Two very strong prediction for Real and Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid’s last defeat came against city rivals Atlético Madrid. The two star teams meet in the Spanish Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

As has been the custom in recent years, Spain will play their Super Cup final in a mini quadruple-header in a foreign country. In this year’s edition, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Osasuna will compete for the trophy. With the pairings being such that defending champions Barca and cup winners Real will only play each other in the final.

The tournament kicks off on Wednesday with the semi-final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. There is no doubt that this pairing will be a real sporting treat. The last time the two Madrid stars met was in September, when the Atleti beat the royals 3-1.

At the moment, however, Real Madrid are far more likely to win the game, with Carlo Ancelotti’s side playing in very fantastic form, while Atlético Madrid have stumbled in recent weeks.

Team News

As for the squad, Real Madrid have Lucas Vazquez, Courtois, Militao, Alaba out of the line-up due to injury, otherwise they would be long missed. But Mendy, Kroos, Vinícius and Tchoouameni could return to the starting line-up. Ancelotti is not expected to consider a ‘cup squad’ line-up and will line up with the best possible starters.

On the other side, Diego Simeone will have to drop Mandava from the AFC squad alongside the injured Lemar, but Hermoso, Lino, Koke, Llorente and De Paul could return from the weekend rest.

Possible line ups
REAL MADRID: Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy; Valverde, Kroos, Modric, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinicius
ATLETICO MADRID: Oblak; Molina, Gimenez, Witsel, Hermoso, Lino; Llorente, Koke, De Paul; Griezmann, Morata

Although on form the favouritism for Real Madrid may be justified, we wouldn’t write off Atlético Madrid in a 90-minute cup game. Last January, the two sides drew 1-1 in the Super Cup, and a similarly close result could be on the cards.

We’ve picked out a tip for this semi-final that would have been a winner in that meeting, but we hope it could go green this time around. The odds of 2.30 suggest that Real Madrid will not lose this match in normal time, while Atlético Madrid will bring their form and take more penalty corners than their city rivals.

Tips for Real Madrid vs Atlético

We are definitely expecting a match where we will see a very intense battle. Basically Atlético Madrid can bring out their excellent defence and give Real Madrid the space.

From this point of view, we think that our picks for Atlético Madrid’s performance could win. With Real Madrid having more possession, Atlético could commit more fouls and pick up more yellow cards.

✅ Prediction #1: Yellow cards – Atletico Madrid@1.67

✅ Prediction #2: More faults – Atletico Madrid@1.72

Betting deadline: 10 January 20:00

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