Jude Bellingham backed to end nightmare La Liga record against Atletico Madrid

Jude Bellingham has been backed to end his scoreless record against Atletico Madrid on Saturday after the England star’s five games without a goal in the fixture.

Bellingham has enjoyed a productive year at Real Madrid as he’s gone on to score all La Liga teams he has played against except Espanyol and Atletico Madrid.

While the England International has only played twice against Espanyol, he has been up against Diego Simeone’s side on five occasions in all competitions without finding the net.

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez has now backed Bellingham to end his scoreless streak in the Madrid Derby.

Jude Bellingham looks on during the LaLiga match between RCD Espanyol and Real Madrid. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)

“I think he’s always a player to have in mind to have special attention on him,” Jimenez tells Mirror Football. “Even if he didn’t score in the last games against Atletico he’s a very dangerous player.

“Probably he didn’t score because he has around him other players, top players, and probably he had another job to help the team to win. I think the two players [Gallagher and Bellingham] are very important for both teams.

“Bellingham has probably been more regular in terms of minutes played and Gallagher is going in and out, also because of the Cholo [Simeone] style and the rotation of the players in the midfield positions. I could say that I would put more attention on Bellingham in this game because i think he can make the difference more than Gallagher.”

Saturday’s game sees Bellingham go up against England team-mate Conor Gallagher, who moved to Spain from Chelsea over the summer. Real Madrid are currently one point ahead of Atletico on the La Liga summit.