Analysis – Cristiano, king of the Madrid derby

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Hosting Real Madrid at Wanda Metropolitano for the first time, Atletico will have to solve an old problem – he is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo enters the Sunday derby against Atletico with only one goal in La Liga this season.

In spite of that, it will take great courage to bet against the Portuguese superstar to not score in the Metropolitan stadium where he will play for the first time.

Since moving to Real in 2009, Ronaldo has been the main problem of the city’s rival.

According to Optas analysis, let’s take a look at the four-time Ballon d’Or winner statistic which are phenomenal.

21 – Ronaldo’s total number of goals in the Madrid derby which makes him the best goalscorer of all time. Only against Sevilla (25 goals) he has scored more.

17 – No player has scored more goals than Ronaldo in the Simeone period , scoring 17 goals in 23 derby that Simeone was Atletico Coach.

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2 – 32-year-old has two Hat-tricks against Atletico Madrid and they have to think about this tonight, both of hat-trikcs were scored away – in 4-1 win in April 2012 and in the 3-0 win last year. Ronaldo has two hat-tricks against Espaynol and Sevilla.

6 – The Portuguese star has scored six goals in the last four games against Atletico Madrid.

61 – Ronaldo has recorded the highest strike at Atletico’s goal than any other opponent from Real Madrid, thus achieving 29 derby matches. If we compare to El Clasico, he has 51 shots on target at 28 El Clasico. His total shots against Atletico make his record number of shots against any other opponent.

5 – CR7 has five assists agasint Atletico. He has more assists against Malaga, Espanyol (nine), Levante (eight) and Athletic Bilbao (seven).

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