Luis Perea is confident Atletico Madrid can beat city neighbours Real when they meet on Saturday.

According to Goal.com, the defender is unperturbed by Atletico's lowly position in the league this season.

He is banking on his teammates to pull themselves together to clinch a victory over ailing Real at the Vicente Calderon.

"It's possible to win this derby. There is a great motivation within the team and we must collect the points because our position in the table is not good," he told AS.

"In the beginning of the season there was much excitement amongst the fans and I think it's normal [to get angry] because people were desperate to change the team's situation. But our intention is to make our fans smile again."

"It's a football game, but a derby has something more than other games. Hopefully we can win this game because we throw up in the standings. They have very capable players so throughout the game we should give away very few scoring chances, because the littlest chance can become a goal. We will be very focused," he declared.

Atletico have only won once in the last ten years in this fixture and Perea is eager to give Los Colchoneros home support something to smile about.