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The Madrid derby comes to the beginning of the final leg of the season and will serve to determine the aspirations of the two teams.

The rojiblancos arrive at the Wanda Metropolitano duel (at 4.15pm) after a month of February in which they have seen their eight-point advantage with their pursuers gradually fade away, with two draws and one defeat in five league games. .

Barcelona moved to two points after beating Osasuna this Saturday, but with two more games, while the whites are five with one more game.

After eight consecutive duels conceding goals, Simeone's men again left a clean sheet in their confrontation against Villarreal, recovering the defensive security that has allowed them to reach this stage of the season as leaders.

The Argentine coach recovers for the derby a fundamental piece for the new scheme he is testing this year: Kieran Trippier.

The Englishman has fulfilled the penalty imposed by the FA for illegal bets and will be able to return to the right wing so that Marcos Llorente returns to more focused positions, where he has become one of the best players in the competition.

Luis Suárez, who accumulates five games without seeing the door, will be the great threat to his team.

For Madrid, the duel is practically life or death to continue fighting for LaLiga.

The draw against Real Sociedad on the last day broke his streak of five consecutive wins that allowed him to get closer to Atlético.

The Whites achieved that record despite having almost more injured players than available.

In the last week, Zidane has been able to several troops.

But it has the outstanding return of Karim Benzema after three games absent due to injury.

His team suffered a lot to get to see the door in the absence of the French striker, who will have no natural substitute for this afternoon's duel after the club confirmed Mariano's withdrawal.

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