on Sunday. Sergio Reguilon can be a doubt.

On the flip facet, Actual Madrid might be with out star striker Karim Benzema on account of a muscle harm. Eder Militao can be sidelined with a hamstring drawback.

Though Actual Madrid look set to be with out Benzema this weekend, they need to have greater than sufficient firepower to say all three factors.

With that in thoughts, Forebet predicts that Actual will declare the Madrid bragging rights on Sunday – scoring over 2.5 targets on their method to victory.