Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid you can see the faces in it great Madrid derby of the seventeenth day of LaLiga Santander. Both teams arrive in need of the points, although whites arrive as outstanding leaders and alone with 39 points, eight ahead of him Sevilla, Second classified. The colchoneros want to win to stay among the top positions in the classification, where they lost against prognosis in the last matchday 1-2 against RCD Mallorca in their fiefdom of the Wanda Metropolitano.
The Atlético de Madrid del Cholo Simeone, current league champion, therefore visits the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with the intention of taking the three points to climb the classification. His irregular gait in La Liga Santander has them in the fourth place with 29 points, two from Sevilla, second with 31 and one of the Betis, third with 30 but one more game.
Those of the Cholo Simeone they come from playing their game of UEFA Champions Legue against Porto last Tuesday, where they achieved a great victory by 1-3 at the stadium of To Dragao to achieve a suffered qualifying for the round of 16. In this instance, they will accompany the Real Madrid, the only first group in Spanish football, as well as the Villarreal, who like the rojiblancos won the ticket in a long-suffering way in the sixth and last day of the group stage (2-3 against Atalanta in Bergamo).
The mattresses are the current champions of LaLiga Santander and they try to defend their title in a field where last season they could not play because they were under construction, but in the Valdebebas Sports City they were far inferior to lose 2-0. The Real Madrid comes in his best moment of the season, outstanding leader in LaLiga Santander and first in the group in the UEFA Champions League, so it starts as a favorite.
Karim Benzema will be a doubt in the derby, since he could not play against Real society (he was injured in that game) or before Inter Milan in the Champions League (2-0), respectively. On the other hand, Gareth Bale he has trained with the rest of the group and could enter the squad list.
By the Athletic, the good news for mattresses is the recovery of Luis Suarez. The urugayo was injured against the Porto in the UEFA Champions League and he could not go on, where his place took him Matthew Cunha. However, he recovered in time and will be available.
The Argentine coach’s team will not be able to count on insurance Savic, Giménez is not Vrsaljko on defense (all three due to injury), so they will surely repeat Mario Hermoso and Kondogbia in the center of the rear, next to Felipe. In the center of the field they will form Rodrigo De Paul, Koke and Lemar, with Marcos Llorente and Carrasco in the bands and Griezmann up, in principle with the veteran Uruguayan striker.
The Real Madrid, for its part, will have Courtois, Lucas Vázquez (injured Dani Carvajal), Militao, Alaba and Mendy in defence. In the center of the field, they will form Kroos, Modrid y Csemiro, with Asensio, a great Vinicius Junior and the Benzem doubta, that if you cannot be available to Ancelotti, would leave his place to Jovic on the attack front.
The team of Cholo Simeone is the current champion of the competition and it has started with a very irregular defense of the title. The rojiblanco team needs to win this season at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium to get hooked on the title fight in La Liga Santander, but Real Madrid part as a favorite.
When do you play Real Madrid -Atlético de Madrid?
The game is played Today, Sunday, December 12, at 9:00 p.m.
Where to see Real Madrid – Atlético de Madrid?
The meeting can be seen in open by Movistar LaLiga (46), Movistar LaLiga 1 (47) and Movistar LaLiga 2 (48), platform channels Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live on the Mundo Deportivo website.