The situation
He defended Atlético’s goal for three seasons and is now a nightmare for Simeone’s attackers. Thibaut Courtois grows up against what was his team. The Belgian has kept a clean sheet in six of the eight derbies he has played as a madridista. Atlético is the team that Tibu is best at since he signed for Madrid . Against no other team has he been able to lock his own goal so many times.Griezmann, in 2018-19, and Luis Suárez, in 2020-21, are the only Atlético players who have managed to beat him in derbies . Some derbies in which Bree’s man remains undefeated as a madridista: he has won four and drawn another four. Three of those ties were 0-0. In the five seasons that the goalkeeper has been at Real Madrid, the Whites have lost two derbies, but Courtois played neither of them . In the 2018 European Super Cup he was not even called up (he later joined the preseason after having achieved third place in the World Cup in Russia with his team) and in last season’s derby at the Metropolitano, with Madrid Mathematically already League champion, Ancelotti gave Lunin a chance. Courtois has conceded 175 goals in the 189 games he has played for Real Madrid, an average of 0.93 goals conceded per game.
The details
In 77 games (two out of five played, specifically 40.7%) he kept the Whites a clean sheet . After Atlético, the rivals that he is best at as a madridista, according to data from BeSoccer Pro , are Getafe and Athletic (five clean sheets against each). In his entire career, the azulón team is the one that gives him the best (12 clean sheets in 14 matches). At this start of the season, Courtois is showing two faces. In Europe (Super Cup and two Champions League games) he has not yet conceded a goal, while in the League he has conceded a goal in each of the five games played .