Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid Head-to-Head: Record, Stats & Form (La Liga 2026)

The Madrid derby returns to Spanish La Liga on 20 September 2026, with Atletico Madrid hosting Real Madrid in a fixture that carries early-season weight. Atletico sit 4th in this season’s La Liga table after five rounds, while Real Madrid are 2nd, and both remain firmly in the title conversation.

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Head-to-Head Record

These two Madrid clubs have met 30 times across competitions on record. Real Madrid hold the edge with 9 wins to Atletico’s 6, while 15 meetings have been drawn – the single most common outcome between them. Goals have been fairly even overall: Atletico have scored 40 and conceded 42 across these meetings, and the fixture has produced an average of 2.73 total goals per meeting.

Atletico Madrid: Recent Form

Atletico Madrid’s last six matches read W L L W D W, giving them three wins, one draw and two losses, with 11 goals scored and 8 conceded (a points-per-game figure of 1.67). None of those six matches were friendlies. Two clean sheets sit alongside one match where they failed to score. Their most recent outing was a 3-0 win over Real Sociedad in La Liga, though that followed back-to-back defeats, including a 1-2 loss to Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League.

Real Madrid: Recent Form

Real Madrid arrive in considerably sharper form, having won five of their last six matches (W W L W W W) with only a single defeat, scoring 16 goals and conceding just 5 for a points-per-game figure of 2.5. All six matches were competitive, with no friendlies involved. They kept one clean sheet and were held scoreless once. Their most recent result was a 4-1 win over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, preceded by a 2-1 Champions League win over Inter Milan.

Form and Record at a Glance

• Head-to-head across 30 meetings: Real Madrid 9 wins, Atletico Madrid 6 wins, 15 draws.
• Combined head-to-head goals: 82 across all meetings, averaging 2.73 per match.
• Atletico Madrid’s last six: 3W-1D-2L, 11 goals for, 8 against, 1.67 points per game.
• Real Madrid’s last six: 5W-0D-1L, 16 goals for, 5 against, 2.5 points per game.
• Atletico Madrid sit 4th in this season’s La Liga table with 10 points from 5 games; Real Madrid sit 2nd with 12 points from 5 games.

How Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid Compare

Real Madrid’s recent form is the stronger of the two by a clear margin, with a points-per-game rate of 2.5 against Atletico Madrid’s 1.67, and a much tighter defensive record – 5 goals conceded in six matches compared to Atletico’s 8. In this season’s La Liga table, Real Madrid’s 2nd place and +10 goal difference outstrip Atletico’s 4th place and +4, though both sides remain within the top four after five rounds.