The Madrid Derby, or El Derbi Madrileño, will soon be upon us, and this edition looks pretty evenly matched on paper. While Real Madrid is sitting in the La Liga penthouse and looking imperial right now, Atletico Madrid, who always brings their A game to this rivalry, will have the home field advantage.
And as we covered in the last post, Carlo Ancelotti has some fitness issues in his squad to contend with.
El Derbi Madrileño FYIs
Kickoff: Sun. Sept. 24, 8pm, Civitas Metropolitan Stadium, Madrid, Spain
Starting XI Predictions: Real Madrid Atletico Madrid
Team News: Real Madrid Atletico Madrid
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La Liga Position, Form: Real Madrid 1st, 15 pts, WWWWW Atletico Madrid 7th, 7 pts, LWDW
Google Result Probability: Real Madrid 37% Draw 28% Atletico Madrid 35%
Atletico suffered a shock defeat to Valencia last weekend, so it will be interesting to see how they respond here. They are also coming off a disappointing loss in the Champions League this midweek.
That all said, let’s take our best guess now at what Ancelotti’s first team choice will be here.
Real Madrid Starting XI Prediction at Atletico Madrid
Kepa Arrizabalaga; Lucas Vazquez, Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Nacho; Toni Kroos, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga; Jude Bellingham; Joselu Mato, Rodrygo
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