The numbers behind the Madrid derby

Three consecutive wins for Real Madrid means Zidane's men should be confident before their Saturday visit to the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, after a 3-2 win over Levante, 0-1 over Sevilla and 2-0 over Osasuna. Atletico have only won one of their last three rounds in LaLiga, with a 2-0 win over Mallorca. Before, they lost to Real Sociedad (2-0) and drew at home without goals with Celta.

Four draws and one win for Real Madrid sum up their last five matches in the championship. Aside from the last 1-3, the previous four matches ended in draws: 0-0 last season at the Santiago Bernabéu; 0-0 and 1-1 in 2017-18 and 1-1 in 2016-17.

Five Atletico Madrid players have played for Real Madrid at some point in their careers: Antonio Adán, Mario Hermoso, Marcos Llorente, Saúl Ñíguez and Álvaro Morata. Of all of them, the only one who is expected to start this Saturday is Saul.

Six goals have been scored by Diego Costa against Real Madrid in their last three matches; two in last season's European Super Cup in Tallinn (2-4) on 15 August 2018, and four in this summer's friendly, played on 27 July in the United States, in which Atletico won by a resounding 3-7.

Eight matches under Zinedine Zidane's direction in official competition to Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid, with three victories, counting the victory achieved in the penalty shoot-out of the final of the Champions League season 2015-16, as many draws and two defeats, including the first suffered as coach of the team: 0-1 on 27 February 2015.

16 goals in their last 17 LaLiga games have been scored by Frenchman Karim Benzema for Real Madrid, five of them this season, in which he has scored in four of the five matches, in the 1-3 against Celta, in the 1-1 against Valladolid, in the 3-2 against Levante, with a double, and in the 0-1 last Sunday against Sevilla.

16 ball recoveries for Brazilian Casemiro in the first six rounds of the current LaLiga season, making him the leader in this area. Atletico's Koke is the only player to get close to that statistic, with nine recoveries.

17 wins, five draws and one defeat (1-3 against Real Madrid) sum up Atletico's last 23 home games at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium.

29 derbies in official competition have already been played during the 'Simeone era' on the bench of Atlético de Madrid, with nine victories -four at home, nine draws and eleven defeats against Real Madrid. With 32 goals against the adversary's 41. 

39 games - 35 of them with Jan Oblak in goal - Atletico Madrid have remained unbeaten in their 57 matches at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, with 41 wins, 12 draws, four defeats, 100 goals scored and 29 conceded.

164 derbies have already been played in the LaLiga between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, with a balance clearly in favor of Zidane's team, winner of 87 of those games against the rival's 36, and a total of 41 ties. Real Madrid has 289 goals and Atlético 216. The last precedent, last February 9, was resolved with a 1-3 win for Real Madrid.