Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 26/09/2019, 00:25  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 26/09/2019 at 00:25 in LaLiga Predictions

Real Madrid, playing at home in the midweek clash, picked their third straight win to leap to the summit of the league standings while Atletico stayed close by at second, meaning a place at the top will be up for grabs this weekend. This match also brings face to face one of the best scoring sides – Real Madrid, against one of the teams with the meanest defences in La Liga. Against Osasuna, Zinedine Zidane pulled a surprise, leaving his lead scorer Karim Benzema, star man Eden Hazard, first choice keeper Thibaut Courtois and defenders Dani Carvajal and Raphael Varane on the bench. At the end of it, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior got their opening goals of the season and it will be interesting to see how he shuffles his team in the derby. As for Atletico, Diego Simeone sent in his best men against Mallorca and they did the job, with Diego Costa getting his first goal of the season and Joao Felix sparkling again, going on to score the second goal. However, it was not a very good ending for them as former Real Madrid man Alvaro Morata, who replaced Costa, would only last eight minutes before getting two yellow cards in the 77th minute and will miss the game against his former side.

Real Madrid have now managed two back to back clean sheets for the first time in the season and with the main defenders rested for the midweek game, they will be hoping the trend continues against Atletico Madrid, who have also managed two straight clean sheets going to this game. Real Madrid are unbeaten in La Liga, one of the two remaining sides yet to taste defeat in the league so far, and have scored in each of their last four away matches in La Liga. Atletico on their part, have four wins in eight La Liga matches but will be keen to hold on their 10 – match unbeaten run in the league at home. They have eight wins and seven clean sheets in La Liga matches played at home. They have only failed to score once at home in 23 La Liga matches and lost just once in the process. As for Real, they have three losses and two wins in the last eight away matches in La Liga. These two sides met in preseason in a game that did not end very friendly as Atletico won 7 – 3 and this will only serve to fuel the rivalry even more. In the recent meetings between these two sides, none has had complete dominance over the other; in the last five competitive matches, each of the two has picked one win.