Next weekend’s clash at the Santiago Bernabeu between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will be one of the most important matches of the La Liga season. Following Saturday’s results, which saw Real

Real Madrid stumbled to a shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Espanyol on Sunday which left them leading La Liga by a single point. Atletico coach Simeone was able to celebrate his 500th La Liga match with the three points.

Is six consecutive wins attainable? The number six has evaded Real Madrid all season. Coming into this game, Los Blancos were enjoying their joint-longest run of consecutive wins with five in a row, equal to their other best run which came in December before the 5-2 Spanish Super Cup final debacle against Barcelona and through September before a 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid at the Metropolitano.