A lot of similarities between the two teams at the moment as both are performing below expectations, despite Sevilla’s current 2nd place in La Liga.

Lopetegui’s men failed to qualify from a reasonably easy Champions League group, where they were considered firm favorites. Eventually RB Salzburg and Lille finished above them to proceed to the knock-out stage.

I was considering a bet against Sevilla at the following weekend after they had lost to RB in Salzburg, but the odds for Athletic Bilbao were too low and, what’s more, the team eventually lost against the run of play and market’s expectations. Bilbao’s odds dropped a lot in the approach to kick-off, but this was mainly a reaction to Sevilla’s condition and form rather than a compliment towards Athletic.

The main reason behind Sevilla’s significant dip in form has been the injury hit squad. The moment they had lost striker El Nesyri, fullback and captain Jesus Navas, winger Suso and then saw Acuna and Rakitic follow their footsteps - it was always going to be difficult for Lopetegui. Although their roster is big and there are always alternatives for any position, the quality of backup players is generally below par. Montiel, Augustinsson, El Haddadi, Idrissi or Rekik - all these players have been involved in recent weeks and failed to impress. Do not get drawn away by the back to back 1-0 wins vs. Villarreal and Atheltic Bilbao (in the latter game Sevilla had 18 dangerous attacks against 56).

I would say Sevilla’s true face was in the dull 0-1 defeat vs. RB Salzburg, where the team was toothless and lacked any ideas or power to turn things around.

Atletico Madrid, as painful to watch as they can be under Simeone, NEVER fall below a certain level. And I personally find their 2 consecutive defeats as a strong enough argument to expect points to be taken from Sevilla. It would take some time to find the day when Simeone had lost 3 competitive games in succession. Besides, visitors are coming into this match with a much healthier squad than they had before the last matchday in La Liga, where they had suffered a 0-2 defeat vs. Real Madrid. Whoever watched the game will agree Atletico left a good and lively impression and were only denied a goal or two by the brilliant Courtois.

I expect Simeone to take advantage of Sevilla’s questionable condition and return to Madrid with points.

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两支球队现在有很多相似之处，尽管塞维利亚目前在西甲排名第二，但两支球队的表现都低于预期。

洛佩特吉的球队在欧冠小组赛中失利，他们被认为是夺冠热门。最终萨尔茨堡RB和里尔超越他们进入淘汰赛阶段。

在塞维利亚在萨尔茨堡输给RB之后，我考虑在接下来的周末赌塞维利亚输掉比赛，但毕尔巴鄂竞技队的胜算太低了，而且，球队最终输掉了比赛和市场的预期。毕尔巴鄂的胜算在开球前下降了很多，但这主要是对塞维利亚的状态和状态的反应，而不是对竞技的赞美。

塞维利亚状态下滑的主要原因是伤病困扰。他们失去了前锋埃尔-奈西里，边后卫兼队长Jesus Navas，边锋索索，然后看到阿库纳和拉基蒂奇紧随其后——这对洛佩特吉来说总是很困难。尽管他们的阵容庞大，而且每个位置都有替补球员，但替补球员的质量通常低于平均水平。蒙蒂尔、奥古斯汀松、哈达迪、伊德里斯或瑞基克——所有这些球员都在最近几周参加了比赛，但都没有给人留下好印象。不要被接连以1-0战胜比利亚雷亚尔和毕尔巴鄂竞技者的比赛所拉走(在后者的比赛中塞维利亚有18次危险的进攻，56次)。

我想说塞维利亚的真实面目是在那场0-1输给萨尔茨堡的比赛中，球队没有实力，没有任何想法或力量来扭转局面。

马竞，就像西蒙尼带领下的马竞一样让人痛苦，从来不会低于一定的水平。我个人认为他们连续两场的失败足以让他们期待从塞维利亚拿分。要找到西蒙尼连续输掉3场比赛的那一天还需要一段时间。此外，这场比赛的客队比他们在西甲的最后一个比赛日之前更健康，他们在西甲0:2输给了皇家马德里。任何看了这场比赛的人都会同意，马竞给人留下了很好的和生动的印象，只被才华横溢的库尔图瓦踢进了一两个球。

我希望西蒙尼能利用塞维利亚的情况，带着积分回到马德里。