La Liga: Sevilla clutches a draw versus Atlético Madrid

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MADRID. Sevilla was able to capture a late draw against Atlético Madrid with a late goal from Y. En.

MADRID. Sevilla was capable to clinch a draw against Atlético Madrid with a late goal from Y. En scored in the (85′) after Atlético Madrid got a lead with a goal from J. Gimenez (31′). Sevilla couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In the presence of 58,138 spectators.​ The referee was José María Sánchez Martínez who had the assistance of Raúl Cabañero Martínez and José Gallego García. The 4th official was Albert Ávalos Martos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 46%.​

Match Statistics

Sevilla was in firm control of the ball 59% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Sevilla was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Sevilla to win the match​.

Atlético Madrid shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sevilla shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 3 yellow cards (M. Hermoso, G. Kondogbia and Koke). On the other side, Sevilla received 6 yellow cards (G. Montiel, N. Gudelj, Y. En Nesyri, R. Mir, J. Lopetegui and M. Acuna).

After playing this encounter, Atlético Madrid will have 67 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Sevilla will have 66 points to stay in the 4th place.

Match Events

  • 31'
    31'

    J. Gimenez

    Y. Carrasco

  • 41'
    41'

    G. Montiel

  • 45'
    45'

    M. Hermoso

  • 46'
    46'

    J. Navas

    G. Montiel

  • 46'
    46'

    J. Corona

    L. Ocampos

  • 56'
    56'

    O. Torres

    I. Rakitic

  • 57'
    57'

    R. Mir

    Papu Gomez

  • 65'
    65'

    M. Cunha

    L. Suarez

  • 70'
    70'

    A. Correa

    A. Griezmann

  • 72'
    72'

    N. Gudelj

  • 75'
    75'

    K. Rekik

    N. Gudelj

  • 78'
    78'

    Felipe

    M. Llorente

  • 78'
    78'

    H. Herrera

    R. de Paul

  • 79'
    79'

    G. Kondogbia

  • 85'
    85'

    Y. En Nesyri

  • 86'
    86'

    Y. En Nesyri

  • 89'
    89'

    R. Mir

  • 89'
    89'

    J. Lopetegui

  • 89'
    89'

    Koke

  • 90'
    90'

    M. Acuna

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Atlético Madrid will play away against Real Sociedad on the 22nd of May with a 16-8 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (4 draws).

Sevilla will host Athletic Club on the 22nd of May with a 20-15 head to head record in favor of Sevilla (4 draws).

Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups

Atlético Madrid started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone chose to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (6.5), Stefan Savić (6.8), José María Giménez (7.5), Reinildo Isnard Mandava (7.3), Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.2), Marcos Llorente (6.5), Rodrigo de Paul (7.9), Koke (7.1), Yannick Carrasco (7.2), Antoine Griezmann (6.6) and Luis Suárez (6.8).

Substitutes

Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: L. Suarez for M. Cunha (65′), A. Griezmann for A. Correa (70′), M. Llorente for Felipe (78′) and R. de Paul for H. Herrera (78′).

Top player: Rodrigo de Paul

Probably the most impressive player in Atlético Madrid was Rodrigo de Paul.

His rating is (7.9) with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

Sevilla: Formation and Lineups

Sevilla started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Julen Lopetegui Argote played with: Bono (6.8), Gonzalo Montiel (6.2), Jules Koundé (7.3), Diego Carlos (7.4), Marcos Acuña (7.2), Ivan Rakitić (7.1), Nemanja Gudelj (7.0), Thomas Delaney (7.0), Lucas Ocampos (6.4), Youssef En-Nesyri (7.4) and Alejandro Gómez (6.5).

Substitutes

Sevilla made 5 changes: G. Montiel for J. Navas (46′), L. Ocampos for J. Corona (46′), I. Rakitic for O. Torres (56′), Papu Gomez for R. Mir (57′) and N. Gudelj for K. Rekik (75′).

Top player: Óliver Torres

Probably the most impressive player in Sevilla was Óliver Torres.

His rating is (7.6) with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 56′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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