Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of La Liga clash

By Matt Law | 18 Sep 2026 07:42, Last updated: 18 Sep 2026 07:42

Atletico Madrid will welcome Real Madrid on Sunday afternoon for the latest instalment of the Madrid derby, with the two teams set to lock horns in Spain's top flight.

Real Madrid will enter this match off the back of a 3-2 victory over Elche, with the result leaving them second in the La Liga table on 15 points, three points behind the leaders Barcelona.

Atletico, meanwhile, have collected 13 points from their opening six matches, which has left them in fourth position in the division.

Diego Simeone's side have responded impressively to their back-to-back defeats to Athletic Bilbao and Liverpool earlier this month.

Indeed, Atletico have beaten Real Sociedad 3-0 and Osasuna 4-0 in their last two matches.

Fixtures between Atletico and Real Madrid are always special, and this game is shaping up to be a fascinating contest early in the campaign.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and past meetings between the two sides ahead of their contest on Sunday afternoon.

These two sides have locked horns on 243 occasions throughout history, and it is Real Madrid that lead the head-to-head record, having won 125 matches to Atletico's 60, while there have also been 58 draws.

The first-ever league fixture between the two teams took place during the 1928-29 season, with Real Madrid winning 2-1.

In La Liga, the two rivals have faced off 178 times, with Real Madrid also unsurprisingly leading the head-to-head, boasting 92 league wins to Atletico's 42, with 44 draws also occurring at that level of football.

There have also been eight Champions League encounters, with Real Madrid winning six of those, including the finals of the 2013-14 and 2015-16 competitions.

Three of the last five La Liga meetings between the two sides have finished 1-1, including at the Bernabeu in February 2025.

However, Atletico recorded a stunning 5-2 win when the pair last faced off at the Metropolitano in September 2025.

That result helped Atletico form a six-game unbeaten run in league meetings with Real Madrid, before that fine spell of results came to an end with a 3-2 defeat in their most recent meeting in March 2026.

Cristiano Ronaldo is unsurprisingly the all-time leading goalscorer in the Madrid derby, with the Real Madrid legend scoring 22 times against Atletico during his time in Spanish football.

Mar 22, 2026: Real Madrid 3-2 Atletico (La Liga)

Jan 08, 2026: Atletico 1-2 Real Madrid (Supercopa de Espana Semi-Finals)

Sept 27, 2025: Atletico 5-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Mar 12, 2025: Atletico 1-0 Real Madrid (Champions League Last 16 Second Leg)

Mar 04, 2025: Real Madrid 2-1 Atletico (Champions League Last 16 First Leg)

Feb 08, 2025: Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico (La Liga)

Sept 29, 2024: Atletico 1-1 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Feb 04, 2024: Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico (La Liga)

Jan 18, 2024: Atletico 4-2 Real Madrid (Copa del Rey Round of 16)

Jan 10, 2024: Real Madrid 5-3 Atletico (Supercopa de Espana Semi-Finals)

Sep 24, 2023: Atletico 3-1 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Feb 25, 2023: Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico (La Liga)

Jan 26, 2023: Real Madrid 3-1 Atletico (Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals)

Sep 18, 2022: Atletico 1-2 Real Madrid (La Liga)

May 08, 2022: Atletico 1-0 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Dec 12, 2021: Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico (La Liga)

Mar 07, 2021: Atletico 1-1 Real Madrid (La Liga)

Dec 12, 2020: Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico (La Liga)

Feb 01, 2020: Real Madrid 1-0 Atletico (La Liga)

Jan 12, 2020: Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico (Supercopa de Espana Final)