Atletico Madrid – Sevilla

Sevilla will be happy with a draw against Atletico

Atletico take on Sevilla at home in the 37th round of La Liga. Diego Simeone's side have secured their place in the Champions League. There is no further tournament motivation. Sevilla, on the other hand, find themselves in a rather nervous situation two rounds before the finish of the championship. Betis are five points behind Lopetegui's side. After the trip to Madrid, the Andalusians have a tough home game against a motivated Athletic. Sevilla need one point to qualify for the Champions League, subject to two wins by Betis. Atletico were still able to pull themselves together at the end of the tournament. An away defeat in Bilbao did not break the team down. Two victories followed. Real Madrid managed to beat the reserves with great difficulty, 1-0. In the last round, the Madrid club got three points away against Elche by a huge margin. Simeone's side are still far from claiming the titles, but these are challenges for next season. At the end of the championship, at least the Indians were able to return to their usual style of play, with a solid defensive performance and a series of goals against the runners-up. In the last eight meetings, Atletico have only once scored more than 2.5, scoring in the last minute against Espanyol. All the other meetings were draws. The goal conceded statistics are also noteworthy. Madrid have kept their goal intact in four of their six games. Sevilla cannot exactly record their second half of the season. Lopetegui's side have had a run of bad luck. If in the first round the team was fighting for the first place with Real, now the points are barely enough for the fourth position. Sevilla crashed out of the Europa League, losing to West Ham. If you add up the teams' performances over the last ten rounds, Lopetegui's team are middling. Only two wins and 12 points from a possible 30. A significant slump even in games against teams from the second ten. There is a glaring drop in the quality of defence. In the last seven rounds, the Andalusians have conceded ten goals. The figure remains decent thanks to the play of goalkeeper Bunu. At the same time, Sevilla are only fifteenth in terms of the number of threats to their goal. Only the clear outsiders are lower. The bookmakers slightly overestimate Atletico's win. Simeone's side are in top form. The visitors will clearly come to Madrid to guard a draw that will be enough to qualify for the Champions League. Sevilla will not take any chances offensively. The Andalusians have taken the last two matches in this clash. Simeone will surely want to break the losing streak.