and Atletico Madrid open on Tuesday, January 23, the round return of the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup in its 2017/2018 season. In the stadium Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, in Seville, the game begins scheduled to 18h30 (Brasília time).
The first match in the Spanish capital ended with a 2-1 win away to visitors. Thus, Sevilla will secure their place in the semifinals by winning, tying or even losing by 1-0. Atletico only have to seek a success by two goals or even by minimum margin. In this case, however, you will have to make at least three tries. If you can return the score, the decision will go to a 30-minute extension and if it is necessary, the definition will happen in penalties.
Sevilla’s recent performance
Their success against Atletico seems to have increased the self-esteem of Sevilla’s athletes, who then beat Espanyol 3-0 on Saturday, January 20, in a match for the Spanish Championship. It was the first time the team has achieved two straight victories since Italian coach Vincenzo Montella was hired.
The victory was not enough to improve the position of Sevilla in the standings table of LaLiga. The team, now with 32 points (ten wins, two draws and eight losses), remains in the sixth position, closing the qualifying zone for European tournaments. He managed to increase his advantage by four points to seventh, who is now Celta.
In the duel against the team of Barcelona, Montella made some modifications in the equipment that was considered main. However, it is not known if such experiences were made to better know the team and seek new tactical solutions or if you wanted to preserve some players for the match on Tuesday.
Aiming at the confrontation with Atletico, the coach has to deal with medical problems in the defensive sector. They are in treatment of injury Daniel Carriço (three games in Spanish Championship 2017/2018, without goal), that still did not act under the command of the Italian; Simon Kjaer (14 games, one goal) and Nicolas Pareja (two games, no goal).
The current form of Atletico Madrid
The effect of the defeat in the classic had opposite effect for Atletico. The team suffered another stumble in the sequence. Also on Saturday, at home, was in the tie by 1 to 1 before the Girona. With that, he saw Barcelona increase its lead in the title race.
Atletico has 43 points (12 wins, seven draws and one loss). Now they are 11 less than Barça. The situation was not even worse because Valencia, their main pursuer, was defeated by Las Palmas by 2 to 1. So the difference between them was extended to three points.
To face Sevilla, coach Diego Simeone could count on the return of Uruguayan defender Diego Godin (16 games in the Spanish 2017/2018 Championship, no goal). He was out of the match against Girona to meet suspension due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
Still is doubt the presence of the left-back Brazilian Filipe Luís (12 games, a goal). He has been out of the last six games due to the thigh injury. He will hardly be released to act. Also in the infirmary are midfielder Nicolas Gaitan (six games without a goal) and striker Diego Costa (two games, one goal), who suffered a muscle injury in Saturday’s match and will most likely be barred for Tuesday’s match.
History of the bouts between Sevilla and Atletico Madrid
The first leg of the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup was the second time in the season that the teams met. The first was in the Spanish Championship. In the first round, in Madrid, Atletico scored 2 to 0.
Although he has scored eight of his nine matches in his Spanish league stadium, which would have been enough to secure qualification on Tuesday, Sevilla have great swings and can not be considered a reliable team. That makes room for a hunch at Atlético, which shows up better technically, despite the recent poor results. The price is 2.50 on Bet365. Draw shows return of 3.20 and success of the owners of the house paid 2.87 per invested real. Quotations in effect at 12:19 pm on 1/20/2018).