Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid live score, updates, highlights & lineups from La Liga derby
Real Madrid host Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu tonight in a high-stakes La Liga showdown with Carlo Ancelotti planning a strong finish to the season.
Los Blancos flexed their muscles in the Champions League midweek as the defending champions stormed away to Liverpool to a 5-2 Round of 16 win and they continue to struggle on three fronts.
Ancelotti’s charges are still behind Barcelona in the La Liga title race but they are in the hunt for an unprecedented club treble this season as they look to close the gap at the top before beating Atletico line up
Diego Simeone’s side are struggling to secure a place in the top four by the end of 2022/23 as their chances for titles this season are already over.
Sporting News will provide live updates and highlights for this crucial La Liga clash.
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Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid Live Score
| 1H | 2H | final | |
| real Madrid | 0 | — | — |
| Atlético Madrid | 0 | — | — |
Goals:
Gimenez — Atl Mad — 78 mins
Rodriguez – Really Crazy – 86 mins
Confirmed starting line-ups:
Real Madrid (4-3-3): 1-Courtois (GK) – 2-Carvajal, 3-Militao, 22-Rüdiger, 6-Nacho – 15-Valverde, 19-Ceballos, 8-Kroos – 11-Asensio, 9-Benzema, 20-Vinicius Jr
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): 13-Oblak (GK) — 16-Molina, 15-Savic, 22-Hermoso,. 23-Mandava — 14-Llorente, 6-Koke, 24-Barrios, 17-Niguez — 8-Griezmann, 21-Carrasco
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Live updates between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, highlights from La Liga derby
90 minutes: Modric in the book for a body check at Carrasco. FIVE added minutes.
89 minutes: Oblak back in action to save from Benzema and Tchouameni.
86 minutes: ROOOOOOOOOOOODRIGUEZ!!!!
18 year old has his FIRST Real Madrid goal!!!!
Modric’s corner is perfect and the teenager heads past Oblak!!!!
What an effect!!
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85 minutes: Tchouameni tiptoes into the box and forces a fine stop from Oblak!
84 minutes: Ancelotti’s final roll of the dice as Lucas Vazquez comes on for Dani Carvajal.
78 minutes: GOALLLLLLLLLLLL FOR ATLETICO!!!!
A HUGE GOAL IN LA LIGA TITLE RACE!!!
Griezmann’s superb free-kick is brilliantly headed in by Gimenez!!
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1-0 ATLETICO IN THE BERNABEU
76 minutes: More moves from Simeone, Axel Witsel and ex-Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata come on with Niguez and Koke exiting.
Nacho replaces exciting young forward Alvaro Rodriguez from Los Blancos.
75 minutes: Carrasco and Griezmann reunite but the latter is ousted by Ruediger.
70 minutes: The cards continue to pile up as Nahuel Molina clashes with Nacho.
66 minutes: RED CARD!!!
Correa seems to swing an arm at Rudiger off the ball and he’s sent off!
This came out of nowhere!! A very controversial decision in the Derby!!
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63 min: Triple change at Real Madrid
Asensio, Ceballos and Toni Kroos are there OUT OF and Luka Modric, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni are AT.
60 mins: SOOOOOO CLOSE TO ATLETICO!!!
Atletico’s best shot of the night and it falls to Antoine Griezmann!!!
Carrasco forces his way into the box and meets the French star, but his effort is there CUSTOMS far from the post!!!
Valverde’s eyes light up as Real Madrid win a corner but she misses the goal.
56 minutes: Nacho catches Correa at the break and is booked and Simeone makes another switch with Llorente OUT OF and Thomas Lemer AT.
51 minutes: Real Madrid started the second half brilliantly as Benzema slipped at Valverde but the Uruguayan missed.
46 minutes: WE ARE BACK!!
A substitution from Simeone at the break with Angel Correa replacing Barrios.
HALFTIME: REAL MADRID 0 ATLETICO MADRID 0
Half-chances from both sides in Madrid, with Oblak and Courtois not really being tested as Atletico’s dogged approach keeps the hosts at bay.
Most exciting moment of the first half… a blunt jump from Diego.
43 minutes: Saul Niguez shoots from the edge of the box over the goal……….Atletico ends the first half strongly,
40 minutes: Atletico breaks forward on the counterattack and Rüdiger pushes Llorente’s cross to a corner.
35 minutes: A OUTRAGEOUS A flick from Vini Jr gets him past Marcos Llorente and the Spanish star drags him back and takes a booking.
30 minutes: Atletico’s game plan is up until the half-hour when Simeone’s charges slowly come into play.
24 minutes: It’s the end of the game for Mandava as he is taken off the stretcher and Jose Gimenez arrives.
Ceballos tries to free Vini Jr. but Stefan Savic comes over and makes a crucial tackle.
23 minutes: Atletico pose a threat here as Carrasco’s thumping cross shot forces a save from Thibaut Courtois.
