The Spanish topflight will witness one of its biggest games this weekend when Sevilla and Atletico Madrid lock horns at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday.
Both teams have been inconsistent this season, but Atletico stands as slight favourites in this one. Diego Simeone’s side currently sits at the top of La Liga, although Real Madrid and Barcelona are firmly on their heels.
Atletico are four points ahead of Barcelona while Real Madrid are a further two points behind. However, their form has been porous in recent weeks. Despite making a bright start to the season, Atletico have won just four of their last 11 matches in all competitions.
They were also recently eliminated from the UEFA Champions League after losing home and away to Chelsea.
Similarly, Sevilla are currently on a poor run of form. Julen Lopetegui’s side occupies fourth on the league table but are yet to win back to back matches since the start of February.
Sevilla have also won just thrice in their last 10 matches, with their problems compounded by their elimination from the Copa del Rey and Champions League by Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund, respectively.
Saturday’s game, therefore, pits two sides that are desperately in need of three points. Luis Suarez has been Atletico’s main source of goals, having netted 19 times this season in La Liga.
Only Lionel Messi has scored more goals than the Uruguayan striker in the Spanish topflight. But Atletico will need Joao Felix and Angel Correa to also come to the party to share the goal-scoring burden.
For Sevilla, though, the star man is Youssef En-Nesyri, who has 15 La Liga goals to his name, whereas Suso and Papu Gomez are equally valuable assets that can hurt the visitors.
As at the time of writing this article, Sevilla are priced at 2.90 by Betika to win, while Atletico Madrid are priced at 2.70 to emerge victors. Meanwhile, a draw is priced at 3.05.