On Sep 18th, Atlético Madrid hosts Real Madrid at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in a La Liga match in the ever popular Madrid derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 7th placed Atlético Madrid, recorded a 0-2 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Robert Andrich scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 84th minute, then Moussa Diaby added another in the 87th minute In the end, Atlético Madrid couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Real Madrid recorded a 2-0 shutout win against RB Leipzig. Federico Valverde struck first for Real Madrid in the 80th minute, then Asensio added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Toni Kroos In the end, RB Leipzig couldn’t muster any offence and Real Madrid ran away with the shutout win. Real Madrid is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Vinícius Júnior has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Real Madrid. Atlético Madrid’s most prolific scorer has been Antoine Griezmann. The French attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches
Atlético Madrid will be without Thomas Lemar, Reguilón and José Giménez, while Karim Benzema and Éder Militão are unavailable to play for Carlo Ancelotti’s team.