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According to the situation on the table and the quality of the teams this is the derby of the round, which both Sevilla and Atletico are awaiting after European obligations. It was harder for Sevilla, who was still in the Champions League, but failed to celebrate at home in the round of sixteen. Atletico has expectedly passed in the round of sixteen of Europa League with two wins in the sixteenth finals. Sevilla also won the finals of the Kings’ Cup and they have a series of four defeats in three competitions, and Atletico has six wins in two competitions. Their final defeat was from Sevilla in the Cup, while the first duel in Madrid brought Atletico a victory of 2-0.

FC Sevilla

Sevilla is struggling on three fronts, and they are doing the worst in the championship, where they failed completely and are only in the fifth place. If so, there is nothing new in the Champions League, and it will be difficult to get through the fourth position, because Valencia has seven points more. They had a lot of ups and downs in La Liga and therefore have this backlog, but it is clear that their strength is subdued by playing three competitions.

They are in the Cup finals, after they first eliminated Atletico and then Leganes. In the Champions League they played a tough match with Manchester United and were a better rival on the field, but they did not win and after 0-0 it will be very difficult to compete for the quarterfinals. Kjaer is injured and Vazquez cannot play due to suspension, while some changes are expected in order to refresh the team.

Probable lineups FC Sevilla: S.Rico – J.Navas, Carrico, Lenglet, Layun – Pizarro, N'Zonzi – Nolito, Sarabia, Correa – Ben Yedder

Atletico Madrid

Atletico is solid on second place and after a series of championship matches without defeat, they can now devote a little more to Europa League, given that they were eliminated by Sevilla from the Cup. However, they have mastered Copenhagen easily in the first match of the sixteenth finals with 4-1, so the rematch in Madrid was just a formality and so they played that duel, which was solved by Gameiro’s goal for 1-0. They played in a combined team, which was quite expected between the two heavy championship duels.

The first one against Athletic Bilbao was resolved in their favour with 2-0, but with both goals in the second half. And Gameiro was also the goal scorer when he joined the team from the bench, but he probably will now stay on the bench again. When the championship is concerned, their series without defeat is seven matches long, of which they have won six times and all without receiving any goals. The strongest available tem now returns on the field, where there is no injured Savic.

Probable lineups Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Vrsaljko, Godin, Gimenez, Filipe Luis – Thomas, Gabi, Saul Niguez, Koke – Griezmann, D.Costa

Verdict:

Sevilla plays a lot of games and they are certainly tired despite having a wide roster of players. Atletico is also playing in Europe, but they have had an easier task, and some players have made a comeback. Still, we expect a great fight here, a lot of roughness, strong defence and not a lot of goals.

Pick:  under 2.5 goals 1.65 - 65/100 @1XBet