Atlético de Madrid will try to increase the pressure for the title of the League on Real Madrid this weekend.
With the race for the title very tight after 20 games played for both teams, the rojiblancos are currently two points from the leaders.
The title panorama could change in the next 48 hours, since Atlético de Madrid will receive Villarreal on Saturday, a few hours before whites face Real Valladolid.
A victory of Diego Simeone’s team would leave them first, at least for a few hours, to focus attention on the defenders.
In the face of the clash against the yellow submarine, Simeone has received a mixed update of injuries, with Javi Galán already discarded for 2-3 weeks due to an ankle sprain.
However, despite the reverse suffered by Galán, striker Alexander Sorloth has received green light, after completing training without problems. – Via Mundo Deportivo.
The Norwegian international has lost the last two games for a muscle problem, but it is unlikely that it enters the initial eleven ahead of Julián Álvarez and Antoine Griezmann, against their former team.
Álvarez produced a magnificent double in the victory of Atlético de Madrid 2-1 during the week in the UEFA Champions League over the Bayer Leverkusen and the duo has started in eight of the last nine games in all competitions.
Sorloth will begin on the bench, but it is expected that Simeone uses it to improve its physical form, before a series of very busy matches.
Before its key derby against Real Madrid on February 8, Atlético has four games ahead, in Liga, Europe and Copa del Rey, and Sorloth will have minutes in those matches.
The powerful striker has not yet scored a goal in the League since the beginning of 2025, with eight marked in total in his first 2024/25 campaign in Madrid, after scoring 23 in Castellón last season.