Tthe second Madrid derby of the LaLiga Santander season 2020/21 is one of the biggest matches left of this campaign and both Atletico and Real Madrid is aimed at a declaration victory.
One of the big choice question marks that came in the derby was over Karim Benzema, as the French striker was away with an injury. But, the big Real Madrid news before the game is that Benzema start.
He will attack with him Rodrygo and by Marco Asensio, while the rest of the Real Madrid team magazine writes itself as soon as the current injuries are taken into account.
As for Diego Simeone, he chose to omit Joao Felix of his starting XI, which will shock some after the Portuguese passed this past weekend.
The Derby series in Madrid
The complete Atletico Madrid the starting team is as follows: Jan Oblak; Kieran Trippier, Stefan Savic, Felipe, Mario Hermoso, Yannick Carrasco; Marcos Llorente, Koke, Thomas Lemar; Angel Correa, Luis Suarez.
The complete Real Madrid the starting team is as follows: Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vazquez, Raphael Varane, Nacho, Ferland Mendy; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos; Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Marco Asensio.