Five reasons not to miss the Madrid Derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid will host Real Madrid on Sunday in the first capital city derby of the 2023/24 La Liga campaign.

The first Madrid Derby of the 2023/24 season is scheduled to kick off on Sunday at 21:00 CEST, when Atltico Madrid host leaders Real Madrid at the Metropolitano. Los Blancos currently top the table with a 100% record, so Atleti will view this as a great opportunity to cut the gap. It should be a thriller and here are five factors worth looking out for ahead of this exciting Matchday 6 duel.

Atletico Madrid will aim to end Real Madrid’s winning streak

Los Blancos have hit the ground running this season. They have won their first five games of the campaign, scoring 10 goals and conceding just three. Three of these five wins were comeback victories secured despite the opponents taking the lead and the latest came on Sunday night, when Fran Garcia teed up both Fede Valverde and Joselu to help Carlo Ancelotti’s side turn the game around and secure a 2-1 win against Real Sociedad. It’s now the turn of Real Madrid’s city rivals to try to put an end to the five-game winning streak.

The first Atletico Madrid home game in over a month

Diego Simeone’s side have played in front of their fans just once so far this season. In their season opener, Atleti hosted newly-promoted Granada at the Metropolitano, securing a 3-1 victory courtesy of goals from Alvaro Morata, Memphis Depay and Marcos Llorente. A few weeks later, their home game with Sevilla that was initially scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 3rd, had to be postponed due to a serious rainstorm. This means Atletico Madrid fans will have patiently waited 41 days to watch their team play again on home soil, so they’ll be extra passionate in the stands as they hope