Zinedine Zidane has admitted that Real Madrid will always be seen as the rich team and Atletico Madrid as the working-class team in the Madrid derby.

The city rivals go face to face at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday night, as Atletico look to get revenge for their 3-1 defeat at home to Los Blancos last season.

Despite the derby coming relatively early in the season, Zidane knows the importance of the match to both sets of fans.

"[It's] the responsibility that we always have, player and coach... the people that work here always have responsibility," he said in his pre-match press conference.

"We know what we have to do, it's another game in LaLiga and it's the next one."

Many Atletico fans see their team as the 'people's team' compared to the riches of Real Madrid, but Zidane isn't getting involved.

"I don't get into these things," the Frenchman stated.

"What I can say is that people here work a lot - it's the same - then people say that this is the rich club and [Atletico] are the working-class club. I'm not going to change it.

"What I do know is that the Real Madrid fans want to be proud of their players and this is what we're going to do."

The Madrid derby always throws up some controversy because of its intensity, but Zidane sees it as just another game.

"We have a match tomorrow and what we want is to win. It will be difficult for us against a very good opponent," he said.

When asked whether Thibaut Courtois would be reinstated back in goal, the Real Madrid boss wasn't giving anything away.

"We're all in the same boat and I'm going to count on everyone," Zidane noted.

"The only thing I want to say is that my players are prepared. I would've liked to play with 25."

Rodrygo Goes didn't train with the first team on Friday and will instead play for Real Madrid Castilla this weekend.

"We know what we're doing with him," Zidane said.

"Tomorrow he'll play with Castilla and it doesn't change anything. He's a first-team player but we're going to go step by step.

"We'd taken the decision beforehand. He's going to play with Castilla and he's perfectly happy with that."

Eden Hazard has started to show why Los Blancos spent 100 million euros on him, and Zidane is expecting him to live up to the hype.

"We know the player that we have, we know that he's going to deliver, and he did it at Sevilla," Zidane explained when questioned about the Belgian.

"Everyone is expecting [good things] from him and he's going to be the player that everyone expected [upon his arrival]."

Lucas Vazquez is often criticised by a section of Real Madrid fans, yet Zidane saw the funny side of the negativity.

"I see him as a son of a bitch, that's clear," he said about the Spaniard in a joking manner.

Diego Simeone certainly attracts some attention on the touchline, but Zidane has played down the idea of a clash of the coaches at the Wanda Metropolitano.

"Everyone plays their part," Zidane replied.

"He studies his opponents a lot, but everyone does. But tomorrow is a match between Real Madrid and Atletico."

Real Madrid go into the weekend as league leaders in LaLiga Santander and Zidane has a game plan to make sure it stays that way.

"We always have to have a calm head, thinking about what we have to do," he said.

"They're a difficult opponent that pose lots of threats, but I'm interested about what we're doing. We're motivated to have a good game and we're ready."