Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 244

Atletico wins: 61

Draws: 58

These two sides have locked horns on 244 occasions throughout history, and it is Real Madrid that lead the head-to-head record, having won 125 matches to Atletico's 61, while there have also been 58 draws.

The first-ever league fixture between the two teams took place during the 1928-29 season, with Real Madrid winning 2-1.

In La Liga, the two rivals have faced off 179 times, with Real Madrid also unsurprisingly leading the head-to-head, boasting 92 league wins to Atletico's 43, with 44 draws also occurring at that level of football.

There have also been eight Champions League encounters, with Real Madrid winning six of those, including the finals of the 2013-14 and 2015-16 competitions.

Three of the last six La Liga meetings between the two sides have finished 1-1, including at the Bernabeu in February 2025.

However, Atletico recorded a stunning 5-2 win when the pair faced off at the Metropolitano in September 2025.

That result helped Atletico formed a six-game unbeaten run in league meetings with Real Madrid, before that fine spell of results came to an end with a 3-2 defeat in March 2026.

However, Atletico would get back on track, winning 2-1 at the Metropolitano in September 2026 thanks to goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David, while Antonio Rudiger's late strike could not salvage anything for Los Blancos.

Jose Mourinho's side were reduced to 10 men when Dean Huijsen was sent off in the 52nd minute, but the head coach launched an astonishing attack on referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias during a press conference, bringing out photo evidence to argue two Atletico players should have received reds.

Cristiano Ronaldo is unsurprisingly the all-time leading goalscorer in the Madrid derby, with the Real Madrid legend scoring 22 times against Atletico during his time in Spanish football.