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The indomitable Mister Chip has been spilling over the stat books before tonight’s Madrid derby; this time, Atleti enters the duel from the top of the table.
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid They have met in 276 official matches with a general balance of 141 Real Madrid victories, 68 Atleti victories and 67 draws. In total, this match has produced 822 goals, 474 of them scored by Los Blancos and 348 by the Rojiblancos.
Valdebebas. The Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium will be the sixth venue that Madrid has hosted Atlético, after its previous homes: O’Donnell (10 games), the old Ciudad Lineal Velodrome (one game), Chamartín (28 games), Metropolitan Stadium (one game) and the Santiago Bernabéu (98 games). Madrid could not beat Atlético in their first derby played at home in Chamartín (1-1), nor in the first derby played at the Bernabéu (1-1), nor in the only derby played at the old Metropolitano stadium (1 -2).
Similar circumstances. Atlético has played this match as league leaders on eight occasions, winning two of those matches (1-4 in 1940 and 1-2 in 1946), drawing two and losing the other four. The most recent derby with Atleti at the top of the table was on November 18, 1995 (Madrid won 1-0, Raúl the scorer). Madrid have lost three of their last four home games against the team at the top of the table, all of them against Barcelona (0-4 in 2015, 0-3 in 2017 and 0-1 in 2019).
Local team. Madrid have hosted Atlético on four occasions in which they have been six points or more behind the rojiblancos in the standings. Of those meetings, there were two victories for the home team (1-0 in 1995, when Madrid lost 12 points, and 2-0 in 2012, when Atleti had an eight-point advantage); the other two ended in a tie (1-1 in 1948, with a 10-point difference and 1-1 in 1977 when the difference was 12 points.
points. If Atlético win tonight’s game, they will open a nine-point lead over Madrid – and have a game in hand – Madrid has never managed to reduce such a great distance between themselves and the league leaders in LaLiga history (His most epic comeback to clinch the title was to cut an eight-point lead that Real Sociedad had during the 2002-03 season). The biggest comeback in the history of the Spanish league was during the 1998-99 campaign when Barcelona were proclaimed champions despite being behind Mallorca by nine points in Week 14.
The Atleti race. Atlético have not lost a league game since February 1 (they were defeated 1-0 at the Bernabéu). His current streak of 26 consecutive games without losing is the best streak in the club’s history and the ninth best of all time in LaLiga (he has another 18 games missing to equal the record that Ernesto Valverde’s Barcelona set between April 2017 and May 2018). No other top-flight club has gone nine straight games without losing this season.
Solid in the back. Atlético have only conceded two goals in their first 10 matches of the league season, equaling Deportivo’s record (with Paco Liaño in goal) in 1993-94. Since their goalless draws against Villarreal and Huesca, they have won seven straight games and are now just three wins away from matching the club’s best winning streak in 1983. With 26 (or more) points in the first 10 games, Atleti He has always gone on to win the title (1995-96 and 2013-14).
Karim. Benzema will surpass the 527 official matches that Roberto Carlos played with Madrid to become the foreign player who has played the most games for Real Madrid in history (359 in LaLiga, 43 in the Copa del Rey, eight in the Spanish Super Cup, 106 in the Champions League, four in the European Super Cup and eight in the Club World Cup). Benzema made his debut on August 29, 2009 (3-2 win against Deportivo) and is the club’s fifth highest scorer of all time with 257 goals), behind Cristiano (450), Raúl (323), Di Stéfano (308) and Santillana (290).
Athlete registration. Koke could become the player who has won the most official matches in history for Atlético if Simeone’s team prevails this afternoon. As things stand, the midfielder (473 appearances) is on par with Adelardo with 279 wins (in 550 games). They are followed by Tomás (240 wins in 483 games), Gabi (239 out of 417), Collar (235 out of 468) and Godín (228 wins in 389 appearances).
Presidents. Tonight’s derby will be the 979th game that Florentino Pérez has seen as club president and Enrique Cerezo’s 930th game as Atlético’s president. Both still have a way to go to get close to the figure reached by the Santiago Bernabéu (1,407 official games as president of Real Madrid), but Cerezo is close to the 966 games that Vicente Calderón reached as president of Atleti, and could even pull level if the team goes far in the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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