Real Madrid will be bidding to make it six straight La Liga wins at the start of the 2023-24 campaign when they travel to Atletico Madrid on Sunday night.
Los Blancos are currently top of the table on 15 points, while Atletico are down in seventh on seven points, albeit with a game in hand, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the Madrid derby.
ATLETICO MADRID vs. REAL MADRID
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ATLETICO MADRID
Out: Pablo Barrios (foot), Thomas Lemar (Achilles), Caglar Soyuncu (hip), Reinildo (knee), Rodrigo De Paul (muscle)
Doubtful: Memphis Depay (muscle), Koke (hamstring)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Oblak; Savic, Gimenez, Hermoso; Molina, Saul, Llorente, Koke, Lino; Griezmann, Morata
REAL MADRID
Out: Dani Carvajal (muscle), Thibaut Courtois (knee), Eder Militao (knee), Arda Guler (knee)
Doubtful: Vinicius Junior (hamstring)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kepa; Vazquez, Rudiger, Alaba, F Garcia; Valverde, Tchouameni, Camavinga; Bellingham; Rodrygo, Joselu
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Matt Law
