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Match info:
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Competition – Champions League Final
Stadium – Estadio da Luz
Date: 24th May 2014
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT+1
ITV, Sky Sports 1 (UK)
Real Madrid meet their bitter rivals Atletico Madrid at the Estadio da Luz on Saturday evening in the final of the Champions League.
Real Madrid made it to this stage by winning Group B with 5 wins and 1 draws. They then went on to defeat Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich to make it to the final.
Atletico Madrid won Group G with 5 wins and 1 draw. They went on to defeat Barcelona and Chelsea to progress to the final.
Recent form:
Both sides have lost 1 of their last 7.
The draw looks like this
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 43 times in recent years and Real Madrid have come out on top most often.
Possible line-ups
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2)
Bookmakers make Real Madrid favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Real (21/20) Draw (5/2) Atletico (3/1)Gamingtips Prediction – Real 3:1 Atletico
Because this game is an all Spanish final, we can look at the Spanish Primera for some clues. Real Madrid finished 3rd this season – they scored 104 goals in 38 games and conceded 38. Atletico Madrid won the Spanish primera scoring 77 goals in 38 games and conceding just 26 (best defencive record). On paper, Real Madrid have all of the stars to outclass Atletico but Diego Simeone has got his team fired up and working as a unit and this gives Atletico a very good chance of winning the Champions League this year. Ultimately this game could go either way being a cup final and we should expect quite a tight opening period given what’s at stake.
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