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Llorente clips Vini Jr. and it's a dangerous free for Madrid as Valverde stands over the ball but the Uruguayan drives the ball wide. 

Very ambitious from the Madrid No. 8.

Courtois also getting pelters from the home fans ... Still a sore point for Atleti supporters the way he moved to Real Madrid a few years back following his Atleti-Chelsea and Madrid trajectory. 

Just the one clear chance per side. Alvarez for Atleti and Valverde for the visitors.

Possession after 20'

Atleti 46-54 Real Madrid (%)

Twenty minutes gone and the game is being dominated by both sided in waves.

After a solid spell form Atleti, Madrid getting back into the action now.

Great hit from Valverde and the effort forces a superb stop from Jan Oblak.

Another corner for the visitors. 

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Real Madrid win a corner as Modric skips away and Llorente has to intervene.

Vini picks up the ball and ultimately the move breaks down and is back with Oblak.

Possession after 10'

Atleti 23-77 Real Madrid (%)

First chance of the night falls to Julian Alvarez and Courtois stands tall to save from the Argentine.

The angle was very acute to be fair to the striker.

Atletico with a period of sustained possession now as De Paul looks to centre but fires too close to Courtois. 

Better from the home side now.

Griezmann looks for Sorloth but too much on the pass and Sorloth was unable to latch on the pass.

Atleti have been on the back foot for the opening five minutes with all the initative coming from the men in white.

Vini on the ball with the Brazilian greeted with a series of whistles from the home fans.

All the early play in Atletico's half.

Dangerous ball in from Carvajal but just too much on the cross for Vini Jr.

Real Madrid start the game.

Modric and Oblak the captains for tonight's clash pose for the pregame protocol snap with referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer.

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The stadium is engulfed in a red, white and blue sea with the mosaic design and the banner in the south stand reads ' Until my final days'.

The teams are on the pitch.

AC/DC's Thunderstruckhas just started on the PA system as the house lights are dimmed ... it's game time at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano !

Warm ups are over as the players return to the dressing room with kick-off looming.

A packed house awaits with 67,000 Colchoneros and just 300 hardy travelling Madridstas.

Atleti warming up too with a slightly different reaction from the home fans to the arrival of their players.

15 minutes to go to kick-off.

Bellingham looking to get off the mark

The former BVB player has yet to find the target this season having bagged 23 goals. Mbappé's injury sees the Englishman back into a more attacking role ahead of the derby tonight at the Metropolitano.

Whistles as Madrid take to the pitch

Real Madrid are the first side out for their pre-game warm up routine with a loud barrage of whistles to greet Carlo Ancelotti's men as they take to the pitch.

Madrid clubs learn CWC venues

Both Madrid giants will represent LaLiga at next summer's inaugural expanded FIFA Club World Cup with 32 teams competing in the tournament that will be staged in the United States. 

Last night at an event in NYC, FIFA confirmed the host cities that would be staging matches for the 2025 event.

Simeone reinforces the need to 'work as a team'

Speaking to DAZN pre-game, Atletico's head coach Diego pablo Simeone reinforced the importance of his team working as a collective, starting with strikers Sorloth and Alvarez and expressed the need for them to work also in a defensive capacity.

A reminder for those just joining us this evening of the starting teams for both Atleti and Real Madrid.

Largest derby scoreline

Atleti fans would have to go back to the 1947-48 season for the largest win over their arch enemy with a 5-0 scoreline.

Real Madrid have handed out two 5-0 drubbings to Atleti with the first coming in the 1958-59 season and the other as part of the 83-84 campaign.

Madrid derby: substitutes

Here's the subs' benches for both sides tonight:

Atlético Madrid: Musso, Gomis, Witsel, Lenglet, Galán, Koke, Serrano, Riquelme, Samu Lino, Lemar, Giuliano Simeone & Correa.

Real Madrid: Lunin, Fran González, Lucas Vázquez, Vallejo, Jacobo Ramón, Fran García, Camavinga, Arda Güler & Endrick.

Warm welcome for Atleti team bus

Fans packed the streets beside the Estadio Metropolitano as the Atletico Madrid team bus made its way to the ground with plenty of colour and pyrotechnics to greet the team with countdown to the derby well under way. 

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300 Madrid fans expected

Despite being allocated 400 match tickets for the derby, only 300 Madridistas will brave the hostile environment that is the Estadio Metropolitano on derby day. The travelling supporters will be housed in the second tier of the North Stand at the stadium.

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Atleti XI announced

Sørloth and Alvarez to spearhead Atleti attack with Griezmann and Gallagher marshalling the centre of the park and the side captained by keeper Jan Oblak.

No Atleti XI as yet but Gallagher to start

As we await the Atletico Madrid team sheet we can assume that Gallagher will be in the starting XI with the English player's jersey featuring in the countdown Twitter (X) post.

Real Madrid XI confirmed

Vini Jr and Rodrygo will spearhead the Real Madrid attack tonight with Kylian Mbappe sidelined with a muscular problem and the French striker expected to miss at least three weeks.

An English aroma to the Madrid derby

Tonight will be the first time the Madrid derby features two English players for either side with Jude Bellingham expected to start for Carlo Ancelotti and it's widely expected that former Chelsea star Conor Gallagher will be in Cholo Simeone's starting XI for the home side.

Both sides are back in European action next midweek with Real Madrid travelling to face Lille in northern France with Atleti making the short trip to Lisbon to face Portuguese giants Benfica in the Champions League.

Neither side have lost in the 24-25 LaLiga season to date and will see a win as a massive opportunity to close ground on Barça at the top of the table with the Catalan side finally falling to their first league defeat of the season in Pamplona (4-2).

Madrid (in second place) have amassed 17 points to the 15 of Simeone's side.

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The Estadio Metropolitano awaits

70,000 fans will pack into the ground in the San Blas area of Madrid tonight with a massive red and white mosaic set to greet the sides as they emerge onto the pitch at 3pm (ET).

However, in the past three meetings, Atleti won the corresponding fixture last year 3-1 with the sides drawing at the Bernabeu 1-1.

The Colchoneros also ousted Madrid from the 23-24 Copa del Rey with a 4-2 (AET) win and at present are the last side to have beaten Real Madrid in LaLiga with Ancelotti's men 39 games unbeaten in the league.

Traditionally, Real Madrid hold the upper hand in derby games with Los Blancos running out winners in 91 of the 174 LaLiga meetings with Atleti bagging 41 victories and 42 games ending in a draw. 

Hello and welcome to the Madrid derby as Atletico face Real Madrid at the Estadio Metropolitano with both sides yet to taste to defeat in the league to date this season.