Despite sitting top of LaLiga, reigning champions Real Madrid may feel like they have a lot to prove when they host Atletico Madrid on Saturday with their in-form city rivals eager to seize the momentum in the title race and leapfrog them in the table.

Real face an acid test in the La Liga title race, when they welcome an in-form Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu

There cannot be too many better seasons in which to secure a ticket to the Madrid derby. A rare beast is the three-horse title race, and still more so in La Liga, but with just four point