Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 September 2026
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 20 September 2026, 14:15 UTC · Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 September 2026 at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Alejandro Grimaldo (53', penalty) and Jonathan David (59'). Real Madrid scored through Antonio Rüdiger (89').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 4th on 13 points from 6 and Real Madrid 2nd on 15 points from 6. In the current table Atlético de Madrid are 2nd on 28 points and Real Madrid are 3rd on 27 points.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid (7.6), ahead of Dávid Hancko (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 4 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Diego Simeone
- 35'Yellow card · Marc Pubill
- 38'Yellow card · Cristian Romero
- 49'Yellow card · Denzel Dumfries
- 52'Red card · Dean Huijsen
- 53'Penalty goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 59'Goal · Jonathan David
- 78'Yellow card · Jude Bellingham
- 89'Goal · Antonio Rüdiger
Form and table
- Atlético de MadridLast five: D W L W W
- Real MadridLast five: W W L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlético de Madrid | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 28 | WWWWW |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 27 | LWWWW |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Marc Pubill, Cristian Romero, Dávid Hancko, Alejandro Grimaldo, Giuliano Simeone, Marcos Llorente, Johnny Cardoso, Álex Baena, Kang-in Lee, Jonathan David
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konaté, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Arda Güler, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappé
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