Atletico and Real Madrid play a final derby

The fight for the championship in Spain reaches key weeks with Mattresses, Culés and Merengues looking for the top

Athletic of Madrid, Barcelona i Real Madrid are fighting for the title of LaLiga and next month seems key to defining the Spanish champion, though this Monday the meringues they missed the opportunity to end the week as leaders of Spain.

Those led by Zinedine Zidane faced the Royal Society and a victory left them three points behind the mattresses, Championship leaders. According to the “Soccer Power Index” of ESPN, the Real Madrid had a 49 percent chance of getting all three points against the set of Anoeta, but Real Madrid could only rescue the end of the game a one-goal draw.

The Madrid derby will be played on Sunday 7 March and the result of this match could be defining LaLiga. if the Athletic of Madrid takes the win, those led by Diego Simeone would be placed eight points behind meringues. Similarly, the Athletes could extend its advantage over the Barcelona which is currently five units.

According to the SCI, Athletes is the favorite to win the derby with a 37 percent chance, but in the first round of the campaign, the mattresses they were also favorites to beat the Real Madrid but the meringues they won the match 2-0. if the Madrid returns to “surprise” the mattresses, The White set would be placed two points (56) from Simeone at the top of the table.

After the Madrid derby, Atlético will face Athletic Bilbao and Getafe being the favorite of the whites and reds to win both games. For its part, Zidane’s Madrid will face Elche, a team that is struggling not to go down.

On the other hand, the Barcelona will live the most important weeks of the season because the club could define whether to continue in the dream of raising a title to a minimum. en LaLiga, the culers will face Osasuna and Huesca being widely favored the Catalan team to win both games, results that would keep them with a chance to fight for the title, although they would depend on the actions signed by the Athletes i Real Madrid these two weeks.

In the middle of this week, the Barça team will play the return match for the Copa del Rey Semifinals against Sevilla and will try to overcome the 2-0 that the Andalusian team won at home. Next week, Barcelona will travel to France with the illusion of a 1-4 win over Paris Saint-Germain for the UEFA Champions League.

ATHLETIC OF MADRID, SCI FAVORITE TO PROCLAIM CHAMPION

According to the “Soccer Power Index”, the mattresses are the main candidates to win the title of LaLiga 2020/21. The set led by ‘Cholo’ Simeone have a 42 per cent chance of being crowned.

Below the Athletic of Madrid is located the Barcelona with 37 percent while the meringues they have 20 percent. For its part, Sevilla has only a two percent chance of winning the league title.

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