Atletico Madrid will be looking to return to winning ways they visit Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Saturday night to take on Sevilla in a mouthwatering La Liga fixture with kickoff at 23:00.
Sevilla have made an impressive La Liga campaign this season with club recording 10 wins, four draws and two defeats in their 16 league matches to collect 34 points, which have left them in the second with eight points behind the pacesetters Real Madrid.
They head into the match in a good form having only lost one of their last nine La Liga matches and are coming off 1-0 back-to-back league successes against Villarreal and Athletic Bilibao. However, Sevilla needed penalties to overcome Andratx in the second round of the Copa del Rey, where they won 6-5 on penalties following 1-1 at the end of the extra time.
Now back to La Liga Sevilla will be looking to continue their brilliant home form this season as they yet to taste defeat at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan keeping six clean sheets in the process and with Real Bets sitting just a point behind them Sevilla will be for a win as they aim at maintaining their status in the ranking.
Meanwhile Atletico Madrid’s title defence has not gone according to plan as they currently 13 points behind their City rival Real Madrid who sit comfortably at the top of the rankings. Atletico have recorded eight wins, five draws and three draws from their 16 league matches to collect 29 points which have left them sitting in the fourth level though with the fifth-places Sociedad and five points behind their Saturday’s hosts.
They head into the crucial fixture in a poor having won two of their last five league matches and are coming off back-to-back La Liga defeats, losing first 2-1 to Mallorca before falling to a 2-0 to league leaders Real Madrid who seem unstoppable currently.
Atletico’s lack of cutting edge in their attack has among the reasons for their struggles this season with the clubs go to men Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann struggling to find their best forms and combine to a total of 10 goals.
However, Atletico Madrid have been stronger on the road this season as they have only lost two of their eight away matches and will be desperate to breathe some life into their title defence in this match.
Sevilla vs Atletico Madrid head to head
Both sides have met in 57 encounters since 1993 with Sevilla claiming 20 victories while Atletico Madrid have claimed 18 and there have been 19 draws.
- Sevilla 1-0 Atletico 04/04/21
- Atletico 2-0 Sevilla 12/01/21
- Atletico 2-2 Sevilla 07/0320
- Sevilla 1-1 Atletico 02/11/19
- Atletico 1-1 Sevilla 12/05/19
Home
- Andratx 5-6 Sevilla (AP)
- Bilbao 0-1 Sevilla
- Salzburg 1-0 Sevilla
- Sevilla 1-0 Villarreal
- Cordoba 0-1 Sevilla
Away
- Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico
- Porto 1-3 Atletico
- Atletico 1-2 Mallorca
- Cadiz 1-4 Atletico
- Atletico 0-1 Milan
Sevilla team news
Sevilla will be without Jesus Navas, Youssef En-Nesyri, Eriik Lamela and Suso due to injuries while Fernando will be out due to accumulation of yellow cards.
Atletico Madrid team news
Atletico will be without Jose Gimenez, Stefan Savic, Sime Vrsaljko and Antoine Griezmann through injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals under 2.5
