A Madrid derby with huge potential significance for the title race sees first-placed Atlético Madrid attempt to end a nine-game winless La Liga (LL) streak in this fixture (D5, L4), and with it, extend their lead over rivals Real Madrid to eight points. However it’s the visitors with the pedigree in this clash, with Real holding superiority in the all-time H2H (W112, D58, L56) and finishing the LL season above Atlético on 63 previous occasions, compared to their rivals’ 20 times finishing higher.
Atlético are vying to make that 21 after recording their second-best win-rate (75%) in LL after 24 rounds since World War II. They’ve stumbled recently though, picking up just one point and conceding four goals across their last two LL fixtures here, after conceding an average of just 0.30 in the ten prior. However an average of 2.17 goals scored per LL home fixture has helped Atlético to a league-high six HT/FT wins on their own turf.
A 1-1 draw in the last round ended Real’s four-game winning La Liga run, but this is surely a must-win match against their capital city foes. That recent draw was just the second time since the start of December that Real have conceded the opener in league action, so expect a solid start from the visitors here.
Four straight competitive away wins shows their growing form, and with three of those goalless at HT, it’s clear the second period could be when Real make their move. That said, ahead of this round, no side has scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes on the road than Real’s six.

KO – Sun 07 Mar @ 20:45 IST
Prediction: Total goals scored will be Over 0.5