MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish football fans are heading to the Wanda Mitropolitano stadium on Saturday evening when Real Madrid travel to Atletico Madrid at the 12th Liga.
Atletico Madrid are looking to win the match to keep their hopes for the Spanish league title and record their first win over Real in their new field, while Loos Blancos are looking for the three points to stay in the competition for the title of Liga.
The following are the most important figures and statistics for this match:
The match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid holds the derby 161 in the history of the Spanish league championship, only the Catalan derby between Barcelona and Espanyol has played on more occasions with 167 appearances so far.
Real Madrid are the most winning team on Atletico Madrid with 86 occasions in the history of the Spanish league championship, and Real Madrid is also the most to reach the goal of Atletico Madrid out of the field with 34 times.
Atletico Madrid lost just one of the last eight games against Real Madrid in the Primera Liga, with a 0-3 win in November 2016, while winning four times and drawing in three encounters.
Real Madrid have won 13 of their last 15 away games in the Spanish league and have lost the last encounter against Girona, but have not lost two straight games away since March 2015 led by Carlo Ancelotti.
Atletico Madrid will play their first derby against Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. They have failed twice in the first derby on their new field, Vicente Calderón 2-2 in 1967, Metropolitano 0-3 in 1929.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored six goals in the last four games against Atletico, including a hat-trick in the last match at Vicente Calderon in the Primera Liga and Hattrick in the Champions League semi-final.
Atletico Madrid could be the best start without any defeat in the history of the Spanish league in the event of loss of the next game, where he has so far won six games and five times as in the 1995-1996 season.
Antoine Grizman has scored three goals in the last six games against Real Madrid, one in Vicente Calderon and two in Santiago Bernabeu, but the French have not scored in the last seven games at Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid won only one of the last 16 matches against Real Madrid in the Spanish league, losing 11 matches and four draws, but their 4-0 win in February 2015 was the biggest in the derby since 1987.
