Real vs Atletico There have been 28 since 2010

Real Madrid and Atletico score 26% of their goals in the final 15 minutes

Five key battles from Real Madrid-Atletico

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have faced each other 28 times over the course of the past decade and that figure will reach 30 thanks to the Champions League semi-final matches. It is a surprising figure, which takes into account all competitions, and Real have the definite upper hand with 14 games, compared to seven for Atletico and seven draws.

Their second league game of the 2009/10 season was the first derby of the decade and was won by Real 3-2 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, thanks to the heroics of Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa.

The following season, the teams met four times, across the league and Copa del Rey, with Los Blancos prevailing home and away in LaLiga, while also adding to their rivals' misery in the domestic cup.

In the 2011/12 campaign, Real continued their dominance as they won both league games 4-1 in Diego Simeone's first season in charge at the Estadio Vicente Calderon.

However, the Argentine did soon bring change for Atletico in the fixture and in 2012/13, although they again lost both LaLiga games, they triumphed in the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu thanks to a header from Miranda following a Koke cross.

Atletico repeated the feat in LaLiga the following season thanks to a Diego Costa goal en route to winning the title and in the second game at the Calderon, the sides drew 2-2, in a game best remembered for Gabi's thunderbolt.

Real gained revenge for that with a 5-0 aggregate Copa del Rey semi-final success before going on to defeat Barcelona in the final thanks to Gareth Bale.

It wouldn't be the last time they met that season as they invaded Lisbon for the Champions League final, with Sergio Ramos' historic 93rd minute leveller propelling his side to La Decima.

Atletico licked their wounds with a win over their rivals in the Supercopa de Espana, the first of six games between the clubs that season.

They also triumphed in both LaLiga games and dumped their rivals out of the Copa del Rey but Los Blancos once more broke Atletico's hearts in Europe as a Javier Hernandez goal separated them in the Champions League quarter-final.

In LaLiga in 2015/16, the sides tied at the Calderon before Antoine Griezmann separated them in the return game, but their meetings that season will be best remembered for another dramatic Champions League final in Milan which went the way of Real via a penalty shootout.

Over the course of the current season, the derby has been contested twice, both in LaLiga. Real won the first meeting with a resounding 3-0 success thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick before drawing across the city at the Bernabeu.

On Tuesday, they will face off again in a European semi-final that promises to be every bit as spectacular as the 28 that have gone before it.

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