On Sunday May 15th, Atlético Madrid hosts Sevilla in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Atlético Madrid, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Elche. Matheus Cunha scored the first goal for Atlético Madrid in the 28th minute, then Rodrigo De Paul added another in the 62nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elche couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético Madrid took the shutout win. Atlético Madrid looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while sevilla is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Mallorca. Neither Sevilla nor Mallorca could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Sevilla is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Dec 18th, Sevilla hosted Atlético Madrid at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in their last match together. Sevilla was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 33000 fans. Ivan Rakitić struck first for Sevilla in the 7th minute, but Felipe got the equalizer for Atlético Madrid in the 33rd minute.
For Sevilla, their top scorers are Jesús Corona and Jules Koundé, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Atlético Madrid’s most prolific scorer has been Yannick Carrasco. The midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
João Félix, Thomas Lemar, Hermoso, Héctor Herrera and Reinildo are unavailable to play for Diego Pablo Simeone’s team, while Anthony Martial, Lucas Ocampos, Fernando, Karim Rekik and Suso are unavailable to play for Sevilla.