
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid Prediction, Starting Lineups and Odds: Two tips for crunch La Liga clash

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid face off shortly at the Bernabeu in this eagerly anticipated top-of-the-table La Liga showdown in the Spanish capital, which is live at 8pm on Premier Sports 1 and La Liga TV.
A single point is all that separates the Madrid duo after 22 matches, with Real Madrid holding a slender one-point advantage at the summit.
Read on for our best bets, justifications, and information on the starting lineups.
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid Prediction
Saturday's showdown carries the intensity of recent derbies, with six of the last seven ending level after 90 minutes.
Despite their strong home form, Real Madrid enter this clash with a depleted defence, missing Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Éder Militao, and Dani Carvajal.
Adding to the challenge, they face a tough Champions League trip to Manchester City on Wednesday, while Atletico enjoy the advantage of skipping the Champions League play-offs.
Atletico Madrid remain unbeaten in their last seven derbies in 90 minutes, with six ending in draws and the other a home victory at the Metropolitano.
Since late October, Diego Simeone’s side has lost just one of 21 competitive matches and head to the Bernabéu in top form, with Robin Le Normand (suspended) their only absentee.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, failed to win at the Metropolitano and have fallen short in many big games this season; suffering heavy 5-2 and 4-0 defeats to Barcelona, while they were beaten in the Champions League by Liverpool, AC Milan, and Lille.
Backing Atletico Madrid at 9/10 in the double-chance market looks like a decent play here.
For my second prediction, I'm backing both teams to score in the second half, which is priced at 9/5 with BetMGM.
This outcome has occurred in four of the last six derbies, including their meeting last September.
Both sides tend to be more clinical as the game progresses. Real Madrid have found the net after the break in 16 of their last 17 matches, while Atletico have scored in the second-half in 19 of their last 21 games.
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid Starting Lineups
Check out the starting lineups for Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid in the graphic below.
# | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Francisco José García Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Raúl Asencio del Rosario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Aurélien Djani Tchouaméni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Lucas Vázquez Iglesias | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Daniel Ceballos Fernández | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Jude Victor William Bellingham | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Rodrygo Silva de Goes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kylian Mbappé Lottin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
# | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | Brahim Abdelkader Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Lorenzo Aguado Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Eduardo Celmi Camavinga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Gonzalo García Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Arda Güler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Andrii Lunin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Ferland Sinna Mendy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Sergio Mestre Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Luka Modrić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Jacobo Ramón Naveros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Jesús Vallejo Lázaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# | Starting XI | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | Jan Oblak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Javier Galán Gil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Clément Nicolas Laurent Lenglet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | José María Giménez de Vargas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Marcos Llorente Moreno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Samuel Dias Lino | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Pablo Barrios Rivas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Rodrigo Javier De Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Giuliano Simeone Baldini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Julián Álvarez | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Antoine Griezmann | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
# | Substitutes | Fouls | Goals | Shots | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | César Azpilicueta Tanco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Ángel Martín Correa Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Conor John Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Reinildo Isnard Mandava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Ilias Kostis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Thomas Lemar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Nahuel Molina Lucero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Juan Agustín Musso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Jorge Resurrección Merodio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Rodrigo Riquelme Reche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Alexander Sørloth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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