La Liga – Sevilla vs Atletico Madrid: Betting Preview

Sevilla and Atletico Madrid square off at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on Saturday night.

After dropping out of the Champions League, Sevilla got a morale-boosting 1-0 win away at Athletic Club last weekend. It kept them second in the La Liga table, eight points behind runaway leaders Real Madrid. They followed that up by Andratx on penalties in a midweek Copa del Rey tie.

For Atletico Madrid, though, it’s been almost the complete opposite. The Colchoneros progressed in the Champions League, but have suffered in La Liga. Back-to-back league defeats have seen the reigning champions lose crucial ground to their rivals in the standings. Can they make it up here?

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Facts and figures for Sevilla vs Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

Current form — Sevilla v. Atletico Madrid

The Andalusians keep target in sight

Sevilla have seen it all in their last 3 matches, which brought home 4 points. Against Salzburg, they came out empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 1-0 win against Athletic Bilbao. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against CE Andratx.

The Colchoneros paddling along

It is all or nothing with Atletico Madrid at the moment and sadly for them, it has been more “nothing” than “all”. They first went down 1-2 in an encounter with Mallorca to which, they replied by beating FC Porto 1-3. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side when they lost 2-0 against Real Madrid.

How do the bookies view it?

It’s super tight between the club two clubs in the eyes of the bookies. A home win for Sevilla returns odds of 2.85 with Mr. Green, while Unibet has priced an Atletico Madrid triumph at 2.88. A draw pays out at a tempting 3.00 with Bet365.

Sevilla v. Atletico Madrid — fixture history

The last match between these teams was in La Liga on 4 April 2021 and saw Sevilla claim a 1-0 victory.

Julen Lopetegui’s side head into their upcoming match against Atletico Madrid with a 20% winning record in recent La Liga meetings. In 10 encounters, that amounts to a 2-4-4 record for the home side, as they amassed a win rate of 40%. Your betting strategy should take this h2h statistic into consideration, before adding a result to a possible accumulator. In the last 10 meetings of these teams, the opponents played on an equal footing.

Current table in the La Liga

As the current La Liga standings show us, the difference between the two teams is 5 points. Even though Atletico Madrid cannot overtake Sevilla in the league standings right away, they will surely look to reduce or at least maintain the current gap. The hosts, who are in 2nd with 34 points, will do their part to widen the distance to their upcoming opponents this coming Saturday.

Primary goalscorer

Lucas Ocampos and Rafa Mir have been the most prolific scorer for the home team recently. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid will be looking to Antoine Griezmann in the hope that he will add more goals to his current total of 2 goals in his latest games.