After a stuttering start to the 2025-2026 season, Atleti has kicked into gear, recording wins against Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt.

It scored five goals in both of its home wins against Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, in LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League, respectively.

Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann have starred in Atleti's recent winning run, but coach Diego Simeone wants all of his players to contribute at both ends of the pitch.

“Since the match against Villarreal, the team has been evolving and improving relative to the matches against Alaves and Elche,” Simeone said, with Atleti taking on Celta Vigo on Monday (AEDT).

“We have to continue with the same humility and, above all, gradually involve those who we still need and who are returning.

“In the case of Alex [Baena], it took a while to bring him on, and the ball didn’t come out as we expected as soon as he came on.

“We need things from Alex and also from [Thiago] Almada, [Johnny] Cardoso, [Alexander] Sorloth. To be able to compete, we all need to be at our best.”

While Atleti is targeting a victory that would take it into the top four in LaLiga, Celta is yet to win in the league this season, drawing five of its seven games so far.

It did, however, beat Greek side PAOK in the UEFA Europa League on Friday (AEDT).