Sunday's Madrid Derby promises to be influential on the La Liga summit with Barcelona running away ahead of bitter rivals Real Madrid with a chance to possibly move seven points clear this weekend. Neighbors Atletico are two points behind Los Blancos and will be relishing the chance to potentially overtake Carlo Ancelotti's men with a win at Estadio Metropolitano,

Real Madrid will be keen to forget their only two losses of last season when they take on fierce local rivals Atletico Madrid - the winners in both of those defeats, who are now an even stronger proposition,

This defeat was particularly stinging, as it came just months after Atletico handed Madrid their first league loss of the season on 24 September 2023, with Alvaro Morata scoring a