Koke takes Atletico’s first caution for a hack at Ceballos and Antonio Rudiger heads the free-kick straight at Oblak.
22 minutes: An injury worry for the visitors as Reinildo Mandava goes down after a challenge from Valverde.
18 minutes: All one way streets here as Valverde’s low cross is missed by Benzema and Atletico are set back in defence.
13 minutes: Vinicius Jr. comes to life on the left and whips in a cross for Benzema, but Mario Hermoso holds his own and clears volleys.
11 min: BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL MADRID!!!
Asensio forces a routine save from Jan Oblak but Real Madrid charge back in front as marauding Militao finds Karim Benzema at the back post… but the Frenchman smashes wide!
An unusual miss from Benzema with Dani Ceballos possibly better placed to score!
8 minutes: Eder Militao conceded the first yellow card of the night for dragging Yannick Carrasco back and the Belgian fired a free-kick just wide of the far post.
5 minutes: Early pressure from the hosts as Fede Valverde’s skillful ball almost finds Marco Asensio as Atletico concede the corner.
Antonio Rüdiger climbs the highest… but his header goes wide.
The Atletico players yell for handball at the other end but the referee brushes off handball complaints against Valverde.
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START: WE START IN MADRID!!
After an emotional pre-match tribute to Real Madrid legend Amancio Varela……..we’re underway!!!
20 minutes after kick-off: Los Blancos DOMINANCE at the Santiago Bernabeu
The key stat ahead of kick-off is Real Madrid’s impressive derby record against Atletico with three consecutive La Liga wins against their home neighbours.
Atletico secured a rare win at the Estadio Metropolitano last season but Los Blancos have consistently proved too strong, with Atletico’s last win on the other side of the capital coming in 2016… over Antoine Griezmann.
40 minutes after kick-off: This derby has produced some incredible goals over the years…… will there be another tonight?
1 hour and 10 minutes after kick-off: ATLETICO MADRID TEAM DROPT!!
A little earlier than planned, Atletico manager Simeone has confirmed his starting XI for El Derbi Madrileño, with three changes from last weekend’s 1-0 win against Athletic Club.
Stefan Savic is preferred Jose Gimenez in defense and Yannick Carrasco goes in attack, with Saul Niguez used on the left wing.
However, the big call is 19-year-olds Pablo Barrios starting in place of the injured Rodrigo de Paul in midfield, like Angel Korrea falls on the bench.
1 hour and 30 minutes after kick-off: REAL MADRID TEAM NEWS IS OUT!!
real Madrid LOVE an early reveal of the starting XI and Carlo Ancelotti released his team news well ahead of the derby.
Nacho replaces the injured David Alaba as expected in defense with three more changes in midfield and in attack.
Luke Modric And Eduardo Camavinga drop on the bench, with Tony Kroos And Daniel Ceballos starting and Marco Asensio replaced Rodrygo in attack.
2 hours after kick-off: Antoine Griezmann has been the key man for Atletico since returning from World Cup 2022 with three assists and two goals in La Liga.
Lineups Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid team news
Alaba And Rodrygo have joined a growing injury list at Real Madrid with a veteran defender Nacho And Asensi drafted to start.
With a Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona on the horizon in the coming days, Ancelotti is also resting Modric And Camavinga.
Real Madrid (4-3-3): 1-Courtois (GK) – 2-Carvajal, 3-Militao, 22-Rüdiger, 6-Nacho – 15-Valverde, 19-Ceballos, 8-Kroos – 11-Asensio, 9-Benzema, 20-Vinicius Jr
Argentina international Rodrigo de Paul has been ruled out for Atletico and Simeone has opted for Barrios to bolster his midfield alongside the versatile Saul Niguez.
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): 13-Oblak (GK) — 16-Molina, 15-Savic, 22-Hermoso,. 23-Mandava — 14-Llorente, 6-Koke, 24-Barrios, 17-Niguez — 8-Griezmann, 21-Carrasco
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid Live Stream, TV Channel
This clash kicks off at 18:30 local time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu with full TV and streaming details of the game below:
| Date | Time | TV channel | stream | |
| Australia | Sun, February 26th | 04:30 ADT | — | Opus Sport |
| Canada | Saturday February 25th | 12:30 ET | TSN5 | TSN+ |
| Hong Kong | Sun, February 26th | 01:30 CET | Now sports 2 | NOW player |
| India | Saturday February 25th | 23:00 CET | — | JioTV |
| Malaysia | Sun, February 26th | 01:30 CET | — | beIN Sports Connect, sooka |
| New Zealand | Sun, February 26th | 06:30 NZDT | sky sports 7 | beIN Sports Connect |
| Singapore | Sun, February 26th | 01:30 CEST | StarHub TV+ | beIN Sports Connect |
| United Kingdom | Saturday February 25th | 17:30 GMT | ITV 4 | La Liga TV/Viaplay Sports 1/ITVX |
| USA | Saturday February 25th | 12:30 ET | — | ESPN+/ESPN deported |