On Saturday Dec 18th, Sevilla will host Atlético Madrid at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Sevilla, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Athletic Club. Thomas Delaney scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 38th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Athletic Club was frustrated by Sevilla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sevilla ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Sevilla should be reasonably happy with their performance, while atlético Madrid sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Real Madrid. Karim Benzema struck first for Real Madrid in the 16th minute, then Asensio added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Vinícius Júnior In the end, Atlético Madrid was frustrated by Real Madrid’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Madrid ended the match with the shutout victory. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Matheus Cunha and Ángel Correa have been the hottest scorers for Atlético Madrid in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Sevilla’s most prolific scorer has been Lucas Ocampos. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Julen Lopetegui Argote’s Sevilla squad will be without Ivan Rakitić, Youssef En-Nesyri, Lucas Ocampos, Suso and Navas, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s squad will be without Kieran Trippier, Renan Lodi, Sime Vrsaljko, José Giménez, Yannick Carrasco and Ivan Šaponjić.