Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad

In a La Liga match in Mexico, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad square off as both teams continue their preseason training.

The most recent meeting between the two teams occurred on the final weekend of the 2022–23 campaign, with Atletico winning 2-1.

Atletico Madrid has displayed both their best and worst sides thus far in preseason play after yet another third-place finish in La Liga.

In the first of their friendlies, Diego Simeone's team unexpectedly fell short 3-2 to a K-League All-Star team despite being up with 89 minutes remaining.

Atleti, though, made up for that late failure on Sunday by defeating a Manchester City team that was playing at full strength.

The Colchoneros will play in the Champions League once again, and there will undoubtedly be movement on the transfer market. As a result, the starting lineup against Granada on the opening Monday of the new season may look very different.

But before La Liga begins, there are still two more friendly to play, including a match on Saturday against Sevilla.

In the season's last nine games, only Atletico Madrid defeated Real Sociedad.

The San Sebastian team participated in the Champions League for the first time in 11 years thanks to an outstanding 20 points out of a possible 27 at the end of the season.

La Real, meanwhile, has had a somewhat poor start to the preseason, suffering two painful losses upon returning to play.

Osasuna defeated Imanol Alguacil's team 3-1 with a hat-trick from Alejandro Catena, but Sporting Lisbon humiliated the Spaniards 3-0 the next week.

However, Real Sociedad's lone goal against Bayer Leverkusen on Friday night gave them their first preseason victory.

In addition to playing Real Betis in their last preseason match on the weekend, La Real will begin their La Liga campaign against Girona.