MADRID. Atlético Madrid wipes out Sevilla 6-1 with goals of Memphis Depay (23′), Memphis Depay (27′), Antoine Griezmann (53′), Yannick Carrasco (69′), Álvaro Morata (76′) and Álvaro Morata (90′). Talking about the opposition, Sevilla scored with ​Youssef En-Nesyri (39′).

Ivan Rakitic squandered a decisive penalty (74′). That would have allowed Sevilla to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 57,737 spectators.​ The referee was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández with the assistance of Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Aimar Velasco Arbaiza. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Atlético Madrid was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sevilla that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Madrid had a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Madrid won the match​.

Atlético Madrid shot 18 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sevilla shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (José María Giménez). On the other side, Sevilla received 3 yellow cards (Pape Gueye, Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel).

Also, Sevilla didn’t end the match with 11 players after Pape Gueye (Sevilla) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (80′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Atlético Madrid will have 45 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Sevilla will stay with 25 points like Almería and Getafe to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone decided to play with the following team: Jan Oblak (6.1), Marcos Llorente (7.0), Stefan Savić (6.2), José María Giménez (6.8), Mario Hermoso (6.6), Yannick Carrasco (7.1), Koke (7.1), Axel Witsel (7.2), Thomas Lemar (7.2), Antoine Griezmann (9.4) and Memphis Depay (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Geoffrey Kondogbia, Ivo Grbić, Marco Moreno, Saúl Ñíguez (6.9), Carlos Martín, Álvaro Morata (6.9), Pablo Barrios (7.2) and Matt Doherty (6.2).

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 6 changes: Thomas Lemar for P. Rivas (64′), Memphis Depay for Morata (64′), Marcos Llorente for Matt Doherty (78′), Koke for Alex Telles (78′), Koke for Saúl (78′) and Yannick Carrasco for Carlos Martín Domínguez (86′).

Best player: Antoine Griezmann​

The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Antoine Griezmann.

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 45 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.

Sevilla – Formation

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

Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Bono (5.2), Gonzalo Montiel (5.4), Tanguy Nianzou (6.8), Nemanja Gudelj (6.4), Marcos Acuña (6.0), Ivan Rakitić (5.9), Joan Jordán (6.4), Pape Gueye (7.1), Suso (6.8), Youssef En-Nesyri (7.4) and Lucas Ocampos (6.8).

They had on the bench: Manu Bueno, Erik Lamela, Óliver Torres (6.3), Marko Dmitrović, Carlos Álvarez, Jesús Navas, Rafa Mir, Alex Telles (6.8), Alberto Flores and Bryan Gil (6.2).

Substitutions

Sevilla made 4 changes: Suso for Óliver Torres (68′), Youssef En-Nesyri for Bryan Gil (78′), Lucas Ocampos for Rafa Mir (86′) and Gonzalo Montiel for Navas (86′).

Best player: Youssef En-Nesyri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sevilla was Youssef En-Nesyri.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 13 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Atlético Madrid – Sevilla – 6-1
• Getafe – Girona – 3-2
• Almería – Villarreal – 0-2
• Mallorca – Elche – 0-1