Atlético Madrid will look to build on their strong home form in La Liga as Sevilla travel to the capital searching for answers to a recent slump.
Match News and Current Form
Two goals before half-time gave Atlético Madrid a comfortable 2-0 win against Betis on Monday for their first away victory of this campaign, and served as the perfect way to respond after a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League last week. The result also stretched their unbeaten run in La Liga to nine matches (W5, D4), keeping Diego Simeone’s men just three points shy of second-placed Barcelona pre-round. Atleti ought to be confident of at least maintaining that gap considering that they’ve won eight of their last nine home league fixtures (D1), scoring 3+ goals six times therein.
Sevilla will hope a midweek 4-1 victory over lower-league Toledo helps spark a turnaround in their La Liga form, which has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks. A 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad last Friday was their second La Liga loss in a row and saw them drop out of the top half, yet such have been their struggles in recent years, this is Sevilla’s best ten-game start to a La Liga season since 2021/22. Matías Almeyda’s men are likely to see the road as the perfect destination to get back on track as they’d won three successive La Liga trips prior to that Sociedad defeat.
Head-to-Head History
Atlético have won five of the last six league H2Hs (L1), and have dominated this fixture on home soil, avoiding defeat in the last 16 such meetings in La Liga since September 2008 (W9, D7).
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Hot Stats and Streaks
Atlético have scored first in all ten of their La Liga games this season.
Atlético have scored a pre-round league-high five unanswered goals in the first ten minutes this season.
After ten rounds, only Barcelona’s matches (3.7) average more than Sevilla’s 3.3 goals per game.
Sevilla scored exactly twice in five of their last seven away league games.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Julián Alvarez scored before half-time in Atlético’s 2-1 win in the last H2H in April, but his last five goals for the club have arrived in the second half at the Metropolitano. Rubén Vargas may be hoping to strike earlier given his four career La Liga goals have come within the first 20 minutes of action.
