Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: Latest score, goals and updates from La Liga fixture
Follow all the latest updates from the derby in Madrid
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Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid host Atletico Madrid on Saturday evening in a derby match which means rather more than usual.
Zinedine Zidane’s team are trailing the league leaders by six points and the Real boss says Atletico are clear favourites heading into the derby. Atletico also have a game in hand and have only conceded twice all season in the league, without losing a game so far.
Both sides won last time out, with Real defeating Sevilla and Atleti seeing off Real Valladolid, and in midweek the Spanish giants were also successful in winning their Champions League games.
Eden Hazard will miss out for Real through injury once more, but Karim Benzema has been in magnificent form of late - yet still faces a big task to get past the league’s best defence and Jan Oblak.
The match kicks off at 8pm and you can follow all the latest updates from the Madrid derby below.
DERBY NIGHT
Evening all! Eyes and attention turns to LaLiga tonight, where the Madrid derby sees first- and fourth-place clash. They aren’t the usual way around, though: it’s Atletico flying high this season in top spot, and Real with work to do and ground to make up.
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