Sevilla vs Atl. Madrid prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-02-10 17:30.
Sevilla ended a three-game winless run (D1, L2) on Monday night when they beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on the road. A bizarre incident overshadowed that much-needed victory for Quique Sánchez Flores’s men after a home fan reached out and prodded Lucas Ocampos' bottom when he was taking a throw-in. Following the contest, the club issued a strongly worded statement labelling the action “obscene and totally inappropriate”.
On the subject of bottoms, Sevilla are still uncomfortably close to bringing up the La Liga rear and head into this round just three points above the relegation zone. Four successive competitive H2H defeats to their next opponents AtlĂ©tico Madrid – in which they drew a scoring blank in three – won’t inspire much confidence that they can extend that slender gap to something much more comfortable this weekend.
Atlético scored a late goal at the Santiago Bernabéu against rivals Real to hold them to a 1-1 draw last weekend, but the feel-good factor from that draw quickly evaporated on Wednesday night when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final. They now risk recording a third straight competitive game without a win for the first time since a run of five winless matches between October and November 2022.
But confidence in the away dressing room should be high that they can avoid that fate, particularly given their imposing record against teams starting this round inside the bottom half alongside their hosts, with all 12 of Atlético’s matches against such sides ending in wins this term. As if that wasn’t enough to boost belief, Atlético have already defeated Sevilla 1-0 twice across the league and cup this season, extending Diego Simeone’s formidable personal H2H record (W5, D2, L1) against sides managed by current Sevilla boss Quique Sánchez Flores.
Players to watch: Youssef En-Nesyri netted a brace in Monday’s win and is the only Sevilla player to score across the past four H2Hs. Memphis Depay scored the winner in last month’s cup H2H win, and that was one of seven goal contributions across his past seven Atlético appearances.
Hot stat: No La Liga side has conceded more goals inside the opening 30 minutes than Sevilla this season (17).