Atletico Madrid are always fired up for the home edition of the Madrid derby, as they forever have a major point to prove against Real Madrid. Atletico incessantly wish to make a statement that La Liga is much more (specifically, it’s them) than the El Clasico duopoly of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
They’ll enter this weekend’s most anticipated match in all of football in very good shape, fitness wise.
El Derbi Madrileรฑo FYIs
Kickoff: Sun. Sept. 29,ย 8pm, Civitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
Starting XI Predictions:ย Real Madridย ย ย Atletico Madrid
Team News:ย ย Real Madridย ย ย Atletico Madrid
Form Guide, Standings: Real DWWWWย 2nd, 17 ptsย ย Atletico Madrid DWWDWย 3rd 15 pts
Result Probability: Realย ย 56%ย ย Drawย 23%ย ย Atletico Madrid 21%
Atletico Madrid Team News for the Capital City Derby
Atleti only have three injury absentees here: Cesar Azpilicueta,ย Thomas Lemarย andย Pablo Barrios. Other than that, Diego Simeone’s side is fully healthy right now.
Atletico Madrid Starting XI Prediction for the Madrid Derbyย
Jan Oblak; Robin Le Normand, Jose Maria Gimenez, Reinildo Mandava; Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Conor Gallagher, Samuel Lino; Julian Alvarez, Antoine Griezmann
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